NUMBER G77
SOMETHING
Wo hav8jii8t oponod our complete
lino of Spring Glnjghains which in
the niost attractlvo wo have over
shown. Beauty of cloth elegance of
design, pattorn and coloring all com
bine in making these fabrios so do-
sirablojoar variety is very largo.
Prico9 8 1-8 10 12 1-2cU.
Our new drees goods are going and
some of the greatest novelties aro
being sold right now. Buy now and
have made up before the rush sets in.
(let the new Knstor Frock now and
then you have the pick.
White Goods are sellint vory freo
ly as many people are making them
up now in advance and its a vry
rood nlan too: our prlcos at 8 1 3 10
12 1-2 are of particular important' to
you.
Embroideries and Laces In myri
ads of new and attraotivo designs;
all widths and a finer assortment of
those goods is not in tho State. You
hear much about complete stocks of
laces and embroideries but if you
want to soo a stock that is complete
enmo in and tako a look through
ours.
Black Is quite a rage. Black tuck
ing, black revering, black nil over
and black embroidered skirting's are
among tlio late novelties. We are
selling many of thsso goods right
now as th?y aro choice Gtslgns ami
no two patterns aro alike. Ysu had
bent tako a look through o'lrciiew
Broods which arc arriving orery dny.
It cot no more to buy nm than latr
and you get th.i "rremodt lacnme"
by buying now.
Theglnghams ami chumlii ivs art
all here and aro vry handsome,
Hirjnjr dress goods I u went window
to-uBy,Myrio!i fast black Charlotte
made hoso In cast window to-day
price 25cts.
Our brag "Twill coro'a umbrellas
with fancy gold and silver plate
handles 24 inh HScts, 2l Inch '.Wets,
28 inch f 1.10.
All shoes go at cost to close.
All mens' clothing for cash at and
less than cost. We close out shoes
and clothing.
We have Special Combina
tions showing lovely contrast
between body and trimming
lu HEADY MIXED PAINT.
If it Is hnrd for you to decide
how to paint your house, call
on A. B. Reese fc (!). and we
will show you how to paint
it.
T. L Seiglo & Co.
CIIARLOTTK N. C.
150,000 PAPERS
Laodreth's
Fresh
Garden Seed
JUST 1 1ST.
OROWKRM PRICKS. W1IOLK
SALl'. AND RKTAIL.
Borwell & Dunn,
Esjsi. :imr(i 8TouK.jas"
Retail Storo opposite Central Hotel.
Wholesale, orr. P. P.P. Wittkowsky.
Loral Illpploo.
Col. L. L. Polk is at the Central.
Mr. J. L. Ramsey, editor of the
Kalislury Watchman, is lu the city
to-day.
Judge vV. J . Montgomery of Con
cord, is In the city, attending the Su
perior court.
Sergeant Bronnon, of the signal
oftleo, says he will give us a little
rain to-night, just for a change.
Ben Bryan, .Charlie Adams and
Harvey Bryan are attending the
"Crab Festival" in .New Heme.
Mr. Bell, father of Mr. V.M.Bell,
baggage matter on the A. T. & O.
road, died at his home in Htatesville
last night.
The receipts of cotton by wagon
at the platfprm today nniountod to
25 bales. The quotations were from
Mr. and Mr. Walker, of Now
York, are expected In a few days, to
visit Mrs. Walker's sister, Mrs John
W. Miller.
W. M. Zimmerman, the skipping
Houth Carolina Alliance storekeeper,
was at the Central yesterday, lie
skipped froiu hero Norlh.
Communion services will bo held
lu the First Presbyterian church of
j Concord on next Sunday. Prelimi
nary services win be he'd on Wed-
I nesilay ami t naay nights ana on
j Saturday morning,
j F.vangelist Fife lias not given up
the Idea of locating In Charlotte.
I Humor has It that he Is vory much in
love with the residence J list complet
I ed on College stieot, hy Mr. I. M.
Andrews .
LAST MIGHT'S MEETING.
