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i - j ' i U 1 ';- the cnM.RZ.oTTE jouiurjtz,, jrujrux: djujly ciiiilotti: onsimfcii, consolidated jrznciitir, isso.. BUt j taariette Oaeerrrr, EstaI tahrd Jaaeary So. IMS. Dallj C aarteite Jeeraal, Established lifiu II, IS&X. QHA11LOTTE, N. O., SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1883. PRICE FIVE CEHTS. 5 . - ? : i i I .-. f i. TO SUBSCRIBERS AND PATROPIS. Br tb terms of the eoo solid 4tton f Tn Jovm-KAb-OBSKBTKB, Um proprietors of U eouaolMM td ppr to earry out all eontroeU for adver tistnc tnd s-ttMonpttoa. oxlaUnc wltb outer paper - prerloua to noeti eonsul 1 datloo. Penons obo bae paid la adranoe for mbaerip Moa tor ooth papen will bavo tba time extended oq tba nw autoerlpuoii books, and persona who have paid to. advance for either paper will reeelve Th Juckh AXrOBSxsT Ka to Um exptratton of the tune paid. A BRUTE HANGED. A Crowd of 8,000 8oTereifos Aa Ue to Witaesa the Performaaee. Lawkencetille, QaJ Jane 8. . Elbert M. Stephenson was hanged here to-day in tlie presence of 8.0OO people for the murder of his aunt a year ago last August. One Sunday morning Mrs Stephenson was found lying with sev eral bullela in her side. Sne said her nephew shot her. Stephenson was ar rt-sted while arranging his tent at a campmeetiug. Hu deuicd any knowl edge of the crimn. but subsequently confessed he had lived in adultery for several years with his aunt; that he was In the act of illicit indulgence . when her eon fired at him and killed his mother. The woman lived eight weeks, and testified at the preliminary triaL. She said when she saw Stephenson run ning across the yard with a gun in his hand she felt he was going to kill her because she was going to marry one Iliratn Toung. It was proven that her son was not on the premises when she was" stmt, and no d.mbt remained of tephensou3 guilt. When sentenced he begau i!a)ing crazy, but without tthakin? f.nth in his sanity. Yesterday he rrq wared that I he lirtas band should plav G !uVii S'lpiK-rt at 1 h gallows. This request was refused. Stephenson Mho wed no signs of r mot ion on .the gal low. He sat willi one footcn the trap and played with the rope as be called mn by nauie ami animatedly conversed with them. Many persons asked him if he was guilty, but he answered equivo cally, and to the last neither confessed nor denied his guilt. At seven minutes past one th drop f el L His neck was not broken and he hunjr forty minutes.' His wife refused to receive the body. Ills uncle took it. and will bury it in the same church yard where lies the woman he murdered. THE FLORIDA SHIP CANAL. Bright ProapectThe 8arry to Beajia at Oace aaa Work la a Short Tiaae. New York, June 8 A meeting of the Florid Suip Caual anU 'Transit Company was held bre to-day, presided over by iion. Joo. C. Brown, of Ten-iit-sjee. ' Highly encouraging reports were matie by ih- various committees md the f l;n uf . conn-lence iu the uucfa 'f the Vnttrprtse was very market!. CJtu. Ch44. P. S6n, chief eu Xitifer, was present. He staled that he had examined fully the reports of pre vious eugiuteis ai.d entertained no doubt on the feasibility of constructing a tide water ship canal across the Pen insula of Florida, lie also staled that his assisiant engineer, A. F. Hill, is already on the mound in Florida, and that actual work of the survey will bgin immediately. The survey will be com Dieted in about six weeks and as soon asathe exact route of the canaM fa determined upon contracts will be let .- and t work will be pushed with all possible vigor. It is thought work will begin by September next. - . ; , 1 Gen. Stone has bad largoatxperience in Fgjpt in connection with the Suez canal. Leading capitalists In this coun try, and ioEugland are eager to furnish . (he funds required for the construction of the canal. It is well understood bar that the canal : w ill have backing ' and friendly: op ose ration of -; the Great Texas aadJkrkansas system of roads with connections ramify lug throughout the Southwest and txtending to the Pacific! Gen. Stone expects to be tn Florida In two weeks. 117 J9 PIN U THE PFASIOAS. A Lively Debate la theJIoaae of Coat moii on the Egyptian War LfOKDON. June 8 A stormy debate arose in the House of Commons, to-day, on a motion to recommit Lord Wol seley and Baro-t Atcestr annuity bills for the purpose of committing proposed pensions for lump sums of money. Sir Wilford Lawson, radical, and Lord Randolph Churchill, conservative, op posed the motion. The latter alleged that inquiry into the Egyptian war a rat necessary. The origin of the war he said was disgraceful, not glorious, as the government's puppet, the Khe dive was the real author of the tnassa - cres at Alexandria. Sir Stafford North cale, conservative, supported the gov ernment. The opposition to the grants be characterized as shabby. The pres ent occassion he said was not suitable for raising the question as to the policy of the war. He declined to be led by Xiord Randolph Churchill and he hoped the House would not be induced by the uoble Lord to accept a position degrad j lng to its honor. 