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VOLUME vn. CHARLOTTE, N. C MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1878. NUMBERS; i d y. i . orison Barbarity- How Jersey's Convicts Suffer InvestijcatinK Their Inhuman Treatment Men Gagged and Suspended by the Wrists Until the Flesh Is Cut With the Cords The Alcohol Punishment. -- From the New York Times. TaisT)N, Fe i 6. Tuo joint committee appointed to iuvestigate the charges of iuhum-tii treat id eat, of prisoners ia oar State prison, on the part of General Molt. keeper, and W W L Puillips, physician of the same, met in tbe senate chamber this evening at 8 o'clock. Patrick H Lavorty, Sheriff of Ends n county, was the first witness sworn..-H j referred to Frcelander- a ciovict from Hadaon county, and said : This man was arrested in Hoboken and convicted and sentenced to the State prison. When he was first arrested be weighed two hundred pounds While in jiil he would not do any work. He be came OLiveuieu'ly afflicted with paraly sis. X took hioi tj Tieaton, when two or three men proposed to pull him out on the sidewalk, wben he crawled oat on his knees. He was taken to the prison and put to work. He is the man that the newspapers Btated that alcohol was poured upoa. Tuat was a mild treatment, and I wjuld not hive been so mild with him, al though I am a hutnanesman. There are but few saints in tbe State prison. Thin man bad threatened to kill me. II 8 age is about 45 or 4b He is a German Jew, and was couviciea oi raise pretence, xx watt sentenced to one year and a hall. The workings of the pruon are now par excel lence. It is a model institution Alexander 11 Warner testified as fol- 1 T i1 L. I lows: j. was vuapiain oi me prison nine years and five months; left on tbe 31st oi , last August; was Chaplain for seventeen months while General Mutt was keeper ; knew very little about tbe punishments because 1 was afraid to tpeak; saw a man suspended by bis bands irom tbe ceiling of a cell one lime ; could not tell whetbei his feet touched tbe floor or not; mereh cast my eyes in; I have seen them in the cells at other times by the walls, but not women were tbtn so proud. The pretti est homemade clotb of the Confederates was a mixture of silk and cotton. For this, black silk too much worn to be of use in any other way, was cut iuto bits would be present on Tuesday evening of this week, when he proceeded to censure tbe lodg for its action in accepting tbe imperfect" candidate, and suspended the Blaster of the lodsre for the remainder of and picked into lint: mixed with more or the rear for his non-observance of Mason less cotton and spun and woven for the io rules and customs The Grand Master dress. The nrocess ia nainfnlltj tiona nf thtt Sf.At also declared all initiations of as from a pound and a half to two Donnds such pers ns in that State to be noil and of picked tilk was required : and not a void. N Y Times 7th. . . The Future of Cotton in the ? Carolinas. ww gum wuu Btoui io accomplish a dress Stopped, short at moni?h ailk to knit a pair of . crlovea. Tha Rtabmnnt made in a former article upon Confeder ate make shifts, published in TTai nr' Magazine, to tbe effect that the Confedr erate women did not know what was the fashion, was the occasion of some incred ulous comments. Not only did thev not arow, bat many of them did not care. They woie what they had or could get, and was satisfied. A ladv friend of the writer laughingly declares, that rever Out once in her life did she always have something to weir, arid that was in war times when reduced to one dress a black cashmere made "f two old ones ; she bad no choice, but must always wear tbat or none. Calicoes in 1864 were worth thirty and forty dollars a yard, ana a new calico-was regarded as a handsome dress. Garments already on band were turned and returned, dyed and made over, as long as a piece of them remained I he "costume of tbe present day, in so tar as it means a dress made of two materials, was perforce fashionable in tbe Confederacy a convenient mode of making two old . friend cover each others oenciencifs Mrs M. P. Handy in Philadelphia Weekly Times A Word about Editors Editor McGuire, of the Dardanelle Ar- kansian, declines to have his name used fr governor, and emphatically declares be would not exchange his independent manhood and his old-nail-keg editorial seat, for any wreath of intrigue drabbled laurels and official chair Without a bot tom in all the politicians' gift. Right. Manly words weil spoken. An honest, tearless, bigb.souied editor, wearing no suspended; bad to keep my eyes straight party dog