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r i .. r -S i - . . - , . - t - i-. ' THE DZIZ.1T CUmSRZt O TTZ2 JTOUIUTZ,, JS.Jtt TUS2 DjlIZt J CHZZZtOTTZrSjOI3SIZJl 7rjXX, COJTS OZsIDjI TJZO JSARCmZT, 1SS3. lai if rkiritilc OlMwrer, KaUaltskrd Jaaasry SB. IMS. ; CHARLOTTE; Ni 1 C ; SAT URD AY. SEPTEMBER 15, 1883. PRICE FIVE CENTS: ' i:. t. i. .i . . 1 ; .f..K'r-' s -" T ' r '.J mi! T t ' ... S- 's i tThe reserrod seats &t.: the myor'e ; morniibff reception yesterday were all taken 'and "Hie performance was: pro ; tracted. Wm Mitchell, colored, for creating a disturbance was fined 87.B0. ; Mac Bo wdea. f or the same offanse, bat .of .a lifter dejrree , was , fined 85. .D ' Gray, for drunk and disorder! j conduct 5 was fined 04.60. 'A ' party "ot r factory boya were up for assaulting J as Mullia, , t while on his. way,, home with a roll of ' butter and'making him drop his butter td th&J pavement. - All the boys . were . dismissed except two. ThoeV Hawkins -. aad Barry Plummer.wbo were required to pay the costs. , Briaciaa- Railroad Tickets Dowa. - -. j ;; Besinninj:' with to-day. a reduction - in the rates of trare! in the Charlotte Columbia and Augusta, and Air Line Railroads goes into effect, and tickets wrll hereafter be sold at the t rate of three cents per mile.- This reduction In rates is due to the action of the South Carolina and Georgia Railroad Commi-' sion, which recently fixed "the rate of trarel at three cents per mile on all the i roads in those two States. As a result '" of this - reduction in rates, no more thousand miles tickets for the Char. . lotte, Columbia and Augusta road will '. be sold. ' ' - OleA oi tke War Ckarltte. Chief of Police Harrison yesterday received a letter from C P Pride, mtr ; Bhl of Rock Hill, stating that h brick : mason named Robert P Burton d'ei in ,; that town on the 12U, and was buried C at the expense ofUlje town. Burton was picked up In; an unconscious condition V by the railroad and eared f of by the ' town until he died. ' During a moment of consciousness he said that he was on his way to Charlotte, .where be had friends. Two half dollars, a piece of ' tobacco and a trowel were found in his pockets. If the' unfortunate man has any friends or relatives in this, place - who wish to know further about his death, they can get all the information i possible by writiogto Mr Pride." Jalled'oa Ckaxce of Rap. -Special to UkeJorMal-Otwemr. . Ashevuxe, N C, Sept 14, 1883. W L Harkey, white,was arrested and . placed in the Asheville . jail to-day, on ' charge or ' having committed a rape : upon the person of a" young mulatto girl.- Harkey is from Mt Pleasant, Ca barrus conn ty, and bis family is one of the best In that county. He lived In Charlotte for sometime and had been a - eltk iu Barringr & Trotter's store. FBOM WASHIJIttTOIf. Ho BickaeM tke Aaaeriea Picked r 1 Vp at Sea Fever ia Braxil. ; - Washington. Sept. li. Surgeon -General Hamilton to-day received a : ' telegram from Fortress Monroe stating that Surgeon Smith had bearded the etoaraer America Irom Vera Craz to Baltimore and- found all well aboard. After being fumigated the vessel was allowed to pass. The America picked op three hundred miles south of Cape Ilatteras the captain and seven men of the wrecked schAoner Frank t Atkins, toound from New York to Port Royal, S.C . The report for the week ending Sept. th of the ship Island quarantine sta tion, shows , that there were twenty . four cases of yellow fever and three deaths during that time. . -1 The revenue steamer, Manhattan, has been ordered to relieve the steamer wing at Hampton Roads for qnaran - tine service. Yellow fever still continues . at Rio Janiero, Brazil, though none is reported Amongst the shipping. During the .. week ending . August 4th there were 203 deaths at this port, small-pox and yellow fever being the principal causes. BARBARA MILLER HAJICED. "Am Xatyatieat Crew A fager to Witaess aBlekeaiagxkibiUa. Ricimoim, Vx, September 14. Bar b&ra Miller, colored, was hanged here at 1230 to-day for the murder of her husband, Daniel Miller. She was awa kened early this morning by the hum of the immense throng surrounding the jail yard. At 12 o'clock she mounted the scaffold with a firm tread in com- -p any with four colored ministers. Rev Mr. Boa well delivered a deep and touch ing prayer, after which the condemned woman sang some old familiar hymns, -popular with the colored race. After . this the Sheriff read the death warrant, which was followed by another prayer :. XromBav Mr Bos welL About this time ''A' 3 ' waCs Impatiently created a disturbance t i -v whereupon Mr i Bosweii . tnrnea ana . .readdressing the crowd said: riou should . .j he ashamed of yourselves. .If that wall ; abould sink beneath vou you would all be instantly plnngea into perdition.' i Z-.