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CHARLOTTE, N. 0.4 GA.TUHD AY?A.UGUST 18, 1883
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1 The Striken Ratified that Each Aaa
, Bight Ieek Oat for UlnuelC .
.Nnr York, August 17. The state
meuti made on the beet authority
that Master Workman Campbell, of the
' Brotherhood, to-day informed the mem
bers of the organization to look ont for
themselves and make aa; good terms
with the Western Union Telegraph
Company as . they could. Each man
. looked ont for himself.
Female operators came in a body, 80
la all: 11 were accepted and the rest re-
Iected, tneir places baring; been filled,
forty-fire male operators were accepted
ont of 62 who appli&i. The order to the
assemblies in other, cities does not ap
pear "to hare reached them until this
evening. It is learned from Pittsburg.
Boston and Chicago that the operators
are coming back on a run.
A Water Faatlae a Galreitos. ' ;
Gaxtzsttoh, Tec, Aug 17 This city
Is oa the Term of a water famine. The
cisterns are -drained, gardens are dried
i op and tha effect of the drought la
. . plainly to be seen la products of the
vegetable markeU Por weeks past
many persons have been depending up
on the liberality of their neighbors for
v water enough to drink, having exbanst
' ed their sspplies. Now most of those
- who were well provided at the begin-
- - ning of the dry season are almost com
, pletely without a sapaly. An indiee
: tion ex the extreme want to which some
persons are driven la found In a notice
posted in front of one of the best known
and meat popular restaurants in the
city "dosed until it rains." A slight
rain has . fallen, . bat not enough to
change the sit nation.
Tee French Tackle the aamite.
' Londoh. Aug. 17. A dispatch to the
8taudard from laedink says Culonel
. Bdens made a sortie on the 6th Inst,
' supported by gun boats.' He proceeded
northward and outflanked and drove
off the enemy. On . the 7th Inst, with
twelve hundred men he made a move
; ment to the South and attacked the
earth works of the Amtamitea. The
enemy made bat silent resistance and
abandoned their works in confusion.
Their cannon were hauled off by ele-
Ehanta. - Lines of the French was tWQ
tiled and 6 wounded. The enemy's
loss was heavy. ;
A Kearfol Kallread CeHisaea.
CtKcrraATT, August 17. A dispatch
to the Times Star from Liexington, Ky,
says the Mount Sterling accommoda
tion train going to Lexington, ran Into
the rear ear of a train on the Kentucky
' Central Railroad, at Winchester cross
ing this morning, exploding four hun
dred kegs of giant powder. The depot
was wrecked and the engine blown to
atoms. Engineer SchuTer was not
found, the yard master was killed and
Conductor Mitchell fatally Injured.
Heveral others are supposed to be killed.
A full report is not yet received.
He Fever at Fenaaeela The City Fiek
; ' ' eted
Savakxah, August 17. The state
ment that the yellow fever had made
. its appearance at Penwaools, Fla, is in
correct. The navy yard at which.- the
fever prevails is seven miles from that
place. The fever raged at the aame
yard nine years ago, but was success
fully combated and kept ont of Pensa
oola while the fever last year at Fenaa-
- cola was kept ont st the yard. The
soombia Uifles and other volunteer
organizations have established a picket
- aroond the eity.
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The Strike Officially Free a eed a
.. Fall are. "
FittsbuboA, August 17w Thoa. H.
TJoghes, secretary of the Brotherhood,
telegraphs that he received the follow
ing from New York this afternoon : -
"Send the following to all assemblies
The executive board of the Brother
hood regrets to say that the strike is a
failure. - All members who can may re
turn to work immediately. A circular
follows by mail. Signed,
Johh CaacrBKLXJ
Fail res. :
Nkw York; August 17. The mer
cantile agency of BY Dun A Co, report
the business failures for the last week
throughout the United States and Can
ada number 170 aa compared with 188
last week. The distribution was as fol
lows: New England States 22, Middle
States 31, Western States 67. 'Southern
States 23, Pacific States 18, New -York
City C, Canada 29. . j , i
Served Oat Hu Ti
, , . Nxw Yobjc, August 17 Jno De voy,
editor of the Irish Nation, 'who was
, eateneed to CO days imprisonment In
the penitentiary for libeling August
Belmont, completed his term this morn
lng and was released from prison. - He
came at once to this eity and proceeded
to the ofioe of his paper, where he re
ceived the cengratulauont of a cumber
of friends. ,: v ? - --..,- -
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. The Last efthe Trie Insehed.
