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ai - rX AO' THE DjlflsY' CHAIt KOTTE JOtHUTJiL., MJTD THE DJlEIslT CIlJtltlsOTTE OMMSEItWEIt, COJTSOMDJMTED JTKMIlCIMin, 1S83. Hy rtertMU Otamtr, CataMitee Jaaaarr 15. 1S. UaliyCearletUJ.araaJ, ataslUh Aagzl, lisSS. CHARLOTTE, N C- SUNDAY, APRIL, 8. 1 883. PRICE FIVE CENTS. I V I X I I X.I I I V X I I . I V I I I I V I I i posed to be partial. They are giving more or less attention to all the princi pal monarchies. . ' Lawyer Merrick, of the star route prosecution, says that Dorsey1 convict ed bimselr, and might bare added, did what the prosecution probably never would do. Tbe Philadelphia Press thanks heaven that Rhode Island remains sol ' Idly Republican. In these days of Be- publican disaster they doubtless feel thankful for saving even so small patch of ground as Little Bhody. The last of the Williamsburg. S. C. election cases was disposed of Friday by the discharge of the accused parties the U. S. Commissioner deciding that there was no evidence against them to bo'd them over to court. A St. Petersburg, Russia, dispatch states that 50,000 men will be present at tbe coronation of the Czar, as a guard of protection. They are to; be fully armed and move around as a sort of racial wltiA amivntf Y nuiA " - Eliza Pinkston, of Louisiana fane has recently given birth to twins, one of whom she called R. B. Hayes, the other Stanly Matthews. If abe had had triplets John Sherman would.no doubt. have been remembered. The funeral of that good man, Peter Cooper, took place yesterday from the Church of All Saints, in New York. Thousands of people of all conditions in- life gathered at the church to view the remains and pay a last tribute of respect to the memory of one whose every Inspiring motive was good, and whose name none mention but with reverence. Tbe following is from a Western paper: "The authr of 'Sweet Home', died in xiew lort last Friday, tie has gone over to enjoy the holy grandeur that was so vividly depicted in his world- wide composition one that was fa miliar to almost every mind." This is probably the same editor who published a number of pages from scripture as news. President Arthur will have an oppor tunity to look around Florida some in the two weeks be proposes to spend there. Perhaps he may decide to go io into orange raising when he retires from polities a few years hence, or pol itics retires from bim, which is practi cally the same thing. Or be might go there and take a fresh start, as he is comparatively a young min.and Florida baa a future before her. The Southern rice planters will be Interested in the advance of rice in the London market. Rangoon rice has adTanced ten per cent. Wilmington Slar. -The Southern rice planters may thank God for protective tariff. Au gusta Chronicle. We didn't know that God had taken aides on this question. Tbe rice buyers will hardly feel like joining the plant ers In thanks for that Providential boon which advances the price of rice ten per cent. THE PANAMA CANAL. The New York Herald of Thursday contains a long and interesting report by Lieut Raymond P. Rogers of the United States navy, upon the Panama . Canal which be passed over and exam ined under directions from Rear Ad miral Cooper. The report is accom panied by drawings of 'sections of the canal, and skeleton maps of a part of the country through which it passes. The conclusions drawn by Lieut Rogers are: that the company certainly Intend I to carry out tne proposea pian ox in canal, but be doubts wLether they can complete the woik at the Una fixed by DeLesseps. 1883, or for the sum est! mat ed. 6 1 ao.000,000 t h at subscribers will have to increase their subscriptions or lose all, and that the new stockholders will reap the profits. Twenty-five mil lion dollars have already been expend ed, and he thinks that with the work well begun and advanced the money can be raised, and that the climate will not prove too deadly to the laborers. If DeLesseps does finish this canal, and also accomplish his scheme of turn ing the Mediterranean into Northern Africa, he will have immortalized him self, but he is too old to expect to live to see these schemes completed. He is now, we believe, about 80 years of age or near that. DR. 8I2I DISCHARGED. The case of Dr. Sims, of Aiken, 8. C, who was charged, with v nameless crime against his wife, and which was removed to Columbia for trial, was dis posed of Friday, a not pro being enter ed. It seems that Mrs. Sims had be . come reconciled to her husband, and re fused to testify in court against him The following letter from her was read in court: : . 'J - ' Columbia., & c, April C, 1883. To the Court; I respectfully decline to be a worn as a witness against my husband in this case and protest against being made to testify. I did not wish my husband prosecuted, but only de sired him bound over to keep the peace. 