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1 The Charlotte Democrat. YATES & STRONG, Editor and Proprietors CHARLOTTE, N. C. Friday, October 21, 1887. jgf The following is a statement of the decision of the Supreme Court of N. 0 in an important matter to office holders, or candidates lor office: "The Court baa fie1 n opinion in a particularly interesting case that of Gat i: Boooe, from Hertford county. Mpmm 'Barnes and Wilborne appeared for tbe plainim nu Ja J nq., ior ihe defendant. It was a civil action, in the nature of a quo warranto, brought by the State m reiauon 01 io piainun uat- ag against tne aeienaant roone, to oe terffli'18 the right to the office of Clerk of the Superior Court of Hertford conoty. Tbe certificate of election had been awarded by the Board of County Com missioners to Boone and he had been duly inducted into office. The Statutes of North Carolina (election law) gives to the Board of County Canvassers power to "canvass and judiciously ' determine the returns" of election. . In the Court below Judge Avery held that the action of the Hoard of Canvassers was conclusive un der the Statute and could not be reviewed. 1 On appeal to the Supreme Court this was 1 held to be error. It was further held that the Board of Canvassers only had power to determine as to the regularity of the returns and not to, co behind tbera and inquire into the legality of the votes cast. A new trial was therefore granted for this erroneous judgment, and the case goes back for further proceedings." Judge Thomas C. Manning, U. S. Minister to Mexico, died at Fifth Avenue Hotel, N. Y., Oct. 11th. He had been ill for about a week, and took sick shortly after his arrival in tne city to attend a meeting of the Peabody educatioual fund, of which he was one of the trustees Judge Manning was a native of Edenton, N. C, and a graduate of the ri. C. Uni versity, and an uncle of Hon. John Man ning, Professor of Law at tbe University. He bad beeu (Jh.'ei Justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana. Ex-Congressman E. John Ellis, a late talented Representative from Louisiana, said in discussing the death of Minister Manning: "I knew Judge Manning well. He was a gentle man of the highest order of refinement, a man of great intelligence and culture, who was liked by all that bad the pleas 1 " . ww ure oi ins acquaintance. ills death is deplored, certainly by those who knew him." Judge Manning was a gentleman o eminent ability, a man of whom Morth Caroliuians should be proud. He de livered the Annual Address at the Uni versity of North Carolina, at Chapel Hill, in June, 1885, and a splendid Address it was. We met him at the residence of his nephew, Prof. John Manning, on that oc casion, and were very favorably impressed with him as a man of eminent ability and fine social qualities. His death is a loss to the country. ir" The RaleigL Christian Advocate was published last week in a new outfit, and made quite a handsome appearance. Rev. F. L. Reid, the Editor and pro prietor, is a good man, a prudent man, and a christian gentleman in every sense of the word. The Advocate ought to be taken by every Methodist in North Caro lina. It is good for children as well as grown people. tm I3f A base-ball short-stop, (whatever that is) named John Ward, of some no toriety, is reported as having married a nice actress named Helen Douvray. Why the matter was made a subject ior tele graphic dispatches, no one of common sense can see, unless it was intended as an advertisement for the young man and gal. ffSF" Over four hundred suits for di vorce have been filed in the county clerk's office, in San Francisco, Cab, since Jan. 1 lhe highest number bled in one day was seven, and rarely does a day pass by that a. netltion ia not rpf.nrdpil Tlnritirr t.hp I past three months there has been i I - -" w - I marked increase in the number ot divorce (t i i ah ii : .: i j . buiis uruugui. aii me civu uepanmeniB of the Superior Court are crowded with cases of this character. The cause of this remarkable rush to secure relief from tbe bonds of matrimony is ascribed to the laxity of the California divorce laws, many of the applicants not having resided in the State. What a shame such proceedings are to auy Slate in the Union. A Lottery Advertising Dodge Nipped in the Bud. City Prosecuting Attorney Nicholson of Chicago, has circumvented the cleverest advertising dodge ever tried by the Louisiana State Lottery. A few days ago what purported to be a family magazine, entitled "Family Fiction," fell 1 into bis bands. It was filled with read ling matter of a light character. It pro cessed to be published at Washington, at la subscription price ol $2 per annum, and I for 3 additional the publishers agreed to I insure the liven of the subao.rihpr. In ev eral parts of the magazine were advertise ments ot the Louisiana State Lottery, wun directions, teatimonia s. &o. It was found that ihe "insurance" money was for . L 1 ... me louery tickets, and the "policy would be paid in case of accident that is, in case me bolder held lbs lucky number, wuu were handling this queer puuncauon were arrested and fined, and 7,000 oopies of the magazine were con nscated. I TP K a nnrna A sA J . ... i.