2dr. Gladstone declar-j : od that Lord ' Randolph :Cbarcbill' " allegations in regard to the Khediva was entlre'y at variance with all tl evidence in the hands of the govern ment. Lord Randolph Churchill prom ised to give proofs of bis statement if the government would grant proper .inquiry. ; i a 4 .-;.:) " I .- The. ffihil ista la Bu Petersharg. : " ' BKM-rai June 8. Advices have been received here that a meeting of thirty nihilists was held in St. Petersburg last week which the police endeavored to surprise. The nihilists bad received timely warning, however, and fled, tak ing with them s printing press and 'type,' This incident it is said prevented ' the appearance of a prepared number of a nihilist paper, "The will of the peo ple," and only a small special edition was Issued. ' j The AlaaaiaaS ret Away with the :' - . Tarka. '-. : ' Cateo. Dalmatia. June 8. A force of 2,000 Turkish regulars which was marching to Sipeanit. was attacked and . murdered on the 1st insL. by a body of Hotta. Accounts have been received here that sanguinary fighting took place on the 2nd and 3rd of this month in Al bania between force of Turkish troops under command of Assym Pasha and a body of Costeras. Turks are reported to Dare, lost 1,300 mtn ana ue costeras 600. .-. - ; - Trials' Poatpoaeet.' -1 ' f . ! Dublin. June 8 The trial of the murder conspirators Kingston and Gib rtey have been postponed. ' They were admitted bail.: The prisoner Poole was to dav acanitted of the char re of con- s pi racy to murder, and was immediate , lv re-arrested on a charge of marker tug a nenny in Seville place. n t A Law A heat Laailat of Free if egroea If inpm .Inn B Tha sf3ila!t ; an bounced, law t prohibiting -the landing nient of 8U0OO. nas been renealed. In the Chamber of Deputies' the member from Cuba withdrew a proposal to In elude a portion of the Cuban budget in . . n a . a a .a a, i - . . . tne spanisa ouugeu W hat it is that AUs Esa.'v;;; Inhsnaonlous hartaony Is the ail THE TREATY WITH TURKEY. Uafrieadly AcUoa to he Takea oa Iat i v - portatioas freat Aaa erica. : , f Constantinople; June 8. The Porte recently informed Gen. Wallace, United States minister, that the commercial treaty between Turkey and America would terminate March IS, 1884. -The. Turkish tarill expired on the same date in 1883. After the termination of the treaty the importation of all American meats, lard and similar produce will bo prohibited. The Porte has virtually increased the duties on spirits by com pelling their storage at Smyrna, It also maintains its demand relative to the storage of petroleum. No American delegate has been appointed to nego tiate with Turkey concerning. a new tariff, although the appointment of one has been twlco requested. ; Gen. Wal lace has pretested that the above meas ures , are arbitrary and claims : that American goods under the treaty of 1830 are entitled to the most favored treatment. In relation . to the protest of Gen. Wallace it may be said the Porte was desirous of making a new tariff on a basis of 18 -per cent, advalo rum duty, but the powers objected on the ground that the tariff , was not al terable until the expiration of eommar cial treaties. The Porte pointed out that this aaa impracticable in the treaties expired on various dates. Al most all the ambassadors recognized the validity of this argument and con sented to appoint delegates to effect an arrangement of the tariff. The rela tions between the Sultan and General Wallace continue friendly. The for mer has ordered the payment of all Knvate claims of Americans on Tur y and claims amounting in the ag gregate to 88,000 pounds have already been paid. The court of appeal annul led the sentenced recently imposed on members of secret societies at rze roum. I ' , The Illinois Coal Striker Afaia oa Ue Move. St Louis, June 8. Information was received here that that a band of from 300 to 400 striking miners left Belle ville, Illinois, yesterday, beanag a ban ner having "bread or blood" inscribed theroninbold letters. .Nobody seems to know their destination or what their particular mission was but various theories soon got into circulation and one of these was that the strikers had goue to Pinckneysvitle to liberate the miners who were placed in jail there yesterday, in default of bail, for unruly conduct. Another was that they had gone to Collinsville where the Abbey and other machine mines are situated. The latter theory is probably correct for Very late last night dee patents were received