8XYAXHXH. Aug, 17. Beaben Rob
inson, the last of the trio engaged in
the Fulf ord tragedy in Millar county,
has been lynched. - The woman under
arrest has been discharged for lack ef
. evickAee to convict her.
Eight men have been arrested and
held in bail for trial in connection with
recent aUead outrages in Banks eoun-
ty i - - v-.; i-.v. v-u,-. f ti' .
. Jadge Lynch eft .
SaTJUmAH,'. Ga, August 17- The
story of the lynching of Joseph Fulf ord
and Harry Bradley for the murder of
the farmer's wife at ' Bain bridge last
week is true in all its horrible details,
notwithstanding the denial thereof con
tained in dispatches from, New Or
leans. . z : . ,; , , t
Yellew Fever and aaaaapexW
- Wa&HZHOToarrAogust 17-The sur
geon general of the marine hospital
service has been informed that there
are several cases of yellow fever in
Clenf ueos, and a number of cases of
that disease and of small- pox in
IlaUaaas, Caba. -j - rt. ( -
-.fAn Idet Bade ef Solid Gel'evI .
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A cold idol wsishlog tMrty-two and
one-half pounds wss recently excavat
ed in Calistlahuaca, State of Msxlco, by
some Indians. The idal was compcaed
of a group of Chores, lut it was broken
op by tha Indiana arL! divided equally.
"The CeayesrWssalaa. r .
-beuvasM Sspkssw V" i --. -r': :2
-, The rhearcrt asl aTTlest trrmnatl'
cnia the wcxll one t at wilTexercise
crrrv rinsels asd bone In the bodv ia
a l! : s pises cf ttssl, note. 3d on one aide
ttt: Jl ti-itly ia woodo - frxc-s, and
aiur t i-r-i cjzzzzA on Lata alias with
' a tz -iriX ret; bed irto a stick of
wood U-ilj-jwUs la &vv cuci
BTATTJ hbwi.
: Newborn Journal i Layina the cor
ner stone of the new jail in Jones coun
ty will be made a public occasion. ,
Salem Pre: Col A II Belo, of the
Galveston, (Texas) News, is in Salem
-vial tine hla father E Belo. Esq. who is
yet quite UL Bobert Belo, of Baleigh,
was also there a few days last weak.
Chatham Record: The drought was
ended in Chatham county Wednesday
by a rain which fremT all . indications
seems to have been general Two
now and powerful engines hare been
bought and put on the Cape Fear and
Yaknln Valley railroad and the track la
beinglaidat therateof aznile aday. :
' ' Roanoke Patron : ' Mr B If Dukes,
while fishing in JLivermon's Mill Pond,
near Potecaaie, on Friday last, had a fit
and fell out of the boat and was dro wn
ed. Ho has been subject to spasms
from childhood aad fears of some such
results as the above, have long been ap
prehended. He lived with his mother,
wss about 45 years of age and never
married. . -
Hlahlanda JTntervrUe : A.
pondaat from Clay county says that
there are many good lands scattered all
over that section of country that are
lying almost Idle for the want of enter
prising men, and men of capital; and
such the people cordially invite, and
will give a hearty welcome, and even
assistance in securing them homes in
that county, i
Durham Plant: A plan is on foot to
make good roads leading from the
main tobacco growing regions to Dur
ham On Monday Parrish 4b Black
wall sold to the Blackwell Tobacco
Company one million and eighty-one
thousands pounds of leaf tobacco. This
is the biggest transaction that baa ever
taken place in Durham in one day.
Toianot Bunny Horn: Wilson has
not only a female barber, but a black
smith and postmistress, and living one
mile from town is a female shoe maker
Mr Hardy F Barnes, of Gardner's
township this county, informed us a
few days ago that he had been married
67 years, had lived on the place which
he now resided for 54 years, has raised
14 children the youngest of which is
now M years old, be paid his first doe
tor's bill lsst fall ; and baa never bought
botone barrel of corn and 50 pounds of
meat in his life; never bought a pound
of lard; is now 80 years of age, and
thinks nothing of walking eight or ten
miles any day.
