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'VI "--"-f i -- -i ' L " -' - -"r - j - "r:-"i:r'-rtv CIjtoMitirk. VOL. 1. CHARLOTTE, N. C, FHIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 17, 1886. NO. 282 ;1 (lharktti Dai'y Ch:onb'e. Arrival and Departure Charlotte of Trains at BlCUUO.SD lASVILI- AND ATLANTA k UHABLoTTE Ala-UXK. Mo V) Vrnvrts i Uiu.ri.ute from Bl.-taniond at 12.35 n. tv" f'"- "ut ! s. 5irnvt at Chariot, from Mlnt at 12. 68 a. m. v. 6 cnmooa ai 1 OS a n k . mti t" Charl.ti frmu. tachuiond at 11 40 p m AUaut. -P- m- So 33AmveatCUariimefroiijAtlantt at IU pTm. Lev fur ttlcunionrt tlltt.U. CHABUVTTE. COLOMBIA & AUGUSTA. Arrive from Columbia at 6 15 p. m. Lsaras for Columbia at 1 00 p. m. A., T. fc O Wowi". : Arrire from BtateavtlU at 11 40 a. m. Lt lor BtaweTiUe at 6 60 p. m. ! i CAROLIXA OKSTKAl.. t to W -ink-ton at 8 45 p. tu.. aod for Lai isburatl totm., on Monday.. edned.j. t main""!"- ' . m .nd from S?U - P. m:. Tuesday.. Thur- day. and Satr rday. Lm'to. for Sh.-lb at 7 S5 a. m . IVriT-. from W.elbT at P. n. J. I. OBORSE. W. r MAXWELL, ..aaaUP ItlVUI'll UdDUnnt 6i RIM A II fc jl.ttarxLy at Xaa.-w, cavBL-JTra. - - - n. c. Will prietio ia b State au.1 Feder.il ' .nrt. HUGH W HARRIS ATTORSET-AT.UaW, . - . 1 Charlotte, j - N-c- ' WUl practice is 8t8 and F-d-ral Couria. . Offlcr, Fimt D-or ffwi of Cunrt Houw- E. K. P. OSBORNE, j Attorney and Counsel r at Law, ; CHARLOTTE, N. a pr- No. 4 Law Building j jmeTratteree, C0MMISSI3H MERCHANT. ASD DEALER UI Mts, Tjailei aiil Produce CiMirtiguiueuti silicit-d. prompt rotorua CHARLOTTE. N C IVy-nSiiift FOR 6ALE Tiie pmirty m 'm.1'u olletre u. 0uville Well ltK5itel forjn lo.tr.ht:. TiTH 'sy. Possession (rve -l"r. .JxMt- J L B HOW'S, Nov 1 8 T teT-Pye r MMhleobarff V.kiir -ittil I a a .:l l 4bta.t tJov.ty I'ax tor thtj i-nrr,. r Is no l.e ..i ao t!;,,t mo t itriuftout awi vrr,- pnsse. v tue U t Le tnriu rir the o-JIcuo. of .U me. R th- Ev x,n ct dmsI dnr ini the Ust ses-iou -t rb- G - rl A, wbl nTi d ensure t e Sli-r iff H oa h-v ,M W F GULF r I H. ibfrifl. H.C. MENS1NG, PRACTICAL TAILOR. Iamprppr1 to j ar, Cleau and E jiair t;lothiu eheup rthu any place in ih O. C. MESSING, 3otmt frad" Troa Sts. HOTEL CLil DURHAM, N. C. Rates, - $2 Per Day. W. T. POOVE, Prop'r. ' Central W. E. RY URN, Hotel. Proprietor. TK- rVnt-nJ b. h . be-t locution in Shl t. . lunru .tml nirv. and if f re the bent the iuvrk-t - ff -r.1. Special .uM-otnn -Uio fr A nnimern, RATES REAaOSABEE. W-Biw to and from all traina. anil aw OD time. afchaa -Hotel. V in o.taA n'vla Wbd me mm 9ooi rooius and att-ntiv serv u s X RATES REAOSABLE. J. B. HAKKlS'lTflV. i"roprietor. B - - ... fIFVni' fTndVt the Eaura axan A 1 K K B K O S PIANOS & ORGANS - en-Direct from. I he Factory: THE CELEBRATED Cylinder Top. Upiigbt Behr .mmmmwrrm -W "V av. k Ir I J. S li)c'i W 4. awarded D dI nil t tli t'na i oti F-.jr and M-dtv .t ew 1 rlao Kxn- IH.m F-iran a l In. tri:ninti. ann H ind. oi lun.lnl ooer- 1 .tan1io wecanoot tu- tSsxyaMt u m tue e ue . oiallert in th. dt r HAW an.l OROtNS for wnrkoie ur. mo'lt ex-ruted OnW fir S'uset U naif. ttA . h. m til Ai.a ml t rftnrn. Alu" 4b. Sew .B'.n.. t an h. whiflo ar OBpqnalW f it mtxm m-d Amah mt tm i) tic Ornan. IT all tb :btmaken, ou tbe mtalm ut plan, $30 and a- jrarde. - ;' ; , . T ill BErr Tbo Ktr.re Kooiu ow, o- J.- rnpv i by riinver 8vrtnB Mch)i On. mm J.timuv 1st. lim aw) nail not- .rooms tpun ntrSo Or Baxtm oatibii. . " - ;-"'- "". JL- Job printing in colors neatly exe BORN TUtsd At the csjKJSiCLEOCioe. . FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. REPORT OF THE WORK IN THE IIOisE AND NEGATE YEri.RlAY Tbe Introduction nml Dlxruwlon of Bill tu tiie Scant ad IUum. " ."ASUiXliTON. Dec. l(. 