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I THE DjM.IL.JT CHjMIIL, O TTE JO VlUrjm'Z,, jr& THE JJjS.IL IT CUjIII L, O TTE Oil SEIt WEH, COJTSOLMDjSTED jnMHCHWT, 1SS3. Sally faarlette Otormr, Istaellsbra Juiut 13, 1819. CHARLOTTE, N. 0., FRIDAY, MAY 1U 1883. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ally ChwMUcjMnai, Kstabltektd Aagest 23, 1S8A. TO SUBSCRIBERS AND PATRONS Bt lbs terms of the coooolldfitlon of Tn Jotra flrOBSXBTBK. LtMt proprietors of tbe eousoltoav- d mnef Mime to cam out all contracts for amr Using and subscription, existing with either paper nmloni to suen consolidation. Prrvons bw have paid In anvanee for subsefp- tlora fur not a piu-ers mil iiv tne time ex jeooa on Uw n-w subscription books, and persona who have paid In advance for either paper will receive TBS 4 -una aL'VBBKHYBjk to ine expiration x too jmv paid. ) Small pox is prevaleut in sever cuiiuties of south Georgia. i . Ex Treasurer Polk's trial begins at Nashville, Tennessee, June 25'h. Tbere is no danger now that Presi dent Arthur's name will sink into ob livion. A Florida dredge boat has been called after him. I ' - - The Georgia M.jr calculates that - he-national d bt could be paid with Ihe'amount due uewapaper offices by delinquent subscribers. A! Nevada Iudiau Las been awarded 815.000 damages against tbe Southern 19 fic Railroad for the lussof a leg. This is rough on the railroad while the government is uayiuK thousands of dollars to have Indians killed, i BenjHQin F. Butler. Roger A. Pryor, and Duncan S. Walker, have been re tained to defend Messrs. Sher'.dan and Walsh, should the extradition of tbe latter parlies be sought by the British Government. c!ld does not always cultivate fra ' terial friendship, uur does gocd fellow ship always go hand in hand with wealth. Two millionaire brothers in New York have been warring for fifty years over their father's estate. i - The Pennsylvania Senate has voted to put down the practice of minors playing pool in licensed establishments. Tbejbilt provides that the license of proprietors of such . rooms as admit minors shall be revoked. Tbe Boston Transcript says of Wasb Ington.lhat probably there is no other tract of equal siza on the surface of the earth in which so small a percent age jof people is engaged in the produc- tion'of Value. anything which has a market An exchange says: "Sarah Bernhardt has laeen getting her life insured in fa vor bf btr Son Maurice. That's right, Sarah. Jeave him money, and then he can buy character." As the' world wags now if she leaves hlra plenty of money he can get along without character.' Railway accidents are increasing in the (United States more rapidly than tbe increased mileage warrants. During the month of March there were 142 ac accidents, against 137 for'March, 1852. The monthly average for the year so far is 165 accidents. 43 deaths and 174 injuries. j 3 Hon. Samuel J. Tilden is a year older than! Bismarck and five years younger than Gladstone. lie is nearly seven years younger than was Disraeli at the time) of his death. lie is a year young er than Andrew Jackson was at the ex piration of his second Presidential terra, and Is about a year younger than was Buchanan when be stepped out and jLincoIn stepped in. The Farnham typesetting machine lias teen on public exhibition, in the Goodwin block on Haynes street. Hart ford, Conn., and attracted immense crowds. It both sets and 'distributes typei, and, it is claimed, can do the work of ve compositors. A syndicate of Connecticut capitalists have purchased the patent and will soon take measures to bring the machine into practical use.j Toe Nashville American utters these truthful words: "If any publication could more properly come within the purview of the law prohibiting he cir culation of ur clean literature, we should suppose that publication would bethePol ice Gazette. We marvel that any respectable dealer in periodical litera ture! should permit such a publication to defile his counters or show a indowp, or that people who have any regard for the proprieties should like to be sup plied with their light literature from an atmosphere contaminated with its presence." Philadelphia Record: Said Conklicg: Point me out a boss and I will show you a man who by virtue of his ability deserves to be a) boss." This way of putting the boss theory of government suggests a painful doubt. Since Conk ling has retired from tbe business of a bos not by his own consent, it follows from his own logic that he does not possess the ability entitling him to be a . bosi . On bis own doctrine of the sur- vival of the fittest It must be owned that as a boss he has not survived. Bat as' a' splenetic, cross and disappointed : politician there is an immense deal still left of him. - Oil Works strnclc nr Usatning-. Nsw York; May 10 The Standard . Oil I Works in Jersey City were struck by llghtuicg at 3.SO o'clock this morn ingj Up to 0 o'clock seven tanks of oil , bad exploded. The fire is still raging v with, terrible force. -The works, are - abandoned and more disaster is feared. The estimated loss is 500.000. v 1Q a. m. The fire is still, raging.- It is now near the tanks of the Jersey Central track, where 150.000 barrels are ttored. Thus far 500.000 barrels have been destroyed, including 250,000 bar rels, refined, stored in the storehouse. Tbe lots will reach S7 50,000. - Later The oil fire is still raging. The agte Refining is In danger. If -the' wind continues southeast tbe re- " tnalning buildings may be saved. Tbe railroad is on fire and the oil tanks are saved by shoveling dirt on them. Six lives were lost. None of tbe bodies " laave been found yet. Tm Latest. J ersky Crrr. May 10. ; The fire is under control, but it will ijurn for some time before all tbe ma terial is consumed. It t thought that the loss will exceed 8 1,5 00,000. Twelve large tanks, eighteen cars, six barges, a dredger, three docks and five brick buildings weredestroyed. The quantity of oil consumed is not known. Among the. losers, betides the Standard Oil Company, are several