the charlotte messenger. VOL. V. NO. 13. THE Charlotte Messenger 18 PUBLISHED livery Saturday, AT CHARLOTTE, N. C. In the Interests of the Colored People of the Country. :;TN^rrX" iU conta> " ***** ° en Thk Memskmukh Is b first-claw newsimner mill mil wt ellow personal ahuao in its i>lo. It is intendod to supply the lone felt need or a r.ows|ia|s>r to advocate tho right* anil ilolenil the inter sta of tho Negro-American, •s|»vially m the Piedmont sootion of tho < nrohnas. SUBSCRIPTIONS: (Always in .'lifmnce.) >y™ r ,. ‘ - - 11 an * months - . * 100 6 months - _ • * months - . . 2 mouths . . . -35 Single Copy - . '5 Address, W. C. SMITH Charlotte N C Conned, the composer, is havd at work writing his new opera, “Charlotte or day. l * A Tinssiau *crgeant has invented a method for the rapid construction oi boats from tents. I’poo experiment, in thirty minutes, under the designer's reviL-A'leertieer, “after due examination of both locali ties, give * as his deliberate opinion that both in soil and climate as a fruit State Noith Carolina is the equal of any in the Union, not even excepting California, and instances the tide water bolt, where smalt fruils debght to grow, tho first table land that is the chosen home of the I each, the second where the gra|io grows on forever, and a seuppernong vine, tho •ire of a man’s body, is do uncommon sight, and the mountain region where alt plants may be grown, but where the apple reaches such a si/.e and flavor aa goes far to explain Ibe temptation of Mol her Eve.” A young man was sentenced In Boston the other day to one year for swindling. He spoke impudently to the judge. who thereupon sentenced him for two yean, the full extent of tbs law. Was this two years, asks tbs New York Tnhune for swindling, or oee for swindling and one for impudence! Os course, It will be said that the insolence of the prisoner convinced the judg. «tat be serving of the leniency that bad been shown him. But it will be ssi*on the other hand that If ta tad not beau to pudsnt b. would bsv. *>‘*“"**2 one Tear inetendof two. In fact a good •we*”’ Mfthto* , IMPORTANT ITEMS THE LATEST NEWS OF THE DAT Boiled Down for lur Benders at Home and Abroad Mrs Jay Gould is reported seriously 1 ill. J The Medical College of Georgia opened Monday at Augusta. Mrs G A Visanska was killed by a runaway horse at Abbeville, S C, last Sunday. South Carolina's exhibit at the Augus ta. Ga., Fair surpassed all other State ex hibits The prisoners confined in the jail at Greenville, 8 C, attempted to escape Monday night. The jail at Anderson, S. 0., is rapidly filling up. Seven prisoners were com mitted in one day. Asheville, N. C., is building a street railway, and electricity is to be used ns the motive power. The Augusta Exposition opened on Thursday tint Bth inst. Everything is favorable for great success. The United States treasury depart ‘ ment decides that Chinese merchants are not affected by the exclusion act. Novenilier 11-18 will be observed by all \ oung Men’s Christian Associations throughout the world as a week of prayer. P T Barnum has given his grand daughter, Mrs. Henre P Clarke, SIOO,- 000 for the purchase of a plantation in the South. Mormon prophets and priests are still operating in the upper portions of South Carolina. Ia Union county there are signs of trouble. Two negros were committed to jail at Webster Grove, a suburb of St Louis, Monday for a criminal assault on two young ladies. At Macon, Ga., the Georgia State Fair opened Nov 6 with a good attend ance and the best agricultural display ever seen ill the South. The Christian Convention closed its work on Saturday at Browning, 8. C., And adjourned to meet next year at Ilus selville, in the same State. Archibald Pelon, who was in jail at Grayling, Mich., for assaulting a girl, was taken from jail by masked men and hung to a treo Tuesday night. A Michigan man cut grass with a mowing machine all forenoon last Wednesday, only to have it buried out of sight under snow before uigbt. Hon Joseph Chamberlain, M P, of England, has been married to Miss Mary Kndicott, only daughter of Secre tary Endicott. It was a brilliant affair. The name of the White House is do rived from the fact of the Virginia free stone, of wbicli it is built, lieing painted white to conceal the discoloration caused by smoke and weather. The Engagement is announced of Miss