A Big Crowd at (lie Optra Houne and
Ihc Amendment Men Have It Their
Own Way. '
The meeting at the opera houso
last night, called for the purposo of
niomoralizlng the Legislature to
amend tho charter of tho city was
attended, by actual count, by 869
mon. Of this number, a groat ma
jority were either opposed to the
ameudiuene or were indifferent. But
tho pros had tho meeting and the
antls had the grins. And pretty dry
grins some of them were. Col. H. C.
Jones was called to the chair, and
Messrs. Jerome Dowd and Carey
Dowd were secretaries. Mayor Mc
Dowell made a long speech, dsvoted
in the main to a defence of the city
govermont. He was followed by Dr.
Joseph Graham, who spoks strongly
in favor of tho proposed amendments
and gate his reasons at length. Capt.
Arinlstead Burwell, city attoruoy,
also spoko in favor of the amend
ments and reviewed them from a le
gal standpoint Mr. S. Wittkowsky
made the best speech of the ovenlng,
but his proposition to uso the fWO,-
000 bonds solely for railroads was in
continently sat down upon. Col. J.
T.Anthouy combatted the idea of any
speciCc disposition of the money and
Mr. Wittkowsky'u amendment did
not carry. Tho result of tho meeting
was the adoption of a motion to re
o,uost Mecklenburg's members in the
Legislature to use their lnlluence in
having tho charter amendments pass-
cu anu moy v ere i nrornieU oi tins ity
telegraph.
A UELT1MI TIll'IWKAY NKJIIT,
The fullowlhg card was handed the
Nkwh this evening for publica
tion: I n vlejy of the influence brought to
boar by tho public meeting held in
tho opera house, Feb. 23, upon tho
Legislature. In favor of tho proposed
amendment to the charter of tho city
of Charlotto, we, tho undersigned, be
lieving that the proposed amend
ments aro not for the best interest of
the city of Charlotte, request those
who are opposed to said amendments
to meet at the court house otiTliurs- :
day morning at H o'clock, for the pur- j
pose of expressing their views upon !
the question at issue.
BE MVRB IT IS A nXritOLAll
liefore Yom Kboul-lii Incident tbal
Sbould impreni Imelf upon the
XHndaaZAll.
The newspapers havo recently re
ported several incidents of Innocent
people being shot in mistake for bur
glars. In Philadelphia, Sunday
night, a boy shot his sister, and now
comos a case nearer home. Mr. W.
H. Lewis, a prominent lawyer of
Gastonia, shot at his wlfo one night
last week, mistaking her for a bur
glar. Fortunately his 6hot went
wide of Ita mark.
News of this occurrence reaches
Charlotte through a letter, which,
however, gives but few details. It
teems that Mra. Lewis had got up
during the night aDd was going
about tho house when some noise she
made aroused her husband. His first
thought was of burglars aud seeing a
moving figure in the indistinct light,
ho fired at it. A scream instantly
followed the shot and Mr. Lewis w.-u
almost parnlizcd with terroraahe
recognized the voice an that of his
wife and roali.ed that he had shotut
her. Tho bullet did uot touch Mrs.
Lewis, but tho incident was sufficient
to unstring the nerves of both hus
band and wife. Mr. Lewis even now
shudders when he thinks what tho
rosult might have been.
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j t ratral Hotel Arrivals.
; John W Taylor Atlanta; Geo W
Chester 8 C; J L Ramsay
1 Salisbury. "Watchman"; W J Mont
gomery Concord; Col L L Polk
Washington 1) C; J Schwartz J H
Hoffman N Y ; W P Cousins Va ; X
P Cannon Ga; J Y Rein (reensloro
NC: W GCartor Carters Mills; H
HFinlaySC; II M Faueett N C; S
P Smith Fred Nash city: 11 V Jones
Atlanta; Prof C D Molver and
wife, Hev It A Miller Mecklenburg;
F Y Clvverius New Vork ; Rev A P
Tyer Monroo N C; Col W S Nash
Dayton Ohio; John I- Love Gas
tonia NC; B G Chambers N C;
KJ Winter NY; FH Taylor Va; J
B Wilkinson Cleveland Springs; L
FOthorne NC; O J Theis Concord ;
Q A W Council London Kugland; J
A Sanders Raleigh N C ; F H Bur
ton Danville Va.