Baleigh Neto and Observr: The
three hours heavy rain Tnesdsy night
and the rains Wednesday afternoon
have wrought quite a change in crop
prospects. Mr Edward L Pemberton
one of the beet known citizens of Fay.
ette rille died there Wednesday, aged
about 55. He was for many years a
prominent business man of that place
but some years since an attack of pa
ralysis caused his retirement from bus
iness. We are pleased to learn that
the stockholders of Peace Institute
have decided to Increase their capital
stock, in order to better accommodate
the increasing patronage of the school,
which is so ably conducted by Messrs
Burwell aad Son. Steps have been
taken to enlarge the building and to
afford increased sanitary and Infirmary
accommodation.,
Monroe Enquirer Expr$i W S Tur
ner, ef PlnevUla, a druggist of conaidVir.
able experience, has been employed by
Messrs Grifin. -Welsh A Stevens, and
Wednesday took his place behind their
counters. A gentleman who recent
ly visited Albemarle tells us that it is
much dryer in Stanley than with us
he never saw anything to equal it. We
learn from the Observer that the farm
ers do not expect to gather more than
half a crop of corn and cotton. We
hope this is not true of the entire coun
ty Mr. John Shute. probably aa
good a judge as there is In the county,
estimates that with plenty of rain from
now on, an average of one-half' a crop
of eorn and cotton will be produced in
this county. 8ome farmers place the
estimate still lower. Our own belief la
that under fair conditions the average
will be greater than one half. One
thing Is certain the prospect was very
gloomy before the rain.
Wilmington RetUw: The: port ;- of
Wilmington la slowly filling up with
vessels from abroad and there are Quite
a number on their way here to take ad-
van tags or the cotton season, wnien
will soon be upon us. During the latter
part of July and the first week of the
present moou uw naroor naa a oesert
ed appearance, there being at that time
only one square rigged- easel in . the
port. A very large wild cat was klll-
ea tne otner aay oy air jam as uarr, on
Aeorn Branch a coat tnree mues xrom
Wilmington. Whenkilled the eat was
on a hog's back gnawing, of the flesh
while that animal was ooisg . some
pretty tall squeailngv A : young ne
gro man committed suicide at Council's
Station on the O O Bailroad on Tuesday
bv shooting himself in the breast-
Mr Wm Easdsle. for some rears vast
Superintendent's clerk in the Carolina
central itauroaa oaee in tmn eity, naa
been tendered and has accepted a posi
tion in the ofilce of Major Winder, the
General Manager at Baleigh Mr
George B Everett is safely domiciled in
his far off United States Xand office at
Mitchell. DakotabrThere Uresin Sur
ry county a woman by the ; name of
Elizabeth Stewart,' who is. certainly
ery old. She has no correct' record of
her age, but claims to have a clear rec
ollection of the close of the Berolutlon
ry war. She la hale and hearty and can
Visit about the neighborhood unatten
ded and with ease. -. i - .
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XewTerk
Take him all in all, William 8. Hot
man, of Indiana, ia probably the best
equipped legislator in Congress. In
ability, in experience, in close applica
tion to the public business, in knowl
edge of the laws and the operations ef
government aad in familiarity with
parliamentary practice he has no supe
rior. He is an astute lawyer, and he
served with general satisfaction as a
Judge of the Common Pleas for six
years when quite a young man, before
entering Cnn grass, nearly a quarter of
a century ago. . , -
FmtUag a Stylish Zdlte em the Staad.
cava ana MmmmOm. - - $ - i
W1H some stylish gratleaaa connect-
ea wun tne ueorgia press Association
eav Mr Waterman or Mr Randall
tell us why It Is that a man cant wet
s nau wun a small indents epen IS,
wiuoat attracting atxenun esd cxot3-
ing adverts criticism, wfcil
can rrede the street gildy with a
hat csn tht an l-hwl vr" rt r
rsoraEiia-slessif fcssifrtcnit awes if
Do net say th&t a worsen c-j do cj ta
pieases we've tcra izz& nczcra. , ,
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geaher twaii xrmrm ayrotw
lataUinle, UihilMi, ril a, eataanter tec
AriiTEl el Ertis cf inzi :
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Zare 120 a. sa, aad 9 10e.ak
arm 8 30 a av aaa 4.10 a. at. tf
caiKLorn, oounaik uro arauaTa
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CAhoLraiA enmm. ,
S.4S n. am. aad T.l O a. aa.
Adn 7.00 a. sa ana iA a. av ;
a c-bhxlbt orvnixoa.
Xaave SJM a. av. aad antra 1 Ota a.
Index te Mew Ad
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South Atlantlo 8tatea, fair weather,
winds meetly easterly, rising followed
by falling barcgattrrjttartonary crttzlzj
temperatnrL.
locax. KirriEa.
Sell Brothers circus , wijl be here
on the 6th of October. - - - ' '
Mr W H Miller. -editor of Shelby's
brilliant Aurora, was in the city yes
terday and gave na a calL , . " ' ..