Louise Glyn, religious editor of the New York Herald, to George Mclntyre, of the financial department of the same pa|ier. Their marriage will occur early this winter. Saturday night last, a white man named Alvin Sturdivant, while in a sa loon at Kalcigb, N C, had a quarrel with two negroes, lie was pressed and was prompt in defending himself. He drew his knife, and with one sweep of the hand he cut the throat of John Lock hart, one of his assailants, making a ter rible wound, which was at first consid ered fatal. With another sweep he cut the throat of the other negro. This wound is not considered serious. Both negroes, as they were carried off, left a trail of blood on the sidewalk. Sturdi vant was arrested and lodged in the sta tion house. A Kailrotid Wreck. An excursion train cnroute to the Ma con fair, oh the Americus, Preston and Lumpkin Itailro.nl, was wrecked at Reid’s Crossing, Ga., Wednesday morn ing. Two passenger coaches left the track, and were overturned. Four per sons were instantly killed. The names of ihote dead are: Charles Seoville, aged 10; George Tyson, Jr,, Henry Mar tin, colored, and John VnnOver, colored. George Davis, Brig Parish, colored, and W C Simpleton, conductor, will proliably die from their injuries. Nearly nil the other |iersons on the train were hurt, some of them quite eeriously. The wreck occurred three mile* below Elleu villc. The engine and three freight Imxes pissed over safe, but one freight left the track and was wrecked, with two coaches. The couches turned over on their sides. Fighting for ratty. A political quarrel at Livingston, Ky, resulted in the killing of five men. The lighting was started by Champion Mul lens and John Martin, who commenced Bring at each other. The friends of each joined In the shooting, which wns krpt up for flftcrn minute*. It wa* then found that the following named persons had been killed. Samuel Ward, a member of the Ken ' tuckv Legislature; John Clifford, agent of the LANK K; John Martin, gov- j - cr*ment storekeeper ; Frank Stewart, a Kentucky Central Railroad employe, and Champion Mullins. J Sun brook, a m rechant, was badly j wounded, a#d be will dio. J CHARLOTTE, N. C., SATURDAY, NOV. 17, 1888 TEBBIBLE MINE EXPLOSION.' Fifteen Miners Killed and Several Badly Wdpnded. Wn.t.iAMSponT, Pa., [Special.]—Offi cers of the Kettle Creek Coal Mining company, belonging in this city, are in receipt of information that a terrible ex plosion occurred at their mines, located in Clinton county, on the line of the Philadelphia and Erie railroad Saturday evening. Superintendent George L Mil ler, upon hearing a heavy report at the new No 2 drift, proceeded to the spot, when he at once saw a violent explosion had taken place. Necessary arrange ments were quickly made, and men en tered the mine to learn ihe particulars of what had occurred. An appalling state of affairs was found inside. Os twenty one men who had been working in the drift only three or four had escap ed death or injury. At the end of an hour’s work fourteen dead bodies were recovered from the drift. Two of those who were injured subsequently died. One man was missing, and his remains were found out in the woods, where they had been blown by the force of the ex plosion. The total number of killed or fatally wounded wns found to be seventeen, all Hungarians or Italians. A driver named J O’Farrel was entering the drift when the evplosion occurred. He was thrown towards the mouth and escaped. His mule was killed. The force of the ex plosion wns so great that bodies were blown clear out of the mouth of the drift. Everything possible was done for the in jured by the physicians. The bodies of the dead were taken charge of by under takers and prepared for interment. Harrison's Cabinet. The Washington Pott speculating on the possibilities after March 4tb, says: First of all, it may be regarded as an obsolete fact that Gov liusscli A Alger, of Michigan will ho Secretary of War. This was arranged at Chicago, and the compact holds goods. In tho second place, John C New, of Indiana, will probably be Secretary of the Treasury. At the beginning of the campaign he informed Gen Harrison that lie should ask the position as a reward for his ser vices in standing by him at Chicago. The Pott says also that the knowing ones have settled on Jas G Blaine for Secretary of State. Nathan Goff, of