North Carolina Newspapers

Home and Democrat. CHARLOTTE, N. U. FOU THE HOME AND DEMOCRAT. Tir KJit.nr .'The second meeting of m;i,p11 S,;,ntifio Societv at our Uni- . , , 0 versity, was held last Saturday evening in the iJiolocical lecture room, it was iunjr as interesting, to those present, ab was the first. Altogether the prospects of this Association tor amusing aou iuwu"j "b i . XT 1 f nabits ot ooservauon oi xtu.c, . recording observations are very satisfac- tory to its Associates. Assurances of a ye" from. Pi of. Venable of the University Ot Virginia, now travelling in j2urupc. . ' . 11 " V I Prof Venable recognizes in this Associa- lion a fulfillment of his own hopes, and ef- forts to awaken a proper interest in Scien tific researches in our Southern States, efforts that have been hitherto ineffective. "To do good and to communicate" is the motto of the Mitchell Society, and wherein can more good be done than in I teaching our young people to see "Sermons in stones books in the running brooks, And good in everything." At this second meeting of the Mitchell Society essays were read by their authors, "On the Ptolemaic system of .! orld and the circumstances attt ti lit.ji i s p"P mulgation," by Prof. Graves; "On artifi cial Milk, Butter, Leather, etc.," by Dr. Venable;- "On the Southward growth ot Florida," by Prof. Holmes; "On the Primitive Rocks, and their relations to their successors " by Prof. DeSchweinitz. A paper on the Reversion of Phosphoric Acid, by Heat, and Notes on the fine- grinding of Phosphates, by Dr. Wm. Bat- J tie Phillips, Chemist to the Navassa Com pany at Wilmington, N. C, was read by its title. Prof. George Mitchell of Peace Insti tute, came from Raleigh to attend this meeting of the Mitchell Society and nrnminerl. fnr fnt.nrA mfietincrs. accounts of I hia own fikillfnl and wonderful researches with the Microscope. This co-operation is the more acceptable because Prof. Mitchell is of the same family with our own Dr. Mitchell. Both are descendants of Experience Mitchell, who was to have J Ba;ial frnm T.ocIm mUh tho flrot Pilm I colonists in the Mayflower. The sickness of a brother detained him so that he did not reach the colony till "the good ship Ann" brought the third detachment of emigrants to the ice-bound shores of Mas sachusetts. 1. University of N. C, Dec. 10, 1883. George Washington's Hatchet for Speaker Carlisle. The following description of a design in flowers that was sent to the Speaker of the House, on the day of his election, will be I of interest to our readers: It is a gavel in the shape of a George Washington hatchet, which rests upon the mossy stump of a tree in such wise as to leave both sides of the blade and handle entirely exposed. One side is of exquisite flowers and the other of satin, nnely painted in oils by an artist of talent, who originated the design for the decoration, the inscription being composed by one of the donors. Through the center of the" blade appears in illuminated letters, in old English text, on white satin: "May eye be keen as blade of hatchet, When worthy members ris to catch it, And rulings true as steel to match it, All lawful business to dispatch it" On the left of the inscription is the trump of fame blowing out gavels, and beneath it on the left is a little nude George Washington, hatchet in hand, cut ting down a cherry tree. On his right are a larger hatchet and a felled tree. In the upper left-hand corner apj; a i .gainst a sky background the dou A 1 he capi- tol with a waning moon in the trw'. and a rising sun in the east. In the centre part of the handle, on a white satin ribbon ap parently twined about it, is in German text, "G. W., to the Speaker XLVIII Congress, greeting," and below that is painted a large mallet, the hatchet on which all this is painted is the size of hatchets in common use. On the card of the ladies who sent this appears the following advice as to how to wield the double-ended instrument: "For noise use hammer end as gavel, And blade when knots you cau't unravel.' Report of Cotton and Grain. The season for cotton picking since the occurrence of frosts as in gathering of the bottom crop has been quite favorable Local estimates of the aggregate product have not been diminished, and the general comment has been comparatively hopetul Indications of December returns favor a reduction of about thirteen per cent lrom the crop of last year. The percentage of the crop now indicated for the harvest of 1883 is as follows: For Virginia 75 per cent, North Carolina 87 ' per cent, South Carolina 76 per cent, Florida 95 per cent, Georgia 82 per cent, Alabama 84 per cent, Mississippi 88 per cent, Louisiana 92 per cent, Texas 90 per cent, Arkansas 83 per cent, lennessee 102 percent. This report points to a crop of about six million bales. It is possible that the cotton movement of the year may pass that limit. The returns of corn production is more conservative than those of October and November from injury to soft corn from moist warm weather. North ot the 40th parallel the corn that has been cribbed is in a worse condition than for many years. The proportion of unmarketable corn is therefore large. The final estimate of the quantity produced will fall a few millions short of the indications of previous re turns of 23 bushels per acre. This esti mate relates only to the Quantity and makes lo discount for the inferior quality. which will seriously increase the practical Buoriaire. i . - Tho lnoooa frrv. i.:.. : ' injury of soft corn from