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t v . ; v 'f - T "-r r ,- r, r f t(J TJTTT L Tr 3 i - t i r 5 ft w :": ; ; ; r v H i ! i V lil.V THE nIIslT CMUMItOTTE JO UIUV.AI., JlJTD THE HJt.lL. IT CTKJt,ItL,OT"TE OB SEMI WEIt, CONSOLIDATED JBjgRCn. 21 1SS3. Daily reerteUe Observer. EstabUsbed Jnnn 1; 1MB. Dally Caarleue Jearnal. KataallBBed a a est M, i&i. 11 ff ! CHARLOTTE? N, C TUESDAY, APRIL 24. 1 1883. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ? fj t li i 1H1 -tr TO SUBSCRIBERS AND PATRONS. B tbe terms of tbecoBsoUdadonef Tn JcWB B l-Obbkbykb tb. proprietors of the eotieolM&t- d papr aree to carry out au conavicM ror aover .tinlus and subscription, existing with r liber paper previous to sucb consolidation. Pr rsons tao hare paid In advance for subsdlp- Uob f r both twit-era will bare tbe tuna ex ended on the nw subscription bonks, and persons who rinTo paid in advance lor eltner paper will receive Th jiurnai. OB3KBTKB to Uio expiration of tbe time paid. - ENDORSED.,- i The number of f commendation verbal and written which have poured in on the Journal-Observes for its course in regard to city improvements abundantly attest that a large majori ty of the people of Charlotte are in full sympathy with what it has said, and will sustain it in the course it has marked out for itself. Some of these endorsements are in stronger language than we would care to print, and there- ore, as we will make no discrimina- ions, we refrain from publishing any f them. We hope this explanation ill be entirely satisfactory to those interested, who may rest assured that we do not intend to cease our labors in his direction, but will continue them until the improvements which are re cognized as necessary,' and of vital im portance to the city are made. Macon, Georgia. will be lighted by electric lights. It is now intimated that O'Donovan liossa is a British spy. There is said to be much activity in he navy yards of England. Dynamite s a ptoent inciter to activity. The Cincinnati Euquirer wants ex- Seaator Thurman to come out from his retirement and run for Governor of Ohio. I - j The Legislature of California has ap propriated 87,500 to aid the Ladies' Silk Association to foster the industry in that State. , It seems we oute trials in are to have Washington. more star The peo ple would much prefer to see those al ready begun wound up. , - 3 The Attorney General foots up the expenses of tue btar Kouie trials at something like S7J3.0J0.aud the returns ire not all in yet. - As an encouragement to struggling young men we state that twenty years ago, Messrs. Gould, Huntington, btan- ft rl, Saj e and Field were poor men. I Mitchell, the newly imported English prize fighter, seems to be a high toned Individual. He speaks French, plays the piano, and cultivates an leithelie moustache. President Arthur is the only Presi dent who ever visited Florida and hook - . ed black bass. And Secretary Chandler i the only Secretary of the Navy who ever tried to navigate a wagon through, that State and fell overboard. . " The 806 Grant medals have at last been distributed. It seems that Don Cameron had them in his possession and dng them out of his plunder when ' arranging his effects for his contem plated European trip. - - - Helen - Marco vitch vraa apparently bora for disappointment. She some tjn02.fgo-fadedtaMMSsinatfl King I Milan In the.TCathedral atvBelgrade. but Tailed,' and tried the other day to com jfait soicide in prison and failed in that i - - - I Your uncle Bufus H-itch, whj re. turned from Liverpool to New York last Friday says that "England Is bank rupt in soil, politics, and religion." r-v-Thia-wiU brvery--distrsinjt inleljl-il-'SenwtotheErrgttsh,-and trrrele Rdrus "hadn't orter said it." I West PAnWtssiwppi. must "le live town. With 2.Q0O inhabitants it has recently raised 9&0.80Q for a nation- millfincrWbl-tSk ttitj ViWflbo in one year, established a cotton ejtcbange, voted $6,000 to a rsin-o"a(T, and T3 tailing of h StW.OOOeetton factory. 5 A iV 5 A Massaohusetts lady who hid suf-" fered much from d y ppi tUd w- rsthnstiref diy, nd was considtr- 3 ' 5 Jrtftr iriUsed. g but? ton - xecoy erj feilud ihafr her dyspepsia had entirely disap- rJsVfea.J'tWe woujd noLrhowetST TjaA all nfiranna jsimitarlv afflicted taiJtV; fall down stairs. I 'Arbor Pw:iaeUlngto be avrv interesting Japcasixm WeJuid tlf the enthusiasm' is Itepfup from year 'to year the evils resulting fromjthereck less destruction of trees will be coun (ractedia a few years. The Governors : pf-Manswrand Nebraska each issued a :..?.V, ' ajoslioAHoa this SpriB-l-favor of-f tffWWf-TiVatiA In one town In Kan- aas arraBgements were at once made "to aat, put.a,00(X' shade, trees. Nebraska The New York Sun is helping on the TiMi rtanfcn-fetifcriia aSX rairnoutfl 1 but UlHM.Md WMtolWtKZ which is not likely, what assurance Is thorn "fha.t lh Sun would not com before tbe election as did Hancock InJ i880? The &9tk lavsuspiclodsly adxlens-f . . . m mm . li J : . n I auoui. ine piatiorui anu tue pmuuiusmto pf the Democratip' party in d&L. and is upernaturally generous in volunteer- ing'wJvlofB' Wthe jarty, wltll WTiichrwe TLzrlBfilKeTerlVoted ar afirelcp m.1 j The Amefican people will no doubt foe glad 10 learn from a writer in, the, Foreat and Stream '-thar'TresIdeiit LArthnr is a boss angler, fish ansler. we . San, ad tfial "nf" niart can pttcnyl MnWMekly.