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. 4 , v a f. j i i 9 Kl ' ; . : ' - 'A-h. "n I TIIE CUAItEOTTE JOWJRJTJt. MJTD THE DjtiElT CMMAMIEOTTE OUSEItVEMl, CONSOLIDATED JfUiltCnVI, 1S83. , . . ' ' , . ; . KiScaarftg - .CHARLOTTE, N. C WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11. 1883. PRICE FIVE CENTS. - - ...I! i Pajlu QaxivvuxUtobscxvcx TO SUBSCRIBERS AMD PATRONS. i Br the term of the consolidation of Tn Jcxm K'L-Obskbyk. Ut- proprietors of tbe couaol wav ed paper agree to carry out all eontreU for amr ttsiig and subscription, existing with either paper previous to aucn consolidation. . Prrsons ho have paid In advance for sabscrip- uon ir uo?n paiers wui nave tne lime extended on the n-w subscription books, and persons who he paid In advance for either paper will receive Thb J crhal CBSKBTKB to tne expiration of tbe time paid. - Italy has 5,500 miles of railroad which cost on an average of 5100,000 a milej . . " Professor Kerr has declined the ap pointment of State Geologist tendered him by Governor Jarvis. According to the census the railroad employees in this country in 1830 num bered 418,957. A pretty large army. - Last Saturday eight and a half inches of rain fell at New Orleans within six teen "hours, the greatest rain fall since 1871. I The Maryland Democrats are wrang ling pmong themselves to such an ex tent us to give to the Republicans hopes of carrying the State. Counsellor Crowley, whom Attorney Brewster employed to assist in the prosecution of the South Carolina elec tion jcast-s, has .abandoned the jjb in disgust. i - The Providence Press remarks that there was less money used illegitimate ly inf the last election in Rhode Island than, in any previous contest in many years. "-jllader the new postoffice rulings a letter directed to the postmaster of a towa is returned to the sender. It must be directed to the postoffice and not to the postmaster. The land of Confucius moves. There is arj organiz ition among Chinese la dies .to put an end to the custom of compressing the feet of girls, and making cripples of them. I Lotta has been ordered by her physi cian! to retire from' the stage for a coa- . i ! .. pie or years, to recover ner voice, w men has been somewhat impaired. As she has managed to save about 8400,000 she lord to retire' for that length of Id the midst of all the trials and trib ulations of life, the numerous disasters by flood and fleld.Nihiliatic and Fenian iati dynamite plots, it affords some consolation to be informed that the bas ball season has opened. The royal family of England is pretty well provided for, tbe annual grants to them amounting in the aggregate to 550,000 pounds, on which it seems they ought to be able to get along pretty comfortably, especially as the Queen is disposed to be economical. I Dr. E.R. Show waiter, of Mobile, Ala. has presented to the University of Ala bama his collection of fossils and ma rine and fresh water shells, embracing more than 100,000 specimens, together with a fine library of scientific works. It is said to be one of the best collec tions In the United States. I Hew York journals aro repenting of their spasmodic display of virtue in opposing the river and harbor bill. The Herald complains that the Hell Gate improvements in New York har boi must 8 top by reason of the failure of Congress to make provision for its ooounuanee. . Four States," says the Worcester (Mass) Spy (Rep.), "in New England . have made changes in their divorce laws for the better within five years Divorces have, in consequence, fallen off nearly one-third in Vermont, one fourth in Connecticut, and the changes made in the past month in Maine laws wll insure fnrth.er reduction. Tbe Augusta Chronicle remarks: "IX the majority of men would only re member that at ninety nine saloons in a hundred the drinks are adulterated. dangerous and poisonous, much good to the temperance cause would be auto matically accomplished." Tbe trouble is that when "the majority of men rva.pt a dripk. they don't ask whether it " sj adulterated, and don't care a conti nental whe'.her it is or not. Richmond State: The Dismal Swamp i fast lossing all its romantic charms under the Invasion of utilitarian man. Its morasses are being converted into fertile fields, canals and railroads pene trate ic in every aireciion, ana even Lake Drummond, that famed haunt of the maiden and her fire fly lamp, im mortalized by Erin's sweetest bard will soon be "gone glimmering among the dreams of things that were." i The.s overeigns of Florida seem to ave worrit d President Arthur with Jepders of public receptions, etc and jet the S.eminoles got away with the ptber sovereigns aud enticed, him to pre sent himself at a complimentary green corn break down. He realized the fact (perhaps, that the Semlnolea had no de signs upon him. We i egret that the jFloridians, who were not Seminoles, "wonied tbe dlstinguised tourist, who fled to that remote region, for rest, and Tbass fishing. A Florida dispatch informs us that Secretary Chandler fell qtjt of a wagon. Jp which he and others of the presiden tial party vera riding.' He was but slightly Injured. Mr. Chandler lelng Secretary of the Navy now rides in ships chiefly, and if he ever had it has doubtless lost his expertness in navi gating a wagon, to which may perhaps a fee attributed hUloss of balance, unless Jl accounted for qn another hypothesis of a ruperabundance of corkscrew. , Jaritatloas to tbe President, ' FgxsAOOLA, Fla. , - April 10, The aaaagers of tbe Penaacola and Allan c railroad have-invited President Arthur to visit Pensacola, If accepted this will enable the President to return via New Orleans and