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STILL BUSY; The workmen are still busily en p;ed in putting ia cur .new jlasa .t and notwithstanding the neces i i ry i ".conveniences we have been 1 1 Lusy oa the, inside. Pr ices, .lilies and styles. are bound to witf. ..r slock now contains some special . !ucs that are worth our telliiig and c::r knowing-Dotfrteflhe sound f t'..e hammer and th"5aw keep you , vUt. While everything'.; may seem ---Trn and out of order on the outside ' '11 find all correct on the inside. J e hope to have the major part of f tile front done by Monday evening. Torchons at $c,t 4a, 5c., 6c., 7c, &, QC, IOC. . ; ' Carpet RcmantVat 37 and 57 c.; . formerly they brought 53 and 75c Nothing -wrong: with them, only - thort ends. : Lace Curtains at $1.56 per pair. 1 - Linen . Napkin?, checked and Y ringed, $c per dozen. . Crown batmes at 15c. V Our ; line of S;i Surahs. They are the cheapest in the city. "K 1 Children's and Ladies'-Hosiery at f the closest possible figures. T.j SEIGLE & CO ; j s - T '-, .' . " , -, "-' t T E ADOI J A RTF.R O XIeadOuartero FOR FOR "CRESH JTresh ARDEN OEED VJARDEN OBEI BOTH LOTH ' "IT rilOLESALE and V) ETAIL. lr W HOLESALE and K ETAIL. URWELL & URWELL & DUNN. UNN. WATCHES, " CLOCKS -AND IEWELRY St ? 1 r SELLING OUT at AND BELOW COST, ,-'As I wish t close my business in '-V the ne.i two or thie: mouths. R .GBEAT BARGAINS! EVERYTHING GOES AT J. T. BUTLER'S. "Dt rr. Til a qd and 1 Comfort T) JmaId TVimnin Vnlk dUrmnfin ( ' wlv NOISELESS, WARM, , DURAi BLE,' '. Prevent Rheumit j n and cold feet . CALL MD GET A ' ' " Anything io the Sho line to be V ( . had at our iote.k J( . i s ? j V j'V R RANKIN & BRO . fiyu., m-m 1 1,1 '1. ' 'V'," UI' I (I Ml' 'i ). ' .,1 Ml!,, . II. II VOLUME III 7. CHARLOTTE, N. C.,! SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUAR 22 iSoo NUMBER 377, yh CO., " 1 , CHARLOrriK. 1". c. A PEADLY EXPLOSION. MIDSIOHT IIATOO AT 'HOUSE.' " A BTIEX A nHr ExplI-, Hllllaff T Per. Tw omen, ad Badly Waalnjr The boiler at the old distillery oi Mr. James B, Lanier, located three miles from Salisbu y, exploded at 12 o'clock last night with terrible effect. The still house, a two story structure, was completely wrecked, a man and his son were instantly killed, two men were fatally hurt, and one man was badly injured. TLc names of the killed are: Rans Beaner and his son. a boy of 12 years old. The names of the in jured have not been learned. Two men, one of them a revenue agent, were sleeping in a room on the second floor. They were blown filty yards. The revenue agent will survive, but the other's head was so badly crushed that he will die. The engineer had gone to the branch to see wnat was tne matter witn the pump when the explosion occurred, and he was not hurt. The cause of the explosiion is unknown. Repairs had just beea completed to the boiler, and it was steamed up two hours before the explosion occurred. LOCAL RIFfLEA. Mr Holtm Sprinkle arrived in the City today from Washington. Mr. I. P. Cook, editor of the Concord Standard, is at the Central. Today being a holiday on 'Change, there are no telegraphic markets. There will be a celebration of the Holy Communion at St Martin's Chapel at 7.30 tomorrow morning. Little Lord Fauntleroy, one ot the ereatest of theatrical attractions. will be at, the opera house next Saturday. The front of Mr. E. M. Andrews undertaking house, opposite th- Central Hotel, is being repainted and brightened up. But very iiul homage was paid today in Charlotte, to the memory of the Father of his country. Not a tingle chf rry tree was cut down in his honor. Cross and Wh'te have surrender ed themselves to the sheriff of Wake county. They will begin work in the public roads on the first Mocday in March. There were several little "spits" of snow in