mild and wet weather arA treated na alt ar- kawmt nn. siderations. An investigation will be made as to the extent of such injury. The wheat aggregate slightly exceeds four hundred m Ilion bushels. The oat crop is abont 4 per cent larger man mai oi last year, and exceeds five nunarea million bushels. ine yield ot rice and barley is a little less than in 1882, and buckwheat is re- duced more than one third. The December report will include a re- wru oi acreage prices wnicn are also mdi - vawuus vi me quantity grown. deep interest in its work were received publicans is now regaratu as mere uajr P,f .id, Oil-. . of the John. Hop- J-PjbjJ U b, AViua uumciduI) "u j c i aver f !i A Suutfieru Outrage. T'u : xr..n,a Kolnn a Southern newspaper a,d uncompromisingly Demo- . F i!i .orniahin hri I iuo Juuiums xicwo i . " Z'.u "I ,;k. ,n'.f,P 1 T 1 fm 1 ft WWII II lf'M U IIII III 1 1 I I li IYTAr)VLJarV I Kl UfUltU III W1DU vuuviivu.i. v camnaiffn literature of such rabid sheets as the Chicago Tribune, Cincinnati Commer- cial - Gazette and Philadelphia rress; dui a w or inju8lice pas without notice and condemnation, vvnat ever unprincipled politicians may say, the white people ot the South are the true proofs , . . a ' Ul LU1B aOBCl tlUII OIC BU UfCi n uvitu'- - C I, : . ! .. Ann.nilialmllKT t wfao hag carefally and impartially investigated the past and present relations ef the races, that the old slogan ot the Re- mitraorea mav have Deen commuieu I jn tj,e sOQlh have been caused by the in- cenaiary leauersiup 01 a w puntivm.iD. 1 - T 1 1 ! f ... .litirtliii. a ll wmte ana coiorea in me pay ot iU YVJ.K I j a ism ana iron oies, ana mey laueucu uu ' . , V ' ... t flourished on the contributions and votes jij t nQaa 01 men ueiuueu lunuweio. iu i "'k' I the poor blacks have been urged to deeds of violence and riotousconductjwnicn nave lnvariablv met with Dumshment. lnesel iea(jer8t however, almost always kept sale- ly in the rear, and escaped to reap fresh spoils out of the false testimony they were J capablo of contributing or bartering to I those who wish to use it to fire the North ern heart, and thus prejudice the Northern mind, so as to reuder lair investigation and honest judgment all but impossible. We desire to call special attention to the action of an intelligent and representative body of colored men that met in this city during the past week. It was the Execu tive Committee of the rarmers' btock As sociation of South Carolina, the Farmers' Industrial Free Will Company and the Knights of Labor (all colored), of Georgia, Lolored me, engaged in building up their ;Qiividaal and material inteiests. and ad- vancing the moral and social condition of their race. After attending to the financial affairs of the united committee, which were found in a healthy and satisfactory condi tion, and re-electing their Purchasing Agent, they complimented their people tor their promptness in paying their debts and had letters read from several prominent citizens. Then the following resolutions were adopted : Whereas. The best ol good feeling for the past five years has prevailed between the whites and blacks; and whereas, the proinut action ol the wtate citizens to relieve our people who sufler- i i ed in the late fire in this city, is a bright evidence ot their lrieudship: be it mere- evidence of their friendship; fore Resolved, That we return our thanks to them for their kind sympathy for our mj people. "Resolved, 1 hat we do recommend to our people, for the best interests of our race, not to be tied to any political party, and that they vote as they please." This was not a meeting of paid politi cians, but the independent, outspoken representatives of the better class ot colored people ot this section, and was not secured by any persuasion or promises on the part of the whites. Savannah News. Romantic. Covington. Ky.. has a sensation a story to show that truth is stranger than fiction. A West Virginia young man went to Cincinnati and enlisted in the Northern army, leaving his wife and children. He was reported dead. Her house was burned by the Confederates, She removed to Covington. Her little boy she placed in the orphan asylum He was adopted by a wealthy old couple in Dayton, Uhio, and she lost all trace oi him. He was raised in luxury and educa- tea, out at ms majority was ieii penniless, his benefactors losing all they had in the world. Then he drilted v est. lhe hus band was in prison and not dead, lie re turned home and found no home. No one could tell him of his wife and children He went to Nevada. He got rich and went to San Francisco. Here is the sequel : "One day a young man entered in re ply to an advertisement for a book-keeper, A resemblance between himself and the benior proprietor was noticed, questions were asked, and from the replies given it became apparent that it was the son of the banker who was seeking employment, The young man said he never knew what became of bis mother, lie was made a partner in the bank. Atterward a man named Warren, who had left West Vir - ginia in company with the banker to en list in the army, dropped into the bank to get a check cashed. He recognized his old army friend, and after a short talk asked him if he did not know where his wife was living. The banker became agi tated and said he had supposed her to be dead for many years. "Where is she liv ing? he excitedly asked. "In Coving ton, Ky.," was the answer. A telegram was at once sent and a reply received from the war-widow of twenty-one years. Then the banker went to Covington, and there was h viyous meeting. 