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VOL. 1. CHARLOTTE, N. CTUESNDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 30, 1880. NO. 217 Charlotte Daily Ghronio'e. Arrival and OeDarture of f Trains at Charlott-. : RICHMOND is bAXVlhLIS AND i ATLANTA CHABI-OTTE AlK-LIJfE. Ho. SO Arrive t tfliarloue tr-.nn Ku-hmond at 1J.35 a.in. . Leavs for Atlaut at 1.45 m. No. 51 Arrives At Chariot from Atlanta at 12. W . m. .Loavea for Unhinuifci St 03 to - - viArrivsa xt Charlotte from i Bicbraon.-T at 12 40 p. nr. Leaves tot Atlanta l 1 00 p. tn. So. 5 Arrives at Charlotte from Atlanta at 25 p. m. Leaves for uicuinona i wp.n. CHARLOTTE, COLUMBIA Ik AUGU8TA. Arrives from Columbia at 6 15 p.m. -Leaves for Columbia at I 00 p. m. A.,T.& O. Division. Arrives from StatesvilU at It 40 a. tn. Leaves for SUteBvUle at MM CAROLINA CENTBAL Leaves for Wi'-"Jnston at 8 45 p. aud for Laur inbnrg at 7 49 a. m., on Monday. Wednesday and Friday. I ' . Arrives tronr Wilmington HiJ m.. and from I orinbnrgat 46 p. m. , m Tueaj, Thurs days and Saturdays. ! Shdbu Diskion of Carolina Central. Leaves for Shelby at 1 35 a. m. - - . i Arrives from Sbelbv at ooj p. m T. I.'OSEORNE. W. C MAXWELL. OSBORNE & MAXWELL, CHARLOTTE, -"j'j - ' - N. a Will practice in the State and Federal Courts S-Offiee 1 and 3 Law Building. . HUGH W. HARRIS ATTOBSEY-AT-LAW, Charlotte, N. C. Will practice la 8tate and Federal Court. Office, First Door West of Conrt House. E. K. P. OSBORNE, Attorney and Counsell, CHARLOTTE, N No. 4 Law Building. J. R. RATTEREE, coMissiaii immuL -aND DEJU.EB If Fruits, Yeilalile aui Prote Consignments solicited. Quick sales and prompt returns." i i CHARLOTTE. N C V Trv n BELIONT HOTEL " t -- , - ------" J"! ! - . . - . Is now open to the public. . Metric Cill Mr, Gas 4 Water. AXD ALL j Modern Hotel Conveniences. FIRST-CLASS IV jJLi REaPECTS. Raio - - $2.m) lw 113 . XL W. OYERBVUftH. , i j Wier.- GROCERIES. AV kinds of Family Supplies, com prise g best 6ugar aul Coffe1, select stock of all kinds of Canned Goods, Choice Hams and Breakfast Strip. A SCPPIr OF PAKCT CANDIES. Thtft femnds of I'ohacio uinl t?r rssd vrnys cn hand- Goo'f Goolff 1 low prio-. K-yecllnUv. J. . THF.KT AND, " - t rr . oa. a B AKIfiU'S POPULAIC MUdIO HOU8K - fJiade tbe Entire JUaezMient r BA.KE R 13K Osl :- PIANOS &. ORGANS jEO-Iirect from te ! Factory.- '..THE CELEBRATED Oylinder Top, Up igMBe r t ltiRh- awarded i pi ma n tneunar- it K,ir ; ca Meaais at -ew Orleans uio- itH For smail iu- ti-ciuents, and all .mds ot -innstaal mer-,-:tinlie weeanuiitba quailed in the city or . surpass a . KlAH " n onu ur, rent. Tau:a4 sad UepairtnK by Brtt-ciaaa ror worimeo, prumptly ezwoted - Ordt-rs for Sheet Musi, etc., by mail, aoswerel t y retain. -the tiesr England Piaas. which are nneqnalled for style and finish at tbe prire i Ornaus by all the beat maters, on the instalment' plan, $30 and up ward a. , ... - - " : . i -. - . ..- JUST : RECEIVED ! Atmore's Mince Meat, and Plum Pudding. Cross & Blackwell's Im- grtel Pickles and Chow Chow, also ome8tic Pickles, atid Chow Chow by the quart. Olives, Olive OfL ahd Lea & Perrie's Sauce.' s A erood assortment of Canned Vege tables. Meats and Fish. Keeker's ' Self-toiRinsr Buckwheat. Dried Beans, Dried Sweet Corn, Split Peas, Big Hominy, and Gnts. j i v - V ' r . , HAMS. V BREAKFAST - STRIPS, SMOKED BliEF, and TONGUES. -Iclaim to kepp as good and well assorted Retail Stock of Ww ffii Fancy Grccfries, ' ' As anv other House in town, and will sell .thorn as cheap. Try me. - A p'xl iKsortmtit'of Havy and Fancy GTnv4:i?s ftlaya on hnrL -" -' Frwh R iv!td CcSVes every wetk Rio, 1 rn.