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. 1 71 KYrift iYi Ay v TgJB CHARLOTTE JOURNAL, AJTD THE DAILY CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, CONSOLIDATED JUARCH 2T, 1883. A DaHjr charlotte OMerreKj Rstabllihef Juun 15, 18fl Dally Charlotte Jomraal, Establishes Aafut 32, im. V CHARLOTTE, N. 0., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1883. PRICE FIVE CENTS. i v wi v iv x: l i vu z-u isy u ku 1 u Oar stock is now complete, and we ask you to give it a thorough inspection. We have a large stock of Cashmeres, all colors, and ask your special attention to our Black Cashmeres. Our line of Black Silks cannot be beaten ; we have them from 60 cents to 03 60 per yard. Satins in black and colors, from 50c. up. Ottomans, Surahs, etc. The largest line of Velvet Ribbons to be found in the city, from to 75 cents per yard, all colors. Be sure to look at our stock of handsome Silk Gimps, the prettiest out. Examine our immense stock of Silk Velvets and Flushes before buying. A large line of Velveteen from 50c to $1.00 per yard, all colors. r Just received, .5 Jersey Jackets, $8.00 Each Also some handsome Pleated one. Some handsome Silk Ottomans and Brocaded Fur-lined Circulars. The new Russian Circular. Ask to see it. Wraps of all kinds for everybody. 150 pairs of Kid Gloves, Nos. h and 6, at 10 cents per pair. All Linen Kerchiefs, 10 cents. The patent "Adjustable Ilip" Corset, at 81.00. Be sure to examine it. tirely new. A large line of Ladies' Neckwear, Ladies' Gents', and Children's Underwear, all grades. Hosiery, Gloves. Ask to see our new Kid Glove in the "Mandarin" colors, the newest thing out. Lice Curtains $1.00 par Pair and Up. Cretonnes, Fringes, Lambrequins, Table Covers, Piano Covers, Table Da masks Napkins, Towels, Flannels, Blankets, Oil Red Knitting Cotton, &c. A large line of Clothing, Hats, Caps, Boots and Shoes, Trunks and Valises, and th best unlaundried shirt. "The Hercules Shirt," for $1.00, Hand Bags and Purses. Our prices are" as law as the lowest, and in our stock can always be found the latest styles of everything. We specially ask you to look at our stock when lookicg around, and we feel assured that you will find our prices low, and our goods up to the demands of the most st vlish. Come to see us. Truly, H.4RGIUVE & SMITH BUILDING. TRADB OPERA HOUSE. k liRND COMEDY BOOM ! Saturday, Oct. 13. J. H. HAVERLY'S In the Great Modern Success, "Our Strategists," In 4 Acts and 1.000 Laughs! In the 1st let Ton Laugh, In the 2nd Act You Boar, Io the 3rd and 4th Acts lou Shout. EVERY MEMBER OP THE COM PANY AN ARTIST. jyThnnfl who oome to Laugh, remain to Boar. Prices as usuaL Reserved Seats for sale at usual p'acss. oct7td FI! SUPERB COMEDY I WIZARD OIL CONCERT COxMPANY, At Opera House, Friday, October 19th. FINE MUSIC AND A HEARTY LAUGH. General Admission, 50 Cents; Reserved Seats 75 Cents. Diagram at McSmith's. NO MBBICINB TALK. flSTSECURE SEATS EARLY. EVERYBODY'S GOING JSD oetl8d FRUIT. FRUIT. :o: :o:- Fresh Arrival OF i BANANAS, ORANGES, APPLES, p J (Malaga and Concord) LEMONS, RAISIN S, FIGS, CITRON AND CURRANTS. LARGE ASSORTMENT OF Fancy Cakes, Coffee Cakes, BREAD, PIES, &o. D.M.RIGLER. octl2dtf A. HALES, Practical Watdittiaici!aiit! Dealer in WATCHM. CLOCK 1, ItWtLBT, 8MC- fine and Btfflenlt Watch Be - 'Jmi X PHrlng a Specialty. Wort;. r? flu promptly done ana warranted V -twelve month, V - - .- . ' v. a. ha La 3. . - pt80dwtf ' Central Hotel BOOOn Trade t."l ALEXANDER STB 1ST. CH1BL0TTE, N.C. WE DESIRE TO THANK Our Patrons For past faTors. and trust that they and many new ones will avail themse:ves of ths Advantages We Offer Them in Oar Large and wall selected 8:ock ol BOOTS AND SHOES, Which Is now full and complete in all lines from the finest to the heaviest. We offer you choice goods of the very best mates, guarantee satisfac tion, and will see to it that yoa get always The Worth of Youf Money. We cordially Invite all to call, examine and sup ply themselves with all that may be needed In our line. A. E. RANKIN & BRO. FI! FI! A FEW Colored Cashmeres, eheaper than