-adorw campmop tastcfuIlT-cast a ft more daftly, fight a Ciilori ioore arUstloall r4rlcgjiiai- to nft jnoxn gracefully",than he, and Jth4trV has teen his- good fortune 'to Ml UM-nargest4 aaltiietf eVery'Ulttl . with flv on this continent." On read- r tcorQlontb--verT traordiiitry- a.JLinejjj wtt coirrertrf-Into "B-vrt THE MEETING TO-NlGUT. If the meeting to be held jto-night to nominate., candidates for Mayor and Aldermen is'to be a Democratic Con vent ion none but Democrats, who in tend to abide by its decision, ought to be permitted to participate in its de liberations. If it is, on the other hand, to be a mere mass meeting of citizens it ought not to have been called as Democratic Convention. Either of these ; propositions", Hre take it, no one will deny, and as it has been called as a ' Democratic Convention we suppose nobody but Democratic voters, who will feel themselves bound by the nomlna uons made, will take part in tne pro ceedings, and when the candidates are announced we suppose they will receive the hearty support of the party. If any other course is going to be pursued we hope the meeting will be adjourned as soon 'as the fact is ascertained, and the municipal election allowed ui Deemea scrub race, free to all entries, and devil take the hindmost. The JouKskL- Ob&erver is a Democratic; newspaper, and believes in maintaining the party organization at ail times, it win sup port the nominees of a .Democratic Convention, but will not feel 1 bound to endorse the nominations which an as semblage ot Democrats, Liberals, Re publicans and boys may choose to make. We hope, therefore, that the first thing which will be done this evening will be the ascertainment of the true charac ter of the meeting and the passage of a resolution pledging those present to abide by the choice made, and if any objection is made to this that ihe chair. rdan of the -Executive Committee im mediately declare tbe meeting,? as a Democratic Convention, adjoiirnedi Qk We again express the hope La it t be gentlemen who may be selected to govern .the city, will ..be "progressive. wide-awake, public spfrlted men who will actively promote the completion of all needed improvements in, the city, and push her steadily to the front. THE MAYOR'S CARD. We publish elsewhere a card from Mayor De Wolfe, from which it will be seen that be is not a candidate for re election, and that his name will not go before the convention. We are glad to receiye the endorsement of the Mayor in the course we have pursued in re gard to city improvements, quti hl mistaken in supposing that any fb&f handed slap" was intended ly jbe Journal-Observer for the. present board. We were lookiDg to the future, and not to the past of the city in what we said. In all thatthe VI ay or says about the graded schools, and the other public interest hiclt have come under the care off the present board, we heartily concur, and we congratulate him on what they have accomplished. Now, let us have a board that will keep up the good work and' improve upon it. and we ' rill have 1 a city to be proud of indeed. -H i. Decisions by the United States Supreme . . CeorU . Washington. April 23. A decision was rendered bv the Supreme Court of the United States to-dav in. the caaa of John li. Slows n vs.' the Grand Street Prospect Park and Flatbush Railroad Company,, of. Brooklyn. N. 1'. This was a suit brought by Slowson for in fringement of patents on an improved and very extensively used form of fare Doxes ror norse cars.. TheJuourt holds that patents are void for reason that they do not embody inventions within the meaning of the pateptflaws. Tbe decree of the Circuit Court; in favor of the railroad ; company9, is affirmed. Opinion by Justice woods. A decision was also rendered by the Court to day in the case of the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad Company vs. the Fifth Bap tist Church, in Washington. D.d. which was a suit for damages brought by the burcB- trustees agsteststpai railroad caxnpanyoaaccout-4f alleged injury to the property of the lormeri caused by the erection and maintenance of aa 1 engine neuseraaa macnine shop on tne land kdjolnfngthe church edifioe. The Court holds that tbe railroad comDanv Js liable ln damages and thf act that bring?S ttc mtIhitaSI2ti city and construct such worksf Ac. ar might be necessary constitutes na OeO1 feoseto me suit Drougnt by a Dtivate ipdjviduaiwhae property has keen in jured. (Judgment of District Supreme twrtamrmed. Opinion by 'Justice Field. decision was also rendered; bv the court to day lu tti'H UaSfl of L. Ji Davis et ai 8gainsvwi6Bytf9l; Sout4 Caro linai broucrht herg nn a writ error i rota tne supreme, iurtpr. toac state. eavls, plkioliU itJelloi.-ATTpoial in the 0- S-AimjjrhilPi aniiting-a depqtv --marshal to arrest a person dbtufrwti with violating tbe internal revenue laws, accidentally shot the latter and killed; -m suL "tfe i was arrested under Ktate atitbort, tried and convicted of manBTaugntr. Upon being granted a new trial he filed a petition for the re moval of his case to the Circuit Court of tbe United States. - ThW "peti tion was granted. . ut U the f State refused to recognize the legality of the jeraDtlAhdjttiPilTTiirftrn a Toa rt npon tne appeeu.oeciaiaa. t. tnraiia; in is court notos- inai me uiarsuzrirr denutv marshal of the tJnitediStaliBengagedr gmciauy'in. AOi.viAKiuiMattempt to enrorce me revenue law ny tn arrest or persona accuseor or vrxenses .instit is an officer acting under the au hority that- lmwmw m.-. mfltliul n mBCFeOBral veartuTennessee f -trim t rA Vk- Ka m 1 Jm, VW Mn. UU W, W rial in Da lion arshal and his deputy also shields ail who- lawfully assist him, in the performance of his official dattriaMthaierefore the case and Derson of the nlaiatlff IwL errpr i JweTe properly removed o tne Circuit Court of the United States. The judgment of the Supreme CoUrttlof South Carolina If 'retersed wita costs and tbe cause remanded with iastruc- 1 -lions to-aqter iudfment, rerersing tbtTl i-raiinfill-r eVwcxarcnit Coit for the county -ot-fcpaftaeeorg --and ttirectipg mrt to dismisa-prMeedrvgs for the JL iiuiJotlanV Qpioiao- tty J usi LUwmnlhJ tice Matthews, it' r rcTTOAlfTpeatBTef Mrs. Stoker. Na&iivillk, April 23. News reaeicd Art 1 ' djeath of Mrs. rreeiaen Uartea coun- tv. Tenn.. She was buried at Greenville fldiylX I TJd. JeaierfliraPatteTson, wno lormerly presided at tne jwmte lipase 4ha ilasLrsurvtvoriaf ale late Mr. J ohnson a f am ily. i or t: ;-. : : Deata.ef Uoo. Pierre CTaawrck WaiTkPruits.ir.TAbrll 83.4-Hon Pierre C Vanwyc uoeriHndent-of ork died at his residence In Sink Sin or nee yeseerar or-cne Stover, sister of-xne lai ormsdnr attln lofTDenot. UNCHAINED BORRAS. A CYCLONE SWEEPS DOWN ON MISSISSIPPI TOWNS. Dwelliag-s Leveled to the Mroasid hb4 the Inmates Buried Under he Rains, and Trees Uprooted and Swept Away Like Pipe Stems. New Orleans, April 23.