collar, and trotting along with I twenty-five per The cultivation of eottion in the Caroli- nas for several years past, has been at tended with little . profit. Instances may be cited where individuals have been suc cessful bat these instances are rare. Gen erally the cultivation has been carried on under a high , pressure system by use of expensive fertilizers and by perilling tbe landed and personal property of the farm er. loo little attention Das oeen paia to the permanent improvement of tbe soil. The natural consequence is that the soil is becoming exhausted by this expensive and hazardous tilUge. A disastrous crop jear brmgs ruin to thousatds of farmert-. Credit has become so ioi pared in farming communities that those farmers who hav accumulated money, deposit it in banks where the use of it is eujojed almost ex clusively by merchants. The only way in wuich farmers are benefi ted by the capi tal of the country is in supplies advanced bv their factories at high rates of interest Homesteads and personally exemptions uave rendered necessary tbe enactment oi laws for tbe protection of factors who make advances. The credit of the farm er who mortgages his crop is necessarily confined to his factor. Credit, even with the protection of a crop lien, is generally hazardous, and the rate of interest cbarg J I L ITT a. eu is necessarily niga. we venture vue opinion that nine tenths of the farmers are opposed to piying more than eight per cent, tor the loan, of money. It i amoDg this class that usury laws find their sturdiest defenders, yet farmers un hesitatingly contract debts for supplies at nigher rates of interest than are pud by any other class of people. The farmer, perhaps unwittingly, pays from twenty to cent, for credit on ad before me or I would get in trouble; the gag in ine mourn is a common ana a se vere punishment; I saw half a dczn meu in the centre of tbe hail at one time with tbe gag in their mouths; that punishment was never used before General Mott's time; soma of the prisoners, wbose consti tutions were broken down, could not keep up with their work, and they were then punished: saw a scar on a man's thuru, which was said to be tbe effect of the al cohol; he was lying naked in a cell, and was said to be deranged; BaW only one man pulled up bv a pullev in bis cell; I a. a ar found there was a great deal of austerity in General Mott, and there was very little intercourse between us; I left there out ol self respect; Mott treated me with indig nity . John Bates testified I was employed by a shoe company, keeping machinery in repair; Baw the boot heel gag used and men standing in the centre with bags on , their eyes; saw men's wrists much cut; a few reeks before 1 left the prison I saw two or three men with gags in their mouths at work; sometimes they would work and come near choking. ' George W Brook, a shoemaker, testi fied I worked in the prison for one week as instructor; the first punishment I saw iunicted was on two men for not finishing shoes well; Cooper and Thompson were their names; they were taken out, and when they returned had" gags iu their mouths, from which they suflered from a half to three quarters of an. hour; Cooper said be would rather be strung up than have tbe gag; saw one man suffering great agony in mind and physical suffering from the eft. eta of having been strung up; he was ciying bitterly; another man sbow ed mo his wrists, which were ; badly cut, and be said be could not gt out a day's work; thev were cut to tbe bone ana a deep ridge around them; be said he bad been struug up; be bad been reported for not having put heels on shoes right. , Felix McGuire, ' deputy keeper, and AutbonyK Perry, marshal in the prison, testified that the gag, stretcher and hose. bad Dees nsed.'jferrv also saia mat a convict named Snooks bad been found dead in bis dungeon ,' and the stretcher had been used on him' there. Charles Eiley testified that the stretcher, gag and douche, had been used. The committee adjourned until Tuesday evening at ball- past seven o clock. A Country wlthcut Nfeighljors- The Southern Confederacy was a coun try without neighbors a pugilist without backers. History furnishes no instance of a more effective blockade . , Landward, except where Mexican robbers and In dians held the frontier, lay the whole country cf the foe, and seaward, within bail of each other, from Virginia to Tex as, the vessels of the United Stater Navy shut in the besieged states from the, world, and shut tbe world out from them. The then who ran the bl ckade risked life and liberty; for this risk they deman ded large profits on the good which they 'brought. The war produced its natural crop of extortioners. After the repudiation, in' 18G3, of one-third of the Confederate debt, stew people bad faith in the currency. Those who - held it spent it freely, at x'oua to exchange it for something of rnore tangible value.'