yoa can buy them. Buantlful Dress Goods at 12V cents. Flannels, Waterproofs and Cloaklngs, At Cost! T1IMMING SILK IN COLORS AT HALF FRICE. A Good Kid Glove for 50 Cents. And mu; other bargain! at BABMrER & TROTTER'S. Miaou, Candy.Mauutacturers andlJobbera ol Plain and Fancy Candies, SUGAB FBDITS and TOTS, , . PRIZE GOODS, CHEWING GUMS, Peanuts, 0800 A n a a. a. EBB B8Sg kk 000 00 Ik A- O TT1 00 n ojoau & B QO OOO II . GOO A. A B B "88' uuu Vcat Trad Strol CHARLOTTE, N. C. REMOVAL. I -; , c ov- i' ', . .'fi : . h Hating moored my boot and shoe shop from the Gibbon boose on Tryom street to the Springs outlog (th room) Trade street. I am now tally grepwed to de work of all kinds, from the Terr nest to vhe commonest, wltn neatness and dis patch. Having the best workmen employed I am eoBfldant I can give saUslactlon. Call and seel Handsome Shawls Cloaks TECH aiT"Z Arriral ani DeRtnre of Trains. RICHMOND AND DANVILLI. Leave Atr Line Depot 8.80 a. m. aud4S0 p. m. Arrive 1.50 a m. and 1.50p.m. AJBLDCB. Leave 2.20 a. m. and 2 lOp. m. Arrive 8 20 a.m. and 4.10 p.m. CHABLOTTK, COLUMBIA AHD AUGUSTA. Leave 2.18 p. ax, and arrive 4.20 p. m. a C. k A.-A. T. 0. DIVISION. Leave 4.50 p. sol, aad arrive at 10.00 a. m. CAROLINA CXNTBaL. Leave 8.1 S p. m. and 7.40 a. m. Arrive 7.60 a. nu and 4-40 p. m. C C-8HKLBT DIVISION. Leave 8.15 a. m., and arrive 5-4t p. m. mails "ximuL BaxmBT. Opens 7 :80 a. m.; doses 6 89 p. m. Moirrr ordkb Dxpabticbnt. Opens 9 :00 a. m close 6 00 p. m. Index to New Advertisesnents. Wizard OU Concert Co Opera House, Oct 19. W. T. Wilkinson For.sal. Bchlff Grler- Wanted. Gray A Brother Boots and Shoes. W. W. rter For rent. LOCAL RIPFJLES. Horace H Whitener has been com missioned postmaster at Farm, N O. We were pleased to have a call yes terday from Mr Z W Whitehead, who is connected with the Winston Senti nel. The excursion for Boston leaves here on the 20th. Further 'particulars are given in an advertisement else where. The uoltun platform being now completed, wagons are required to ap proach it from thhe Third street route by the cotton compress. What has become of the street sprinkler? From the way the dust flew yesterdBy it appears that is too early yet to retire the sprinkler. Ward, the Irish comedian, is to give na "Top o' tho morning" next week. Nat Gray, who keeps the dates, says the some splendid troupes are coming. Owing to a disarrangement of the wires between Richmond and Washing ton, our telegraphic market and press reports are cut short this morning. The Taylor Manufacturing Co., of this city, yesterday shipped a lot of machinery over the Carolina Central Railroad to Raleigh for exhibition at the State fair next week. Sell's circus exhibits at Concord on the 16th., and profiting by the expe rience of Charlotte, they are looking up additional guard house accomodations over there. Miss Racheal Morrison, a, sister to Mr John H Morrison, a prominent citi zen of Poplar Tent, Cabarrus county, died suddenly at her home last Thurs day night, from heart disease it is sup posed. Rev J B Cheshire, of this city is in Philadelphia attending the Episcopal convention. With the aid of Col San ders, Secretary of State, he is hunt ing up data for a history of the colo nial times in Nor.th Carolina. Mr John S Miller, of Pineville, has picked up a stray horse, a dark bay mare with glass eye. The owner can get her by paying the expenses to Mr Miller for keeping her, and also settling for this advertisement. Never saw the like of it the array of beauty that was to be seen at the Central Hotel yesterday. Six of the fairest young ladies of the State were there at one , time. We might have known something unusual was on hand by the way the boys hung around and registered for extra meals. The Wizzard Oil Company, so well known through this county, has resolv ed itself into a regular concert compa ny, having their own orchestra, and with Sidney Burt as the prince of comedians. The troupe will give an entertainment in the opera house here the 19th. No medicine talk. The following were among the arrivals at the Buford