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plBLISHED IS VERY THURSDAY, JEEOWB DOWD, Edit'r and Proprietor II. IS. liUXTER, Assistant Editor. 01 50 IN ADVANCE. I at the postofficat Charlotte, N. jnd class mail matter. THURSDAY. JAN. - 10, 1889. t:. l.lf Tub columns of this paper are open iblic for the discussion of pub If our Traders have opin- ilicy wish n express, tbey id io offer tli. in in thi- chape wnfinruiiii-atinns to the Meck- Timks. which will publish thugiy, if suitably prepared, ts.) of course, not being re 1 s for anything but their own inted on the editorial page. 1 JIMi ANNOUNCEMENT. ecklenburq Times contains 24 v of news every week. Its aim is i the news in an attractive and . g style; to print no patent matter . 11 the truth. The paper will not ything morally unhealthy or Id not do to read at your fireside sing the issues of the day the 11 take a vigorous course, but will i ;t for the good of the community, 1 fairly with every one. L and not to drive the public is its ,. : ; other things, the Times will aim ie people be heard through its ive made arrangements to have he best writers in the State to ;e articles to our paper, of general l want such a paper? lecome a subscriber at once, i to give the Times a trial. We PIEDMONT WAGON COMPANY There can be no doubt of the fact Ihat the removal of the Piedmont jWagon Company to Charlotte would be a desirable and valuable addition to our manufacturing interests, and would be the means of circulating several hundred thousand dollars iamong our people every year. The present capacity of the Com pany's establishment is about 6,000 wagons a year, and it would cost to make them about 210. 000 of which $90,000 would be paid out for timber and the balance for labor, etc. It would give employment, to about 75 skilled workmen and would circulate more money in tbe community than a cotton factory. The material used in a wagon factory costs nothing to pro duce except the cutting and hauling,' whereas the production of cotton costs about 75 of its value to produce, and most of that goes north for fertilizers. The manufacture of wagons is rath er a new idea for Charlotte i and is lit tle understood by our business men. However, there is no reason why they should not investigate the matter thor oughly. We hope'sonie enterprising men will at once write Mr. Hall to come down and lay before them the prospects of the business and .then go to work and organize on the plan of the Alpha cotton mills. No better man than Mr. Hall could nial commencement of Davidson Col lege. , He is Trustee of Davidson Col lege and also of the University. THE LEGISLATURE. . The Democrats have a caucus and nominate their officers. The House caucus met Tueeday night and elected the following officers: Hon. 'A. Leazer, speaker; Mr. D. R. Julian, of Rowan, doorkeeper; Mr. W. T. Cfawford, of Haywood, en grossing7 clerk; Mr. T." B. Womack, of Chatham, chief clerk Mr. G. L. Kilpatrick, of Lenoir, assistant door keeper; Mr. M. A. Latham, reading lerk. The Senate caucus elected the fol lowing officers: Mr. R. M. Furman, chief clerk; Mr. W. V. Clifton, doorkeeper; Mr. A. M. Noble, assistant; Mr. D. B. Nicholson, reading Clerk; Mr. Mike Bradshaw, engrossing clerk; J. N. Brown, of Catawba, enrolling clerk. LOCAL NEWS. be iat the head of such an enterprise, and he would make a desirable addi tion to our town as a citizen. THE SENATORSHIP. re pained to notice that some omtemporaries are objecting to - -.. lection of Senator Ransom on of his, being indebted beyond i ity tojpaj if we' do not mistake, the sober ' our people it objects seriously btrusion of a candidate's pri lirs into his canvass for office. suitability for the coveted po- i the test of the aspirant, and letermined by the individuals character, as evidenced by his stamina and ability. But by common consent of mankind, as a mass, it suffices to rest advocacy-or disapprobation of a candicate, on general statements, and discussion of public affairs. To favor a candidate on the broad ground of his fitness for office is enough; per sonal rectitude .will be understood On the other hand, mere opposition to a candidate because of his alleged un- suitability, carries with it an implica tion of weakness somewhere in the moral or mental make up of the man. Tt is quite sufficient to allude to a can didate for official honor, as a worthy aspirant, an-able man, one who dis tinguished himself in war, and has rendered great service to his people in peace; the people know w!iat such eulogium means. Once the realm of T rivacy is invaded what delicate sub--f man's personal relationships 'jounted as secure from public s - , nv. One'a financial condition simply i V -e a matter of public concern th-:. ; his marital condition, br ut? pH'encil cond tionf 'and while these thing? Li much to do with the charau? . n reputation of any one, they are -j reason of the multi tude of interests which "they involve, and of persons not directely con cerned, relegated to private discussion.. The-general trend of a man's life is thatwhich counts; there is no man against whom something cannot be said.., But