other oil firms. - who each lose from 400 to 700 barrels of 2 Under oil. which was stored in one of e warehouses. FROM WASHINGTON. K eirn's Successor Wheat Report for ; May.. " ;' ; Washington. May 10. The Presi dent to-day selected Cbas. Lyman, chief clerk of the United States Treasurer's office, to be chief examiner under the civil service commission, vice De B. Randolph Keim, whose appointment has been withdrawn. Tbe May returns of wheat to the Department ol Agri culture make the condition compared with April averages materially lower in New York and Michigan and In Ohio and Illinois. Further injury was wrought by frosts early in April and in the more northern districts the real damage by March freezing was more f ullv disclosed as the covering of snow and ice disappeared. The average for New York is 77. for Michigan 83, for Ohiq 62, for Illinois 66. Further loss is suffered by the plowing up of large areas in Ohio and Illinois. A reduc tion in Missouri from 83 to 80 is also reported. In Indiana the condition averages 75 and New Jersey reports 101. both the same as In April. Ail the remaining Northern : States show an Improvement since April report as well as tne jfacinc coast ana neany ail or me Southern States. . i - Tbe averages are: ' Connecticut 960, Pennsylvania 95. Delaware 85. Marv land 99, Virgfuia 97,!Nortn Carolina 96, South Carolina 93, Georgia 97, Alabama 98. Mississippi 92, Texas 87. Arkansas 86. Tennessee 88, West Virginia 90, Kentucky 81. Kansas 91, California 77, Oregon 72. This is an improvement of 15 points in California ana 17 in ure- eon. i The average condition or winter wheat is 83i against. 80 in April, loss in area from replauting in other crops may be assumed to reduce the prospect to that of April first, in 1878 ana 1880 the general average was 99, in 1881 it was 88. in 18S2 il was 102. In May last of the year 100. In former years there were no May returns. ' Two years ago the average declined to 80 in July. Last year it increased to 104 at tbe time of cutting. It should be understood that in the department reports of the condition 100 means medium growth with full stand audjbealtby plant. Ohio and Illinois State reports com pare with last Tears crops. Thus Ohio reports for May 56 compared with last year and 62 compared with an average crop. The spring wheat area will not be complete uu May i3tn ana win d reported June . first. 1 Tbe statistical agent far Dakota makes the probable increase thirty per cent. Tbe agent for Minnesota reported o per cent, or last years area already planted. An increase of 15 per cent, is hee ported In, Washington Territory. It is not probable that the increase in tne spring wheat area will more than make good tbe It's of winter wheat acreage. Without regard to spring wheat breadth the present prospect for winter wheat area in consideration, of the reduced condition- and acreage is twenty per cent, less than in Ma? list, le present ing a loss of about seventy-seven mil lion bushels. A dispatch from the London sta tistical agent nnder date of April 28 h. reports an improvement in .European wheat prospects during tue last montuv The severity or Aiarcn was xoiiowea oy three weeks of dry weather, which was succeeded by one week of invigorating: rain. Tbe season is still backward. aud higher temperature 4s - needed. . The.. small area of sprit e sown wheat in England is thin, and much of it will be displaced by barley. In France aud lit-r many rain is need ed, and a higher temperature is ntces- sary. With tbe renuced acreage in Western Europe, and some injury from freezing in March, a reduced crop ap pears to be inevitable. In Austria and llnuguary the pros pect is favorable fur at Iest a medium crop. The returns of the progress of the cotton planting show that work is later than usual in every State, and indicates that on May 1st 74 per cent of the pro posed area was planted, when the usual proportion is said to be 84 per cent. In Virginia and North Carolina it was very late. The per centages were Virginia, 15; North Carolina, S3; South Carolina, 75; Georgia. 73; Florida, 96; Alabama. 83; Mississippi; Louisiana, 81; Texa., 75; Arkansas. 72; Tennes see, 67. A BagKage Car Burned. Cedar. Lake. 1ni. May 10. Last night shortly after the tiatn bound for Chicago on the Louisville. New Albany and Chicago road bad passed this sta tion the gas stove in , tbe baggage car exploded setting fire to the car. Tbe wind was blowing at the rate of sixty miles an hour and tbe train was run ning at the rate of thirty. The clothes of a newsboy in tbe baggage car caught fire, while be was attempting to sup press tbe flames and be jumped from the car. The Ex press Messenger also attempted to extinguish tbe flames and received serious injuries. Tbe bell rope was burned so that no communication could be had with the engineer. When tbe flames burst from the car the engi neer aw the trouble and stopped the train. The car was filled with passen gers' baegage. express and mail matter, all of which was consumed. There was no means of extinguishing the fire on the train and it had to be allowed to burn itself out. The delay was nearly lour hours. Swaag Into JBteraity. Pittsburg. Pa. May 10. Ward Mc- Conkey was executed hereto day in the yard attached to tbe county jail for tbe murder of George A. McCture in Dead Man's Hollow, near McKeesport, Pa, on the night of August 2d, 1881. The murdered man had bad goods stolen from his store- and bad tracked tbe thieves among whom was McConkey. to the hollow where bis body was after wards found riddled with bullets. The murder created intense excitement and a vigilance committee was organized who scoured tbe woods for miles. The murderers, however, eluded them, and It was not until several months after wards that McConkey was arrested in New York State. The rest of the gang nave never been apprehended. - 4 A FreixktTraia Telescoped. ; Dutchess Junction, N. Y- May 10. A. freight tram going south on the New York Ceutral and Hudson River Railroad last night brtke'in two near Highland Station.and tbe rear part was run into by another freight train 'fol lowing In the caboose of the first train were twe drovers named H. P. John son, of LeroT. N. Y aud S. E. Burt, of Batavia; both weie hurled into the river, and killed.