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Charlotte Home -Democrat. YATES & STRONG, Editors and Proprietors. " CHARLOTTE, N. C. Friday, February 12, 1886. 3 If Congress would pass the Bill introduced in the House by Mr Reid of X. 0., abolishing the fees of U. S. Mar shals and fixing a salary instead, it would prevent a great deal of oppression and unjust aud unfair operations, especially in the Internal Reveuue Department. The fact ifl, it would be better to give all Kevenue officers a fixed salary instead of fees. Something should be done about the internal revenue matter, and done speedily. The Newbern Journal is doing good work for the tax-payers of Craven county in fchowing up the extravagant and unlawful manner in which the Com missioners of that county have expended money. Itemized statements of receipts aud expenditures, published annually, are useful as well as protective to tax-payers. All cities, as well as counties, should be made t publish such statements. The Journal shows some unlawful al lowances made by the Craven county Commissioners by asking the following questions : 1st. Why did the county Commissioners allow a Justice of the Peace twenty-four dollars for presiding at two days meeting of the Justices, when the law says the Justices shall receive no compensation for their meetings. 2d. Why did they allow a Justice of the Peace fees for disposing of cases, when the law explicitly says in no case tried by a Justice of the Peace shall the county be liable to pay any cost. . It is strange that a strong Gov ernment like Great Britain would permit a mob of the worst characters in London to destroy property and kill and injure people, without ever being fired on by the military. Mobs should be dispersed by shot and shell, and no mercy shown the scoundrels who instigate them. 22f Some of the New Yorkers wish Congress to appropriate $5,000,000 to en large the Erie Canal in that State. Why not? If Congress can set up as a Na tional Schoolmaster it has equal power to become a National canal digger Wil mington Star. Yes, and it has equal power to appoint Overseers of Schools in North Carolina and elsewhere after the States accept their share of $70,000,000 money filched from the tax-payers of the country by un just and burdensome taxation, and which should be used for the legitimate expenses of the Government bo as to reduce taxa tion. The nuisance known as the "Freed man'n Bureau," which oppressed Southern white people just after the war, will bear do comparison to the nuisance which will be begotten by National expenditures in the States for so-called educational pur poses. It is true that the proposed law now excludes Federal overseers or super intendents of Bchools in the States, but it will uot be long before it is changed on the complaint oi dissatisfied negroes and mean white men, and the School Superin tendents from Washington and the Yankee States will appear in our midst. South ern people should remember that the con trol of the Government may change from constitutional Democratic hands iuto the hands of fanatics aud radicals (of both parties) of the worst sort. Uniox Slteriob Court. The Spring Term of the Superior Court for Union county was opened on Monday last by Judge Avery. This week is for the trial of criminal cases only, and next week will be devoted to civil cases. The Grand Jury consists of the follow ing persons: James C Huey, foreman; U G Blythe, J C Carraway.S A Williams, Jno E Flow, J F Benton, M W Griffin, J C Williams, W II Glenn, L M Helms, B F Sutton, A J Harrison, VV W Duncan, R A Carter, E J Sims, Robt Red wine, V M Caudle, J D Ford. All day Tuesday was occupied with the trial of A. II. A. Belk, white, charged by a married white woman with an assault in the night time iu her own house. The Jury rendered a verdict of guilty. Mr Belk, it is 6aid, has always sustained a good character and good standing in his neighborhood. The balance of the week will be occu pied with criminal cases, many of not much importance. EST The Newspaper Advertising Agencies of the North and We9t maliciously and wilfully under-rate the circulation and standing of the Charlotte Home-Democrat because we refuse to have anything to do with them in the way of publishing their cheap trashy advertisements. Every Advertising Agency Book that has been published within the past ten years lied about the Democrat's circulation, and we believe they lied because we would have nothing to do with them. We never gave one of the Agencies the amount of our circulation, never authorized any one to report it, and if any one has done so he knowingly told a falsehood for a metn purpose, For thirty-three years the Democrat has pros pered abundantly without the aid of Advertising Agencies, and it will continue to do so. New Advertisements. The best assortment of Wagons for sale by J. C. Burroughs. Land re-advertiscd for sale W. K. By ruin, Adm r. of wni, Kerr. Mullen's Hornet's Nest Liniment good lor colds, coughs, frost-bites. &c. Groceries, Provisions and Fertilizers of the best quality for sale by Springs & Burwell, Col lege street. Large stock of Furniture, and everything in that line, kept by E. M. Andrews, Charlotte. Johnston's