3 EX ATE. - In the fckiiate today the foilo'ing bil?s, ptrtitions, etc., were introduced and referred : ' B' Mr. Pueh Bill fixine sdar es of the Commissioner of Education and Commissioner of Labor at $5,000 each. v By Mr. Vein Wyck Proposine an amendment to the constitution re lating to the election of United States Senators. 1 . itnsfrom t.nAn3to uiId-a "ufacturing in St. Louis, New York. Philadelphia. j3uiunore, L.yncnourg. anu Qtner cities, protesting against the passage f the House bill respecting the pack ing of cut tobacco. j Mr.. Blair offered a resolution, which was adopted, instructing the com mitt on finance to inquire into the propriety oi reporting a bill pro viding a rpbate on all imported mate rial incorporated with domestic ma Ur aLs, or converted into other arti cles, and -eported to foreign countries tor sale. The calendar was then taken up. and a bill was passed to permit the owners of American vessels and their cargfes to sue the government tor losses caused by collision with United States vessels arising from their mis management. A number of other measures were laid aside. Mr. Beck, referring to his remarks f yesterday, disclaimed any inten tion of being offensive to the mem !h?i s of the judiciary committee, and if they wt-re so construed he re traeted them.; Mr. Puuh sa d he had construed Mr. Beck's remarks as personally of r'ensive. and that gentleman's state ment was very gratifying to him. : Mr. Van Wyck moved to make a -special order for tbe second Tesda in January the bill for the relief oi settlers. The motion was agreed to, and the bill ; was made- the specie order for the second Tuesday u J.n uiry. The Senate then resumed considera- in of the bdl to repeal the tenure t 'lnce lift, and Mr. Elmitnds at In-ssed the Senate opposing th bill Mr Edmunds argued that if the x cutivesof State governments cii!d aot he trustd (as they were not) iU he kinnly power, it was still mort important tnt the national cxwu ive should not be .trusted vith such tower. Mr. Gcorpre ind h storical made a constitutional argument in favor tl LhM hUl. Mr. Evarts said that be would not vote for th- bill : thut grounds of con vote, but mat grounaaoi exjieaiency would. Without acting upon the measure. th- Senate at 4:.0 held a bri.-f secrv! -Kjssion, and a few minutes aftefwarJ adjourned. House. The House passed a bill making Q n-tfo d. Conn., a port of entrj-'in- stead of Middieton. Also bill amend ng sections 4.745 and 4.747 revised -itotutes. It provitles for the pay ment of a pension out of the naval pension fund to every person who served in the navy or marine corps, ind the bill is designed to cover tht cases of those; who actually rendered the same service as appointed petty officers, although not actually en listed. Oa motion of Mr. Wise, of Vir gin a. the House passed Senate bill oroviding that Admirals, uowan and Warden m ly, after 40 years ser- rice, be retired on their own api-lica- tion with the highest pay of the grade u which thev belomr. Mr. DinKley, or Maine, presonteu the remonstrances of a number of Swards of trades, associations and firms against the 4'Daun Iree sbip- biil, which were appropriately re ferred. After consideration the House passed with am'ndments the Senatt bill for the allotment of lands ' in sev eralty to Indians. -I x On motun. M.r. u.nus. oi reansy - van a, consiaerai on oi me urgepc. deficiency 1 b 11 for public printing was proceeded with, lain ng nis tre phination of the bill Mr. Burns said the present . ncumDem naa noi come into office at the beginning of the fis .ftl v ear, and -whether the fault foi the deficiency belonged to mm or to his predecessor heed not now be con idered. It was sufficient to say that public printer was confident that in the future ne couia ao an tne puont nrintine for $2.4(!0.t0. which had heretofore been expended. The bill wa passed and tie House, in com uiitteeot the wnoie, resumed consiu ration of the sundry civil bill. An amendment was adopted ex nimtfntr Lniteii States CommisMoii- ers m cities naving iuu,ouu popuia tion from the provision limiting per annum the fees and compensa tion of Commissioners. At5:3.p m. the committee rose repotted the bid to the House and the previous question was ordered. Adjourned. f j, . : A Bloody Battle by British Troops. Loxdox, D-c. 16.