- aud Java tround to order. R- i-t" fal'y,' . i I i ui Lan- C.'" " L THE NATIONAL- CAPITAL; COSGBESSUEX - ABRIVIJ.CL -PBOS-- FEtTSVOX JU LUOISE8 - KEXT MOXDAV. - The Vailoo. . CominUlee finally at Work. - . -. t . . Waseti oton, Nov.. 29. There has been quite an influx of Congressmen during i the past few days , and .' the prospect is fair for full houses at both ends of the Capital when Congrvss re assembles next Monday. - The sub committees of the House appropria tion tre wording industriously n sev eral iir p rtunt I ilk. To-day th sub comniitLee on the Sundry: Civil Bill heard j Public Printer Benedict as to the necesiiary appropriations for the Government priuting office.;- Archi-; tect Clark, in regard , to further a im propriations for the work on the Cap itol terraces - and Superintendent Thome, of the Coast Survey, on the needs of. his bureau. Mr. Benedict ex plained the condition ot the Gbvern- ment printing omce and showed that he had been compelled to cut down the force, below the pres ent lin.its in order to; eonpl with the law. His statement was apparently satisfactory and a defi ciency, appropriation will probably lie allowed Mr. bpringer. Th chairman of the House committee on claims has, during the recess, given much at tention to an important measure. wluVh, fte intends to report favorably at the Opening of Congress. It pro vides for the creation of a court be fore whieh oil : claims now .com ing before the Congress shall be tried and investigated. Mr: Springer has got together a great deal of informa iion abojitsuch claims showing how they not onlv do not receive due at tention! in Congress, but that what consideration they do receive is' a burden! upon Congress and waste of valuable time that might be more profitably spent over other legisla tion, . : -: . '. : 'r t ! - An IwrentlffatiM Held. Reading, Pa.. Nov. 29. An inves tigation to-day of the house of Frank Kerner, who choked his wife to death and then se the building on fire, to destroy the evidence- or his crime, i-hows that he h td also made prepara tions to blow it up by naming a ius from the upper floor into a keg of powder below. His intention was evidently to blow himself up and the entire tamiiy because, as, he sayt God had commanded him to do it Kerner has ; made "a full confession, detailing how he fitrangled his wife! then dragged her up stairs to the bed poured coal ou over it ana set it on fire. He is an anarchist in hi? ideas. AMeetlnar for s Protrst- Dcbun, Nov. 29. Lord Mayor Sullivan. has issued a summons for a meeting of the citizens of Dublin to be held on Friday next to protest ; against the territory of the govern-; ment in enjoining public, meetings i and ende iV4ring to suppress freei m of speech in th case of John Dillon, who his been summoned "to answet a charge of using seditious language, which comes off : On '. Friday,. Mr. John Dill n will act as his own coun sel, while both the attorney and s licitor generals for Ireland will prosecute tbe case. ; "?;". - f- - ' ; A Milk Waron VptteU St. ! Louis, Mo.. Nov. 29. Yester day morning John Bugh and Reuben Arnold were crossing the : Vandali tr:tck at St. Clair avenue. East Sr. Louis,! in a milk wagon, when,th wagon; was struck by the engine; of the Vandal ia passenger trainr.No. 5 knocking it into;-kindling wood and instantly killing the hoi-sel Bugl and Arnold were thrown several feet into the air and -were both terribl cut about the head, bruised about' the chesty and shoulders, and. interna Ih injured.1- Arnold llied in a Short timt and Bugh is not expected to live. . I.. . '. H ' " ' ' ' ; i '"r-: : The Ooveraimeat rnable t Defeat (he I London, Nov. 29. The Times c immenting upon the coercive meas ures recently , inaugurated by the government says: J "Theanti-ex-ren c;mpaign has been too Jong .Allowed to make headway, .The government has bcerjE u.iaMe to defeat the' move ment ! by merely disarnnre astute authcrs and violent advocates,- but il will insure " victory by steadily en- - j ,., , lurcuig iue uecrefw ui uie courts. ; . - : - Maehlne Shop Barn1!. ; . Pittsburg, Pa,. Nov. 29. At an early hour this morning fire dt-stroy d Mie new machine shop'of the Pitts- uurx vnva uituie uuiiilhui v 9 yc i4.a fc Crefghton Station. " The loMofi build ing and machinery is estimated at 35,0O0.. Valuable ; patterns and moulds were also destroyed; partial msiirariceU"'- Jl'dtf.., -... 