- The drop fell at 12:30. and she died of ; strangulation. The scene, was sicken V -lnjrand horrifying. - - r fTeadeU j Us tier. PkilliFS Blows ! Blast fa Bostok .Sept-14. Wendell Phillips in h letter to the Boston Advertiser de dies the current report that he has changed bis views regarding Governor Butler's re-election He says l shall hall his re-election next year as a vast stride toward relieving the State from the Republican "4ncubus which weighs so heavily upon us." Mr Phillips con cludes "J. think he certainly ought totw re-elected. Probably he will be re-elected and he .may safely challenge com parisonas to nls career and conduct with any prominent political character .intheState, ;.,f U-K. ' Hli .,.( Cluaa's rrpoal8 f Fraaee. ... -s ' Pabxs, Sspt J4-?The lr proposes to give the following as the heads of the proposal -s by the Marquis' Tag. the Chinese ambassador, to id Cham el La cour ; that France shall cease Bending reinforcements to Tonquin ; that China will recognize- treaty of Hue but will restrain the right of, in vesture of the Annsmet!s sovereigns; tfcat the French Trotector-.te tvall 1 1 c :r ra's con-, tract andj uner taa i-s :rection of tailitary inandarians; tb&t China shall ts reiabarssi for all err-" incurred ia ih9 rtrrirxcf the U&zZ fiajs, , :-' -'Earnea t Dealer - y ' mtto:i. Cnio, Copt it-Cjrus John- '-'1 tx ttli r-crr!r-r rzit a:hcrrl . t j L-:r? X -rs?4 at- fci3 r- I'zy c'rt t . j t-s explosion cf ; UCHKOSnAKSDABTlXXX : Lesvs air Lis Depot 8.80 a. nu an44.ft3 . av am? 2.00 a aa.aoa 10 p, am. - t ' 1'' ."-' ' '. ": """ 'i,"-. . : l . ; ' "-. arnUHX.- i V Lmt 9.20 a m. and 2 lOp. ia. - . arn?8oa.iu. ana 4.10 a, av f caa&LOTTX; COLUXBIA ABO A.DOU3TA. Lear X10 a aa aad airres 430 p. a, i - -. : i CCtL-lt a MYI8XOS. . . Lmn 4S0 p. av. aad antf at 10.00 a. aa. . . v . . v .. :- : 7",-'i l'-p vCaBousAcataTBau; rl LMnMKp.n.MdT.10La " antra 7.00 a. am. am a. xo p. av t ; 1 aa-8BaCTSIYlSIOH.t Um SJtO 9. mx ud arm 1 0.80 mi ' iadex to New Adveruseaaeata . , I ;- ' V .1 -' Wtninxrakv A; Brne Cash raDraad yatai. - iBdieatioaa. ' ' ' j South Atlantlo SUtee. rain, followed by i partly cloudy slightly warmer weather, variable winds, stationary or slight rise In barometer. T . i ! fjocAJL Ripri.es. A regular London fog shut down on the city at one o'clock this morning The fire department have selected next Thursday night as the time for holding the meeting to elect a chief. ' . Mr J C Birmingham, of Lileeville, .was married in Rockingham night be fore last to Miss Alice Covington, of that place. ; j r Grassy Creek, Ashe county, is a new poetoffice In this State. Wm C Greer, Is postmaster. Thaddeus lvey has been commissioned postmaster ' at AshpoleNC ' ,r ; ; :: Father Wright, pastor of the Cath olic, church In this city, will ; return home from Philadelphia to-day, and regular Sunday services will be held In the Catholic church to-morrow, , r The marble figure for the firemen's monument is at Mr J A Johnston's marble yard, and crowds are attracted to see it. It represents a handsome fire man in full uniform, and is a most ex cellent piece of work. It cost 500. The usual Sabbath morning service will be held In the Second Presbyterian church on to morrow, but owing to the repairs In., progress the Sundsy night service will be omitted. Preaching by the pastor.- Strangers welcomed. The Concord Times says that an effort is making to secure the' services of two policemen from Charlotte as an additional force to be put on duty at the St John's fair, in Cabarrus county to be held on the first , Wednesday .and Thursday in October.'. The school for dancing and deport ment. -Prof Nott will . begin his class for ladles, misses and masters in the rooms of the Charlotte Pleasure Club, over . Rigler, this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Address Prof Nott at Buford House for circular. His advertisement appears in another column . , . ' MaasssBa - Fire an a Closet. - The residence ef Mr. Reeves, engineer at Oates' factory, located on Graham street, had a. narrow escape from de etruction by fire yesterday mornlngf The smoke and smell of burning rags alarmed the family, and, on investiga ting for the cause, fire was discovered in a,, closet filled with clothes. Mrs Reeves.. In endeavoring to extinguish the fire, had her liands badly, burned. All the children's clothes were burned before the fire was extinguished. Another Scholarship Offered. - r "- Major Robert Btngham has offered a scholarship in the Bingham School to the boy who makes the best record in the Charlotte Graded School daring the session that commences next Monday. Prof Atkinson, of the Charlotte Female College, some time since- offered- a scholarship to the girl