Til U It A I L R( A f) COHMISSIOSBBS
To be Elected Jlarth 5tb.To-Iar'a
Legislative Prorccdinjo,
Spvclal to The News.
Raleioh. N. C. Feb.. at
A TriOTr- Mlla !n f rnrtllpAri in t.ho I
' V .1 U J . . . L . u ... V. M V w - -" . -
House to-day were the following:
To prohibit the sale of tobacco, ci
gars and soda water on Sunday ; To
remove colored Normal school from
Frank llnton to Warren ton ; To givo
Union county alternative road law;
To exempt from jury duty foremen
la manufacturing plants; To pre
vent the spread of hog cholera.
Tho Houso decided to elect rail
way commissioners March 5th.
The Revenue bill was takon np as
special order, and the House went
into committee of the whole, Button
in tbe chair. The bill was takon up
by sections and considered.
An earnest effort was made to
securo a repoal of tho section impos
ing a purchaso tax on merchants.
There was a long debate.but the sub
stitute was lost. Sections of tho li
cense tax of 160 on insurance com
panies was made 100, the increase
to bo applied to tho fund for disabled
volunteer firemen. Karnest offorts
wore made to reduce the tax on mar
riago license but it failed. Bills were
also introduced in the Senate to pay
traveling expenses of Supreme and
Superior court judges. Bills passed
incorporating Hot Springs railway
allowing compensation of tho Sheriff
of Mecklenburg ;incorporatingSouth
Carolina fe Seaboard railway: to
trivo Shelby a graded school ; to in-
corporateNorth Carolina Charity as
sociation. Bill to amend homostead
was taken u p ns special order. The
amendment was adopted that it shall
not be waived unless the wife signs.
YOUR CHOICE
THIS
WEEK
OF
500 FINE SUITS 500
FOR
:o:
NnlTPgrt orp to bp Organizrd.
At tho meeting of the Hornets Nest
Concert in Concord.
The concert givon iast right at the
Concord Female Academy was most
RilUmen tonight, au inspection will i . bU ad yery larf,0y attemled.
be made by Capt. T. li. HoUrtson. i j Th ram COC8;Bled of ' Ye Okie
I
j -Mrs. Brevard Springs and children
! will leave In ti few days for Colum
j bla, where Mr.Sprlngs will have bis
headquarter during the progress of
the railroad huibliug upon which lie
is engaged
The superior court to-day got
ahead of the calendar and took n re
cess until o p.m., when argument
was Ivejcun on the land suit of R Itar
rlnger vs. W. G. M axwell. A great
many cases have been continued.
Mr. M. H. Cone, of Baltimore,
president of the plaid manufactur
ers associations, and Messrs J. 11
Schofield and F. Burtou, of Danville,
ami T. C Worth, of Greensboro,
members of the association, aro at
tho Central today.
Tho inurement to organize a salvaire
corps, to proteel property at firos,
which has been proposed, will iilso
takoslie. An organization of this
character is nrwded, as was eviden
ced at the Belmont fire. The propo
sition Is t have a r.-i;illar detail of
Rifleman to uard goods and prop
erty In process of removal. The
idea Is very generally endorsed by
our poojile, and the UitUme:i will
have no diMU-nhy i:i s-euring tho
necessary permit from t.e iiovernor.
! llHltllit l tl c, i. Sig.
"J. M. Overton ai.il ifo.M t.diloail,
.-. ., was un mseripuoti on ir.e
! Central Hotel i L-ister to-d.iv. Mi
Overton is a mei eiumt of M t. (iilesil,
and was m id return homo with his
bride. She lived ut l.aktdund, Fla., '
ami advertised for a husband. Mr.
Overton answered the advertisement
anil af er a course of correspondence, i
went to Lakeland aud married her.!
The program
Folkcs Tunes" and the audience were
charmed by the sweetness and anili
ty with which"Ye Youuge Scholars"
played and sung these familiar air
which have been rendered so dear by
the halo of happy assoeiatior.s.
MUsM, K. Young deserves great
credit for the very successful manner
in which she conducts thio Import
ant department of the Academy.