from Collinsville stating that several strangers had .arrived in town who are regarded as the advance guard of the main body of the strikers. Dis patches have been received there that a demonstration would probably be made at the Abbey mines or Collinsville pits this morning, but whether it would be hostile or merely a quiet conference with the machine workers is not known All the men engaged in these mines are well armed with revolvers snd double barrelled shot guns, and are said to be under orders to fire upon any ad vancing party who lay hands on any of the mining property. It is thought the party will bo about 600 strong when they arrive at Collinsville. A Scared Darkey Aaae-rueCUizon. The discovery of the corpse of the hanging woman on Town mountain on Sunday morning by a darkey on his way down into town, was me occasion of some of the tallest walking ever seen in these parts. Toe darkey aforesaid stopped, as be climbed a fence, for a moment's rest, ana spied wbat he took to be a lone woman standing under a tree. Approaching to see woo it was, a dead body was revealed hanging from a limb and pirouetting gently on touch ing toe. Horrified, the darkey clapped his bat over bis eyes, plunged down the side of the mountain in long frightened leaps, clearing bushes, rocks and other obstructions in bounds of twenty feet or more, and rushed breathless Into town to spread the news. The grass will not grow where he trod, and the scene of death will always remain a haunt" to be shunned by the supersti tious. I A Bait for 8100,000 Daaaages. New York. June a Lewis F.Slbat has begun action against district attor ney McKeon. Jas F Roberta, a clerk in his office. Thos Breunan. commissioner of charities and correction, and Warden Lawrence Dnmphy, of Harts Island' Alms House, to recover 100,000 damages for alleged conspiracy against him and raise imprisonment, ine piaintuz is a brother-in-law of IfcKeon by whose influence he says be was kidnapped and confined on Hart's Island siace July, 79, in order to enable McKeon to gst control of the estate of plaintiff's father of which the plaintiff was executor. i 1 I ' Aa other Sees Canal. . , . London. June 8. The committee ap- Dointed at the meeting of influential ship owners here, on the project for the construction of another canal across the Isthmus of Suez, met and resolved to proceed vigorously with the work. especially as the statement made by DeLeeseps at me meeting or me sucz Canal Company in Paris was regarded as most unsatisfactory. The assertion by DeLesseps that harmony existed be tween himself and the ngllsh directors Is stronsly disproved. . . :;" i , : Woolen Mills Closing. BofiTOS. Jnne & The Bridge Woolen Company. - at Uxboro, is about to shut down its mills indefinitely. A part of the works have been stopped for some time for repairs. The few mills now running will be shut down as soon as the stock can be run out. uinsoaie Bros, who employ between 400 and COO hands in two mills, notified the em- OTees that until farther notice the mills will be run only three days in the week. It is reported that one or. two smaller mills will follow this course. Incarnate Fiend, i Njcw York. June 8. A few days ago two children of Joseph Mott, Glenoove. Lt. L, while playing in the woods, were accosted by an unknown man. . He sent the boy en an errand and then ravished the little girl, using a knife to better accomplish his purposes. When the boy returned his sister , was lying uncon scious on the ground. She was taken home.where she lingered in great agony until yesterday, when she died.; No ar rest as yet. : v , ...j, - : , 1 short $15,000. -'jt;-; . TT amtootok- Inta. June B Lswton U" . MaVinnatv. Treaaiirer of llonroe county, is 815.000 short in his accounts. His bondsmen have to make good !!.- 000, . StOCK speculation is too cause. .!,- Itvlette atstben. .' are yoa dlanrrbed at nlrfxt an4 broken of roar net by a atck ehU4 eoitorloc aa erytnc with pata teoulnc teetbr It so, aeod at ooee tndrta bottia of Mr, wiaaloo'a Fool bin f -mo for t ud- tea tretblnc lta valoe la tneakHil It wUl re neTe the DoorlKtte aoilerec lonn - r. Bepnl nnon tt mnLhAra. there U Mr mu SMmt lb II caree draeotery aad tHarrbcba, rera'1 tbe atomaea aad bole, carre triad eoHv settees Ue runt, reduowe tDtiftmaaauoa. aad rirea tooe and ener? to lae miuttm em. Krs. wutowa Som-'T ryr"- for efcliurea teet&tBV to rleit to 1 1 i -s , 1 u te r pia t-t ? ct t eSdf-t .4 r-tf0e t .m ail i i Tjsom cznrrsr. Mial ni Etnre cf Trains. BICHaTONO AUD DAHT1LLK. LeavaAte Lloe UeooC 8.50 a. to. and 4-30 p. so.. Arrire l.iOi a and 2.1 Op. aa.