1 did not know the contents of the affi davit drawn up by the officer until after the arrest was made, and - then I . did not go 'before tbe grand jury at Aiken, because I did not wish my hua- . band punished, and I onjy came here because I did not wish to be brought under arrest, as bench warrants were issued to bring me. The circumstances of the case have been greatly exagger ated by idle rumor. My husband has inflicted no bodily injury upon me, and I have long ago forgiven him for any wrong he msy have done me. I wrote the solicitor that 1 wished, the prosecu tion stopped, and I now pray the Court not to destroy the peace and happiness of our family and the welfare of our . child by forcing me to testify in this case. Most respectfully, , t , Mbs. D. M.SIX3. . An effort was made by the prosecu tion to compel her to testify, but the presiding Judge, Hudson, held that she could not be compelled to testify, and she being the only witness the case fell to the ground. The dmamite people are not dis THE OPERA IIOUSE PROTEST OF THE PROPRIETORS. t j To t7u Editot of the Charlotte Dally Journal Observer'. Sir: In the' issue of your paper on the morning of tbe 6th lost, there Is an article upon the "Opera House" written in a manner and style entirely, (in our opinion) uncalled for. Interrogatively speaking, why did you use the language: "Dangerous Fire Trap," and further the following: "We think its a duty of the city authorities to take this matter in band and to forbid exhibitions of any kind in the opera bouse until bet ter facilities of escape are provided." "We give notice now that we will per sistently warn the public against going there until something in in is direction is done." This opera house was built in the year 1873 under the supervision of an architect, who bad come from New York city and had furnished plans for the construction of large buildings adapted to the purpose of public enter tainments, and the owners of the pro perty were particular in guarding against fires taking place in the build- in e. Therefore bad the heating and lighting arrangements so constructed that fires might not occur, and the egress of tbe house altered so as to have both ways of exit provided with large double doors opening out on the street entrance; thereby in tbe event of a panic occurring either by- are or any other cause, the whole house could be emptied in five minutes or less, v xoa might as well have caned the attention of tbe authorities and warned the public against going in any one of our city churches when crowded. There is as much danger in case of panics in either the Second Presbyterian orM. E. church as the opera house. It baa been the intention of the owners of tbe pro perty to make (this summei) altera tions fn the stage and to give a rear en trance an exit from the building, and the owners think you are too severe and hasty in your editorial remarks, and that you should have seen one or the other of them before writing on the subject. We are therefore driven to tbe conclusion that you did this in order to injure the opera bouse and property. If the public shou'd take your view it is already done and will prevent per sons from visiting this place of amuse ment hereafter, solely upon your pre sumption that there might be a fire panic or some other panic iu the near or far distant future. Now, as you have brought these charges, which have be come tbe town talk, we respectfully ask that you make them good or modify them. ; Wben the owners of the proper ty are convinced that there is danger such as you allege it will not be neces sary to call upon the authorities to close it up, they will do so without any de mand from any quarter. oAXDEBS & W ADSWORTH. We publish the foregoing communi cation as an act of courtesy to the gen tlemen whose names are attached to it and for whom, as we have already said we entertain no other feeling than one of kindness. Bat these gentlemen have made a mistake. The JouiurAi. -Ob server Is a new paper in Charlotte and these gentlemen, like others, will find that it has opinions of its own, and is not at all afraid to express them. whether they are agreeable to individ uals or not. Tbe Journal-Observer said that the opera house is a dangerous fire-trap. Is this true or false? Let the com m unity j udge. Ths proprietors admit the truth of it by declaring thetr intention to change the building. Tbe intimation In the concluding part of the letter that the editor of the Jour nal-Observer dt-sirea to injure the business of the opera house is ridicu lous. The only possible object we could have had was the protection of the peo plethe women and children who go there to be entertained, and not to be burned. . , The "charges" brought by this paper gainst tbe opera house were, that it was not a safe place in ease of fire, or a panic. Are these "charges" true? That is the only question. Everybody knows they are, and the fact that the proprie tors have made an unfortunate invest ment "in the j building ought not to stand off the possibility of a massacre at any time. We don't know that it will be any consolation to Messrs. San ders and. " Wadsworth to know it, but this is ndt the only public nuisance we propose to call attention to in Char lotte, and we might as well say that our personal regard for individuals will not in the least degree affect what we have to say in regard to public matters. We are very sorry if our criticisms shall offend anybody, but our grief at it will not prevent us from discharging what we conceive, and what every impartial citizen concedes, to be our duty. Any attempt to bulldoze us will not be re sented it will be laughed at. Give us a good opera house, gentle men, with a chance to escape in case of fire, or else quit the business. That is all we, and the public demand, and, if you don't do it, your opera house will be unattendedand don't you forget it DISTRIBUTION OF CARP. ' At the request of Senator Vance we publish the following, which will ex plain why some of the applications for carpi from parties in thistate have not been filled : j . f ; : " Hon. Z, B. Vance, IT. 8. Senate, Wash " inffton, D. Cz Dear Sxr: lYours enclosing applica tions for carp for four of your constit uents, also letter of Dr. . O. Elliott has been received. , It would give me the greatest pleasure, if practicable, to comply with the requests of tbe appli cants and orward tbe fish at once ; but the distribution has been- necessarily discontinued until fall on account of exhaustion of the supply. , Tbe applica tions, however, will be filed Jand receive doe attention