there are sufficient reasons, oth er thn those that bear upon the gen- eral qualification of a candidate, which' may fairly enter in a discussion for - and against him. A candidate's offi cial career sometimes expires by limi tation; the people have a right to say, without any reflection on an official personally that he has served his time, that another man must be chosen in his stead. Indeed it has been the , custom in North Carolina for many years to make frequent changes of Rep resentatives in Congress and no re flection has been intedended on the retiring members by this system. There is a constitutional inhibition in 'this state against the immediate re election of a Governor, 'and it would seem that if our Chief Magistrate can thus be made to retire after four years of public honor, no other official whose dignity is conferred by the people, ' directly or, indirectly, can take um brage at an enforced' retirement after ope term of office, or two or more. So that if the Legislature'8hall re s elect Senator Ransom, we apprehend 1 it will be on account of his- long ser vice, his fidelity and ability, and without any reference to his private affairs; and if it fails to re-elect him , it will either be because another man of greater 4 strength has entered the Held against him, or because his term of office has expired. And if the Legislature shall elect Captain Alex ander to the Senate, we apprehend it will be because he is an able and an upright( citizen, a tried legislator, and the representative head of the great mass of North-' Carolinians, who till v the soil, who are oppressed with heavy .'taxation, and whose need is that the State should have another champion M the Senate of the United States to .fight by tbe' side of that giant of cour age and force in debate, Zeb Vance, or tariff reform. HON. A. LEAZAR. We congratulate the Democratic Caucus on its selection of Mr. Leazar as Speaker of the House. The fol lowing is a brief sketch of his life : He was born in Rowan count, near the Iredell line, in a farm house, the 27th of March, 1843. His parents j were Jno. Leazar and Isabella Leazar; on the paternal side of German de scent, on the maternal side of Scotch Irish descent. At the age of thirteen he entered the Freshman class of Davidson College, having been pre pared by J. R. McAulay in the vicin ity of Prospect church. Ho grad uated in 1860 first in a class of twenty. The war immediately coming on, he enlisted in Company G, 4'2d Regiment N. State troops, and was elected First Lieutenant -in the same. He passed through some severe , engage ments but never suffered a wound nor capture. At the close of the war he engaged in teaching, though not choosing that as a profession, but meeting with success he continued that business, conducting a classical school for sixteen years within five miles of his prsent home. In 1869 the degree of A. B. was conferred on him by Davidson College. He was married in 1865 to Miss Cornelia Frances McCorkle, daughter of Wm. B. and Mary McCorkle, then of Rowan, but formerly of Wades boro, Anson county.; His wiie died in 1873. In 1882 he was elected to the Gen eral Assembly' against D. M. Furches. His principal work in that body was in furtherance of the educational enterprises of the State. He was elected by the Assembly a member of the re-organized Board of Agriculture for the 7th Congressional District. He has been a farmer for the last twenty years. He taught in the State Normal School in 1883 and 1884. In 1884 he was re-elected to - the House of Itepresentativcs and his influence in that body wa3 extensive from the beginning. He interested himself considerably in the important question of rearranging the Judicial system in the State. The House Committee being all lawyers except Mr. Leazar, favored a large increase in the number of Judges. Mr. Lea zar opposed the increase and was suc cessful, j He drafted the bill which became a law increasing therappropri ation forj the State University $15,- 000, and the number of the Faculty, six. Mr. Leazar strongly opposed convict labor on railroads, etc., hold ing that the railroads being the prop erty of individuals and not in any degree of the State, it was wrong in itself as well as unconstitutional for the State to appropriate money or labor, its equivalent, for their con struction or improvement. - In 1885 he was tendered Chief of Division in the Treasury Department at Washington, but which he declined. The salary was tempting, but the idea of being pigeon-holed cr converted into a mere machine was not altogether so pleasing. In 1886 he. was elected to the House, serving as chairman on Edu cation. He helped to develop the Industrial School enterprise, by a bill which he had drafted and passed through' the House of '85, a bill to assign the $7,500 income of the Land Scrip Fund heretofore enjoyed by the University, to the "North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts." The State's policy in regard to the management of convicts is a hard one to solve, but much credit is du. Mr. Leazar for his bold stand against th lobbyists and the extravagant legislai tors