- Their bodies were afterwards recovered and taken : to Pougbkeepsiev , t r - r--- Ki . Fire im BalUaioree Two Lives Lost. . Baltimore, May 10 r A fire occur r d at 3 o'clock this morning in a back building of tbe residence of the Misses Adams on Madison street, near How ard.: .Mr. A dams an old. gentlemen, paraljzed, was scffocaUd and a colored cook burned to death. The colored house girl jumped from the third story windoar. broke one of 'her arms, and was otherwise seriously injured. .The back building where the fire originated -was destroyed.". ; ' -. .r..;.. '. ; IIrrrd' Add PfcpliaU lis Sick. ..- t r" ' tlasvdaxbe. J . " Dm raxn HORNXB, Ja.. Balem, Va , tart: "I know of nothing comparable to Uto relieve tbe 1o '3stlon and ealted sic beadaebe, and mental aepreaaioa inaaebt to certain stages or roeoxaa- BAPTIST TION. . CONVEN-' Iatereatiag Reports aad Statistics of the Work aasl Progress of that De aosainatioa. 1 ' " Galveston, May 10. A dispatch from Waco to the News says: The Southern Baptist Convention was called to order yesterday. Dr. MelL of Georgia, in the chair; 563 delegates present. Dr. Mell was chosen permanent president, and U. S. Senators J. E. Brown,of Geor gia, S. D. Maxey, of Texas, Dr. Furman, of South Carolina, and Wm. Williams, of Baltimore, were elected vice presi dents. Drs. Burrows,of Kentucky, and Gregory, of North Carolina, were re elected secretaries. Dr. Tapper, corres ponding secretary of the board of for eign missions, read a long report. - The board received eight donations of 97,500 from . Mrs. Elinger. of Tuskegee, Ala. The report shows mission stations in Mexico, Brazil, China, Africa and Italy. Tbe total receipts for .the past year were 651,000; balance on hand April 30. 96,000; disbursements for China mis sions. 81.500: African. 95,000 : Brazilian. 95.000; Mexican, 93,000 ; European, 812,- 000. . '. ' 1 1. : The convention will bold three ses sions daily. At the afternoon session Dr. Ticbernor. of Georgia, correspond ing secretary of the home mission board, read his annual report covering the work done iu the Western and Southern States and territories. There has been 978,000 raised and expended by the State board. Tbe total receipts were 945.000; balance on hand. 95.018. 9100.000 is needed for mission work in the South. At night a sermon was preached by Rev. Mr. Braddox, of Ken tucky. The statistics place the number or Baptists in the world at 2.800.000: in the United States. 2.000.000 : abroad. 800.000 : .churches, 13,400; preachers, 8.O00. The Southern Baptist Conference was or ganized Got. JfcDaalel laaagarated. Atlanta. Ga. Mav 10. Governor McDaniel was inaugurated at 11 &0 a. m. Tbe oath was administered by Chief Justice Jackson.: In bis address Gov. McDaniel outlined his policy and called upon the people to sustain him by a bealtby public sentiment in main taining tbo credit of the State and in the enforcement of a'l good and whole some Jaws The Legislature has ad journed. A Redaction ! Damages. New York. May id In the second trial of tbe action of James Francis Malloy against James Gordon Bennett for libel in charging tbe plaintiff in tbe New York Herald with incendiarism in Edgefield. S. C, bt fore Jndge Ship- man in the U S Circuit Court the jury to-day gave the plaintiff a verdict for S2.r00. On the nrst trial Malloy got a verdict of 920,000 but tbe case was ap pealed and a new trial ordered. p memorial Day at Wilaaiactoa. Wilmin ton. N. C. May 10 The observance of Confederate memorial day here to-day was general. The pro cession was very long and the attend ance at Oakdalx cemetery unusually large, the erow-l xing estimated at 3.000 to 4.00. Rjd. It. T. Bennett, Con.-gresonian-t-laTi. -vri oratcr of - the day and deTTveTeaBri elixrientnsHtr ii prefMve anoieas. jjusiiiess was entire ly suspended during the afternoon. Joseph Afallet Pat Trial. ; Dublin, May 10. Joseph Mullet. in dicted u:i May 3rd fur complicity in the attempt on the life of Juror Dennis t leid, was to dy placed ou tn&L He refused to p'.ead to the indictment, giv ing as a ieaoii that comments of the English ir ss had seriously prejudiced bis case. He also ref useu the assists ance of the counsel assigned to him by the court. His trial was then by order of the court proceeded with. i Opium oad Drlak. A few days ago the nude body of an unknown woman was foui.d in a dark cellar in Da j ton. Ohio. She has now been identified as Mrs Uoman. of Wil mington. Ohio, the wife of a leading merchant in that place, bhe bad ac quired an uncontrollable appetite for opium and liquor, and left her borne secretly on the 20th of February. Whether her death was due to dis sipation or whether slie was murdered is not known. Got Nearly Alt. ; Texu SlfOnas "Have you got a copy of the laws passed by the last Texas Legislature Tt" asked a stranger of an Austin stationer. -No, sir tbe laws of tbe last Legisla ture have not yet been published, but we have'Scbenck's Handbook on Poker pocket flasks, and almost every other legislative requirement you can think Of." I Both Used the Kail e. Galveston. May 10. A dispatch to the News from San Saba says: Yester day on tbe Warwick farm two Mexi cans killed each other with the same knife. One stabbed the other in the region of the heart, leaving the knife sticking in tbe wound. The wounded man quickly drew tbe knife from bis own breast and stabbed his antagonist. uotn aiea in a rew minutes. A Traredyoa the Way to the Altar. Paris. May 10. This morning on the Rue Saint : Denis, while a marriage Farty was proceeding along the through are on the way to the churchy where tbe marriage was to be solemnized, a rival of the bride-groom suddenly ap peared, shot and killed him. The assas sin poisoned himself instantly after fir ing the fatal shot. . Stay of Proceedings Granted, m,- Columbia, May 10. In the case of James Coleman,' colored, sentenced 