-vBuuguDuuu uouot. wi 1 be tried in other 8tates. Let our State anthnriti, h th watch Ior8Uch fraudulent schemes.! ftf" T.. T J -r uani, iuciuiv our commiimi o gremiy shocked over tbe discovery of the l , -UI V T ww m& I uooj oi t-osey liugg, white youth of 15 ,? " enesaay he was sent to " ,,,uu "' " out was not heard of lierwaros, until he was foucd yesterday fuming, ue nad gone to Hominy moun tain, tnroa milo. (- r; ----- n..co iium A igeon river, un- urePHea nimsell, tied a rope around his neck, and placing it over a limb, swung .uiu eierimy. Asneville Citizen. Josiah Graston is the pride of Bel i ' "clauBe ue iu years old,bav mS ,eD born iu.North Carolina in 1778 virnston s pride is in the fact that Lis urst vote was cast for Thomas Jefferson and tht.VoV... .i . i .. voieu tne uemo wrmio nonet. Judge Bond's Tyrannical Act. In regard to Judge Bond, of the United States Circuit Court, committing to jail the Attorney--General of Virginia, and two other lawyers, for obeying and exe cuting a law of the Stale of Virginia, Got. Lee of Virginia, in an interview, said: "This is a "great question ol State sove reignty," as the New York Herald, in an excellent editorial, termed it. If the mem bers of tbe convention which framed tbe Federal Constitution in 1787. could have foreseen that under that instrument a Federal J udge could stop the wheels which turned tne machinery of State govern ments by fining or imprisoning the officer of a State, or that in some future Supreme Court of tbe United States five judges could be found to coerce a State to do anythiog by judicial proceedings, brought by individuals in the federal courts, it is safe to say that the Constitution would never have been adopted in its present form,or if adopted it would never have been ratified by tbe different States. The Con stitution was the creation of the States, and does any sane man think that their representatives would have conferred pow er upon the judicial or any other depart ments of the Federal Government to ar rest, fine, and imprison their State officers, or destroy the very governments which were then constructing the Federal ? Gov ernment, If the Federal judge' can deprive tbe State of the services of its law officers elected by tbe people to'diacbarge certain duties, he can place by their side in the same prison auditors, treasurers, and oth er Slate officers aye, members of the Legislature, too, for passing the act whose provisions met with his disapproval. We are told that a State officer carrying out a Slate law, is not a State officer, but an individual. Why, then, under the same process of reasoning connot it be said that persons who pass laws thought lo be re pugnant to the Federal Constitution are not legislators of Virginia, but individu als, and can be fined or incarcerated until they pass such laws as a Federal judge in whose circuit the State is placed approves? If this power exists, it may be wielded in any State, as the Herald aptly remarks, "not only to enforce payment of State debts, but to compel observance of any obligation under the Federal Constitution." So all tbe States are interested in this mat ter. If a person commits an offence in this State and escapes to another State it is the duty of the Governor of that Slate to return bim to me on requisition, iu ac cordance with the fourth article of the Federal Constitution. The Supreme Court in the case of the Governor of Kentucky against the Governor of Ohio, in 1861 de cide Chief-Justice Taney delivering the opinion that while the Constitution was mandatory upon State executives to render up fugitives from justice, there was no power in any department of the Federal Government to coerce him, and that is the aw to-day. Where, then, does the power to coerce a state by judicial torms ema nate to imprison the State's officers it they decline to be coerced ? And the States, as I have said, are interested in this ques tion, for the preservation of their own autonomy is concerned. The feeling to day in Virginia extends far below thj sur face of this question, and the belief is gen eral not only on the part of Virginia's most eminent lawyers, but by the citizens generally, that the Constitution has a sig nificance now which ita framers never in tended it should have. The war may have buried slavery and secession, but the Con stitution means to-day what it meant in 1787 and 1861." Twenty Workmen Buried in the Ruins of a Falling JJuildinr. New Yokk, Oct. 17. A four-story building in course of erection at 443 East 115th street, to be used as a school bouse, tumbled in this af ternoon and many workmen were buried in the ruins. Tbe building bad reached the fourth story. The whole front wall fell. At that time there were over twen ty men in the building at work and they were all buried in the ruins, search was at once commenced, and at 6 o'clock this evening six dead bodies bad been taken from the ruins. boar men were taken out seriously wounded and almost suffo cated. The supposition is that there are still fourteen men underneath the debris. Most of the workmen were engaged in the lower nart of the building at the time of the accident. lhe side walls fell in a , immediately alter the tront wall gave way. The workmen wore all Italians and the Bchool house was intended for the education of Italian children. Two book and ladder companies and numerous citi zens are searching the ruins. There are no sounds heard from the wreck and il is supposed those buried are all dead. KlPEx Senator Joues.of Florida, is still in Detroit, Michigan, and is suffering from brain trouble. A friend says