that makes the best record, so there will be two excel lent scholarships to compete1 for this session. There will be over 800 scholars in the Graded School this session, and the competition for the two scholar ships will no doubt be lively. Pitch in, young people, and do your best. . r ; Start the List. . A proposition has : been made to en do w a home for disabled ex-Confederate soldiers ia North . Carolina, and a gen tleman from Edgecombe county tele-v graphs the News and Observer that he will be one otlve hundred to give $100 each, towards the establishment of such; a home. ; Mr H C Eccles, of this- city, authorizes us to say that he will be one of the SOTUhd will give his $100 as soon as called for. - Such an Institution should be established Dy all means, and if properly worked up, the enterprise would be made noble success. ; Start; the list..-'.'- v'.-.-V'iV-."-'-?--'-- 't-'! Fenoaal. ' -V- 1 Among. the arrivals Jo the city yes terday were Mrs Caroline OrrfCarleton, accompanied by her daughter; Mrs T L Ferguson, of- Memphis, Tenh, and her grand-daughter. They have been, spend ing ther8ummer in and around Ashe ville.' They are stepping at the Boford House for a few days on their way home.- : Mrs fcarleton is the daughter of the' late Col Addison Orr, whq will be remespbered by our oldercitizens as the Colonel of the militia . of this, county forty years ago. She had pot seen Char, lotte until yesterday for nearly lorty years.'. She finds it much changed since the days when-all the people of the county assembled here on general mus ter days and refreshed themselves on Ringer cakes and eldsr.V r , - Miss Ltvja 6kinner, cf South Caro lina, is visiting In the city, this gaest of Mrs ShannoDhouse. , . . Mlsa IviMai Hunter Jhas returned from the country, and is now ready to wait on her friends at - Barringer & Trctttr'x':- """V.! t i G. TTi.::cra. t r i , t H i t eon"" t f i te-4 li-:rs 1 1 ps t i. THE '"EVIDENCE CLOSED. "A GATI1ERER. Or fLOWgBI FOR. TUB DEAD LOTERS UBAfE. ease Iaaportaat Erldeace la Reply ky tke State-Tke Arraaaeat of CoaaaeJ All 6f the evidence introduced in the trial of Thoa. I Shields on Thursday could not be published yesterday for lack of space, but we give the remain der this morning as follows: - Hugh A.Gray said:; On the 6th of J une I was at ; the , house . of . David Shields ;'waa going to the poetoffice and in passing the house found:' an assem- . blage there asked what was the matter and then I went on In the house. ' I saw Mollie Shields there ; went - into; the room under where the body lay ihrpogh a window and she came to me. -1 then asked whether the charge of 'seduction which had been made against ;ber was true. , She said. No I No I it is false; she emphasized the word fdle.' I then told bier I would -i like to . have i some good man bear that, and shecohsenied., ii called Mc J; Ma Sample into the room and in his preeeace T asked her if the accusation was tsnc, and she said, 2o it is raise, one knew me ana . was per feetly conscious, -f ?X i'-t - u ' ' Cross-examined witness said: I dldnt believe the charge was the reason why I asked her. f I told her-J was glad to hear It was false : for . I could no w de fend her before the world.- I wanted another witness so that in; thermouth of two wttnessea every word, might be established. I am one ef that commit-' 'tee of seventeen. C-vU-w.-") J Mc Sample:! was at David Shields on thetKof Jam. Mr II A Gray called me In the room and asked Mollie Shields to make the same statement to mo she had made to htm. He asked her if the accusation which f Tom Shields had made against her was true or false, and she said It was false. ! Mollie Shields knew me; she called mp by .name. . Mr Gray and MraTj-jIc Sample were In the room. On the cross-examination wit ness said that; was. In the 'morning, a abort while before her mother came for her. ; ; - . - Mattie Wilson sakl: I visited Mollie SuleMs at the house of A C Shields after the killing. ; The first time I went was two or three weeks after' the killing. She met me and her mother took me in the bouse. Before I left I asked her mother to let. Mollie come to see me; she (her mother) said several times that ahe could come. The second time I went Mollie met me at the' front doer and her mother was coming in at the backdoor; Mary Jane Alexander was with me. As I wm going, in I handed her a note and she seemed reluctant to take it till I told be It '.was from Mrs Annie Shields. Then , she grasped it and took me in the room. 'Before leav ing I asked if Mollis could- come to see me. Mrs Shields asked if Annie Shields was at our ' hoiise. I told her she was not. 