2dtf" It gives us pain to find the North ern Methodist Bichops using harsh lan guage towards the South in their late mis sionary meeting, ine secular papers i,e- pubhean in politics, are dealing in a large measure fairly by our people. It is to be deplored that the Benior Bishop, Simpson, fell mto such exaggerated description ot imaginative scenes a9. tollows : "Bishop Simpson said : 'I will confine myself to the question before us the Alabama Con ference, and what appropriation it should have. Four years ago we held Confer- ence at a camp-meeting in the woods. . The Ku Klux were within hearing dis tance of up, and we could hear their yells' " And even such a balanced, sturdy man as editor Buckley loses his polarity, and rants as inconsequentially as the flight of a leather-winged bat. h.x-editor iowler was in New York, and his superb and erratic soarings (as if borne aloft to wide realm of iufinite fustian by the ohait genius of Victor Hugo and Os.ian,) must l hoi'ti net nvnn lhA n nnmnir hnsipr n.nl . . . ----- t & . ---- i.i . - i r ii . - - I int practical oucKiey io prancing. men mond Christian Advocate. I ' 1 ' Medical men have for some time arrived at the conclusion that consump- tion is infectious. The matter has been I taken np in a very practical way in the German army, in which the disease is I stated to be very prevalent. All soldiers I suffering from it are isolated, and, to pre- vent any possible infection, on no account are thy to be allowed to associate with patients suffering from pneumonia or acute bronchitis, while special means are to be 1 taken lor tne disinfection ot tne sputa in intectioua cases. 1 1 J J . I n . . e U h ml olts c 1 State News. v. . uauney, ui uugvuu Va litis accepted a call to Caatanea ITT T-k-i -f n.: and Unity churches of ' ecklenburg l'res ' j - tW The November number of the Bulletin contains an illustrated descrip tion of the State's display at the Boston Exposition. You can obtain a copy by writing to Mr. McGehee, Raleigh 2 The Raleigh Chronicle says Hon. Henry Watterson. of the Louisville Courier-Journal, will deliver the annual address before the two societies at the University at the next Commencement in June. u fegT" The recent sale ot swamp lands by the State Board ol Education brings about, tiftppn r-.pnia oanh in thp sp.fionl cmldren 0 the State, and the apportionment will ot! raaue lmmeaiateiy to me several cuuu- J i- . i .i . 1 ucs. HT Dr. r. A. Lh. of Walnut Cove, Stoke county, has the boss hog of the . - . r season in the shape of a live-year old Polin n. . T, . " , F. 1 oi LQ ,,. i China. It is 9 feet lonjj, 2 feet thick and , jv. ... l.:u ..n: . l i u . nnrt awe Une who seems to be posted in such matters says it is yet decidedly too early to set-out trees that the sap is now dead in them, and they will never come to anything. He says about the first of Feb- ruary is the proper time to transplant them. Wil. Star. iSf Miss Addie Alexander has enter ed this office as an apprentice to learn type-setting. We are glad to see the girls of our land laying aside pride and Bhowing a determination to be independent. Learn some business girls at which you can earn an independent living. Lincoln Press. A gentleman who came down with the party from Boston tells us that all of pertv of s!rae kind in the State. One ma.. invested as much as $30,000. we hear. The men who didn't buy anything were newspapermen, wnythey didnn masy investments requires no explanation. Raleigh Observer. A Good Chop Report. Mr. J. T. Lewis, who lives about three miles east of Toisuot, Edgecombe county, has handed in the following report of his crop for ihi. year: He ran four plows and made 60 bales ol cotton, 150 barrels ot corn, 300 bushels of wheat, 441 bushels of sweet po tatoes, 150 bushels of oats, gathered 100 bushels "i i ari and left at least 400 in the field. Pretty good. Here they Come. Col. Edmund Jones ot Lenoir, was in town Monday on pro fessional business before the Probate Court. By the way, he will be a caudidate for the congressional nomination next year, as will also Linney of Alexander, Cowles of Wilkes, Mcurayer ot Cleveland, and, in fact, Bomebody from nearly every county in the district. At this time it is hard to tell just where the nominating lightning is going to striKe. morganion moun taineer. Hearty "Tar Heelers." Sheriff Johnston was at Simpson's store last week collecting taxes. The first man that stepped up and paid was Barney Troxer. "How old are you, Mr. Troxer?" asked the sheriff. "I'm 89." The next that came was old Billy Neal. "How old are you, Mr. JNeal?" "85." The next was old man Billy Bennett. "How old are you ?" "S4." And the next was old 'man Lewis Joyner. "How old are you ? "I'm 80." Old Rockingham is full ol just such old daddies. God preserve the breed ! lieidsviue limes. A Queer Place for a Watch Charm Mrs. John Ottoway, living north of the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad, killed a chicken a few days ago, when she found imbedded in the gizzrd ot the lowl a inch and five- watch charm, about one eighths in length, three-eights of an inch in diameter, and one inch and one-eighth in circumlerence. The charm was shown to a jeweller and pronounced by him solid gold, though he had no acid to test it. It certainly has every appearance of gold How the charm came m uch a queer place as a chicken s gizzard is now the question. Wil. Star. Another Fox Stort. A colored wo man living on tne Kan road