--A dispatch from Tan.1:l:iv stilted that (.Ail. Ht'Vl lUd. ) with a bod v-of British troops, recent- ly pursued 700 Dacoits and killed two hundred! of them. Numerous cap tures and surrenders ot the Docous. with ammunition, etc. are rei o tcd from, varum p?ir f Burmah. A..urt aeesion.. Ooixmbus. O.. Dec. 16. Con trary to the expectations of many th Supreme Court th s morning ap peared on the bencn and announced some opinions, among wnicn were two affecting the Dow liquor law. The opinion of a majority of the court is that the law is constitutional. A'ftlStUMO Fire In Ohio Ironton. O., Dec. 16.-The Penn 1 i -.i r ,..v-r.-.. sylvania Lumber Company's saw and planing mills were badly damaged by firp last night. Damage, $130,000 ; ln- gurance, . THE IXDISTRIAL SOUTH. Tw Wetki in tlM Industrial Growth r tle outurra BtMtes - Rapid Imkm lu Wealth and w Indotttriea. Baltimi rz, Dec. 16 The Baltimore Manufacturer's liecord, for Decem ber 18th, uuder the head 6f "The Gi gantic Industrial Developments in the bouth Duriug the La t Two Weeks," will say "that never before, probably, in the history of this country has there been such an era of industr al development as we now see in the South. fi A summary of the reports received by the liecord from all parts of the South is as follows: ' In Alabama there has been report ed the Ensly Land Co., capital stock own near Birmingham, establish water and electric light works and manufacture iron und steel. Four other companies, with capital min ing from $150,000 to $800,000. have been organ zed at Birmingham for similar works. A $3,000,000 compa ny, organized at Florence, has ar ranged to bu Id three large furnaces. A $500,000 company has been organ ized to purchase and refit an old cot ton mill at the same place. At Bir mingham these has been organized a $100,000 axe and tool company, and a new rolling mill is to be built. At Sheffield a $100,000 pipe and nail mill, and an additional furnace and elec tric light and gas works. A Meruph g company has been organized to build furnaces and mine coal near Jasper. An old furnace at Round Mountain is' being put in shape to go in blast again. An ice factory at Montgom ery; carriage facto, y at Menden; 500,000 electric light company and a $50,000 waterworks company at Flor ence. Arkansas reports two smelters, two $3,0X),000 mining companies and one of $3,000,000. In Florida a $25,000 furniture fac tory, electric light woi ks and a num ber of lumber mills. Georgia $50,000, fertilizer company to build factories at nine or ten points, a $50 000 gas factory, $50,000 glass factory, $50,000 iron ana ma chine company, plow factory and tlier enterprises. In Kentucky we have a $500,000 coal and iron company, a $1,000. OOu uaiber and mineral land develop uieut company, a $50,000 carpet com pany. Nt.rth'-Carolina, a $.13,000 tobacco lool factory. $150,000 electric light company and a number of large saw mills Tennessee has captured a $200,000 stove works, a $5.000,000 company to -nanQfacture iron and steel, a $150, J00 light and heat company, a $100, K0 marble quarrying company, a $1' (0,000 elecrric light company. Texas has a new flour mill com- . m x.-n inmi frarfc "! ntrmnaft'' company, nourmiu, carriage lactory, eu. West ..Virginia has a $300,000 oil ind gas connianv. $50,000 electric light company and several other new coal mining companies. BLOODSHED IX CHESTER. W. E. Estes Killed br II U Fatber-ia- t ! Uw, E. A. Caston. special Diimtcn io tUe Columbia burster. Chester. S. C , Dec. 15. A short j time after dark yesterday Mr. E. L. Gaston, a prominent farmer of West Chester, started home. At the Mile Branch he met some parties, who halted him. Having sold cotton he expected foul play. He therefore re turned to Chester, purchasea a pistol and again started home. He over took his son-in law. Mr. W. E., Estes, and several other friends, whom he told of his trouble. All went well until they had reached J. H. Hardin's 1 place, six miles from town. Here the party dispersed, Estes and Gastoo going on together. Presently they began to quarrel. Estes caught his father-in-law around the neck and commenced to choke him, where upon Gaston drew his piatol and shot Estes through the heart, killing him instantly. Both men had been drinking. . . . ; A Prisoner s Bold Freak. ' MciiciE, Ind., Dec. 16. As the wife of sheriff C. H. Maitlen was feeding the prisoners in the ' jail yesterday, one of them knocked the dishes from her hand, leaped through the small door and knocked the woman down. rhree others -olio wed him together, fhev rushed upon the sheriff and beat, pounded and kicked him until he was senseless. Then they tied. One has since been captured, but the others notorious toughs are at large. The sheriff has three ribs broken and is otherw sV seriouslv hnrt. There were twelve prisoners in the jail, all of whom were armed with clubs, and it s supposed a general ja 1 del very was planned. Teleffrapbie Flasbos. A conscieuce contribution of $200 was received at tne i reasury in au envelope postmarked New York t ity. Tne sender said he thought the amount due the government on ac count of h 8 income tax. It was renorted in London v ester day that a large amount of bullion has been engaged to be shipped to the UmUd states trom England. A Railroad btrik Ended. Bloomington, Ind , Dec. 16. The gtrike on the Louisville, New Albany and ( hicago Railroad ended at noon today. The company yielded -to the demands of the conductors, and work was resumed at the rate of three cents per mile-r-an advance of half a 0 nt. - . Tbe Tlrginla Midland. . Alexandria, va., Dec. 15. At a nveting ot the stockholders of the Virginia M dland Rauway ; held here to day Thomas M. Logan was elected President in place ot Huldekoper. The presentation or reports was pos poned till the 22d instant. III Tramps oa a Strike. Lakcasteb," Pa., Dec. 16. Forty eight tramps in the wors house re fused to wors to-aay unless they were given roast oeei ana soop. THE N. YSTOCK MARKET. COSTISCE f KTESEftT M AHlFESTED IV' : : Ml-. Altbonuin tblrkvs and peculators wr Heasatirrd y the UatHair-i TraaaaetlOHs mi Yesterday, Tney Re Ass-mMo ar an Ear.y Umw T bA. Moraine. Nkw Yoiuri Dec, 16.-rAlthbugh by no means reasured, brokers u left the street last evening in the hope that the worst had; been tided over. This hope was based on the fact; 'that al though value&had undergone a heavy shrinkage only one firm, had suc cumbed. Th$y were also boliyed up by the fact that in the last hour there had been a sharp upward tarn. Not withstanding Jtnis hopeful 'feeling, brokers and speculators were at the r offices at ' aa V unusually early hour straightening ent their accounts and putting affairs In shape for the busi ness of the dayi As on yesterday morning, .broken, clerks and mlaaengers scurried to and fro from-dSice to office, A- more hopeful feeling prevailed, however, and many ! -asserted that the. larger houses would.as a -natter of self -protection, prevent any further shrink age of values,' JVVhen the charnaan of the board ectered the room it -was packed with" brokers anxiously await ing the opening! sates. Hardly had the gavel sounded when the selling commenced, i Beading, ij Lacka wanna, Westeri Un on, Lake Shore, and other loading speculations were offered ill largeblocks, but they were readily, bought Prices went slowly up, and in the first fifteen minutes an advance of to 1) pr cent had been -established ' over the cloning figures of last night It was evident