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I I '.. ill-lui,- u. nj--i-.., --a.-.-.- immi.-mjmLmmum iiliiumii 111 111 mmmmjM 1 rvmrrM ,rrr " i v w r-r'-"'"'s;'-1 ' 1 """ ' " " ' . ''-.!..-.. I fi" : J, I HI 1 V 14 j-'f i : 7 Z : - . . , i Tiii.i Tmmo : I wTn VftfiTftnts" I Governor's Canvass. Home - Democrat. CHARLOTTE. N. C. Democratic Economy We find the following clear and able suggestions on the subject of public ex penditures, in the Raleigh Register: "The Democrats of North Carolina have reduced expenditures and taxes more than one-half. And yet by a wise administra tion of the sums collected, they have had money to spare to build white and colored asylums at Morganton,' Goldsboro and Raleigh; to help the Western Railroad as long as it needed help lo contribute to the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad until that too no longer needs State aid to secure its completion; to pay the interest on the public debt; in short, to restore a ruined State to a condition of prosperity unexampled in its history. It is a good thing to reduce the people's taxes and to diminish the public expendi tures when it can be done without damage to the people's interests; but after all, the matter for the people to consider, and which sensible people do consider, is not how much has been spent, but how it has been spent, and whether more has been spent than was necessary to the protec tion and advancement of the public inter ests. He who employs a man and pays him one thousand dollars a year to run bis plantation, and at the end of the term of service finds that there are no crop returns, that his lands have been allowed to go to gnlloy, that his fences are down, his stock unfit for service, and his barns and out houses gone to rack and ruin, is not likely to re-employ that man after finding that a successor makes good crops,keep the lands in trim, the stocks in good working order and the buildings iff good repair, even if outlay to secure these profitable results were as great or even greater than that which had yielded him - no returns and brought his farm to the verge'of irrepara ble ruin. ' ' , ; ' Twelve years '.ago this great "Planta tion," North Carolina, . had ' been pretty well "done for" by its high-priced Repub lican overseers. To-day l is; in better condition than ever before," yields bigger and better returns, and costs less than ever to run it.' Who would " change things? Who would Republican applicants this State of re-employ the for . overseers' places r , , St. John's Fair, Cabarrus County. , The third Exhibition of the St. John's Agricultural and Mechanical Fair Asso ciation, was held on Wednesday and Thursday ol last week. At an early hour the visitors began to arrive, and by ten o'clock the enclosure was filled - with citi zens of the surrounding country. ' At1 12 o'clock the pheaton containing the orator of the day, Fab, II. IJusbee, Esq., of Ral eigh, accompainied by Mrs;1 aud Miss Dusenberry and Col. Means, drove into the enclosure, under the escort of the Mar shals of tho Exhibition and the Mt. Pleas ant brass band. After driving around the track the pheaton drew up at the grand stand, which had been erected in the beautiful grove, and the speaker was es corted to -. the stand by President Ritchie, who, after music by the band, was introduced to his audience by II. C. McAllister, Esq. i The address was admirable, eminently agricultural and mechanical. He alluded to the ups and downs of a farmers life, his prosperities, and adversities arising from abundant harvest and low prices, and drougths and cut off crops, and high prices with nothing to sell and ' everything to buy at a high price. He dwelt eloquently on the value of the good old dung hill breed of poultry, and the "lassie" in the kitchen helping ma with the washing and baking and making garments and patch ing. The speaker discouraged a youth who when starting out as ' a farmer first buys a buggy and keeps- a riding horse, and mortgages his crop1 before it is planted to pay for them. Those boys will certainly be found iu a year or two, lean ing against a counter in a grocery swear ing that there is, no money in farming. The question of public roads waB handled with earnestness and judgment (by the speaker, as was also the question of rail roads, and public education for all classes and all professions.- ' At the close of the speaking,' the ladies spread the tables with the most tempting provisions, aud every one was invited ' to eat, which invitation was eagerly accepted and heartily enjoyed. ; - After dinner the , stock on -exhibition was displayed on the track.. It was very fine and elicited high praise from all who saw it. ine stock was not. marked . with the owners name. , so we could . not tell who owned , it, but. we .wUljS,publish , tha premium list next week, when we can tell who the exhibitors, were arul - who took premiums. The ladies department' (Floral Hall) was grand. All manner, of needle-work, embroidery, patch-work, drawings paint ing and crayon work abounded. . In asrn i. . ...... a cultural exnioits, grain, cot Lou and,, vege tables abounded. Our friend .. Jesse Skeene had a pumpkin that he raised in his garden, that weighed 73 pounds, it was almost as Dig as lork who was raised between two rows' of corn.' The trials of speed on the track were very fine Some magnificent dashes of speed were made. ' ' On the second day, owing to the rain which set iu early and continued all ' day, the audience was not" as lar&e'as on the first day. Gen. Barringer delivered a his torical address that was