of it: "It has been coming on gradually for years, but is as gradually growing worse. He is a man of strong will and evidently has in bis own mind realized this breaking down of bis mental faculties. He with stands all efforts on tbe part of bis sons and daughter to induce him to take medi cal treatment, to leave bis present loca tion, or make any changes which would be likely to prove beneficial to bis condi tion. His sons are unremitting in their attentions to him. One of tbem is con stantly with him, though tbey must find the burden a heavy one, for the Senator had accumulated little if anything, in a fi nancial way, and he still insists living at a prominent hotel in Detroit. Tbe three boys are faithful, affectionate, bard work ing sons, and do for their father the beet tbey can. Yet they undoubtedly see, as anybody must who is familiar with his case, that bis condition is gradually grow ing worse and is probably an entirely hopeless one now." In Chicago, last Sunday, S. VV. Rawson, a wealthy banker, was shot as he.emerged from the Third Presbyterian 17. Rawson received five wounds which are regarded as mortal. Alleged abuse of Mrs Rawson by the step-father is given by the young man as the cause of his act. S3f The Presidential party arrived in Atlanta on Tuesday, and were accorded a royal welcome. Mr H. VV. Grady made the welcoming speech and was replied to hv Mr Cleveland in an agreeable and fitting speech. i t3ir The French steamship Britannia, arrived in New York. -on the 13th inst, from Marseilles and Naples, with four cases of cholera on board. She wsa sent to lower quarantine. Judge H. T. Ellet of Memphis, Tennessee, made the speech of welcome at tbe reception of President Cleveland in that city and died before leaving the stand. " "nTfce N. 'Cytale Jairrr7 Vr" " Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 10. Gov. Scales spoke at the State Fair to day. Senator AkBuouiu im Bpue. i x nei J! air i was ior? mally opened by President W. G. Up- cburch. There are eleven hundred'n- tries. The stock and cattle show ' is the best yet made. It. was; decided .t to-night to extend tne air to include Saturday, lhe, programme for to-morrow wiiV be fully carried out.; -Today's races go over to ma ay and Friday's races to Saturday. An Important Maiter . ' -; ; , A ttokjney-G enseal Aybbs, of Virgin ia, nas written to tbe JNew Xork llerald from the city jail; Richmond, in ' which be is incarcerated, thanking the paper for its article on judgment of Judge Bond, under which be and other law officers oi Virgin ia have beenimpriebced. He sajs rightly among omer image ' - "The NJebt question of pur. State is dwarfed into insignificance as compared to the magnitude of present and future inter ests of all the States involved in the prin ciples which ,are , being insidiously but steadily established by the "judicial con struction in the Federal courts." There can be no doubt that one of the greatest dangers bow hanging: over this country, is the tendency to ignore the 'an cient landmarks set in the Constitution with regard to the respective Tights 6t the federal and State authority. The reserv ed rights still inhere in tbe States and must be taught for against those who in tneir own interest would destroy tbem or who are too short-sighted to see the evil that would inevitably follow a drifting away from tbe a Dehors l provided by the iainerB in ineir wisaom. justice Miller was very right in saying that the pendu lum has swung too far from the line and must be brought back. It is for those who love constitutional liberty tor its own sake . to bring it back. Let - us- make the Constitutions our political Bible and insist upon its strict construction in all questions bearing on the welfare ol the people. Therein only does safety lie Railroads and Wages of Employees. Commissioner of Labor Statistics, W N Jones, has received from various railroads in the Stale reports of tbe number of tbe employees ot each, and every average wages paid. These reports will, if possible, be obtained from all tbe railroads in tbe Slate and will be incorporated in the Commissioner's regular report of State la bor. The Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley rail road reports having 200 miles of road in operation. It employs 321 people. It pays for skilled labor $2.25 to $3.50 per day of ten hours; ordinary labor 75 cents oer day. The Raleigh & Gasion-aqd ll & A Ah R R reports 226 miles of ,road, including main lines and branches. It has 718 em ployees; pavs skilled labor from- $1.90 to $3 per day of ten hours: ordinary labor 85 cents per day. The Wilmington fc Weldon railroad has 325 miles in operation, including main line and branches. Its employees number 1.045. It pays $2.50 to $3 per day for skilled labor : for ordinary labor 80 cents. Engineers are paid on this road by the mile, it s Ireigbt train conductors are paid $65 per month : passenger train con ductors $90 per month. Reports from other are expected. The Public Schools, Plague Take 'Em, llajor Finger, Superintendent of Publio instruction, thinks that 12$ cents on a hundred dollars worth of property, is not enough for Publio School purposes, and he asks that there be increased 1 taxation Twelve and a-half cents is exactly 12i cents too much. Tbe money had better be burned to ashes. We would rather burn a $5 bill, than to pay $2.50 towards the support ot the public schools. No greater