this city, th:s morning. Today one year ago, there was a six inch snow on the ground' in Charlotte. Rev. P. J. Carraway will con duct services at Try on Street Meth odist Church tomorrow morning, and at Church Street Methodist Church tomorrow night. THE CITY AWD THE SEM1NAUT. Biff mk SUId. Late yesterday afternoon, the platform at the Carolina Central freight depot was lined with barrels of whisky and distilling apparatus, the returns from two raids by offi cers Bollin and Vanderford. The stud was consigned to Deputy Col lector E. McDonald, who today had it stored in a warehoust on College street. The lot comprises 3? bar rets of blockade whisky and six stills. Four of the stills and 2$ ' barrels of whisky were captured ; at Grover, Cleveland county, and the remain der was captured at ChcrryviUe, , km InttrwUw ky tb Wy-wHk Sum , Mayor McDowell arrived home last night from a brief trip J to New Orleans, pa the way home ; there was a delay of an hour at Tuscaloosa junction, and one of the sights that attracted Mr. McDowell's .attention during the wait was the great evan gelist Sam Jones sitting on the end oi a cross tie, Mr. McDowell ap. proached Mr. Jones and had a pleas ant conversation with him, Mr. Jones was interested the - moment he knew; that Mr. McDowell vas froal Charlotte, and wanted to know all about' the tabernacle . that is being built here for him. VK ' j Speaking of his Charlotte engage ment" Mr. Jones told Mr. McDowell that he would be here on the fxrt ol M3yV ' . van in vonra i Aiurmea nab As Argnmenl that U Can. Can the city authorities, under the charter, make a donation to the Lutheran Seminary ? This question was today asked a lawyer by a News reporter. "It can," was the reply. - The board of aldermen were asked to make a donation to the Lutheran Seminary. They promptly and gen erously replied that they wou'd if they had the po wer. "Have they, then " says our fiiend, "the power to take from the city treasury a sum of money and give it to the Seminary?" "Section 24 of the original charter of the city reads, in part, as follows, with reference to the board of alder men: 'They shall also have power to issue other bonds, and all moneys arising from the sale ol such addi tional bonds shall be by the said board applied to such purposes as in the opinion of said board will promote the general good ol the city, and lor no other purposes whatever.' " Now, it would seem that il the board of aldermen have power to make a debt for the general good of the city, ot which they are the sole judges, (though under the amended charter the debt would have to be authorized by a vote of the people), they cer tainly have power to spend money out of the treasury lor that purpose. Suppose a philanthropist should die, bequeathing $10,000 to the city of Charlotte, to be expended for the general good of the city, in the dis cretion of the board of aldermen, could not the board give part of it to the Lutheran Seminary? Look what a great law writer says about it; Dillon on Municipal Corporations, 3575: " .Municipal corporations pos sess the incidental or implied right to alienate or dispose of the property, real or personal, of the corporation, of a private nature, unless restrained hy charter or statute." Under this broad authority it would seem that the board of aldermen could even go so far as to sell the Graded School property, which the city bought a lew years ago for about $20,000, and spend the amount of! money realized by the sale for the general good of Charlotte. Much more can they use money on hand for that purpose, good reason would insist. But who are to determine what is meant by the general good of the city? The board of aldermen. That is what the charter siys "such purposes as in the opinion ol said board will promote the general good of