very entertaining, The programme was carried out as was advertised, - but as we- were not present. and all reports coming in after our 'J hour of going to press, we cannot give the sue cessiui competitors ,ior prizes, mat we will do next week.' ' We conclude by say ing to our friends, that the St. John's Fair this year was a grand affair. Concord Register. .a.. I t3? When it was talked of electing uoi. A. iv. flicuiure, editor ol the rbila delphia Times, to the U. S. Senate and a delegation waited on him urging him to be a candidate, he said no , editor ' who was competent to edit a great daily could afford to give up so responsible a calling for the insignificant honor of a seat in the Senate. The Jews are noted as being law . abiding people.' Only one Jew has ever been sent to the penitentiary in this State and the first Jew ever bung in- the United .States.-was , Martin Weinberger who was hanged, at . Pittsburg, '.Pi., Tuesday of last week. -.' " - - i r on df According to the New York Com mercial and FinanciarubronicIe.the cot ton crop for 1883- 84 amounted to5,7l4,- U52 bales. e I Vra t a Mama I rill v iTlIr VHIHM in nijlihh. i x uuuuim it I : Suit Against a Railboad Under a New Law. There was a series of inter esting cases before A. M. Walker, Esq., at Mooresville, last Friday. Mr J. F. Mc Lean of that place, brought eleven dif ferent suits against the Atlantic, Tennes see & Ohio Railroad, for unjust discrimi nation in freight charges. The suits were brought under an act of the Legislature which provides that no Railroad company doing business in North Carolina shall charge a higher proportionate rate for carrying freight a short distance than for carrying it a longer distance. The plain tiff alleged that the Railroad had violated this act. Judgment was given against the Road and counsel took an appeal to the Superior Court. Statesville Land mark. . The Institutions fob the Deaf, Dumb and Blind. A reporter visited these institutions and lound everyining in nice order. There are in the white denartment 104 dudUs. of which 31 are deaf-mute girls, 33 deaf-mute boys; 21 blind crirls and 19 blind bo vs. In the col ored department there are 11 deaf-mute boys and 7 deaf-mute girls; Diiua ooys and 5 blind girls, a total of 32. The whole nnmher in both denartments is 13G. There are a good many yet to come, who ..... will be here soon, so there win oe over the usual number. Raleigh Observer. Mrs S. D. Houk of Newton, was so seriously frightened by some one mak ing an alarm at her window last Saturday night in the absence of her husband, that from the eflfvr.La she had to take her bed. She gradually grew worse and last Thurs day she died. Hickory Press. The completion of the Western North Carolina Railroad to Charleston, Swain county, was appropriately celebrat ed last Friday. The completion of this road is, and will always remain a lasting monument to the wisdom of the Jarvis administration, and to the vim, energy and dauntless courage of Col. A. B. Andrews. A&hboro Courier. SSf Sheriff Hardie, of Cumberland county, is in the city attending court. ie can say what no other man in this State can. He has settled with the public Treasurer twenty-seven times, and no error was ever discovered in his accounts, nor was he ever behind time. Greensboro North State. The 'Presbyterian Synod of North Carolina holds its annual session at Wins ton the first week in October com mencing Wednesday, Oct. 1st. df" Remarking upon the fact that the cases of Thomas L. Shields, of Mecklen burg, for murder, has been moved to Iredell, the Shelby Aurora remarks that it is doubtful now about bis being hung.' This seems to be the general sentiment among our neighbors concerning Iredell ustice and this sentiment probably had something to do with the removal of the shields case to this county. Ostatesville Landmark. Unfobtunate Affair. Intelligence reached this city, on Monday last, that Mr William Moore, of Manchester, Va., a brother of Mrs. W. D. McAdoo, of this city, had committed suicide by shooting himself through the body near the heart. The rash act is said to have grown out of a love affair. Mr Moore was at one time a resident of this city and connected with the McAdoo House. It is a distressing case. Greensboro North State. IW Ex-Sheriff Joe Marshall of Stanly county, who recently died of paralysis, was about 82 years old, and had served as Sheriff 29 years. Dibectob's Meeting. The Board of Directors of the Western N. C. Asylum met at the Asylum building, on Wednes day, . the 10th inst. Dr. W. D. Billiard, Assistant Superintendent of the Asylum, tendered his resignation. Dr. Hilliard's resignation was accepted, and Dr. E. M. Summerell of Salisbury, was elected to fill bis place. The Directors found the Institution in good order, and were well satisfied with the treatment received by the patients, and by the large per cent of cures enected. uov. jarvis visited the institution on the 9th and expressed him self as perfectfy satisfied with the work ings - of this Institution. Morganton Mountaineer. The N. C. State Exposition. 