about one mile from toTn, heard the screams of her little child and immediately ran to see what was the matter, when to her utter astonishment she found that a very large tox had bold ot the child, and was trying to carry it off; and it was with some diffi culty that she succeeded in rescuing the child and in killing the fox. The mother declares that if she had not been at home the fox would have killed the child and carried it off. Since writing the above, we learn that a fox attacked a dog in the yard of Mr I. is. iiawiey a lew nignts since, we won T- TT t f r der what is the matter with the foxes, Did anybody ever hear the like. Fay- etteville Observer. The Horrors of Russian Prisons. The Paris correspondent of the London limes h"ts received and forwarded to hi paper a second missive, which was writ ten in his own blood by a prisoner con fined in the Tronbleskoi bastion at St. Petersburg. It describes the infamous treatment of the prisoners, and says the little food they get is often mouldy and sometimes putrid, that dysentery and scurvy are prevalent, and that the doc tors hesitate to approach the patients for tear ot contagion. 1 here is very littl ! r m . medical care ot the prisoners, who rot away and exhale the odors of mortifica tion before life is extinct. Many go mad in coneequenee of their sufferings, and wnen mey exniDit violent symptoms are strapped down and terribly lashed with the knout of the keepers. Throughout the night fierce yells resound through the galleries of the dungeon. Prisoners have in their despair and agony committed sui cide by dashing out their brains against the walls. The treatment of the women is too horrible to be named. The only fortunate ones are the few who have money and can purchase some degree of kindness lhe prison swarms with I . - j rats, and one woman with a babe in her arms was compelled to fight night and aay io prevent them lrom devouring it, The use of soap and combs are forbidden and the prisoners are literally devoured by vermin. Prisoners are tortured upon the most trivial pretexts, and women are I known to have died under the lash. The I writer pathetically appeals to the civilized I woria iu Den ait ot the women, whose situa "on is iar worse than that of the men. 331? Mrs. A. C. Pond, a sister of the famous Sara Patch, whose last leap was over the Gennessee Falls, N. Y., in which tie tost his tue, died in Petersburg Va. I last weeK. o tiife ; a d & e ia-o e The National Banks. Dear money makes low value-. Cheap money is accompauied : by; good prices. By cheap mouey we do not mean a! worth- ess currency, for that is not good money. but rather money which can be had at a ow rate of interest. Whep we say; corn is dear or cheap, we mean good corn; it is the same with money. One of the draw backs lrom which the South ha3 Buftered ever since Confederate currency was wiped out, has been dear money. No matter how cheap, this? article imay; 'liave , Deen at the IN orth, with us it has ever been dear, because scarce, .and, because the. security our people have had to offer for it was not of such a character to draw it rom the money centros, where it is i not needed, to the South where it is needed. t must be recollected th-it the South be gan business in 1865 without a cent of urrency, and we not only had nothing to sell, but we had everything to buy. Our arming implements were worn out, our stock was used up, our houses were un urmshed. We needed everything, and had nothing to sell. Since then we have had good years and bad years, but on the whole we have won currency from those who owned it. We have accunjulated ome mouey. 13 ut yet money is still dear with us because too scarce for our needs. Connecticut sells her 3 per cent bonds at a premium of nearly 7 per cent. North Carolina's 4 per cent are at 20 per, cent discount. . . The established rate of interest among our citizens is eight per cent olten a bonus is asked, making, the rate ten per eat. That of the banks is generally welve per cent although some ; of the tronger banks ask only eight per cent. This shows that money is still too dear. We speak merely for North Carolina. Heretofore we have often advocated changes that would enable the banks to end money at cheaper rates and we are on that line to-day. The National banks can issue but ninety per Cent of circula tion on the bonds deposited to secure the same. The bonds are an absolute security dollar for dollar, and there is no reason why circulation to tho lull , amount may not be issued. Indeed the . President re commends that in view of the anticipated retirement of more than one. halt ot the bouds on which this currency is now based, the banks may bo allowed to issue ninety per cent of the market value of the bonds which they would have to substi tute, lhis would allow the issue ot $108 of currency to the $100 worth of the four per cent bonds, face value. And a bill las been introduced to that end. lhe measure is objectionable not because the security is not ample but because the uarket value of tho bouds is variable and the banks holding the four per cent bonds would be allowed more currency than those holding the four and a halt per cents, lhe security, is the same, beuiu ihe promise of the government to pay 8100 and we think it better that no dis tinction should be made. As for the in crease in the power of the banks to issue currency, we approve that; and think it would be . well enough to say that all banks may issue $110 of circulation for all bonds-instead of $90, as now. Pertinent to the same matter is the tax on circulation. This is tax on business, and should be repealed as soon as circum stances justify it. We have advocated this along with relief to the people. As long as the people are burdened with taxes Congress should not relieve the mercantile community or the banks. The whole business ought to receive at tention at the same time. If Congress shall at this session secure a .considerable modification of taxes, then the tax on bank circulation ought to be wiped out. Otherwise not. They are all war taxes together, and they should stand or fall to gether. Congress cau not well, give re lief to the banks or to their customers who have to bear the tax in the end be fore relief is secured to the great mass of the toilers of the American people. - Another suggestion in the same line is this that if Congress does not cut down the annual surplus of revenue considera bly our banking system may be seriously interfered with. We would not perpetu ate our public debt merely to continue the national bank system; but as we are opposed to unnecessary taxation, we think it strengthens our position to direct at tention to the fact that if our present bur densome taxes continue there must neces sarily be a derangement of our paper currency. lialeigh Observer. A Threat in Advance. It is already the talk in Washington among Federal officials that the bayonet will become again a factor in the politics of the country. An official high in one of the Departments is reported assaying: "Next year the result will be different The negroes can have the protection of the Federal law aud of Federal marshals, and if Mahone is not too badly crippled, the United btates next x1 all will, perhap be able to secure a free election and a fair count." If this folly should be attempted it will end in the overwhelming defeat of the Re publican. The country will not again tolerate Federal interference alter the old style. The Republicans may attempt it. and it Arthur snoui I be the nominee we will not be surprised if the old bull-dozing machinery is put actively to work. The past has its les-ons. - We -do not believe that the people will be quiescent if the high handed measures of Grant in 1876 are again resorted -to in 18S4. Mr Tilden was defrauded and literally bulldozed out of his rights and the people were practi cally stifled in 1876, but if a Democrat is elected in 1884, as we have good grounds for believing will be the case, we have no doubt he will take his seat. - The very fact that an officer in one of the Departments is so ready to turn to reuerai neip to carry an election is t-ig- niheant and shows that the members of "the old Grant set" are willing to carry their ends by the use of force. lhe New lork News says of the threat of the As sistant Secretary : "It is even possible to conceive the in troduction of the Federal military element into ine arena, it was one oi lien, oner- man's theories that the army might be effectively used at a crisis for the solution of a political problem, and it is not cer tain that his successor has not a similar idea a9 to cutting the knot of a partisan controversy with the sword. It is not to be forgotten that it was in apprehension of a threatened intervention of military and naval force that ths claim of Mr Til den to the Chief Magistracy of the Re public was, somewhat ingloriously, aban doned in 1876; and remains for the fore warned Democracy to arm itself against contingencies that might induce history to repeat itself in that respect." A Democratic House, if true to the peo ple and to civil liberty, may do much to contravene the attempts of the plotters and usurpers. Wilmington Star. 1 e a lr 1 6 h a ? 16 Htv N. C.;5apremevCouTt Decisions, w JBatl Term, 1883. Page vs. 4 Foust. The word "flV.t " used by a " testator in disposing of his estate, win be construed to include land, nere it can De collected lrom other parts " the will that such was the testator's in tention. Marshall vs. " Commissioners. 1. An njunclipn will be granted until the hear- where the plaintitt alleges lrrepara-- ble inquiry and makes out an apparent 2. When the injunctive relief sought is not merely auxiliary to the principal re lief demanded in the action, but may be the relief itself, the court will not disolve the injunction upon a preliminary hearing. Little vs. Duncan. 1 The plea of an administrator, "fully administered and no assets," must be , disposed of by submit ting an issue to a jury or by reference. 2. Where an administrator had assets and sets up the statute of limitations against a debt of hia intestate (Rev. Code,' chap. 65, sec. 11), he must aver and prove that he has properly administered the ame, in order that his plea may avail him. f it is ascertained he has no assets the statute is a complete bar. ; . State vs. Stewart. 1. A trial by jury in a criminal action cannot be waived by. the accused. . ? j 2. On trial of an indictment for assault and battery, the court by request, a jury rial being waived., found the facts and declared the law arising thereon; Held, that sucu a procedure is not warranted by law; and this court remanded the case for trial. Bodenhamer vs. Welch. 1. The con tingent interest of a bankrupt in real and personal properly passes to and vests in lis assignee. 2. Contingent remainders, executory de vises and other possibilities coupled with au interest, are assignable. Jackson vs. Buchanan. The deputy of the clerk of the superior court is authorized to take the affidavit ot the plaintiff and to order the seizure of per sonal property in an action for claim and lelivery. State vs. McManus. 