--A Times Democrat Wesson, Mississippi special says a frightful cyclone passed over Wesson and the town of Beauregard. mile above, about 4 o'clock j yesterday afternoon. The wind for the past tnree days baa been blowing a gale and lowering clouds indicated a storm. Its approach was known for some minutes oy deep rumbling sounds, windows in dwellings' shaking with violence and many people thought it was. an eartl 'quake. Thunder roared and ljghtnitf flashed with alarming force anjLtiVtd? ness. Fences were torn down and trees which had stood the storms for years were uprooted and cast hundreds of yaids away. East of the railroad in L Weston the damage, was-bght but in IUB WC5W9TU LH1UU VJ. lUt ! I.WU lUCfe ia mucbdestruCtioni i I , It was awful in 'its character. As soon as tbe storm had somewhat abated and the people began to look about loud peals of the church bells were rung out and the people were seen run ning in all directions toward Iwest Wes son. The rain, meantime was pouring in torrents. Reaching Peach Orch ard street an indiscribable scene was witnessed." ThiSf i street is lined with a large, number of houses a - . r i . : M m, .: 2 mills are domiciled, and bene the great est destruction occurred. People were seen on all sides sobbing and the groans of the wounded beneath the ruins were perrectiy appalling. .Dwellings wera torn to. atoms i A pine forest just be yond w.aa blown out of exiiOetice. The work of removing the dead and extri cating the wounded from theruins h;n begun. i Calvin Reed living iu'tLe viciuitv. rdied fromtx'atmeu t , ioctoxaiatJttoa. i tease. .ana liutier, were soon upon the scene and did all in their power to relieve tbe suffering of tbe wounded. It is estimated that the number of killed is twelve. Two or three children are musing. One hundred and fifty or 200 dwellings were blown down. The number of people with broken limbs is estimatrd by the physicians at . 75u The woo tided were removed as last as possible to houses wlucli escaped injury. Several of the dead lay out iu the violent rain fr more than an hour after the storm. 1 lw uhu are now all laid out and Collins made for ihem. The mills will nocraii toHlay. The citizens are doing all in their power for the wounded, many of whom it ia feared will die. A vpecial train with physiciaus from ilcCoub City ttnd liruuk haven has ar iyad, another extra Special train will fl here with additional help from Mag nolia and Summit Sums of these ihy- sicians will go to Beauregard where the destruction t life and pruperty is sim ply indescribable. Among the killed in Wesson are Mrs. Causly and two children, several children of J. K. (lib son, one of whom was found crushed under a. chimney. Two persons were so mangled aa to be unrecognizable and there are several others whose names could not be obtained in the confusion. A little boy. was found in the woods several hundred yards away unhurt. Wesson, except in locality mentioned. suffered little except a general destruc tion of fences and trees. The dead w ill be buried to-morrow. Baauregard was visited last evening. It is only a mile above here and lay in the direct path of the cyclone. The scene is absolutely appalling. Beaure gard is no more. It is in troth a mass of ruins. It is with difficulty that one can ride through, so thickly are tbe trees strewn across the road. There is not a house of any character standing in the place. Ttie two brick stores or lbompson & Co. and 2l. Daniel & Co., tbe largest in the place. are swept away. Timber is scattered for miles around. Even out in the coun try 2 miles, dwellings were swept away. Tbe list of tbe dead and oonded is Jonnitoss,mortally wound ed, young Milton Story, killed, Morgan James, mortally wounded. Isaao Bloom. seriously wounded, M. M. Daniels, mor tally wounded. Turn Dull or uooknaven, fatally -wounded, Capt. Lampkin, wife and child, all dead, George Halloway, mortally wounded, Mrs. Halloway, leg Arokent Mr Wilcox, botrx xis broken. A. J. Ferguson and family, including ' tea persons; dangerously wounded Mr.' Charles Lane, mortally wounded. Dr. Albert G. Pierce and child, mortally wounded. Their house fell on them. J. O. Williams, killed. Tbe depot was swept away and not a sign of It now remains : t.: - .... JAjCKSON. Miss., April 23 The foi- lowlag additional partietlars- from the cyeione are irtoelvea: uo tve- .Natchez &jOoltalBS UnlroadAhe lownof Till eione are rtoelvea: uo toe- .Natchez man was destroyed and several persons killed and wounded. On tbe Vicks- burg & Meridian Railroad, the town of Lawrenoe, suffered terribly. Reports from other places and from the coun try show that the storm was widen spread and very destructive. : Tele-t graph, lines, we re Mown down for maies, Chattanooga, April 23 A terrible storm swept over the city yesterday and did considerable damage. Fully .ten thousand1 dollars damage was done la-tbiarcity by the storm last night. The depot, dwellings and stores were unroofed, fences thrown down and trees uprooted. Reports from the surrounding country show the storm to haye been very destructive. This wires are down and tbe particulars arp hard to get. v. ,, ! The surroundin gmountains protected this city from the great fury j of the storm, but reports of serious damage to towna ui Jioriu Aiaoama nave reacnea here." - J fevr da!l'Air.