1 - Special Days. Oct. 1st and 2d Military days. Oct. 1st and 2d Band days. Oct. 8th N. C. Press Association day. Oct. 15th and 16th N. C. Fisher- , men's days. Oct. 15th Assembly and drill of Knights Templar. Oct. 21st and 22d Dental and Medi- cal days. Oct. 21st and 22d Northern days. Oct. 23d and 24th Educational days Alumni of University. Me chanic's day. Firemen's day. Oct. 3d, 10th and 17th Tobacco sales . in grand stand by J. S. Lock- . hart, Wake, Chatham, Harnett. Oct. 4th Vance, Moore, Johnston. Oct. 6th Durham, Orange, Franklin Oct. 7th Guilford, Alamance, Hali- ; fax; Warren. Oct. 8th New Hanover, Colum bus, Brunswick, Buncombe, Mc Dowell. Oct. 9th Forsyth, Surry, Stokes, lad kin, Albemarle section. Oot. 10th Bladen, Robeson, Rich mond, Rockingham, Iredell, Ca '1 ! tawba, Caldwell, ' Oct 13th Rowan, Davie, Davidson, rieaulort, JNewbern association. Oot. 14th Union, Anson, Meoklen burg, Cabarrus. Oct. 15th Cleveland, Gaston, Cum berland, Sampson, Burke. Oct. 16th Montgomery, Stanly, Ran dolph, Duplin, Pender. Oct. 17th Madison, Haywood, Hen derson, Wayne, Wilson, Cas well, Person, Granville. Oct 20th Alexander, Alleahany, Ashe, Wilkes, Watauga, North ampton, Norfolk. Oct. 21st Richmond and Petersburg. Oct. 22d Baltimore, Washington, Atlanta, Columbia. Oct. 23d Mitchell, Yancev, Macon, Jackson,, Transylvania, Chero kee, Swain, Graham, Clay. - The above list comprises all of the spe- J f. j r.t ? viai uajo bu ar suuuuuveu. vomers wu be given in due time. ' 'H-3 Fries, Sec'y. df- Joseph E. Glenn, of Newberry county, o. J.t nas Deen bund in one eye r , t . . J ior several years, .lasi wees as he was walking in the street an umbrella was blown from the hand of another man and struck him in the other eye and destroyed its signs torever. Buying Votes in Maine. The purchase and sale of votes in Maine on last election day is reported to have been the most unblushing and disgraceiui et witnessed on this continent. A cor respondent of a New York paper, writing rom Augusta, say s : "The Republicans "have won a dearly aought victory in Maine dearly bought both because of the actual dollars and dents it has cost and, of the sacrifice they cave msue oi tuo must, bwicu puubincs that underlie a free government. If a truthful account of the bribery practiced throughout the State Monday could be given it would not be believed. The bbld, audacious and insolent purchase ol vites right here in the city of Augusta is si ai ply incredible to one who did not see it. The only way the Americau people could be convinced of such wholesale cor ruption of the ballot would be to look down and behold for themselves men bojight and marched up to the polls in betds like so many servile beasts. It must be a matter of some humiliation to the! friends of Mr Blaine to know that the most nag ran outrages in ine wnoie oiaie were committed in his own city, where the voting population does not exceed 2,200. Talk of Copiah and Danville, of Southern proscription of the negro, ot any wrong or nitstice to individual freedom or the public welfare ! I have said in other dispatches that the purchasable vote of this city numbers about 400. I have no doubt of the truth fulness of that statement. I have beard the testimony of dozens concerning these shameful briberies. I have seen the men who did the buying and the men who were bought, aud know the prices paid. I confess that I could not have believed there was a place within the domain of the United States government where law reigns, where there are courts and officers to do police duty, where there is a pre tense of decency, law and order at which such wrongs could be tolerated. All this in the name of Blaine and the Republican party ! The Attempt to stir up Strife among the Negroes. From the Asheville Advance. What every fair minded man should be afraid of and despise is : 1st. The attempt of the sectional Re publican party to stir up strife between the races by the revival ot the uivil nights Bill. 2d. The attempt to put the negro where nature never intended him. It is a viola tion of Nature's laws, and is sure to be fol lowed by dire consequences. The Republican party ought to have gone out of existence when slavery was abolished; but they say their mission is not yet ended. They must give the negro Civil Rights and social equality, and not till that is accomplished will their mission be ended. How do they propose to do it ? They propose to do it by Legislation when they get control of all legislative bodies. This sectional party holds the Supreme Court in contempt. It was demonstrated by Ingersoll, Fred. Douglass and others of the Republican party for its decisions in the Civil Rights case. This same old sectional party denounced the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case, and refused to abide by it, notwithstanding it was the highest Court in the land and they will do likewise in the Civil Rights case. White men or me west, aon t aeiuae yourselves into the belief that the Republican party propose to let this Civil Rights Bill rest with the Supreme Court. This was the vain belief of all parties in the Dred Scott case. iv it. Balloons.. After, many years have been devoted, with Successive failures, to the discovery of some method whereby a balloon could be navigated in any direction at the will of the aeronaut, two French officers at tached to the military balloon workshops at Meudon, have succeeded in solving the difficult problem. By permission of the French minister of war, M. Herve Man- gon has been allowed to lay before the French Academy of Science an account of the remarkable experiments that were made at Meudon, on the 9th of August last. ' . At four o clock in the afternoon of that day a balloon containing Captains Renard and Krebs rose slowly from the park, at Uhoisy, near Aieudon, and tooK at first : a northerly direction over the , plateau, through which runs the road from Choisy to Versailles. . To avoid ascending above the trees, the direction of the balloon was changed towards Versailles. The air was calm, and at first the movement of the balloon was scarcely perceptible, but, as soon as its motive power was brought into action its pace was accelerated. When it was above villacoublay, some two miles from Meudon, the spectators saw it sud denly tack about, make a half circle of three hundred yards radius, return: to its point of departure, and slowly descend, with a dipping motion, until it alighted on the lawn from which it had started. . The distance covered on going and returning was about four, miles and three-quarters, and the time occupied in the trip twenty Beven minutes. . During the entire trip the balloon is said to nave, obeyed faithfully the least movement ot its helm. The to- tai weight oi tne banoon, with all its ap pliances, including the two officers who controlled and directed its movements, was 4,250 pounds, or two tons and an eighth. The motive power was supplied by an electrict accumulator operating motor. This - motor, was of four-horse power, and the duration of the force em ployed in working the screw propeller was estimated at four hours when the power of the battery was applied. On.y a little more than the power of three . horses was used on the occasion referred to. So far, then, as relates to the ability to guide a balloon to any given point, to re verse its course aud return to the point of departure on a calm day, the Meudon ex periment is said to be conclusive. It if said that by using the full power of the motor the balloon can be directed at the will of its navigator in the face of strong winds, and even in great storms, if the motive power were increased to that of ten horses. However this may be. there can be no doubt that this discovery of the means oi navigating balloons is a very important one.and in all probability it will tend to further improvements in the same direction. , Wheat is cheaper now than it has been for a century in England. In the first half of the present' year . the average price ' in . the markets there, as recorded weekly in the London Gazette, was only 1 irr. nJI . ctt i eu. per quarter, yve nave to go oaca u I? ou to nna as low a price, in the interval of ' 104 years the quarter has only twice oeen unaer z We are pleased to see .Senator Ransom in the city. He is just about to enter into the canvass. He will fill those appointments ' heretofore announced for Gen. Scales which, in order to foUow Dr. Xorfe.Kien. Scales has been oDiigea to abandon. If possible Gen. Scales will go into those counties later. Raleigh Obser ver. df" Speaking of York, Gov. Vance in conversing with a crowd oi itieuds at Hickory, remarked: "York is the biggest tar JSorih of hell and east of the lime Ridge," and everybody who has ever beard York's rambling, illogical, ignorant, emagogic, lying tirades of insult and villification, knows that the above is s true geography and all. Lincoln Press. r i Col. Folk requests us to state that the letter he wrote to Gen. . Scales was simply a statement with regard to the Lenoir row, and contained no declaration that he would not vote for York. The Colonel says he is tired of politics and does not want to have any thing to do with this campaign. Morganton .Moun taineer. In his speech at Kinston recently, Gov. Jarvis boldly charged that there was not a single provision in the Constitu tion of North Carolina for the protection of life, liberty and property that was not violated by the Kepublican party while in power in this State. On the other hand he challenged any Republican ' to show where the , Democratic party had violated a single provision ot the Uonstitu- tion for the protection of lite liberty and property. ' ' JSf It has beet truthfully remarked that the people of North Carolina deserve credit for the great forbearance and patience they exercise in letting such an infernal lying ass as York abuse and villify the decent people of the State frum the stump. The reason why the people allow it is because they know if he is given rope enough the foul-mouthed "dol- ar pup will hang himself... And he is succeeding to the entire satisfaction of the Democracy. Lincoln Press'. A Crime that Must be Checked. : ' The arrest of a colored man at Albany, Ga. who, up lo the date of his arrest, had borne a respectable character- charged with being at the head of a secret society, the members of which were en gaged in wrecking the train that was taking the Albany military to Dawson on Aug. 24, is an event of more than passing importance. I be military were moving under the orders of the Governor to in sure the enforcement of the law in the case of the execution of a criminal. The crime for which the criminal was to suffer death was one of the most heinous known. In stead of assisting the authorities in en forcing the law, these colored people at tempted to murder those who were eent to assist in enforcing the law. The press of the country contains al most daily accounts of fiendish assaults upon white women and girls, and proba bly but a small number of the attempts to commit this crime is given to the public. The sufferers and their friends prefer to hide the nameless shame. In many in stances one crime is followed by another. The helpless and ruined victims are not permitted to live to tell the horrible story of their wrongs. The South is the scene of most cases of this crime, but the North and West are also sufferers. The mystery of tho mutilator body of beautiful Etiie Watson, which was for weeks the horror of New Jersey, has been solved by . the confession of her negro murderer. The latest outrage of this kind was in Florida, and resulted in the death of the lady