'Mollis and I went In to the back porch together and then went back. 1 asked her again to go with me and she said her mother did not allow her, and she dldnt know what to do. I told her to go any way. - I askea her if she bad writing material, and ahe said ahe bad nothing; could do nothing. Mollie and I went to the : flower bed together. I asked her to gather flowers to put on Joe's r grave, and she ' told me she had none nice enough. I told hsr any would do and she then gathered a bouquet and gave them to me. On leaving. I asked her to go . apiece with me and she did so. I asked her to write a word of com fort to Annie Shields, that I bad a pen cil and some psper she could write on. Up ia the woods ahe wrote, and while ahe was writing her mother called her. Cross examined, witness said: -My visit was 2 or S weatks after the killing It was two miles distant. : I rode there the first time. , Was not In the habit of visiting Mollie Shields ; I went to par ties there and. visited sometimes; was there more than t wice when not invited to parties; I visited there last summer. Her mother told me she could visit meV I suppose I stayed, there two hours ; I went the second time about two. weeks after that. 'Mrs AC Shields was - at Mr Mc Auley's and sent me over to see Mollie and take a letter for her. .1 took it to Mollie, - The letter was written by Annie Shields, tq - Mollie, and j I 'went over to take, that and . get , Mollie to go over and see Unr Anhle I Shields. : Mrs A C Shialds'eame In the back door as I went In at the front door. Mrs Shields told Mollis to go. and, write the note to Annie aad ahe wenW , - Mollie mother went out too. - Before handing the note to me. ahe frave it to her mother, who read it; then, ahe gave1 It to me!-1 stayed there an hour or so--. That time X was walking; Mollie went a piece with us as we started home; she .went np the road with us and turned In the woods' with us ; I read the cote Mollie wrote but hadn't read it thenV. Jt asked her to write some jrord.of . comfort to" Annie Shields, and he wrote on the same note on the same paper. 7 'Wben'she gave me the flowers she didn't tell me they. were for Joe's grave, but she didn't gather, any flowers till -1 asked her to gather some for ills , grave. ; I am a daughter of Jas WUson. --Witness be ing asked how, old she was, hesitated to teU, her age, but finally ' said Jshe was most nineteen Redirect examination : I will be 19 next November.- i I am 8 months older than Mollie Shields. - sMary Jane, Alexander aald: cWhen MatUe Wilsonnd I went to MrShieldsV Mollie met us at the front door and Mrs Shields was coming In at the back door. T7e asked her to go- home with us and she said she could not ; asked her moth er to let her co end she said she could. Ia the yard tie ;tc'xcdTiae' If I didnt want Borne flowers, 1 askfd her if she dldnt want to send- some to rAnnie Shields, and she kaidno, ih coalJn't do aaythins..;! v y , c 0 ' U f " Cross-examined, wltixccs t!I:t tcld fcer z had nice'. Cowers end asked her if i3 xrrrt t3 r:r I l!rs ' Annis V. i:r.tt'3r"il-itv.3t5t::?.' 3 1 ii t?: '- v y i-, rr- list:.? :' - ' : c.; Mattie.-; I never bad been thereof ore except at a party. I was sent there ; I had known Mollie Shi aids along time. -When the examination of this -witness bad been , concluded, the court ad journed to meet at 920 o'clock y ester day morning. -At the boor appointed the jury appeared In the box and were called, but the -court could not get things la working orderJtill near ten o clock. The State then resumed, the examination of witnesses by repealling Rev Jas Williams, who said: When ssw 8itton's body bis right: hand was Woodj; from the second joints! down; this hand was not in contact with the paddle of blooa around his head, but was near his left, toward the bead ; .Cross-examined' witness said: '.The mantleplece was on the opposite side of the bed I irsa on; opposite from side next door. 'I i v 1 i , John Sltlon said: Xwas a brother of y. Q sittoo. I was at yvj brother-ln- law. Rev Dallaa Caldwell ; went tip to David Shields', got there: between 0 and 7 o'clock; found. my sister sad David Shields on the porch crying. I saw my brother's body in the room ; saw it first by ' going on the roof of the porch and looking in the window . About fifteen minutes after I went la the door with John Sample. X broke the door open. I aa w. blood on the edge of the bed ; dldnlt go behind the bed. . .Went in and saw be was dead and went out Immediately. n David Bradford; having bees recalled and shown the small account bookvsald : 'I bare seen the book. I saw it first on the floor, about 4 feet from the mantle piece and IS inches from the bed. I didnt disturb It. I was not behind the bed before I saw it. I saw in there Mr John Sample, Mr Capps, Mr McNeeley and Julo Phillips. I had not been out of the room' front the time I went