1. On trial of an indictment for carrying a concealed weap on the statute makes the possession prima facie evidence of concealment, and thei burden is on the defendant to rebut the jresumption by proof satisfactory to the jury. 2. lhe law presumes the criminal in tent in such case, and the defendant mutt ikewise rebut this presumption. 3. The language of the statute is, not "concealed on his person," but "concealed about his person," and hence if the weap on be within the reach and control of the defendant it is sufficient to bring the case within the meaning ot the statute. Beam vs. Jennings. 1. A testator di rected his land to be sold at public auc tion, and the money arising therefrom to be divided among his children; JIeld,lh&t upon the death of the testator, the legal estate does not rest in the execution of the will, bat descends to the heir, to be held until the power is executed. 2. It the will does not devise the land, but creates a power to sell it, then, upon the execution of the power, the purchaser is under the will; but in the meantime the land descends and the estate is in the heir. The power is not the estate, but only an authority over it and a legal ca pacity to convey it. Livingston vs. Farish. The landlord may bring an action of claim and delivery to recover possession of crops raised by the tenant or cropper, where his right of possession under the Code, sec. 1754, is denied; or he may resort to any other ap propriate remedy, to enforce his lien for the rent and advances made. The action will lie, not only in case of a removal of the crops from the land leased, but also w here the tenant or cropper or any other person takes the crops into his absolute possession and denies the right of the land lord thereto. McKrow vs. Painter. The testator de vised land and bequeathed personal pro perly to his wife "if she remains a widow, and if she marries she is only to have a child's part;" and in a subsequent clause says: 1 do authorize my wife authority and power that, at her death, to divide this property among our children as .she sees proper;" Held, that the widow takes a fee simple estate in the land. The con tingent limitation in case of her mar riage , in -referable buly to the personal property. Siate vs. Jones aud Hudson. On trial of an indictment for fornication and adul tery, the husband of the female defendant is uot a competent witness to testify against her, although he may have ob tained a decree for divorce a vinculo ma trimonii before the trial of the indict ment. But under section 1,353 ol the Code of '83, the husband or wife 6f a de fendant" is competent to testify for the de fendant in all criminal actions or proceed ings. State vs. Jolly, 3 Dev. & Bat. 110, approved. " - ' - Lutz v. Cline. No appeal lies where the rulings upon exceptions to a referee's report and an order of recommittal do not sffect the substantial rights of e'ther party. Little vs. McCarter. 1. Where a prom ise is made to A to pay him one huudred dollars if he will buy B's land, and there upon A buys ihe land; Held, that in an action by A againt the promisor to recover the o6e hundred dollars, the statute of frauds has no application. The subject of the action is neither a contract for the purchase of an interest in land nor a promise to pay the, debt of another. 2. The consideration necessary to sup port a promise must be a benefit to the par ty promisingjor attended with trouble and inconvenience to the other party. The facts of this case show there was a suffi cient consideration. . 3. A judgment is not void because no complaint has been filed. Howell vs. Parsons. Parties who sub scribe their names a obligors to a bond are bound by its stipulations whether their names are inserted in the body of the in strument or not. . Aycock vs. Railroad. 1., A copy of a grant from the register's office, which affirmatively shows that it was issued un der the great seal of the State, is admissi ble in evidence; though the registry does n. 6; uot show the impress of the seal, or scroll .6 indicate ii. ,.? 2. While the seal in such case may be necessary to authenticate the grant, yet i will be assumed that it was affixed as the . requires.;!; , .-- 3. A party,' through - his :.tenani, 1H prima facie the owner of the land in thf absence of other evidence, and is enuneu i-HiMYer damages done to his possessory rights. 3. Where a railroad company permits dry grass or leaves or other combustible rubbish to remain near its track, and the same take fire from ignited sparks emitted from one of its locomotives which had uo spark-arrester, and the fire thereby is com municated to the plaintiff's adjoining land, destroyine timber. fcc. Held the the in jury resulted from the 1 negligence ' of the defendant company. 5. The negligence is presumed from the facts proved in this case, and the bar den is upon the defendant to show that the locomotive was provided with the usual and proper appliances to avoid" injury from the escape of burning sparks j and that there was no fault of those managing the train. ;: ' ' T ' ! ' 6. In such a case no contributory neg ligence can be imputed to the plaintiff, tho injury being done to land and "the same condition ot things" existing.1 . 7. It was negligence to permit the in flammable material in which the fire began to remain so near the company's track and liable to ignite from emitted, sparks. 