that itMpng hands were sup porting the market, and there was a general feeling, of relief as pr ces climbed steadilr tip. It was, how ever, goon j madf apparent that the trading and pctu&t ve public had not fully rroorered 'confidence either at the market, or the ability of the cliques to push phots up. In the next fifteen minutes ibere was a steady un loading, und at the first call most of the early advance had een lost. Towards 11 o'clock the selling died out. During the renvundejv of the ii toming the market was com pa ra t vely dull, and tor ces lagged pretty steadily until 1220. At that hour a majority of the? active stocks were frjin i to If pr cpnt." below the closing of last nigbt Beading. Louis ville and j NashTille.' St. Paul and Richmond Tvrminal wre tUe market stx?ks. while New York and New England and Jersey Central were c mpar..tively firm. s ;t During ithe afternoon the market was strong ana at times i buoyant. There was a stad, coveriwrani prices arter rwt (rri.wv r-iiT' n ri-s were at or near the best of the day. As compaVed with yesterday' figures, the advance ranged from J o 4 er cent, and was mist markea in Mempnis stnd Charleston, Mobile and ! Ohio, Chattanooga Nickle Plate, Nor- i folk and estern, and Kichmond and West Point Terminal. The. sales for the day aggregated 612,760 shares. 4 . m OuoTeleft-rapli St. LolIs. Mo.. Dec. 16. Judcre LOl is. Mo., Dc. Barclay, in the Circuit Court, yester day rendered a dec won in the suit oi District-Attorney Bliss against the Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Com pany. Mr. Bliss delivered a dispatch to the Baltimore and Ohio Company, to be forwarded to a client m Chi cago. The suit was for failure to promptly forward and deliver the d innate n. The company, for a .de fense, rested upon the . stipulations recited in the regulations a and condi tions printed on the back of tbe dis patch blanks. Too court says upon that point: "All that need be stated concerning sueh a stipulation is that. so far as it seems to exempt the tele graph company from j the conse quences of its own negligence, it is aif winiit nublic nnl cv. and entirely void, and of no effect. I There will. therefore, be a finding in favor of the plaintiff." i AflnJrs In Buanbay. Bombay, Dec. 16 The Bombay trazettes savs French agents are ac tively intr guing in the Soneate coun try. A Frencn party recently no st- ed the French flag at : Dongarita, which is a part of the British protec torate in the SoneRte 'country. The English agent at Balhar,iwith 25 men : has gone to remove 1 the nag. Two Frencn gunboats nave 6nce started or A ben and it is believed have gone to ixmzar ta to protect . the French oarxv. ine unusn eunooai.. reu- . MM T"t . 1 - . 1 m Tk gam, has followed m the wate ot tne . - . - . . . . V . - . French eun boats.- Serious trouble is expected. fj i ... Tordiet In m Pol ley i ase. Hillsdale, Mich , Dec 16. In the Circuit Court last evening a verdic? was erven against the Michigan Mu tual Benefit Association of Hillsdale, in favor of the heirs; of John li. Shewey. deceased, for $3,866. At tbe time of his death he held a pol cy in the company for $3,000, i The compa ny contested payment oh the ground that the policy had lapsed, by reaaun of the non payment of anassessmeiv The verdict ts for the fun amount i the policy with interest and costs. Iu tbe Baseball World. New YoRrf, Dec. 16, The baseball enthusiasts around thei Fifth Avenue Hotel were thrown into violent ex citement trns morning when it was reported that the 8t. Louis 'Browns, the champions of the American Asso ciation, and, by the defeat of the Chicaeos. the champions of the world had been challenged by the New York Giants, to plav aseiiadof games for a stake of $10,000, best four out of seren. f . ; ' : , . .. I " : Hew Pbasos In tbo Xetlnado Hatter, t New York, Dec 16. Uosinberg, the McQuade juror who was accused Horace Russell said to dav that the has settled taxesmththe StaJ Tiea by two clerki, whom be had disr heirs of thelate Mrs. A. T Stewart surer.For foW years bebasoten charceoV of beinjr on the iury in the interest the boodters, has made nmdavitB on which the men will be I prosecuted for WjrlnrtJ J t u i LATEftT FBO.TC MR. REIO Tbe Reeeat Rim rs Apr arently tirow lus Into raets-TeAves His friends to Kniler anJ Ejcplalos Xoi. Gbeenboro, N. C. Dec. 16.