and the hanging ot her murderer. Georgia, however leads all the States in the fre quency with which the crime of . rape i9 committed within her borders. Twenty- four cases of this crime are known to have occurred since January last. It is impos sible to estimate how many have been concealed. The fearful penalty of the law does not seem to be any protection against the lust of negro brutes. In several in stances when arrested these criminals have not only confessed the crime with which they are charged, but others, which, until then, had been unknown except to those who. were the sufferers. . It is almost too much to expect of human nature to try such brutes in the cold and formal way demanded by the law and the rules of court. A short rope and no the natural inclination of those mercy is who cap- ture such criminals or who are sufferers by their acts. :.The popular verdict is for their prompt execntion. The people of Georgia, however, in the 24 cases referred to, except in two instances, have quietly allowed justice to take its course, instead of taking the law into their own hands:, Every decent white and colored . man is interested in upholding the laws, but if the punishment of such crimes is to be in terfered with by negro societies and negro mobs, there will soon be a condition of affairs that will permit very little - mercy to be shown to those charged with the crime of rape. Lynch law, as much as it is deprecated by every civilized communi ty, will supersede the law administered by court and jury, even though the inno cent, by mistake, may sometimes suffer for the deeds of: the guilty Savannah News. How They See Us. North Carolina is getting to be one of the best known of the American dtalea, It is estimated that during the Bummer nearly or quite twenty thousand persons have visited our mountain section, either for pleasure, business or sight-seeing. A considerable number of these are from distance, and many of them are men of means, looking around for . investment Others are prospecting for homes for themselves and families. We had the pleasure of being introduced to and inter viewed several Northern gentlemen a few days since, who, for the first time, hal viBiiea ine mountain section, ine im pressions made upon them were not only lavoraoie, out they were enthusiastic in their statements of what they had een and heard. One of them, in an ecstacy ot delight, declared that "Irom Henry station to the Tennessee line he viewed one of the most desirable countries, in all respects, upon earth." "Why," said he. "a man who can't live in that country, and live well, don't deserve to live at all We must think that in a few years the cry of "go west", will be changed and the tide of empire will turn to our sec tion. We are a wonderful people, and no mistake. (Greensboro North State, (Re puoucan paper.) Illustrating Chinese chean labor ana competition, the cigar manulactnrers . .... . . - ox dan Francisco are examples. Wbiu there are about 500 white persons em ployed, there are about 7,000 or 8,000 hur ' a' .t ' -- viuune, kiiu iu wuue. men -receive f 11 to 22.50 a week and the Chinese $5 There is an important matter which every day presents itself to the citizens of the South in a stronger light, it i tne rapid increase in the number of idle ne groes, principally boys from 12 years and upwards and young men, that infest our cities. They live upon their mothers, sisters, or mistresses, or by stealing. Nothing is apparently too heavy for them to earry away, and they are as adroit in tbeir rascality as the thngs of India are in their murders.- It is impossible to form an estimate of the number of these vagrants, but we do not think it too large to say that there are 3,000 of them in this city. Let any excitement be created in almost any part of the city, and this class spring forth in hundreds. If the excite ment is in the eastern or western: suburbs, they rush from the negro houses, aud in the centre; of the city, they come forth from the kitchens and lanes. This class of people live upon the industrious members of their own color, as well as by committing depredations upon the while people. : - - Every Southern city is affected in the same way as Savannah, and the people suomiL 10 ine imposition Decause these vagrants are negroes. Had they white faces they would soon be run out of every community, something will have lobe done to check this rapidly growing evil. The enforcement of the vagrant laws is all that is necessary. Let the police take up all the idlers and street loafers and the Mayor can turn them over to the. City Court- for trial under the State law. Their abor can be made useful in the work of draining the county and building good roads, buch action . will be a relief to our business community, and also to hun dreds of industrious colored people upou whom some of the loafers subsist. Under prop.-r management the vagrants can be made to do the Slate service and be taught industrious habits. Savannah News. . A Sad Picture bat True. : From the Philadelphia Record, Ind. Dem. There are more than 20,000 idle work men in Cincinnati, iiaghl thousand ot these men are members of the . various trades unions. When the dependent wo men and children who look for their sup port to the earnings of these laborers are added to the number of idlers they consti tute together a body of suffering and dis content which makes the heart ache. Such a fact as this furnishes a bitter com mentary upou the system of Government interference with the productive industries of.' the country. . The land is full of fatness, there is bread and meat for all, and the plentiful bounty of Providenco might be properly distributed if men were left free to engage in undertakings suited to the natural advantages of the country. 