at that time. - The distribution to North Carolina the present season, as you are aware, has been most liberal. . Our, effort has been to supply every one from your State who has filed an application, and all applicant! who applied prior to March 1st have received their fish; fully 1000 parties having been supplied. i -Very truly yours, -v-k - ..8.F. Baxrd,-' i-X . Commissioner. We also state at the request of Sena tor Vance, that he has exhausted the supply of books, documents, seeds, &&, plac?d at bis disposal, and that he would be glad to send more if he had them. rt ' '':"-:v- - taaporfaat Iafbrsaattea tor Craft. Lexdjqton.Ky, April 7' ElUs Craft In jail here in connection with Neal for the alleged murder of Emma Thomas and Gibbons' children, is in receipt of a letter from his brother stating that a negro in jail at Charleston has confess ed that he and another negro commit ted the crimes of which Neal and Craft are charged; - - ' A Qnealloa About the Rice Tariff- Postmaster Appointed, Ac. Washington, April 7. Represents tives of the various rice interests had a hearing before Judge French, acting Secretary of the Treasury to-day. Tbe question under discussion was whether granulated rice should be charged with the duty on rice, which is 2f cents per pound, or with duty on rice meal and rice flour, which is 20 per cent, advalo rem, or about 14 cent per pound. Mr. Barker, of Charleston, S. C, and Col. Screven, of Savannah, Ga, representing the planters,: argued in favor of a high duty on the ground that the admission of granulated rice at a low rate of duty would ruin the rice industry in the South. The arguments on the other side of the question were" made by Charles Ii. Fowler,, of New .York, an importer, and Louis Schade. represent ing the brewers. The acting secretary took tbe matter under advisement. David T.Dunn has been appointed postmaster at Brunswick, Ga. Secretary Folger has virtually aban doned his proposed -trip to Bermuda. Ills health is so nearly restoaed that he expects to resume , his duties in tbe Treasury Department Monday. DecatraUae the Cob federate Craves Jeffersot Davis Trihale to Albert 8yaey Johnston. New Orleans. March 7- Incident to the ceremony of decorating graves of confederate dead in this city yester day was the laying the corner stone of the monument to be surmounted by an equestrian statue of Albert Sydney Johnston. An oration was delivered by Jefferson Davis in which be eulogized the characteristics of the dead leader. Ia Johostun be said be recognized the strong pillar of the confederacy, and where be fell on the field of Shiloh. tbe mightiest column which sustained the cause, had fallen He died in tbe mo ment of victory, and had he lived half an hour longer be would,- have made General Grant a prisoner or a fugitive. Tbe confederacy i had three great leaders. Lee, Jackson and Johnston, who would compare with the leaders of antiquity or of modern times. At the banquet in tbe evening the speaker reiterated his sentiments. The President's Reception at Jackson ville. J ackson ville, Fla, April 7. Presi dent Arthur and party arrived here at 7:30 last evening. They were met at Callahan by a committee of citizens who escorted them iu carriages from the depot to the steamboat landing amid a salute of artillery and the cheers of 10.000 citizens assembled along the route. He left at once for San ford, where he will remain several days, resting quietly. The President says he has no definite plans, but if the weather continues favorable will remain ten days or two weeks, part of which will be spent in fishing and hunting. Railroaa Aeciaeat. WixjnPEo."MANiToBAApril 7- The Sc. Paul. Minneapolis and Manitoba ex press, which should have arrived at 7 o'clock lat " evening, collided with a freight train at Neverville. midway be tween Winnipeg and St. Vincent. Wm. uobtnsoo. englner or tbe express train, was killed, and Wm. Beakroan, of Bur fort. Ontario, was injured, probably fatally. Severn! passengers were slight ly bruised. The freight was shifting cars, and started up to clear the track for the express. The freight engineer backed op to conple, but was unable to get out of the way in time. Baraaan'a Vieioaa Elephant Mil let, ' New York, April 7. Barnum re cently had killed one of his large ele phants. "Pilot." next to Jumbo in size, because he had become vicious ai.d was considered dangerous. Henry Bergh, resident or the Society for the Pre vention of Cruelty to Animals, has written a letter condemning the killing j oi I'uoi. ms argument is that Kind ness instead of cruelty would have sub dued tbe an'mal. Barnnm's reason for killing Pilot was that he considered it wiser than to subject circus goers to danger. torsi aaa Levee Break at Ifew Orleans. New Orleans. April 7. There was a heavy rain and thunder storm this morning,and rain water covers the rear ox the city. Tbe races have, conse quently, been postponed. During tbe storm a break occurred In the levee just below the Texas & Pacific depot at Gouldshoro. nearly opposite Louisiana avenue. Tbe break is 150 feet wide, and seven feet deep. . The wind during the stoim drove tbe water over the levees opposite the city in many places. AaoOiet Draaamiter Arrested. London. April 7. Another arrest made to-day in connection with tbe conspiracy to destroy lite and buildings. A man named John Kiston wss taken into custody this morning at the Ens ton railway station in London. It is stated that Kiston bad only recently arrived here from the United States, lie refused to submit to peaceable ar rest and made some resistance. He was. however, speedily overpowered by the police, . . ' : Dasmages AsaiasUhe R. 4k D. Railroad , -; " -i - Cosapaart' Lynchburg. Va- ! April 7. In! the Nottaway Circuit Court yesterday SS4. 