- No qne . who could afford-to let capital re main idle was anxious to sell ' merchan dise, which everv dav" increased in mar ket value. Thus ii.fhtion bore its legiti mate fruits,' and the rare spectacle was presented of purchasers anxious to buy, while merchants were loth to sell For four years the Southern States were shut up to their own resources. These resources, though immense, were undeveloped and the means to develop them were, for tbe most part, lacking Manufactories sprang up all over the country ; but ; where chemical agents were necessary to the perfection of their woik, that work ; was left unperfected Couftderate cotton-cloth, as already sta ted, was sent forth from the factory in its natural unbleached ' tint.' poufederate papec was inferior, in color and . texture tq the brown wrapping paper commonly need in dry goods. stores today. The Georgia' woolen mills produced army cloths and blanket? of good quality, but wool was woefully scarce, and the cloib iold for two or three hundred dollars tf yard. Cowbair was csrelully -saved frt.m the tanneries, and mixed with cot too. ;was id K in h M.w. ... . ... m warm, ine nigueot iuco iu vm , Hid potdiidain to wear homespun; The wah poplin 'of to-day,' feold at irom ten to fifteen cents a yard, closely IreBeroble the homeapon dresses of which Southern bis tail between bis legs under no one horse political country-wagon, is far greater and more useful than any halt- score of average governors or senators. They are made and unmade, by tbe ever varying breath of a mob, often of the ba sest materials that wear human shape while libeling it. He holds his patent of nobility from God alone, and all his work is for his country, the people and the right. The press is tbe great unbridled tongue of the : universe first in the list of the world's grand educators. Its total cor ruption ana aemoralizatun would in etantly carry a gangrene to the very heart of our civilization, poisoning all tbe virtues of the age, uprooting every high and enobling aspiration of the human foul, overturning liberty and free govern ment everywhere, and establishing a uni versal despotism of ignorance, degrada' tion and crime. Religion, morality, leg islation and the pub'ic administration of justice are all powerfully molded and in naenced by it. It is in this country tbe great estate of the people, mightier than parties and politicians, mightier than the government itself, in tbe good it dispen-J ses under an upnght and courageous dis charge of tbe dunes of independent jour nalism. The free press is a richer heritage to our people than their blood-bought, a most forfeited legacy of free government, and should be guarded in its high charac ter bv the editor, who should ever take j rank with the wisest and purest and bra vest of earth's leaders and benefactors The editor, more than tbe spiritual guide, reaches the American home ; more than any other man io all tbe economies of our civilization, molds the sentiment of the age. More than the school and the pul pit, tbe press is the universal teacher of i mankind. Brethren of i earth's most potent and, save one. most noble craft 1 awake to a sense of your exalted dignity and fespon sibilitv. Awav with the base idea that any broken-down. back, any failure in ev erytbing else, can run a newspaper. EJ itors are tbo salt of tbe earth ; see that tbe seasoning ; lose not its savor. Kjep out of rings and' swindling combinations Cease being mere pack mules to bear kna vish jackleg politicians into omce. S ev er sink the patriot and philanthropist in the blind partisan. Disdain to wink at scoundrelisni or advocate tbe cause of sccundrels, at tbe dictation of any part Avoid even the appearance of evil. Stop abusing each other. Be honest, heboid, be true, be free.. Trust in God and do your duty. Show yoarselves worthy tp be the great censors of the age. . And in, your hands, the destinies of the country, and of the world, will be secure. Pat Do nan. r - ; r vances made on bis crop, while he would refuse to py more than eight per cent for loan of money Facts and Fun. Tbe snores of Mrs Alfonso are so charm ing that they are to be set to music Buffalo Express. " ' The man who has a pretty, scoldirg wife doesn't have any difficulty in under-. standing bow a thing of beauty may be a jiw forever. Worcester