affliction was ever visited upon tbe people ol the oojtb. JNotbing is so fast, so surely ruining the negroes ot the South as the accursed tree schools,' and tbey sbould be wiped out ot existence in stead of having their capacity for harm increased, lhev completely ruin tbe ne gro, and we are not certain if their effect is not lniurious upon tbe whites. At tbe present rate, it wilt not be ten years before it will be utterly impossible to find a ne gro in tbe South who is worth bis salt, to a white employer, and as for any service which be may be for bis own race, wesim ply ask tbe question, who ever knew one negro to serve another faithfully. If God intended that free schools" should be, it was written on the tablets of stone -which were broken in Dinars int.. and tbe lines were never retraced. Jlf the selfish politi- cian, tne craven aemagogue, couia oe elected to stay at home, there might be . t i a a some hope of relief, for, if the' voice of three-fourths of the tax-payeis of North Carolina were expressed to-day, and heed ed, the infamous system would be abolish ed instantly.- Wadesboro Intelligencer. A Venerable Divine. Rev. Samuel Rothrock, tbe "'Nestor of the Evangelical Lutheran ministry of ibis State, arrived here this morning, and is the guest of Rev . VV. K. .fescbau. lhe reverend and ven erable gentleman resides near Gold Hill, in 1809, and ia consequently - now in the 78th vear of his afe; He has been twice married, and bis zolden wedding with the second wife was celebrated a few weeks since. In March, 1829, with only a half a dollar in his oocket.be went on foot, to Gettysburg. Pa : a distance-of about 500 miles, to educate himself at tbe Lutheran College in that town which was- then tbe only institution of learning of that denom ination in the country. Notwithstanding bis great age. Mr Rothrock has an active mind, a good memory and is blessed with unusually gooa health for one of bis years, A Brave Mail Agent. hZiY&ot Texas, Oct. 15. The train on the Southern Pa cific Road which left here at 4.30 o'clock yesterday afternoon returned three hours later with the mail-car badly knocked to pieces by a bomb and a dead train-robber on board. When tbe train had reached a point four miles east of here it was flagged and the engineer stopped, the train. Im mediately three men ran up and hu rled a dynamite bomb at the door of tbe mail- car. Tbe door was badly shattered and but be recovered sufficient to seize a dou ble-barrelled shotgun, and when the fore most robber appeared in tbe doorway he filled him full of buckshot. He fell dead, and his two comrades started away as fast as they could run. The mail agent fired tbe second barrel- at them," and thinks he bit one. Tbe train returned to El Paso and remained here last night. Rowan county, where be has lived contin- uieveiana me nay ine irreaiunuai party cf the stove were shattered to pieces, but J JerB S uously'sioctf 1836, and where he is active- were at the fair-grounds, in this city, was the heavy boiler iron casting outside ' was bn"er and good deal of brain, ly engaged in the ChristaiD ministry. He fined $50 in the Polioe Court to-day. The not broken and no fire came out All the was born in Davidson 6ounty,' in this Slate, woman disclaimed any disrespect lor Mrs. Drominent railroad men in the city wit- CIT Before using new N. C. Supreme Court. On Monday last, appeals from tbe Fourth District were disposed as fol- lows: - ' - Devereur vs Devereax; continued. Stalling vs Holt; put to t-nd of dis- trict. Gnlley vs Cole; continued. Car Co. vs Bandy; motion .to affirm jadgment. r Creech v Creech, : from Johnston; ar gued by Messrs Peele, Bubee & Busbee lor plaintiff, and Messrs Argo & Fleming for defendant. ; - , j. ' ;: M State vs Giersb; put to end of tbe dis trict. . . i . Slate vs Emery; argued by Attorney- Geueral for the State; no counsel contra. State vs Sorrell; argued by the Attor ney-General for tbe State, and Mr John Galling for tbe defendant. liarrell vs Goodwin; continued. Dortcb vs Benton; argued by Jas W Bryan for the plaintiff, and S W Isler and l Alien ior aeienuani. Galley vs Howell and Gulley vs Cope- land; continued. Clifton vs Fort; argued, by I H Flem- lug for plaintiff, and Samuel Wilder for defendant. Smiley vs Pearct; - put to end of dis trict. State vs Smith; argued by the Attor ney-General for tbe State, no counsel contra. , State vs Watson; argued by Atiorney- General lor State; no counsel contra. uevereux vs insurance company: ar gued by Batchelor & Devereur for plain- tin, and t uller, Snow and E. C. Smith for defendant. ' Gang of Robbers who show Fight. Charleston, W. Va., Oct. 19. Fully three hundred citizens stared out yester day morning alter the robbers who mur dered Mr Ryan, near Walton, Roan coun ty, last Thursday night. After the bouse was robbed and the old man was shot the robbers, thirteen in number, compelled the family to send bim up .stairs and to get breakfast for them. The officers and citi zens ran into tbe robbers last night at George Duff's residence, eight miles from Sessonville, this county, and were warned to keep off by tbe robbers, who bad taken refuge in a bouse litled with port-boles and haa made other arrangements for pro tection. Tbe murderers fired upon the pursuers and Geo. Duff. Jr.. was killed. After a very severe and determined fight, on both sides, Jack Coon was captured and lynched. Five of the officers and