'to be hanged In this city to morrow for tbe murder of Sarah Willi, colored, his sister-in-law, a stay of proceeding has Deen granted. ' ' i The First Through. Ticket. ' ' St. Paul. Minn. May 10 The first through ticket from St. Paol to Port land. Oregon, over tbe Northern Pacific Railroad, was sold yesterday. Gambling Honaes Closed. ! Memphis. Tenn- May 10. The act Iiassed by the legislature making gam th ing a felony, went into effect yester day. AU the gambling houses in the city closed doors in the afternoon. , : 1 - : 7-"- i - 3 ... .1 A Batch orindlctmeaU. - f ,6 : . ViCKSBTjRO. May 10. The grand jury 5esterdy returned nine additional in ictmeiits against Chas. L. Mahan, cir cuit cleik, charged with forging county warrants. , - .;.nt ' Urr Kid Hay avnai ' Bra:1ir immmo. ' A medic! ne that destrowa tbe nrm or eaose of B right's Disease. Diabetes, Kioaej and Ltver Coin d lain ts. and nas cower to toot ttiem out of the STStem. Is above prtoe. Soea a mcdidne is Bod BtUers. and noaiuva front of this ean be .found by one trial, or tor a. Lira' your neisabors, w bo bore been cured bj It. .. f ; Tbachanulon dttver, Dan Usee.' : Who nav&r was "left" tn a rcca, ' Bars for cats and sprains, ' ; And aUbodHy palna, ' ' ' St Jacobs on soldi Uie first place. . It SOUTHERN Iadex to New Advertisements 3 Q Bnnanonhoaie Roe Herring. J B Bddina - BooaseUer and BttUooer , C 1 Prior-Kouce. - laalcatioas. Sonth Atlantic fair weather, follow ed by rains, southwesterly winds, be coming variable, stationary or lower temperature and press ore. LOCAL RIPPLES. f The Hornet's Nest Riflemen will be re-organized to night. Tbe meeting will be held in the court bouse. William Hart and wife, of Atlanta, and Dr. T. IL Cheek and wife, of Ma rietta. Ga. are At the Buford for a few days. : The first thins our new board of aldermen should do is to arrange some plan by which our streets may be dally sprinkled aud the dust laid. Messrs. John Barron and A. J. Johnston, of Pittsburg, Pa, two mining experts, arrived in tbe city yesterday and are stopping at the Buford House. With swearing in the mayor and new board, and discussing the applica tions for policemtn.things will bo lively enough at the city ball to-morrow afternoon. Tbe Charlotte crowd arrived in Waco, Texas, on time and every man of them safe. By going through New Or leans, they arrived in Waco sixteen hours earlier than they would have done by tbe other route. - Tbe water works company exhib ited a eommendable spirit Of enterprise. and deserve the thanks of ' the comma nity. in their action in sprinkling tbe streets over the course of the procession yesterday afternoon. McSmith's band is an institution of which the city may welt be proud Every member is a musician of talent and the character of the musie dis coursed yesterday was of a genuine. high order. Its A No. 1 all around. Mr. C. A. Hoover, one of the most prominent citizens of Steel Creek town- ship, was stricken with paralysis day before yesterday, and is lying in a very critical condition, we regret to learn. It Is feared that the stroke will prove fatal. Great is the fame of our Hornet's Nest Riflemen. The company yester day received a special invitation from Indianapolis, Indiana, to attend the second annual encampment at that place on August I3tb, and to compete for the prizes, ranging from 91,500 to 9250. Tbe Riflemen will think about it, Mr. B. N. Smith, tbe laundry man. yesterday exhibited some samples of fine work at this office. The work was -J"ecijeji4rtjtbe laundry at 8 o'clock!. m., and by 0 o clock, just one hour's time, was ready for delivery. Quick and good. Another Sermon on the Intermediate Stale. Rev. J. T. Bat welL pastor of the Try- on street Methodist church, in response to many requests, will next Sunday night preach his sermon on the "Inter mediate State," from the pulpit of bis church. Tbe requests to have the ser mon repeated, came not alone from Mr. Bagwell's congregation, but from mem bers of all denominations in the city. This subject, which was first discoursed upon by Mr. Bagwell about a month ago, has stirred up a good deal of inter est and comment among the churches and has been made the theme of two sermons by other pastors in tbe city since. Elected to Annapolis. Mr. A F. Long, of Catawba county. was the successful competitor for the Annapolis cadetship, and the board of examiners yesterday forwarded him his certificate of election. Mr. Long is only 10 years old and gained the prize over three other competitors, having the advantage over himself in age. He is a bright and intelligent youth and will no doubt represent the district from which be is elected with honor. at Annapolis. CoL H. C Jones, CapL W. A Barrier and Dr. R. U. Gibbon. ! were tbe examining committee, and ex pressed themselves highly pleased with the satisfactory manner in which the boys stood up to the rack. An Unpleasant Proposition to Settle. Policemen Healy and Orr last night arrested a young man in Frank Snidera bar and carried bim to tbe lockup. The young man, whose name we could not learn, had gone to 6niders restaurant for his supper and after eating it, re fused to pay. The colored waiter? on asking for the pay, was confronted with a formidable looking pistol in the hands of the young man, who proposed to settle for his supper by the use of the weapon. He scared the waiter and raised a big fuss generally, and :as a result was run In, by the , police.; He Will have a hearing ' before the mayor this morning. - - s- 1 - j ; ! Pat on the Golden Slippers. ' Aunt Sarah Lewis, the faithfu old servant of Mrs. B. L. Dewey, laid down the burden of a long and well spent life last Wednesday night, and passed on to receive her reward. Annt Sarah had been "with Mrs. Dewey's family regularly for over twenty years past and was a perfect type of the good old time family darkey. She was one. of the oldest women in this county, and there are many white folks now grown up and married whom the old woman used to,nuss and dandle on ber, knees when tbey were children. A true and honest old 'soul has departed from ! among us and with her many white1 friends we can hopefully trust that she has - .! Gon on home la tbe err nine To and tt morales iber. ... - Xntnent J. 3. Caldwell. BUUmore. M. D , states "I bave osed Colden's Liquid Beef TooJe largely tn Deblitty, Febrile and Kervoua Diseases, aad f have found u one of tbe aaost reliable of notrteat tonics In bse or to be found In pharmacy. 