1 . .. 1..). : i: 1 . : Thf MJ Sea la. Washington. D." C Nov.- 29. Superientendent BelL of the foreign mail office, has received from j-'ost- master Pearson. " Of New York, the list containing the registered numbers of mU matter sent by the steamer Belgium. It contained 150 packages rind all but eight packages are re ported lost. M --: . i-'( j- ; " ii. ill i :. T 1 Tired of IJfe. . ; New York, N o v. 29. a young mm named Wuliam Kurtz, 18 jiars of. age. living at 187 Christie strfet, attempted to commit suicide to-? ay i - j il. ir. :j oy jumping on tne urooKiyu uriue. TT . . . . . ".1 L 1 . a J lie was taKen to vne uuamoere strte hospital, lie was terribly injured ana will probably die. ; ,;:-;-, , ' . . - JL Ure-Host Capaiaea. , -1 LrwxGTO.v, Michy Nov. 29. A life boat belonging to the lite saving service on tne -eastern shore ot the Like this morning, while returning from a schooner,, capsized, and her captain and two of the crew were drowned.. : , ' . - ' - Banned 10 Death.- " Wooxsocket R. I., Nov. 29. Mrs. Joseph Man in, widow, pgod ta, was burned to dath by the upsetting of larrip in her house in ManyiDe 'Bctu CBiClAOO. AnareMst 84 iea Ulvcs Is "fiewa Be ' Kar41 g ibe Aetlosi of tbe Paris Mnal Chicago. Nov. When August Spies, one of the condemned anarch ists, was asKcu what he thought 01 tne actiou of the Paris Municipal Council, , he said: ''The authorities of Ian-ope have sense. ; I hey are nut fools ! j They are aware of the situa tion and foresee the cowardly attempt to annihilate the peaceeble efforts ol wage-workers to better their -condition." The French Bourgeois ate ..not partitu'uriy anx o :s for new ke&A). .a They understand ' the international significance of i the idootic steiia of their Chicago fratermty. They know that the gallows and guileatines are very poor barriers against human progress. They ar frightened 10 tninK tne Bourgeons wouia expose their true characters in such an - un disguised and flagrant manner. ' They have boasted of their liberal institu tions of free' press and speech ; and now comes America and says that's all nonsensv land attempts to excel in despotic brutality-even Rus sia ana ,i ranee. iney oDject to taw carte blanche game and I even think they are horrified in the contemplu- iion oi una unpreceaemea pouucai murder. Their request would indi cate that they are. I A Formal Prtet Entered. El Paso, Tex. , N6v. 29. A force of more than 100 Mexicans was found at omi-Ir voctflntfiv nn Ho octjitA ri Judge Leahy at Concordia, four mile below hi Jf aso, excavating a channel to turn the current of the Rio Grande and throw upon the Mexican side of the river a large tract of land now on the American . side! After remon strating in vain. Judge Leahy enter tered a formal protest to the Jef Politico across the river, and - if : this fails he will appeal j to Washington. The land which the Mexicans are trying to acquire is the result of slow accretions to the American bank The treaty of 1884 gives such accre tions to the country; on whose side they form. - j - vu- .;.." .' '. .... . n , i ' :t . ; - BellevesI (s Have Beea Peaseaea. CoLCJiBrs, Ind., 'Nov.-- 29. Isaac Culp has applied to the coroner ol the county to have the bjpdy of Mary A. Case, wbo died seven months ago, exhumed, poisoning being expected. She was known to have $2,000 in money before her death, which can not be found. Two women, whi. nursed her, would 'allow no one but themselves to give her anything. The physician who attended her sus pected poisoning, but was afraid he would be implicated. Caatraeta Awarded. WASHTSGToyj Nov. 29. Secretary Whitney this afternoon n warded the xmtraet for; the construction of Um; proposed new naval cruiser. No. 2, lne Charleston, to the union Iron Works of San Francisco. For cruisei So. 3. "The Baltimore,'' to Crump & 1 on, jruiiaaeipnia. ana gunooas io. z to the-Jolumbia Iron Works, Balti mere. The bids for the construction f cruiser No. 1, "The Newark." are too high and will be referred to Con-" gress. As to gunboat No. 1 no decis ion has yet been reached. : ui -. A Kate of Warning. Montreal, Nov. 29. The Govern ment organ here this morning soundV t note of warning regarding the tern per of the Metis in the northwest It says that emisaries from Quebec art- it this moment among them endeav oring to excite them to rebel. 