8. The defendant company is liable for the consequences of mismanagement' of a train in charge ot employees of another company using its track with defendant's knowledge and consent. 9. The suggestion that the complaint does not disclose a cause of action, in that it does not negative concurring negligence in the plaintiff, has no force; the injury is to the land and no ageucy of the plaintiff could have averted it. 10. Remarks of the court in Owens vs. Railroad, 88 N. C, 502, to the ef fect that the defendant must show con curring negligence in the plaintiff, ap proved. A Mormon View of the Message. The News, the Mormon organ, says in a leading article: "The President's mes sage will be hailed by the hireling clergy with pleasure and will receive an amount of popular support. It is not shown in what way the destruction ot our local Government would affect the question ot polygamy. The plural marriages of the Mormons are not recognized by the ter ritorial laws, and could not be dissolved by commissions, by edicts," by armies, or other earthly power. They are ecclesiasti cal, perpetual, and eternal. Until the Mormons become recreant to their faith with high Heaven these unions will be recognized by the Almighty Being, who established them for the benefit of his people and the fullness of his glory. The President's remarks on Utah polygamy will not add force to his message nor credit to his statesmanship. They are a sop to bigots and breath to the flame of popular passion. It is doubtful if it will have a practical bearing on Congress. It will certainly create no commotion among the God-fearing people of Utah." The same journal throws a sop to the Demo crats and hopes they will defeat the meas ure in the House. Headquarters for Santa Clans! A Merry Christmas AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR ! Prepared for the Holidays ! The largest stock ever brought to Charlotte at C. S. HOLTON'S. A mammoth stock ef Plain and French Can dies, made of pure Sugar and manufactured by the best manufacturers in the United States. I have just received a large and well selected stock of Goods for the CHRISTMAS HOLI DAYS, consisting in part of the following : FRENCH CANDY. Spanish Castles, Marsh mellows, Cocoanut Jelly, Fig Paste Flats, Smooth Cloves, Chocolate Drops, Rose Gum Drops, Lemon Gum Drops, Lemon Cocoanut Bars, Mint Drops. Cream Almonds, Bon Bona, &c. The largest and best selected stock of TOYS that has ever been brought to Charlotte. Tin, Wood, China and Mechanical Toys. Arks. Coffee Setts. Steamboats. Work Roipb Tnv Piunna China Vases, Glass Vases, China Mugs and Cupa, Wax Dolls, Unbreakable Dolls, Rubber Dolls, Drums, Harmonicas, Boxes, Swiss Cottages, Doll Houses, Bellow Toys, Furniture, Locomotives, Santa Claus. FANCY NOTIONS-Dressing Cases, Dressing aau iiair urusnes, room mushes, rocket Books aud Purses, Toilet and Shaving Soaps, &c. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC FRUITS. Malaga Grapes, Figs, Apples, Oranges, Cabinet Raisins, Lemons, &c. NUTS. Almonds, English Walnuts, Pecans, Filberts, Palm Nuts, Cocoanuts. WILLOW GOODS. Doll Cradles, FaDcy uasKeis, w oric Dianas, w orK Bassets, Battles. STAPLE GROCERIES Tpi f!nffpp ' Rnr Bacon, Flour, Lard, Rice, Salt, Soda, Powdered Sugar, Cut Loaf Sugar, Candles, and many arti cles too numerous to mention. Also, Fancy unites i or parties, weaamgs ana iamuy use Fresh Pies, Plum Cakes, and Bread every day. I would be pleased to have you call and ex amine nay stock. C. 8. HOLTON. Nov. 30, 1883. SOMETHING NEW! we nave secured the servises ofaflrat class Baker from New York, and we present to the lauitts oi mis cuy a novel ana aencious Loaf of Bread, Something entirely new and never before offered m this city. It is the leading stvle and kind now having such a run at Saratoga and Lonir RrnM Hotels Try it and you will be convinced of its superiority. In order that you may know our Bread our private nrana u. Ji. will be on each loaf. We most respectfully ask every lady to call or senu anu iry mis U. 14.. BKJtSAU, it 13 nice. ' We keep on hand the largest and nicent aaanrt. ment of CAKES to be found in the State, and can furnith on the shortest notice any quantity iui pui lies ur weuuings.' Vur DIOCK OI Fancy Groceries Is unsurpassed and alwnys fresh. Families sup plied with everything they use. A share of the puoitc patronage solicited. . , PHELAN&ROSS. Aug. 31, 1S83. NEW FALL GOODS. We are now offrintr . lnrr nf nni Goods, a tremendous stock ol Velvet Ribbons snu oioer irimmiogs. A magnificent stock of Ladies', Missed and vuuureu s Hosiery. A nice lot of Handkerchiefs, including a lot of iue cueapesi ever onerea oy US. Don't forget to ask for CARPETS. Our stock is new and well assorted. We are the agents for the "Charlottesville Woolen Mills And these Goods nerd nn matoo M. . ; ii vu4 uo i every- body knows them to be the very best goods for the money, made. Don't hesitate to ask for anything you -wtLBtfi Sept 28,' 1888, & HARRIS. , - Comparative Cotton Statement. The following is the cotton statement for the week ending December 6th : 1883. 264.044 1882. . 245,672 2,616,700 175,017 1,499,321 815,128 155,476 515,000 Net receipts at all U. S. ports Total receipts to this date, Exports for the week. Total exports to this date, Stock at all U. S. ports, Stock at all interior towns, Stock at Liverpool, Stock of American afloat for Great Britain,. , 2,673,677 160,888 1,396,591 1,050,162 193,246 500,000 r 247,000 260,000 Total Net Receipts of Cotton The following are the total net rtceipt. of cotton at all the ports since September lt 1883: (Galveston, 374.S98 bales; New Or Teans, 782,092; Mobile, 151,356; Savannah 448,794; Charleston, 289,590; Wilmington' 66,999; Norfolk, 336,096; Baltimore, 13 i51! New York, 23,069; Boston, 35,546; Provi! dencel63; Philadelphia, 5,423; Ve6tPoint 110,724; Brunswick, 6,253; Port Royal, 5! 