750 damages were awarded the plaintiffs in a suit against the Richmond & Dan ville Railroad Co. for Si 0.000. The suit had its origin in the killing of Jas. E. Budd. a colored boy. who fell asleep oh the track while minding the cows and was run over by a train. A de murrer was entered in the case. . What a Ntae-year-ola Roy With a Ciaa t -,r DieW.-v: Macon, GAHApril Tj Yesterdsy near Clinton, Jones county. 15 milea from here, a nine-year-old son of Buck Jordan, white, playing with an old gun accidentally killed Mrs. Wheeler, an old lady, and wounded ber daughter Mrs. Allen, and a baby of tbe latter. i ladastrial Works Daraea. ' Augusta. GA, March 7. The Indus trial works, manufactory of barrels, buckets, tubs and similar articles, was burned this morning. The loss is be tween 610V000 and 815,000. Insured for $5,000, The fire was accidental. L.L. Polk Jc Co. Assigm. : Raleigh, N. C, April7. L. L. Polk & Co, dealers in agricultural imple ments, to day made an assignment. Assets SlljOOO. liabilities SISXXJl ; - Rarlread Bridge Completed. Pehsacola. Fla April . 7. The bridge of the Pensacola and Atlantic R. R, over the Apalachicola river, near Chattahoochee, was completed to-day. i, Agricuiutral College deeesW " Des Moines Iowa : April -7.-f-Tha SUte ' Agricultural- College - has ; been temporarily closed, owing to the break ing out of scarlet fever among the stu dents, i f ; .&' -! i . .' -. ,fj I - ' Tntiov- 'Abril T.The Steanlir D. Kainnann,' from New ork AiOPcon, xor Antwerp is agrouna in the river Scheldt, at Ternuze&v . v Indications. South Atlantic local rains followed" by fair weather, stationary or slight falling temperature, higher barometer northerly to westerly winds. 1 . LOCAL RIPPLES. The storm of Friday night seems to have been pretty general. At Concord the hail and thunder were severe. Mr. T. A. Montgomery, of Raleigh who is connected with tbe State Agri cultural Department, was at the Cen tral VfALrdnv. . The Turks struck their tent last pight and put out for States ville with; their bears. They say Charlotte is too? hard a place for them to stand. , s Services1 at St - Peter's Catholic church to-day : First Mass 7.30 a. m. High Mass 11 a. m.; Sunday School 8 p. . it i n . jt.ti a m iu., vespers auu jhdcuwuuu p. iu. Preaching this morning at 11 o'clock at the Associate R. P. chapel by the pastor. Rev. W. T. Waller. There will.' ba no evening services in this church Ten teachers of the public schools of tbe county were yesterday paid off by CapL Belk, the treasurerjTor services ranging from two to four months. The amount paid them was 8755. The party for Charleston will leave Charlotte next Tuesday instead of on Thursday, as at first proposed. It will be quite a pleasant crowd and they are in for having a good time at the big bazaar. ;' Tbe friends of Mr. Jake Eudy. who lives in ML Pleasant, Cabarrus county. desire us to explain that he was not tbe man who suicided a few days ago. The suicido'e name was John C. Eudy, and he lived in Stanly county. The subject for the sermon ot Rev. J. T. Bagwell, pastor of Tryon Street Methodist church, at both morning and evening services to-day,- will be "The Intermediate State, or Scriptural Evo lution." Tbe public cordially invited. Services will be held at the Baptist church, corner of B and 7th street, by the pastor Rev. O. F. Gregory, to-day, morning and evening. For the morn ing service at 11 a. m. the theme will be: "Christ in me," At 7 p. m.: -Without the camp." One of Lidd ell's workmen says that tbe feat of tbe mechanic who can split a needle, isn't anything, as tbey have workman in their sbors who can beat that. This workman boasts that he can weld a piece of sttaw into a knife blade without scorching the straw. As the A T & O train left yester day evening tar Statesville. a rail was broken and knocked to one side by the car wheels. A few passengers who had just settled down for a snooze were jolted up pretty badly, but no damage was done. Tbe wheels of four cars ran over the crossties in the gap made by the broken, rail, and got on to the rails again all right. Mr Monroe Kennedy who lives five miles from the city on the line of the A T & O Bailroid, waked up the other morning to find a newly born baby on hi doorstep. It was alive and kicking, being carefully wrapped up in flannel and one thing and another, and placed in a banket. If anybody knows whose it is, they will not tell. Fire ia a Cottoa Factory. The Pbifer cotton mills at Lincoln ton, baa a narrow escape from being burned down last Friday. From some cause, supposed to have been a match, the cotton in the picker room became ignited and in an instant tbe whole in terior of the room was in a blaze. Buckets of water were handy, and the flames were .quickly extinguished' AbouU200 pounds of cotton were burned and tbe wood work of the Interior of the room was considerably charred. A aatareay Hiiht Concert. The wizard oil combination gave an op:n air concert last night in front of the post office and the number of people that gathered to bear It was astonish ing. There were fully five hundred standing in the streets as close up to the wagon as they could get, and about one third of this crowd was composed of ladies and children. The singing of tbe trio has been so much talked about in town, that last evening ; when the men went home to sapper and told their wives that there was to be a free con cert, th re was a general outpouring to hear it. Tbe wizard wagon beats any thing yet for drawing and holding crowds day after day. ttosae (aorgeoas Scenery Ceasing. The stage scenery to be used in the opera house here for the play of "Young Mrs. Winlhrop, will be some thing elegant, and will be a duplicate of the scenery which is used in the first, second and fourth acts of thia play, at the Madison Square Theatre in New York. : Tbe scenery ' is con structed of wood and brass, and the metal was cut by hand In "India for Louis C Tiffany & Co who imported it. In India this metal is used for decorating rooms dedicated to special ceremonials. The walls and celling of the scene at the Madison Square Thea tre contain over two hundred oriental designs. Its full beauty can only be appreciated by a minute inspection through an opera glass. It shows ,the kind of house decoration which the more wealthy are now introducing in New York city homes. ' Colored "Celestial Lodge.'