- Leave 2 aaa. aad 2 80d aa. arrrra SJtOa. aa, aaa 4 a. as. CHAKUOTTK, OOLCatBtl AXO AUGUSTA. Xeave X&Q p au, aad arrrra 4.10 p. to. act a-Ia t. a divtsiok. leave 8 a. aa., aod arrrra at 0-80 a am. ". . r r i CAROUWA CXSTRAU - 4 Xaara 8.45 p. aa.; arflT 7 a. aa " ' CC SHELBY DFTISX01C. Leave aJM p. aa aad antra 1 0 SO a. aa. iadex to Hew Advertiaeaaeata. X. TJt latta Bra - Bonaatoe after Bala, ' 0. BtaSord atoekaoktare' aaeeUitc Atozaader it Kan la Fneea to suit tae tlaaaa. ; ladleatioma. South Atlantic States, local rains and 1 slightly warmer, southeast to south- west winds, stationary or lower baro meter. ' - A4JCAI. HIPFLiES. Gen Ii F Hoke, of Balelgb, Cspt VV l A Uoke, of Llneolnton. Col W P Love and Bon J L Webb, of Shelby, were at the Central yesterday. Mr. J.D. Mattbewson, one of Au gusta's most prominent citizens and largest merchants, arrived in the city yesterday and is at the Buford House. The delegates from the several Qre companies, appointed to elect a suc cessor to Chief Harrison, last night postponed their meeting till Mondsy night. CapL T. W.Lowery, tus Yeteran railroad engineer, who recently went off duty by reason of ill health. Is re covering, and hopes to be back on the road at an early day. Several of the young men of our city have arranged to give a brilliant germau on the evening of the 13:h lost, complimentary t Miss Lola Speoeer In honor of her graduation at the Char lot" Female Institute. J. A. Falls, for Indecent conduct at the depot, was yester Jay fined 1Z0 by the mayor. Francis Harklns and Mollie Biiley. for an affray, fined $500 for the first named and a penny and cost for the second. - Tom El wood for a Vain drunk.was lei off with 35. At a' meeting of the graded school committee fur Salisbury, held Thurs day, Mr. W. A. Wilborn, who has been pnncipal for i be past three years, was unanimously re-elected for the ensuing year. We learn that he will not accept the position .however, as he has a better situation in view. Mr. L. F. Osborne, assistant to Capt . Jno. rwin. has returned from Texas, and brought with him a whole load of curiosities, among which are couple of real, live Texas frogs. Funny things. and well worth a trip around to the court house to see. Yesterday at Rockingham, as Miss Katie Elliott was boarding the Caro lina Central train; a thief snatched her purse from her hand and escaped Ui rough the crowd. : An effort was made to catch the daring rascal, but it was unsuccessful. At Laurlnburg night before last the commencement exercises of Mrs. Parker's and Miss Calliaa' school came off in the presence of a large audience. The calisthenic exercises were particu larly fine. Last night the diplomas were awarded to the graduates of the school by Mr. J. IX Buady. editor of the Exchange.. The grand opening ball at the Warm Springs will take place in the ball room at the big hotel, on Thursday evening. 14th. The german will be given on the following night.. The Warm Springs ball room Is the largest in the State, and the openlna? ball Is at- ways a great affair. Mr. H. A. Gudger J is the manager. The managers of the picnie exeur. slon to be made to Statesville. next Thursday, by the Sunday School, and the friends of the Tryon St. M. Church, have been very energetic in ad ding every accommodation to the trip Mr. W. B. Jones, one of the manaren.' informs us they have secured the bean tlf nl campus of the . Slmonton Female College for the picnic grounds. O) ' vaaMweMaHBBBaaBBaBeMvaveaSaMaBBaBBBMHwovw An Oeetrepereaa Ex-Deaeaa. The colored brethren of the Snd Bap- J Ust cnurcn, in this city, have lately be gun to prune up the church tree and clear out the limbs, and among; the dis- embered boughs cast out at the meeting last night, was brother Henry Springs, who had been holding. a deaconship. He did not relish being turned out of the church, and was not backward in. manifesting his displeasure. He came into the chnrch and stopped the meet ing on short order, and it was not until policeman George Farringteo, who had been sent for. arrived and pulled the erring brother out of the church, that quiet was restored. Brother Springs was locked up in the guard bouse and will be called to account by the Mayor this morning. The Water Works Beat, . . Mr. Jas. Gamble, president of the city water works. Is after hi rest. The city owes the company tljOOO and Mr Gam ble wants to get it. On the first of. April, the water rent bill - was 91.500. but the old board of : aldermen refused to pay it, on account of the water works company having failed to come up to the contract fully, the water not being in s good condition and the pressure not at all Umts satisfactory However, they offered to pay SlJDOO and call it equarav, at the. same .time turning the matter over to their successors, the new board of aldermen. . The committee from the new board, we understand, re ports In favor of paying the debt, and the whole matter Is to be settled at the sieeting oz mo Doara. next xxonaaj, - ; . i . i i i . t - ; f . 