citi zens were wounded. There are about twen ty robbers in tbe' gang, who have been carrying on at a high rate. R M Duff, George Drake, and frank Scbambling are prisoners, and await disposal by the vigilance committee. Coou is the man who killed Rev. Ihomas PKyan.and shot five ot the vigilance committee. It is be lieved that a tun contession win be made and that the whole gang will be lynched Viguants are still after the others, and it is said that a well known State detective u mixed up in the robbey. The Corn Crop. The corn crop is placed at about three- fourths ot a full crop by the agricultural department report for October, or a 1,500,- 000.000 bushels. Ibis is about a sixth better than was feared earlier or than re cent private estimates. lhe crop as it stands, however, is tbe smallest in ten years, but one, in 1881, when it was only 1,100,000. and the present jield is larger cheifly because of tbe large crop at tbe South, 150,000,000 bushels larger than two years ago. The South will produce nearly a third of the present crop, or nearly enough for Us consumption, while in past years of large-yield lhe Southern States have supplid a bare sixth of the total. The great corn States, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Kansas, have scarcely half a crop, and in Missouri the yield is not large. SaUT It has always been a matter of wonder to Southern men that John Brown sbould be looked upon by thousands of intelligent and civilized people as worthy of all praise, a hero and a martyr in a holy cause. That he is looked upon in this way is shown by tbe references to him in terms of reverence of contempora neous literature and tbe utterance of pub lic speakers. Yet be was a man guilty of the most heiuous crimes. JSot once, but often, he murdered innocent citizens at midnight, that be might seize their pro perty and oonvert it to bis own use. He was the obiet figure in a conspiracy to in cite a servile insurrection designed to re 'I peat the horrors once seen in Hayti, and of which lbe intended victims were tbe brelbren in descent, language and re ligion of tbe people who have made of this murderer almost a saint la view of these facts, it is gratifying that one Mas sachusetts man of prominence has tbe courage to question the estimate put on Brown's character by Messrs Nicolay and Hay, in their life of Lincoln now being published in the Century Magazine. Savannah News. A Woman fined for an alleged indignity to Mrs. Cleveland. St. Louis, October 18. Mrs.' Annie Sachs, the woman who threw a pan-cake into the lap of Mrs. Cleveland, and said she threw tbe cake in a spirit of fun. but -tbe testimouy was against her, and the court thought the fun worth $50. The woman took an ap peal. giU It appears that tbe church in New York which contracted with a foreigner to become its rector or pastor, is a cor poration. We had doubted that such could be the case, but tbe District Attor ney savs that it is. and it he finds that that corporation has violated the law on the subject of importing "Isborers" to this country, he will prosecute it and have it fined. t3T Tbe original warrent on which John Bnnyan was arrested for the impris onment durine which he wrote the first part of "The Pilgrim's Progress" has re cently been found in England. It nils a half sheet of foolscap ; is dated March 4, 1674. and in it Bunyan is described as a "Tyoker." Mrs Mary Houser, who lives near Polk- ville, met with this misfortune of having her home recently destroyed by fire. She lost everything by the fire, which caught from the chimney last week. Shelby Au rora. CUT" People don't believe in fairies now- days; nevertheless, good spirits still exist, and help ns in oar times of trouble, better even than tne nine people we usea to read about One of these household spirits is called love. ' a . . -w i . . t r v j , , The Virginia Case. .t The prisoners to be set at liberty on their own recognizance. .:i-?v Washington; D. C, Oct. 28. -In ' ,he United States Supreme Court to-day Chief Justice Waite announced that argument upon the question raised by tbe habeas corpus case of Attornev-lieneral Avers and other, imprisoned State officers of Vir ginia, will be eel down for tbe second Monday in November, and lhat'meanwbile the prisoner; will be set at liberty on their own recognizance, in tbe sum of $1,000 each, to answer tbe summons of this court when their presence shall be required. In explanation of this decision tbe Chief Jus tice stated that the prisoners were publio officers charged with publio duties, and the presumption was that tbey were actu ated in the proceeding by a desire- to ob tain a-decision upon the question at issue and uot to manitest contempt of tbe court below, lbe Chief Justice answered in re sponse to inquiry that the court would hear argument from two counsel on each side. Mr Royal stated that the Solicitor Gener al had kindly consented that be and bis associate, ex-Governor Chamberlain, might take part in tne argument, and as there were three cases he ; thought, ; per- naps, they Doin mignt oe enamed to pre sent argumeut. lbe Uhiet Justice an swered that tbe court held all the cases to be the same, and as present advised thought that two arguments upon a Bide would be sumcieut and more would be an unnecessary consumption ot time. it is probable that ex-Senator Conkling,of New York, and ex-Representative J. Randolph Tucker of Va., will deliver