Nashville. The city of Tallahassee has also invited the rresident to Tisit the capital. can an time. WHY NOT EXHIBIT AT LOUIS VILLE The Southern exposition will be held at Louisville, commencing August 1st. and continuing one hundred days, and the prospect now is that it is going to be a more grand affair than the Atlanta exposition, which did so much to bring North Carolina into notic. The main building is well under way, and will be an immense structure. There will cer tainly be a splendid display of the pro ducts of tbe Northern and ; Western States, as well as from the South, as ap plications are pouring in for space for exhibits every day, and as tbe Govern ors of several of the Northern States have expressed great interest in the success of the exposition. Gov. Paltison, of Pennsylvania, says he will take great pleasure in doing whatever he can "to place the Southern exposition in a favorable light before the people of Pennsylvania." Gov. Hub bard, of Minnesota, says he is sure the exposition "will prove to have increas ing attractiveness to the people of Min nesota, both as exhibitors and visitors," and he hopes for it a success equal to the most sanguine expectations of the promoters. Gov. Porter, of Indiana, says be will place the exposition in as favorable a light as possible before the people of Indiana, and he expresses the earnest hope that "the exposition will be highly successful in exhibiting the conditions of the several industries of the South, and in calling attention to tbe productive capabilities of that vast and fertile region." There was a meeting a few days ago of the Southern railroad and steamship companies, at which the rates of round trip tickets to Louisville from all the principal points in the South were fixed at three cents per mile. Similar action was had - at a meeting of passenger agents some time ago in New York. Now, as North Carolina will make a splendid exhibition at Boston next fall, why cannot our accomplished Commis sioner and his assistants take advant age of this opportunity at .Louisville first, and then ship their goods from Louisville direct to Boston? There may be difficulties in the way of which we are not advised, but we hope, if it lies in the power of the Board of Agri culture, they will see that the State is represented at Louisville as well as at Boston. There will be thousands of people at Louisville, from all over the West and Northwest, who will not be at Boston, and there will not be such another chance for North Carolina to make known to that section her wonderful resources for many years to come. What do you say, gentlemen, of the Board of Agriculture, and of the press throughout the State? FLORIDA. The rapid development ofTtortda now seems about as certain as that of the most favored part of the country. The State has become, as Mr. Medill of the Chicago Tribune says, a Northern colony. He has been down there and. like everybody -else, is delighted with the outlook. In his paper he has been expressing his views on tbe subject. and feels assured that the State will rapidly advance in prosperity. He says: "What capital, skill, enterprise and perseverance can do will surely be accomplished. In the course of a gen eration more Florida will supply tbe markets of the entire Republic east of the Rocky mountains with all kind and varieties of tropical fruit, as it pos sesses the soil and climate suitable to their production, and Northern money and energy will put in the requisite work." We have hardly ever seen a man of late years who had visited Florida that did not have the "Florida fever" badly There seems to be a fascination about the region that is ii resistible. It may be and we suppose is chiefly because the air is balmy, the climate delightful, the fish and game abundant, the fruit unrivalled, and the chance to make a living without much work very good. Among the other pleasant prospects in Florida we number as not tbe least the certainty that all or nearly all of the Northerners who go down there will in a few years be voting the Dem ocratic ticket like good citizens, and wondering "how you people ever stood the condition pf things when the carpet baggers and negroes held sway." A NUISANCE THAT OfJGUT TP BE ABATED. That peripatetic nuisance, Herr Most, ought to be abated. He spoke in Phil adelphia on Sunday afternoon at a meeting of workingmen, and openly advocated communism, saying that the time was ripe for revolution which he thought would soon sweep over Europe and America. He predicted that the Czar would not be crowned in Russia, and expressed entire approbation of the dynamite business in Ireland. It is true that the right of free speech is a sacred one in this country, p.nd guaran teed in the constitution as BUCh, but we do not understand that free speech in the constitutional sense, includes the right of a foreigner to stand up on American soil and urge the people to overthrow the government and rob the property holders of the country. The right' of the Government to preserve the public peace to keep a crowd from hanging Most, for instance must be auite as sacred and important as the fight of any jnaa to wag hts Jjaw, and we tuinK ii is me amy oi taeviiy authorities where -he attempts to de liver one of his incendiary harangues to forbid it on that grouod that it ill lead to a breach of the peace. ledge M acker latervlews Drewater. WashtnototC Acrll lOV-Judge Mack ey, of SAuth Carolina has had a confer ence with the Attorney General touch ing tbe South Carolina election irauq trials, Oomplamt is made, that the special United States Attorneys caused arrests Co be made upon nniormauon and belief " Those thus arrested were compelled to go some distance to ap pear Derore a united states o nicer to give balL This ' Judge Mackey thought should ; be corrected, and that arrests should not be made except upon specmc allegations amy sworn to. , - .