the city." Now observe what the same au thority on municipal corporationst siys on this point: "3475. So where the mayor or council have by the charter, power to make, in their cor porate capacity, all such contracts as they may deem necessary for the wel f ire of the cotporation, they may contract to sell stock owned by the c'ty in a private corporation, to en able the city to pay its debts, and the discretionary, power with which the mayor and council are invested can not, .' when bona fide exercised, be controlled by a Court of ' Equity at the instance of property owners and tax payers. . , iThis language is plain and une quivocal. : It seems to say that a Broad discretionary power, such as our aldermen have, is absolute; that the city can not only use its cash on hand, but may sell its private pro perty for the general good, and that the law has ', nothing to do with it, when the discretionary power is used Itt good faith ' K( ' While these authorities, however, seem to warrant the belief that the city has ample power to make the donation in question, I do not wish to be understood as setting op my unalterable ; judgment that she has that power; f r the reason that there may b other authorities that, I have not found , after a thorough searcn, which would establish the contrary of the view here' expressed But.1 do say this, that if the words of pur city charter, and the lapjuage of Mr. Dillon above quoted, do not mean what they seem to say ; if there is any plainer way of showing us that the aldermen have power to .make the donation to he Seminary, thea let us have the charter amended at the ap proaching session of the Legislature so at to remove all doubt oh the sub ject. . - In the meanwhile 'would it not be well for the Finance Committee of the Board of Aldermen, to whom the matter Vas referred, to assure the gentlemen in charge of the Seminary fund, that when, by popular vote or legislative aid, there shall be no fur ther doubt as to their ability to make gilt, they will make their promise of a donation good. Ttis assurance would probably be as good as cash, for who would oppose the proposed donation? The city at odd times has given $i,coo to yellow fever sufferers, $400 for the survey ol a railroad and $4. 000 by way of subscription to stock to the Charlotte Female Institute To argue that it cannot now give its aid to the Lutheran Seminary is seemingly as strange as to say that a colt cannot jump a fence, when, fn fact, he has jumped it repeatedly. The charter oi the city of Raleigh a nhorizcs the board of aldermen to 'aid in the establishment of educa tion il enterprises within the corpor ate limits of the city, or within one mile of said limits. Let us have our charter amended so as to read that way. Then there can be no hindrance to the gift of $2,000 by the board ol aldermen to the Lutheran Seminary. A LOCK OP WASHINGTON'S UAIR. -0- THE SACK SUIT IS THE MOST UNIVERSALLY POfULA. OF ALL CLAKSES OF GARMENTS. IT IS CONVENIENT, COMfCRT ULE AND UECO: UNG FOR -ALL TURPOSES OF NEGLIGEE. WE OFFER liS SOiTS IN THE FOLLOWI: f- A Care and Oeaalae Rlle In Pas loa ! a Cbarlatle Lady. This is Washington's birthday, and the News has been reminded of it iu a peculiarly pleasant manner. Through the courtesy of a Charlotte lady, Mrs. E. E. Sloan, widow of the late Dr. Wm. Sloan, the t Jitor has had the privilege of inspecting a lock of Washington's hair. There are about twenty five strardsjof hair ia the lock. The hair with the ex ception of a few strands of brown, is a pure white. It is bound by a silken thread, which in turn is secur ed to a sheet of paper by a samp of scaling wax. On the paper to which this relic is attached is this in scription: "Irvington, Va., March 18th, 1872. ' 'Hair of the illustrious Washicg ton. Presented to Mrs. Orville Od die by James A. Hamilton, and by her to Dr. William Sloan." Mrs. Sloan prizes this relic highly. Both the hair and the let ter are ia a good state of preserva tion. Mrs. Sloan will have the relic1 framed. 