'Th Kiel agitation has,r says the Journal. tended to create in their minds ex aggerated notions as to their claim? and interested politicians are work ing on this to forment trouble for partv ends." : '!-- ! v - -''p : ; ;- ' " H i ' . ' " Aa Eacllaa TaarM takes Hfta On Life. Sas Francisco, CaL, Nov. 29. A young English tourist named Arthur H rancis iiillis, of Widmore, Bromley Kent, committed suicide Saturday bj taking poison, lie left letters to the Kuembers of his family and to hit Sweetheart, showing that in,' a fit o! lespondency caused by lack of money ie naa enaea ms iue. i ne aeceatea was about thirty years of age. Senator aaresrary Dead. : Raleigh, N. C, Nov. 29.-r-f Special. Uov. scales has received news ot the death.of State Senator Mark R. Greg ry. one of the recently elected Dem ocratic Senators from the first district, and to-day the Governor, ordered e new election to bo-held January 6.hi to fill the vacancy caused by Mr . -v .... . , . A Newspaper Fletloa. Baltimore, j Md.; Nov." 29. -The statement telegraphed from" Wash ine-ton to narjers throutrhout the coun try to tne enect tnat wasmngton is . . rAL-- - ir ; ; . r about to be made a Cathohc Bishop- nc section ls posiuveiy aemea oy Cardinal tiibbons to-day, who char acterized the rumor as a newspaper fiction. i '..' .. .?.-.'.',:.. : .. Chicago. NoV. 29. Mrs. Annie Far- well Ferry has entered suit for divorce from William H. Ferry, on the ground of cruelty. John B. Far well has also sued Ferry tor 3,uuo, expended tn the support of defendant 8 : family.- : The cnarges m.tne oiu at e oi a sentationai "Al1 S . A A' nature, -i wc; -i-.;'::"-'.:: Baletdea. PrrTBinia, Pa, Nov. 89. Tee Hang, a Chinaman, hung himself in th work house to-day. - He had been very despondent for some time and wt sent to prison to prevent his commit ting the fatal act. This is the first case of suicide of ia Chinamen in this part of the countiyiA-'v";' - ..The Seeond Trial Beaa. ? -New -York, Nov.-29. The second trial of ex-Alderman Arthur J. Mc Quade for bribery m connectioii with the gi-anting the . Broadway railroad franchise of the 1884 Board ot Aldermen wa3 bezun to aa v m Pr.rtl cf the Cct:rt cf General Sc$- - t. i ons. Sleetias; r tbe Htolsalppl Eire Cwm- niiMd en Plana A ( proved. -1 St. LocL3Ia. Nor. 29. The Mis sissippi Riven Commission held' a: short meeting hero Saturday, at which tho following members, were present; Judge ! Taylor, of FOi- wayne. Indj ; Major Suter, St. Lwuis; Majcr Harold, New Orleans and C. B. Comstock, of New York. The meeting was called in order to exam ine the plans for the work furnished by tho i government engineers in charge of the several fronts to beim- E roved. These plans, as far as they' ave been examined by the Commis sion, have been approved with a few trifling modifications Wjxrk will at once be reKqmed on the river.. The question ;of; salary and - expense is agitating the members. . TbtT" appro priation does not cover them, and they are paying their own expenses in the hope of being reimbursed by the government, j ' After Two Year. , Kalamazoo, Mich.j Nov. 29. Two years ago Benjamin Seack, tough character jwas shot and instantly killed by a stranger at Williams, this county. '.The murderer made bis escape -ant the matter had almost passea-oui ot recollection, when yes terday prosecuting attorney Knapp recti ved a letter from Sherifl Nelp a, of Manitowal county,; Wisconsin, stating that George Moore, who had about served out his time in jail at Schoolhilt had confessed to him and others that he was the slayer of Ben jamin Seack and giving full particu Iarsr His story exactly agrees with the facts brought out at. the inquest Moore has been sent