Kalsoraine and Fresco Paints for col oring Walls and Ceiling9 for sale by W. M Wilson & Co. Seeds of all varieties and ot the earliest sorts- It. II. Jordan & Co.. I)rurei3ts. Averill's Jteady-Mixed Paints, Paint Brushes, &c W. M. Wilson & Co. Garden Seeds, a full stock of Buist's varieties W. M. Wilson & Co. Fresh Garden Seeds at Wilder's Drug Store, on the corner of College and Trade streets. The Charlotte Dry Goods merchants are now re ceiving their Spring Stock of goods. The Industrial Sciiool. The collapse, at least for the present, of the State In dustsial School scheme ought to be a source of gratification to the people, the tax-payers of the State. There will be no industrial school until more and better means are given than have hitherto been appropriated. President Battle and Gov. Scales deserve great credit for seeing in advance the elements of failure in the concern. Concord Times. Some of the people of Raleigh have done themselves no good in trying to force Gov. Scales and the members of the Board of Agriculture, to establish the School in Raleigh without adequate means for its support. If the tax-payers of the State want to be assessed to the amount of about $50,000 annually (in addition to public school expenses) let them say so through the next Legislature, but, in the meantime, we hope Gov. Scales and Presi dent Battle will stand firm in their opposi tion to a scheme that will impose heavy burdens on tax-payers, without proper remuneration. Some of the Raleigh pa pers and people seem to have a special spite towards President Battle because he thought it a duty to oppose ihe opening of the school at Raleigh, and they have treated him very unfairly about the mat ter. He has a right to his opinion and it is his duty to act accordingly. His action as a member of the Board of Agri culture should not be made an excuse for insinuations against the N. C. University. If the prospect was for locating the school at some other place, our Raleigh friends would not, probably, show so much feeling and anxiety about it. They are afraid to attack Gov. Scales (for his opposition to the present establishment of the school) in the way they have assaulted Mr Battle. It is well known that the Governor took the lead in opposition. - . 23f Haj. P. F. Duffy, recently on the Editorial staff of the Charlotte Observer, has been appointed Agricultural Statisti cian for North Carolina. The county re ports of the condition of crops, &c, will be sent to Maj. Duffy and he will then com pile the same and forward to the Agricul tural Department at Washington. Maj. Duffy is a diecret, intelligent gentleman, and will discbarge his duty as well as it can be done with the usual imperfect county reports. t3F We are not wedded to Tobacco raising, but what we want to advise farm ers in this section is, to try and raise such crops, or a variety of crops, so they will not be dependent on Cotton. Gen. VV. S. Hancock of the U. S. Army, died at Governor's Island, N. Y., on Tuesday last, from the effects of a carbuncle on the neck. It will be remem bered that he was the Democratic candi date for President in 1880, and was beaten by Garfield. Gen. Hancock was 62 years old a brave and gallant soldier, a good man, and patriotic in all his conduct and actions. Governor's Island, Feb. 10. The funeral of Gen. Hancock will take place al Trinity Church, New York, at ten o'clock Saturday. The body will be escorted to the church by the garrison of Fort Columbus. After the service at the church the body will be taken via the Battery by the steamer "Arthur" to Jer sey City, and thence to Morristown, Pa., where it will be buried. No organized procession, no martial music and no or ganized bodies allowed in the procession. Wsr. D. Whipple, Adjt. Gen. m m Sewerage. Underground sewerage for a place like Charlotte would soon kill everybody in the city, and if the city au thorities were to attempt such a thing they should be enjoined as propagators of a deadly nuisance. We refer to the mat ter because under-ground sewerage has been talked about here as practicable, and because we see an article on the subject in the Asheville Citizen. A citizen of Asheville, N. C, wrote to Gen. B. F. Butler (who relieved New Orleans of yel low fever) for advice about sewerage, and he replied as follows: Boston, Feb. 2d, 1886. Dear Sir : I found, as in most Southern cities, that New Orleans was wholly drained abvve (round, aid, indeed, for a small town, that in my judgment is the best way to drain, because the drains are always where they can be got at to be cleaned. I cleaned them all in New Or leans, flushed them all out, and made the inhabitants put all their gardage into boxes or barrels, and bad it taken away. Now, I would say, iu any small place in North Carolina, that would be the best means of drainage. Salt Lake City has the best drainage of any place that I know of. It takes the snows from the moun tains and the water runs pure enough to drink through the gutters down through the city into the Lake an example of cleanliness which the Mormons ought to have credit for as some offset for their wickedness iu following the example of Kings Solomon and David. Yours truly, