, Vpw adverti::mctj.
I rORSni-A lot of Household
J . -in t ntd Saturday, March
I J ."Gaither-. waichoustNa
1CD27CI
foRSEFOR SALEA gea
tkcUntybas left hit driving hone
-iih BK to Sl. T ""'
M fear, good lB fc or?CT'
Jfafat 1 L CM flint Je
Shiood fact; 4rivet ing' dou
hte works to wagon .or plow, in
ud tbu good horse for tow
down,
Rapfctfuny,
CC MOORE.
nOASTED COFFEES.
We desire o call attention to the
fetthaf for variety quality sod
fohneu of roost we am neaaquar
L. far Roasted Coffee Wt do
. a roasting and in audi own-
tit as enable u$ to always give
m customers a roaat fresh and criap
dot a hajd, lough. article that
Udwbpi bee iMMted .for weeki
Wraths, having lost jdl the tree
Iu nr aroma ao desirable in
.nod coffee. We solicit ' a trial of
laO. G. Mandltng: JavaL Genuine
Anbbn Mocha, Cucuta Maracaibo,
rm Litruavra. lama tea and Rio
rofrea.' We abo carry Jiae of
Ookt Creen and Black Teat.
IARNETT, BETHUNE & CO.,
i . Summon to Daman ft BctkaMh-; ,
ONE NIGHT ONLY.
jU;, Afanh;
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ii , Witna-:.i ,, , ,
llUGGS LANDING.
J Wntw W tMcwt ramans
foe Honn of Solid Foal
icaiAT itorm acaKii.
, , TtUCK SHOW It OMII
f T 1
5'
ft ,x7
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Ttn finny. to'GV
S1IOS uc . Iim
pa a Ik. Ha
r Gc:3s alCcrt
w01 mke aomc Improvements la
ay building the Owmingr aummer.
N ia 0r I d taw I rill hav to
doat tt mr endre lit bi FANCY
GOODS. I win oSer evrtthlnr in
tola for the et thirty rtaya at
COBT FOE CASH.'-1
l4 kill MMllkJIA T H.ll - - -
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ptpodi. f iU- --j
V-s I AMES IIARTY.
Ourkxte. Feb. 6, iM . m
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WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 77, tS$9.
NUMBER 69.'
CRAYON, fOR'JJllllS.
1 lili sna see bow r UK and Cheap
rfccart UT had. w - -
have tlirhtrgest and bestasaort
ment .of Frame Jkfouldmgs in, tiie
estate. Canvas and Crayon Stretches
made to order.. VAN -NESS,
. - u N. Tryon Si. ','
LOCAL I1iLB8.
DIED IN
AFRICA.
anOM'PRICHS!
The hearing of t the action of,
Osborne va. Wilkea again occupied
the Superior court today ' f-
-Special acenery will be tiaed for
thettorm fcene In Muggi' Landing,
at the opera houae next Monday
A' aweS wedding, hj tbortly te
be jcelcbratedf In Charlotte! Seven
hundred . krvitattooa have . been Ia
ued lor the event.'
The cold wave appears to have
pent itaelt. and the air was tome.
thing like apring today. S'atchef of
now are atui tf be Meal ia hdy
There waa quite a number of
farmers ia the city, today. For the
past two days, a number ot wagon
toads orguan save seen nauiea out
of town by the tana era.
"Beware of this house it !
haunted," b the legend marked on
bduMVcji? Seventh street, floe
pelghbors aay that some people
really believe the boute is haunted.
Some splendid work ia now be
ing done 00 Ninth street, -by Capt
StricklaAd, " street ' aupmntendent
ThM street Is being carted and ma
cadamlard : la the same style, as
Seventh atreefc ..;;'' v.:A :
PasaengersJ who cane ia on the
north train today, report that there
was a heavy fall of snow at Ridv
saosd,' last night. The aoow ex.
tended lor a eonstderabU taace
thiasideof Rkhmowt. ... " ,
Rev. S. C Alexander, a tormer
Presbyterian .intaistat ot thi Ctaor,
but who is W located atj Ferry,
Miasoori passed through the city
today m his retura frosa a vkit to
North Carofin kia and Iriead.
Oerie, the convict who waa shot
by the guard vsaterday; is atlH ia
serious cooduioa. Dr. Wader bat
hopes o4 saving his life, should pew
mooia not set w, ot -Unj tbere
seems to be some dancer, ae one of
Ida lungs if perforated. f ...
The 1 Ca road ia said to be
Arinm: m , bar sVcia'ht" htiatness.