Mrs John A McDonald, of BaWgn
is visiting la toe city and la the gnest of
Esquire Wm Maxwell, Our' register of
deeds. V :' " - v
John Paul, colored, was arraigned
before the mayor yesterday morning on.
charge of aaaaaltlng Chas Dickson alao
colored. He was fined Ssxai
The liinonln eonnty teachers Insti
tute opens in Lincoln ton on the SOth,
and will continue two weeks. D.Mstt.
Thompson is supexintendenL
Mr. John McC Porter died at Core-
ton's Store, Ijsncaster county, 8. Con
Wednesday, August 25th, of typhoid
fever, aged 23 years. '
The german complimentary to Miss
Nellie Manly, of Balelgn and Miss
Mary Gaston, of Montgomery. Ala, has
been postponed on til Monday night
next. r.., . : - :. -
During the thnnder storm Wednes
day night, the barn of .Mr. Jerocne.at
Eeonewvet !, was struck by light.
sing and destroyed, together with tts
contents of forage. Loss CS9QL
We return thanks to the managers
for s eatalogne of the third annnal fair
of the Bxeky Mount Agricultural and
Mfchyffl Association, to be held at
Bocky Mount on October XSrd to 28th
Be venue sa&t Whits yesterday
received s telegram calling him to Spar
tanburg, where s gang of revenners
had just just captured twenty barrels of
blockade ardent. White took the first
aXh to Spertaaburxtse Shoot tu-.'. -
The Methodist 8unday School of
Lanrinburg gave sa excellent ooncsrt
in that town night before last, under
the direction of Prof. Vain and Mrs.
Parker. : A large crowd attended, cad
all pronounced the concert a success.
The ; regular summer communion
of the Second Presbyterian church will
bo administered after the sermon to
morrow maraing, services beginning at
11 o'clock. In ttia afternoon at o'clock
the pastor will preach to the children
and baptise any infants that may be
presented. '. - -
The Highland! ' Banner says that
Ber. Dr. A. ,W. Miner, of Charlotte,
has prssented to the Highlands Literary
Sodsty four richly bound boeks, con
slsting of two Boys Own Ananals and
two Girls' Annuals. The presentation
was made through Est. J. EJPccsrUe.
A vote of thaaka was tendered by the
Society- y- .V :"i v.
Aa the Charlotte bound paasensrr
train on the Carolina Central Bailroad
stopped aaBoaindale yesterday,' an oU
negro woman got cm
'board exhibiUsg
signs of deep grief.
questioned
ss to the cause and said that her son
had been murdered la Whltevilla Co
lumbus county, and aba was just re
turning from the funeral. The murder
as committed t Tuesday and . that's
about all that eouM be gotten out of
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Murder in Wades
Chief of Police Harrison yesterday
received a dispatch from .WsdssberO
asking him to bo on the lookout for a
young colored boy named Paul Heaps,
who last Tuesday murdxred another
colored boy, named Ctmaa Iindsay,
in Wadesboro. ; The twonerroeS had a
quarrel that day in town, and areel to
go beyond thecorpcxxla Halts to tiht
it oc3 - - 7t'.t.rr wtra csfex-Uttrs,
Means drew an old Cle that had been
sharpened and drove it four or five
inches into Lindsay's sack. The - stab
severed the jugular Tain sd Lindsay
died almost instantly. Mns escaped
and has not since been heard of. lie is
a sen of Epriam Means, of Concord, is
about seventeen years old, small of
stature, weighs 123 lbs, and Is of a ginger
bread color. . i .- -. -
A Folieeaan and aCew Thief Take a
About sna-cp yesterday mornl&s
policemaa Joe Boyts flashed a cow
thief oa the streets and civs Lisa chiso
gstUng himsslf into a Uszzvr run than
he anticipated. The nerro Cad through
tta ctrsea trUh the cr.csr doss behind
tin, esd rsa o fsr ea tla dl rs2nctlan
werts vrtcn hs crt to tLa lcTt into ths
ttccj Es.i r -r :n tla f :1.1a, The pelles-
rasn tsA zzzl x.lz.1 lzI Lr;t hot cn tlia
tis r-rra l.li tzzJLzl7 la
znincrity ai Le tzmid baelz to tls
city. It rti & tT7t cilarcru ' Tsfcra
tts tzz9 . c:zzzzil pcllct::a El
cow tlrcr "1 til ctrstta, end ca nzl
ttr crzLz z La tta ctrisir r:-r tl3 til
Tzzztjtzzix tsts yard. TLey
A J)IS1STE0UJIMRIYAL.