Press. A young lady in Wisconsin refused an offer of marriage on tbe ground that her father was not ? able to : support a larger family. . .. - .. . Love is an intrxKation Cincinnati Commercial. Yes, but a year of matri mony will sober you up. Franklin Pat not. .. Caleb Cusbing is tbe worst and Mr Waddell, of North .Carolina, is. the best dressed man in Washington. Ben Bat ter leads in button hole bequets. Old Ben Franklin sometimes said a good thing for example "If a man empties his purse into hit bead, no m&n can take it from him." An Irishman, on seeing a vessel very heavily laden and scarcely above the water s edge, exclaimed, Upon me sowl, f the river was but a little higher the ship would go to the bottom ' Fond Father. ' Well, my son, how do yo'i like college ? xour Alma Mata has turned out some great men. Young hopeful (just txpeiled) " Yes. sir, she has just turned me out." Tbe following obituary notice of a die tineuisbed cit.zoo is from a Western pa per : " Peter Ink, an old citizen of JtLnox county. Ohio, was blotted out the othei day, aged 75." Variety may be the space of life, but advertising is the pepper and salt of a newspaper, and the bread and butter of tbe advertiser. Tbe customer gets the cream. (Jin. Break last Table. My dear boy," said a mother to her son as be banded round bis plate for more turkey, "this is the fourth time you've been helped." "I know, mother,' replied the boy, but tbat turkey pecked at me once, and 1 want to get square with him. He got his turkey. "But, Paul, bow can the Spirit be in us, and we in the spirit, at tbe same time?" said tbe young man to a venera Floral Items. Belle de Chatenav is the name of a new double white violet: Camelias flower best in a cool room The buds are lees likely to doop, and tbe oiossoms last longer. When they begin to grow place them in a warm window. .Window, plants should be thoroughly showered weekly. When the weather will allow they may be set out of doors, otherwise in a bath tub. and copiously watered to remove dust. Frczetf plants will sometimes revive.if placed in an apartment where the tem perature is just above the ! freezing point. They will thaw gradually. Never put fn zm plants in a warm room. Extraordinarily cold nights, heating appliances rarely keep apartments warm enoaeb to prevent fret zing, at' least the window. During such weather place plants 1 in tbe centry of the room and coyer with newspapers securely. i : Tea roses to snoeed properly should be lifted in tbe autumn, potted, and placed in a cool pit or cellar during winter. CiTCHixO Cold Toe season of the year is now noon ns when DeoDle everv where will be taking cold, and in many cases they will suffer much and die. Alittl- cr would often prevent it. In tbe first place, as one of the means to prevent a cold, the daily bath in a warm room, with much fncuon, is vry important. In n- case should tbe body be chilled. Use much friction over the chest and throat, nnd frnuff into the nostrils a little of the water wnrmed to a comfortable temoera ore. Next, after the bath, take daily ex ercise in tbe open sir. neither too much nor too little; exposing tbe body some what to the cold and sun for a short time, but never exbaos'ing it. One chief dan ger from cold is the exhausted state of the body that first occurs, so it is not able to resist unfavorable iLlluences People who are not very vigorous should avoid ver exertion and lrer thn ntmncrth nri to - f f the highest point. It will help those prone 'o a cold to sleep all they can. -Another cause of colds is eating too heartily after - i r .1 - . t unj D mii, nucu luere are ijoi loruen enough to digest tbe fond and keep up tbe circulation. Eat moderatelv at night if yon would avoid a cold.'Acold in its early stages may be broken by hot foot baths, warmth to ANOTHER DISSOLUTION AND il ;i ' 1 1 '' ., ANOTHFR SLAUGHTERING OF PRICES!! the bodv. esneciallv a Bv our exDensiva svatem of cnUivatina ble darkey. Ob, dar's no puzzle about bot pack or a hot bath in the middle ot " 1 D j. T,, . T liS.. I.L5 -L -. .. cotton our farming communities are year uou V" PUI0 u uo Ul 1Qe y. mucn inctiot ly depleted of capital which is seeking a safe investment elsewhere, r armers are iu debt. Judgments, mortgages, and crop liens are hanging threateningly over them, instances where individuals have grown suddenly rich, afford no evidence of general prosperity. Under the present system cotton does not pay. While prices ruled high, its cultivation was a great sac cess. .Nothing short of- desoeration is it - a 10 persist m any business where experi ence tells ot loss. Unless