Freigbts go by the local Wt ions lor
aB polaU North, East, aawt aowu,
and tvwa (he 3othwest - Fre-
anenttroa the same train are area
packagea coiigsd to New"YfeK
pobnt In &Bth Carolina, (orgta,
oeany every
qaarter of the Uated StatWM ; 1
miaaal Wsasa.""" ' ,'" "
Mrs. Flagg aad daugbUr. of Rkb-
moad. are viskiaf Iriead la Char.
lotte. They are the guests oJ Col
Brycey Mrs. Fhigt! ; -;.'
' Mb Winder, who has bcea vMt-
ing ia Charlotte for some days past,
will leave to-aaorrowf ia Urn. Wbv
der't private car, far her home m
Rakich. She win be aceoaspanied
by Mrs. Armbtead Berwalk ,
Dr. Alexander, of Llacolntoo, is
la the city. m ,,',.; vi ''"
If r. F. K. Baebee, ol RaWgh, Is
sttheCeotraL ,
hf i. Benjaoda C fotts," mr
of Media, Pa, Wat tUCeatral He
engage Osboroe-WIftee
eart.- - - ; .
TW Nate! CtraW. .. J '
Undoubtedly oae of the M ee-
JoraUt of the series ol entertalmnewts
gives by the SocU Circle, was net
Vast eight at the Beterd Howe, by
Mr. aad Mm Geo. W. Ktttene, as
aaMtUr nr a4addad
rorany mtertaiaew ty te
host and hoateas. The supper was
4e$Ml td was certainty enjoyed by
the guests, ; The evening's pWosiarta
ouad so with t da iks. The aera-
ben oi the Social Gftle art twkbfed
M Mr. aod Mrs, KMteHe fw tt
(ng ol gvtialne pleaswra. , t
t.ii w" r-
Mr. Cha. W. BrsdJty, of Kant
Ctr, akehM bota proapmg m
sad aroaed Charlotte far aeval
day. today M W-pt the wat-r
ow the CaUeU. He wBl
vklt fst cAdei 1' Lein'
Mr. Will O. Raaaay 7mda a Omva fat a
Foreign Countty.
News has just leached here of the
death, in Africa, of Mr. Will G.
Ramsay, one of North - Carolina's
brightest young men, whose native
jojei wfjut Salisbsry, Hii death oc
curred oa February toth, ' No par
ticulars have yet been received, but
it is aurmised that bis death was
caused by fever. j
Mr. A. M. Young, of this cityj yes
terday 'received letter irom, Mr.
Ranssy 'writtea'.some days .before
his death, ssying: V am in better
health than ever since' my return Id
Africa." Mr. Young today received
notice of the death oi his friend. Mr.
Ramsay had planned to come home
ptxt June and was looking forward
to; thd re-union with family:. and
friends 1 wki the greatest pleasure;
but instead of his crossing the great
deep o meet hta. friends, he has gone
on to wsjt far them' beyond the river.
Mr.' Ramsay was a model young
man, and had many friends in Char
lotte, He was a loving son snd
brother, a faithful and true friend, (
aad an upright Christian man. His
death wiQ be deeply mourned by his
friends la North Carolina.
Mr. Ramsay, it will be remember
ed, distinguished himaelf, oa the
borne voyage two years ago, ia
saving Eves from a shipwreck. -On
that occaaion he acted with remark
able coolness and nerve, and hit
name was heralded throughout the
world1 He left here oa hit last trip
to Africa a little over one year ago.
Mr. R. B. rlartofield. who has
bees' for a loof time identified with
the chioa and crockery business of
Charlotte, again at the head of hi
old store, b) the Jobaatoa Block,
The firm of Greshara & Graham has
been changed to the Charlotte
Crockery Company, and Mr. Harts
field ia the lainager.V Mr. Gmbaa
b SOU Interested ia the store. '.
The Racket store, not baring room
eoongh ia its present bulldiag', and
aot being able to wait for the erec
tioa of the new building, has leased
the Dwvtdsoai otorerooaa just across
the street, aad win ran a branch
house "there. 'This bouse win be
devoted exclusively to the Racket's
miUioery department ,
Saas Kee has rented the old O.
K. bakery stand, opposite Ross A
Adams, aad will open out a lauadry
sad Chiaea store.
KU14 a Rabbit $ai Brought . Cut
" 1 Hawiing Tmmp. Z2llii"Ji
A. farmer who lives about four
miles north oi Charlotte, ousted
tramp In a novel majtner last Satur
day, ' He was out ia a field near his
bouse hunting , rabbits. lie was
standing sear a straw stack, when
rabbit that had been 'jumped' by
the dog came running' up and "waa
about, to seek refuge by the .stack,
when tne tormer fired and killed ML
The shot was Immediately followed
by an onearthly yell, and the straw
stack was shaken as if by an " earth
quake. Judge of the, farmer's, sar-
priae when, a . seedy looking, tramp
rolled out and commenced dancing
around oa the ground,' holding his
left leg ia hit bands. , He bad bur
rowed into the straw stack for a
night's lodging snd ' was sleeping
peacefully when some of the shot
from the farmer's gun penetrated the
straw snd waked him up. ' Six" shot
went into his leg between the knee
and ankle., He was one of the
trampiest kind of a looking tramp,
ragged, dirty and hungry, sad the
farmer, moved to compassion, took
him to the house aad filled him np
with one of the most sumptuous
repasts he had knows ia years. -The
tramp cleaned up the table and was
to delighted that, be declared it was
goodtobeshotj )
W. C. T. U. Mots. "
The Women' Christian Temper
ance Union will meet tomorrow
afternooa at the residence of Mrs.