In there. , They would come In and go out. I called John Sample's attention to- the book, v - - -- : Jule Phillips, colored, was recalled. snd aald r I didnt go behind the bed, that morning; saw nobody behind, it. When atandlng at m j shop door I n Tom saieids as ne came au tee way from David Shields down to the shop. He called me first asd said: O Jule I Is that Abner Alexander Just gone in the shop? I eaid yes. Ho told him to come out.' He dldnt speak to his father first. ; - j ; . A : i Cross-examined witness - said : The store is Just across the road from the shop. Mr Shields was at the corner of a little house 10 or 13 steps from Tom. r .Abner Alexander, re-called, Mid : I saw Tom Shields all the way as be came from : David' Shields', to the ahopj He called Jule Phillips first and told me' to come there; had not spoken to bis father before he called me; On the way w'voanone xom Tiran s teu me any' thing about Sitton attempting to draw a pistol on him or altemptipg to shoot him.1-; "'.:.-' I tiii - 1' Cross-examined witness said:; When Tom called J ale Phillips ' I was in the shop. He asked if that was Abner In the shop." I had just gone in the shop; was in front of the anvil which w right at the door. The shop door faces toward the road. , A . ' Nathan Thrower aaid: I lived in Hopewell In the months of 'May and June last, near Tom Shields'; saw Tom nearly every day from the first of Jan uary to the time of the killing. Saw him from two to four times s day. Some days I dldnt see him four times. I tains: x anew nis name as to carrying s gun. He didnt carry one till two or three weeks before the killing. For two weeks before be carried it every day. Never eaw him but once with s gun till two or three weeks before the killing, and that time was not this year. I lived half a mile from him. . . Cross-examined witness said: leant aay he bad no gun when I didnt see him. 1 ?.-'-' t'-'.; j - i . . Cyrus- Allen said: I jilve on A G Shields placciOO to 600 yards from Tom Shields'; lived there in ; May and June last. I saw Tom Shields nearly every day ; be was in the habit of carrying his gun for s week or two before Sitton as killed.'; Dont remembextof having seen , him carry nis gun before that time.'- 'Vi - . . -;iir:. t ; Cross-examined witaess 'said: ,Tom Bnieias was conauctinara farm oc ' corn. and cotton. I ran s wood shop en the place in connection with Jule Phillips blacksmith 1 shop; v Never saw Tom Shields with' birds that were killed: he as not a sportsman that I knew of. I heard of his going, to kill some wild ducks. In going to where ducks were he would not pass by the shop but the gun generally stayed In the store. , : , jse-curec examination r xserore xom got to carrying the gun he worked, but when he carried It he dldnt seem to be doing much.; It was in the spring that he talked about goto to shoot ducks. John Sample was recalled, and on be ing shown an envelop and its contents, said; I have seen it before. 1 took it from Mr Sittons inside vest pocket The blood was on It thenv da rbetng opened the contents were exhibited to the jury as a photograph of Miss Mollie shields.?---? iv.-2-r -:- u , ;,. Cross-examined witness said : The picture was in the pocket with other letters. There were probably five or six o them, and I delivered them to the coroner, together With the picture. ,! doatkaOw where the other letters are. I examined enough of them to see that wbst X was seeking forwas, not" la them.-1 put them in s box lsrge enough for the pistol to go ia;' put them ia the trunk, took' the trunk to .Long Creek Mills, took the coroner to the trunk, when I cpeaed it, and told him those were the letters I found on Sittdn's per son. I haven't seen the box since. Joha M Haaaa said: j X have taown Tom dielda for. 15 years past r- know bis rnenJ character ; it Is tack It was badpzifious to; the' time "ElSoii-.was fc? ' A- -'(' ; "','-.1 1' :' . Crccsx.--1- . Xtiitr - -j rail: Idont kuoir U.-S I CT.r . hesa-d tli 'cLaracter t!:nti for trcth. X taT3 livci ttcra fcr 0 yzzrz. Ten t-i h-n IItL-'t tlcra . S .' - - - 1 . : Usqnlre Whitley. Because Tom's father came to me I went to Tommd he want ed to know what I was summoned for. He asked me about a sedoctiou matter la Paw Creek.y ;"'' ;.v J Re-direct examination: 4I had good opportunities of knowing bis charac ter; we were both revenue offlcers. He was noted. for being bad after wemea. j Here the State closed the evidence. Thus ended ; the testimony- in ; s trial Which in its first stages riveted public attention aad which at every step gath ered attractions for - the pubtie spirited people of the community. ' No trial has probably been' so largely attended in this county within the past ten years. It waa begun on Monday but ; and baa been