4 Button Straight Cut, 4 Iiutton Round Cut, 3 Button Cutaway I 1 Button Round Cut, Long Boll, Doubk-Br rii:d. THE STYLES ARE ALL HANDSOMELY MADE LV CM THE L TEST METROPOLITAN MODELS, AND AI-.E ' ' PERFECT fcVERY DETAIL." We shew them in the most desirable ' cri t Eili, Scil ana tea omj. R G EVERY FASHIONABLE FABRIC, AN. NGE OF PRICES. WOULD BE PLi: SLi HAVE YOU CALL AND EXAMINE. WIPE 'O Truly yours, W. KAUFMAN be 9 V- 0. ILADIN CLOTHIERS, GENT'S FURNISHERS and I VOTERS, Corner Central Hotel Charlotte, N C. Men's Fine Shoes F ne Cr-itoin M.ide Shoes is our sp. dally, ;r d we cr a .ii! r.M com- , pU'te line . f alt tite sf.ple styles, all s'z-, a 1 I all vi Uh . iroi 7 the ir-st Drr -s She ti the ek;"it Double Tniclc Bu5ine ai.il Du t Hos, for ' w hi h we ave so long been noted, price 7.50, We a;i.ure 'U west. are the b-t ti. t can be mad, the myt pcif.'ct nttin;: and mot Cf.hi'rtalle SIkvs fou d ia any market. ; ' v k to e our $6 00 bne; our special $5.00 lint ; mi: ireat dr, $4.00. line; our :ra fine $3.50 line; our world-renowned 3 00 lv eur harch ser ice $2 -,o lino: our good value $2 r.nd $5.50 Unc, and u '.U rv. .-e see" the b st Shoes for the money ever shown. We . e hea ;qrters or a'l i iivXi Shoes an I Rubbers. New shipi cat" of 'liunkf, Vvuiscsand San pie C. cs just r ceived. , Open -jvenings till 8.30; Saturday till 11.00 .vv A Romance In Calarvil Lir. Some daj's ago a Charlotte negro earned Sam McLarty got in'o cor respondence with a Crab Orchard belle named Mary Jane Wallace. He proposed and was accepted by le'.u r. He got a license from Regis ter Cobb and set forth on the ap pointed day, but when he got to Mary Jane's house she denied all knowledge of the correspondence and would have none ot him. Troubled in spirit, Sam went to Jerry Wallace's house, nearby, and told Jerry and . bis family of his dis appointment. Jerry has a daughter named " ,Dtcy,"i and , when D:cy heardSanV0vtaleoi.wc vol unteereij;oarryj;ih!m jumped it$tWj proposUioni He came to town and told Mr. , Cobb that hthd ;made n1stetlat it oubt to be -Dlcy instead of Mary Jane, - The register changed the license acrdingly Sana was mar--d to. DIcy; ciE?',: AIMa(by AMwIlaul anrral-ra, , On ;'theit4thof lastDecember Gus Abenathy, colored, ' was sen ously stabbed by another ' colored boy, named Henry Ledbetter.- Led better; fled and Gus eventually w covered, Ledbettef came up today and jsurrenered,:ic, beell&q'Severss: him' pn&ri bond of fbi" his'Tappcalrj' iarice lor trial bclore " judge Mcarjrs, and, giving the bond, he was " re leased. . . Tl3 CHILDREN' ; BUY THE BiiST IT PAY 5 m TH3 LQXi SUIT. Hp 10 Arc the g eatest economirers to the buyers of CI IlLDRE lT 3 5t 10 G a ; kr.owa to he Shoe Trade. They always tit tho Ll ca. r in t je fi t, -witliout tb? usual torture of bra ikin,,' in uf new hm. Tlie' .,ire,.' sjld j at the popular prices and guarantee to ive entire s itifaciUm. " , . OUR STOCK OF ' Y:X Gents' i.adias and Hisses Fina Shoos, - . v v Trunks, Satchals and Rubber-?! wis n Shoos . Is very lare for this time of year, aai we are olk-rin s: in the wa oi prices in order to reduce our stock before 0 ome totfjl ilr'ves our -sjttH-j ecods cone in, r-3 EasrtTrado Street. GRAY vVRN'i.'VkOT. SuccefS r tu j snoifs. -AT- nit:: V,i-.it.' TT T3 A TT A TTXi JUL' JL XX JLU U VJ XX IO ALWAYS BEST MAKES. o always fresh co )ds. ' . : always;good variety. ' ALWAYS ItJLlTE ATTENTION. , . .-;:iUin.!iuc'- " is JfOwin 'r in Ipopularity since it roin w d--n nuti i- S ife- ureaseioti' are hfiVsd to'iAspjct rnys SHUE"'iTOCi .1
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