--A apcfai to. the r Times-Democrat from' west Point. "Miss, says a terrific gale from Kbantbrtstrjaaa pur town at 1 20 VIWA J W- V tmj na u WUf swvaM Iianied by torrents of jAln and tbe aixeU half ever -seen here. ( The court noase. lawyers' row. central notei. Cotton : Exchange office. Olympic Sa- tfanw IfAnaa WoltiH tit Afn QnH nii?a JVrrel ill anroofedand were prostrated and considerable dam age whs 0P " Ndlyes were lost. the Morning News from jsastman, ua, savs a cyclone rjassed over that town eartjtttia morning; dein4 great drprage. Vdh3-Reg1str'earseNwarblownj down firl Vtia tarn AKtMran wri I Icwi Knmtlftl 18' house' was 4emolUked. and his wifaianachUdreat naaiy iojurea. it r;;.,' .j.n i j - j The pevU U Large ia. Paavil le. Ti a W vi ir je. Vi.' Am il 1 9Rj-A house was dlseovered on fire Kete this knorn- 'Ing knd after the,;flame.,haL bn ex UnfrnishAd tha ale ad. bodr of a ( negro "man: name onkriown,"was. found In the tjnlldiriir with blood running from his . wAiinda. Ilia "elothins? had been satu rated with kerosene oil , kcdr' tot on CHI The oil had also been poured on soiii I haddlna In the room. . , 1 U 1 1 il "SJ . i m ' a'W. i'. atciavU, lrarfmsbore.-. C. i -I raeomoMoa brown iron omen aa a atedl- sirs sooa z i ; i 4 i t Index to New Advertisements. 1 C H Dula ft Co Bread, Cakea. et Mrs Joa Person For lb blood, i L Bluuillon wanted. I J C BuUtTan-MoUoe to Tax parerf. B N emtn-To Uia Pubilo, Thoa at Plttman 3.iO0 wanted. Btrrlnser & TroUer-BUU eloslnc eat. W H Truslow- Bridal rifts. Indications. Middie Atlantic light rain or snow, followed by partly cloudy weather, northerly to easterly winds, higher barometer, stationary or slight rise in temperature in southern portionsjower temperature in northern New York. South Atlantic, local rains, followed by fair weather, southwest winds, be coming variable, higher barometer, sta tionary or slif htriseiin temperature. Gulf, generally fair; weather, higher barometer, stationary or slight fall in temperature, south to west winds, be coming variable. Tennessee and Ohio Valley, occasion al rain or light snow, colder weather In Tennessee, higher bttrometer, northeast to southeast winds in the Ohio Valley, variable winds in Tennessee. LOCAL RIPPLES. Tom Jones for a Saturday evening drunk, yesterday appeared before tbe mayor's court and bade adieu to a 65 bill. It is htrdly necessary to remind the Democrats of the city, that a con vention is to be held afOates' Hall to night. A german will be given by the rlearure Club to night, complimentary to Miss Round tree, of Brooklyn, who has spent the past winter In our city. The Cbatauuua Scientific and Lit erary Circle will meet at 8 o'clock this evening, at Mrs. Dewey's. The occa sion to-night will be Shakespeare's me morial. The Buford gave a royal dinner Sunday, the guests topping off on straw berries and cream, after dining ou peas, tomatoes and other extras In the way of vegetables. The registration books close Fri day, and those who do not give in their names by that day, will feel like they had reached the depot ten minutes alter the train left. The heart of this entire community goes out in sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. Jas. M. O-ttes, in the loss of their only child, which died yesterday afternoon, of pneumonia. The funeral will be held to-d y at 4 p. m. Sunday was the first day of tbe Jewish Passover, and was celebrated in all Hebrew families by big dinners, un leavened bread and wine. Tbe feast of the Passover is observed as a general holiday with the Jews, and closes next Saturday night. Mr. Steven W. Davis was yesterday appointed a magistrate, by tha clerk of the court, to fill out the unexpired term of Col. Jno. L. Brown, who recently re signed on being elected county com missioner. Mr. Davis term expiree in August, when he will qualify for an other term, having been appointed a J. P. by the last Legislature. At a meeting of the stockholders of the Georgetown and North Caorlina Narrow Gauge Railroad Company in Georgetown last week Messrs. I Baum and B A Manner lyn were elected di rectors of the road, and Mr R Fraser secretary and treasurer. A committee of Messrs R Dozier. R E Fraser, D Ris- ler, L S Enrich and II Kaminski, were appointed to treat with Mr. Blanchard, of Boston, on his arrival in George town, on the subject of buildiog this line. JSatmee and Evening Performances. Miss Katie Putnam will give a man- tlnee performance to morrows fternoon at 2 o'clock, when our people will have an opportunity of seeing her in that de lightful play.'-Little Barefoot." Thl is one of her best productions and Is well worth seeing We hope the charming little act res - will be greeted by a large audience. Wednesday night she ap pears in jLena. the Madcap," and a large house is already assured her. Reserved seats are now on sale at the usual pla ces. A Remarkable Fever Cake. David Foster, a colored man. who ived in the Greene ville suburbs of the City, died suddenly yesterday morning, and, at' the request of his family, Dra. Wilder and Byers held a post mortem examination over the remains. The deceased had been sick with typhoid fever some time ago. and had been com plaining lately of a disordered spleen. The physicians found his spleen to be of a most remarkable size, fourteen inches long and weighing 4H pouod, one of the largest "fever cakes" on record. His liver weighed nine pound. Aa Odd Flection Paper. Among the old papers unearthed at the court house yesterday by Capt; np-atiTwas the partial returns of the 'c4ne3th this. couaty. between James C Polk and Henry Clay. The election was held on the 4th of November, 1841. The only paper found bearing npon the election was the returns from McLeary's box, where 68 votes were cast. Polk re ceivlng 55 and Clay 13. The names of the "superintendents" of