This institution under the manage
ment of Mi-ses Krgs.Mit and Fetzeris
receiving a largo, patronage aud is
one of the best sehon!- In the State
of North Carolina.
St. ralentinrf MesenQr.
It was a happy thonghton tho part
of Ht Valentine to send by his dainty
little messenger suoh a dainty little
burden. The truth of tho matter is
that tho Saint was especially desir
ous of selecting a pleasing gift and he
could think of nothing more appro
priate than a pair of our Flue Shoes.
Of coursa the messenger will be
promptly admitted, and of course the
young lady, every time sho looks at
tho shoos, will wish tho day came
onoe month Instead of onoe a year.
A. E. RANKIN A DRO.,
UMBRELL
Several of our elty subscribers
have made complaint to us in the
past two days about paper borrowers
and want its to have it stopped.
Bless, you ; we can't. The only way
t stop that kind of work is for tho
paylngsubseriber to refuse to lend
It There's lots of ways of getting
rid of the borrower.
AS AND G
TbrJif w I ri'ichi Urpoi
The surveys for the now freight
dejiot of the Richmond A Danville
railroad company in this city, have
been completed, and the architect is
now at work on the design. As lias
been stated in the Nkws the cow
depot will occupy the t u;;re block
bounded by A, Third College and
Second street- It will completely
111 I up baseball park. There will he
tracks on its interior, and it will
have delivery platforms on three
streets. It will be one of the finest
freight depots in the w hole country
Ladies clean your kid gloves with
Mather's ( Move Cleaner. For sale by
Reese A Co., druggists.
Our Telegraphic market Bepor la.
To test the value of our telegraphic
market service aud also to discom
mode a few particular newspaper
sponges, The News a few days ago
omitted the usual markets. The
result was such as to prove beyond
a doubt that oar markets aro not
only valuable, but almost indispen
sable , so they will remain a regular
feature of the Nkws. There ia no
other paper that allords telegraphic
market reports daily for only $4 k
year, tsouu.in your subscription.
A Mew Plant.
The machine shops of Asbury A
Fin ire r have just been supplied with
a new steam plant, and it H one of
the finest in the city, Tho plant is
equipped with a 10 horse power en
giuo. Tho engine Is oue of Talbott's
best make and runs as noiselessly as
it is possible for au engine to run . It
was furnished by G. S. Johnston, the
aent here. It io a fine plant, aud in
keepiugwith tho progress of this
cuterprising lirm.
The liidHorium.
The plans of the Charlotte audito
riuiu, as drawn by Mr. I'osey. archi
tect, shows a i Iain, but very substan
tia', building. Without putting any
chair or benches in tho aisles, the
building will seat easily 5,000 people.
By utilizing the reserve floor and
aisle space it will take 6,000 people to
crowd the building. That's the sort
of an auditorium evangelist Fife is
to open his April meetings in.
A Mrwgboy l.ot.
When the Charlotte bound train
ou the Carolina Central road stop
ped at Liiicolnton to-day, tho news
boy got oil" to play with tbe narrow-
gauge, .ifd so absorbed was tie that
be did not notice his train as it mov
ed otT. He ran to catch it and f.ill
from a eix foot platform. He was
Ic't.
This ealo embraces Five Hundred or more of Fine Tailor-made Salts,
out in the latost styles, trimmed in tlrst-class manner, suitable for drese or '
busluess. They Include Bilk or Fancy Cheviots, C&aalmeres or Worsteds,
made up In Hacks or Cutaways. They sold readily this season tor
$10, $12.60 aDd $15.00,
And wre good values at ths figure. An inspection will convince the
most skeptical Gentlemen, now is vour ODnortunitv to nrnc.nr mmI
suit for a little money. o
A large lot of Boys Pants lout received, aires 14 to 18. thntwa will aIl tbta
week for 75c, tl and 81.25, worth double the money.
W. KAUMAlN & CO.,
LEAPING CIOTHIERS, FURNISHERS AND HATTERS.
CHARLOTTE. N. C.
-MAIL OROKRS REOK1VK OUB PROMPTiAJlD CARKFUL ATTENTION.