1 rake aootber.) Of drugg-sts. -:. . Trnto. : -, "lit pltr.and frit "lis t!s true, tbt if Tou don't cbfck ttt lriidious Cisease aalcb fssapplag your life you ur roon bare to qore your ac count In tbe beyond, hew Life, tbe GruU Cour1 Bemedy. wbl relieve roe of jour eorb. W. jc wain, clerk In tba Baltimore poftoie, s&rslt oared him. nben ererytblog else tailed. A RURAX1ST7S VISIT And Ills Uncomfortable night at g HoteI-Gas " Burner for a Clothes . Rack, and the Snaseonent Resnlta. -l - ' v Night before last, one of our big hotels had a visitor from the rural sec tion, who, by reason of hia unfamfliari ty with hotel life, raised a breeze before morning. The night clerk scanned tbe rural arrival as he bent over the regis ter to trace his name on the -blue line. And at once saw that he was the sort of guest who either blew out the gas or let it burn all night, and - punning the custom usual in such cases, gave him a candle and started him to his room with the porter. It was the last room back, top floor, and the porter, after showing' the guest where the water was, and explaining the surroundings of the room, retired and left him alone. The fun commenced about an hour af terwards, and next morning, when they got the old man so that he could stand on bis legs, he paid his bill and started to leave for home, but the boys persuad ed him to take a toddy before leaving. and then he tarried awhile and told them all about IL After the porter left him. he shelled his clothes and looking about for a place to bang them. spied the gas burner protruding from the wall over the wash stand, and tak ing this to be the clothes rack, he hung his garments on It, and turned it to one tide, so as to be out of the way of the wash bowL In doing this, he unwit tingly turned the screw, allowing the gas to escape. His next step was to blow out his candle and crawl into bed, but pretty soon his mind became turn bled up by thoughts of fires and rob beries, and at last being unable to sleep, he got up, placed his chair against the door and sitting down with his valise between his legs, prepared to sit it oat till daylight. By and by tbe room began to fill with the caping gas and the old fellow fin ally became so disturbed by the horri ble smell that he commenced pounding the door to call the servant, never once thinkinflr of touching the electric but ton. He knoeked up a drummer who was sleeping in tbe next roonLand who yelled to the old man that if he didn't quit that pounding he would come ' in there and throw him out of the win dow. This gentle threat quieted the guest, and he relapsed into silence, re turned his seat and soon fell asleep, It was not long after that when the porter came up to find where the gas was escaping, and stopped at the door of oar old friend's room, Being unable to get; in the door, the . porter looked through the transom and aaw the old fellow sitting on the chair in a state of total collapse. Assistance was sum noned. and he was hauled ont to under go the necessary treatment. About day- Tghthe opened his eyes, and the men ceased rolling him. In'the work'of re suscitating him all his under clothes were torn or worn off. but firmly re fusing to don a borrowed lot offered him, he got into his pants and coat, and buttoning tbe latter close up to his chin. pulled ; his hat down on his head, and announced his readiness to depart. "But what was that thar thing that smelt so slanderously bad last night?' he inquired, as he drank a second toddy with tbe boys. "Gas," they answered. "It was. hey 1 WelL then, it's not fit- ten to be in a white man's house. Garse, was it r" and tbe old man moved away. evidently perfectly satisfied that he had discovered the name of tbe meanest thing in the world, and something that had spoiled his appetite for a month to come. 1 - 3 Fail are of the Revised Bible. - It.has been noticed for sometime that nothing Is heard of. or. said about, tbe revised Bible, which was to take the place of the original old book in all the civilized homes in the country, and. upon inquiry it is found thaO the re vised edition is remarkable for its suc cess asa failure. The book stores here in Charlotte call it dead stock and in New York they are selling editions of the revised New Testaments now. for whatever it will bring in ounces and pounds. It was a stupendous failure. No one would read it; no one would buy it. Booksellers have had enor mous loads of it that they cannot carry, and, as it was not worth a cent in the market, it was sold as old paper to be tarnedMnto the Tats in the paper mills and soaked into pulp. A fair edition was sold when the book was first is sued to people who were anxious for curiosity sake to look at it, but as soon as their curiosity was gratified the sale stopped short, and it has never started up again. Half a dozen schemes haye been tried by the baok publishers to get ria or their useless stock, ana a great many have been waiting patient ly in the hope that some genuine inter est would be manifested by Bible read ers in the new version: but the v have all been greviously left. The book is commercially gooa ror puip ana noth ing more. The people who did buy the revised have laid it away and the old book holds its place on the family table and in the pulpit. ' ; The Phrenologist I the Gaard House. An old gray headed pilgrim In this rale of tears, whose bended back and stiing-halt salt denoted that he bore his ' share 'of 'sufferings from age and infirmities, appeared on. the streets yes" terday morning hunting for heads to feel, and at night he . was keeping the bed bugs company In the guard house. Be is a phrenologist, or at least claims to be, and finding trade dull be put in bis time sampling the ' various' brands of the ardent kept in town.' By time night fell he had fallen also, and lay like a log in the gutter, on East Trade street, where policemen Orr and, Healy found him.' The old fellow had a lot of moqey on his person, and but for the opportune discovery; of hjs 'condition by the police, some rogue wouia soon have made game of him. v 1 1 1 T ; ' DsmM !! 