election, John Hartgrove, A. F. Sadler and Andrew Greer, were all affixed to the paper, and the whole thing was fixed together with a big red wax seal. -m ; i i 8addenDeataof Pkytlclna. ' Dr C M Glenn,an old and well known physician of Greensboro, died very sud denly in his office last Saturday evening. IlewW; attendijj jto ; iTadj ' patent; when he suddenly remarked tnatt he felt ill, and requested the lady tq go down stairs and summon his fan .which she at once did When the Doctor's son came In he found his father ijlcg on the sofa, and was greeted with tta remark: ' "You cant do anything tor me, son ; I'm dying with congestion of the lungs." He expired .in a few min utes afterwards. Dr. Qlenn. if as greatly esteemed in Greensboro both as a citl RddcafdlaffJ a - m lImi m 73icvnt aatx uia wsju, aui. ia Amtm .r.tlU I ' : . IXorafard Add la an aDDedser: It sUmalatea the stomach to r pawed neuvitr. and in many wars loons ap and to Arrested for Shooting a Colored Una. Yesterday in Monroe a young man named Robert Crawford, was arrested by the town , marshal, in response to a telegram from Lancaster ordering his arrest. . Crawford is a citizen of Lan caster, and stated that the causa of his arrest was a shooting scrape he bad in that town last Saturday. He became involved in a difficulty with a colored man, when he pulled out a pistol and shot the darkey, how seriously we were not able to learn. Rider Saved, hat the Horse Drowned. Mr. George L. Phifer. of Llncolnton, had a lively adventure in the high waters at that place yesterday, losing his horse and having a close call ; for himself. He attempted to ford Clark's creek, notwithstanding its swollen condition and when about midway the stream, horse and rider began to waft in an unpleasant direction. Mr. Phifer managed to reach the bank in safety, but his animal was carried down the current and drowned. NaisaaeeathatOafhtto ho A hated. A complaint that is rather loud is being made by our citizens in regard to the big hole on Capt. F. S. De Wolfe's lot, corner of D and 7th street, at the place where rocks were taken out to put on the streets. It should be filled up and the authorities should see that it is done quickly, before some citizen loses his lire by falling into the stony pit. ! A citizen asks us to call attention to the exposed condition of an old well near the city mills. It Is forty feet deep and the 'water rising to the top runs ofLgiviug it the appearance of an old field spring. It is dangerous and should be covered up. A OiaUnralahed" Lad y Dies From A a Apopleptic Stroke. j The south-bound train on the Rich mond & Danville Railroad, which jar rived here yesterday afternoon, brought to Greensboro the remains of the late Mrs. S. C Pa ili pa, wife of tbe Solicitor General of the United States. Mrs. Philips di-d very suddenly io Washing ton C ity I.iU Saturday afternoon, of jan apopleptic stroke. ;lie had duue her marketing in the forenoon a 'id bad lunch with her children, when a couple of hours afterwards, she was stricken with apoplexy and died within a few minute. She was a native of Chapel Hill, and before she married Gen. Philips was a; Miss Lucas. She after wards movtd with Ler husband j to Ralt-igh. mid : on his appointment! as Solicitor General, moved to Washing ton City with him. where her borne was an abode of hospitality, elegance and refinement. Her remains were taken to Chapel Hill last night, where they will be interred to-day. j The Intermediate state Diecamioa. The Second Presbyterian Church was packed and jammed Sunday morning. even to the back seats in the gallery with an audience that had gathered to hear Dr. Miller's sermon on the "Inter mediate State." The effort was one of tbe ablest and most exhaustive of this eminent divine. life, and was atopic of general conversation for the remainder of the day.! Dr. Miller took strong grounds against the existence of; an "Intermediate State." and his line of argument was skillfully woven and most ably sustained throughout. Uis illustrations were numerous and forci ble, and upon the congregation his re marks appearid to make a deep and convincing impression. This sermon. it appears, was preached by rt quest of a number of people who disagreed with tbe views of Rev. J. T. Bagwell, in a sermon on the same subject preached by him in tbe Tryon Street Methodist Church, several Sundays ago, and which was misconstrued by the congregation. some of them claiming it to be a sup port of the belief in purgatory, and others that It was not. Mr. Bagwell takes the ground that there la an inter mediate state, and has been requested to reproduce his sermon. This, be has consented to do, and will deliver tha s;rmon again at at early day.bulj the time nas not yet been appointed. ; Cows oa the Track. The cow that waa killed on the rail road near High Point last week, causing the deatb of Engineer Gayle and the destruction of a freight train, coat the railroad company OZJXXX. No doubt the company will be sued for killing the cow and will havo to pay for the beast that earned all this destruction. People who know nothing 4f what a terror a cow on the track ia toa engineer, are disposed to. hold 4he opinio (hat engi neers, as a rule da not car whether they kiil : a . cu W or not. and aoaieareso uncharitable as toltelieVe thatj they try to kill every cow found oa the track No one ever held a more mistaken idaa. A cow is the greatest dread to an. eogL. heer, every ooeof whom would, just as aoon ran their engine over a log, to strike a cow, as there ' ia, just as much danger in one aa there ia In tha other. Passenger trains, 'equipped with air brakes, being' enabled to stop quickly, seldom strike a eow. but with long heavy freight trains It la, different, and the sight or, A jeow . aeLin stead of being one to amuse the engineer. Is one that chills his blood and fills him with dread. .Instead of bUmlng , engineers for killing their cows, the people along the line of , the railroad should rather blame themselves f or alio whig their cows,-to (lll the engineers. Ssperin tendeat Andrews says that the railroad company will paj ten dollar per mile in that portion of the country Is rough which tbelr road rune that is nol under the stbekjaw. .to. help the people build a line of fence on each aide of the road to keep tbe stock; from getting on the -tracks k j .. -; t"-1 i.