Ceatlxg fa at rail lyeed, Ue Trala
, JBuas ea a SUe Track aad Crashes
lata or Ttx X rzlae A Terrible
Death Aa Cea Switch the Cause.
Yesterday pcrclcj at a little after S
o'clock; the union d tmt in this city was
thronged with trrricrt,hackmen and
railroad men waling1 the arrival of
the morning express tnd mall from At
laata. As ths hoar lor the arrival of
the train drew nana the headlight of
the engine was seen oming around ths
curve about a quarts: of a zaUe below
the depot and parCar who wars watch
ing it coming" in, say it tarn abruptly
off xrom tns mzia lino atttnseoai
chute, about two hiadred yards from
ths depot' and dil la on a side track
on which stood a-Targe freight engine.
and at the alia which was the car
shed. The ,ccaf .itste stood at the
head of the aids track, just in front of
the freight engfnavJt. seamed but a
second from the Urns, the) incoming
paaaengartrsiakftthoaialatraUiat
the shock came Tleyo wasaj deafen
ing sound of tratajt timbers and es
caping steam and ;nv reat vol ope of
dense black smoke eovared , the scene
of the wreak ea,wUh a pall. .The
freight engine Lll been driven off the
track wnichextsndd to within ten fast
of the coal chutsw aad was I knocked
straight forward for a distance of forty
feet, tearing up tb ground and knock
ing the beams and pillars of the big
chute right and I&ft. The engine of
ths inawiiiiiii train almost buxiad itself
In the tender of ths freight engine and
followed it off ths track aad under ths
chute, while the forward end- of the
mall car was driven bodily la shoot six
faet. Under the engines, tracks and
wheels aad rods- srero mixed up in a
confused roans. At ths time of ths
crash, there was no onson the freight
engine. Oa the passenger angina ware
engineer J J Jenaisgs, fireman TT 8
Farris and aa aristant fireman who
was a colored man. Xagineer Jennings
and thoeoioradfircasn escaped anhnrt.
Firexuaa rsrris sri crushed to death,
' ' - ah Ezaoa surrasxa. :
- Cant O W IX srst zi wasopttdactor of
ths train and wxs among the' first to
reach ths englnct Ths smoks sad
steam at first obsesred everything from
view but as tt wsZed away ho saw ths
body of Mr Parrla tne unfortunate fire
man, weded betssea the tender and
engine, which west jammed close to
gether. Hi Farrii was allre,andgare
dlrsetioas about what was to be dons la
a remarkably cool aad collected man-'
nex. His left leg had allpped down be
tween ths engine aid tender, through
the open Tngjaagi by the rcSound, when
the engine aad tender lagaln.came to
gethex, catching his leg dose to the Lip
and crushing tt Into a space one inch
wide. Aa effort was made to insert a
crow bar into the crack, hot tt was act
wide enough, and it was found faposst-
bis to extricate Jhe fireman until ths
ahlfUng engine eould be sent for, to
draw the cars back and pull the tender
from the enginev Ths wounded flre-
theaeirxied to the passenger
depot and phyalciana were sent for. In
the meantime ho talked rationally to
around hist sad made the ra-
markthat "I wold T2zm to know how
I came to get down between that en
gine and tender." ; Ha did not seem to
realize that his' iijaries were fatal and
taming to aa oSLar ho dictated a tele
gram to be sent to his wife, Mrs Jose
phine Fsrria, 115 Jones Avenue, Atlan
ta, Iaa her.-rneald, that my leg is
brokaaandlwUprobablyhavetohavs
it antjutatad,"-. gdor fallow I - Ere that
Wt3 en its way another
aanonnelnz his death. Drs.
IlcCombs and . Cyers sxrirsd la the
meantime and at anos proceeded to
putafo tho'le2.'Xt was cat . off
Inches below thstl!n and, tin injured
pat ia a car and carried to the
residence of Mt Frank Snider, where
every sttsoa was paid to him, baths
never rallied fmsaths ahock and died
about. 8 o'cloek. At S. o'clock In ths
afternoon, bis Cy, neatly boxed, was
watTdng . on tha: platform at the depot
for the Air Line" tain to go oat; when
it was seat taCCsms to Atlanta for
brriiL llrFanHIsfta wife and one
etili This wxlhls Cut trlptoChar-
lotte and ha car;i along to instruct the
ccicred fireman how to "coal up," as ths
Aiz Line road las decided to convert
jm paasenger sCJaes Iato coal burners
and this was' Us ; first run of a coal
burning sntfas 4a that railroad, .