we immediately adopt a line of policy in this matter, ne cessity will drive the cultivation of cotton to sections where it more naturally be longs. If the farmers of the Carohnas will realize and practice the necessity of raising their own supplies, then we be lieve cotton culture will be a blessing; otherwise it will continue to be a haz ardous business, and fraught with ruin to thousands of our citizens, ihe cry so frequently heard of Paving too high for labor is perhaps, .true, but tbe maiu trouble consists in paying too high for credit. Labor is as cheap to-day in the Uarolinas as in any part of tbe world. Unless we cultivate our own breadstuffs and adopt a better and less expensive system of tillage, the future of cotton in 'be Crolinas is not encouraging. Caro j,ina Farmer. and it gets red bot. Now, de poker's in de hre and de fires in de poker. wen, said tbe old judge to a negro who bad been hauld up for stealing a pullet, " what have you got to eay for yourself 7 "JNuffin, but dis: I was as cra zy as a bed-bug when 1 stole that pullet. I mougbt have stole the old ben. and I neber done it. Dat shows conclusively dat I was labonn under a 'tack of delir ium tremendus wben I done gone and siole dat pullet." a A Chicago man, visiting Pit'sborg, was crossing a lonely bridge, wben a well dressed lady met bim, knocked bita down, and took from bis pockets every cent. He was frightened nearly to death, made complaint, and had the woman arrested It transpired tbat she was his wife, acd knew that he could not go to Pittsburg without getting drunk and wasting bin substance. He smiled a sad smile and withdrew the complaint. A Glowing Tribute to th9 Democracy. From the Rev T D Talmadge's Friday Night Talk. Washington was never in so good a moral condition as now. I saw less dissi pation than at any other time. The Sen ate and House of Representatives have in them more men whose cheek and eye in-, dicate good habits tba'n I have ever seen before. In both Houses the moral tone, judging from appearance and utterance. is better. The bad old politicians that sat in the councils oi me nation are neany all dead, I am happy to say. I hey were beyond reformation, and a new race of men have taken possession. Many of those old ones died of delirium tremens, their obituary styling it "exhaustion from tbe driver, as he opened the door. The Confidence Man- A solitary lady was going up on a Cass avenue car yesterday, smiling as it she believed all the wjrld at peace, wben a man with a handkerchief bound around his head got aboard and set opposite her He doubtless felt tbat some explanation should be made for his appearance, and he suddenly said : "Madam, l was not run over by a Outchercart. ' She made no reply, and be presently continued: "And I didn't fall down stairs." She looked out of tbe window as if she didn't care whether he hid gone down through a bridge or been blown up. He moved around uneasily, and then whis pered :' "Twas a family fight worst coTflict you ever saw most beat a tornado I You took thin and weak and pale and I don t mind telling you bow the old woman al ways- " Will you mind your business I" called "The Tramp Question in New York The Legislature of New York has' taken a vigorous bold ' ot tbe tramp question A vagrant act prepared by the State Caa rities Aid Association, has been submit ted to thai body'Its Cmaitf provisions are that persons arrested tor vagrancy shall be sent to tbo workhouse immedi ately, to be managed by a special set of officers, and operate for special purposes. tbe first coqviMbnrivagrocy pris oners balfbe sent to these" workhouses for a period of ninety days to six months. The second conviction renders them lia ble to imprisonment for six months, but not more than a ' year, and on the third conviction the time of im prisonment is indefinite? v During 'Incarceration ' the prisoners are to pe kept steadily at .work,, to be iredited wth ttve prQoeeding&f pf big1 la bo,' charged- Jwith' the cbstof bis maintenance, and if at the expiration of bis sentence there is at balance in his fa vor he is to be. entitled to it. public sef vice, the red .monument on tne end of their nose giving way to the white marble shaft that tells their virtues to tbe skies'. There is as much talent to-day in Congressional circles as there ever was, notwithstanding alt the cant heard here on this 'subject in the 'opposite direction; Once .in a while now a member murders the King's English, but it used to amount to a massacre I Many of the old members nsed to write the 'pronoua ''1 with a small'letter dotted, not'througK any over whe'miDg