House yesterday, Col T J Limpscomb. Columbia, S C; R K Ranch, Lynchburg, Va; J W Young, New York ; Judge J B Leidig, C A In galls, F B Johnnot, S A Kimball, Bos ton, Mass; Wm A Barten, Miss Ida Bar ten, Newark, N J ; Col H Lousbarough , Jersey City; Daniel Jackson, Provi dence, R I ; Chas F Thacker, Baltimore ; Maryland ; Capt H D Sides, Drayton, Ohio. Made an Assignment. ., ' M E Crowell, a guano merchant of Matthews Station, made an assignment yesterday to W H Phifer, of Monroe. The assignment covers all Mr Crewell's notes, accounts and real estate, but the amount is not known. Mr Crowell was formerly a dealer in general merchan dise, but some time ago sold out his stock of goods and went into the guano business. . Probably Fatal Accident at Concord. Yesterday about noon a man named Will Freeman, employed at the Odell cotton factory, in Concord, met with a very serious and probably, fatal acci dent by being caught in a revolving wheel. His thigh and arm were broken and he was otherwise badly injured. His condition is regarded by the physi cians as critical. This is the first acci dent that has occured in that factory since the Odells took charge of it, about seven years ago. Crushed Between Box Cars. sA calered man employed as a truck man at, the Richmond and Danville f rg a tietiaej; with, a severe acci dent between two freight cars yester day morning. He was climbing up be tween two cars of a moving freight train, with his back against one car and his knees against the other, when the cars humped " together and he dropped to the ground terribly crushed. He was picked up andL carried home, andDr O'Denoghue1 , being " lummomed found thai hia most Dalnf ul injury was a bad fracture bf tb thUK lJe received the proper medical treatment- and at last unts waadOibg 4 r N -A BvUU H 1 MMf mow fjsv wmw mcw wvoi shimb that eut happen) fe a Mat wlta 'Iff .bandtot; ehteL and Dr. Ball's eeagb strap 1i decidedly the best remedy t our that eoii w J? - - . a- M. kaeJ ' flat ARsB ftf f.Kdh. tSdaai fetlsT 3 OPERA HOUSE. Bishop in "Strictly Business" Last Night-- Oar Strategists" To-night. Charlotte's favorite, old Bishop, held forth to a delighted audience at the opera house last night in G miter's well known play, "Strictly Business." Bish op's support is better than it was when he was here last, and that he scored a success was evident from the several enthusiastic calls before the curtain that he received "Strictly Business" deals with the vexed political questions of Royalty and Nihilism in Russia not a very appetizing diet in this free Ameri can Continnet.' "Phineas Pomery Phil kins," agent for American provisions in Europe, always strictly business, falls in love with the "Countess Ora Oranoff," who ap a secret agqnt of the Russian Government isdisgtiisgd and known to him as "Lena Sassa witch," a member of the Nihilistic party. To win her affection "Philkins" is initiated into the mysteries of the bloodthirsty crew, and he is the boldest creature for goie among them all for the time being and on strictly business principles. "Paulus Zabriski," a Russion Nihilist of the lower class, and "Ivan Issakeff," a stu dent and conspirator, discover the true identity of the Countess while at Geneva, just as she intends leaving the place under orders from "General Mala koff," head of the police at St Peters burg, denies the accusation, and to save herself from death, which threatens her at their hands, she tells them she is to be married to "Philkins," and the knot is tied right there to prove her truth. After the ceremony the bride locks her "hubby" up aad makes her escape to enjoy the honeymoon alone. She drops the telegram from "Malakoff" in her haste, and the real state of affairs is re vealed. The European countries go back on "American hog," and in . the second act "Philkins" is represented as a broken down drummer in London, with noth ing but his cheek left to him. He falls in with the Nihilist conspirators, and agrees to go to Russia and introduce preserves and pickles on the Czar's table. These have been "cooked up" with