'-' ? Ksaxtmsm want, xaxsm. -v
, Boats egenbiiradlsoa and Crews
were In thtmadcarandputersTTthlng
la trim for tlalxavills agents to take
ths car oa to slalnston,- - Both wars
thrown from tiilr fact . by the shock
andllrCrewsedosvoredts jump ont
ths door. Hs arta prsrent&S howrver
by Mr Madlsoi, who grasped him by
ths collar and Tctld him back by force.
Had be made Vtxi leap, Mr Crews would
ha ve been enshtd to death between
ths csr and ear tanas. ' All the forward
end cf ths est vrra driven inside abont
six toet, ths ttm trss hcxlsd from its
place and ' th tra racxs for ths raaU
bags, vers trs? and' twitted out of
shape. Had ry been' near the front
of their csr thry would bars been kill
ad. v'j-.t.V:,''. .. K:fyY;- V'.
CBJLKa 0" T3 tOX)2tOTTVX3. A 'i -,
; -Xncineer : Jeatilss is a Tatsran on
ths Air Line tcJLtsa bsta ia a nnntsr
cf C-t plxacLr. Tirl tzzzzl trlA
Uj LTa tlvlr l UC1 cvlr2 .ttLa
fcit tlrt tar: -.liaLIjtt. T7hen
LIj trains tcr: . I ca tlia; tllatracx,
LarsTcrzcd m Izrsx, tlxew ca tla tlx
tniss azl locLid tl whaala,bct tla
frcf;-S tzLz rrzj not two ear ItrJLa
tltrl ci Liza tr I tla cctzcztzza cf
Ciatrrla ilrrc:! lis err a fcrrrtri
wiCi tcnila forts. iTLit tr.3
rr:j net Xti-i i3 t2:3 czlj trcr"
day by crowds. Between ths tender
endesns cf the passenger car were
blood stslns where the unfortunate fire
man was crushed. The freight engine
stood under the dsrsclizhed coal chute.
lbs 'pilot and head L's-t. covered with
the debris ' of the heavy beams and
sleepers of the structure. Its tender
was jammed against the, cab and the
pilot of the passenger engine was crash
ed and mashed against the rear of the
tender, making the whole an intricate
wreck. The ground was torn c? all
around while timbers, broken pieces of
machinery and bent rods were strewn
in all directions. It will be several days
before the wreck can bo cleared. The
baggage and. passenger ears were pulled
off and a new train was made up, going
out north one hour, behind schedule
tlmev- .-" , !'. .'-- " . v
; " ttho opsaos) TuaswiTtaiT
' The accident was ths result or an
open switch, throwing the engine from
the straight line on to the side track
upon which the ' freJgbt ' engine was
afMiwjr, aad the only question to de
termine is whether the switch wai Eft
open through carelessness or f by some
designing scoundreL . Ths ofidalsssy
that the Latter waa the case. . One hour
before too accident occurred, and after
the freight engine had been run onto
the aide track, two freight trains passed
out over the switch and it was then all
right. Ho cars or engines had pssssd
by after that until the passenger bain
came along and the switch bad not been
to ached. Policeman Joe Boyte. who
was standing on a hill near by st ths
time cf ths acrldent and who witnessed
ths crash, says that lust ss the collision
occurred, ho saw a man run out of the
train yard sad disappear across a field
In the dsrkness. . Bat' by whatever
cause, upon the shoulders of the rail
road company reals the greatest weight
of the blame. In u-important yard
Ilka this, where engines are constantly
rooming to and fro, the main switch is
an ordinary wayside station switch aad
is never kept locked. Ths Danvffle
yard Is provided with ths signal light
switch sad by its guidance aa engineer
ever goes wrong. Had thla been a sig
nal light switch no such a wrack of
property would have occurred yester
day morning, aad poor Will Farris
would not have been sent back to his
wife aad child a mangled corpse. Com
ing in to the depot from Atlanta, the
track is up grade, and engineers are re
quired te corns' by the switches; at a
lively rate to get over the grade, and
with this fact known to them an the
time, the railroad anthoriUes, have ut
terly disregarded the aafety alike of
their employes and of their passengers
by guarding the track with primitive.
loosely kept, unlocked switches. If
Mrs Farris, i aa the .railroad boys say
aho will, sacs the company far big dam
ages, tc will prove a . wnoiesorae
to gram walcto is emsa
Flrealljaaiaertaew . .
Lumberton had a first class tarpea-
tins blaxe night before last, caused
through ths carelessness of some one
employed about the burned stSL Ths
still belonged to Mr. MQsap, sad there
were stored ia tt at the time of ths firs
S00 barrels of rosin, besides a quantity
of turpentine, all of which; of course,
was destroyed. Ths loss Is CXS3X ' Ths
stm was located right by the line of the
Carolina Central Bailroadjbut the track
fortunately not damaged.