1 - V a, Ooelava DI7oawatloe. . ; - -. Wojcvarea. XL CL. Tab. 4. 1SS1. " ' I rreard raw Fafe XMwv tf 1 tr Cvr aa a 9rttt apM duieaiioa at i'pmiaeetotwao aopeie" LX t "4 1 . . : UT.UL X BEICASD OKI BAH Trial of Mr. A. C Salelda, en Charge of Beiag Aeceaaary Before the Fact la the Harder ei Joe. G. Sittoa Jadge V ShlppFixea the BaU at $2,0Q0.r '-. ' The court house was thronged yester day morning with , an eager; curious crowd to hear the testimony n the trial of Mr. A. C Shields, who was found guilty by the coroner's jury as 'acces sory before the fact" in the murder, last Tuesday morning, of Mr. Joseph G. Sitton. by Mr. Thos. L. Shields, and who was brought before Judge Shlpp on a writ of habmt corpus. - The crowd filled the court house long before the Judge arrived and a lively interest was mani fested in everything from the first. .. In the prisoners' bench Mr. A. C Shields and his son Thomas were seated so thai? they could converse conveniently with their counsel, Judge Bynnm and Messrs J. 1L and George E. Wilson, The prose cution was represented by CoL ILC Jones, and Judge Shlpp appointed Mr. W. C Maxwell to act in the absence of Mr. F. L Osborne, the solicitor. The court opened at 11 o'clock, and it was not until a few minutes to three in the afternoon that the adjournment was reached, yet through all this length of time the crowd held on. Whenever one man went out the door, another would squeeze in. Most of the time was occupied in examining the wit neasea, bat about an boar was taken up in speeches by the counsel. The first witness put on the stand was Mrs. David L. Shields, sister of thamardexed man and wife of the murderer's headi er. Mrs. Shields was attired in black and her bright, intelligent face bore marks of her recent great grief. She appeared calm and gave her testimony in a clear, quiet manner, but at times her efforts to control her emotions were visible to the spectators in the court room. She was subjected to a long and searching cross examination which she stood without contradicting herself or becoming confused in the least. Her evidence was substantially the same as she gave before the jury of faoqueat and has already been printed is these col umns , Jule Philips, W. A. Alexander and ilarre Caldwell, were next called to the land, and gave their testimony which was also the same a; they gave before tle coroner. Mr. A. C. Shields then teeet the stand aod was examined in a keeai and aearching manner ty CoL Jottes. At Che close of the examination of the witnesses. Col. Jones, fortbe prose cution, addressed the court, and be was followed in arguments for the defence by Judge Dyaum and Mr. J. IL Wilson, when the court took the case and ren dered a decision granting the prisoner bail in the aasa of 82XXX. Mr. Shields gave the bail, with Messrs H G Spring, J J films and 8 Wittkowsky as sureties and was released. Mr. Thos. Shields was remanded to Jail where he will re main until disposed of by the court of justice. Ceeorta froaa the Ceaaeaeciea. Dr. F. Sean's report of interments for May has been unintentionally over looked; but loses none of its interest by the delay in publishing it. The report shows that daring May there were nine interments in Elmwood cemetery, of which two were male adulte'aad one female adult, and six were children The causes of death were: Spasms 1, cholera infantum 3, consumption 1, rheumatism 1. old age U inanition 1, premature birth 1. In Pinewood (colored) cemetery, there were fourteen interments, eight being children, live female adults aod one mala adult. The causes of death were : S cholera Infantum, 1 membranous croup. 1 old age, 1 epilepsy, 2 premature birth, 1 softening of the brain. 1 debili ty, 1 puerperal fever, 2 gastritis, 1 peri tonitis. . A Bead Ten to Shreds La a Flaaiag Macalae. A frightful accident and one by which a workman had his right faaod torn to pieces, occurred at Aebary's enachina shops yesterday morning. Mc Mon roe Seattle was at work 'at the planing machine and was preparing to run a short piece of plank through the plane. The piece was not more than twelve inches in length and Mr Beattie was pushing it along with hie hand. The moment the planer' struck it it tilted up, throwing Mr. Seattle's hand under the blades of the planer, drawing it well under and cutting the hand in to shreds of to the wrist. Medical aid was summoned as quickly as possible. and it was found necessary to ampu tate the arm below the elbow. Mr Beat- tie survives the shock bravely and is getting along as well as . could be ex pected. .