-Spe- cial,. lue rumors c-nc'iniijg Ucn ! gressman Janies W. Re d's financial embarrassment are numerous and very conflicting. The North State man's edh rial to-day says: "It is said that very little of Mr. Keid's in debtedness, which is marked up to 35, 000, is free from fraud. Mortgage after mori gage was given upon th same property, and n one case it is reported he 1 gave a mortgage on a piece of Luid belonging toan aunt for which he never had any title." Among the victims of Mr. Keid's al leged dishonesty are: The National Bank, of Winston ; ex sheriff John son, of Rockingham county; Neil Ellington, cashier of the First Na tional Bank, of this city ; Col. A J. Boyd and T. A. Ratcliff, of Reids ville. It is reported that Mr. Fred Stitt, of Thomasville, has an assign' ment of his s tTary for $1,500 and that three other parties have a lien on the ; same. Mr. Reid's present when -abouts are unknown, out the impres- j sion prevails' here that he has either gone to Canada or Europe. It if said that before leaving the State he ! managed to get about $3,000 from his relatives and personal friends. Mr. Reid is a nitive of Rockingham cCanty. N. C. He practiced law with marked success for a number of years, and in 1884 was elected Con Sressmanfrom the Fifth district of lOrth Carolina by an overwhelming majority. His administration gavt such pet feet satisfaction that he wa renominated-by acclamation for a second term1 at the Democratic con vention held here last August, but wa Dadly defeated by the Republi can cand date. A Little Ctond of DonaoaUo Troaftle In Ohio Chicago. 111.. Dec. 1$. A special from Toledo, Ohio to the 7Ymi says: "The little cloud of domestic troubl which tiove red over the home of E M. Seymour broke yesterday. Sev eral days ago Mr. Seymour returned home to find strange mm and wo men in his hoiihe reneling in dissipa tion and to which his wile was a pat ty. The- next day he sued for a di voire, ftll.Mgi.ig adultery, lie brought action ttr ; damage against C. Mc Gowan for $6.0iOand Wm. Johnson for $10.O00. j The former for dehauch injf fiis wife an l bringing anoth. married 'd n.in into h.s houe fo the same jturjio-ie. and the latfer foi getting plainiitrs w fe dnu.k andde bauch ngher. The defendants Uth; cae are well known, and thepl.iin till and his wife ai ejmvng the firvl people of the '-ity. Tol 1o i- on tbe eve of her greitest s y;i ii ,-sc ialiL IJTTLE tU X K .Vjfc-. D.f. 1C In oelligeuce f--ui M iri n county says that Philip -Ct-ty ton, a tarmei. living .ie:ir the Mi.iOiir line, was called from his house on the niht of the 12th bv a party of four mounted men whom h supposed to be neighbors. When he j s!epid out he was fired upon and fell backward in the door way mort illy wounded, tils ifv - .as s XV" .-t vear-oIJ son. iz;ng a siiot gun. went out and discharged it at the as sassins who returned tne nre anu th n made eff leaving father and son in a dying condition. Clayton had been twkM warned to leave the neignixrhix)d. he having become ob noxious to some p irties. Isca ap d From tbe P niteatiary. r. S cbutoDil isuairb. Two white convicts named Galney and Smith, from Sampson county. yesterday; made their escape from the penitentiary in a very daring mau- ner. They got over tne stocicuae on a ladder, -' ran in front of a passing train, and then made their wa through the western suburbs of the city. A guard at the penitentiary who .was