who would surrender to railroads without compensation any number of convicts. In the summer of '87 he delivered the annusl address at the semi-centen- Editor Times: The members of the Legislature will please take no tice ! A Bill will be introduced be foreyou to submit a call for a Con vention of the people for the purpose of making a Constitution. If you do not pass it many of us will want to know why. Thisru'n7 "of shreds and patches," as every one knows, should be (to use the words of the level-headed and lamented Dargan), "burnt on some wet Friday." "There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at its flood " You will also notice that you will not be called on to amend. The peo wans to make, not amend. Crab Orchard. Mr. E. R. Simons, of Wadesboro, passed throngh the city Tuesday. Col. W. H. Williams and S. L. Rhyne, of Newton, are stopping at the Central. Wm. Blockmer and J. T. McLean, of Salisbury, have been spending a few days in the city. The Mecklenburg county school teachers' Convention will be held at the Courthouse Saturday the 19th. Representative T. J. Wilkins, of Rutherford, passed through the city on his way to Raleigh Monday. H. M. Houston, Miss Florence Houston and J W. Ashcraft and wife, of Monroe, are stopping at the Central Hotel. Mr. W. A. Hoke, of Lincolnton and J. H. Wells, of Shelby, passed throngh the city Monday on their way to Raleigh. Dr. Register who has been confined to his bed for several daps is improv ing, and it is hoped he will be able to resume his practice in a short time. Rev. W. W. Orr, President of the High School at Huntersville, passed through town Tuesday in company with one of his children. Tbe annual Meetings of the stock holders of the Charlotte banks were held Tuesday and resulted in the re election of all the old officers. W. E. Younts, of PJneville, J. Frank Patterson, of China Grove and T. II. Barker, of Pineville made their appearance on the streets of Charlotte this week. .Married at the residence of the bride's step-father, Leander Query, on the 27th of Decembe .1888, by ' the Rev. J. L. Williamson. Mr. J. G. On Christmas night at the bar room ,, , , ,r.; , . -.v -,, fe ; Alexander and Miss Annie W alker, both of this county. Rutherford Connjty Notes. three miles from Rutherfordton,Plum mer Miller, colored, and John Gibbs became involved in a dispute over the payment for some liqu'or. Miller drew. a pistol and, aiming at Gibbs' breast fired, the ball striking Gibbs in the mouth, breaking two teeth, Mil ler's hand having been jerked back just before he fired. Miller was tried before a magistrate and committed to jail. On Christmas eve, Wade Hampton, a seventeen year old son of Weldon Hampton, of Rutherford county, was serionsly stabbed by John M. Dowell, a negro, who made his escape. The cutting was dne near the Carolina Central depot. It was reported at Forest City that Hampton was dead and quite a crowd collected and were starting to search for the negro, when news came that the boy was living. Hampton is now improving. New Era. Catawba County Notes. The editor of the Meckle.nbnrq Times happened to be in Newton last Monday and made a hasty visit to the Newton cotton Mills. President W. H. Williams kindly escorted him through the different departments. The mill has been recently enlarged and many improvements added, and it is now 'a perfect; gem, one of the most complete factories in the State. The boilers in use arc 150 horse pow er and 4,500 spindles are in use. The factory runs day and night and con sumes 45 bales a week. It is brilliant ly lighted with electricity. The spin ning room is admirably constructed, and is one of the prettiest rooms to be seen anywhere. The ventilation of the buildings is-, such as to render the temperature in summer very pleasant. . Mr. Williams is a live man and he is to be congratulated on the excellent equipment of his factory. The Newton Roller Mills Company have just completed a large, brick building and put in the latest and most improved machinery. The mill will be in operation in a few days and will make 20 barrels of flower a day. The Newton Enterprise says: "Mr. Jerome Rolick .has just received ed a new patent on his steel buggy wheel, and went on Saturday night to Washington to consult with his patent attorneys. We are glad to know that the wheel is giving perfect satisfaction to those using it, and that the demand for it is increasing rapidly. Mr. Bolick has just had some very strong testimonials printed in circular form in this offlce for general distribution. The spring term of Catawba Cdllege will begin next Tuesday, January the 8th. We are pleased to learn that the prospect for a large attendance is better than it has been for many terms." S. J. Tilden, Jr., Can't Pay His Rent. Samuel J. Tilden, Jr., with his brother, Geo. H. Tilden, was yester day dispossessed from the store 24 Liberty streot for non-payment of rent. The young men are nephews of the late Gov. Tilden and reside at New Lebanon, in Columbia county of thisj State. They hired the place on May 1 last and started in as wholesale chemists, but have been slipping be hind