poison, and of this the American was ignorant. His adamantine cheek in getting the provisions there, and his subsequent adventures in rescuing his wife and the "Princess Vera," wife of "General Malakoff," who betrayed the Countess into the hands of the Nihilists because of her ungrounded suspicion that "Ora" won the love of her husband from her, and fell into their clutches herself, form the basis for the final acts. As "P P Philkins" Mr Bishop is fine.and his facial expressions are as varied as the changes of the sun on an April day. OTJR STRATEGISTS. To night the best thing of the season will be given by Haverly's Comedy Company, and will no doubt draw a crowded house. The Augusta News says: "Four acts and a thousand laughs put together just for fun" does not be gin to describe the play, but it gives some idea of "Our Strategist." The thread of the plot is an awful tangle, but it unwinds in ludicrous and laugh able lengths from the smiling skein of luck and love. "Our Strategists" is just such a play as the people want to see and laugh over, and just such fun as we heartily commend. The caste but why speakjof the players when all are artists, all comedians ? If you want to get in toxicated, go and smile with "Our Strategists" just for fun. Chance for ejnr Cotton Growers. The cotton exhibition at the Louis ville Exposition is a feature that will attract a good deal of attention, and it may be of interest to our North Caro lina farmers to know that all entries for the exhibit must be made by the 20th. On cotton intended for the ex hibit, freight will have to be paid only one way. The following premiums are offered : Best bale long staple, excepting Sea Is land, first , $1,000 Best bale long staple, excepting Sea Island, second 500 Best bale long staple, excepting Sea Island, third 250 Best bale short staple, first 500 " second 500 third 250 Best exhibit Sea Island, first 500 " " second.. 250 Best five bales. Sea Island except-:- ed, must be the product of one plantation, first 500 Best five bales. Sea Island except ed, must be the product of one ' ? plantation, second 250 Best 20 Btalks cotton, first. 100 w . second.... 50 85,150 For the best bale other than Sea Island or Long Staple, from each State and Territory, $200. There being fourteen States, total $2,800 Total $7,950 A Thief Raids a Neighborhood. Charles Hall, a negro who recently returned to Cabarrus county from the penitentiary, made a raid through the Poplar Tent section, and collected a horse, a cow and a calf Thursday night. The horse he stole from Mr Ned Gilmer, by whom he had been em ployed, the cow was taken out of the pasture of Bill Lee and the calf was stolen from Jack Harris. The horse was captured on the road to Concord, but the thief, cow and calf had not been overtaken at the time our informant passed through that neighborhood. The night previous to this raid, Hall broke into the residence of Mr Crawford Propst and stole a lot of trifling arti cles. A party of the neighbors were hot in his pursuit yesterday and no doubt succeeded in capturing him. He isQa bad negro and his term in the peniten tiary was served for larceny. Seavrya Csu-bolic Salre !;. n The beat salve need In the world for eubndeeV P1'?' sore?. nloers, salt rhenm, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all kinds of skin fopwons, freckles and pimples. The salve la Eteed to give perfect aatlsf&euen.- Be sore .Wt Henry's Carbolic Salve, as all others are hut Imitations and counterfeits. Price 26 cents., PkrelciaWpiUM. in Epllepy, I -wt if genres .epUssOo W - Jl J K AN APPEAL CALLED OFF. Felix Wilson, the Murderer of Moses Rtndleman, Gone Before the Highest Coart of All A Death Invaded Jail. Felix Wilson, colored, who has been confined in our county jail for a long time past under sentence of death for the murder of Mose Rendleman, color ed, died in his cell yesterday afternoon One Sunday morning in the. month of May, 1882, Mose Rendleman's body was found lying in a pool of blood in the yard attached to the house where he had lived. The dead man had been