conducted by -Judge Gilmer ss rapidly 'as it 'could be. considering the magnitude of the Issues involved. , As it waa not time for adjournment for dinner - $ -. v; '. - , ' AjaoTaarr wia Bzacn J ' forthwith by the State. Solicitor F. I ' Osborne opened in one ef bis charae- terlstie efforts, laying 'down the law very plainly and concisely and present ing the facts In s most vivid light. At the conclusion of' bis speech, court ad journed for dinner. A member of the jury, Mr. Aaron Griffith, who had com plained of - being - unwell during . the morning session, was on toe opening of the evening session at SA5 p m so un well that the: court could not proceed and bad te be adjourned till s o'clock: At that boor. Mr J H Wilson opened argument for the defense In a speech of some length.,: Court adjourned for eup per aad met at 7 o'clock to bear further argument. F W C Benet. Est i of the South Carolina Bar. assistant counsel for the State, then suidressed the jury. The people of the community bad looked forward to the speech of Mr Beaet with high expectations and they were not disappointed. The court room. was packed so closely that one could not. after the speaker arose, move from the position he had taken; . With this surrounding the speaker held the atten tion cf every auditor 'for q;ulte two hours and made one of the most mas terly arguments on fact ever presented at this bar. Mr George Wilson followed for the defence In a strong speech aad occuplel the'atteatloa of . the entire audience until 1120 o'clock, when the court adjourned to meet at 920 this morning. : - ; :4. ' I - Tke gatieeal MmauZ'C", f -: - "i '--The red circus lemonade' is an entic ing beverage and has always proved a regular, nickel catcher In this country Same people, with enough: lager beer on to leak out of their ears, can go three or four glasses themselves "and then offer to stand treat for bis neighbors wife and her children. ' A man who traveled with a circus a while, said the other day, that when the lemonade sellers in the show had a quantity left over at the day ahow, in order to keep the other show men from drinking it up, they would' throw an old' dirty sock in the can, and .when the. night, ahow would come on they would squeeze out aad go on selling their "ice coldlemfinads." . OperaIooseOota.' r ' ' The proposed Improvements to the opera bouse in this city bare begun and will be completed about Octoberr 15. Messrs. Sanders & Wadsworth, owners of the house. Intend, to keep it up in first class style and give us as neat a little theatre as theres In the South. "Top o the morning," a splendid Irish American play, will soon be presented to the CharlotU public by Mr. Joha F. Ward.,' It is s fine play shd.Ward Is making a great hit. ; f ; Manager Wilson, who Is filling dates for six fine theatrical troupes,! has ar ranged to bring his companies to Char lotte. Sanders manager of the opera bouse having consented to the ; fAOOO guarantee required by Mr. Wilson for the six trovpes. . Among the companies Is the "Boston Specialties," one ! of the finest , out. The entire six companies are first class, 'and are said to be. the very best that have ever come -South; A splendid season Is surely ahead of us. 1 - i h - V " o JSxeltesaeat .Over, as; Attesapt at See- Hi::: 'in: XASt night about tea o'clock, as Mr. E. M. Young, the xneral manager cf Wittkowsky & Baruch a retail estab lishment, put.hls key In the lock to open the door aad eater the store, he noticed that the lock had been tampered with. The door opeaed easily and as he en tered be found that the box Into which the bolt'plays had been unscrewed, the screws hanging in loosely, ready to drop to the floor.1 Oa looking around, Mr. x oungrouna an overcoat and screw driver .lying , on a gdods box inside the bouse within reach of the doori It was evident that a robber had been at work and Mr.. Young rapped for the police. who quickly responded. The door was guarded, and all the gas . jets lighted, while , the police- and t about a dozea clerks' proceeded to search the ; house for the robber A large crowd gathered about the glass front aad watched the operations, and after standing- about for. twoTbooTs appeared to be disap pointed at not seeing the robber hauled out. i : i -- 7 The store had been closed about half an hour, bat Mr. Young remained In side writing ' s letter aad was the last to leave. He Is positive that hk locked the door and' that nothing waa wrong with it. He returned la the course of twenty - minutes to "sd ,the" locS un screwed. It Is evident that the robber bad secreted himself In the store in the evening ;and ." com meac 2d r ; operations after th 3 etore had be-n locked up. The Eiore was czar Jea curing the;talanca cf the fc -t up t3 a lita tor no- body td tc'a ca.