gradually, and after many de lays in the receipt of the rent Lucius Biglow, the owner, directed steps for ejectment to be taken. City Marshal Leubuscher was busy yesterday inl clearing out what remained of the stock. The largest cabbage crop on record has been grown in South America this year. Connecticut cigars will.be sub jected to a dangerous rivalry. Sheriff Cooper is in earnest about the collection of back taxes. " It is a matter of necessity for him to collect the taxes, and he must have the money. It will save trouble and cost to come up and settle at once. There will be a bill introduced and we hope passed by the present Legis lature, to call an unrestricted conven tion of the people to form a constitu tion. It is hoped the press and people will discuss the matter and urge the passage. G. Mrs. M. L. Wells, of Tennessee delivered a lecture in the Y. M. C. A. halls last Monday night, which was f-pronounced by competent judges to be very fine, and was enjoyed by all present. She delivered another lecture to the ladies on Tuesday evening at the same place. At a meeting of the stockholders of the Ada Manufacturing Co., Tuesday the following officers were elected Col. J. L. Brown, president, J. J Gormley, treasurer. The directors 1.1 T T T-x 1 X T eleetecl were: J. U. tsrown, Jr. Joe Graham, 31. C. Mayer, T. R. Robert son and J. W. Wadsworth. Coroner Cathey held an inques over the dead body of an old negro Jake Gribble, who died in Sharon township last week. The jury found that he "came to his death from old age and exposure." He had escaped from the county poor house. Mr. E O. Johnston was foreman of the jury Oliver Beckwith, of Kossuthcounty Iowa, entered suit ageinst the Minne apolis and St. Lousis railroad for three hogs killed on the road and valued at S24. lhe case went from one court to another until it was carried to th Supreme Court of ' the United State which rendered a decision, against th railroad. The costs in the case now amount up into the thousands. A call has been issued to the teach ers of the county to meet in Charlotte on the 3rd Saturday, the 19th of Jan uary, to organize a Teachers' Counci It is very desirable to have as man present as can possibly attend. Let every teacher in the county be pres ent as there is great need of an or ganization of this kind for mutual advancement. W. N. Alexander the former coro ner of this county, is entitled to the belt as a champion hawk killer of the county. He has bagged 18 of the feathered depredators since last April. Any person troubled with these pests to housewives in the country, would do well to send for him, as he will kill nine out ten whenever he can get within calling distance. We now desire to hear from Zenas Porter on the subject. The following report of contribu tions by the First Presbyterian church of Charlotte during the past year, which we condense from the "Daily News, "makes a very creditahle exhibit of the christian liberality of its mem bers.' Total number of communi cants about 460; Children in Sunday-school, 230; Teachers and offi cers, 38 ; Contributions to Foreign Missions, 2,202.70 ; To Home Mis sions, 774.50; to Evangelistic Fund. 485.75 ; to Education, 090.50; to Publication, 20.37; to Invalid Fund, 66.00; to Assembly's Fund, &22.00; fto-Poor Fund,' 890.00: to Presbvte- IT rian Home and Hospital, 1,030.35; to other Benevolent objects, 1,838, 00 ; congregational. 3,598.00 ; to At the first annual, meeting of the Stockholders of the Ada Manufactur ing company, , held last Monday evenv ing, J. L. Brown was elected Presi dent of the Company and J. J. Gorm- ley Secretary and Treasurer. The Company intend to fill, their large fiiill with machinery as soon as possi ble and . run it to its full capacity, which will be 8,000 spindles. Rev. W. O. Cochrane, pastor of Big Steel Creek church, this county, has decided to accept the call tender ed him from Kentucky. Mr. B. will preach his farewell sermon to the Steel Creek people next Sabbath. His people part with him very reluctantlv as he has been to them a faithful pas tor and an able minister. The best wishes of his people and friends throughout the county will attend him and his household in their new field of labor. Mr. Spencer Shclton, the father of F. M. Shelton, who lives near Char lotte, died on the 6th, January, at the home of his son. Mr. Shelton was a former resident of Lincoln county and a life-long member of the Methodist church. His remains were taken to Bethel church in his native county for interment. He was the grandfather of Mr. T. M. Shelton who is now with Messrs. C. A. Dixon & Co., of Charlotte. The members of the Legislature A VIA! 1'AVAIV.U UUlCi A'A tOl O, J 11 lood, N. Gibbon and J. C. Long, left Monday evening for Raleigh. hey are all good men, and we feel that the interests of the people will be entirely safe in their hands. The Times will have a weekly report of the proceedings of the Legislature to ay before its readers. Senator J. S. Reid left here on an earlier train and reached Raleigh on Monday evening. Mr. J. II. Johnston, a student of theology, has agreed to fill the pulpit at Paw Creek