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CRAYON PORTRAITS. " Call and sec ?;:w Fine and Cheap they can be lud. . ' FRAMES.--' . ,1 have the largest and best assort ment of Frame -Moulding in the State, Canvas and Crayon Stretches 1 made to order. , VAN NESS, , - - ' ' ,' ft N. Tryoc --, 'M .-.rDAJLLfe -. -iSfJUJ-V ERE GOI-S VOLUME iV, "' TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH k 8S9 5 ,! ' " NUMBER 94. V APVERTISI 3t Spool Cotton X4 T. L ALEXANDER A CO. COCHRANE'S Aad Agency for the RCHASE AND SALE ' j .; Ikl ESTATE r. .v ; -AMI :m TRYOM TREKT, THE JEWELER, , THE -SON DRUG CO. !4 our, line and sc'l eat UTLER LOCAL RIPPLES. No burglaries were reported last night --' , . 1 , The Smith, bunding, on Tryon street, next to Rlglers, b bring fitted up for Harrison & Co., who will open out a branch noose there. Tha man with his - little piece suggesting candidates for mayor and alnermeo will soon be trotting up the stain toTm Niws-paper office. Now b the tune for bachelors to sew on tbeir buttons. Thread can be bought at 4 cents spool, and some of the clerks will throw fat a threaded needle with It' , i ' t The wholesale rates on spool cotton has been reduced from 55 to 47 cents, as is learned from one 0 the handlers of the thread, who knows the correct quotations, The big sideboard for the Pied- moat eating bouse, la thb city, ar rived to-day. It is a large a flair, and b finished In flcfrt -wood.-to natch the interior of the elegant dining room. : - ' '. .- Dr. Pritchard'fl address at the Tryon Street Baptist church to-night 31 be a rare literary treat It will be worth hearing, and hb subject b one of deep Interest Opportunities to hear It handled are rare. AS should wo. ' """" The newly appointed Justices tj r- tliM Mar mrm tmetml la nmrai I themsehrea, at their earliest conven ience, before the clerks of courts and be swora into office. . Th( tfoe a lowed b aixtT days trom March 1st The matter should receive attention la good time rtftsa Maw BiUf tat tk WJrfiwI aa4 DaavflkK -v -! The Rkhmood sod Daavild Rail road Ceimpany b spending a pile of BMory m the work of amproYtag its already excellrflt road-bed. Attest Uoq is new bekgpaid particularly to (he work of bridge baflding. FU- w new Iroa bridges are feeing tmin betweea Charlotte and Richmond. The Rkhmood and DaavBJe yet has a few wooden bridges cat ksliae, but aB oftheae hate to go. bridges have bee ordered to take their place. Not only this, but some el the recently buOt iron bridges have to be taken out, notably the ooe over Rocky Rir, about 1 8 asSea north ' of ChrioC. This brUA like aotne ethers, whQe ex ceflently buDt, b too bght, and b so be superceded by a bearier UUge. tOrU A TftSA? FOR HARRISON. As reauirtd by the bws of the Railroftd Cocnmbvfoa c4 Sorts, lro- Bna, all the roads running into that State have o nuks moothly re port Thb report of sow of the North Carolina line. 6 January bat, has Just been nude, and wiH be Interesting: - . c r. a . v . k"; rMir-t--- t 1 v utr J' Ckata4k.i' lit U -T ikimm, naraiAia MB lMcaaoa. Im. V. f.C a r.at.v. .... IS - a Lmw . .... irM a The Rkhotoed and Daavdle Ones show an fecrsaaeoj fio. 4 01 00 prt trot Mrs. W. C hfaxvtll IrA to day luT a vW to hr rtUurrs Sad b'yrofa in Moritgosnery. AU.". Mr. ami Mrs. J. M. Croaa, ol Con cord, cioh in on the oooa trala to day. Mr. sad Mrs. J. t HJ5r, ho Utt tpt tbe winter at the Central HM nJ "to mUny fckt.U b Chfo, W1 to-djy on the south ,r,'n- , 1 L Mr. II- Roiiw. and Mr. W. M. H". ol L. rf at tht Pufod. , H. rrj'v, J' 0 WWloo, 5. J. Lr.t, cf Mu lia4 sd H. T. CPt'!- )!,. tumult fiitm", a r.,'f r-Vf . . ,crf' f? ' r. ; ,',;. r ! " 1 t i: 'i' Bark fr Lavs to TacUt Him tot an Ofica-Ka Ltarns that tbt Mint ta DiifWMd of After Bnyiof hit Tlckat bat Quickly Dc UU that tba Potto (fic , Will do, an4 Ool co Anyhow. Well, Barker has gone to look ni ter his office. It U Mr. R. H. W. Barker, ct Huntertville, who ran against Mr. J. W. Cobb, for register of deeds, last JaU. Mr. Barker left for Washington City yesterday af ternoon and he expects to get an audience with , President : Harrison today. 