1st alio Homeo. ' Hoo?li on Bats' clears out nits, mice, roaches, bed tugs, t.,ti, acts, notes, moles, cidpmunka, fopber., , , v - - ; - ; , ? Toa ean eastly make yemr irJa wb!te and aofV Howr" "Uuae dean's Sulphur boap." WREATHS AND GARLANDS. Yesterday's Celebration of memorial DayA Great Crowd at Elmwood- An Oration That Thrilled Decking the tfonnds of the Soldier Dead.' The celebration of memorial day yes terday was decidedly one that will be looked' back to with pleasure by our people, as it was the most successful one that has been held In this city for many: years, being marked with more than ordinary interest, a great crowd, and a fine memorial oration. The pro cession was formed in the yard of the First Presbyterian Church at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and as it moved out. people remarked upon it as being one of the most interesting ever seen in Charlotte. McSmith's fine band was at the head, and following it came the graded school corps with nearly seven hundred of the brightest, happiest children, all bearing crosses and wreaths and garlands of flowers. The different classes - were - under charge of their several teachers ' who marched along side by side with the youthful brigade. Following the school children came the different fire companies, all in full uniform, and after the firemen, came the citizens on foot and in carriages. Arriving at Elm wood Cemetery,' the crowd, which could not have numbered less than 1,500 collected around the stand that had been erected near the mound, and Capt. Harrison Watts, the chief marshal, announced that the ex ercises would open with prayer by Rev. N. M. Woods. After Mr. Woods'; feel ing invocation , to Him who rules the universe, a beautiful dirge was played by the band, and the roll of honor was then read by Mr. Thos. M. Pittman. The chief marshal in a few remarks in troduced the orator of the day, CoL A. M. Waddell. CoL' Waddell opened 1 his address fittingly and most appropriately with a picture of that day, twenty years ago. when in a little farm house on the gen tle slope of an old Virginia hillside, a wounded Confederate warrior, the im mortal Stonewall Jackson, lay dying. and in a beautifully connected manner and in language whose pathos and elo quence moved the souls of his listeners within them, came on step by step to the present day. when tbe women of the South were gathered to strew gar lands of flowers on these graves before us, these gateways through which our heroes passed to glory. 5 He spoke of the custom as a beautiful aniraacred ie, and said that it should not only 1 sustained with increasing-interest, that tbe graves should not only be decorated on each recurring anniversary, but here aoove ; tnese graves, a marble monu ment should be erected to. commemo rate in enduring fame the self-sacrific ing devotion .of the men who died for ma aaaresa, tne speaker referred to a matter which should and will be brought to the attention of the Gov ernor ana state authorities a sugges tion that the bodies of North Carolina soldiers that are buried in an out-of- the-way corner In Arlington Cemetery, Washington City, be brought home and interred within the borders of the State to. which they belonged. The majority : of the Confederate . dead buried there are North Carolinians. They are -buried in a corner of the cemetery, grown up with weeds and grass, and on each head board is the single 1 word -RebeL" CoL Waddell spoke ' of the thousands of soldiers whose graves unknown and unmarked, are strewn over the land, and for these. garlands should be strewn here, and a tear dropped to their . memory. He spoke of the conciliatory feelings now existing between the North and South. and of how Northerners annually par ticipate with us in decorating the graves of oar soldiers. CoL WaddelFs speech was not over twenty minutes in length, and was highly complimented by all who heard it. At the dose of the address, the graves were decorated, and the great throng scattered to the city of the living. : '! : : ; , There is one Federal soldier buried in Elm wood, and that humble , mound was not forgotten. The same hands that strew flowers on the graves of the gray neaped garlands on the solitary mound of the blue. The large central mound was bright with flowers from base to summit, and from the mound the Confederate colors were displayed, side by side with the draped flagj of the Hornet's Nest Rifle men.; : v.;. .' " During ; the reading of the roll of honor,1 Cabt. R. D. Graham held the furled flag of the old Hornets, the flag which made a history for itself in the battle of BetheL Hotel Arrivals. The following were among the ar rivals at the Central yesterday: J A Higgs. J H Dobson, Mr and Mrs De Caurcey May, George I Pender, Balti more; Joseph Crow, D L Saylor, Jos Morton, Thos May, C W Johnston and wife, J D Brown, L A Pottr, Rev T I Lee per. Rev S H Chester, J H Mills. J F Gamble. Andrew T Long, North Carolina; J RCook,S N Dykeman, CB Irvine, Georgia: J R Thompson, W D Powell, South Carolina; J A Hoskins, E Tan Tagen, Washington; Chas ; A Overman, W D Docher. Philadelphia; M B Moorman. Tennessee ; Wm H Greene, Rhode Island. Wanted to Compromise. Taxes Slfdnga, - ; "in,. ' 1 'An Israelite who had been conscript ed Into the army did not particularly relish the idea of going into an actual battle, particularly after: the captain told him that if during the coming struggle he should find himself engaged in a hand-to-band encounter with one of the enemy, he must keep on fighting until either be or the enemy perished. "Mine Golt. I vish I already was ao- qainted mit dot