church until they can obtain a regular pastor. Mr. John ston is a son of J. T. Johnston, Esq., and his sermon on last Sabbath is very highly spoken of by those who had the pleasure of hearing him. He is now a member of Long Branch Alli ance, and was received into full mem bership last Saturday. His theological course will require another year in the seminary, when he will be prepared for the full work of the ministry. VANCE IN THE SENATE. A HORSE'S LONG SWIM. HE SCORES A POINT ON SHERMAN. He Tumbles Iiito the River and Pad- dies for TwtfHonrs Before Rescued. Our SenatorGets in a Hnmorous-Vein and Makes Th-Scnate Snake with Laughter. V Press Dispatch. - t ' . - Washington, Jan. 8th. The -Sen- A' horse svjinni) ing up the East Riv er with a tu-boat in.pursuit was tlje exciting seeue wnuesseu at seven o'clock on Wednesday evening when at at half past twelve, resumed! 7 ! , ? V. f 4i. v:n I "g-" trucking tirm ot tfcdetl & was not' able to .tar.d at lii; tor half an tiour'.i ruubinir aged to walk ashore ou ii bridge of planks. Uc wa A 1 A 1- 1 . . . tue,biauies wrappeu lu ?cven blIink-t Dan s temperature a lO-t y; .-t, rday ' but if pneumonia lA. s n,t - ; i ' Bedell hopes to savL- him. T!1('.r(.; two veterinarv sur-Jemis ;, .... . . 'Ut a- ''uporary '"ken ,.) agraph 337 relating to collars and cuffs for men's wear, and fixing the duty on those composed entirely of cotton at 15 cents per dozen and 35 per cent, ad valorem, and on those composed entirely or partly of linens at dO cents per "dozen pieces and 35 per cent, ad valorem. v ance moved to strike out thcjse rates and to insert forty per cent, ad valorem. lhe proposed rates, the said, would "be equivalent to a tax: of 150 per cent, ad valorem. The amend nient was rejected by the usual r--ity vote, yeas 19, nays 24. No amend ment was offered to paragraph 338, taxing hemp c jute carpeting 6 cents per square yard. Jones, ot Arkansas, moved- to amend paragraph 339 which taxes pier for the lase load oil Wednesday Pearsalls, tumbled iuto the water from pier 4 and nearly caused the death of five men before he could be rescued. Dan is a big brown gelding, meas uring fully seventeen hands high and -weighing over sixteen hundred pounds. He is eight years old aud a very spirited animal. All day Yv ednesday he - drew truck loads of flour from a canal boat alongside 'of pier 4 to a mercantile warehouse on Moore street, in coruDanvwith Frank. his mate,' who is of equal size, but not so lively. THAT UXLUCKY STRIXGPIECE. A truck on tbe north side of the pier, which is narrow any way, was being loaded with potatoes when Driver John Ganzo drove out on the has scarce- , Ho is Dan is ruin, r ,i cn-entali y Mr. Wm. Beaver, one of the oldest citizens of Mecklenburg county, died at his residence in the eastern part of the county on the lind of January. Mr. Beaver was about 90 years old when he died. He was & plain farmer who haLTaccumulated a competency by his industry and economy. His re mains were buried at Philadelphia church, in which he had been a ruling elder for a long time. In his death the country looses one of its best citizens and the church one of its most worthy members!' bagging for cotton gunney cloth, &c, for covering cotton composed wholly or partly of bemp, jute or jute butts (valued at not more than 3 cents per pound) of a cent per pound, by put ting it on the free list Berry argued in support of the amendment, asserting the tax must come out of pockets of southern plan ters and laborers and would amount to 10J cents per bale on six million bales of cotton, or in the aggregate $650,000 on the year's crop; while the tax on cotton ties would amount to 1, 350, 000 more. Why, he asked. Should this two million dollars be taken from the pockets of the south ern planters and" laborers and handed over to the manufacturers ? Sherman remarked that cotton bag ging was one of tiie industries of the country and should be dealt with precisely as other- manufacturies are He thought that Southern Senators greatly misrepresented theii section in supporting the proposed amend ment. Their remedy would be not in having cotton bagging admitted free f duty, but in producing jute and ramie, which could -be produced in the South as cheaply as in India. He believed that if a reasonable duty were put on ramie and jute, all such raw material could be produced in the South and would be the most valuable products of that section. Vance made one of his usual hum orous speeches, in reply to Sherman. Ie thanked that Senator for his good advice; but said that (in the language of Capt. Bunsby) the point of- the Senator s observation lay in the ap plication of it. lhe meaning of it was to. keep the South quiet under a system of taxation by which the pock ets i of Northern manufacturers were filled. As to the suitableness of the uigni. uauzo nad to keep well over the south side to avoid a collision. Just as he was passing the other truck the hub of the right forward wheel of his own struck the stringpiece. In a twinkling the heavy wagon tongue swung around, dealing Parr a -teriSc blow, knocking him off his feet. Ho was close to the edge