the argument in behalf of tbe prisoners. As to the other side, Solicitor General Jenks and either Mr Royal or ex-Governor Chamberlain, as may be agreed upon, will probably do the speaking. ' Within twenty minutes the prisoners met Col. McKenney, Clerk of the Court, in his ofhoe and gave their personal bonds ior appearance, whereupon tbey were released. The Hon. Roscoe Conkling has been retained at the personal request of Governor Lee to become one ot the counsel for tbe State of Virginia in this case. Are Animals Happy ? "Are animals mentally happy ?" asks Mr B Carlill in the Nineteenth Century, He answers that he thinks they are. We may not be able to get a direct answer in words from the animal world, to the ques tion, "Is life worth living? be says, but we get an answer in sounds and signs which, on all ordinary rules of interpreta tion, are equally decisive in the affirma tive. Animals have no motive for dissim ulation ; if they appear happy they proba bly are, and halt an hour ot a summer s evening spent in seclusion near a rabbit warren would probably convince any one that in capacity, as in opportunity, lor en loyment, rabbits still deserved Uncle Remus s description, "more saner than some folks." There is, of course, no doubt that animals are influenced by many of the sentiments which make or mar the hap piness of human beings, such as love of home or freedom, Bociableness, mutual at tachment, and the like; and on the other hand, jealousy, hatred, and revenge. Still, as Mr Carlill remarks, all foreboding, all anxiety, all care, all serious thought lor the morrow, which constitutes three- fourths of human misery, is to animals ab solutely unknowable ; and ot tbe remain ing quarter, how muoh is there which is purely tbe product of civilization, and from which animals equally with the low er savages are also free? Care, Mr Carlill might have added, is the penalty of man s higher nature, but that care is vastly more than compensated by the enjoyments and the hope of futurity which that higher na ture renders possible. Christian World. The Memory. There is no better way to strengthen the memory than by the babit of speaking the exact truth. In some minds there is a strong tendency to exaggerate or dimin ish, to magnily or minify. Various mo tives operate to encourage this tendenoy. Aside from its moral bearings, tbe habit of exaggerating is injurious as affecting tbe memory. It is not enough that one is able to recall facts in a general way. loo much minuteness, indeed, may not be desirable. But whenever it is important that de- details should be given exactness is abso lutely essential ; not the least coloring of a fact is iustifiable. You may draw upon your imagination to any reasonable extent to illustrate a principle or a sentiment, for the cases are not supposed to have neces sary existence save in tbe imagination; I and if tbe principle or sentiment is thus brought more distinctly to view, the pre cise object sought is gained, tbe principal and not tbe imaginary or illustrative facts being tbe central point of obser vation. But it is otherwise with the relation of events that have transpired or objects seen ; the imagination has nothing to do with the relation and should be ut terly excluded, and the naked facts only presented. tdF A Chicago inventor, who thinks be has designed a oar-stove that cannot, set anything on fire had a publio teBt of tbe thing. He got it upon top of a seven-sto-1 ry building, built a roaring fire, and drop ped it to the ground, the inside cylinders prominent railroad men in the city nessed the test and seemed to be consider ably impressed by the contrivance. Tbe inventor says that one of his stoves rolled down a twenty-five foot embankment and not a spark escaped. "We love the traditions apd prin ciples of tbe party as we understand tbem, and regret to see it go wrong, but we can't help it. Nor can we help occasionally speaking our mind ; but in this we reckon we are wrong. We prefer to have hay seed in our hair than mugwump principles in our nature. We prefer to be a horny- banded son ot toil than a hypocrite, a gusher, a civil service reformer, a Mug wump or a Republican. In fact, we would prefer to go to tbe devil, hungry, naked and bleeding than to the Republican par ty or to ioin the civil service reforms. So you see we are bound to be a borsy-hand- ed son of toil. We hope this will not be treason ; if so, we can't help it" Scotland Neck Democrat. The oldest Postmaster in Connec ticut is Richard Chadwick of South Lyme, who received his first appointment from President van Buren, and baa been in of fice for forty-eight consecutive years. He has seen postage reduced from twenty-five to two cents. t5f" An Indian Spring, Fla., woman baa a hen that is covered with bair in stead of feathers. It lavs and ' batches chickens coated like herself, but they in variably died in infancy. Local . Items. tST Our people were , pained on" Saturday morning last to receive news of the sudden death, in Llncolnton, on that morning of Capt Y. Q.' Johnston, a citizen of Charlotte. Capt. Johnston had been unwell the night previously. but not seriously so. On Saturday morning, about 7 o'clock, he got up and walked to the fire place, and, as he started back towards tbe bed, fell dead. He was at Llncolnton on a visit, and left Charlotte only tbe day before his death. Be was about 60 years old, had been Superintendent