A irowl bat Ijuereettag Smaject. . .'
It has often beoa remarked that
Charlotte ia the largest chicken market
ia the Stats, sad nobody will bo dis
posed to doubt thla when they look at
the figures. Oas of the principal deal
ers made a careful estimate yesterday.
ana amvea as too ooncinsion max no
lass than Bojooo chickens -. are annually
acid in Chsrlotts, or sometlifng over
4J0O9 per month.' One retail firm claims
that its average sales of chickens
per day Is seTsntyflva. The prices
range from 15 to 25 cents. Most of the
chlckena are brought to the city via the
Carolina Central Bailroad, Shelby Di-
Tlslon, while large numbers come from
AsheriUe and' intermedlsts points.
Charlotte is also not a poor market for
One firm in this city ; yesterday
ahipped thirty barrels of eggs to New
York City. These figures are rather
startling, aad may surprise, outsiders
but to our horns people they will sound
ordinary enough. Everybody hero In
Chsrlotts not only knows of our prestige
ss a chicken market, but glories in it.
Watch Harry- Johnston's chicken train
when it somes in from Shelby this
inorning. i I
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TaelAdUea'rrlaaa.
Wilson and MeFsriand, of
LaG range, Ga are In the city exhibit
ing a patent churn ' which Is attracting
considerable attention from the citizens
of Charlotte. They have made several
successful churning for' prominent
families in the place, an of whom are
well pleased. These gentlemen are
selling rights 'for the patent in the
States of - Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina aad Georgia, and they
propose to put down the, old da7ier on
two principles : mat and cUdnlintss, It
takes sll ths butter ont ef the cream : it
is durahla, aa&t and attractive; easy to
clean, easy to operate, will not spring
leaks, baa no cranks.ccg wheels or gear
ing to get out of repair.
- ThsLfclisfFrUnd, thaWoxn, ssnds
greeting to the churn' family all over
the land, and gives notice that aha steps
to ths frent to claim superiority on ths
fcHawirs pcists: Hics cf cperxtSca,
c!:sllaa4s, mechanical nsatnasa, gath
ering the butter, ease with , which the
butter is reaored from the chnxn. Ws
all His ales butter,. and tia cheapest
way to have this is to buy of these gen
tlznsn, who csn ts ' found at the CLir,
lctts IIctcL adt. :
T t - t t I I
lift i
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THE G ALLOWS Iff GHEEn YIIAC
ilea Perry alias Perry, Cely
: tke Crime ef Harder.
Special te tbm JoaHMU-OOawiat. ".
JCxyiates
QBzmnxs, August I7w Ben Ferry
alias Perry Cely, colored, was hanged
to-day for ths murder of Perry Ander
son. Ths murder for which he was
executed was committed , on the out
skirts of the city on Sunday night,
April 221. Cely, after committing the
murder, came to the gusrd house aad
surrendered himself to the sheriff. He
Wss tried and convicted at the , Jane
term of the court of - General Sessions
and sentenced to be hanged to-day,
Efforta were mads to have him re
prieved, petitions to that effect having
oeen sent to tne uovernor within t&e
last few dars. The rriaoner had riven
up all hope of a reprieve and mads pre
parations xor nis xate. xass night was
almost entirely spent in prayer- This
morning he ate alight breakfast and
passed toe morning in mcwiisnon saa
prayer. fiDirltual consolations
given him by Ber J B Midri leton of ta
colored ennren. xne aoomea man was
composed and spoke cheerfully and
enenars'ringly to his fallow priaonsrs.
anescaofci wasintneiau. Taro. ana
at 13 o'clock the prisoner was cocdcrtsl
to It. At the scaffold ha stated that he
had killed Anderson bscsczs Anderson
first struck him with. a. stick.' .The re
mainder of bis talk was about his re
ligions feelings, expressive of his being
prepared for death. At 12 25 the drop
sprung oy tsneng unreal n. xne
r hnng SS minates,: when life waa
ared extinct, but his neck waa not
broken and he died from strangulation
without struggles. Ths body wss given
to his wife for interment. - . -
south, c a cot.i n a xjsws.
The 'cotton eaternillar bjuspoeared
near Columbia.