- lifccrma. It. C Iill at J 1 S1. 'B Warner A O-tUs-1 uka rt (Imwn la suula that 1 ham kMi onoraty ard t rbo-f-nUm b ton aae of jvur jCkfaty T,'l Llvax Cur. V W. RcaDiiXXj4 a . ' i CajaS o Bt ; - i' i ; tHabetea. Br!ru' THseaaa, X3tToy. tTrTnary or LrvreomD2ainu cannot ba eoaLra-d bf roaor yomt lamuf it Uoo Biitsra r i mo4 u roa Iray arty of tbesa Ceasef Uop UUars la ttm only mad tela that will poaUJralr dtoo. Poet f orcet UUa. aad don's get soma paOad ap THE STORM-KING. A Urea Dowaponrof Raia all Over the Conatry Wasaeats aad Slides oa the - Railroad 8 wollea Streanas aad Flooded Track A Mamall Flood. Tbe big storm that' slatted in the Rocky . Mountains last Friday, and which traveled eastward at a rapid rate, struck this portion of the country yesterday morning about two o'clock. and after blowing things around, and thoroughly soaking every thing earthly. passed on and wasted itself on old ocean. The rainfall was preceded here by a heavy wind and sleep-disturbing thunders, after which there waa a calm for a few moments, when the rain came down in sheets, as if intent upon washing our old world away. The rain did not cease falling until s about six o'clock. From all reports received yes terday the storm 'was general over the State, but particularly heavy to the north and west of it. Between Greens boro and Danville tbe rainfall waa ter rific, and the streams , between those places were higher yesterday JLt Is stated for ac actual fact, than was ever before known. The mail and passenger No. 52, due here yesterday at 2:10, did not ar rive, nn til after four o'clock, having been delayed by a washout and a fill-in. both within a quarter of a mile of each other, near Morebead, a station eight miles north of Greensboro. - Tbe wash on t, extending over fifteen feet of track, was . quickly repaired, and the train passed over, but had scarcely resumed full speed before the engineer reversed his engine and applied the , air brakes just in time to stop short of an immense lot of dirt that, had tumbled down a hill and covered the track. This slide occasioned a considerable delay, as it required heavy work to remove it. All along the railroads the creeks and branches were out of banks, and the lowlands were a sheet of water. Be tween Lexington and the Yadkin bridge a considerable stretch of track was under water, at some places deep enough to be parted by the pilot of the engine. The Carolina Central Railroad men report unprecedented rains both east and west of us. The Catawba river was yesterday higher than has been known the past winter, and there was water everywhere. The wind did a good deal of damage to timber land by the de struction of trees, and some farmers who had planted their bottoms in corn will have it all to do over again. The rainfall was Immense in the western tion of this county, and it was yes terday Impossible for the west side farmers to get to the city with wagons oa account of the swollen condition of the streams. AOoyCiroand Under a Tarn TaMe. . Last Sunday afternoon, while Mr Jamas C Cassldy, the doss carpenter of the round shop, was playing with his little son Charlie and a . number of other boys at the old railroad tarn table, hard by the city mills, an accident oc curred which put a stop to the pleasures of the evening, and which came near putting a stop to tne little boy's life. Tbe party were amudng themselves riding round on the table, which was being propelled by a couple of colored men, when Mr. Cassidy's son Charlie tumbled from his seat and fell in front of the revolving table, which, swinging around, caught him between, the wall of the pit and the butt of the table and passed on, having crushed the boy be tween a space only five inches wide. He was picked up and carried home, it waa thought, fatally wounded. Dr. McComba waa summoned, and. on mafc ing an examination, found that the IIf tie fellow's collar bone had been broken. his shoulder dislocated, and his body badly bruised. Yesterday he was rest ing all right, and bid fair to be out again ia a week or two. How the boy escaped instant death ia a marvel, but then there ia an old aaying that you cant kill a boy, yet It ia not every boy who can aqneeae through a five inch crack wita such little damages.' A Forged Fateat Wasiiiwotox. April 23. The foreerv of a patent was discovered at the patent office to-day. The circumstances con nected with it are as follows: On J one 8, 187S, a patent for nut locks was issued to Wm. Sutton, of Purdy, Tenn, now of Faragoula, Ark. Recently Sutton transferred to P. J. Bennett and F. M. Tnreadgui, or Little Rock, for a con sideration of SSjOOO. what purported to be a -patent for nat looks, issued on January 8, 1883. and the documents together With the letters of -. transfer were sent to the Patent Office to be re corded. Upon reference it waa readily ascertained mat no patent was issued to Sutton on January g. 18SS. An in vestigation showed that the patent waa not genome ana tnax in order to make a transfer Sutton counterfeited - tbe patent head, forged the signatures of Alonzo BeU. Assistant Secretary of the Interior, and- . M. Marble, -TJommls- aloner ox .Patents.' and took from genuine patent the seal of - the patent office, which together with hla. original specifications he attached to the fraudu lent certificate, thereby - making it appear - that the patent had seventeen years to run. Tbe fact that the seal has been removed from the stenuine patent rendera it invalid, . The case will . . Coaeaased Press Dlspatckea. . 