-bL . . .... ' -. - Proe? rrerrtr!irt, -j z-s Ii r yl - - ----- , .iv,u.!:twi fit ? l i M(. i i . Tiac o'clock last Wednesday night. : When I came here F talked a few words with A Condoctor.Dead.1 V"v ' T f 1 Capt E A 'Heradon,' s well known conductor oa the Air . Una Railroad, sad who has been in the service of the company for a long time both as freight and passenger conductor, rdied; at bis home la Atlanta last Thursday even lag of-typhoid fever, Capt Herndoa had been sick but a very short time, but long enough to be missed by the boys." He waa clever and 'accommodating aad no man on the 'road; was more popu lar. . : ' ' . Deetractlve Ftre la AakeviUe 1 1 A destructive fire broke out in Ashe ville" night before last, burning three stores and destroying twenty-five thou sand dollars worth of property. - The fire originated in the business portion tion ot the town, but by bard work was confined to three stores. J. A Porter's store of general merchandise was burn ed, and .bls whole "stock was lost. Hampton Peatherston's saloon and Al exander's bamesa shop were also burn ed, but -portions of the stock of 1 each were saved. The loss ; Is fully $2500, upon which - there Is an insurance of tl2fl00. We could not learn -bow the fire originated. r;lr,:r:rT ) V; 1 . A errs Ejgm. - ' ' " ; ? - - 4- : ; The largest sign board e ver put up In this country is being erected to-day across the front of ' Iati & Brothers building, over the third story windows. The sign board is 98 feet long 'and ex tends entirely across the front of the bouse.' It cost 8375, and from this fact alone one can imagine" that it is some thing of a alga. It was made ia New York sad when put ia position every body can easily see the holding forth place of the "Charlotte Clothing Manu facturing Company," without straining their eyes. The in Xatta's initials stands for -Enterprise. -:v Araaatrgs sxiaatrela AXavo a Backet. "Armstrong Brothers Minstrels bad s lively; programme In ' Savannah. Mr. George W. Harley, the female imper sonator sad soprano singez of the Arm strong T Bros. minstrels. 'engaged; the services of , a "lawyer. and through a magistrate levied on some of the prop erty of the minstrels on the ground of an alleged breach of contract. - He claims that-he bad s contract with the rains trals sad was to receive a . certain weekly amount, which the minstrels neglected and refused to pay. Arm strong Brothers denied the allegations, and through their attorney,' R. R, Rich ards, Esq, replevied ' the property and gave bonds to have the cause adjudica ted at the October term of .Magistrate Molina's court. After the show at the opera bouse the minstrels left tie' water running aad the interior of ,.Xhp . bouse wh rumoa.- j.fc naa oeen. newly ires- coed and furnished. They damaged the opera bouse about W500. 1 ' . r . . i " -" - note! Anirals. - i - ?: i - t Y CxarxBAX. Hormur-Mrs B P Uttle, Richmond county; Misses ii sad N MeXUe. Wadasbonx -N C: Major; S-Xt Cbisman,-Newi York; ' W C iXveaize, White Xake, . New York; X5 A Mela tyre, Bennetts viile, S C ; J MRobinson, Xjury XdUIev Wadesboro r J FraakFat- tersoa, wifs and two " children,' Cblna Grove, N . C ; Geo 72 ' CooJede, Kings Mountain ; . W,S Belk. JFort Mill,1 8 C; Geo w Raan. Lowell. 1 C; MB Ellis. Detroit. Mich ; 17 M Jones, Cary. NO; W 8 Morrises. ITellford; S; W-II Howre, Chester, S C ; R S Bobertsoa, Richmond, "Va ; J3 Cameran," J !M locl. WJS Dock cry. R R Little, Xtock Insbara; B C Cobb, Icolatea; Dr C A- iLlaenheJmer, John. A TtarnnajTiL Pioneer Mills; Mrs M L Stevens. Mon roe ; : Miss Nellie" Ashe. TTadesboro : Miss Carrie TFlader, Mrs Gen Roberts. Raleigh ; TY A Hoke, I iin coin ton; W J lloazn, j o Covington. Monroe fW' J Careton," lAncaster; Dr J B Patrick and wife, ' Charleston i Robt L Steele, Roctfiijhain; J Y Sttos. South Caro lina; AJ Clayton, ITew Ydrk P Line- ham. Raleigh ; X Qoinn. Shelby : J B Hall. Philadelphia ; D (J Caldwell, E C Davidson, Korth Carolins. it ChaiapioD'j Sale; Send to ..the rjaanoilicturers. Fairel' & Co.,5 ?631r Qiesfnut street, jrtuiadelphia, and :get tesnmoniais; r Scarcely a day "passes With- orit ?receipt of testinionials irom.some.v. quarter j ot tne dobe. -of .tho wondfirfnl ? iri e- cess of the Pat 1 Chemical Filling,' which fjeneratescar- bonic acid gas TLnder the ef- fects of 4theVitlfivan4 caves the contents of the safe. TnUris C. Smitl?; - Greenville, S. O. Wright & jOoppeck, Newbury, Sa C., ' the owners of four safes iin the Emball House, Atlanta. Ga., and Qds- seus iiatery, Uharleston; S. O., all having had: recent" fires fve'nothing butpraise for tne uiiAiiPioir. coles m JLnr gust hyFarrel rCo, double those- of last - year, and orders to replace new wet filled safes Alabama, and A all '; Southern