15ut under our artificial system they are constantly seduced into enterprises of doubtful value. Confined to one .market by an illiberal commercial policy, they are the easy victims of competition and over production. Stoppages, sirikes, . depres sion and disaster follow quickly upon sea sons of apparent prosperity. The univer sal shrinkage and business distress throughout the country can be fairly traced to the improvident investment ot capital in manufacturing operations which have ceased to be profitable because they have no sufficient outlet for production. Manufacturers have been making goods enough for 100,000,000 people, when they ouly have but 50,000,000 people for cus tomers. There is no sure remedy for this state of things and the distress it brings with it, but it would be a great alleviation if we could return to a system permit ting commercial activity and the free ex change of products with every part of the world. . , Floods is China. 70,000 Lives lost and many Towns swept out of Existence. -1 be steamer San Pablo brings advices from Hong Kong to Aug. 14, and from Yokohama to Aug. 30. Information bad reached Canton of a. frightful inundation in the province of Kiang See. The news is dated KingTak, the chief centre of the pottery manufacture, and one of the four great markets of the empire. The floods lasted four days, and the entire country was submerged to a depth of four feet. Whole towns were swept away. It is believed that fully 70,000 persons perish ed." It was feared that a pestilence would lollow. Cholera had broken out at Amoky. The number of deaths is not given. It has-been declared; to be an infected port.' - It is stated that the price paid .for' the fleet of 263 vessels sold as announced ' by ' the China Mechants' Navigation Company to the American Company was 5,200,000 tales, equal to 16,500,000, which is below their original COSt. ! ,:. i. : ' . - '. .:; . : MONROE. B. CALDWELL ' 18 WITH HARGRAVES & ALEXANDER, CUABLOTTB, N. C, And will be glad to see all bis friends and old customers. - v 8epr5J2,1884.: j:: 2wpd - SHIP Your Cotton to CARSflW Tinoa if vnn wmt to save time and money. If you want to Store, it wm pay you 10 can ana see us, as our terms are surpissed.- Give us a trial. . . CARSON BROS. . - Charlotte, N. C. . Sept. 5, 1884. ' R. H. JORDAN & CO., , Springs' Corner, Druggists. A nice article of Cooking Wine cheap at XV. xi. JUHUAfl UU8., Springs Corner. E3f Colgate' Harness Oil Soap clenses thor oughly and preserves the leather. For sale by R. H JORDAN & CO.' : 1ST A Fresh Stock of Lucca Cream Salad Oil. 'rnl.wnw.a Vf ....... -,4 : . knllv A. kA- J 71 t bvi.ui.u b muounutiu vuik vi BDU XT reSQ spices (wiioie or ground), or all kinds, at R. H. JORDAN & CO.'S., Druggists. tW A fine lot of Green and Black Teas for the retail trade, at R. EL JORDAN & CO.'S. E8 Sheffield's Creme Dentifrice is the nicest to use most effective for cleaning and preserv ing me teem ana gams ior saie oy - ': R H. JORDAN & CO. tW Headquarter for Colgate's and Pears' louet ooaps and Waters. - Fi u;oT r R H. JORDAN & CO. i"t3T Wholesale or Retail, Scan's Fruit Pow der, for sale by trp,-"-R H JORDAN & CO.' The Kangaroo is conceded to be the BEST tJjgar sola for 5 cents. Uail and try them, at i - R. EL JORDAN & CO.'S. tW A fresh lot of McAllister's ' Prepared . . : . 1; '. it EL JORDAN & CO., .1 " - Springs Corner. Bept.5,1884. While courtesy required that Dr, York, whose appointments Gen. Scales ie now filling, should attend those announced ; for the latter after the 0lh at Charlotte, still, as he refuses to do so, the Demo cratic committee, by consent of Gen. Scales, have determined to waive the dis courtesy and let Gen. Scales follow Dr. York. So Gen. Scales and Dr. York will speak as follows : , Albemarle, Monday, September 22. Troy, Tuesday, September 23. Ashboro, Wednesday, September 24. Lexington, Thursday, September 25. Winston, Friday, September 26. Greensboro, Saturday, September 27. Graham, 31 on day, September 29. -Hillsboro, Tuesday, September SO. Durham, Wednesday, October 1. Raleigh, Thursday, October 2. : . Gen. Ransom, .with other good speakers, will fill the following appoint ments: :. , i Monroe, Monday, Sept. 22d. . ; Mt. Gilead, Montgomery county, Thurs day, Sept. 25th. ) Rockingham, Saturday, Sept. 27th. Shoe Heel, Robeson county, Monday, Sept. 29th. Fayetteville, Tuesday, Sept." 30th. LUlington, Wednesday, Oct.' 1st. Sanford, Moore County, Friday, Oct. 3d. Ore Hill, Chatham county, Saturday, Oct. 4th. . Appointments of Hon. W. Hi Kitchin. Hon. W. H. Kitchin, will speak" as fol lows: Iron Station, Lincoln Co., Friday, Sept. 19; Denver, Lincoln Co., Saturday Sept. 20; High Shoals, Gaston Co., Mon day, Sept 22; Gastonia, Gaston Co., Tues day, Sept. 23; King's Mountain, Cleveland Co., Wednesday, Sept. 24; farmville, Cleveland Co., Thursday, Sept. 25; Island Ford, Cleveland Co., Friday, Sept. 26; Columbus, Folk Co., Saturday, Sept. 27; Poplar Grove, Polk Co., Monday, Sept. 29; Rutherfordtoa, Ruth ford Co., Tues day, Sept.v 30. Mr Trull, the Republican candidate for elector, is invited to attend these appointments. li. II. Uattlk, Uh'n. A! Burning Bush. "v From the Tuscarora Nevada Times There is a remarkable tree or shrub in a small gluch near some springs about twelve miles north , of Tuscarora. It is about six. or seven feet in height, with a trunk which at its base