Mr C H Brenneeke. operator In the
Western Union office at , Chester, has
aali tffvT Ttirff 1ft bis m gn
On Thursday afternoon, a atx-rear
old son of Mr. W. B. Meetze, of . Colum-
caa. was oaiaruiiy in i area try accui en-
tally pulling upon himself the iron bars
of aa awning. - - - -"?- rr.-: ; t
At the shootinx tournament in Col-'
omnia oa Thursday, Mr J F Jordan of
AahSTille, N C was awarded ths hand-
some fishing rod, which
the prize
ox the best lndixidnai
In the Etata XorntaT Institute,- at
Cnlnmhla, two hundred nsmee hare
wiroitfxi by too aecretary, sad
there is every Indication that ths at
tendance, before the etoae, will equal if
not creeefl that of last year.-1
- c -
i nicniB was held on
Wednesday at Purity - church, near
aester u tu crsecaes on tne roaa
quesuon were c&uvered by lion u J
Pattezaon, of Chester, and Hon James
li Jtrseomb,' Secretary.' of State and
Master ef the State Orange. -;
to g&fUMOr toUeea te the
Msn ta their hurry mistook a are alarm
box that had eax&Iszsrr bean i left un
locked far a corner letter box: -Thar
opened the doer and laying the letter
inside read the noUee: "Poll down the
hook once to rive an alarm.' and taxin?
it for instructions to siznal to the next
o&ee authorities to come and get the
letter proceeded to carry . out the tn
stractloaa by pulling down on the hoek.
The consequence was they were in
stantly surrounded, by firemen with
nozzles. laagers ana , thinrs and
were glad to spcicgizssndrstreat. -
Tsls a wast Cacoaa catf-isa atM rtB i
! aa aeleaet exseraee taJ tt Leant
abtp,a4 Mtiartaa. -1 e mf "Xae kaS
Mi(tsk I mm feat" iMaaaweBftea
aay nua a ad tew saft. tuUoaei ay a ter
ra UMk at ityeaMii n. lHaae Ka eraba
taaaeatief H-tjrtaeraat
axried aii a -f en beaia am
tiatm Parrf Iaria's Pa aIar at aaaa by
AUCTION SALE.
LaBoy Pavtaaoo I Yd i
WANTED.
AsBasttqafcyateiiBW ef eteM yean expert
iaa AanSaaoatiieilina, Acenaenwni tta-
aaoa,waereaseo4ifa eiaafteal eeae! aa be
aa aa. pcetanea. Tae veuaiJeettataooi s
manatTTunae
ALPBa."
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FOB SAIiE.
' TbeoWerr-iiea Wit rrtvats. ft 0e ext
POaftya,ta (vofertyet Gewmon aOalasCa.,
oka VaGy. kataeifu eoaiity, K. OL, eunUt
tam ol 244 ie tai-a anl m!Tfa iMtd. S aeueee.'
bara Ucr f J.t nca. tJ
m mod ior term!) wUte o bawrr.
lo erje S--'bo l-.aery. eC0 Ux m pe m.
ttr i St L-toweu'a t6t, aoa lo r eraa-r,
eoe tevenatta pan. eO-iaca a4 ia-ai6 r
Irn'Mj. teeiM. Aa. Ateo S aareti. warja aad
"a, UKoiie uuu Wuooz ea ua taamuee
aaal7dlw ev,Jv-.:.
One eat load at flae and naah Tent Stver- -,
hi OS7AlCaF3 3St tOZZZl txt at
gssziruesa.4;
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eaapgsa 'IhssswaNaaTLetesasI awflasf SwraBBaw
coat Bxm Caoasnea, AA, Karri. tWta
RH VmrACw ut-ln Im t aaiaile
i diiwi a aweaa tfae ye fw. Bate aney ana
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. Pettrateats.fftaaTeaa, . .
. Oaffaw, Molasesj Tobaoeo,
Said sals wm eeoanas aMralnsaa4 evsatac
nam me enafeatoesvwaaeas iiarn. ai eloa
ess, AaaeoppaeBm&ytocnwehantsandnnats
mnngiaawmsMlstamats aala. ;
A. latal Case efay ever at Peasaeela
- ' ifavy Tard.
. "WASXBXQTOXti Ac jtcrt 17, Tie Act
ing Secretary of ta 2Tavy to-day re
ceived a telegram announcing the de&th
of the marine who was taken wi!x yel
low f erer at the nary yard tt I'c .
cola, and stating that the civil asticri-"
ties there have established a strict
quarantine. ....
"Stat In TTsw, rtm la gestae. Tt
la tae ZXMWia ef en raneaj.'
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lor tbe aaat stz yean tee wLaogl pot rrm
aad unfit pom fK-a&iy eraair ? la
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