modesty at their magnificence, but because they thought it accurate, and it took one 6f my friends, now a retired I willl" was the soft reply, " but I want to tell this lady how she can wallop tbe old man every time be gets sassy and sighs for a terrific coitflict, you see. Wben one o'tbese family fights occurs there is always some pre- "1 want you to stop I shouted the driver. " I will I will, but first let me say that there is always some preliminary jawing and sassihg - around. If tbe woman i sharp she will keep jawing as she backs for tbi , fire shovel keep jawibg. ana backing sassing and backing " I II put you off the car 1 exclaimed friction and qniet in a comfortable room. It is not advisable to ake a bot bath at night in soch cases Wben you have a cold don't eat much or work much unless you have great physi cal strength, when a bard day's work ma be a good thing to equalize the circulation and restore the action to the kin, which always suffers when one takes cold.1 Herald of Health. Fiout Between a Snake and a. Hen hawk-Uo loecdsv, the Zzitd instant. the weather was mild and bright, and the sun appeared to have withdrawn from a t-ummer dny and planted itself in th midst of January. This being the case, a remendous snake, known as tbe "Cow Sucker," came from his, hiding place oi the farm of Mr Eiward Woodall, near the Hoy a I Oak, and no doubt was basking in he sunshine, wben a huge benhawk es pied bim and thinking it a rare chance for a b early meal be would demolish air Snake at a eitigle swoop But Mr Snake was ooi io oe ir.na witu inusiy. me bawk went for its prey when tbe snake embraced him with a death-like grip The bawk flipped and squeaked, but tbe snake held bim fast until a man in Mr Woodall's employ was attracted by the noise, lbe hawk was held fast unti killed, and of course tbe snake afterwards shared a like fate, as it appears to be the duty of fverv one to kill a snake when in rtach. Easton (Md.) Gazette A Fuccessful business man says (here were two things which be learned wben he was eighteen, which were afterwards ol great use to bim, namely, never to lose anything, and never to forget anything And old lawyer sent him with an impor tant paper, with certain instructions what to do with it. 'But," inquired tbe young man. "sup pose I lose it; what shall I do then ?" Tbe answer was with the utmost em phasis, "You must not lose it!" 'I don t mean to, said the young man, 'but suppose I should happen' to "' ".But 1 say you must not happen to ! I shall makfl no provision for ' any such oc currence." You must not lose it !" This put a new train of thought into the young man's mind, and he found tbat if be was determined to do' a ' thing be could do it. He made, such provision against every contingency that he never lost anything. He found this f qualjj true about forgetting. ' If a 1 certain ' matter of importance was to be remembered, he pinned it down on 'his mind, fastened it there, and made it atay. No Sham, Goods Must be Sold Havi g purchased the1 entire interest of Charles Kaufman in the firm of Kanf-i man & Bro., 1 am determined -not to be undersold in thin nrnrknt. , . For tbe next 30 days I will sell at a. great sacrifice my stock of ' Ki," . if1) io Uill r- ::,''''"' K , " -'.'' ' '' "''' '' r "V ilfllM-i Bonts, Shoes; arid Gent s Furnishing Goods, - aV the o'd stand, Spring's Corner. ' - v! 5 A fine 830 Sait for only $21 ; a find $20 suit for $15; a fine $15 suit f-r $10 50; an, ordinary $10 suit for only $6 00 Goodt, all-w ol Cassim-re Pants for $2 and $250.' Also a large stock of single Pants and V sis to b sold regardless of cost, to close on and make room for Spring Stock. Give us a call -! M; i t .a ,.5 i Jn JSl ' , 1 W. KAUFMAN & CO. f THE WELL-KNOWN -FIRM OF Wittkowsky & Rintels, "HAS this day ceased to exist, and the business is cow carried . on bv the under-. signed in h's own name.' I assume all just liabilities of the old firm and overtake, all claims due it I enter the commercial battlefield with greatfuf tbahksto the' citizens of Charlotte and the public in general.-for the very many marks of;confi' 'lence they ever evinced towards ypxir firm, and to me personally, and ; myi greatest aim in the ru'ure win be to so conduct my business as to remain worthy of a con tinuance ot their favors and esteem m. u iuu-o luuovbou iu tuo ti ' urui, i. oaii-Q orward to settle, and start their accounts wi ipon " not to be backward'1 in'coming' ilb me. Very .respectfully.' "', 4 - Ve ry .res pec t f ii 1 ly i S. WITTKOWSKY. TO THE CUSTOMERS OF.THE OLD FIRM. I beg to say tbat the business will be carried on. in all its branches, as heretofore, and that I have greatly replen-v ished my stock, which is now splendidly aBiorted with new and seasonable goods, ,j Charlotte, N.C i January 19 1878. ' S WITTKOWSKY'. , WE SELL THE FOR MAKING CHEMICALS --.