- ! - . - . REPORT OF TIIE WHEAT CHOP. . Ulii ; The Crop Not Up to the Average Tt Not as Bad as Some Snpnose. , Washington, April 10. The Depart ment of Agriculture reports the condi tion of the winter grain crop: On the first of April over its entire breadth iu Michigan and other Northern territory tbe wheat was still covered with snow. In theObio valley tbe winter protection had been partial for terms locally vary ing from three to ten weeks, after which tbe loss from freezing was quite general. The average depreciation is greater in the" upper part of the Ohio valley and in Kansas than elsewhere. East of the Alleghany the condition is good in ..the northern belt, declining slightly in lower latitudes. The average for tbe crop is 80 last April it was 104; in 1831 it was 85. The most observing reporters have examined the roots, and in many cases found them heaJUiy. while the plants are brown. There Is good reason for believing that the'real condition of wheat is, therefore, less un promising than it seems. The averages of the condition in States of large pro duction are: New Yoik 101. Pennsyl vania 95, Ohio 70. Kansas 80. Indiana 75, Michigan 93. Illinois 80, Missouri 83, Kansas 70, California 02. The acreage of winter wheat varies very little from last year's breadth. The returns indi cate an increase of one per cent. New York returns two per cent increase, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Missouri one per cent decrease, California ten per cent increase. A slight decrease appears in the Gulf States. The acreage of winter rye is 99 per cent of last year's breadth ; average condition 94. A Determined Set of Brakemen. Littlk Rock. April 10. Train mas ter Kenuon. if ihe 3rd division of the Iron Mountain Railroad, from Little Rock to Texarkana, issued an order that on April 15ih the number of brakemen of a freight train is to be re duced from three to two. He subse quently decided to Let tbe order go into effect yesterday and all the freight brakemen struck, under the belief that the sama order would be issued for the division North to Poplar Bluff. Brake- men running north also struck. One crew went out with a freight train to day, but they were overtaken by the strikers on a hand car and were com pelled to return. Every effort to take nut a freight train whs defeated by the strikers jumping on trains in motion ann pulling out tne coupling pins. ro freight went out to-day. The strikers are about 80 in number and although several arrtsta have been made officers are thus tar unable to restrain them. A Destructive Arkaasas Torsade. HotSpkixgs. Ark, April 10. Re ports of the late hurricane at points re mote from railroads and telegraph show that great damage was done be yond tbe Ouchita river. There was al so considerable loss of life. JnoNeush and his wife living 15 miles south of the river were killed by falling timber. lSear Johnson s ferry Thodore V tlson killed by hi house falling on him. The destruction of houses and the scat tering of fences was complete along the track of the storm, and much pjoperty was destroyed between Olina and the Ouachita river, east of this place. Cottoa Xill Baraed. rnoviDEXCE. R. I.. April 10 The Lvmau Cotton Mill in North Provi dence, owned by ' II. "C White and run by E. K. Johnson, was burned this morning. The loss is estimated at 875,000. Fifty operatives were thrown out of employment. The mill was insur ed for 826.300 iu the E na,uf Hartford. Orient and Connecticut, of Hartford. Continental and Citizens, of New York, Mechanic, of Brooklyn. N. and Wortn British, of Ivnidon. The slock was insured for 86.000 in the Equitable, of Providence, iElna,of Hartford, and Phoenix and Connecticut, of Hartford. Another or the Uuc Tarns Intomaer London. April 10. A dispatch from Dublin sajs it is understood there that one of the men who actually participa ted in tbe murder of Cavendish and Burke has declined to be defended on trial, and has declared bis intention to plead guilty, as he feels that there is no hope ox escaping conviction. The name of the man is withheld. His state ment regarding his participation in the crime will be made in the dock, where he bas previously stood to answer for a murderous offence. The man referred to is obviously Patrick Delaney. A Preach Labor Strike. Marskillks. April laSeven thou sand dock laborers struck work here tliis morning. Up. to two o clock this afternoon the strikers had committed no unlawful acts. The authorities have, nevertheless, taken measures for a prompt suppression of disorders. Tbe streets frequented by the men are being patron ea Dy mounted gen a armes. A Practical Reason for Haste. London. April 10. The Times says there was practical reason for the haste with which the bill in regard to explo sives was passed through Parliament yesterday, and explains by stating that some members oi the dynamite party are believed to be on steamers now coming from America. Jaagre Lynch in AIahupa Atlanta. Ga. April .10. Samuel Lewis (colored! who murdered Dink w ems. also coioreo. j; enruary 7in. was taken from jail at Amhersorrs station. Ala- last night Dy a moo or six men ana seventy-rive negroes and banged. lie had conies sea nis guilt. Francis Joseph will Visit Hameert First. Vienna. A pril 10 The Tagbl att says it Is expected that the Emperor Francis Joseph will visit King Humbert at, Rome berore the latter s star, on - nis trip to Germany. . UU.it : : .aH- Preparing for the