of the pier, but made desperate efforts to recover himself. The driver pulled hard on the reins, but almost before he knew it Dan dis appeared over the side of the pier. There was a snapping of buckles and straps and a loud splash in the water and the next moment Dan. who ut tered a frightened snort as he struck the water, swam out into the river. The other horse had been pulled to his knees, and for a moment it seemed as if horses, truck and all would go overboard. Died. Air..ri. ij.iiargrave, a young man 24 years of age, at Mooresville, De cember 27 th. He was a brother of Mr. J. B. llargravc of Newton. County Hoard of Education. The Board was in session two days this week. The entire amount for school purposes amounts this year to 19,68591, of this amount the whites get $7,374 and colored G,4G3. There are 51 white and 50 colored districts in the county. The Board consists of Cant. W. W. Robinson, County Su- perintendent, Maj. S.'W. Ileid, A. G Kirkpatrick and Capt. W. A. Barrier Benevolent objects, $7,218 17 all objects, $10,81.6.17. tp County Commissioners. The Board of County Commission ers were in session two days this week Most of the work done was auditing bills and accounts. J. W. Morrow J. 11. liartfett and &. w. Smith were appointed a committee to have a bridge built across Sugar Creek on the east side of Pineville. W. F. Baker. constable for Sharon township, J. A Williams, constable for Providence and John Steadman, constable for Steel Creek, tendered their official bonds which were accepted by the board. Five Were Burned to Death. Special to the Wo.rld- UOLumbia, a. u., Jan. 6. A num Der ot cremations have occurred in this State since the opening of th New Year. N. B. Smalland his wife left their home in Lancaster county to visit a neighbor 200 yards distant Their five small children were left a home. In a few minutes the parents heard the screams of their children and, rushing to their house, itj was tound in names, and two ot the dren, aged two and four years, burned to death. On the same day colored child was cremated in a house in Lancaster. Mrs. Charity Ivey vpry aged woman, living in Marion county, was burned in her house yes terday. She was an inveterate smoker and it is believed that she fell asleep with a pipe in her mouth and that ignited the bedding. Philip McRim mon, colored, perished in aimost h same manner in the same county the two last named there were a few small bones left. chil were Of SWIMMING FOR HOME. Ganzo climbed hastily down and running to xhe end of the pier gazed after the retreating form of Dan, who was swimming steadily toward the Brooklyn shore. The stable is in Bergen street, Brooklyn, and Dan ftseemed perfectly aware of the fact. As driver Ganzo said afterward : ','Dot annual have got horse sense. ' Dan was fully three hundred yards out when the tugboat Garlic came along ou her way down. Her, cap tain saw Dan and at onee steered for him. The srelding put forth extra ef forts, but the tugboat overtook him. A deckhand grabbed him by the fore lock and held on while the Garlic slowed down and then steamed slowly toward Governor's Island to land the horse there. But the deck hand, however, let ouu ua lur iriver uanzo It oi,.. : .1 j oicpi, buice ui ofcuri-, ,,. deeply attached to tlu.t , aia. valued .at about fUou .IT State Auditor's lu poii. .'ows and Ob&i rvi.-r. Tue annual report of th-St:it, u r i iiom alva-nco sheets brief and to the point. It refers in the outsi t to the euiuii tiou of the treasury at th.- dose of thV year, showing" that th,. balance m, hatids only $73,02:!. s-7, whereas at tin: ciose of .the two piwiou- voar--1SSG and 107 this balam: i,,.',wA up 195.550.40 i lf;i .7,!4.2n rc spcctively. Ti,t- ivcfij.ts have Mini o coiisid-crabiy 1 n r : j sr" tin- vi-ir, -principally on account of the -hon-rcceipt of the drummers' lic ns tax. This tax, -it is .-howii, afforded a revenue i;i the year- lsv;, !Uiiouiit ing to $SO,SOO "in Ism; it yiej.led $81,300; in 1SS7, $35,275; in lss only $400. It is explained that the cnjlection of tlio tun wn' not enforced last year as a cas ; to test its constitu tionality is now pending in the Su preme Court of the United Stati On account of its non-collection, how ever, the revenue derived from lhe .... l 1. ii , nuuice n icprcseuis nas iauen oil the past year to the extent-of $fi,-iU(l as compared with the year 185. Still, while the receipts for the year have amounted to only $71.0,000 as against $847,000 last year, the disbursements have also been less, less even than for 188G, which corresponds to this year as an "off", year The legitimate disbursements for 188G amounted to $080,572; for lss7 $7.0:,189,' -and for this year, $G39,G:17. notwithstanding the many ments which have been made iu the N that i in pro ve- go of the forelock and grabbed Dan hv the nostrils, and the enraired and advice given to. the South, to emulate whtoned gelding with a snort jerked iue ortu auu to mauuiaciure lur ti- away from him and turned up- the '.C 1 1J "1 l .i t- i I - sen ue wouiu simpiy asit iue oeuaiur the question "what in that case, would become of the Northern manufacturer? That