-!. .1 ..'4 1 '.!. At,,: HARRIS1 EMPIRE GOMPOStS THE HB8T F1R1IMI1R 10W IN . USE. t it t' ij I f k.f V t V' ' - WILSON & BURWELL, Druggists. 1 1 -.. - -I - . ,. .-I. "ii, Iti r.wtl WE HE VE JUST RECEIVED A FULL SUPPLY OF. ORCHARD GRASS' AND CLOVER 8EED, ONION SETTS AND GARDEN SEED. ' n'.l.t 1 ; . : ' - -' " V TRADE STREET NEAR,. THE POST OEIIOE. Oil r:. ..; I have opened a fall stock. of Furoiture, comprising albgradeB, Cbmtnoij,"4i . . f.. : .?!. - t. V.'-' ' if T1 OS (It'll .4 This stock is entirely new, and bought at bottom prices. I will sell low, and all goods will be found as represented. Special care will be taken in packing: In connection with the Furniture Businessj - t - - - - oetl6 ly ' NEW STOOKy !lt mi- ras pnnJapdji4w,Qveqinto. garmepts ; If coarse' were at -Te.ait thick and A Ma8onio LoDg Censubed Contrary to tbe usual course of Masonic ' matters', the action of the Grand Matter of the State of New Jersey in censuring one of tbe lodges at Patterson bs, feeen made public, ap4 Wf causing considerable ex- citement ; amoDg the fraUrnity. i As tbe world at large has Renown for a long time, no man is considered a fit candidate for initiation into- the rites of Freemasonry who is not physically a perfect, complete, an mutilated man. Tbia rale or oastom ba been rigidly , eoforoed against appli cants wbo have lost any ' important mem ber of the body, like a leg, arm, or band; but not against those, having slight dibfig urements. It appears that the Patterson Lodge in question accepted a well known citizen as a candidate wbq bad lost the jtbpmb of bis righ't Hand'by amputation, and duly commenced to initiate bim., The Grand Master ;of , New.. Jersey i heard of tbis and.iiDJorad the .Lodge tnat ne stenographer,' until after midnight to quell the driver as he looped his lines over the ine nov 01 auveros, uarbtuiutea, ujeumeo 1 uraicer and verba in many of. the harangues of celebrated members; and be made his lor. tune by mending broken speeches,. Jn your Senate and Iouse of Representa tives to-day tbere are men as prqiounaiy learned, as severely logical, as magneti - callv ' eloaaenit as were ever seen there since the Government " was founded. Let the comparatively youtbfur'men or our National ' Legislature become as - old as their bredec'essOrs, and tbeyA will be as fa- mous. u FasiilT SiqBETs. Tbe boy should have; known better at' bis age than to' let I 'out family; secrets, but he felt grateful to the other boy for the use of his stilts, and he soitiyremarRea : jraner wasn t nome an If you can stun last night, an ' be' Wasn't come j,' home tory io " ' queried the owner of , the . ''Keep jawing back till you get bold of . the fire-sbovel I" said the stranger, 'Then carefully sneak along and !iealt along, and while he is calling you hyec aessandyou are calling him a savage you want to " : Off with youright off'o this car!" said the driver aa he grappled him. I willI'll go, but, madam, don't forget to - Boeak along, and Sneak along 1" . . ' - .He was off. the car by that time. He stood in the middle of the street, and as the car started he turned his head in and hoarsely shouted: "'' "';'" " ! "Strike for all you: worth when you hit him 1 It's tbe first blow that counts. him on the start the viq- THS ' BISING' SUN'S ATTRACTIONS THE EARTH HELD IN ITS ORBIT BY THE ATTRACTIVE POER3 OF THE yet "Gone off? stilts.'' "lies aown town somewhere, we expect,' and ma ;says she'iot going to run after bim 'f he don't come home for a month." Vpid they baye a fuss?' 4,JKm der. ' You see we had to let the ' coach man go, 'cause it's Bard " times,: fester' d ay af t e rn 60 c: fa w ft bted P to, bjac k up and drive her out in style "He kicked at first, bot whi n she got mad he fixed him self up so you ' couIdnH tell'i him' from'; a darkey. 'When he drove round.ma called him Peter .Dd ordered bim to baotc r up and. go ahead.' .v Xbem d ads com , oSo bim like lightning when be got to tbe barn, and be was so mad that h d(dn't stay, long enough to jwasb the black .' off his ears. VAnd what did your .mother say asked;; tbe other. , "Sbe7 looked a little sad but "she'll fetch him too if,' it takes all winter." . . V . .. . 1 ' 1 The'egg trade ; in ?'the United;- Sateu amounts to $18,000,000 a yea;' 1 ' -' The driver made for him, ajd her re treated to the curbstone. When the car starte4 n-ftgio he leaned forward and CaUed OUt: ; : 4. , V Sb ! Say nothing r What I have told you is in strick confidence ! Hit. bim over the ear 'and the teak) will peel clear around M ;k1 ssy ,J.t.