West Virginia, or Senator Frye, of Maine, for Secretary of the Navy; SF Miehen en, of Indianapolis, for Attorney-Gener al, and Warner Miller, of New York, for Secretary of tho Interior. If Senator Frye should no into the cabinet, it would leave a plaeo in the Senate for Mr Blaine, whose friends Say he would prefer a Senatorsliip to any thing but the Presidency. How the Vote Stands in 1888. THE ELECTORAL VOTE BT STATES. Cleveland. Harbison. Alabama, 10 California 8 Arkansas, 7 Colorado 3 Connecticut, 0 Illinois 22 Delaware 3 lowa 13 Florida 4 Indiana 15 Georgia 12 Kansas Kentucky 13 Maine 0 Louisiana 8 Massachusetts 14 Maryland 8 Michigan 13 Mississippi 0 Minnesota 7 Missouri 10 Nebraska 5 New Jersey 0 Nevada 3 North Carolina 11 New Hampshire 4 South Carolina 0 New York 30 Tennessee 12 Ohio 23 Texas 13 Oregon 3 Virginia 12 Pennsylvania 30 West Virginia 0 Rhode Island 4 Vermont 4 108 Wisconsin 11 233 Total Electoral vote, 401 Nezcssary for a choice, 201 Hurrison has, 233 Cleveland, 108 Harrison’s majority, • 05 The New York Produce Market. BUTTEH AND EGGS— Creamery Batter, 23 to 24c Dairy ” 17 t«2oc Factory “ 121-2 to 14c Eggs 17 to file MEAJSAND POULTRY- Jjve Veal Calves 7to 8c Calves (country dressed) 0 to 10c Lambs 5 3 4 to 0 1-4 Sheep . 4 1-2 to 5c Hogs 01-4 to 91-2 Spring Chickens 14 to 15 Fowls, Southern, 13 to 14 1-2 Turkeys 10 to 15 FRUIT AND VEGETABLES— Apples f 2 00 to f 2 50 Pws 2 00 to *4 (10 Poaches *75 to 1 00 Grapes sto lie Watermelons (bhl) *7 00 to *8 00 Beans, «1 75 to *2 00 Peas (green) per bu., 1887 160 CHARLOTTE COTTON MARKET Middling fslr » 12 Good Middling 9 1-4 Strict Middling 9 8-16 Middling .... . “J » SIX *“V.i Burning a Negroes Homo. The house and furniture lwlonging to Frank Head, colored, was destroyed by fire in Wadesboro, N. C., Wednesday night. The fire is supposed to have been of incendiary origin. He voted and worked for the Democratic ticket, there by gaming the tlie enmity of his race in this place. His loss is SI,OOO, Hie property wu insured for SBOO. THE TOOTHSOME OYSTER, SOME CURIOUS LORE ABOUT ITS CULTIVATION. Dcci-easo in the Yield of Natural Beds Overcome by Artificial Pro duction Oysters as Food. A reporter of the New York Prett re cently perused the last annual report of Mr. Eugene G. Blackford of the oyster investigation oi the Empire State, and gleaned some curious facts therefrom. One of tho subjects investigated was the cause of the decrease in the supply of oysters. There are two reasons at tributed therefor: First, the depletion of the natural growth oyster beds from overfishing, and second, the lack of a thorough and scientific culture of planted beds. Somo interesting data are tabu lated as regards the first cause contrib uted from European oyster beds. For example, from the beds of the districts of Rochefort, Marrennes, and the island of Oleron on the west coast of Franco there were taken in the years 1853-54 10,000,009 oysters and in 1854-5 15,- OfIO.OOO. Bv means of long continued and exhaustive fishing they were rendered so poor that in 1803-4 only 400,000 oys sters were furnished for the market. The very celebrated rich oyster beds of the Bay of Cancale, on the coast of Nor mandy, produced in 1847, according to the official reports, 71,006,000, which gradually decreased until in 1850 only 6,000,000 were produced, and in 1866 only 1,000,000. English oyster beds re veal the same astonishing decrease in the supply. Prior to 1806, ;00 men, work ing 300 boats, were profitably employed in oyster fishing In the neighborhood of Falmouth, but since then the beds have become so impoverished that in 1876 only about forty men, with less than forty boats; could find employment, and even with this greatly diminished num ber of boats no single boat took dally more than sixty to 100 oysters, while previously in the same time a boat could take from 10,000 to 12,000. The French were foremost in experi ments upon tho production of oysters artificially, and their expectations were based upon theoritical calculations of what could be done, knowing that a good size spawner Is capable of produc ing 50,000,000 young. Theso experi ments under the auspices of the French Government, revolutionized the system of oyster culture and brought about re sults that increased the supply many fold. In the basin of the Arcacnon the increase in ten yearn by means of arti