reminded him of the case of the fellow who in a burst of patriotism volunteered during the war and who, when his wite said, "John, suppose you get killed, what is to become of me?" replied, "What would become of vou, the devil! iou had better ask what would become of me. (laughter.) Suppose, said V ance, we were to boycott your patent medicine, your hair dyes, your wooden hams, your hickory autmegs, your left-hand ra zors, and your double-bladed gim lets which vou Drotect trom uome competition by patents, what would f secured a boat, and with another man become of you? and how long would ir be before "a change would cme o'er the spirit of your- dream" and a thing hich once delighted you would do so no longer? I am tired of pater nal advice. It is not necessary to tell a Southern planter that he should abandon raising cotton, on which he makes a profit of $50 an acre, and go to raisins ramie in competition with the Indian laborer at8 cents a day. There is no sincerity in that kind of advice; there is no philosophy in it; there is no business in it. He related an anecdote of an Irish landlord who said to his bailiff who had complained of being fired at by tenants: "Col lect my rents and tell these fellows that no amount of shooting at you is going to scare me." So no amount of threats was going to scare him (Vance) from his duty in these mat ters. The matter went over until the fol lowing day. Longevity of the "Grand Army." From the Boston Transcript. How long the Grand Army of the Republic may survive" as a distinct and important organization may be guessed from a glance at the number of Harrison voters of 1840 who voted for President Harrison's grandson in November. In Iowa there was a Club of 3,000 of these me'n, and in Ohio the roll of 1840 Harrison voters reached 0,831. The Iowa members' names, ages and places of residence, in 1840 as well as in 1888, were pub lished by the Des Moines Register. The ages ranged from sixty-nine to ninety-seven. Allowing for the fact that the soldier discharged in 1865 might have been but eighteen years old, while the voter of 1840 must have been twenty-one, it appears that the Presidential election of 1916 will bear abe-ut the same relation to the Grand Army veterans that the elec tion of 1888 bore to the voters for William Henry Harrison. But after that distant year the "soldier vote" unless we have had some more wars in the mean time will have ceased to be a terror to the politicians. river. NEARLY CAPSIZED. Meantime two men from a schooner lying at pier put out a small boat and succeeded iu intercepting the horse One of them grabbed him by the mane, but the now thoroughly scared horse pawed and kicked at a terific rate, nearly staving in the boat in his frantic efforts to escape. The boat was half filled in less than a min ute and the man holding Dan was al most pulled into the water. He was obliged to relinquish his hold and the gelding . continued on-' his way up stream. But Driver Ganzo had by this time Germany's Enormous, Army. Berlin, Dec. 31. Richtc-. calcu lates from recent estimates that Get many has at her disposal in the evei of war an army of 3,513,416 com pletely drilled men, not counting the reserves and the Londsturn, which are not drilled in times of peace. Pluck Wins Everywhere. From the Augusta, (Me.) Age. Eight years ago a young man mar ried a school-teacher upon the Berk shire Hills. Soon a run down place on which a couple ot cows would just live was offered him, and all the time L(. 'anted to pay for it. Now he has eighteen cows, three horses and one hundred sheep, and is likely to add nmre stock s'on. The stock and farm of debt, and all this . wn aud his wife's t.' his or r i:v come laiu'r on girls i: ." d i tunes: ida uch boys and t r to make for- started in pursuit of his horse. Dan had by this time nearly reached the Wall street ferry. The tide was in his favor, but it was evident from his painful efforts that he was about used' Ganz and Iris companion had al most reached Dan, whose head, with bulging eyes and dilated nostrils, could be seen in the patli of light made by an electric light on one .of the wharves just ahead of the rowboat. At this moment, rhen'Theoat was almost up to him, a river tow of two canal boats with a tug between them loomed ud right in front of the row boat. There was no time to escape, but fortunately only the outside canal boat struck the boat. The rowboat was thrown on its . beam ends, and to save themselves the men caught hold of a couple of fenders' and drew them selves on board the canal boat. HE THOUGHT IT WAS A MAN. Just as the men clambered on board the barge, her captain, thinking a man was overboard, jumped into the water. He could not swim, and would have sunk had not a deck hand tnrown a line to him andjdrawn him back ou board. The tow had stopped and was drift ing up stream with the tide. Every body was excited, and the only cool one on board was Ganzo, the driver, who had caught his boat with a boat- liooK. ao olic tt aj iitifliu jjaal. Xlie J)oat had righted, though half full of water, and Ganzo insisted on going again iu pursuit of Dan. The