653; Pensacola, 15,061; City Point 173ft'" Indiatiola, 7,073; total, 2,673,677. ' ' Total Visible Supply of Cotton. .The total visible supply of cotton for the world is 2,857,659 bales, 2,368,859 being American; against 2,636,003 and 2,046,303, respectively, last year. Rg. ceipts of cotton at all interior towns 162,854 bales; receipts from the plantation 277,397; crop in sight . 337,134. New York Cotton Futures. The Post's cotton report says: Fn. ture deliveries are neglected and declined 5-100. Before the third call there was & fractional advance. At the third call only 100 bales, for March, brought 10.96. Of. fers were made of 1-100 above the lowest point. ' ' ' Jggf Over forty tons of poultry in the hands of Boston dealers soured daring Thanksgiving week," and three-quarters of it was purchased for canning houses who claim that although it would not keep lor many hours, aud was therefore un salable in the retail market, it was just as good as the drjest and freshest after beinw treated to a saleratus bath. Superior Court, Mecklenburg Count?. Win. M. Shipp to use of J. J. Sims, Plaintiff, against Robl. W. Little and W. P. Little, De fendants. Affidavit to renew Execution. W. P. Little, being duly sworn says: That judgment. was duly entered in above entitled case in tne said Uourt in iavorot f laintitt against the JJeiendanta above named, mat no execution has been issued thereon within three years. That said judgment remains unsatisfied, but af fiant was surety for. said 41. W. Little and had said Judgment transferred for value paid to Wm. M. Shipp to R. D. Whitley who assigned same to J. J. Sims to use of this affiant Said R. W. Little is a non-resident of this State and resides in the Slate of Alabama. - Sworn to and subscribed before me this fifth day of December, 1883. J. R Erwin, C. 8. C. . WM. P. LITTLE. Jokes & Johnston, Attorneys. Upon the foregoing affidavit and applica tion for extcution, it is ordered that Robert W. Little, one of above named Defendants, show cause, if he can, before me on Monday, 7th day of January, 1884. why execution shou'd not issue upon the said judgment. And it appearing to the Court that Robt. W. Little is a non-resident of this State, it is ordered that service of this no tice be made by publication in the Home and Democrat once a week until said day. This fifth day of December. 1883. J. R ERWIN, 45 5w. Clerk Superior Court ELIAS & COHEN HAVE JUST RETURNED . FROM THE Northern Markets With a full supply of PALL AND WINTER GOODS for the Wholesale and Retail Trade, And solicit their friends and customers and the general public to examine their Stock if they de sire to purchase good Goods at low prices. Par ticular attention called to our patented IMPERIAL SHIRT, The best unlaundried $1 shirt in the United States. These Shirts are made expressly for us, each Shirt beating our name and sold by no other house in the city. An examination of them will satisfy you that no other Shirt in the market can compare with them both in quality and make. : Gents' Furnishing Goods A Specialty. Give us a call at Masonic Temple Building. Sept. 7, 1883. ELIAS & COHEN. DEATH. Alcoholic Poison, Blood Poison, Diseases of the Kidney, Enlargement of the Liver, in many cases is due to the inordinate use of alcoholic beverages. Very many persons suffer from pains in the back, with fullness of blood in the head. The Kidneys are suffering from too much drink. The brain gives indication of something wr1lf' The Liver is enlarged by stimulation. The Kid neys are oppressed with the unusual poisonous fluid. The consequence is that one afflicted in this way is all wrong. If Cold and Pneumonia should supervene, or any other disease, it goes very hard with any one in the effort to recover. The system is poisoned. - The remedy is an al terative Blood Purifier. Use the "Queen's De light," and avoid Whiskey and Rum drinks. For women and Children, with all their varied complaints the Queen's-Delight is a Restorative Cordial, aud Skin Beautifier, removing Blotches, Pimples and all skin eruption, curing disorders of the Liver, Kidneys and Stomach. May be used in all cases of debility and nervous pros tration, Beating of the Heart, Heaviness, Dull ness of Peeling, Headache, Costiveness, Loss of Appetite, Nervousness, Yellow Skin, Bitter Taste in the Mouth, Pains in the Stomach, Jaundice, Fevers, &c. For sale by Druggists. Wholesale at WILSON BROS'., Charlotte, N. C. Prepared only by ' E. H. HEINITSH, Nov. 2, 1883. Columbia, 8. C IT WILL PAY TO CALL ON M. MILLER, Tirade and College Sts., Corner For Your Groceries. I have in store and to arrive a full assortment of Heavy and Faucy Goods to supply any de mand, consisting i a part of the following: Hams, Bacon, Breakfast Strip, Canned Meat and Fruits, Grain of all kinds, Mixed Feed, Bran, Flour and Meal, Coffee, Sugar, Molasses. Syrups, Vinegar, Lard, Smoking and Chewing Tobacco, 8nuff and Cigars, Rice, Grits, Crackers, Soda and Starch, and a great variety of G "oda impossible to mention. Fresh Parched Coffee a specialty. And every thing for the inner man. Call and see how cheap we sell for Cash. J. M. MILLER. Sept 14,1883. ,3m