return ng trom nis nome met them in the roid and or dered them to halt. Tney refused to stop, whereupon he shot Gaiuey in the breast w th a revolver. Both convicts yielded and were taken back to prison. . a Snow Tet In tbo Way. Mbrrt leO: sou. lUa. We learn from Mr. Irvine that the clearing of the track of the Murphy divisio.i I has extended to a little down the other side of the Balsam al Scott's Gap., Beyond that point, along the steep descent towards the west thei snow is sun deep and im- passnble. Wear that point one oi tne regular mail engines is snowed up. Mr. Irvfhe came in fro nSylva, Jack son county working his way partly o foot, partly on horse back. i Oroasboro's Clothing- Tbieves. Tbe Pally A'okiuau. Rejidv-raade clothing seems to bt the stnmgcst teniptatim that Green.- - bon has ever had. lhere are now a round half dozen clothing thieves m our jail awaiting trial, and the num ber seems ukely to increase, n tnese all get to the penitential y they will get their fill of the coveted article. and so uniform in color ana style that j one will-.' not feel jealous of another; i ... v A Good One. Hew a: d Cbssrver. The Yadkin Valley Netcs puts at tv,M hed of its columns the name of H n Daniel G. Fowle for Governt r in torttf j It makes the mistake of Kiy ing that Judge F.iwle is of Wayne count Vi Ui course our uroiner Knows that lie is of Rdeigh, Wake county. Large Failure In Has aeboseitsy ASHBAMHAM, Mass., Dt. 16. The announcement th s morning ot the failure i of Charles Winchester, of thia nUc for S310.00P and the possi ble embarrassment of several banks in conseauence. caused a sensatu in'businets circles. To IteU lit Steaart's Pr- plrty. Nkw York. Dec 16. Ex-Judge .hav decided to" sell the entire con tents prrthe 'Stewart mnnsion" at Fifth avenue and Thirty-Fifth street bjr auction in M arch. . WASHINGTON NEWS. WHAT THE TKI EGRtPII BROCOBT US LAMT XHiiUT. aiatfors or Oeaeral Interest Tho I eadlaz Topics About t..e Xati. Capitol. Work of tbe II ease Committee. Washington. Dec. 16. The House committee on military : affairs to dav completed the army appropriation bill for thn next fiscal vear. It appro priates f23.557.238. The ratinifltM suomitted aggregated $25,524,587, and the appropriations for the current year amounted to $23,794,001. Among the legislative provisions ncorporated in the bill is a clause limiting the mileage of officers to four cents ner mile. Report of tbe Const Surrey. Washington. Dec. 16. SMwtflr Manning transmitted to the House of Representatives to-day the report of F. M. Thorn, superintendent of the coast and geodetic survey, showing the progress made n that work dur ing the fiscal year ended June 30. 1886. and accompanied bv charts il lustrating the general advance in the operations of the suTev uri tn that date. rrrsli.nllsl ffoa WasHINGTON. Dec. 16 Th Prii- dent sent to the Senate to-day tbe fol low ng nominations: Thomas 8. Tine. of New York, to be assistant apprais -i ui uicn;uauuiw in in oisinci OI New York : Frank B. Gerovan of Florida, to b' collect or of cuntrna foi the district of St. August ne. Fla. Farewell Dinnor to Hewitt. Washington. D c. 16. A farewell dinner will be given to Hon. Abram a. Hewitt by his colleagues of the New Yoik congressional litigation on Saturday even ng at Chamberlan's. l"he only invited guests will beSpea er Carlisle and Mesrs Randall, Mor rison ana lucker. Interest on FnetSe tobo ; Washington, Dec. 16. Secretary Manning to-day directed the oav ment, without rebate, of the interest, amountiug to about $9,000,000. dut Jauuiry i,i lb6, for the 4 per cent. loan of 1907, and on Ptcitic Railroau Oonds. Cariosities of Lira. A l eieht vear old son of C. W. Salie, of La Moure county, D. T.. ha- plowed Vol acreBA'f ground with ai ox team this fall. A cave nas been discovered a; Rushford, Minn., which consists oi tnree distinct rooms, van'mg il A-idth from 