for. ; Mr. Uosjaa Had a W-rd to Say. Sax Fra5cisoq, Nov. 29. A singu lar scene was witnessed at Los Arige ios Saturday night. - John L. Sullivan save his exhibition to a crowded house ind in the midst of the set-to between the champion and Steve Taylor, are formed pugilist named Ben Hogan, woo is connucrmg revigai meetings in that city, mounted the platform and began j a speech. ,a The pugilists allowed Hogan to complete his har angue after the most approved style of street exhorters, picturing the fate of unrepentant sinners ih most lucid terms. Thej crowd listened in silence, cheered Hogan at the close of his speech and .then Sullivan and Taylor proceeded with their'bout.' I eae- : ' . Killed far Taetr Moaey. LrrrLE Rock, Vrk", Nov. 29 Henry Jeffries and a man named Ross, stockmen, of Texas. . who had been buying cattle Friday near Ham burg, Texas, stopped : at a . planters' house over nniht and were followed oex t day by a number of cotton pick ers who boarded "at the houae and had seen the stcckmen counting over jome money. They attacked Jew ries and Ross, and killed them with itoiies and 1 clubs, and plundered the bodies of about 800. s A party of citizens has started in pursuit of thf iesperadoeS, who will surely be y ached if caught. A Teteraa Baraed to Death. , . MnxTowiJ N. J.. Nov. 29. A fire Saturday hight destroyed the hous a id buildings recently purchased with oacir pay and pension money by Har ney Kyan. f A portion of the contents of the house were saved. ; Loss, 15.00 3nd no insurance. Ryan made an at tempt to save the stock of the barn out was buried under falling timbers. ma his charred remains wera recov ered from " the ruins. Deceased was n American war veteran about fif tv veirs old and leaves a widow and two children.',;-1 t :-,-M-.-.. :i" ; - . a lie Haaced Himself. ColumbusJ Ind.. Nov. 29. Thrw weeks ago James A. E-hott, a promi nent farmer pt tms county was touno t an early hour m the morning un conscious on -his barn floor, with a oroken rope around his neck. On re covering he told how three men bad hung him. j The news of an attempt at murder spread and the county was Tiki foe a time. ,- Yesterday he was found in the:-barn dead, having com- miuea suiciae. oy nangmg. ... . .; i m i. i ;-' Jlorrlaja H Hi Set a ateaa. : ChicagoJ : Nov. 29. Congressmai: Morrison was in the City yesterday ..n his way to Washington. To an interviewer he declared; that it waw Jarrett that defeated him, he did not propose to contest. Mr. Baker's elec tion J As to the story that Jarrett would be-criminally prosocuted, Mr. Morrison said: ; "I am neither Judge nor jury and have nothing to do with courts and I ; cannot ..say anything aDouL-tnat matter.' - - - V-A BebelUoq, . Bucherest, Nov.. 29. A meeting of the fugitive Bulgarians; who svtn- patbized witn M. Zankoff, the Kus3o pill member of the later Bulgarian cabinet, and to whose intrigue the overthrow of Prince Alexander was largely attributable, held a meeting here in therpresence of the .Russian Ooimil to 1 Riisteuk. and decided to ferment a new rebellion in Bulgaria at an earlv day. - i : . in ' Striker go BaeK to Wrk. . . .. New York; Nov. 29 The work men in ; all the cigar factories, in Havana, Cuba, who, .after being on a strike since November 8th, went to work on November J 18th under an agreement to arbitrate, but went out agam on the 20th, returned to work again this morning. A BeeepUoa Tendered Stanley. - New, York; Not,: 29A receptfoi was tendered Henry. M. Stanley to day, by Mr. and Mrs. Andrew - Stone and Professor.; and Mrs. : Vincenso Botto. Fifteen hundred guests were pressm;, mcniamg many 01 the most distinguished Citizens of New Ysrkv- . Taeytfi Illia Bad. '', ' Washington (D. C.) Critic. - f I j - Let the whole 60,000,000 people of ,uo xvepuuuc oe arawn upon, it ne cessary, to secure a' Chief of Pohce possessin;; the proper qualifications tor tne head ct the force at the Capi-t"-l cft!'.3 Natron.: v OaataaCocmiy 1 teats. . : ;:--, : pscla' Cir-ep odeaee Ca uuxnrrs Caao:ct.