Editers. ChAttakoooaJ April 10. The South ern Press Association will meet here on Wednesday. April, 18th. There will be auite a large attendance. An enjoy able programme has been arranged for the entertainment of the visitors. . Wants to Kxeladelike Dynamiters. Paris. April 10. Parliament urges that the French law sal alive to extradi tion be modified so as to cover the oases of persons oharged with using dynamite zor unlawful purposes ( Fatal Powder ExpLMlpB. Ttrwrrvr- Anril 10. An exnlonian rxv carted in one of. the buildings of ths An) eric la owuer uompany ai, acluu, Mass. this morning, killing two men. one named Byder, the other unknown. The loss to not heavy. , ,lT,eary Batas in JUaWma. IlDNTOOiTEKt. Ala, Awtf to. There bava been heavy rales for the past few days Ih all parts of 'Alabama. All the water eontses Thseu " It ii too early in the aeaaon to doanueh damage but some f?& wjli htyswbs repanted. 1 A fMusq ef BrUopew, f , Galyeston. ' Aprir "ia-lAl fcjJjH rwwdaJ aava vesterdav afternoon tsrsatvi four prisoners escaped from Fort Worth s. a a w - - - mkuS jau. au dui lour wcxe ircainuiw. AKbnU THE ORANGE UROVE&4 .The President In m BadllnnaorChan- dlera9IishnpwSemlnole Coartesies. Field, Fla., April 10. President Arthur and party arrived at noon yes terday, ail well, after spending Sun day at Sanford. The President is in a bad humor at the annoyances of travel and importunities for a public demon- station, which he positively.' declines. The party visited orange groves at San ford, Maitland, and Winter Park. Sec retary Chandler fell out or a wagon near Winter Park and suffered a severe sprain but was otherwise uninjured. The party left on a steamer last even ing to go down the Kissimee river 00 miles to flh. The Seminole Indiana of Walk-in the-Water settlement are pre- President s honor. The party wiu re turn via Sanford in a few days and Stan bow he is to go from Sanford to Tew Smyrna on the Atlantic coast by wagons, thence up the coast to St. Au gustine, where the steamer Tallapoosa will wait to coa vey the party direct to Washington. The weather is cool and showery. THE INCENDIARY TORCH. Conflagration ia a Maryland City Westminster, Md, 2 a. April to. A. disastrous Ore is raging in West minster. It Is of an incendiary origin and started in Thompson's liverv stable "1 i &- l. .11 J: 7 . m a Aiguieea uuiiuings ourneu ana me are is still burning. Tbe loss is seventy thousand dollars. Westminster.. Md, April 10. The most disastrous fire ever known in this city occurred last night, originating in jacoo lnompson s livery stable In which Bob Thompson and Aaron Shaf fer, employees, were burned to death. also thirty horses. Sixteen dwellings ana stores were burned including the Lutheran Church. The loss is 870,000. Tbe fire cleared the whole sauare from Bond to Carroll street, on Main street and at Carroll. Two chemical and one steam engine arrived at 3 5 from Bal timore, but tbe fire was under control and they were not used. The fire start ed at 11.30 last night and was under control at 3 this morning. Rain set In at 1 o'clock. An Election Case in Richmond. Richmond. Anril 10. Ihe United Stales Circuit Court met here to-day, Judges Bond and Hughes presiding. me nrst case taaen up was that of Rout. B. Mumford. commissioner of revenue or Richmond, under indict ment for conspiracy with his deputies to oustruct and hinder the friends and supporters of John S. Wise and John Ambler femith. candidates for Conereaa iu tbe November election from being assessed as delinquents for tbe payment of poll tax. The counsel for tbe de fense demurred to the indictment aad moved that it be ou ashed on the grounds that the offense is vaeuelv charged, that the act of assessing de linquents was not required by law as a payment of the poll tax could be made without it; that the repeal of tbe poll tax provision of tbe constitution voided the prosecution, and that tbe section of the United States statute in question is unconstitutional. The argument of tbe motion to nuash occuoied the time till adjournment of the court and will be concluded to-morrow morning. The question under discussion is a vital one, as a decision favorable to tbe de fense will put an end to the wboJe prosecution against Mumford aadjils, aepuiies. The tieorcia Democratic Conveaion. Atlanta. April 10. The Democratic convention assembled here at coon to day and was called to order by Captain iiarry jacason. chairman or the state committee. C J.Jones, of Richmond. was elected temporary chairman. Tbe convention wai permanently organized with lion. chas. jr. Crispr. Congress man-elect irom the Third District, as permanent chairman, and adjourned at z until 3 p. m when balloting would begin. The convention is very large. At the afternoon a a ton -ox the coa vention the following persons were put in nominatiau for Governor: James S Hoy n ton. A C Bacon. II D McDanieL I'htlip Uook and T J Simons. Five ballots were taken resulting as follows: 1st. Boy n ton. 139: Bacon. 145: Mc Dan iel, SO: Cook, 14 : Simons, 0. Second. Boynton. 141: Bacon. 143: McDanieL 35; Cooic. 15; Simons. 6. Third. Boyn ton. 142: Bacon. 148; McDanieL 35: Cook, 20; Simons. 7. Fourth. Boynton, 141; Bacon, 139; McDanlel. 39: Cook. 21; Simons. 7. Fifth. Boynton. 143: isacoa. 152: McDanlsl. 31: Cook. 13: Simons. 8. Necessary to a choice 176. the convention adjourned to meet to morrow. Hnmherl to Visit Uermaay. Pabis. April 10. The ReDubliaue r rancaise says negotiations are pend ing between Ialy and Germany with regard to the proposed visit of King uumoert to nernn. which it is suggest ed shall be made at an early day. The same paper says that Bismarck strong ly urges that the visit be made. Organising to Invade the Reservation. Washington. April 10.