- : : Jfake Uaate Slowly. Our friend of the Salisbury Watch man is a little too hasty in his endeavor to correct the Journal-Obskbvxh, snd the Watchman should rub its eyes and look about it more carefully before at tempting to give this paper news. In oar . issue . a oay or two ago we men tioned the arrival in Salisbury of the first through train from Louisville and the Watchman of yesterday referring to It saya: The Charlotte Joe una l Obsekteb tells a pretty story about the arrival . st. Salisbury of s train through from Louisville, Ky, en Tonte to Charleston, S. CL; and of the gar lands of flowers, flags, inscriptions, &c, with which the -engine was decorated, It is a little In advance of an event in the near future. No such train has yet arrivedJr . IX the .'Watchman will skin Us eagle eye and keep a better lookout on things that are occurring under its own wing. it may in the future save Itself unne cessary, trouble In correcting correc' tiocs. The ' train did arrive in Salis bury as stated, but the Watchman most have been taking a nap and did not know it. , Oh, Thomas i , ; ' A CARD. N- To aTl wtoo are anserine from Cba errors and la- ruerwaon) et 7" a. nrrot.' e"iX n, early do- r tt ' i -o- l I' i i -'t la i i . a - i t'n -4 An Eight Posad Garnet. :;-..""-.;".:' .' Capt. E. W. Ward, of the .Western North Carolina Land Agency at Mor gan ton, was in the city yesterday, and brought with him a few beautiful gar nets. - One of the garnets weighs eight pounds, and is perfect In Its formation. The other specimens were smallerbut none the less beautiful. The garnets came from a mine which Mr. Ward dis covered, and which he offers to selL The garnets are on; exhibition at Brem & McDowell's store. " : A Destructive Bala. " ' The rain of last Thursday was ex ceedingly heavy in some sections of the county, and was particularly destruc tive in the Hopewell and Mallard Creek neighborhoods.' ' Mr. Mad Hunter, of the latter locality, ssys that all of his farm was washed off and spread over the farm adjoining his, and Mr. Thos Neele, of Hopewell, says that, in his neighborhood all the farms - suffered badly. They say that it was the heavi est rain they remember to have ever seen. The Operetta aa Sallahmrr JL most - pleasant and entertaining eveni in Salisbury, Thursday evening. as the presentation of the operetta The Twin Sisters,- by Mrs. Neave's music school. 1 he costumes of the characters were elegant and the acting was almost without fanlt. In the cast of characters. Miss Addie White (May Queen) impersonated "Mab Stanley." and Miss Hattie Bringle, (her twin sis ter) appeared as "Florence Stanley," while "Preciosa," a Gypsy singer, was cleverly carried ont by Miss Josephine Baker.; The maids of honor and inter locutors were Misses C. Moore, M. White and J. Bingham. The other in- lterloeuton who were also chorus or solo singers were Misses I MeroneyA SaithdeaL A Gowan and Bessie Holmes. Other solo singers were Misses C Bawley. F. Cozart. A Black- mer and M BealL Those who were strictly chorus singers as altos were Misses D Meroney, A Smith and M Gil mer. As sopronas Miss A Neave, B Wallace. Miss Gusle Knox and the male pupils, only appeared in the Gypsy scenes. Miss Sallle M Marsh was the Piano accompanist. Misses White 'and Bringle acquitted them selves in such a manner as to call forth repeated and prolonged applause. Their support was well carried out and the whole performance was a grand success. Mrs. Neave deserves great commenda tion for the manner in which her pu pils have acquitted themselves during this concert. The Iaatitate aet Night. The large hall at the Female Insti tute was packed to its utmost capacity last night with a delighted audience to witness the exercises by the prepara tory and Intermediate classes under charge of Miss Long. The exercises opened with the wand exercises by the calisthenic class, and then- came the chief feature of the evening, a pretty little play by little girls, all in French: The characters assumed were "Madame Matilda do Langer." Mias L. Wrieton; Madame Rose de Banger." Miss H Cooper; "Antonio Amlede Mathilde," Miss M. McAden; -Lisette," Miss L. Crosland; "Une Colportense," Miss B. Springs; "La femme d'un cordohnier," Miss B. Yates; ,-TJne Dame," Miss : A. Evans. Miss ( Wriston's impersonation of the lady of the house was cute and sweet as could be imag- inetLmd her "support" was in every way worthy the sprightly little "star." It was a really amusing little play, and according to the plot runs as 'follows: Madame de Langer desires Lisette to prepare a cup of coffee. As she is about to drink it a peddler sneaks in with her pack. j.No sooner is she dismissed than a lady' comes in to examine the apart ment with a view to renting it. Mad ame de L. again takes up hercapywhea a shoemaker's wife rushes in with a bill that hter husband has vainly tried to collect? from M'me de Banger; the mis take Is explained and M'me de L. gots to show the way to M'me de Banger's rooms; during ber absence she invites M'me de B. to take a cup of coffee with ber; in the meantime Lisette drinks