stabbed through the heart with a huteher knife. Vina Rendleman, wife of the murdered man, and Felix Wilson, were arrested' on charge of the murder and committed to jail. When the trial .came up in court the woman turned State's evidence and Wilson was con victed and sentenced to be hanged. His counsel took an appeal which was to have been heard in the Supreme court next month. Wilson's health began to fail some months ago, but it was only within a short while past that his case began to look serious. Rev. C. C. Quin, of the Episcopal church, a faithful and devoted worker among the colored peo ple, attended Wilson and three weeks ago administered the communion Jto ild him. Wilson admitted that he . h killed Rendleman, but to his dying hour firmly maintained that he did it in self defense and declared that it would be wrong to make him suffer death on the gallows. Wilson's counsel firmly be lieved in this view of the case, but Judge Graves, who tried the case, was so impressed with the savagery of the murder that in pronouncing the sen tence of death upon the prisoner, he refused to add the usual prayer: "And may the Lord have mercy on your soul." Rendleman was a blacksmith and a most respectable colored man. His wife is still to be seen going about the streets presenting the appearance of a most miserable and wretched specimen of humanity. Wilson counts the third prisoner who has died in our eounty jail under sen tence of death, and it is now demonstra ted to the satisfaction of . all that in Mecklenburg, jail fever is more certain than the gallows. Doctors who are acquainted with the sanitary arrange ment of our jail give their decided opinion that no human being can stand an imprisonment of any great length without succumbing to the death that waits not for the repe. Taking it all in all, our new jail is gaining a reputation as a gallows cheater. The funeral services over the body of the deceased negro will be conducted from St. Michael's (colored) Episcopal church, on Mint street, at 9 o'clock this morning, by Rev. C. C. Quin. Hotel Arrivals. Central Hotel Miss Lily Ruffin, Hillsboro, N C; Miss Alice Leak, Miss Rosa Leak, Miss Nellie Ashe, Wades boro, N C ; Miss Maud Anyette, New bern, N C ; Miss Anna Hudson, Ben nettsville, SC; Mrs WA Williams, Greenville, SC; LD Waitt, Raleigh. N C; ABMunn, New York; J Miller Moore, Rock Hill, S C; Z B Vance, N C; B F Lenhardt, Lowell, N C; W C Stewart, Taylorsville, N C ; S Matthews, N C ; S H Wiley, Salisbury, N C ; E B Rock, W U Tel Co ; Alex T London, Wilmington, N C ; J B Marvin, Wash ington, DC; AW Coppedge, Wades boro, N C ; W McDermitt, Memphis, Tenn; Hugh Campbell, New York; J H Ross, Pineville, NC; MJ Shaver, Lancaster, S C ; J C Kirk, N C ; Ervin Harris, Cabarrus county, N C ; H W Lindsay and wife and two children, Thomasville, NC; Z W Whitehead, Winston, N C; J A Jarboe, Baltimore; R H Crawford, Chicago ; Charles Lee, New Orleans; J M Robinson, Chester, SC; LWDick, Fort Mill, SC;CB Bishop and wife, Miss Emma Puree, Miss Wealthy Allison, Miss Pauline Duffield, Miss Annie Allison, Mr C J Bishop, Eugene Eaberle, R L Taybure, Adolph Bernard, S H Johnson, H Art mann, Bishop's Troupe from New York ; M B Mott, Statesville, N C ; C C Biggerstaff, Rock Hill, S C ; J E Rein hardt, Iron Station, N C; Thomas Mc Donough, Baltimore. : Matrimonial Boom. Correspondence Journal-Observer. On Wednesday evening, 10th inst, Mr H A Hunter returned from Mocksville, whither he had gone to lead the fair Miss Mollie Weir to the marriage altar. Although he bad a long ride to capture his fair Weir, he does not appear Wearied over the trip, but rather in vigorated. On the same evening Mr C F Morrice and Miss Jennie Holbrooks were mar ried in the Presbyterian church, Rev W W Orr officiating. , On the next morning, at the residence of Rev A M Watson, (he officiating) Mr Price Garner to Miss Sallie Reidling, and many others close to home.but your correspondent must not tell who. ON. Huntersville, October 12. Signs of Short and Long Life. Lord Bacon, generally regarded as the keenest observer