-Indian Agent Wilcox of the San iCarlos agency tele- grapns commissioner irtce a rumor that a company of Rangers is being or ganized at Tombstone, and tbe general lnditions point to an invasion of San Carlo's reservation. He adds that the result of such an invasion would be disastrous. Cigar Makers on a Strike. Cincinnati April 10. Twelve hun dred cigar makers are on a strike here. They demand an increase of one dollar per thousand In consequence of taking on or tax or B3 per thousand. At meeting this morning it was reported that several manufacturers had agreed to give the increase. Brady's Trial Postponed. DtjblIn. April 10. The trial of Joe Brady has been postponed until to morrow, owing to Lir. Webb Adams de clining to conduct tbe defence of tbe prisoner. Dr. Adams gave as his rea son that he was not prepared. The court house was strongly guarded again to-day. The Qneea Gives Her Assent. London, April 10. The Royal Mes sage, giving assent to the bill relating to tne possession or explosives, was read in Parliament this afternoon. Faufcor i id Sob. CoumBIA. a. C. Feb. 16. 1881. H. H. Warner Co.: Sirs I eored mnmil of n Kianey aisesse. ana way soa ei arrears oieae, by tbe use of roar Bate Kidney and Lrrax Cure, wueo erery outer leiuay dm taueo- ; t'.l - 'IU.' . Mr J. Patterson. Newfceme. N. C mrst -t aare osM Brown's iron Bitters and am maca pieaaeo wun u. u is aa excellent tonio." . KosiKBi Corasn ( Ask few Vi ri Rnvli an fViwna n i Km rwil.-fe eompUte, permanent cure. Corns, warts, bunions em lei ne How to shortoa Life. " - - v The vseetDt U ermote. Ton have only to take m, violent eoM aad neglect U. Abernetny. toe great KrsUsb soneeo. asad a lady muo toM htea Bt only bad a eoo8ta: "What would roq fcave Tee nearoer Beware ot only ooufks Tbe won esses eao. however, by De, ffn Hall's Balaam for tbe Loos- 1 a Wboopitvr Coach and Croup a ttn eaedUtoly allays IrrUattoiu and la Sore to proven ataUl'.temlaoUoo.of ran disease. Bold by all oxattUw aod darters la saedlrirte, v ' JBiiaso, Is three times tbe man was before be" began uucwtu'i ueaua SL BraszUt TJdLJbLl OXT"ST. Index to New Advertisements. Public NoMee By tba Chairman of the D.m eraU6 ExecuuYS committee. WiokowsKy A Baroen. News for the shls at tbe Graded and other schools. P. M Harner and others-Notice to Con'ractors. Journal PubiUbiDa Comt-any guniLir XdiUon notice Indications. South Atlantic local rains followed by fair weather, winds- mostly from south to west, stationary or higher ba rometer, slight changes in temperature. LOCAL RIPPLES Major Clement Dowd left yester day for a visit to Florida, f Father J. J. Reilly, of Newbern, is on a visit to the city and is the guest of Father Wright. He will remain here for several days. . ' The engine bouse and fireman's hall, on the new city property on Sixth street, is nearly completed. It will be a stylish little building. Hon. A. M. Scales has consented to deliver tbe annual address before tbe pupils of Thomasville Female College, at the commencement on June 7tb, at if o'clock a. m. The car shed and repair shopsfof the Carolina Central Railroad Com pany, recently destroyed by fire, are shortly to be replaced by new and hand some buildings. A drummer from R'chmond tells us that on account of the numerous fires in Danville, the Richmond insur ance companies have withdrawn all in surance business from that place. A beggar tramp, all the way from the historic city of Jerusalem, was going tbe rounds of the streets yester day. He can't talk our language, nor any other that anybody can under stand. Col. Jno. L. Brown. CapL, J. R. Er- win, and private E. K. P. Osborne left yesterday for Charleston to take in the bazaar and to renew old acquaintances. They will return about Saturday. The students of Davidson College are preparing to give a grand ftte champttre on tbe college green, on May 4tlu Special trains will be run fiom Colombia and other places, on the oc casion. Mr. Bunyan Barnett, who recently opened out a family grocery store in the new brick building at the Air-Line depot, yesterday closed out and shut up shop finding that tbe business did not pay him well enough. It is rumored that in a short time the schedule on the Richmond & Dan ville Railroad will be changed so that the north bound train will leave this city about 8 o'clock iu tbe morning and returning arrive in tbe city about sun down. Round trip tickets to the annual convention of the Southern Baptist as sociation to be held in Waco, Texas, in May will be sold from Atlanta. Ga, for 4535. For further information apply to Fred D Bush, Southeastern agent L k N. Railroad, Atlanta, who registered at the Central yesterday. Absalom Alexander, an old citizen of this county, died a few days ago in Lawrence county, Tennessee, at tbe age of 83 years. His wife writes Sheriff Alexander that he requested her to write a letter home informing his rela tives and f rfendn of bio death, aod bid ding them to meet him on the golden shore. His wife's name is Ellen Alex ander, and bar postoffice is Marcella rails, lennessee. The Lacky If ambers. The following igures won tbe big money ia the Louisiana drawing yes terday: No. 02337 drew 675,000; No. 72,092. 825,000 ; No. 52S9, ClOjOOO ; Nos. 3WL502 and 58.507, 6.000 each; Nos. 25335. 27394, 50,118, 69372 and 07378. 2.000 each; Nos. S73S7, 37310, 88303 and 17320. 