.. Members of . the endowment rank. Knights ' of Wise Men, In Celestial Lodge, of this city, are requested to meet at their hall to-morrow at 8:30 p. m, as the Supreme Chancellor, - of Washington, D. C, will be present to adjust matters relating to the Lodge. ,t. E. H. Gotjgh, E A. TL P. Bkardkx, Sec. U i i a ; A Practitioner Tent. Marlon, n, C, March IS, 1880. H H Warner & Co -I have been trying etrt-I have been trying dney and Lhf Cars In mj isjctjlkoattianik - no. c. MJapat. htzx. aoaaa ! y oar oai ianer MoucKaaa see u to 'vOUaurrai e tSaat BUnclOf trrtt&tlon, lafi&maUow S3 XMaeysnd Urinary Complaints, oared by "Bpcka-pauta. fl. .THE WORK OF. LIGHTNING. Banting of the Car Shed and Tool House at the Lincolaton Depot A Watchman's Gallant Fight With the Fire. The car shed of tbe Carolina Central Bail road at the Lincolnton depot, to gether with a large brick building used as a tool house, was totally consumed by fire yesterday morning, between one and two o'clock. The light of tbe fire was noticed by the printers going home from their night's work, but as no alarm was heard, they, paid little atten tion to it, and dismissed it fromtheir minds with the remark that it was an unusually brilliant aurora. It appears from the statement of the night watch man, CapL S. 8. Carter, that the fire was first seen a little after 13 o'clock, about the time the storm had ceased, and was burning In, the cupola of ttbs building. It wss theu pnly a imall Uaza, and, had the watchman been able to procure a ladder, he could easily have extin guished the fire in its inciptency. but as it waa he bad no way of reaching the roof of the building. The fire burned alpwly at first, bnt soon gained rapid headway! Two engines of the Carolina Central Railroad were standing on tbe track under the shed, and the watch man's first thought was to save these. He waked the engineer, CapL Jno. W. Hall, who slept near the depoLand who4 hurried out, and found, as good lock would have it, that there waa a little steam in one of the engines. To stir up the fire and get on enough steam to move the engine was tbe work of a few minutes, when the two engines were coupled together and drawn out, just in time. Sparks from the burning roof had been showering down on them for ten minutes,snd the wood in the tender of one engine was on fire. From the car shed the flames spread to the brick building near by, in which was stored the tools belonging to the road and sec tion handall of which were destroyed. Tbe fire lasted fully three honrs. During the progress of the fire a shifting engine was sent into the city on the Richmond & Danville track to summons help from the Hook and Lad der Company, the fire being located be yond the city limits and out of reach of water, rendering It useless to call for the engines.. On account of the delay experienced, the buildings by this time having pretty well burned down, it was considered unnecessary to sound the fire alarm bell, but tbe chief of the fire department gave permission" to press tbe truck, hooks, axeo and ladders of the Independents into use if men couM be found to take them ouL We state this much in explanation, as some com ment has been made on the failure of the fire companies te turn ouL Tbe fire was tbe work of lightning. tbe building being struck about 12 o'clock. The total lots is about 82XXX Tbe gallantry with which CapL Carter, who, for a considerable length of time, waa the only person at the scene.foaght the fire. Is hhrhly commended. After several efforts he managed to mount the roof, and had tbe fire almost extin guished, when it broke out fresh on the other side of the house, nd be bad to giveitup. 1 f he d id not save the build- inghe saved the engines, which were far more valuable. Death of Mrs. Reahiu Mrs. J ane Neabit, mother ot Messrs. W. B. and A. B Nesbit.of thiscity.died at the residence of her son, Mr. W. B. Nesbit, corner of Church and 8th streets, yesterday morning at 8 o'clock, at the age of 70 years. Mrs. Nesbit had been sick for sometime, but throughout it all she bore her sufferings with true Christian fortitude. She was a most estimable lady and has gone to the grave at a ripe old age, respected and loved by all who knew her. Her nature was gentle and lovely and her faith was pure, and her sun goes down on a life well spent, fraught with good deeds and kind actions. The funeralservices will be conducted from tbe residence this afternoon at t o'clock. liana pty Dnnanty aad the Benediction. We received a note from the mana ger of Hewlett s liumpty Dumpty troupe, Friday night after the show, asking us to explain to the public the reasons why their show was such a poor affair. They claim that the action of part of the audience in leaving the house before the show was fairly un der way, disheartened them and threw a spirit of indifference over the actors. Again, tbey were hissed and hoofed at. something that never "fell to their ex perience before by any audience in this State. That the crowd acted shame fully towards the boys, is a fact which we blushingly