geld ing had passed between the tow and the shore and was still feebly swim ming up the river. The tug Garlic had followed and was again steaming in pursuit of Dan, but Ganzo shouted toi the captain to "hold on," .while he put all his strength inla the oars. Just off Wall street Dan was over hauled. Ganzo called to him just be fore the boat reached him, and the gelding, recognizing the familiar voice, attempted to whinny. It ended in a splutter, for the poor beast was nearly exausted. He madej no resis tence when Ganzo firmly grasped his forelock and drew his head over the stern of the rowboat. A line was passed over Dan's head, and the row boat, horse 'and all were towed by-the Garlic to pier 7, whprc a deriek float was lying. Two lines were carefully passed under Dan aud he was hoisted up oh the float. He had been in the water two hours. WHISKEY FOR DAN. Mr. Flannery, a South street bar keeper, had a jug of good rye whiskey on hand, and a goodly portion of it was poured down Dan'slhroat with out delay, while half a docn men vigorously rubbed him down. He capitol and the Supreme Court and ' Library building, including the ap propriation for heating apparatus amountirg to $10,000, the legitimate disbursments for the year have hr--u $40,000 less than iu 1886. So'n.urh for Democratic good mauagoniuii?. Let the people read, mark, learn au i inwardly digest. lhe Auditor states that tiuiv are two classes of State ivCoufel. n'. ) pensioners; the first numbering '''.. being allowed $120 per annum, wh:! to tbe second there has been distribu ted pro rata, th.e sum of $s.25 each. There embraced in this latter cla.-s 1,083 soldiers and 2.G2G widow.-, of deceased soldiers, au 1 besides these there are filed in the department 640. claims, which, if allowed, will make the aggregate number of persons, in the class 4,o4!". .The amount paid the' pensioners of the first class ($120, per annum as stated), the Auditor says, -'appears to be a fairly liberal allowance," but the amount paid those of the second class, lieu thinks, and thinks rightly "is a mere bagatelle." "Certainly," be continues,- "the State, with her healthy financial con dition, her returning prosperity and rapid development, should provide more liberally for her maimed Con federate soldier,, who have suffered in pain, poverty and silence for njearly a quarter of a century, frjyii the effects of the hardships of four years in her service. It is true, that the small pittance allowed them has been -of great help, but it should be increased to the end that their pressing wants may be relieved. The State should ralso make provision for the indigent widow of tue ueeeased- soldier, and it eould ill afford to suffer either the maimed Confederate soldier, or the widow of one of the deceased, who gave his life in her defence, to ber -a pauper upon the county in v they reside." Boy ton's Sea Serpent. Capt. Paul JJoytou and hi- .-.-! -r-pent arrived in this city cr!.iy morning-and during the 'lay io M a levee at John B - Dorris' Mu- u-m on Eight avenue. The famous naviga tor was estatic and the aquatic mon ster made not a move. "The mam mal, animal or reptile or whatever it is," said the rubber-s.uit man, "is certainly a wonder. I do not claim that it is a sea serpent, but I do chum that its like has never been seen in this city or country before'. I leave it for scientists to determine just what it is, and as I have presented it to the Museum of Natural History its species will soou be determined." The reptile, for such Mr. S. C. Freeman.says Profs. Allen and Rich- . ardson declare it to be, is sixty-three feet long, with a head like a unicorp, and'has wings or fins like a bat ajnd a body like a huge anaconda. Origi oallyit was about tkr'ee feet in diame ter, but its circumference was dimin ished by the .embalming process, un- ; til it is only about two feet 'around, its thickest part. Its head is of such a shape and size as men with delirium tremens see, having horns and protu berances from its nostrils. It is a . most uncanny thing to gaze upon, and possesses a facinalion. for even those r who have no love for or interest in. natural history. Death W'&s Her Bridegroom. Greenville, S. C, Jan. 2. Last evening Miss Fannie Ilelduian, daugh- ter and only child of George Ilelman, ; broke away from her father's house and, evading all pursuit, ran a dis tance of several blocks ant? dropped softly into Reedy River. Her body was recovered half an hour luter.jfhe suddenly became insane a few weeks ago while making final preparations , for her marriage to a prominent young attorney of this city, and has been kept in her room by her parents ever since. The first issue of the Mecklenburg! Times, an" organ of the Farmer's Alli ance, just established at Charlotte by Messrs. Jerome Down and R. B. Ilunter, -is to hand. It is a handsome and quite a readable paper. We wish them success, but it links brave to start a weekly paper in! a city where are so many ana tnree and Carolinian. daiii Press
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Jan. 10, 1889, edition 1
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