enemy's name, ana ae postomce aaaress or aot man, x wouia write ana see ii it vasn not possioie to compromise dot mishunderstaadings." Ho Kind two ZXavlta In xxio Stomuacla. He not them there because tt was tbe fashion at bis boardlns-bousn. Tber wereeodfidb balls. F' t tbe boarders found that outilna too many eocsa bans In lb tit stomacos crodueed drsoepla. eee- -eiai.y woea twea do a iin ma?erei ana towa s ' -. l ad they not 10un4 mat fen avi's tan KLlcr cured tiriDemia, t&eiz bo&td- log -bouse fare would bare kiuod tbera. The Monkey Barber in Charge. xWYozk Son. - " The German barber-shop near the Cooner ' Institute looked natural from the outside yesterday, but inside the ravacpa of neclect were ; apparent on every hand. The window panes looked smudgy, and dust like a brown snow had covered the cup shelves, while on the table-top a pitcher of beer accompa nied the feet of tbe young assistant, Even he had changed, and now wore a hem careworn expression. ' "Hello, young veller," said he to the reporter, "dot's a bootiful sdade of dings, aint it? Yon vant der poss to shaf a vou z veil, oedder you vent und draff el der city up and down und drop in a few der news gombany office vonce ; in such biaces now der poes der whole time spends. ' He ton'd care if der eyedalians crab away his gusdimers up. He ain'd for der par ber peezness goot enough any more alretty. He's dired of ahaflng, und now I dell bim he vants to shktn aer public airetty. ' "VoLtonM vou know vot's habbened? He's got brinded a book owid. He got der idea from der Reverent Doctor Dix. of Drinity Church. VoL he bat sayt; Bhall such a man a man a book git owid, und Mrs Blake und Doctor Heper Newdon 7 Dem must pe grazy, yes. X'J chiminv hooky! I haf made more beo- .Dle lauffh as Dr. Dix. and I am more of a man as Mrs. xaaxe. x vui myseiior also a book git owid yet. Mr. Rhoades, a ir r m der sim ble minded enendleman vicn der Nye Torick News Gombany runs, he dolt der poss to vent ahead, und der poss mate a bite or bis numoucK non sense der Sun owid. und some more dings vich he der insite of his bead composed, una aer dook is now vaiting for such people vich more money got as prains, alretty. Here a gubble samples are: - - : BUBK YISDOX. "Vonce upon a dime, yet, a man dwo poys hat, und von vos O Tonovon galled and von vos Vizzins named. Der bote of der dwo dovs ahdarted owid to teen bropheta. Viggins bromiaed pig dings four months ahead, and ven dem did not come to bass, alretty, dat proke him all to bieces up. But Rosea was more sehmarder as dot. He nndil somedings aooK Place vaited,nnd oen in der Papers game owid und sayt: 'Ah. ha! did vou cnoost find dat owid ? My vriends! am a vonderf ul feller, and you can broove it by me.' s . J "in der uossa Plan is ecerv dune der most oront. . ; ' - .- ,.-; j ' zr ' ""SEstBIJE KOKSENSK. ! "'Insite of a parber shoo der cosdi- mers dalk der barpers grazy all der vile. I can'd get der edge of a vord In site vays. Dot is w. owid of seliuf-brodee- tion. r peen obliged to get a book owid. l can t sir mvseiiur der book avav free gracious for noding. alretty, but I hat it Diacea at der dniilnz expense of d wen ty-five cents and af der you haf reaa it owusiae in, yoa can to some friend for halluf a dollar sell it. As der brice been printed owitside der cover; oernaps it vouia peen cnoose as veil to get der fifty cents avay from some friend vich can'd read alretty. "My vrend. dot is not to laugh apowd. not dook xe ver is voraer as norae racing und trinking und such a dings. Der poss was a teeent, hard verking veller since be In 1875 von der old sundry game. He der science of der parber business hat down fine, alrettv. and could make cheaber pay rum und get xor it more as any man jrourrs auenno aiongi rixiffwreOTe"vin tresses, und his shildren ' looked alwavs bootifnL Aot der olt mans all proken down. Die pnght sbmile has vent from his face avay, he his peezness neglects, und shdill he keebs on und can'd der grazi- ness see or a xutcn paroer arying to brint a nook owid before he has learned to dalk United Sdades."' , Flaanngnnisna Applied. Kew York San. j The attempt of the Bepublicans to substitute harmony for distraction by means of a reorganization in some of the interior cities and counties has met with discouraging results. ; Where the Half-Breeds were in the ascendant thev neia on. wnere tne stalwarts . were in control they would not let go. j At present the-prospects of tbe harmoni ous reconstruction of the Kepublican party are not brilliant, either in this city or in the rural districts. - - .. The Rew York World. Mr. Jos. Pulitzer, proprietor of the Post-Dispatch, of St. touis. has. accord ing to Western dispatches, practically acquired possession of the Kew York world. These dispatches: state that while the negotiations are not entirely ciosea yet, it is expected the transfer of property win oe maae in a day or two. when it Is alleged Jlr. .Pulitzer will transfer part of bis editorial and busi ness force at SLLionis to New York; and make some radical changes in the character and conduct of the world. Seeking tke Head mt the Creeki f Fbiladelpbia Press. CRep.) 1? The liev. J. Hyatt Smith. Brooklyn's theological Congressman, claims that he ."made. Arthur." Now, when it is ascertained who made Smith, the re sponsibility of two of the gravest'f ea- tures in current pontics win be traced to its source, i , 1 e 1 i ! ; CsMnnai nf amaBIatdder. j ' ' KOnminr trHtJrtfcwi. litUnufldB. mn Kkmev and Urinary Complaints, cured by -Boebo-paiba," tl. .. wma is his. winsiewr 5 , - ' Am this auestton Is freaaenQv asked, we wm sim ply say tbat she is a lady wno for upwards of thirty years has unOringty devoted her time and talenta lens ale nbrstciao and nurse. Drtnciwuiy among ennoren, - ene nas especially stodied tarn oooatlcutioa and wants of Lb Is numerous class, and. as a result of this effort, and practical knewl edce, obtained In a lifetime spent as nurse and noysiaan, ane nas eompoanaea a aootninn eyrup. lerenuaren teeuunn. u 01 like gttlng rest and health, and is moreover sure to regulate tbe bowels. In eonseqaence of this ara- eie, sirs, wtnaiow is Decoming woria-renownca as a bene factor of ber nee; children certainly do rise nn and IMesa her: especially Is this the ease In this etty. Vast quaouues at the eoothlng Srmp are dauy som and eed here. - wethlnk sirs, win- slow baa immortalized her name by this lnTaloa- Die smcie. aoa we aineereiv Detiere iDoasana or children have been saved from an early grave by lis timeiy use, rn.ua uiiu nuuon yes anoorn wui share its benefits, and unite In calllna her bienML tio mother has discharged her duty tobereuaer- j ing utue one, moor opinion, ontu. ane hasgiven ft the benefit of Mrs. Wlnalow's Soothing Syrup. 