1 He doubtless knocked at the White House door before the President had bis breakfast this morning, for, before he left, he (eU in with n few 'friends who gave him full instructions how to act Mr. Barker had bought hb ticket for Washington and was strolling about the depot awaiting the arrive,! of the train from the South, when he was recognized by Charlotte friend and was Immediately sur rounded. He was asked where he was going and be proudly replied that be was bound for Washington City, and was going to get bis office. ' "What place are you after?" was asked bun by the leader ol the parry. "Why, air," he replied, 4 "I thought you knew. - I'm after the Mint and I n going to mk .Prest- dent Harrison gfvc'a to ufe." was (hen gravely informed that be was too late, as a letter had just been received, signed by Presi dent Harrisoo, saying that Mr. Creightoa was sure for the Mint, and that that part might be con sidered settled. Thb was an un. pleasant piece of news for Mr. Bar ker, but after a moment's thought he said that he would go on anyhow and ask for the postoffice, ; ; : . Kb friends posted him in fine trie. . Mr. Barker wore a stove pipe hat, neatly fitting clothing, and carried a valla that the New York policemen would arrest on sight as a reea. roods botnb. "Yoor aaVT said the Doctor, "b all'rigb t and SO are your breeches. They will carry yen through well enough. But let me tell you," and the Doctor talked in a aerioos and ioiprenirw manner, "yon musn't attempt to approach President Harrison unlcr yoe have a lot of musk, or something Eke that on your handkerchief.'' -I haven't got any with aae," re plied Mr. Barker, but 10 get a bot tb the first thing I do when I reach Washington. I'm a little green about how to do there, nod I'm obterged to yon genUrmeo for your points ... . ' Tost about this time tbe train bwOed in and Mr- Barker got aboard. Hb Mends encouraged him with the I MriMff assurance that af he followed their advice he come back with the pestoffien port folio in hb pocket Mr.' Barker b Ls dead earnest about ctttinf hb office and there promises to be an Interesting interview at the White (loose. He b a working man, and that's' the kind yon can't keep down. Bv and by. Washington people wis begin to wonder what kind of office seekers wt have down kerv any Tss Ktw MUb. .. ., The work of fitting up the 5tar mills with the new and improved machinery for bolted meal, grits sod botaiay, k prpgrtsalog rapUJy, and the ssiib iQ be In operation by April lit The Muipnmit ol the milt will be of the very best kawn, and the opacity wffl be soffioent to supply Charkme and surrownding awktta. When these m'JU start, our peoplt need not send sway kwn home for tbr and, homiay, or grtta. ' ' - . liaxta 04 Mr.JF. Reilf. Uncoln- too, csom) in on ids w"-' Carol ni CfBtrsl (rata this mornine. snJ carm! to k g lwp gtU U poJirt. Theluif.p vtr f J(t ami M " THB" CHARLQTTg PSTOPPICS, Mr.. Eddloa Houia, from Wmhinttoo-- Cewlci Oct ttS S)utcrin Office- What Mr, K44in nya. 1 - ' Mr. Charles 4Ka$, who b an as pirant for the Charlotte postoffice. and who has beci turning over the stones in a lively' manner, returned yesterday . : from a pilgrimage "to Washuicton. ' Ai News -reoorter met M-ddins bnd learned from him that nothing has yet been done in regard to the Charlotte- poetolnce-, and (hat nothing b likely to be done lor some weeks yet. ' Mr. Eddtns expkins thbuponthe ground that there b so much opposition for the Charlotte postofficev . .The reason the Asheville postoffice was changed so quickly was that here was prac tically but one man proposed for that pbce. There was no cause to delay fa that Instance. When I left Washington,".; said Mr. Eddins, "I sa A." D.. Cowfca, and he carried in hb pocket hb com mission as postmaster for Statesville. There was no Opposition In his case, but with the Charlotte postoffice it b different The President will likely take some lime to disposing of mat ters in Charlotte. : , 'The only new " feature in the Charlotte postoffice fight," continued Mr. Eddins, "is that Gordon -hj withdrawn in ' my favor. He has made a positive withdrawal, and has thrown all hb Influence for me." , .; Mr. Eddins strongest competitor, from what can be-learned, b Mr. Archibald Brady Mt Eddins and Mr. Brady were the only real Char lotte candidates. - There are half a dozen Republicans out side ol Char lotte and Mecklenburg clamoring lor the Charlotte poatofficw.