- Stahly Creek, N. C. Nov. 28. Mariied, last Thursday at the brides father's residence, Mr. R bert Con nell and Miss Dora Jonea, Rev. J. C. Hartsell officiating. - The happy cou ple have a wide circle of friend in Gas: on who wish them a prosperous voyage over the matrimonial sea, Bird-hunting is one of the princi pal sources of amusement and diver sion to our amateur sportsmen.- Considerable interest is manifested by a few negroes of - this section in a Knights of Labor organization which they have formed at Springfield. Minion, the little daughter of Mr. TV Hr Proctor,', representative-elect of Lincoln county, was torn from him a few davs ago by the stern hand of death, r On the wings of ecfetacy she took her flight "beyond where worlds material roll" and her unpolluted soul now rests on the shores of eternal bliss. Beta. - Ta Saerlllffeaas, ; Kaleigh Chronicle. We see it announced that there is shortly to be given a grand ball in Charleston, a C. to be called 4 The Earthquake Hop." It will strike many people that, while it is well enough for the youngpeople to dance, it is a manifestation of a want of reverence for and fear of the Al mighty to call their dance an "Earth quake Hop." Let them dance if they want to, hut let them not forget their impotency when God is present in the earthquake. , ' ' e Greensboro Patriot: A move is on foot to establish a canning factory in Greensboro, and already a number of our business men have taken stock. As soon as $3,000 is subscribed an or ganization will be effected, and busi ness commenced. ' Our Methodist brethern have nearly completed their new church in South Greensboro. Tobacco in good demand at high prices. Asheville Citizen: The suit of the Warm Springs Company against the j N. O. Home , Insurance Company 1 comes up Monday at Marshall, i Messrs. McLoud, J. H. Merrimon, M. E. Carter, Moore and Cummings will attend as counsel in this case. Taejr Seed Tl There. Savannah Kewr. Tbe Sunday newspanor question is disturbing, Chicago. ' Can this be possible! , And a prison full of Anarchists in their midst waiting for the hangman ! Surely this is "strain ing at a gnat and swallowing a cameL' It the Sunday newspaper can demoralize Chicago it should be sup pressed as once. -."-- 1 ' ioi ' ' ,.; SaaaeattagStasn Sews sad Courier. The most nauseating stuff given to the American press in many a long day is thejvport of the Colin Camp bell divorce case. It is coarse, brutal and dirty in the extreme, yet it is spread broadcast over the land by the Associated . Press, and is published leefully by numerous newspapers which usualh y have some pretensions to decency. . Killed HlaaseU la Jail. Sax - Francisco, Nov. " 29. Frank Pavisra prisoner at the county jail, has killed himself by butting his head against the wall of the jaiL He was weak minded and was imprisoned for grand larceny. He witnessed the execution recently of a Chinaman which seems to have unsettled his reason. . . A SUleimss at Atotlria Cam. " Chiearo Times. j,. Mr. Morrison was not among the quests at the Iroquois banquet. He would seem to have lost not only his election bat his appetite. . . V; Steers oa a Stanpod. .. '.: Nothing I have ever seen is half m -vild and foolish as a frightened stetr. nd a bunch of beef steers on a stamped ii-w not to be laughed at; they . wili stu .or nothing, and will run down and or ' iiy thing that offers resistance in th. i utli. The only way it U. possibte . top them is to ride ahead of "the Ik1! - ad gradually turn them to mnning 1 -( circle, when they will finally str, -i t ' i .11 tie, off again at the slightest nnti-i j . Lioltte.. . If a man's horse were to stuint. " n a prairie dog's hole and : fall it wotd bean certain death to . both horse au itter.'as the whole herd would be upo . ltii in an instant; bat the daring an--ei-kless cowboy takes all such chancef W.1 H. S. in Courier-JoumaL- ' :.: ; -, Kxperisaant la Prison B(aaat;onient ' - The new experiment which the Dutch are making in prison management