is three limes the size of a man's wrist. It has innumer able branches and twigs, and resembles somewhat the barberry tree. But its remarkable characteristic is its foliage, which, at a certain season of the year, is bo luminous that it can be plainly distin guished in the darkest night for a dis tance of more than a mile, while in its immediate vicinity it : emits sufficient light to enable a person to read the finest print. Its foliage is ex tremely rank and its leaves, resemble somewhat in size, bhape and color thote of the aromatic bay tree of California. The luminous property is evidently para sitic and consists of a sort of gummy sub stance, which, upon being transferred by rubbing to a person a hands, imparts to it the same apparently phosphorescent light, while that on the leaf entirely dis appears. - lhe Indians regard it with superstition and will not approach it veu in the day time if they can possibly avoid it. They have a name for it, which literally inter preted signifies "witch tree." An old Shoshone informed the writer that there were only two others in the entire coun try, but the closest questioning failed to elicit the slightest information in regard to their localities. He would only shake his head gravely aud ejaculate, "."Bad medicine." , . Arrival and Departure of Trains at Charlotte. .;. , . -.;...' -. RICHMOND & DANVILLE AND ATLANTA & CHARLOTTE AIR LINE No. 50 Arrives at Charlotte from Richmond at 1:20 a. m Leave i for Atlanta at 1:30 a. m. 51 Arrives at Charlotte from Atlanta at 4.10 a. m. Leaves for Richmond at 4 20 a.m. -' No. 52 Arrives at Charlotte from Richmond at 12:35 p. m ;. Leaves for Atlanta at 1:00 p. m. No. 53 Arrives at Charlotte from Atlanta at 6:55 p. m. Leaves for Richmond at 7:00 p. m. CHARLOTTE. COLUMBIA & AUGUSTA. Arrives from Columbia at 6:15 p. m. Leaves for Columbia at 1:00 p. m: - - -5 - J- ! A., T. db O. Division. Arrives from Statesville at 10:30 m. Leaves for Statesvile at 7:15 p. m. i i i mi .limn ? i. - J . CAROLINA CENTRAL. I Leaves for Wilmington at 8:45 p. m , and for Laurinburg at 7:10 a. m. . ' u " Arrives from Wilmington at 7:00 a." m., and from Laurinburg at 3:45 p. m. Shelby Division oj Carolina Central. ' Leaves for Shelby at 6:35 p. in. Arrives from Shelbv at 12:05 a. m. , TO ; ... Wholesale Buyers! Thanks to the very liberal response of our cus tomers to our request for. remittances, . we were enabled this Fall not only to place before the Trade the usual voluminous lines of Goods, but to purchase a good many for the cash; and hence far below their value, which benefit we are ready to divide with those favoring us with their trade. It is not in a spirit of egotism nor idle boast, but we assert it as a fact that our house is the largest and best equipped of any house in the South Atlantic States, and we furthermore claim to back our business by perhaps ,. The Largest Capital Of any home within the aforementioned 1 terri torial limits, and when it is taken into considera tion that we are tar beyond the "Milk-Haired" class of merchants having bad a joint experience of over forty-five years it is but natural to con clude that our house is, and by right ought to be, The Leading House South. Standing ready to make good our claims, we advle the lrade that -our various Wholesale lanes are now complete and ready for your in spection or order. tW Our salesmen will visit you in a few daya with full lines of samples and we hope to have an order. WITTKOWSKY & BARUCH, I Aug. 29, 1884. Charlotte, N. C. Dissolution. The firm of A. R. NISBET & BRO., con sisting of A. R. Nisbet, W. B. Nisbet and W. L Friday.has been dissolved by mutual consent, tak ing effect April 1st, 1884. A. R. and W. B. Nisbet havipg bought the entire interest of W. I. Friday In future the business will be conducted under the firm, name of A. U. & W. B. Nisbet. A. R. NI8BET, W. B. NISBET, ' . W. I. FRIDAY. Charlotte, N. C, April 4, 1884. 12P The friendsof W I. Friday will find him at the store of A. R. & W. B. Nisbet, where he will be glad to see them. Total Net Receipts of Newivp Tha fnlli-l Winer g l.n n6.r ltna' net oi cuttuu ai. an ine ports tton at all the ports BinCe su : Galveston, 1,481 bales , 4,189; Mobile, 1,849;' !Hs 3- rharlostnn 10 910. tit.. ' HW"- 1984 leans Total Visible Supply of Cotto. -- - , o . 10 mt New York, Sept. 13. The total supply of cotton for the world is a$. oaies, voo,ox ueing American;! 1,817,000 and 999,000, respectivelj voir ' ' " ; . j - New York Cotton Futures. New Yokk, Sept.. 15. Future delij ies, under the influence of Liverpool J counts and of the increasing port receiiJ were passed on the market at gradatl;,! declining prices till the loss amounted ii 13-100 and 10-100. Then the offend became less and buyers had to pa i slight advance. At the third call M tember brought 10.37 and 10.38, -X)eWt 10.19, November 10.17, January 10.33 J 10.32, February 10.45 and 10.44, Mir 10.56. December was offered at lo.sf. April 10.69, May 10.81, June 10.93, Jsl,; 11.64; , .' ; r : r State Democratic Ticket , For Governor A. M. Scales of Guilford coii Foi Lieut.-Governor C. M.. Stedman of K Hanover. For Sec'y of State W. L. Saunders of Orangt For Treasurer D. W. Bam of Wake. - ::Ui For Auditor W. P. Roberts of Gates. For Attorney General T. F. Davidson of Bo combe. For Superintendent of Public Instruction 8. 4 Fineer of Catawba. -i For Justice Supreme Court A. 8. Merrimon & waKe. For Congress, 6th District Hon. R, T. Bennett . ;, or Anson. . . ' National Democratic Ticket. For . President Hon. Grover Cleveland ofHei York. For Vice President Hn. Thomas A. Hendrfch of Indiana. i Far Electors for State-at-Large. John N. Staples of Guilford, Wm. II. Kitchen of Halifax. District Electors. :'';W 1st District W. H. Lucas of Hyde county.1 2d District Donnell Gilliam of Edgecombe. 