'Information was lodged against the American steamer. Tropic, yesterday at Philadelphia, that ahe waa engaged to carry anna, munitions of war. &c, to insurgents in Hayti. In violation of the neutrality laws, and her o&eers iwere bound over by 17. 8. Commissioner Ed munds. . . . ) s . A terrible tornado swept over a por tion oi xowa yesterday, doing . much damage to towns, farm bouses, is. . A land slide at Black; Oak. on. the Knoxville and Ohio Bailroadeeterdar blocked the trains. It will take three aays to clear -(ne track. ' xnere was a nerce atorm axao ana tne Heaviest rain i in nve years. -;..-: - - : - A destructive cyeione accompanied by heavy rain, passed through f lower Georgia yesterday. . in some parts the cyclone was a quarter of a mile vide. Set aad Aajoarned.. ,, ; ; WJLsmxaTON, ' April 3, Tse xxur mittee ia investigate the charges a mnat : HilL supervising architect of the Treaav qry, met to-day. As neither witnesses, nor accusers were present the ccsnmit- tee after waiting half an hour or more adjourned until io o clock Wednesday A Card From Mayor De Wolfe. Editor Journal-Observer. . ! You state in your Sunday morning paper that I am a candidate for re-elec tion as mayor. I have told all those who have approached me on the sub ject that I am not a candidate, and my name will not be before the convention, agitated by you. Although we come in ror a sort of back banded slap in your eaitonai on sewerage ana otner criti cisms in matters effecting the welfare of our city, ' I heartily commend the course you are pursuing, for in this way reform and improvements are brought aoout. uome again. . I trust I will be pardoned for indulg ing a certain degree of pride and satis faction in reviewing the course of the present administration of our city gov ernment. When I came into office the treasury was empty, there being only 97.70 in iu Since then without any increase of tax ation, and with as low a rate of taxa tion as has existed for many years, water works have been built, under a contract guaranteeing to furnish good pure water tit for domestic purposes, at a cneaper rate tnan is xurnisnea to any town in my knowledge. It is true the water works company have not yet ful ly complied witn tne contract, but tne cast of their plant is so great the end ia assured. Then we have bought and paid for and have nearly refitted and ready for occupation, a city bail, which will be an ornament to the city, and will sup ply a want long felt. Oa the city nail property we have erected jt wo nice and substantial fire ensrine houses. and balls lor the Neptune and Hook and Ladder companies, saving ny toe purenase or this property and these improvements an annual rental of five hundred and forty five dollars to the city and so pro viaing ror tnese nre companies mat their zeal and usefulness in serving the Eublic will be greatly enhanced. We are also bought for the use of the fixe department, rendered necessary by the erection of water works, three splendid bose earn as es at a cost ox sixteen nun- dred dollars, also fire hundred feet of fire bose. for five hundred dollars and a splendid nre bell a cost of S51LTZ. In addition to this there nas been more work of a permanent character done on the streets than ever before, with the exception of the years 1875-16. when the tax was double what it ia now and when a large amount of arrears of tax es was collected under a decision of the Supreme' Court. And above and be yond and far more important than all in is. public graded schools have been es tablished, and to day white and colored children are taught in buildings owned Dy tne city ror Uieir use. , - - -I willinzlv a&sume a lanre I share of the responsibility for the purchase of the Carolina Military Institute proper ty, at the price of fifteen thousand dol lars, and 1 don't believe that amount of the people's money waa ever : so well spent since Charlotte has had an exist ence. If the people are true to them selves and their children the purchase of the property makes their school per manent. For myself I would not vote for any man, no matter how nominated, wno is not iuiiy committed to the maintenance of these schools at all hazards. When you hear a man en- veighing against the purchase of this property, the buildings on which, with out tbe 27 acres of ground, cost about twice the amount paid, you bad ' better beware of him. I said to tbe board of aldermen immediately after the . pass age of tne ordinance appropriating, fif teen thousand dollars for the purchase of this property, that I would rather be instrumental in its passage toan to be re-elected to the office of mayor. I am content to retire feeling assured that I can never again promote the passage of any measure, fraught witn so maca good to the people at large. I am deeply sensible of the kindness andpartiality shown me by the people of Charlotte, and I have tried to ad minister the affairs of this city so as to promote the best interests and bappi nees of the people. How well I have succeeded I cheerfully leave to them to say. F.S. DeWoltk. . . AaUcipnfing the Cyeione. - New Oblkajcs. April 23. E. A. Burke, manager of the New Orleans Times-Democrat, was advised of the cyclone at four o'clock Monday morn ing wniie in New x ork. He at once instructed the employment of four physicians and purchase of . medical supplies to be sent br a special relief train from New Orleans to Beauregard and Wesson, also that a call be made for assistance.' the Times-Democrat beading the list with a contribution of esoa Tbe Wesson cotton mUL mentioned In the previous dispatches, employs about four hundred operatives, and is one of the most successful mills in the South. It la thoroughly eouiDPed with modern machinery, and lighted by elec tricity. ,, ' . . i - - . Jlore light oa a Dark KaaJeeU Dub let. April 2a It fs stated that a prisoner now in KI1 main ham Jail has Even evidence to the authormes which is ? thrown complete light on the sub ject of inquiry to be opened by Curran, ui visional magistrate oz tne .Metropoli tan police, into the murders here dar ing the peat year of persons who have turned informers. - - - i . . . . loaita tar away State of Colorado, writes: "an old Indian at t&ls airaoey remarked wbeo ne tast ed New Ufa, t&e 6reet Coach Benvedy. lor Urn Brst lime. 