will ; jwatched with interest throughout Europe. Hitherto Holland has held the oeljjcf that two years in a separate cell is as much as a criminal can stand and survive." This month the Dutch have. tmended their code so that every prisoner sentenced to a term of impriso- ment of five vears and over 'will spend the first five years of his term in cellular confine ment. As in Holland even the chapels ire constructed on the cellular principle, and the prisoners wear masks whenever they leave the narrow -precincts of their living grave,'? , the . Dutch experiment seems . very severe. Boston Transcript. - gins of tho Fassamaqaoddy. . - ; ." When they hear the loons crying the Passamaauoddr .Indians: think it is a Nure sign of a hard wind. If the feath ers are thick on -the partridges' legs or bears den early, they believe a long, cold winter is ; cxmiiig, - If they see a beaver carrying a stick a storm is ap proaching. It is a sure sign cfdeath4o have ' partridges hovering about the 'house. . If a dog barks in , the night a stranger will come the next day. They said the Pleasant Point dogs howled like fiends the night before the writer visited the camp. Lewiston (lie.) Journal. : , A 1 Wow TJso for Eloetrlelty.- .-,.; Thrashing wheat with ': a streak of lightning is Bomething new. Yet cn the natlield farm of the marquis of Calis Imry the thrashiss machine mts n:a by CANNIBALS IN NEW GUINEA. An tntaalag Aeeoaat of a Mialou ary's Experieaeoa" Loaf Pig. M v The Rev. James Chalmers, a recently returned missionary, gives a most amaa ing accoont of some recent experiences among the cannibals, for it seems can nibals and non-cannibals are sandwiched together very ; indiscriminately. Mr. Chalmers paid a visit! to a very prosper ou3 race of these gentlemen at Baldhead Point, which is the-r center of the sage producing country. It is also abundantly supplied with pigs, land a few miles ap the river are kangaroos and cassowaries. An account of this visit will be told in a book which Mr. Chalmers has in hand, but I may mention! -one or two facts.' Since - the days of Helen of Troy a woman has ever been a causa belli. A woman is generally the cause of the inter-tribal conflicts . which are ever raging. - This, . perhaps, is owing to the extraordinary marriage laws of the peo ple. .;.v- -- 'r ' ;;":-W It is supposed thai the custom of can- sibalism was imported from some of the neighboring island. ' The legend goes that some sixty years ago, after a- cer tain battle, chief,! oat of bravado, cat a portion oat of another chief 'who was clam, threw it into thf pot, and ate it. When the burying party came and asked for the dead body be i said ecofangly: 1 have eaten it." This joke led to reprisals, and the custom spread to the mainland. However that may j be. "long pig" is a favorite plat in a state menu. "I found," said Mr. Chalmers, "these cannibals of Baldhead Point are the most' agreeable fellows in the world, : - ' "Then you were not afraid of being put in the pot yourself?" ; - -Nt a bit of it. I went so far as to ak them if they had any such inten tions. The chief, with a smile (not a hungry one) said that they did not care for white man. They had tried him, bat he was not good. Of course, they might prefer white man to no man at all; but, as a matter of fact, 'long pig orgies are few and far between. .They are like pi am-pudding j at Christmas very good once a year." Pall Mall Gazette Interview. - .,-.'1 !-.