of the Carolina Central Railroad for a number of years, and at the time of his death a useful and valuable member of our Board of Aldermen. He was a man of much energy, a good citizen, and bis death is a loss to Charlotte. Peace to his ashes. As Mayor of the City, P. B. McDowell, Esq:, did his whole duty in aiding In prosecuting Green for burglary and larceny, by hunting up the witnesses and using the Police force to aid in detecting the thief. Every citizen Is interested in having such crimes detected and punished, and Mr McDowell did his duty to the citizens in that respect. And Geo. E Wilson, Esq., the Solicitor, did his duty nobly and fearlessly, and used all the testimony he had to the best ad vantage, but unfortunately it was not direct or pointed enough to secure the conviction of the accused. ; Does it pay to buy old moth-eaten and shop-worn goods? How often is It the case that alter wearing Iso-calied) new clothing a short time that the purchaser finds it has uot given him the satisfaction claimed. tW This vicinity has bad anabundance of wet weather. It commenced raining on Tuesday night of this week and has continued to the hour of going to press, Thursday 12 m. Mecklenburg Criminal Court. The trial on Thursday of last week, of Messrs J. B. Grier and M. H. Jordan, white, on the charge of shooting a negro prisoner whi'e he was tryng to escape, resulted in their acquittal Geo. Springs, col., submitted to the charge of larceny, and was sentenced to 12 months on the chain gang. Henry Sadler and Zollicoffer Kerns, were found guilty of an affray Henry was sentenced to two years on the chain gang, and Zoll'coffer to three months. George John ston and Wade Johnston submitted to the charge of an affray. On Friday morning, the trial of John L Green, a young white man from Sumter, S. C, on the charge of burglary and larceny, was begun, and ended Saturday night by a verdict of acquittal The Jury was composed of Chas. W. Bradshaw, J. L. Rea, W. H. Powell, R. J. Sifford, John B. Robs. T. G. Wilson. H. G.Link, John McDowell, J. L. Brothers, J. L. Torrence, J. Lenoir Cham bers and John P. Morris. The stolen property (jewelry) was found on the person of tbe young man, but it could not be satisfactorily proven (to the Jury) that be stole it, though he did not give a reasonable or probable account as to where he got the jewelry. The following cases were disposed of Monday and Tuesday, which closed the term of the Court: Sam Dewberry, col, manslaughter; submitted sentenced to 12 months in' chain gang. Mat Campbell and others, larceny; not guilty, Sewell Gillespie, larceny; not guilty. Maria Harkey, poisoning chickens ; discharged on pay ment of costs. Stokes Patterson, cruelty to ani mals; discharged on payment of costs. Major Schofield and Chas. Massey, (small boys,) lar ceny; judgment suspended. J. A. Duncan, as sault and battery ; $10 and costs. Chas. Read ing larceny; sentenced to 2 years in chain gang. Jerry Gafloey, selling whiskey on Sunday; fined $20 and costs. Isaac Kizer, incest; sentenced to 5 years in chain gang. Wm. O'Daniel and Rufus Ingle, assault and battery; fined $25 and costs. The Grand Jury, on Friday last, made the fol lowing report to Judge Meares, and was dis charged : 1st We have finished with all the cases that we have had before us. 2d. We have visited the Poor House, and find everything in good condition, and all the in mates wen cared ior. 2d. We have also visited the county Jail, in a body, and, after a close examination, find that it is in a good, healthy condition. The prisoners say they have good and wholesome food. 4th. we visited the county stockade and found everything In a good, healthy condition. We particularly- examined the convicts as to the food that was given them. They stated that it was cooked well, and they had plenty to eat. and could not complain of their treatment, that the superintendent and guards were kind and con siderate and looked to their comforts. Signed, W H Justice, foreman: C W Miller. S A Phillips, J W Owens, W L Wolf, I 8 Mc Hun ter. R E Todd, Jonathan Reid, Price Neely, L B Kennedy, A B Lemmond, Columbus Johnston. A Cane fbom Flxq Staff. MrJ G Young, has s walking cane that was ' pre sented to his father, Gen. J, A. Young, of Charlotte, by Col. M P Crawford, of Char leston, s. U. This cane was made from the flag staff that waved over Fort Sumter in the bombardment of April 12. 1861. when the curtain was raised upon the first scene in the bloody drama that soon, was to play so important a part in American history. It is beautifully mounted with a gold bead, upon which is engraved Fort Sumter flag staff!" Winston Daily. There is a club of young men in New York who never admit any one en gaged in trade to membership. It is com posed of rich fashionables, tbe grandsons of men who came down from Orange ith a little artben ware place in a boiler with cold water, and heat gradually tiil it boils; then let remain un til the water is cold. It will not be liable to crack if treated in this manner. 83f Judge Wm. Archer Cocke, a prom inent jurist of Florida, died in aanford yesterday, aged 70 years. CHARLOTTE MARKET. October 20, 1887. On account ot the bad weather, only 1,745 bales of cotton were sold in this city the past week. The market is reported firm at 8f for best grade offered. Flour, from country mills' about $2.25 per sack. : Corn 68 to 70 cents per bushel; Meal 65; Peas 65; Oats 45; Sweet Potatoes 35; Irish Potatoes 75; Onions 75 to 80. Western Bacon Sides, from stores, 8 to 8 cents per pound. x1 resn country liuiter zs centa per pound; Chickens l2to 25 centa each, ac cording to size; Eggs 14 cents per dozen. Other Markets. NEW YORK, Oct 20. 