Ab Tate at 4 o'clock. v f
TheY. W.CT. UofGoflford
College ia preparing for aa enter
talnment. The programme indi
cates aa interesting occasion. '
April si baa been declared a day
of prayer by the world W. C T. U.
Collections for the cause are to be
takes up oa that day.
MiaeWiSard hopes soon to have
her , autobiography printed. Her
first Months of freedom are to be
gives to the South. March 15th
she starts first to attend the South
Carolina .W. C.T. U. Coaveitfioa
at Charleston. Then she goes to
other Southern States.
The Wmstoa) Union gave an ea
tertainmcnt recently aad cleared I40.
This it for the borne Union. Every
Sabbath the W. C T. U. womei
hold a prayer-meeting in the Win
stoa jaiL
Mrs, Wells will spend April and
May ia North Carolina, instead of
the months previously announced.
REDUCED PRICES IN BOt'S ANtTCHILDREN'S
CLOTHING.
ABOUT OUR FUR-
also tuu-AKi aivu tiffs, we nave
found plenty of buyers at the prices which we have been selling; them at.
and they are still going at the same prices. But this week we are malting
a special cut oa our, ':
INFORMED YOU LAST WEEK.
VV NISHING GOODS,
CHILDRENS SUITS AND KNEE PANTS
Such as we have never done, heretofore. We do not mean to sell you
shoddy goods. : No, by jio means, for our reputation ia too well estab
lisned for ttlliofc a good quality of Clothiog at kw prices. So we start to
give you a few sketches of the prices for which you can buy . .,
r; BOY AND CHILDREN'S CiX)TIUNG
1 V 'i';1- ;-'T ' " " 'Ci''A:
At our house.' Children's Knee Pants at a$ cents. . Of this lot we have
about 75 pairs, sod sixes to fit boys from 4 to . We sold them at 50c.;- ;
Tbe next lot we have, yt pair, to dose. ..These are all wool, and we .
sell them at 50 cents. , j 1 ,, ' '::M
, We have another lot of Children's Pants which we mixed, some we
sold st $1.00. ti.i.$t-y. $1.75 and fi.co, all po at this sale for 8$ cents.
quality for the prices which we kt them .go at this week. We single out
100 Sum, sizes 4 19 13. , neavy sna ..mcuium : w-gnu, suinc sutuunc m
spruig wear. We sola Uwm at fi-oo, .50, Z5.00, Jo.co, 1,7.00 ana
t7.no. . All are included ia this sale at the unheard of price of $3.50. :
These suits are strictly sH wool. We return money to any purchaser if
be can duplicate any suit for double the money ckewhere. ,
-SHIRT WAISTS-
KAUFMAN'S
nt BUW tar SfaRk.
1 Prof. J. C Bake, our local weather
prophet bands TK News his
weather table for March, aa follows:
t and rainy, cool; 3 fair, frosty; 4
a na ..
dooay ana wanner; 5 'Fowle knows of tbe embargo oa
1 eastern oroducts tftat want to ro
According to the Newbera Jour
nal, Governor Fowls in desirious of
looking after railroad dtscriaaisa
tiona. That paper says: "Gov.
thunder and wind; f ight rata and
wind; ota l nearly fair and cool;
14 to t? raw snd some launder; il
partly cloudy and cool; t to ti
nearly fair aad very cold wind; ti
rain, cold and snow 13 rain and
mow; 4 cloudy; 5 rsin; ' to cold
rain, hail and thander; 'ay to to sear
ly Uk aad coldi jo tfondy, cool aad
rsia; ji foggy mormiog, then fair off
jsOW OMffS T rarcwy. . v
Chat. Ramseur, colored, was ar
raigned beore Eaqaire D, G Mas-
well today charged with forging tbe
aamt of fames PrrWeT on aa order
on Young ft Rkrae foronedoQar!
worth of goods. Tbe forged order
vusoncred.' Tbecfcrk hoaDed
the order VVmined Ramer as the
party who preneoteJ k. Rasmnr
wnattol tfh vJl ft""
off 50 for his Sfpenraace for trial
before Judge Mere.