- i',) A Small BUM at lbs Pktfarm. A aught fire on the cotton plat form brought out the fire department and about ball of the-town at 11 o'clock to-day. Fire wis discovered in a bale nnder the weigher's shed. but hn coUonjnan hashed tlibura- ingbale out of thoway so quickly that fire, was communicated to only one other bale. Tbt bales wi mopped whh wet cotton, nndh was an over inside of three minutes. The bale in which the fir originated be longed to J. W. Miller ft Co., and was in -the fire a few days ago. It had been picked over and repacked. and stranreas it mar aeem, some cbim that through all thb handling fire still lurked in it . Some people cbim that a burned bale can be im mersed is water for n week and there wilt still be danerr ot fire in it , But when a bakb taken to pieces, wet dried and picked over like thb one was, it aeetns scarcely possible for : ;;G0BKE0T GmmM FOR A Li L MEN, fl , v ,t J. , 4 T 4 ' ' I , , SUITABLE FOR ALL , OCCASIONS AND OCCUPA-. i'nONS,' THE BEST OF EVERYTHING IN :. MEN'S, BOYS' AMD CIllLUlUilN b.. ( SPRING clothing: PREPARE TO BE PLEASED. . . ' v .-V''.' -.. .,',. fire to stin remain la it would certainly! AWmtH -KaM The Charlotte Kniuing M3b are sow taming oat goods for the mar ket, and their productions are meet' tog with ready eales. Mr. S. Witt kowsky, Charfotte'a wholesale mer chant, gave Jones & Lock wood a brge order for the first lot of under wear turned out . Mr. lUkowuy says tha la make and finish these goods are better lhae any of the same class that ht baa ever seen from a Northern miTL , The finbh of the goods b fTilcnt, and the work as a wbub caoAOt be excelled anywhere. Our people have brew so used to buying lhM ankkt North that it b hard to realise yet that they can le made here among Thn milb turn out socka, nmVnhirU and drawer. , TVy are put up in scat patkagas, niih the HornctaV Nest trade mark. Ahhowjh superior to Northern gtxxts oi lbs MM grade. they are put on the maikrt the per. This b good for Chart te. A tf"l Us C'ssws. TV R. A D, R. R. Uf jut plet4 tht grs l'in of the Ransa branch from iV Point, N. C, U Atxwo. as wt W-am by the News od CXsenec . 1beconrr k tit trk lsyi" b''t,, ftr. Win-to & J':. Pv;i.h, I :; t r ; "' " ! tr"i r rt. Never have better goods been shtirj, ! u & ert5-V ' I "r Never have greater varieties been fltrtd. - ' ; ? - Mr - y--. Never have prices lecn so low. There b no room for improvement in the bargains we offer thb .... ' season in . - i. , .' MEN'S AHD BOYS' CLOTHINO, HATS, CAPS, GENTS rZ FUBNISHINO GOODS, ETC. V It's k blessing to be within reach of such an bpFOrtunity. ' Our beautiful new stock b all bright dean and fresh and consists WHOLLY of the latest and moat popular styles. ; PRICES WHICH YOU CANN'OT RESIST. No experienced and iudicious borer can escape such temptatfona. . If the beat b good enough for yon, come and get it at Rock Bottom prices. - ' . , , - . W. KAUFMAN & CO.'S; LEADING CLOTHIERS, FURNISHERS ao HATTERS, : : Cotws Cetrtral Hotel Qiariotte, N. C ' ' SPEmG "DRESS 'GOODS. oBMr lA tobw li o w4 iMUtilr Oi- Vim 45 ,.- y 4 In if la. Om . . - - . - v.- . Om iS-nc AS Wari lop al Jte prtt o wws yt b a Will BMii iit TW wk,im tn kmtj. CM Km MjS"t mm S Cnr. . . Mmmmm m an rtilifc biliiWic BIm. TWt mm mrj mrrim &m mk 9 U1 mmm jam OmMm( rmmltm ktiMimiMi TWt i iWty rrl M tl rnawr jmm. AlaT MM Mh dmatkmrnm S km Miny mtf mm V ifmktf am. mi Tmr T. L, SHIGLH & CO. SpringStock Shoes. NEW SHOES. NEW SLIPPERS. ' n V. ' NEW TRUNKS. NEW VALISES. Lait Srvlea and Lowest Prices. Call and! GlLREATH & . . (SCTCESSOSS TO PlCMal Si C0) . . l6 7?n SirtO, 1 1 - J CHARLOTTE N. See : v" Co,, Children's School Shoes. rl to East Taatt St SEABOARD AIRLINE. un and alto January fchthasleep mrranwul t run through brt ChtMre aM RV;Kn. " rairy thrvxn;h pwnT VJ Her'Kht tf iw lo AMnn'" U"1 t. Thr .lrptrtf tfa r" l-Ux and W.hn.nfftwi w tV. tf ma fcT. - j414 Oa I P- A. fnt. We have rerivd another ahlpmsot ot cor ctb- trl ' : STONEWALL TIP SHOES. ' These g "oda havs been gMuff our tra! smlwr. ai swibtWtion and b known tUy an the brat line of Sole Leather 'Tip Sconl Shoes for boys and girb that b ananufactumt in the city C PhtUdcl- Ervfy rtnttonan in w-ed of a r ine Drew Shoe shr wJd are our lUnistrr Shors. They ars sptilf p much haJomet tHaa em and ate nJJrrnuuk ably fow for thM fine goods, .GRAY ft CO. -"Mi's -BErx- SWrnltr kco Sod compare it s lbs txxt i:h any 3" Try H Cr. 'l !' f JT.i'-r t-'.n.li H K- i".f'!r. ! ' p t' ;.. i I 'is t 'l 1 A- ' ' ; ; . . : r - r..M b , r It firWl t; " ti Mr. R ' ( (4 tt I 1 t.y t lb - ! I 1 iOM riUCIiS! 0r. f 1 I t I i . 4 I
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