1887. Cotton market firm at 9.9-16 for Middling. : LIVERPOOL, Oct 20, 1887. Cotton market firm Middling Uplands 5.3-19 pence, Orleans S. TrTrT In Union count .'.c i r j . Wiley. Dr. W. U. ir.n 7, Byrum. . . DIED.. In this city, on the 13th Inst. Mrs AmtuU II. Reid, aged 68 years, widow ot the late W. Kerr ; nem, wno was uieric oi tne old uounty uoan , for many years. Mrs Reid was an excellent ,; lady, a quiet and unobtrusive christian for many -years, and leaves miny friends to mourn her death.. ,..-.-.'!-..,! Hammond & : Justice Are Agents for the Oriental Powder Mills, whose - Wing Shot" Powder baa no equal for Breech Loading Guns. Are also aeents for tbe "Hercules Powder Company," whose make of Lrynamite Is acknowledged to be the best . t A full stock of Sporting and Blasting Powder. . Dynamite and Water Proof Fuse always cn hand at bottom prices. " HAMMOND & JUSHCE.' Oct 21, 1837. NEW STOCK Of Ladies' and Children's Muslin Underwear ' just put in Stock, and at prices much lower than ' same Uooua nave ever oeen offered at. IiOok at them and examine quality of Goods and see they ; .: are all cut very full, which every manufacturer does not do. . . . . . ' ' Examine Goods, Examine Prices, This week "we will make extra inducements in all Silk Goods, both Colored and Black? and if : you want one come and see our big stock and -prices. We will offer you beau'.ifuT Jet . Trim- w mings for same. - Tia Time for Winter Wraps. - Bring the Children, for we have Wraps for all ' ages and prices for them. Don't fail to tee our i imported Goods, different from anything else ia.,i i town. : . ; ri . i, .,., Big Stock Misses' and Beys' Ribbed Hosiery, . i in isiacic ana uoiora. Ana aon i zorget . our Blanket 8tock. ' ' 1 i Just in, new Patterns tor November. ' Lots of other things. . , JIAKUKAVES & ALEAXHDKU, Oct 21, 1887. 33 East Trade Street. S EE D WHEA T t,A - Tor Sale.';- ';-' I have a lot of EVERITT IMPROVED SEED WHEAT; Also, a lot of FULCA8TER WHEAT for sale. . ,r..ih j-i ii Send in your orders. - J. W. WAD8 WORTH, - Charlotte, It U October li 1887. 4w 4 buy; the best.;;;::;;' We now have on hand a large stock of the - celebrated "Elkin" Blankets, Jeans,. Tarna and - DOCKS. , . : ( Remember we are Agents for these Goods,, . and they are the best and cheapest sold on this market " : '' E. L. KEESLER 6 CO 1 Oct. U, 1887.- f!f ,;! -ii . i. i.i...... ... -,.1 1 n. ym, . , CLOAKS AND JERSEYS. Large purchases of Cloaks and Jerseys ' enable us to offer to my friends and patrons exception ally good Bargains, for instance I am now selling Ladies' Newmarkets at (3 33, worth $3. - -Ladies' Newmarkets at $3.78, worth $3 50. Ladies' Newmarkets at $5, worth $6.60 Ladies' Circulars at $4 48, worth f 6. : Many Other Styles at Very Low Prices. In Jerseys, I offer a well made, good style Black Jersey at 48 cents. No other bouse can match them for less than 85 cents. ' 1 ' ' " . ' ' i MILLINERY DEPARTMENT. The greatest offers yet made. You are bound to be pleased when buying in this Department; for the styles are just superb, and prices won- derfuliy low. . .. II. BARUCil, :v Regulator of Low Prices. Oct 14, 1887. HARDWARE!! Hardware. , HAMMOND & JUSTICE !, !' ' Whob sale and Retail dealers, now have a . full '. stock of all Goods in their line Hardware, Cut lery, iron, nans, carriage and wagon Material. Merchants of the surrounding country have only to give tbem a trial to be convinced that : they are selling Hardware as low as any Bouse -! in the State. ; Charlotte, Oct 14, 1887. ... .t.,.. , Rubber and Leather, Belting. , We have a larsre stock and complete assort ment of sizes of Kubber Belting on hand. War . rant every foot we sell and guarantee our prices against any nouse soutn oi .Baltimore. HAMMOND & JUSTICE. , Oct 14, 1887. The "OliYer Chilled Plow," The Best in the World. HAMMOND & JUSTICE are now Agents for this celebrated Plow, and carry a full stock ot all extras fcr same, such as Points, Mould Boards, Landsider, Bolts, Ac, and are selling very close. "We also have a large stock of Pittsburg Steel Plows, Single and Double Iron Foot Plow Stocks, at Rock Bottom prices. HAMMOND & JUSTICE, Oct 7, 1887. .: , . -.' LeROY DAVIDSON, Southern Agent for the sale of Isaac DoVoe & Son'f Superior Snuff. Manufactured at Spottswood, N. J. LxROT DAVIDSON, ' 100 Wall St, New York. ; 8ept 80, 1887. NOTICE. All Notes and Accounts due as and not paid by November 1st next, will be put in the hands of an Officer for collection. ' On account of the death of our Mr E. 8. Burwell, the business of tbe firm positively must be closed np. We have been in business for ten years, and certainly have been as lenient with our cus tomers as they could ask, and we hope they will now come forward and settle without giving as trouble.. , SPRINGS & BURWELL. Sept 16. 1887. ' ' Freneh Brandy, A genuine imported article, for sale by W. M. WILSON ft CO., May 27, 1887. Charlotte. Lanterns. &c. We have the Improved Tubular Lantern also the Buckeye, with Double Globes. R. H. JORDAN A CO. Dr. Scott's Electric Hair Curler immediately crimps, bangs or curls the Hair to any desired: shape For sale by - j R.U. JORDAN CO. J -