1.000 each. Disappointed? Serloeudy Sick. Mr. George Tate, of the Mountain Island factory, who has been, sick for several weeks with typhoid-pneamooia. we regret to learn is in a very critical condition, his illness having : assumed an alarming character during the past few days, and his friends are gravely apprehensive. Mr. and Mrs. Chaiy N. Vance left a day or two ago for his bed side at ML Island. The news from Mr. Tate yesterday afternoon was not very encouraging, and he was reported to be in a very low condition. Letter From the Wheel barrow Tramn's Cham. We received a letter vesterdav from Wally Ferguson, the well known pe destrian of Albany, New York, enclos ing his photograph and a aketch of his life. Wally aays he saw the account of the killing of Lyman Potter, the wheel- barrow tramp, .near Salisbury, copied la the Albanv Times, "which." ha aava. we thank you for": Wally aays he de clined: an Invitation from : Potter to accompany him on his long tramn and la glad that he did so. Potter leaves, a wife and two children who are now living in Albany. Mrs. KaadeJpk'e Talk on China. , The lecture of Mrs. Randolph, the missionary lady from Hanghchow, China. Jta the Second Presbyterian Church, was the talk among the ladies -yesterday. -.'One. thing that interested them mightily was the east of a Chi nese foot, which th lady exhibited showing the peeuliar formation of the foot caused by wearing the bandages, the toes all growing along under tbe side of the foot towards the , heel. At the age of two years, Mrs, Randolph ex plained, the foot oi tbe Chinese child is bound up, and the bandage ' is not re moved until the child bas attained the age of fourteen years. '' No child Is able h to walk before, it is, six years old. Mrs. Randolph also showt q picturea of the ld.olv nn4 exhibited articles o head gear, dress, et&T which excited m uch cariosity from the audience. Airs.' Kan dolph.wiUTeLBra to her post rn China shortly .and Vs.only visiting this country in the effort o seoure tae services or volunteers to return to China with her and assist In the work of ciriliziDg the heathen Chinee. The City Democracy. Owing to the fact that many mem bers of the City Democratic Executive Committee, had forgotten that they were members of the committee, the meeting called for yesterday afternoon was a failure, there being no quorum present. In anothercolumnthis morning, CapL Roessler, the chairman, in calling a meeting, gives the names of the mem bers in order that there may be no fur ther misunderstanding. The members are requested to meet this afternoon at six o'clock, at the skating rink in the Johnston Block, and say whether or not we are to have a nominating con vention. The Law Abont Birds aad Bird Rests. It will be of interest to our juvenile friends to know that the laws of the State make it a penalty to rob or de stroy partridge nests. The penalty af fixed for robbing the nests, is a severe one. The law says that "it is unlawful at any time to take or destroy the eggs of partridges or qusiL Penalty: Fined not more than fifty dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days." Here are two other important ex tracts from the game law: It is un lawful to kill or shoot, trap or net any partridges, quails, doves, robins, larks. mocking birds or wild turkeys, between the 1st day of April and the 15th of Oc tober. Penalty: Not exceeding ten dollars. It is unlawful to export from the State any quail or partridges, whether dead or alive. Penalty: Fined not exceeding fifty dollars, nor imprisoned more than thirty days. Robbers la a Grocery Store. Night before lsst the store house of Field Brothers, on College street, was burglarized of a lot of provisions. The entrance was effected in an ingenious manner through the back door, and the robbery was done by some one who was certainly familiar with the store and its surroundings. It is not jost eVerjbody who can find tbe way to the back door, but the thieves found it without any difficulty. Over the door is a transom, out of which they broke a glass and then with some kind of a hook reached inside and pulled up the bar, when the door was easily opened. The thieves selected a side of bacon. eight hams, two boxes of tobacco and perhaps some other supplies, departing with the whole load throngh the front door, as they could not carry their goods back the way they came, through crooks and corners and over the house tops. The front door they easily open ed from the inside, and they must have had a wagon or cart waiting in the street in which to carry awav their booty. Charlotte's burglars are devel oping a wonderful amount of cheek lately. The Question Answered. In our issue of the 7th instant, under the head nf -Who Waa gglT ws pys an account of a mysterious bummer who beat tbe town for a couple of days and then left. It seems that he is no stranger in Washington City, as a friend writes us the following from that place in regard to him : "James W. Haywood belonged to the army of adventurers who went to South Carolina Immedi ately after the war to develop the State. He was at one time Auditor of New berry county, where he married a pub ic prostitute. Alter loaing bio poaition as Auditor bo-oncei red and developed the idea of "playing" Revenue Collector on the citizens, and in due course of time was arrested by United States officers and brought to trial in the United States Court presided over by J ndge Bond, and was sent to prison for eleven months. After serving out his sentence he came to Washington and succeeded with the old tale of Southern persecution in procuring a government clerkship. . About two months since his wife was arrested at the depot here, accused of having gotten a man drunk and robbing him of 1500 The whole thing was published both here and in South Carolina where the robbery oc curred, and he was dismissed Irom the Postoffice Department. He has just re turned from the