1 Ty is, motnen try n now. Laiemr lsitor. xs Tora aty. aoia. or ail drogglsta. - Twenty-fiTO cents a notue. - Mrs. M X Xdwarda. Newberae. K. C says: -t bay reeelTed very beneficial aSseta from the use Hamra'iuw fiuzera," ' - - - - , , THE PRINCESS BALKG PRES. roa cotton, hat. btbaw.xtc. ! The ereatest Hoveitv of tha Ipw. The nwwt aaerui ana conventem tms ever invented. It wui pay for itself in a very short, time and wlillf9ta lifetime. It Is my Intention to Introduce tnem Into every tata Wiu be pleased to ahow this noes to any one visaing 10 rurcaise. --(, " iiSiNHX Jooraal Opserver Office, Charlotte, K. C. A bcaeociai ara - preferred ta iimiiai ; fdes because of its pa ty and rich perfume. It I estores t G rf y II: r .is l'OBthful CvIor prr-irenu dandrufl and f aliiPT c the hair. j " ti i I ... b1"!. HMIipi., it- - I . ... A Splendid ttensedy for Lung- Dieeas Or. Robert Vewton. 1st nf.iiont . trcColieTaof the etty of Hew yorkland former f CUKsnmua. Ohio, used Dr. Win. eKVsu verreitentTely In bU practice. esmaPTof ' I psAiis. now iincg, and restored to beaitb h t pe of tfiis uiTeJuaoie medlcloe. can aaioly irS L aiwat s said Utat so good a medy cL't not pe consUred merely as a patent mucins b mat Uoczht to be prescribed free! hriti.P stdaa as a sovereign remedy la au eaes of Lur diseases, it Is a sare cure for forsumotmn . baa noi anal lor all pectoral eoocpatou HERRINGS j CcnsksiMit 20 .1-4 Birre! H J. BOE UEBBKG. mayl ld - 3.Q. EH1KN05 H0U5I, lgt NOTICE. By vh toe of a decres of HecWenburg Euperic Court I wia sell at pub lie auction, on Koaday, tt 1st day of Jane, 1883. atthe court boose door l Charlotte, a tract of land containing 281 acre: adjoining Day id Johnston, John M D wiW WUlIam MeCombs, aad others, known sstt Bodgers lands. ( TXSTS: T. n per cent eaah; balance 03 ere... of slxmontbs. C. "R- GBrKB, Com mise toner. lOdltwtda : J. a. WHOLKSaLX AKO BXTAIL Bookseller and Stationer J CHARLOTTE, fl. C. a um aan cimtixr sxuctkd stock 01 Lndlca' Wrltlar Xeks, aartamle Alsaats, ' ' : jt.tx auadl raacy "Hmtm Paper, Vail Papsr, - BlaakBeeks, . Scrap Alknosa, -.."-j Hynasj Bfcr, PraytrBscki, ."""".-' i Bifclaav. aad avll Cm earrent Hovels and Llleratnre of tbe izs Bubber Stamps made to order. . A gcat far Recall's Cele nrnted Bazar. GIove-Fifti UK a CaJI tommlsanr Psttem TJenartnutnt l a apeetfnlly soUeited. Cataiogties seat to ada oa appueattoB. Patterns mailed on receipt t anmbec. alas aad puce. may 11 : NOT A . CTJRE-AXiL. : . Bur am " Invaluable Cure To; SCROFULA Aad all Dersusarenaeata mt tbe SI Jifl to Its efficacy Capt J. 6. lforrlaon says: 1 - " Iowesvtne, IJnooJn Comty. N. C I feel lc a dnt to iui .thu .k j, pnnn'i Remedy baa been tne means of almost en ' curing a negro boy on my farm, who fr-m ei. . - i from Scrofuia for tbe past two years limtrr I .1 become so afBlcted tbat be was -IneapacUMrl 1 f work. and had nine running sores oa tin r--1 ace. aad from bis ears, woloh wererr&.;- growlnc worse until the Bemedy was given its uwm lor six weeas so unprovea biseor 1 that be was enabled to carry on all kind of 1 - work aad I belief Its continued use wouid t entirely eored bim. He has now but one soren i aaa regained bis roll strength. .Rcticfi to Ccztrcctcrs. , ' SXALKP FBOPOSaXS wrn be received try tbe undersigned nntll Frir. the nth of May tor furnishing eU lot Lbe c el of the wls5te graded schcoL . 6amtleof bench esn be mettti fit KuMBRn't of the Methoolac church. " K.D. JOBX3TO?r, maj6d4t Chairman Bolldlag Commlue. NOTICE. On Eahirday, Jons 16th. 1883, at 12 o'clsc II , X wm sen to the highest b'dder for cash at V. court bouse door In the etty of CharloUe, an tail. vided one-third Interest In a tract of land eor.U . tog one hundred and fifty fire (153) .acres, seh 3 hclng all of the Interest of L. B. Elmpson and tt j wife U. J. SImpeon, In said tract of land.vhlc 1j more partlsolarly described in a mortar 9 dt2, bearing date February 17th, 1882. and renters! in the reglsteri oOoe of Ifecilen&irs eousty, ia Book 80, page el. - Oms.HiiI . Hortiae myl0taw30d RING- XOST. On the streets last EntiiTa T Pink eameo setting. - A liberal reward wU La t the nnder for i4a return to -KEEP COOL,. Wesr tv.y rfossr collars. en3 a- 1 r- - e- op at the Lauaory. - i . They ioft neat and keep el:ca I:r t-3 1:3 muca coo.cr. .. - roti nay.?; y"rr- One rertTa draft and fcn- v - r ! v.nr power bouer. rood as newTtwu'i. - t.imir wssaing macianes, op aeeo-l-i 1 , e-bora wagon and one second-hana t -', '"a, ty spr23 ClarisSs tlilla Lart2y. - ' ; Vr7 ANTED. ' 1 desire to secure the srvIM rt a Cr-t-"oi 'eaT'"'ff tt n, to wrk -li. r f .tii i i-.iod a k S.i,. 1 VtoMtpr Haehli'-a" t ::, -. i . A lo DOVE'S Ml", 1. L ' i- v. ... 1 I 4- ur i i KAIL. 0AD 1: If uy lutfirN-r of J j 1 . i t if rft ii tO tli pr-t in . j-'tForfcr'. "J1" - luttuJ L),fcurnJ c m ere, or of bow ion? nf fii-.s prcluced, svud 1 f 9 cf ILK IT Oil ard v-e r It cures bore o.at-r i v . f .or t a .. a 1 1 r 1 Ti 1 1 v or 10 3 to t t 1 It I. .nimllT D9UiDiS t L irAKi Ar inflamed euriacc vi r- . ' P r.m .nlbtn Ififtt r"T4 CI t i : t ..s or to appiicauops axe a l u. tut-1 t r 'titmi!7e toe acv. m vi iji V 4 fc 4 lir. It arrests at o"e t '-" ss r "d rfnioves UiS u ' l C f l! cf : . A if rt., "Ai-1 1 r," v. .a coruap "" .1 1. If: ;i7 0 wDDul
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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