admit, but the nature of the show put them in : such exuberant spirits that tbey were obliged to vent their enuthuslasm, we suppose. The handful of patriots who remained stead fast in their seats to the last,' were uni- ; quely rewarded by the clown, who pro nounced a benediction that was brief , and pointed, when the curtain dropped. He said to thoaudience: "Now, damn you, you can go home." And they kick ed themselves down the stairs and out. " ; The; Mayoralty; -" Editor Joamal-Obaarrer: As some one has proposed calling a convention fox the purpose of nominate log a candidate xor the offlc of Mayor, we woua state that wnen. the conven tion is called, the name of W. C Max- well win De one among the nomina tion. The friends of Mr. Maxwell have already presented hla name to the people, ana tney wink tnatne win nave a large support in tbe convention. Mr. Maxwell is well qualified for the posi tion. He is a man of good practical business qualifications, and a lawyer of fine literary attainments. He stands unprejudiced, ana is popular among both parties and will be supported by . ; Makt Voters. - Aaother Name Saggested. - The man for the Place. Who is he? What should be be. Eureka. A man who possesses tbe confidence of all part ties, who is of liberal views but just economy; bas been familiar with tbe aaxniniatration ox tne oiiy govern mens for som,e years. Such is our fellow citizen, C K.P. Oaborne. r - . ; " i ' i " ill - .;- Btrm. 2 H Etawart. Monroe. It CI. aara: "ErowuB Iron l . tr cured at of weakness. lacM ot muua andOebiatr.- - . .... TWO OLD FOLKS GONE. A FATAL MISTAKE AND A CHOK ING FIT. An Aged Lady of Cabarras Doses ller- self and Ilaabaad with Arsenic, fey Mistake for tluinine The Latter Ite V corertag-Aaother Aged Lady Chokes to Death on the Same Day. There were two deaths in Cabarrus county last Friday, both of old ladies, one through taking a dose of arsenic by mistake for a dose of quinine, and the other through a choking flL On the morning of the day named. Mrs. Peter Fink, who lived near Mount Gilead Church, a few miles northeast of Con cord, feeling unwell, took a dose of what she supposed to be quinine and gave her husband a dose out of ' the same bottle, after which she replaced the bottle in the cupboard and started! to walk lo the frost door, which &. had scarcely reached . before she felt jthe effects of the poison. Her daughter quired of ber mother what was the raat ter, and tbe old lady replied that she must have taken the wrong medicine. Her daughilr went at once to the cup board and finding the bottle from which her mother had taken the dose saw that it was labeled arsenic. The discovery was made too late, but even had it been made sooner it would have been of no avail, for the dose taken was a large one and would necessarily have proved fatal. Mrs. Fink laid herself on a bed while her daughter was searching ; for the bottle, and was dead in a few min utes. Her husband was made quite sick, but the dose he had taken war a small one, too small fortunately, to have a deadly effect. At last accounts he was improving. Mrs. Fink was 86 yrars old, and was held in high esteem by her neighbors. Tbe second death was that of Mrs. Katie Hicks, an aged lady of the Poplar Tent neighborhood. Friday morning she. made a visit to the family of Mr. William Melcher, intending to spend the day and nighL Sometime after the family had retired and while-the thun der storm was raging, she got up from her bed and waa sit zed with a -violent choking fiL The family, alarmed at the noise she made, hastened to her room, but were unable to give her any relief. She died within fifteen minutes after being seized with the fiL The Volcanoes of Hawaii. Captain Duttorv of -Colorado fame, has recently written to Professor J. Dana a letter upon tbe volcanoes of the Sandwich islands. The following is condensation of the most important points: The celebrated crater of Ki- lauea baa altered considerably since it was first described by 11 is in 1823, The inner great pit is vomptetely filled up, ana we outer cavity is probably shallower, although its walls are from 320 to 740 feet in height. The surface of the lava in this huge pit is subject to periodical eouuiuons, wnxen occur at intervals of from forty minutes to two and a quarter hours. Previous to the commencement of one of these the en ure surface of the lava ia black. Sud denly a crack runs along tbe surface and a piece of lava turns on edge and disappears, to be followed by hundreds of others, as cracks multiply in all di rections, and ere long tbe whole area ia one glowing sheet of molten lava. Soon the surface darkens and becomes again black, to again break up in grand com motion. Captain Dutton explains this result from- the greater lightness of the uppermost layer of lav a, which, bow ever, becomes denser as it solidifies and. cools, till at last" a portion sinks and initiates the sinking of the entire hard ened sbeeL Kiladea is Hot to be considered as an appendage of its colossal neighbor. Manna oa, but as a distinct centre of eruption. . - - . Mauna Loaia composed of lava, on mingled with ashes, cinders or other fragmentary matters such as form the bulk of most volcanoes. Few cinder cones occur along its aides, and such as occur are dwarfed. The eruptions of this volcano are grand in their volume, but are most singularly noiseless. No earthquake, bo violent explosion ac companies the flow of the great river of lava, the bulk of which, in the eruption of 1855, would make a Vesuvius. Ac counts say that the lava sometimes rises, f onntain-like, 600 to 1,000 feet in the air. Tbe streams oT lava How from fissures that point directly down tbe slopes of the mountain, the sides of which are unbroken by