4 to 15 feet, and making a total lengtn ot Hz levt. it is uei fectly dry, and apparently hewn from I Mien., coucluued he would get niur t ied ui a brand new suit wituout pa - nir for it. He got tue suit on credit iroiu a inercnaut, and after he "was- married returned it, claiming that it was a misfit. John Forquen. of Reading, M ch.. was shot in the leg in 1862. The bul- let was not , extracted. A. lew oah aero he jumped from a thrashing ma chine to the ground. "By this action the bullet was forced, through tht skm and was readily removed. Mrs. Fred Russell, of Hart, Micb,. was told by a lumber firm of Peut water that she could have shingles enough to reroof the Congregational j church iu her town if she wiaild haul them away. She hud an enormous rack made, and drove home with the largest load that ever left the yard. Charles L. Allen, aged 60 years, and Elizabeth Foster, aged 59 years. a happy coup'ie from Bucks county, Pa . were recently married in rtuti- delph a. At the conclusion of tbe ceremony they made a bridal toui throuzb Independence square arid in spected the relics in the museum of the hall. Beaut, Bird and Snake. A big gopher snake was killed re cent vat DdVtona. Fia.. in wnost stomach was found a three foot rat tlesnake, still alive. Tne gopher wat over six feet m length. A lanre eagle recently made its apiiearanee in Richmond, Minn. and attacked' John Uonanower, a small boy, 12 years old. After t. hard struggle the boy succeeded m killing the eagle by kicking it with his heavy boots. A bie wolf attacked a little 8-year old girl as she was driving the cow to water near UomsuvK, aiinn but one of the cows charged the wolt tossed it in the air, and then the farmer s dog came to the rescue ana the wolf ned. A resident of Genesee, N. Y., found a mink m his henhouse aftei it. had killed th rtv of his fowls. The mink ran under a woodpile, Determined to kill it. the inai handled the four cords of wood foui times. Then the mink, growing tired of dodging from one pile of wood to another, ran away, A citizen of Sumner county. Ga found a hawk struggling in the coil of a black snake that was wounc three times around one wingano twice around the bird s neck The snake would n"t release tht hawk until oartiv paralyzed by a blow. Then the coils fell off and rho nlmnst exhausted hawk flew slowly away. ! William Young, a fanner, of Mtr- wa Mn . hearine a tremendous squeal ing wnd snarling under his corn crib. investigated aud found that a swarm of rats had attacked a p esum, .. wre Hctuallv eating it alive. -hexrhnA i n :rlv 'k llel it when the farmer discovered them, drove them away, and himseii Kiuea me mutual, ea anunai. . . . . t ' First SberiSTto BetUe. Sheriff J. T. Ellington, of Johnston, Xlo Airs. uu4u t vww. Mr sore im is the eUs a ray esl rrfuwdlo I b.aoaMs'1 rt sarstiaa OiU Only earn. n. WESON CO, DRUGGISTS. ROYAL BAKING POWDERS, H0BSF0BD-S BAKING POWDEB HE NO TEA, BAKEE'3 CHOCOLATE, NELSON'S GELATTNEi, ; COXL'3 GELATINE, COLIIAN S MUSTARD, EPFSCOCJ, CONDENSED MILK. EXTRACT VANILLA, EXTRACT LEMON, COOKING WINE, PUBE GROUND AND WHOLE SPICES, ALL FRESH AND NICE. W l WILSON & CO., DRUGGISTS. JUST:-: RECEIVED! A Beautiful Line of Solid slERLIXG SILVER PIECES in Handsome Cases. .'Suitable for Christmas Presents. Wedding and Our Stock of HOLIDAY NOVELTIES is now complete, largest stock of We have the In Gold and Silver in the city." Our' Gold stock of Solid Gold and Rolled JEWELRY Is complete in new and attractive lesigns. Silver Plated Ware IN ABUNDANCE. (Ms ffW $4.00 lo $40.09. We are determined to sell as j low as he lowest and guarantee all artirlea aa represented. flb mm REPJMO A SPECIALTY. HALES & BOYNE, JEWELERS. West Tradt Street, Oxarlotta, K. j tar Ordars by mall wfn mti ur rafttlaad mit alttAtU. :
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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