and profoundest thinker who has appeared on this plan et, wrote much on longevity. His signs of short life are quick growth, fair soft skin, soft, fine hair, early corpulence, large head, short neck, small Mouth, fat ear, brittle, separated teeth. Some of his signs of long life are slow growth, hard coarse hair, rough freckled skin, deep furrows in the forehead, firm flesh with veins lying high, wide nostrils, large mouth, hard gristly ear, strong contiguous teeth. He adds that early gray hair is not significant, some of the longest livers having turned gray in early life. Atlanta's New P. M. Washington, Oct. 12. The Presi dent to-day appointed W H Smith post master at Atlanta, Ga., vice Conly dis missed. i , For Ladiea. I nave been oslng for a month or two In mr household, Bwlft'sBpeclflc (S. aS.). the greater nortlon of my family, and with the happiest re lults.' It acted like a charm on my wife, who had 'been In bad health for a long time, and for whom I have paid hundreds of dollars for doctors and medicines. It beg to bnUd her upfront the first dose, another female member of ;my family took It with equally satisfactory remits. It Is certainly the best tonie for delicate ladles that I have ever tued. and I have tried them all. I have ne doubt that Want ef exercise, close confinement In poorly (Ventilated heuses, sewer gas poison and malarial Doison often produce , sickness among our wives, foaghtera and slaters) trad-1 heUsve dwift'a 8pe eificT lathe lemedy.for all thia sort blood pois oning; -i . . i - i ; 4 Wt 952- 'a XT; i i . --.Quitman, aa, Salem Notes and News. To the Journal-Observer. Salem, N. G, Oct. 11, 1883. Sells Brother's big show drew the largest crowd of persons to this place and Win ston that has assembled here for many years, the number being estimated at ten thousandjor more. The night be fore show day Winston was full up and by sun rise was running over. Every hour during the night crowds from the country, and counties surrounding, would pour in, all bent on one thing mainly : To see the show arrive, and they saw it, and were astonished at its magnitude, as it was the largest that has ever visited these parts. Three per formances were given, two in day time and one at night. At the day exhibi tions the large canvass was literally packed both times, and all seemed well pleased at what they saw. The night performance drew a fair crowd, but it was nothing compared to that in the day time. The best of order was main tained throughout the whole and it was remarked by some of the show peo ple that they saw lesB drunkenness here than at any place they bad been since in the State. Mayor Buxton's levee on the morning after the show was a very thin one, there being only four or five bilious-looking persons to meet his hon or and give an account for their mis deeds. On to-morrow (Friday) evening, Sa lem Philharmonic Society will give a reception complimentary to Mrs D' An na the accomplished wife of Sig D An na, musical director of the society. The programme is composed of several pieces from some of the finest com posers, and will be rendered by such talent as Messrs Bridgman, Rigsdale, Morehead, Vest, Parker Siewers, Mrs H E Fries, and Sig D'Anna. The above society, which was recent ly organized, is composed of some of the best musical talent in Salem and Winston and those who attend this reception given Mr D'Anna will have the pleasure of enjoying a fine musical treat. The Democrats here are jubilant over the news from Ohio. Salem. SOUTH CAROLINA NOTBS. A bachelors mutual aid association has been organized at Gaffney City, Spartanburg county. The expenses of the recent term of the Circuit court for Lancaster county amounted in the aggregate to $880. Mr T Weatherly, of Marion, was ac cidentally shot by his friend Frank Rogers last week and painfully wound ed. Dennio Jeter, colored, was shot in the head by Lum Petty, colored, in a row at Spartanburg last week. Four other persons were cut in the same fracas. At a recent meeting of the George town Town Council a committee was appointed to see that