W have received a copy of the
Durham Daily San, the new mors
p paper j4 started la Durham by
Mr. Jan. A. Robinson, who
Umeriy connected with th pets of
CKarVxte. T SwO It a seatty
mtrtJ paper, tad is Mtfforal and
! rt rV prpar 'l
along the.N.C R. between Gokle
boro and Charlotte. ' He toty the
people ia bit opening address st out
Fair, that if they would stand by
him and demand of tbe General As
sembly law to prevent such an just
tarins and dWiminnUona, he would
tee that sweh law would be exe
cuted." The Charlotte Chamber
of Commerce ought to back tip the
Governor in this matter.'
Daw
The demurm of the Richmond &
DanvtQe. Ran. wad Company to the
suit breoftit against tbe United
States dm Court' by ' Was. II.
Gibson' and other bondhoUert of
.i.ooo bonds oi the North Carohna
Railroad Cnmpaay gwnrsntced by
the Sat oi North Carofinn was sue-
uinrd by , (udge WatWt h New
York yesterday. -L ,1 h ; i '
k Tery trg Pemstafe
Of tbe American perJe are treobkd
with moat annoying . troublesome
d duagmaM cct(Uiat en Jed
010?' It It 4 ntrmairy to
be so troubW. I dnanrd
Srrond nwoiw that Oarss't Es
tract nf f kit (rsptOon Catnh Cur
Wnm4ity rvWre aad rrmnnrnt
ty corve Ciarb. A thimngh and
fair trial ml coevWe tn,
I'r Clari' lla S-nip foelt
kta. C''th Curr flo ' S-
M('" At R. II. J-."'Ij4 A tV'f
'' .We have an elegant assortment and intend to stop ladies from making
hem at home, because it is a very tedious job for a lady to make a waist
or boy when she wul be able to buy at - !-v '' - '"v
KAUFMAN'S
A waist to suit and fit her boy at 15 cents. This waist we sold at 2 cts.
fast season, and we have a few to close and they all must go. We have a
hrge lot of dark waists such ss Polks Dots snd Stripes and Fancy Figures
which we sold at 38, 40, 45 and 50 cents each. We have put them in this
sale at 15 cents. These wairta are Percale and the prices we sell them at
are less tUan the cost of the . material. Don't miss your chance, as these
bargains cannot fast fong. , T : 7, . ,
W. KAUFMAN & CO.'S.
LEADING CLOTHIERS, FURNISHERS axd HATTERS,
. . Comer Central Hotel, Charlotte, N. C
SEIGLE'S SILK SALE -
' AU of this week we will oner everything in our Silk Department at
rreadv reduced prices. The great success which attended our Linen Sale
bai induced us to make a similar one in the Silk Department. ; Every
piece of Suk in this department has been reduced in pnee.
One piece of "Faibe Francaise" at $t.oo, worth fi.ts.
'One piece of Perfcetion at ii.75. worth oo.
One piece of "Pericctioo" at it-UYl. worth ii.yx. -All
Silks at S1.50 now marked down to $1,375'.
Tbia aale includes afl Graa Grains, Failles, Armours, Moires, Rhad
smcs, Rhadzimers, Satins, Surahs and Chinas. ' .
BROCADES. These have once more become favorites and now
tbe time to buy them. Our tot has been reduced to tbe cost of manufac
ture. They must be sold. Now is your opportunity.
T. L. SE1GLE A CO. -
CHILDREN'S SHOES, :
For Boys' snd Ciris' school and vacation near we recom
mend tn ccKOrated
mm
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SOLAR TIP SHOES,
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Warranted the best in the woId. One pair of these shoes
win wear aa long as two pair of most other makes. We
nlwavs have a lanre stock of these shoes shich we srll very low, made .
cither heeled or spring beds. Write for prices or a2 and examine. For
mie at wholesale at manufacturers' prices. We are daily receiving our
stock of Spring Shoes, which will comprise the best makes, latest styles
snd lowest prkeaever shown in this market r,1T11
Successors to PegramJA Co.
to S. Tryon Street
lone
x 1 r - -m r
to East Tuci St
ANOTHER IX)T OF THOSE
ELEGANT HAND-MADE
unity imm buttci se:ei
These are beautiful fitters, very ntytiah.
and toM sausoajiy sow ax tne
grade oi goods.
Our Acme fast for real dreat, la the
istost pcrfrct fitting Shoe Sold in thai
matket. Thi back rthwfotlged by every
that has worn them. e kerp
them tn the different wklth snd all the
(M 1 vo ft. When in awd ol a
MUdsome pair of walking shoes at :i
ry yon to see oars.
. " 1 1 GRAY A CO.
vj AS;' HARRISON & CO.s .
; ; SOUTH TRYON STREF.T." '
WO continue thetr Spe1 S1 xi fartnf l VU T
. prices beffaniog st f cfot h tomnrrow morn.ng, I cb. rjth.
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