the coffee; when M'me de B. goes to help herself she finds the coffee pot empty, and angrily takes her departure. Antonie arrives just as M'me isdls missing Lisette, reconciles them, and carries off her friends to take a cup of the same coffee. The concert recitations,' exercises, pantomimes, etc, that followed were all good, , and, on the whole, the audi ence were treated to such an evening of enjoyment and pleasure as seldom falls to the lot of a, Charlotte audience. A Tear of Disasters. ' Disaster has followed disaster during the five months of the present year. First came the Milwaukee elm. result. lng in the destruction of nearly a hun-' area uvea, x ouowing mis was the burning of the winter circus in Bussis, whereby, over 150 persons met a hor rible death. Then ojtme the frightful floods In Central Europe, spreading destruction. The Ohio flood and its disastrous results are still fresh in the minds of alL Blizzards and tornadoes have been more numerous than ever before known in this country.- From the 1st of January to February 6 the victims of these furious forces numbered about seventy killed and 200 injured ; and the loss of life in the fol lowing three months was far greater, and the destruction of property enor mous. - Over 100 persons have been killed in railroad disasters in the United . States. .The victims of the Braid wood mine horror were nearly 100. Fully 850 people taaye gone down at sea, Deco ration Day brought a remarkable list of calamities, resulting in the death of forty-one persons snd the Injury of 200 more. If the remaining months of the year are to be marked by like catas trophes, 1883 will leave a bloody and appalling record. . .. Froae XSaaltaewc Xrr. tl. XX. rZopooa, jneaepaUe Teatau -1 have iaada dm of Colden's UovldBeef Teeta la several eases of eooaenotioa aad general de bility, aod have found U a&iBtrtble aa a nutrttivo food, tools aod stimulant.' (Take no other J - Of drngsSat, , " - -.- - rXorsford Acid fboepliato ladl goo tloxa rra Overwertu. f - x tta - t - rr'v laUuIa ta,Ei Uti err. L.a." '. A Diacaraive Diseearae oa xfaaic ' Xaxas Siranga,; Z: t:-'. Zy It there Is any one thing we know more about than any other , thing, it is music Just listen to this! - Music with her soft, persuasive voice ; music that softens and disarms the an gry monarch, music hath charms to soothe the. savage breast and wield a power over the passion of the soul of man. Is but a pageant of sweet sounds, an empty echo dwelling in the ear, when compared, daring this hot Jane weather, with an inyitatlon to take some beer on ice. This, however, is an unfair compari son.. Music Is powerful. The power of music Is said to be greater than that of the wand of the magician, and the ho roscope of the astrologer. When the spirit of man is weigned down by s sus pender button flying off -into space, he is soothed by the soft cadence of the village bells falling upon his ear. The clear and sonorous strain not the strain that caused the buttons to fly off of a pair of dumb bells comes over the ear like a sweet South wind breathing on a bank of violets, and a calm, qaiet peace once more hovers over his back fence. - ' - : . - . Harmonious sounds are delightful to the ear. They have been called "the medicine of the breaking heart." : The wandorer far from home lives again in the days of his childhood, when ha passes some lowly cottage in a foreign land and listens to the music of an in fant's voice. To the amateur warrior, who marches with unfaltering steps, on the Fourth of July, to the hall where a banquet of bottled beer and canvas backed ham sandwiches are spread, the martial strains of a snare drum rolling in grand reverberations throngh space, in majestic alto releivo modulations, steal upon his ear like a stream of rich, distilled perfumes, or the musie of a gong at a railroad eating bouse. The red-shirted fireman could not en joy bis anniversary picnic without mu sic He could not anniversary worth a cent unless he had a band of brazen in struments to walk down the dusty street in front of him. The public spirited boom of the cannon, the tintin abulous popping of ginger beer bottles, all this, to the heroic fireman, is music like the wild warbling of nature, above the reach of art. The love sick awain, beneath his lady's window, awakens tender feelings in his duleinea's breasthe also awakens the old man), and causes the house dog to howl in harmonious unison with one of Beethoven's immortal sonatas that he drags by the tail through the lungs of a wheezing accordeon. Music ele vates and ennobles the soul, it holds in mighty chains the hearts of all. and it opens the cells where memory sleeps. How often does the simple melody of a hand organ cause an exasperated tax- Eyer to elevate his sole and raise the n a rant troubadour off his