ficial production was astoundin. In 1871 tho number of oysters imported was 4,897,500, valued at 268,332 francs, and in 1880 the number amounted to 195,477,857, and the valuo to 4,254,465 francs, an increase of 1487 per cent, in ten years of the value of the oysters. Tne French method consists substan tially in suspending tiles in the water during the spawning season. They found that the young oysters clung very closely to these tiles; so they take the trouble to coat each with plaster Bnd after the young oysters have set upon it, take them up, separate tho plaster from them with knives and use the tiles again the next spawning season. The plaster holding the set is then planted and the young oysters cultivated. The American system, as in use in LoDg Island Bound, is upon the same principle, onty we are more fortunate, inasmuch as wo do not have to resort to so troublesome and expensive a method of collecting the spat. Our refuse oyster shells, deckers, cinders, etc., serve as collectors and produce splendid results. In fact, our favorable conditions on this side have caused a deal of comment from foreign authors, and our yield appears to them to bo something remarkable. Very little is popularly known with reference to the value of oysters as food. Speaking roughly, a quart of oyster* contains on the average about tho same quantity of actual nutritive substance as a quart of milk or a pound of very lean beef, or a pound and a half of fresh cod fish, or two thirds of a pound of bread. But while the weight of actual nutri ment in the different quantities of food materials named is very nearly tho same, tho quality is widely different That of very lean meat or codfish consists mostly of what are called in chemical language protein compounds, or fiesh formers, tho substances which make blood, muscle, tendon, bono, brain and other nitrogen ous tissues. That of the bread contains but littlo of those and cousists chiefly of starch, with a little fat aod other com pounds which servo the body as filol and supply it with beat and muscular power. The nutritive substance of oysters contains considerable of both tho “flesh forming” and more especially the beat and force giving Ingredients. Oysters come nearer to milk than almost any other common food material ns gards both the amounts and the relative proportions of nutrients and the food values of equal weights of milk and oysters; that is to sfty, their values for supplying tho body with material to build up its parts, repair its wastes and furnish it with heat and energy would ba pretty nearly the same. It is a common practice ot oyster dealers instead ot selling the oysters in the condition In which they are taken from the beds in salt water, to first place them for a time, forty-eight hours, more or less, in fresh or brackish water, in order, as the oystermen soy. to “fat ten" them, the operation lining called “floating” or “laving out.” By this process the body of the oyster acquires such a plumpness and rotundity and its bulk and weight are so Increased as to materially increase its selling value. The most experienced oyster dealers say thst the time for allowing the salt oysters taken from the sea coast to lie out varies, but is seldom over two or three days. At the end of this time the maxi mom plumpness is attained, and beyond this the oyster becomes lean again, be sides having lost to fl»»or. FOBEIGN NEWS The rebels are very active in Spain and troublesome times are ahead. Gladstone was givon an ovation in Birmingham, England, on Monday. Emperor William condescended to have a conference with his mother, but shed no tears. ThcGzar of Russia was very seriously injured in the recent railway accident, and is suffering intensely. Several prominent newspapers assert that Bismark has asked the Emperor William to relievo him of a grqat por tion of his duties and to appoint in bis stead his Count Herbert. The French Parliamentary committee appointed to consider a revision of the Constitution has decided by a vote of six to four in favor of a revision by a specially convoked constituents’ assaem- Ten men in a jolly boat belonging to the British steamer Sax Mundham, be fore reported sunk in collision with the Norwegian bark Nor, have been rescued. The remaining twelve of the crew are probably lost. AFTER THE ELECTION. Hurrison's plurality in Wisconsin