States tll: of i which ; is posi Uvoevidenco thairrood r&o&f, to jether with : the best fillies', pa, which cicntic laen'have spent yecrsbf tudyjcnd fcr which ; thbotdy i of - dcll-ra havor.becn': ispentby tis in ec curing: pitetsS7iiirT7iiT.iDf 1 ETrvcrid" the' yday fcr ctiz tfoch; and cencrto :cr mm Tot IjT3pla, Coatlvaness, ChrBl X)Lr- Xm parity of th Blood. X'ever ud ) AjTie, Xlalaria, UdlllSiMliM Mind Xe- nattneiit (flirer, Bowels ad Ulineyf - BTXTPTOITS OT A ZtJSKASSH-XXVXT3. -- BaA Breath; Pi ht tfa Side, tommmn thm tii fa fdt onoer the Ehouiaer-feiaac, mistakes for ' ThfuliMi ; geaeiai iocs xd apoetiM ; Bovejs lerallT eoaupe, nn.rin alternating vita tax; m Jta tfonMedwith paia, ia (hiil aad haay. the I Wttk apainfaiaramarioa Clcwriagtmimtmrmti wbics cm&tt, to aave.aea doae; a dry cooca aad fiu&bed ace ia tmitimn aa atLcadaaa, ohea aa a far t omiinj lina; ta patica ceaaplatas af ai aai iin aa aad debility; aci a-aa,eaSy ataxtwd; aitaa dai cxatts: aoaa 'm!JL aad amL aad. akhoaKSaatsd that (zoom wooid "he 1 - aciai, yat oa caa haadiy aaaiaimi p fare too. to . tor fa 4m fart, dlrtnn every vemady. Saveral . c taaabova irapuou attend the rjiraii.taacaaea. ka eocorrad waea bat few ot taas existed, yet : Tawinaiiuat a&er death ha ihm tiiM XArer t aT been niaaaiatij deraotad. It ahamU Va osad Vy aUpcraoiia, old aaS ' rOB6 vaeaam aay mt th obcrre i Trayel or TJrteg la fa- - - - ally a kaae the LrOav ia aeaiil uHa. wU nil aft tTalairia, Hiiiona attach . rXinacam. Kaav I III. - M iHpifiatiMi of Sptnta. etc. faxaa i i at. ot ariae, aattoMl - XT Tom fcaa oatoo anytUtD Vm mmm a aam aaa yea wu, aa tcsayad. Tlaaf aS Paetma BSIa-vO bo asved . ry alwaya a-aaiilny tho XUjxUtor : ... r' -. la tho ZXomMl . : " -Tor, u1imj the ailmrnt auy be. a liai i Ul' J aafii Mrpttn, lt-aUTa aad tonia eaa e place. Tae teatedy is 1 . .rr rs ftkelt vemjktaxtb. Aad Kas aQ tha pcii aad emcacy ot V i Wan 1 1 or Quiaa, vkaonc ay of tk tarmom after cfiac. J. Cat Skosttss, Gevcraor eTXku Have derived aoeae feeae&t frees tke aaeaf Kegnlatar, asd visa ta give k aamv TUm .r? Bd5o., I aava aaed ataa-r reaeiic fer rvm. JH7 ASnctfaio aad Debiiity, bat sever wfuui w Beaeac saa to tne !: ! .Kecuiator has.- I seat froaa Vita la for at. ml miU m. 4 fc. .', , c aock a aiedicine, aad voold advise aQ vbo are sis. taiactbati amciau SO eivartt a tnat as u ssessa taa aahr rer bBs to relieve. - -i- M. JaJOOT. lllaBeaooEa. 1T rrV L "W. SXaOaei arai Vram m. a the ase of Siaxsaoos Liver Reyoiator ist aad prescribe k X2yTake only tW fwilm, wUdk always e tae Wrapper tae md T. Trala.M.rk wJ. jz. nrrr.rf co. OS SALE BT'AIX DRUGGlSJ-S. Coshon Butter, Seed. Rye., ftp. .fce, r. I V -5 7 v . M.: HOWELL'S. o uAl j Oil-w L i O PdTT3T BT-UCDlKD DRYfSEEDMOul - Eeady tbr.IIgeer $t3a Kalaomme la aa artfcda" mat "to ttt moat toeiparteped oaada eannM r&U to prodoeeo plnnslna csoeC - Ii u OBdonoS av Pajnteza, Deatora and Eoose kespera wbttTtmr trted. , - - It U reody loc vaa by Ui adtCOoo cf wniei oolj. ; st wm aw ru&r aaao uuo um wu. U WU11 11 bdob abearbent. or what art bot waiia. aad aiao aa emod arorkr. - It ta tnyajaabte tn tieaasti aad tUsinfeetma; Wails ttiat are UBpregmted wiia rerms ot rilnesnrt - It te asada ot (oa poise wa&e, aad in rroda Oons ot b Wrtlnc aad tashtenaMo riats, baoaa and Colors. - - - It ts aokt fpom staple eard;an the ttota, aoadee aadoalotaara wauaoted In ererr respect aoca tmte. r. - . It wm aera for reera wltboat ljaT ta Qnal?? f or Co.m, aad after beinc aalxed arUa water will, kep tor aaontaa. lt la packed ta 8toD manma paper padaea, ot box lorov, bokanc atz pounds and ooa round, wtta tan dlreeUons for sml. . It ts also paea-ed tn boia. ta borrels ot about 800 poaoda, tn hait-bap-raia ot aboat ISO pocoda, aad boxes ef 25 aad BO aoanda oaeb; ad being La a dr eondiaoo, it eaa be eooaptj omngponed. - . aatxpoaadpacaacawCl cover arei 400 aoaare ttt wiUj one eoal on a hard CnlsLM wsJ. - It aavea the toaa ot caae aad waste cf matwrtaTa aoraaaoa with tbe old mode of m-ri-r v to sndace oaalrabsaUBtavete. - . . ' r A pU ot uua aajamwTne pan bo aUxad tn Bre intiiwnii , Tby people oe wtaa te bemnZTr taefr bemea at amail eout, oar Kxlaomliie and 1 leeeo Falnat are oaooeUay oaaptad. - - -. -a. . .. . roraalabr f "---j Wilsoh JBrpo., v' 17SOLESALE DIIUGGISTS, Slides!-! Paeple bertii to lckaromid se woere UiejeantHi - VJ Wva.wv iwMW 7 1 Ta areold lemtad tm et wa kdep the Terr Best BUKetaat are -AND- At UllMs thai wTtl tndtMHi ensi iA kn'tM m QRAVGBROTHSri " PBUF. IIOTT. tj cr. 3 a : f " -r t- a-1 ; ' -3 :rl i t o'c .... c t 3 c"c t - ,'- " eJW,'a?TaaOlaor' T-0o9C2aaVM9t7o 1 gaayai tiw, StfuBter ki beeaiaaoe ta arr SsaaOr.fer aseaa tua. aad I aaa -Sr-j a is a eaataaaGeore -Gray&Brotlier, Shoes ! -SI -1 - ,c - . -a " - - j- ,-,.. . -r 'v