feet! Without music, this world would be a soulless sounding-board. There would be no church choirs, pinafore troupes, or amateur concerts; and political ral lies, military parades and 915 parlor organs would be relegated to the murky gloom of the dead past. - We could say more much more on this interesting subject, but we think websve demonstrated to ABM that we know something abost music. TjijTTtft firirrnal - The New ork Sun is in lavor of A. G.Thurman for President. The New Al bany Ledger.of Monday publishes a col umn in 4f oubie leads advocating toe oia ticket Tilden and Hendricks.' The pot begins, at least to sVmmer around the edges. Sextll tat TodOaroodoork the awelumta araat have good hnalth 11 lone hooas of eonSaetaent ta ejoee roasaa have enteeMed bis hand or rttraaaad ala ateta. let bras at oaee. aod before aoase ersaiHe treeole Uoabte appeara. take plaoW of Hop Ba kers. HlasretemwUl be lejnvetiated. ala nervee ationgtoeaea. hla etght teenaaa clear, aad the wIk eonatttttOoa be bant ap aaahlaaorworttna; oondluoa, Ptaaplea, Motchea. er eoree disappear i rthe """" oi ttuan aoipaor i or a diseased Bad Breath: Faia ia-tJw Side. is fctt andar Ow Skadderlad. sOaW t) SppCUfJatf CSSaSaauV COI tW aead mi i mmatsil ua paia, as doB aad fciy, lerable lose of an awry, aeoasipaai irl with a psia6d seasatiaa onaviagaadoot tasBctaiag weicB oagat to aawbeca doec; a slight, dry OJeaa aaeVakhoogk satisfied that eata Scul, yat -oea caa .hanSy saw try O a tact, QlsUaHs every " efttisaaaes ijmuump attend tha tut atinad vaca taaanr ef raasa aa3Std,.ya rimiaafino sdyhkMthojra tda jUvea- e . Xt anoald ho aaeel by aP pmnimt, eld agj - oaty mf Oe aooe i TrsraBsg m Viststr tat Haw hnaltfrr f eoaHrleeTTij tsaiag a ilios arraiiiai aUy ta kaes ta Lmr ta nlrhy aetkaa, witt aaoid t . i ii . t's ' sea. Dinssiaiss. Din staiiia as Soarits. aaa. la ana lavigetata aaaa glass at wiea, omsiaatol aoxtoaung; a If 1 yea witt oaiauiit.il. BtDa wmho by always: - Ja tho : : Far, waals.su tha silirar r oe oat ef piaca. The icaiedy is mo tau ' -r TT IS FUHSXT TWBKIABXJB, Aad has aa the pew aad eftcacy of Cilnms! er yniaiaa, waaoot aay ef aaa I Uw Ssmlatarsaa Suaily tar aotae tiate, aad I asm vahmbla sdditioa to the dioJ m , J. Gtu. Sawarraa,! meiawr of Ala, aays: Have dertvad sosae latSt'SmlSm t!ti Liver p -'-- aad arlsk aa wiwm J m auther triai. . ; . - . bIt'TUm tkil aaea n Am. RaUary.-.r luqa aaadasaay viair din JovJPys fraiis, lira Afccaoa aad Debility, bat acar hmf9jom4 aaytauig Jm arssnt -asaaa the cz&aa f iiaioin lArvr Regulator aaa. J scat SoamMia. aetata to Georgia fcr K aad .wveldMoAiurthtriir aaoh a aiadiriat, aad would athrfsa all who arealaa. Dr. W. W. Wsenaj asvyst Vrara an rial e- i ta th aaa of Swsmeaa gim Jtegolatar (a ray practice I have beta aad asm . aad prescribe it aa a jmrgative aw KJ-Tske oaly the fleaalae, which alweye - r h. caxuN co. " FOR SALI BY ALL DRUGGISTS. ' " i i ii 1 " ; ForiGnLn AND M UST BE SOLD. ; EDITS PADTTIKSSa : ' . . .. ..... '. i t . A fine eppottanlty'la "eOe4 to t5yearL' would Uks to trsveL see tite wvU -i r t mory. TIaepa.''-,lui are e-'L-lt li to i(niTn!i..ua aod riittt H k j, h li -t to aetr'-raa. Vi, t it I , CiiAiiOtta. Ail L- re,"l . ' , ayaaptwsna tho Bagaletee atay ha, a thotooghly ;;".:;t;;XlKrry UTarexih. . -nnadelrhla Praea. The last lawyer Is on hlj f est to ciis the last speech in the lon-drawn-cct star rents case. No matter bow it eij people will give a s!a cf rtlUf wLn it is over. : But there is a poor sbow fcr real justice when trials are extsr' zl to such an enormouj lerth. It gives tia lmrrajtinn at Imit of a f -v.t f rrrr-t justice, or to pile op fees and cccts, tl an ana is weicomea. - '7 UJWSr &&K&Ai2mZ2 U::tn cf STOCimOLDERO. BAI H.a Corns ajto eau Entry oa. jtausxHuBuB, aene via. ia j A special aaaettoa; of t&e Stoeft&sidara ef tt BeJuawraaad Sena Carolina Corner d Ctd Klatng Compear will he held at toe ift.r of tae Osr-peny. he. St Xzeav- 1 laee, h i. aaore. ea I aarsdar. Jaae 14U. lcJ. at do's.ocjc. p. aa., far the rwpeee of terytat aa eaefseut wlil leaaala ctoaod as-j 1 9 1 4 x a. u. cxa . w j FORRE1HT, By Sr. r.Znrta,a dwarrrps, taarhlaoi JlavftSalSS ALEXANDER & HARRIS Are Haliirg Prird TO SUE? TOB heioo; LOOK OOT- The ftash' Must : Co! rVf S:3 ariGhye Butttn Ht:il The SaUxfikCtory OontrhT SAVES BUTTONS, SAVES TIME, SAVES MONEY. Pet en in enrtrantrat onaBota,ctJs FTJC3 20 onnxD. AT FEGnr.n & co's. Owir Sal::3 Op:: fcr tb S:i::i rcnd&hed ca Chert EiUsa. Families Furnicc' SjtaJayo Mr foavrlar ObSocb at Cc7 1SM7l7tf - - " yf? fv vf -m n r v r i ment just now sdcUriZ the Republican t L -it -", -411 tt t U. nr.' t ft-- "v
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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June 9, 1883, edition 1
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