- Tne Great Jearnalists., T the young journalist of to-day," said Maj. George F. Williams at the Press clnb, "the personnel of the elder Bennett and his compeers Raymond and Gieeley is a mystery, and I presume tliere isitot a subject so interesting to the rising generation of newspaper writers than the hulals and manners of these three truly great men in their sphere of life. . As the years roll by anecdotes be come rusty and distorted, so that a very imperfect idea is given of the men who did so much to establish American jour nalism on its present high plane. "Raymond was a polished gentleman, had hosts of personal friends, and pos sessed a clever, concise style, which could cat like a knife wnen necessary. J Tbe elder Bennett cared more for news than editorials, - and loved : advertise- j rnents. One day an editorial . writer j walked into his room and announced the i opinion that that day's Herald was a ' splendid paper. The reply was very ; characteristic. You are richt, mon, it'b a very gude paper, i Dinna ye notice the ' advertisemente?' ! f ' - ' "Greely thought more of his editorial t page than any other part of the paper, and he made it a power in the land j while he lived." Interview in The Jour 1 nali&L - i: ' Tbe Cricket on the Hearth. r Many bei . and all have heard it said that a cricket singing in the house ' is a harbinger of good fortune. ', Some people think it they are heard i in the houses it presages a death in tin ; family and means are at once taken t diive them out. t K v In parts of England it is thought kill-' ing crickets will bring bad luck, a broken bone, or some such calamity, and 11 crickets desert a house it foretells death, r Speaking of its voice, it has none. I Crickets, katydids, grasshoppers, and ci- cadas all make songs . by rubbing tlie rough edges of their wings together. ' . Tbe field cricket can be found and studied anywhere near town. They livr j in little holes dag down - and then back i in little galleries. In front of the hoU ' they make a small platform, upon which ! is thrown the refuse material incident j upon housekeeping.! - All day long, ani t all night aa wclL the cricket sits in tin entrance of his hole and chirps. ' . - 1 - - -They ' not only bite each other, lul with their long hind legs ! they kick a, viciously as ill-tempered horses. -; The male and females live alone, each in its own house, which is valiantly, de fended against all comers. Philadelphia News. 4 ':fflicf-:-'-p i; ;'i,;:;,;:f Tho IdoaUeal Seeond. ' ,. - Seven-year-old Johnny is fond of long words. He heard his mother telling ot a man who swallowed his false teeth - in his sleep. : "Did he have to take an epi demic?" he' anxiously inquired. ' He asked his mother'? the other day if h could tell just what second a person died. His mother thought not . "Then why4 does it say in!' the paper "Died on the 22nd instr "Babyhood. - - A Vi iJ' Waff war; Ship. - '- ' v An attempt is about to be' made tr raise a Russian war; ship, the John Bap tist, which was ; sunk , by the orders oi Peter the Great in 1710, at ReveL to es cape capture by the Swedes. Prelimin ary soundings tend to strengthen the be lief that it will ;be; found in a state 01 preservation in the' sand. Boston Tran Bcript.::... ' -' -' -l .' :y:Q. .' - Stopped the Shoatlnf.i.V1-:. We were at a meeting the other day at which one of the congregation ' could not restrain his feelings, but shouted so vehemently. - that for a while ,tb preacher" had to"; Suspend his remarks But in five minutes thereafter a collec tion was made, preceded by an appeal, and with that came a total cessation oi the shouting. Richmond Religious Her ald. ; Did you ever see a man with a dia mond collar button who did not thin that neckties were going out of f ashioL A Good HZaband. " ; - -7 .'"Ah," yea," sigheJ a Cliicao-.lady. John has been a rood hushasi xza yea e: r it. ;-rst:d yrin tz" : j r! "i r ' " U. WILSON & 00. DRUGGISTS. -p Liquid Dentriflce, A Fragrant and Delicous Mouth and Tooth Wash. - . Glycerine Lotioni An Elegant Preparation for Char pd Hands, Axv - We have just received a Barrel of Genuine Imported Bay. Bum, which is veryfine.. -t 17. n. WILS01, k CO., large stock of marble, -! iron and wood; . )"...,"'- ,-''- ..." I : .-.. MMTEIiCLOCKS, Office Clocks, Nickel Alarm Clocks, ETBiC10uiSoIiisiGiiMu:I HAliES &30YNE. JEWELERS West Trade Street, Charlotte N. G Cr0rd:r3 by m-ll vrH r: SOLE AGENTS. " : Mi a; Cost j. : t, rt:
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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