is figured to be between 16,000 and 20,000. The Democrats have a majority of five on joint ballot in the New Jersey legis lature. The Maryland delegation in the 51st Congress will be equally divided be tween Democrats and Republicans. , EII Hunter, Chairman of tho lowa Democratic State Central Committee, was arrested on a charge of bribery. Belva Lockwood has been married twice, is a graduate of two colleges, and has twice run for the Presidency. In New Yoik city Samuel Ray pleaded guilty to illegal registration, and was sentenced to two years and four months in the State prison. Chairman Brice, of the Democratic National Executive Committee, concedes the election of Gen Harrison to the Pres idency. President Cleveland takes his defeat very calmly. He aud Mrs Cleveland say, “We can now have some time to ourselves, and can live more as other folks do.” Miss Annie Dickinson has seed the Republican National Committee for $1,250, balance of salary and expenses os a compaign lecturer. Pierce Dudley, a twelve-year-old white boy was cheering lustily for Clove land at Atlanta, Ga., Wednesday night, at which an unknown negro took of fenco and fired twice at the boy, inflict ing dangerous wounds. Tho negro es caped. A riot occurred at Portsmouth, Va, Wednesday, between blacks and whites. The negroes were parading through the streets singing, “We’ll hang Grover Cleveland to the sour apple tree. ” Both sides were heavily armed, but the spe cial police finally quelled the disturb ance. Split Bamboo for Fishermen. “By far the best fishing rod in the market is the split bamboo,” said Mr* George Paddock, an expert, of New York, to a Sun man. “It combines beauty,” he continued, “with elasticity and durability. But this delicate instru ment, like a Cremona violin, should be only in the hands of a mastor of tho gentle art. Not ten per cent, of those who own split bamboos know how to handle or to take care of them. Now that the fishing season is drawing to a close these incomparable rods should be rovarnished and laid away carefully wrapped in something calculated to pro tect them from changes of temperature. Tho geuuino angler thinks of his baby first and then of his rod, and even as no tucks the bedclothes under the dimpled chin on a cold wlntor night, so will he tuck his rod away in sotrie coscy nook where neither rußt doth corrupt nor heat invade and dry up tho glue. 1 have spoken. Switchmen Strike. One hundred switchmen on the New York Central Railroad struck Wednes day for increased pay, from S4O per munch to $45 and extras, amounting to SSO in all. Three hundred brakemen and pin-pullers in sympathy have struck, aud will do nothing until the switchmens demands are met. h*. Freight traffic is at a standstill,and the .‘Central has already lost money. A good sleal of iierishablc goods is on hand. Little or no help can be secured. A more extended strike is feared, but the officials of the road have nothing to say. Florida’s Hpidcmlr. There were 34 new cases of yellow fever reported ot Jacksonville Wednes day, and four deaths—Barah Cain. Car rie Hostings, W Tucker and Dr W D Carver, lie was one of the local physi cians. and father of Dr Carver, the noted crack shot of tho world. The warm leather continues. Most of tho remain ing volunteer physicians will leave on Saturday for Atlanta, enroutc to their homes, without passing the Camp Perry quarantine. The Rev. John Carroll, of St. Mary's Church, Chicago, is ninety-oge yean old, and is believed to be the eldest prioat in the country. Ha is. of Irish partnUge and wasbrdhlacft'la MM " Terms. $1.50 per Aim Single Copy 5 cents. MONEY IN THE ALLIGATOR. SEEKING THE SAURIAN FOR ITS HIDE AND TEETH. A Saurian Hunter Telia How Ha Makes a Living by ’Gator Hunt ing and Pelican Fishing. “Seven barrels of bides, about forty bunches of feathers, a dozen hams, eleven pounds of teeth and one eight foot ’gator. How does that strike you, senny, fbr a two-months’ take on the coast? Pretty large and luminous, eh?” Ho stood on the wharf at Baton Rouge with hts hides and feathers and teeth piled around him. “Os course I had a half-breed helping mo most of the time; in fact, he caught tho big ’gator all by himself. He saw her’yonng ones first, caught one'of them and then tolled her into tho noose. But as ho was working for board wages his work don’t count, and the whole take is