TBUMS AND VALISES!
of Trunks in all the different styles and shapes
i Patent Roller Trays are the best and nicest.
We carry an xeeUent lino
i-ineriat l op Trunks with Patent Roller Trays are the best and nicest.
Tho trunk is easily packed without the labor of handling the trays.
Our stock of Valise. Traveling Bags and Clubs should be examined
when In need of one. We carry the best to be had, at
PRICES AH LOW AS THE LOWEST.
NEW FRESH GOODS.
FINE SLIPPEES.
We have nst opened a new lot or Flippers and Oxford Ties. They are
the handsomest Shoes we have ever shown; Jnst the thing for evening dress.
Fina Ooie Tops with Patent Leather Vamps and Fine Dongolia Kid With
Diamond Tips, Square Tips or Plaiu Opera Toe. All tbe very lateatstyles.
Be sure to call and eo us, we will show you something nice and new.
THE LATEST STYLES AND LOWKST PRICES.
GKA1 & 13ARNHARDT.
19 East Trado Street. CHARLOTTE, N. 0.
fist-Prompt aXteorJoujtfron to all Mail orders.
OSSAMERS.
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How they do k these badi'iiin j from next Moml.iy to next
days. i 'lay'
We can lit anybody from the
smallest girl to the ltirgost woman.
If you liavn't got an I'inbrolltieoine
buy and keep dry,
WOO I. UN
U N I) K R W V. A R
will be slaughtered in every branch
T-
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Don't fall to come early If you wish
t) get the best bargain.
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TIU'NKS
DRESS (iOOpS
Hying dully at prices tha open the
eye of everybody. Why? Because
of the superiority of the gooiU and
tho humble price.
Trunks.
Trunks
CHILDREN SHOES.
:o 1 :o : o:
We have ractdved an entire new stock of the Genuine Solar Tip hoes.
best boys and girls shoes ever produced, and most comfortable.
Also the elegant I'ausey Kid Spring Heel Shoes with Patent
Tips. These are the ulcoet and best shoes for the money in the market.
See the little monitor Infant Shoes, Soft French Goat, only 60c
New Spring Goods arriving every day. Call and see or write for priest.
QILREATH & OO.
Open every evening Mil 8:80; Saturday till 11 :0a ,
Leather
Trunks.
i Trunks-
Trunks.
Trunks. Trunks.
Trunks. Trunks.
Trunks.
THINKS
TIU'NKS.
Trunks, Trunks, Tf unks, Truuks.
on Co-
WE ARE SHOWING
All the New Shapes
Stiff and Silk Hats
That are out for the Spring Soa.sou.
Tho Dunlap Block is not out yet.
Wo ask the wearers of Good Stiff
Hats to look at the two stylos wo of
fer this season at $2.50. The shapes
aro correct aud the finality is the
same you usually pay $3.50 for.
Tho imported Neckwear we offered
last week at 25 ents made quite a
"hit." Of the 60 doien we had ouly
about 15 donon are left.
ROGERS Sa OO.
BABY CARRIAGES.
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MY now stock a Baby Carriages arrived a few days stro and are all At- A
aud cheapest lot of Carriages I have ever handled. This Is the tlm Ton
top up for your tnepeetiou. Undoubtedly tbey are the handsomest and
should turn your minds toward the healthfulneaa and plasure of tha
"baby" and certainly the most Important thins is a car rl aire. I hare them
at prices that will suite everybody. Every carriage you boy from me this
season Is new stock and not one of theai was carried over from last season
My stock is perfectly new. Jo not buy a Carriage till yon see my stock; , i
and get prices, as I will save you monsy and at the tame time bars th
consolation of knowing that you have a new style and new foods.
B iSTiOKCOiLiS - Furniture 2Doxlor ,
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B. Nichols.
KLCobb,
' Fvnersl Pirn tor.
All work In that line
411 North Poplar street. .
ft NICHOLS & CO.
UNDERTAKERS. . vti'Mv
promptly attended night and day. Night ealL
B. NICHOLS A CO.,
IT West Trade t Charlotte, V. C.