South and is now try ing to get back, still asserting that the whole thing about h is wife and himself was the work of Southern malignity and persecution of a Republican. He came originally from Ohio. ; Barsiar aad Fire ProofTnnlts, aad Cas for the Court LTonse. " Our new county .commissioners have shown their wisdom in ordering that a safe place be provided for preserving the records of the county and all papers and books of value, something that should have been done long ago. The commissioners have given out a con tract to Brown, the Hall safe man. for the construction of two fire and bur glar proof vaults in the court house, with instructions that the work be done Immediately. The vaults will be locat ed in the room between the offices of the clerk and register of deeds, where there is just enough space for two vaults to be put ; in. The one single window that now admits light into the room, will be shut up .and the walla strengthened by two . or three feet of cement. A petition will separate the vaults, one- of which, will be used by the clerk aad the other by the register of deeds. , All .the old records of the county going "way . back to the distant past, will be looked over, and the valu able ones will be sorted out and stored in the vaults. . The others will be pack ed in boxes and stored away. The safe which has so long adorned the clerk's Office and which haa, excited so much merriment by reason of its having to be unlocked with a hatchet, Is to be put to a novel use. Capt rwin will have a hole eat in its back and tbe front doors taken of&when ft will be fitted in the iMnmey and used as a fire place. The vaults are to be lighted by gas, and Mr Linton took the measurements yes terday. Qaa ia also to be introduced in the court room, and this is' voted to be a great improvement.' Truly, we have an rentexjfrisiqg ana'pablie spirited board of commissioners, whose actions so far seem to indicate that jthe; Inter ests of the county wilt not suffer in their hands. . TT - An Obstreperoas II n band. O. L. Wills, the man sent to jail day before yesterday on' a peace warrant sworn out by his wife before" Justice Davidson, had played smash generally with things in his wife's house before constable Orr had arrested him. He opened the ball by running his wife away and then locked himself in the house, nailing the door in addition to locking it, and then set to work de stroying the household goods. Two suits of clothes which a friend had given him he cut into shreds and then laying his hands on his wife's dresses, he tore the last one of them up. A half sack of flour was in the house, and with this, he coated the floor and walls of the house, following up this piece of deviltry by smashing all his wife's tin baskets and pans. Nothing in the house escaped his attention. Wills was a good soldier in the war and one of our citi zens, in whose regiment he served, yesterday went to his wife to intercede in his behalf and tor bring about a re conciliation if possible, but the poor woman fairly trembled with terror at the idea of once again coming under his power, and refused to give her con sent for his release from jail. He was sentenced to a term of six months by tbe justice. sews Which We Sad a Small Came. Night . before last two countrymen who had camped in Carson's back lot. after feeding their horses and finishing their supper, kicked up tbe chunks in the fire and drew around an inverted half bushel measure which they made to serve the purpose of a card table. An old, well thumbed deck was pro duced and the game of seven up com menced. They played for perhaps an hour when a dispute was inaugurated by the party who was losing, and pretty soon they were into a fight. One of the men named Mays, who said be was from Iredell county, got his opponent down with his head near the fire and on the impulse of the moment jerked up a burning chunk of wood and hit the prostrate man over the -head with it, and then jumped up and ran. Coals from the burning chubk set the man's shirt on fire and burned all the bosom out, while his beard curled all up in little rings. His face was -pretty se verely scorched, but otherwise he was not hurt. He was going about . the streets yesterday looking for Mays and vowing his intention to lick him out of his boots but he never found his man. A Chavaee for the BoroThe Annapolis Cmdctship. Major C Dowd, being authorized to appoint a cadet from this district to Annapolis, hands us the following notice, and, aa the time ia Short, we hope , the newspapers in the district will thoroughly spread the news: "I am authorized to appoint a cadet to the Naval Academy at Annapolis for Tine term "beg luutug the fiiai f-Jne next. " The appointee must be between fourteen and eighteen years of age, and must be a bonafide resident of the Sixth Congressional district, aa it was before the late redistricting. He must also be of good moral character and robust constitution, and prepared to stand an approved examination upon reading. writing, spelling, geography, especially of the aeas and navigable streams. maaar and arithmetic, including specially fractions, ratio and propor tion, mensuration, evolution and analy sis. - "A competitive examination will be had in this city on the 8th of May prox, at which applicants are invited to pre sent themselves. "NewsDanera in tho district will mn. f er a favor by publishing this notice." Clkscekt Dowd. An Old JLailrood Project Kerired. A meeting of the stockholders of the Georgetown & N.CL Narrow Gauge B. ii. was held in Georgetown on last Saturday. - Mr. H. Blanchard, a wealthy New England capitalist, and represent ing a syndicate of Boston capitalists