3d District Charles W. McClammy of Pender. 4th District B. ii. Bunn of Nash county. 5th District R: B. Glenn of Stokes. 6th District A. H. Rowland of Robeson. 7th District R C. Puryear of Yadkin. 8th District R. McBrayer of Cleveland. 9th District H M, Justice of Rutherford. ' Democratic Candidates for Congre:' 1st District T. G. Skinner of Pasquotank ca 2d District F. A. VVoodardof Wilson. 3d : District V. J. Green of Cumberland. 4th District W. R. Cox of Wake. 5th District James W. Reid of Rockingham. 6th District K. T. Bennett oi Anson. 7th District John S. Henderson of Rowan. i 8th District W. H. H. Cowles of Wilkes. 9th District Thos D. Johnston of Buncombe. Mecklenburg Democratic Ticket. V 2 For the Senate Sid. B. Alexander. x u '' - For the House W. E. Ardrey, H. D. 8towi and K. tr. Waring. . . , ; For Sheriff James M. Davis. : - For Register J. W. Cobb. .-:: For Coroner S. B. Smith. '--' For Surveyor T. J. Orr. ; For Treasurer J. H. McClintock. . . - COL. POLK'S , . Diphtheria Cure. This celebrated remedv is manufactured by the Polk Diphtheria Co. in Boston, and sold la Charlotte by T. C. SMITH & CO. Auar 29,1884. NEW SPRING 1 Millinery. '"i:s We have now ready our Sprinz Styles is HATS and BONNETS for Ladies, Misses anf Children, and are prepared to show all the dot- elties of the Spring season as far as advanced. It 13 a well known fact that we carry the largen and most complete line of ; ' Millinery Goods In North Carolina. Our Mr Charley r. Qnerr being in the Millinery trade in New York City, affords us great advantages iu obtaining , NEW - -STYLES:--) -l s As soon as they appear in New York CJifty. En tirely New Styles in Shape and Novelties ia Trimmings are now being prepared for the Sum mer season, all of which we will have in stock bj May 1st, at which time we calculate to show the ladies the grandest display of fine " ; - f i Dress Hats and Bonnets'3 For Ladies, Misses and Children they have rare ly if ever seen in the South. , . ,- ?j Our stock of Laces, Neckwear, Parasols sod Fancy Novelties generally is complete, an4. will be sold as cheap as the cheapest. ' , ' . Mrs. V, QUERY. Aprit 18,1884. ' ; THOS. REESE & CO., lL - RETAIL DRUGGISTS. , . Chaklotie, N. C.t t . . . j .st ... ... ..." X. I. . t ' M . . t n. . . wrr r T nW as successors to ine xtetau i raae oi vvixidm BROS.J we wish to call attention to the NIW MANAGEMENT of the Old Reliable Store, where a full line of everything usually kept in s well appointed DRUG STORE can be had The Btore is now in the hands Of Graduates of Pharmacy, And all Medicines are carefully prepared and scientifically dispensed. ,, . We guarantee satisfaction in every detail, ana solicit public patronage. - .-. . .i, , . THOMAS REESE & CO., Retail Pharmacists, June 20, 1884. Charlotte, N. C. BLOOD And its unparalleled abuses are fully and freely discussed in a neat 32 page book, mailed free ts any address, by Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. . Drop a postal for it, as every man and womaa needs it and will be delighted with its valuablt and entirely new revelations. ; , Small Voices Sometimes shake a Nation of people and arooM them to action. . Expressions similar to the fol lowing, from a well known Druggist of Atlanta, pour iu from sections where B. B. B. has been used : Atlanta, June 12, 1884. It is our firm belief that B. B. B. is the BEST Blood Purifier on the market We are selling four orfive bottles of it 1 1 ONE of any otherpre paration of the kind. It has failed in no instance to give entire satisfaction. Merit is the secret W. P. Smith & Co., Druggist. This is the only blood medicine known that combines quick acticn, certain effect, cheap price and unbounded satisfaction We Prove That one siDgie bottle of B. B. B. will do as much work in curing Blood Poisons, Skin Af fections, Scrofula. Kidney Troubles. Catarrh and Rheumatism as six bottles of any other prepara tion on earth. One 50-year-old chronic nicer cured. Scrofol of children cured with one bottle. Blood Pol sons eured with a few bottles. It never fail. We hold home proof in book form. Send for it Large bottles 1, six for $5 00. Expressed on receipt of price, if your Druggist cannot sup ply you. Address BLOOD BALM CO., Atxahta, Ga. ; ZW Sold in Charlotte by W. M. Wit sow & Co., and Thomas Keesk & Co., Druggists. 19,873; Charleston, 10,318; WitoV 1,003; Norfolk, 1.G59; Boston, 671 dence, 106; Philadelphia, 2,114. vi Point, 3; Pensacola, 367jJudianol 1 Baltimore, 1. Total, 57,596. 'J .11!.?.'. :...:-: ' ; . 1 u SWT Jul 1884. J ; .. . i:ch Up 10 " La wiU not L appoio ie folio wit fan of the Committee, fDearSir e conclude fork again, pointmenti ?e on the 21 yours tr n Ardrc oners of 1 ieet at th ?xt, tbe2 fjsr At lourt for i Iivil Docl out 160 eeks' one Cabakr IcKoy o abarrus Iromptly I The foil rand Jt fas A Go lowery, arnhard acob Fr $ C Gooc er, M. I . tisenheii . V.:" T ort tii rougho as and ie price The lb ressed c jrests : ,Kbw Ircular ierce tl 13 Mill ton of 1 t men'i lat ma a short ill unti isure Caba Caba Tpncor Indidi ounty J The' laturdi souuty ustruc for Se ind fo live fr roon b tive re dred thems tion s, this S gettit noisy quali Jfort u Is on Stau Disti uom oftl Row son, Vrla mac In C Hei I K lies wai of 1 nal it i for Ind ' Sh his mi La th Ti' V I. "r. o . t i ..-: c m
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