'TJchi biz merftelDef after tt and eared aim ot asthma be said: 1! aeap moca tig medicine r " This lata eenecal verdict Itsae Uoa m throat aad lone troubles, to Hole abori ot Mr W. G. Brodle, Warrensna. K. CUsayst I Brown-a iron sitters um Deat tooJe I nave ninrsi AaUMrlrf; Dr. W. X. fieott. mialiliail ef tbe aoCam of Mi. alcUna. Montreal, writes: - "i aavo leeemmeaded Ootderra Lfcroid Beet Toole aa the beat uum. taoa tor debllay, todlaeeUoa. - dyspepsia, fever Sua. B. C Zdwarda. RCitn: ! am rind to testify to aavlnc Brown's lion Bittera," : 4 . neoefrted by Taa beet Salve tn tbe world : for Oota, braises. noree, aamra, salt raenm. tetter, chapped nanda. ertllblalna. eorna, and all kinds ef eala esapoona. ess. Oat Beery Crrootle Sal re. aa all oioam are matwaaaooa. Friee 26 eeoxa. . FUJI RAX. HOTXCS. t Tbe fanoral et Mabel, tnXaat "ith-TT of Jaa.- X. and Kora W. Oatea. aSl take place from tbeir raaVtsnoa at 4 p. as. to-day. friends sod aesnaj&v larntsvaedtosllatm . : ; Situation Wantcde A Bomor Stosect of tbe Fbfiadslcbln Cellpa r Fbarmaer, wttb M years expeneooe tn tbe rca aroa bealneas, decree a aimaaon as dmgesrk.la to,TaM2Tcrde 4 li .if., - j i a , w- ' 1. . -' caiwxrrra, w. c ; sr! r?. l fs. ' -'- PaFOTT COLUCTU o rt-;a, ' all ftwun inn rtnslrn tn -., ( ,n ,un,l. Lieenee wlU Snd me at my eee m tae 2ta a4 i.a last., and at Monroe. A. c oa ta l.i int. Httwn noBaa. ONz- Friday, April 27f We a 111 ha-e on exhibition TBE FINEST LINE OF CAE Ever Shovra la tala City. THE LADIBC Are Especially Invi: BREAD AND CAKES OC an Ttrtetlaa always In stock or made on i noooa. TBere ara No -Finer Facilities in tb Si tot Um auOUns or deUvering of a nj tiling ia Una. C. H. Duls & Co. apr24. Fop le Blood! THE BEST BLNOW1 MRS. JOE PERSON'S RXB PDD V T D D V V D D TT DDT PDD T it f KM UM K M KM M U ror l Beavrt Plsease a All (kla Bl JClOE stroxg's opixion. Baunsa K. C Dec 1st, iss: Kks. JocPnamr Kadam: Some months X was m bad neattb. saSerlec rrom debiiitr, I. woo. and lose ocapperue. wbn a frtend d experienced treat benefit from tbe osa roar Bemedy. mrtnnsii me to try tt as n tome aid so wttb tbe most nappy resutta. I take r." Pteasore In reeonuBeadina' tt as a ralaai effldent Verecabie Tonic, and wlab yon mocb t sea. very revpfCKUuy, as34dl w . Gao. T. Etxohs TO THE PUBLIC. Into tbe lAQadry boalnees to make 1 aad to do tbla 1 know I most mun it t tntereat of all to patronize my bostnes, for 1 patronace tbat sopoona and eoeoarages ail pi., works, aueb aa Laondrlea.- Hotels. t4or, ao-4 j kloda of tadoatrUU enterarlaea. Now win you or Klve my bwlneee a fate trial and demonstrate t sapenorityor my work. - Come aai see me and I wm make prices sa: factory. - . - ' ' B. If. SUITS. apv24 Qiariotte Steam LaurKL-7 WANTED-S3,000. ! I want three tfcoesaad aollsrs on ftrst-elass r esute seeantr. Psraons destnoc toUrvestsms sill find u to ueu .alvaiitace to est- - TH03. SC. PlTISLaJI. Attorney. DON'T FORGET! We are Still Closing Out! AT AND BELOW COST. 1 IfOTHXB COUrTTTa OT CHTAP SCKKT L Dmaa fiooda. Bantlrxr Gmutliwi Hiss a uvKomuDn, tt, txtx . uaaatmeres lot Mta ui Bora wear. ; A BABOAEI US BLACK CRAPE VEILS Corsets, tbe cbeapeet In town A lot of bandsor rva we wouia oe pleased to s&owuietn saaay otbor Unas ef goods waieb we axe ami, to eloee oat. espeetfal!y, fte aprs BAR&rsGraa tbqttih. BRIDAL GIFTS. Mmtrnt Secelvod, c W; H. TRUSLOW'S Best stock of Watebea. Jewelry, Bnvenrare, i. m tbeeity. Fine Waieb repairing a speetaity. ei&Mttt. FOR SALE. ATsnwhleEOUSX and LOT tntHaelly ' of fTrartotta - Tbe boose ootj to las 9 rooms . tn main bnUrfTng. 18x18, wKb bsibToom. htt t tali water.Dotter pantry and two baaemecl rocn Two-room BrVk EReben. slaie roof. arid iem-l and stable. . Tbe bnTMlngs are iHltCs dee,' Tbe lot 'eon tains faor .noes, wi: fwanfTfal ' abade 'trees, eretju sens and Cowe: Tbla lot baa too weds of exteOent water. 3 Tbe property Is ebayeoleo.t!y aJtaated on Trs . tract, wtthm five annates . wsik ot tia per: aqtiara. U u one of tbe jaost daalratas resident In Charlotte and a pate baser ean obta la tbla pro: erty at a baxsaln. , , ancle lots wQl be sold. If desired!. rorrarOmr toformatloa apply to -' 1 - '- WXLTZ3 apX2tf . -.; FOR SALE. 'ABxYsLaBX. 15 bands tiizH. Toatad 1ST by f nmtnettm. atred by XrJqnala. dam Tasma-' by Imported AnatraUa, bmd by a. Welsb, Cbe- H1I1. Pa. from whom abe passed to Pierre Lc: lard, and tbea to ber present ownes. Tbla mars to aoaad and vary speedy and tiz SwBM. A- - - Tor fmXmrpaztlealan apply to - ' 5 ' WH. BABNS, XetrOe Sock rasn. Eaw trer, r. C , Or. to - ' - - - ' " - It. P. HiXSTIAD. Tetiteary Borceae, Baford JL.oaee, cbartooer N. C 'll2ZC(Mfiw':(JcaY3 xt- - - - - -AT 7:30 O'CLOCK. , " O airman Democratic rxreutlrs commux. ATAUCTION. - f-i'r v- . ' r - I tare bad eocatgoed to me 'a arst-elass sUck ( Tram tbe tenable EBy Jswalry Eiom. C rCja I wul eSor a etonl s l,ecik;,ir? toaok BouiSas every ee? 6y to day torn tie atoca u eJoedf 's . roods t-a aa t..-c?. sal ersry ar. j - CALL A?TI cr3 TZZlZTZs Tbabk-mare retreCJTiny tarltJi ;r.t-"-examine taeae foe1- . aj2Sa- ordinary President. aio a.m. co-aay. a. vtfonw um warns NlllHaVUlSBIBtraW ) morning,
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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