certain legislative enactments be enforced; such as to provide against selling liquor on Sunr day, gambling, cruelty to animals, and other flagrant violations of the princi ples of social and moral law. i A traveling doctor, whose trick was to conjure away sickness without charge by sticking two silver dollars (obtained from the patient) together with burning rosin, rubbing them over the patient and finally putting them in his own pocket and walking off, has been run out of Saluda Township, Greenville county, into North Caro lina. A National Calamity. New York Sun. For many weeks a vast cloud of smoke has overhung Oregon, Washing ton, Idaho, and part of Montana. It has covered a territory greater than all of New England, New York, New Jer sey, Pennsylvania. Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Ohio. The smoke has rolled from the Pacific coast to the Main Divide of the Rocky Mountains. There has been no rain for months to clear the air. Except at rare intervals, the smoke has filled the at mosphere. The mountains have been shrouded, the sun has been nothing but a copper colored spot in the murky sky. This smoke proceeds from tremend ous forest fires that have been burning nearly all summer in the timber region of the Northwest. The vastness of the smoke cloud indicates the extent of the destruction wrought among the forests. It is, in fact, the only measure we have at present of the wealth destroyed since last July in Oregon and Washing ton. It is estimated that the loss to settlers whose heuses and barns at the thres holds of the timber region have been burned, amounts to from a quarter of a million to half a million of dollars. That is only an incident in the whole sale destrnction of the forests them selves. In the course of time, as the extent of the conflagration in the wild erness is ascertained, it may be possible tc say approximately how many million dollars' worth of red and yellow fir, of cedar, of black spruce and yellow pine, has been consumed. But these giant trees, standing so closely. together that he who goes among them seems to be shut in by an impenetrable stockade, have a value that cannot be reckoned in dollars. The decimation of the for ests of the Northwest is an irreparable and a national calamity. The noble forests in Northern Idaho, along both shores of the Columbia River, in Chehalis and Clatsop, and other eoast counties of Washington and Oregon, on the Olympian peninsula, and all around the magnificent Puget Sound contain a supply of timber which, enormous as it is, is none too great for the needs which the future will bring. Between the timber lands of Minnesota and the timber lands of the Bitter Root and Pend d'Oreille, stretches an almost treeless region, a thousand miles wide. Practically, the whole of central and eastern Washing ton, including what is to be in a few years one of the busiest wheat countries on the globe, is naked. The forest country west of the Cascade Range must f urnish the material for the de velopment of the treeless country east. The shipbuilders of Maine are already sending to the mouth of the Columbia or to Puget Sound for their heavy spars. The lumber mills at Astoria, at New Tacoma, and at Seattle turn out sticks a hundred and twenty feet long and two feet square at one end as at the other. Trunks six feet through at the base are so tall that they look .slender. The furnaces of the steamboats are fed with logs which would make railroad ties. Everywhere there is a lavish squandering of the vast wealth of standing timber with which nature has endowed this region, for the supply is foolishly regarded as inexhaustible. But it is not inexhaustible, and this is the region which the great fires of the present year have invaded. The Task of Negro Leaders. Buffalo Express. Gratitude in politics is truthfully de scribed as a "lively sense of favors to come." The Republican party can have no just claim on the gratitude of the negroes, though we believe it has shown them all the political favors they have had in the past, and means to deal fair ly