mine. “How much is it wortht Well, you can figure it up for yourself. Tne hides will run about ten to a barrel, and will average $1 apiece; that's S7O, ain’t its The feather.; run about two buqches for sl, which makes sl3 more. The hams are worth $25, and alligator teeth market in the rough at $1 a pound. I un derstand there is a standing order down here from a New York dealer fore big 'gator, and if there is, mine will bring S3O in the local market. If there Is not, I may sell her for S2O, and I may have to kill her for bide. Thet makes S7O, and sl3, and $25, and sll, which is sll9 sure, and maybe SBO more, Every dollar made in two months’ time by just paddling around with a gun and arope on tho lower Buyou la Fourche. There is another big industry down there thet I did not touch at all this year—and that is oyster shoveling. The whole coast line is a bed of oysters, and the New Orleans market is always hungry for the bayon oysters. But ’gator and pelican fishing 1b good enough for me.” He moved the muscles of his face into a smile of simian content, while he 1 leaned againßt a barrel and scratched his bare ankle with one of his big inn-baked big toes. He was a member of the army of nomads who pepper the Mississippi and its tributaries with their floating homes, locally known as “shanty boats." July and August invariably find them above Cairo, and as tho weather moder ates they follow the summer south, spending the winter and spring in the. bayous or on ono of the southern lakes which teem with every species of wild, fowl, game and vegetation, taking their easo in their castle. As a rule, they toil not, neither do they spin, and it is an, undisputed fact that Solomon was never arrayed like one of them. ' “Fire hunting at night is the best plan, and the one most followed when hides aro the object. The fire in the. bow of the canoe lights up tne shores and blinds the eyos of tbo 'gators so that we can paddle close to them and put a ball into one eye without trouble. The big beast always throws himself ashore and lashes about among the reeda with his tail, after an eye shot, dying In. about five minutes. We never stop to pick them np, but keep on down the. bayou until wo have killed half n dozen i or more, and the next day we hunt them up, strip off the skins, cut out the jaw, bones and sometimes a part of the tail,! which is us good eating as pork. After I being buried a week or so tho teeth drop! out of the jaws, and are ready for market. “Now about the feathers. You want; to know what they arc. They aro peli can feathers. Even) pelican has a bunchy . of these fine, hair-like feathers, in each wing, and each bunch is worth about thirty-flvo cents. The simplest way of! catching them is with a hook and line baited with a minnow, which is kept on top water by means of a float. The peffibn sails close to tho water, sees the minnow, swoops down and is hooked. It wants to boa stout hook and a strong line, or tho big bird will break it away, and you will not only lose your seventy conts worth of feathers, but your tackle as well.— Detroit Fret Prett. Children’s Quaint Baying*. Little Dick had been listening to the recitation in geography of an olden brother. “I know what an island is,’" said he to mamma. “Well, what is it?" asked mamma. “It’s a little piece of land all fenced round with water,” proudly Dick. Lillie Cora heard an older person re mark that some ono who was in troubld was l“in a pickle.” Shortly afterward her little brother attempted some difficult feat. “Oh, you mustn’t do that,” she ex# claimed, “or you will bo in a cucumber. “Carl,” said Auntie, “I should nol think you would liko radishes; I shouh| think they would bite your tofigUe." “Why, auntie,” said the little bow “they hasn’t got any teeth."—FostA’i Companion. “Old Hickory.” The story of bow General Andrew Jackson happened to bo called “Old Hickory” may be new to some of out readers: Daring the Creek War he bad a bad cold, and his soldiers made for him t shelter of hiokory bark. Tbe net morning a tipsy soldier, not knowing who was under the bark, kicked it over As tho General, speechless with rage, struggled out of tbo ruins, the soldi#! “Hollo, Old Hickory! Come cut o your bark and teke a drink!” When the soldiers saw Jackson shak ing the bark from his uniform "they gtvi three cheers for “Old Hickory,” and thi name stuck.” .