water-worn ravines, and give birth to no living stream, however smalL The structure of the lava is vesicular, so that whatever, rain falls upon it immediately disappears and runs through the substance of the po rous material, in which it has worn long pipe-like tunnels. Thousands ot these perforate the lava, and some are several milea in length. The lava of Mauna Loa contains much olivene; that of Kilauea but little of that mate rial. Both are abnormal lavas. The great pit at the summit of Mauna Loa is very nearly equal in horizontal extent to that of Kilauea, and much more impressive. Its sides descend a sheer one thousand feeL . Mauna Kea, the activity of which has ceased for a very considerable period, presents a great contrast to Mauna Loa. While the latter, built up of fluid lava, spreads over an extensive area, with sides of very moderate slope. Manna Kea, composed of volcanic e jecta, rises from a comparatively small base to a height of only six or seven hundred feet less than that of its grand neigh bor, while the cinder cones at its apex actually overtop Mauna Loa by about two hundred feeL . - Still another volcano is Hualalal, which is known to have given forth three eruptions in the interval from 1801 to 1811. AQaestioa. To the Xdltor of tlte Jooroal-Obaenper. Ought not Captain Roessler. Chair man of the Democratic Executive Com mittee, call a convention at an early day for the nomination of a candidate for Mayor?, ; Inqtjibkb. Haraf orat's Acid Fhaapbato Oyer worked IferTeus Systeaa. - - Sr. Xdwant I. Doer. Falladelchls. tarsi "X oaed U tor aeveral year, eoostdertac It t owno to vraiwviuQ nerveoa ayamna, aaa in ute exhausted oondJUon following protracted lewa," - JPetreleasa V.Haay. - D- R. Locke. Petroleum V. Kuby (Xdltor Tole do Blade") writes: V I bad on a forefinger ot my right aaM one of those pleaaBt pets, a "ran loand. The Oncer became innaAM to a degree unbearable aaa swenen to nearly twtea Its &tasal also.- friend gare ne Hsaifi Car boUe Salve, and In twenty nUauk ike pain had so ntoeb subsided as to aWa ra a fair nl-M', rwt, wblcU I had not had before iwr m n ia iuhuuhob Wit ISO Snfr Ut S JJJJiWii tt a moat vslaahle arUelelortba Tarn tJsl miY Rra. ' - ' Glenn's Fa!r--r F-wo removes a'l looal HO". S0Otba ft.i &.i.rn.lAna nf Ik. . ' - ersD yiket TootUt(Ae fcrooa enw la oae itnyte. FROM SALISBURY. Gratifying Progress ia the Old Town, bat She Waats Store Iloaaes. ' Correspondence JouroaJObserrer. j Salisbury. April 6. Messrs. A.Lea- zer, Edmond Jones, It. M. Fur man. and others or, the state Board of -- Agricul ture, passed op the Western, North Carolina liailroad Saturday. They were returning xrom the meeting or the Board and report much important busi ness as having been transacted. The graded school has enrolled 242 pupils with an averaging attendance of about 2uu This is tbe largest enroll ment the school has ever had. Cocsid- ering the fact that this school haa been fought, for personal and political rea sons, from Its very inefpiency, with sueii an impiacaoie venom, it is won derful now it continues to grow. ; The town , commissioners held their regular monthly meeting Friday even ing.- After transacting much rootine business, tbey renewed the license of the - bar-rooms and passed an order di recting a bridge to be placed over the western I iorta uaroitaa uauroaaon Main street. ; - " , Mr.T. XL Vanderf ord, town tax col lector, reports that he has about com pleted the collection of the taxes. He will probably report fewer insolvents than ever before reported. probably at this time ox the rear so little talk about the town elecubo was never known before. It is generally conceded that tbe present administra- tration wm be continued for another year, so they can complete the improve ments iney nave so wisely inaugurated. xoe j. resonenan cnurcn nsa bees hold in ir a series of meetinea this week preparatory to communion service' on Sunday. ' Ber. Joseph Wheeler of the xlethodist church has been assisting the pastor, Bev; J. Rumple, D. D-in his meetings. The Lutheran church haa called Dl Bowman; of Augusta. Ga. to fill the vacant pastorate, now existing in their church. He haa not yet signified his acceptance, xnia live eoneresrauon ia still moving in the interest of a new edifice and no doubt before the summer is gone they will nave an elezant church edifice adorning the site of their present ouapiaaiea one. The tobacco sales at tbe warehouses have continued very brisk all tbe week. Some large consignments from neigh boring towns nave been received and sold for rood prices. The tobacco in terest is booming and two or more new lactones are under contemplation Tbe greatest craw bacs to Salisbury now is the want of houses to renL There are no vacant houses in town, and hence marir persons are thru deterred from coming into our midst. There is an abundance of idle capital here to build a hundred or more nice cottages, bnt for some unknown reason it is not thus employed. He who will erect several neat and comfortable cottages for rent at reasonable rates, will be a public benefactor to Salisbury. Capi talists of Salisbury! look around and see how many business enterprises that wouta result in untoia good in building up tbe town, are nipped in the very bud. simply because there are no build ings for renL Salisbury can never grow and prosper as abe ought without more citizens, ana ane can never obtain these until she bas homes for them. . Cant. Wallace Grav baa bonsrht n half interest in toe isoyaen iiouse. xnia is a guarantee to the travelling public that the Boyden House will be first class in every particular. CapL Gray has travelled a great deal and thorons-h- ly understands the wants of the public ana as wm sinve to suppiv