with them in the future. But if the negro -delegates can. act independently and intelligently by themselves, and can teach their, whole4 race in this coun try so to, act, they, will do the best thing possible 4ior themselves and rorntne J' v The Last Case Convalescent. Washington, Oct. 12. Surgeon Gen eral Hamilton to day received a dispatch f rom Lt Welsh, at Pensacola, Fla.. stat ing that the last case of yellow fever at that place was convalescent. Advices from Veru Cruz, Mexico, where the scourge is still increasing says that the steamer Pueblo, left that city for New York yesterday. The steamer Explerer for New Orleans left the same day Alionso aad Herera. London, Oct, 12 The Madrid cor respondent of the Times states that King Alfonso will grant to Senor Pas ado Herrera power to dissolve the chamber of deputies which will make the new ministry more independent than previous cabinets. How the hearts of a crowd swell and throb with pitiless hatred against the man who coughs dur ing the performance at a theatre, when they know he is toe sttngv to lnrest twenty fire cents in a bot Ue of Dr. Bull's cough syrup. IMPORTANT TO THE MEN, Youths and Boys OF NORTH CAROLINA. Wittkowsky & Barfs GREAT CLOTHING DEPARTMENT ORGANIZED IN SOLID K1RNK3T FOB THB FALL AND WINTER. Our magnificent showing of Kew Styles, pro nounced by critics to be the finest display ever made In the Carollnas. The Gentlemen's elegant S'1.t8d J!1 CWerooals we are selling for $10. 812,816. 817. 820.822. $26, and 828, receive the hlgbest praise from the best judges. No oner, no better trimmed, no be'ter fitting Suits are made by Merchant Tallers for 840 to 8a0, tban we sell from $20 to 826. For the Boys and Children We offer what we candidly believe to be the best assortment we have ever shown, embracing a larger variety of styles and a greater range of prices. Parents having boys to clothe will And In this department many Noveliles at exceedingly low prices net to be found elsewhere. IMMENSE ASSORTMENTS Of Dress Shirts, Unlaundried Shirts. Flannel Shirts, Gents' Underwear, Scarfs, Ties, Bows, Col lars and Cuffs, Gloves; Hats, Hosiery, and every thing necessary for a gentleman's toilet at lowest prices. Wittkowsky 4 Baruch. oct7 CHABLOTTK, N. 0. FOE SALE. That valuable lot oa College street, between the houses of B. M. Miller 4 Sons and J G Shannon house. Apply to QctlSdlt W. T. WILKINSON. WANTED. An unfurnished room and board with pilvate family or to rent a cottage. Apply to cctl8d8t SCHIFF & GBIBB. FOR RENT. A desirable four-horse farm In Providence town ship, well adapted to the growth of cotton and grain. Good dwelling house and necessary out houses. Situated la a good neighborhood and convenient to churches, schools, etc. Adjoins the farms of G. C. Morris and W. M. Mathews. apply to w. W. GRIBB, Agent for Mrs. M. H. Trazwich, octlSdlt Charlotte, N.C. Gray & Brother, We are now Opening up a very Large and Complete Stock of Fall and Winter BOOTS i SHOES, Our goods have been carefully selected from the very best shoe manufacturers In the country anl we claim to have one of the handsomest stocks of Gents', Ladies', Misses' and Childrens' FINE SHOES That has ever been offered to the retail trade of Charlotte. 9"WE GUABAKTEB PRICES As well as quality, and cordially invite all that need a pair of shoes of any kind to see our goods before buying. GRAY& BRO. oet 8 1888 OUR Fall ani Winter STOCK OF loots, Sloes, Trunks and Valises Is now complete, and was Manufactured to Oar Order for RETAIL TRADE. WE have the best and most stylish makes of Ladles,' Misses' and Children's, Shoes and Slippers, all kinds and prices. Gents', Boys' and Tooths Boots and Shoes, to fit and salt all classes of the trade. Gents' bilk Bats a specialty. .Men's. Boys' and Tooths' Hats, all kinds. Trunks and Valises, all prices. Shawl and Trunk straps. Blackings, Blacking Brusbea and 8hM Dressings. , ' , n'cOMEAND SEE ;. ? PEGRAH &C0., , First !f atlemal Bsmk BullsUnff i) v II
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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