was present and addressed the meeting. He stated that he and the capitalists whom he represented had understood that there was a charter in existence authorizing the construction of a nar row gauge railroad from Georgetown to Lancaster and thence to some point on the North Carolina line; that it was their object to secure an , outlet from Cincinnati and Chicago by the shortest possible route to the Atlantic Ocean, and that they had found that this could be done, with a saving of two hundred miles, by making Georgetown the ob jective point. They were -prepared to take the charter as it stands, and carry the road through to Lancaster. He had recently made inquiries in Charles ton as to whether there was any proba bility that the bar of Georgetown would be deepened if there was business enough there to require the use of deep- draught vessels; and from the inform ation received he had reason to believe that the improvement would be made. If not, they would then continue the road from Georgetown over the Mount Pleasant and San tee route, which they had arranged to control, for the purpose of getting the deep water at Charleston, for ail surplus freight that could not be transhipped at that point. He desired to know if the people of Georgetown wanted the road and what they were willing to do to assist in its construc tion. They proposed to take the exist ing subscriptions and all additional aid that could be obtained, make up the deficiency and build ' the road. A com mittee was appointed to re-open the subscription books.' Mr. Blanchard sub scribed for' 600 'Shares of the capital stock. The Charleston News and Gou rler states that another meeting wUl be Held on April IT. - 7 . : ; " svaOwrrooLrdlwff-rToaoe. 'eftrjwaecerel stop to thtn r as loa er toe bwd ;: ,.... crt ineaxesinnuMereatBrea. Tfieee ntea re eu. to bard knocks and every kind of expi, celebrated flseetT boose of Jfcfcwee 6. 1-t & r. etoueaster, klaaa.My: -We have on Um eui vessels frequent eases of cut, brc&es, sua'?, and sumnter oomp'ainta. Our captains mj weoMnHco to aea waaota PwrywirafatJ ;--.' -TV 'CauavrrJa of tin Eladde. ' r 1 -etineip irrnanon, t; Sawierv, al r ' r Urinary Complaints, cured Ij "jcLj-t SUNDAY EDITTON" -or The Dail y J on rn al-Observer, - 4 THE NEWSIEST PAPER Ever JPubllehwd la rVonhi Carolina. OUR FTJITDAY XDITION WILL CONTAIN, IN addldoa to too latest teif rraphle news and market reports, ametes of special interest written for -toe toUNDAY JOURNAL-OSsKRVXR, con cern lo matters relaUns to tbe Carolina. rrlMUe) Per Yeevr; ei.ee for Six lHen tke. Foetnare Prepaid. TH I JOURNAL OB3ZBVXB IUB. CO. aplldaw - Notice to Contractors. omcs county comkissionisi i MlBXBOSO CODMTT. V Baaasrmvnxa. a C April 8d. 1S83. Tata office wUl be open from this date to receive Plaoeaod spedSeattone for a new Court Eouee. tosetbertraajMda for buUdlnc toe same, tot to exeeed SVJO.OOO in- value. On tbe fim Monday in htay next tbe old Conrt TTi Ml.. rnriM h. sftm-M -.1- n . v. - - .w.j der; pqrenaaer to leatore toe same wuliln sir tbiBearoT -T, " i Ti. rln lit iii niifiii. II Kist. .ni t , F w. BABNKs, Chairman. JOE EL DAVID? CHA8L V. WKBSTCR. fmm i.i I l i i i in.... I . . Attest: T. L BC6EB3, Clerk B U C aplldswim NOTICE. - n-eam tare uaoroB VI CLTUr- tfwUca forth wproaclitnff maoleipa election la taw4loi AMlHwa tea wonKllaaw. S-fcA A U- y" .yi3M u wiu n rtairea no ln- mm wmumaw UU pua I or a osau - JOfJaNAL-0B3XBYXJZ PUBLISHING CO. aplldlt , PUBLIC NOTICE. The PemogialV! rVtMmttt. . v . etty ot Charlotte are hereby notified to attend a meottnc of the committee at tbe Ekattnc Rick. Jobncton Block, this evening at 0 o'clock, to il pnss the propriety of celling a eooventlon to oom Inato a eenrttrtate for the saayoraity. Tbe following named ajeoUeesea eoafOtote tie eonuniUee; 1. Ueeeeler, ebainsan; 6ee. B. D Johnston. J. H. Weodinctoo, b M. Tldd. s. L Brown. . B. McDowell, X. J. Allen. Geo. B. Wit son. J. K. Benwn. A. H. Creswell. P. D. Walker, W. Q. Berryblll, i. Monroe Elms. aplldlt THZ CHAIRMAN. Just Bxczrvxo. a nsi stocx or bicxs Petent Marnifytna reeer Thermometers and W. T. de Co'a. No. H Nickel Cvd RndnnW SyrJwcea. B. B. JOBDAW CO., aplo Drueeuts. W AKE A6KNT9 TOR THK TATS 8 PR IN G 3 V V Water. WUl larnUh tt at the spring's prices la barrels or less quantity. KB. JOSDlHSftO. aplO Tryon Street. LA GOLOGITB TJT OTT IRTfl PTRTa 1V?1 half pints la tbe finest or sale only by . it. a. a uu. aalO Proggl&ta. i SOZODOHT. WHITS'S TOOTH SOAP. ORIEN TAL Tooa Paste aad C berry Tootu Powder. aajiuAuu aplO Trron Street. ATTRACTIVE, StyfeM - - MortaM Display of Spring Novelties la low roods for I SEm FIBfE WEAR; We carry ths Largest stock of CHTLDRENS' SHOES la the city. A. E. DAKKIN & DCO.', ap8 Tryon Street, Opposite Bof ord House. NOTICE. Wishing to chance my boslneas I now offer f c my Grocery nod Ltawor business in Coneer : 1L C TAls Is a good pa? tug Nrrtnem and partte pta-t&astng will be sore of a liberal return f; tbelr investment I win also rent tbe Morris Hotel for the balanc Of that rear. This Is the principal bote! of C ind enjoys a large patronage, doing a tm stent tiiwtiniiM of aboot (400) four hundred dol'.i per month. Address aplCMlw W.W.B0BINS0N. fluinut's Grits 150 BARRELS ARRIVHJ) TO-DAY "BUYERS WILL SAVE MONEY B SENDING US THEIR ORDER SPRINGS & .BDRWELL ; asS - - .. - IlrE:rtf::ir8 - ft-SEa Peri Ae-r-T! to be Cbe test AKsrsiSTe and T jk"- l..r eeDlrr borsea ind !. m eoow. ka ror. a KH.a as-J t r eoet tew' ' rSu'fJfifa i awoea crs . e4 r eis. gTee. sc :, c empef.- . tt - i rer frouaU. ifeiil trom s t EXlttLy TiP.rALSTr.- tz"2 -Veterinary fiorseon, cuv... .
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