-.r v,; i;v , r v ' M& Mibby thk Wpsun. Some men .marry dimples, T some eyee, a few, ears ; , the month, too, is occasionally married ; the chin not so often. A 'young man once fell greatly in love with braid. - lie wa ao far gooe tbt h beoxnte engaged . .to her brad, bat a new- mode of hair Ldreaa having been adopted by his fiinced, the charm was dissolved and never 'renewed" What do young men marry ? 'Why ihey marry these and scraps'of a wift, instead of a true woman. : And then after tbe wedding, they are surprised, to find that although, married, they have no . wives. Qe bat would have a wif musNt marry a woman'. ' - - ' 1 '' ''--.'' A. ND bathed in the light of its controling XV luminary, sweeps onward and upward in its swift career, until it comes back to the point where C HOLTON has laid in afresh Jot of Fruits, comprising in part Ba nanas, Oranges,' Apples, Canned Peaches ", Pears,. Pineapples, Blackberries, tc. : Also a lot of Canned Vegetaoles, Fresh Candy, Cakes, Pies and Light ; Bread, Coffee, Teas and tipiots Koda aod every other variety of crackers. Toys of all sized childrtn with out regard to sex. " - i (V All kind of GROCERIES to meet all de? mands of the general Housekeeper, put down to equalize tte cowmg renlonetized oil ver Dollar, a : bright luminary of " Ye OldeJi 'Hme.' , febU 1 ' C. fi. HOLTON. ;jm1 Us' 'An ! in s. n ,(- .,1 r- ' il'i-OlJ UAVUi remove my rock of, Hard waret Stoves aodi Tinware to the New and Elegant Store on. TBADErjSTBEEr.jlately :occapied bv J. iio. Alexander; as a Boot and .Shoe torev. Hyd Fall, Sopk. of.iH a.BD,WARE, in, allots varieties, Stoyesj Tiwarer; Hollowiware, eta,,ia iowi opened.. to the inspection of theipubHe', at prices wjaiph are nnprecedented in tbe Charlotte market. '-: '" ' (Uf. 1 t i;if . ,THE f PUilA.1 1 2 JfANCM STO VE A SPECIALTY .'.vai 1 Trustee's Notice, - Pi ERSON8 indebted to the firm of F, Scarr , & Co., will take , notice that the notes and accounts belonging to siid firm have been transferred ' to ' the undersigned " as Trustee.,,, All persous; .indebted must make immediate payment to me, at, the store of 8mith A For' es. : All ; notes' : and accounts not paid wltuin areasonabIetimewill.be placed in the hands of .an attorn-y for col lection. ' W.MCSMIIH, feb4 4t .Trustee. Take 5olke. ; . APPLICATION' , will . be . made to the - Hoard offCommiaaioDers for Mecklen burg com.ty.on the tlrsc Monday In Mrcb, 1878. to change Ihe line dividing the taw n abip&of Deweese and1 Long Oreek4 so- a to leave the town of HunteravUle, all in De weese towasJip. . t . u, r . j.au28 it4l-, :!.- J -f.' w'. :li-4 m - , r u - M iianlcq.-,, i.... A MILCH; JOW "Would exchange a XJL - floe Devon fox, a common one in full milch. " . fjebU tf. R. RARRINGER. ' ! ' 1 11 & i "4 ii !(-); ... 1 . . i : .! i .i M ' ;ii I . -1. , , .' - ' 1 - - ' -1 ': i-.''i-f H :i uhJ;;''1 '' I, :i l:jt m im-f. ttv ! i: vw' a J - , ''"-i ' tU;i i..t '''IT'' ' k- f-.-.t ,'.(1'' itf j J'-C 1! -Tf " fil "I" -Kt :-: ' 1 ' 1 H m C 1 . .1 "aw m m - w -m w I WW WW WW WW WW WW WW mtu-m mmY. BmV Eanr I - 2m VJ &r f,f J Ba W i ,'t t jli.i :-l hi f Xiji i a ' ! is I. immure i Y WHOLESALE! AND RETAIL DEALER ( IN ; '3 'At j b ,11 if 1 1 il 1 '.d i.y 't,rt All IGnds of Furniture; Beddinci .1 r if ii t - - 1 1 J' it it 'j&Ot. A full Line ol .--.lti . - s .r- j ' :: r. ., At -.vl: - J-.-.lE 9.i; A I 1 com ns or aii'Kiisus on nana. 10. o, west wade tstre, cnariptte.jN. ,C. C heap: Bedstead Lounges:P i;ji,.l n-A r . , . n,-, ' .ill "liiftHt;i'o;t tt:-it 1 . i i iiAl.iA3-i:;-e:S ;tHl': .i. toid 4t ,-i ;1 amIf, tac 1 HiiH : l.a: ,( v,'vw n x'r if . tA si Ufp ta vq ' An j.O '-t5Ai;b.d -.j ' j I '1 i - im-ai t,. i....-,i . .. , . i ... -i-i - ' ,-i!i:W:t 0l-.'A . 7 ? I, li j v? : iitni j JTCtV 1 - l : ... MM . when ,-,!: FOR - CHRISTMAS ! AMD WU VIBK Oa stock, pf Clptbing.and.jflenifaJurni be redaoed-iClothin at Retail ai lesalhanTq'iafiltcr havea Suit or-every body; from an ex tra size Man's Salt to.a iJhild'a Sait three years -old -You-are no reason to Li in A-?i .xs..v.-t-t .sh:9 fyou can bay tha same gdolis forth t tt8k f0n3rth! T' ' the CLOTfilNGr ' dndENT'S ?TjfeNlSktKQ LINE; we have it.J. n uj 'j .a ..tr. i l" 3 . 1 T - w'trvV .. Call and coutince yoursalVes before pwchafling' ili'vl! And ' a&.earmeB made to efderat short' AoUc'andeguaVahtee a" or dec25. a 1
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Feb. 25, 1878, edition 1
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