tnem. n - a tit m - With Mrs. McNeelv to supervise the table and Cant Grav the office, the Boyden cannot but succeed. Iaaportaat to Tobacco Dealers. Charleston New and Courier. Major 11. JNoan deputy internal rev enue collector at this place, has, under directions of Commissioner G B Raum, ordered a thorou&rh canvass of this district with a view to the enforcement of the revenue laws in relation to the effacing of stamps on cigar and tobacco boxes. Section 3.378 makes it the dntv of every person who empties any stamp- eu uox, omg, vessel, wrappr-oxnveiopo of any kind containing tobacco or snuff to destroy tbe stamp thereon. Section 3.406 provides that whenever anv ataran. ed box containing cigars, cheroots or cigarettes is emptied the person in rhose hands the same ia shall ntterlv destroy the stamps thereon. Hitherto dealers have been accustomed merely to scratch the stamps, failing to comply with the reauirementa of the law.which are that the stamps shall be scratched off and destroyed bevond the nosaibilitT of further use. , In this letter the com missioner says that It ia not the wish of the department to institute proceedings at law for these offences where there Is apparently no intention to violate the law. it is only desired to see that all stamps on emptied cigar and tobacco boxes are destroyed utterly and as early as possible. In obedience to these instrue tions a canvass of these district bas been ordered and is now in progress. . CoBTictee of Wife Harder. ; Washington. April 7. The inr-r in the case of Frank Miner, colored, for murdering his wife last KorcmlMr. rendered a verdict of guilty last night. i JL CoVtiyFire. - ; BOSTON. April 7. The loss br the fire at the hotel Berkley last nizht aesre- gates S17OJ00O, on which S150.000 is on personal . property and 20 000 on tha 5 building. v.. ,; v 1 - 5 fUHEBAL NOTICE. 1.;.;. The friends and aeqnalntaneM of Mrs. Jans Xlabet an uvrttM to attend her funeral tram the nsldanoa of her sob Mi. W. B. Hisbst, eoraer ot Cburea and Xlghth streets, this ahemoen at Uuee o'clock. . ' -s T'r rtnt after taklnc some highly naffed on stuff, wtta ionf lesumoelata, tan to Hop Btttera. aodBM BO (ear Of Uf KlOMt or Urtiun TmiihUa kiwk m Disease, DUbetea or Liver Complaint. Tbeae ela- resist tarn earanve power of nop ana. Fauner 1 'J COMnrmi. r A i test H. H. Warner a Co.; Htn.Timui . - kidney disease, and nay sen of "Brunt's ramaae! o inenae t your safe Kidney and Lirer Cure, wben erery outer remedy bad Wled. . " -' - - Jomraesxw. Wr. aforria TntMiK lfiiirn..i ,m. w n FOR SALK. - One Ponv PhutA. mjt WagonVapplyto " apati A.Y.iiiu.am LOST. B rowan Dm rank rtim ------ - BQaare, a plain gotdrtrTwTi the daSTsJ fontbeuislde. Tne owner wiufewlu emlly tbe finder upon morn of ths mi to tbts effloa sptsdt Fop Sale Below Cost Sf?T,5fTlrt; wita a lew glased and nn- fi!&ias JWtoo&tt . a-PKIWirtinT. WANTED. a saafmsn to Sooth. Strict, y tr4 imi.i .yf trart,. j i ,t t.,. j n , lij. . Aduireas r-s. fTre but t r . " 1, r.6tj Spr7d2t ' 237 W. EalUaors atikactive: Stylish! - - Mr ,11 O'JB- Display of Spring Koveltl C3 , la low goods t ot SADIES avatd GENTk FINE WE.lir, We carry tbe Largest stock of CHILDRENS' SHOES la taa city. .. A. C. DATCIiin' ap8 Tiyoa Street, 0r2se Ec tl50 BARRELS ARRIVED TO-DAY. BUYERS WILL SAVE MONEY BY SENDINGOS THEIR ORDERS. SPRINGS & BURWELL. anS v Hanof aetnred only at OORTICINE FKX)R COYEIIKS CO. LONDON. MeaaJL, Paute, XST3. OOBTICINais a floor corerlnc wblrh. af twelve years of hard trial, bas tboroogUy t i lianed useil In pubile faror. it is eompo4 c w ffwiou km. prepared ny a epecial vro-. atatos vnta groeaj eore. and rolid oa a luuti It la a warm, clean, and thorooxnly daaap-proc f namnaii lmKiurouoi or great aaraouuy, and per feetetastlelty. It Is available for every porpos tevhiea ST 'v. taUeoaaad Linoleum ean be apphed. win a u 1111 toe additional merit of belnr erui ir neaffdoted by tempera am. It remains soit s i pUable in the eolowtf wesuiier. aod may be with eon 1 advantae In warm elimai. OOanCDiSeaa be maAutaeturel of any e: wnleh. being aa Integral part of Ue mates . never wear of. It Is plnted vrt'a- a rest v.r of patterns, tuttng It for nee In evsry tait a dwMllag Boose or pobue boUdln. Its warmth, notseietsnesa. and dean? esa, r--eer tt a perfect sanatttote t or e vpec Ui..nc i laid, which ean be readily done by nens of 1 1 ' tac&s. tt requires only to be waited, and nec i aever do mcob ap. It h employed by railway companies, hotel t, baaks. rotsnrsnts, a&. and In a. I piaes wtf urn Dame is great, aoa is admtrabiy aoapted I ase oa boa-d snle. Ber Haleaty'a Government have adopted It at , CaU and examine tt for yoarseif. apr8 1883. I 1 00 SFMG STQC Uii. ujioruflu fcTJCX ot xadasf, tggg. Gents. xr&s aadcmrrca's . - . CSS r-' m' yiiiJ CT'J 1 yv 9- - Is new fan and sompleta, totnfz tia t makes and most correct aijias. iaC;s'. 1:: and CLIUrea's Fi:s E:tt:3 cA L: BUT TOST KXWP03TS, KZVTFCT.T LZSTTZ' and Sirn)XL3 a ezzczj. eeni and Tocti GLTZZZIZ. Z'JTZZ ivies bxls, err if ezczi cc::cr and EUTTCN CZ1C2Z J IU"r3 as! E1ZTFZ : an grades. V" " . w Gents fine eac EfJt aad Telt IIXTJ c tas best brands and most e&rrsct stjlas. A I has of Tcsxs, VALcra, xzlxtzlc: 3 biz and ST2AT3, laiported E:a leg and Coos resslDg. C7.hos toners aad Eatloa Fasteners s they eaa be easily used by famlUes and tl Trai au other Goods In ear line la Varietr and at t pness, GTVX C3 a CALL. mar23 S.W II. U.m.uM J Vx . . I 3 a f i'-nv-''-lf! 1. .. t.T ... ' '. TroM'rui a fr f - ' r jr f i f t I f J J I A , , . . 1 ' , C t HuinntlGniis,
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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April 8, 1883, edition 1
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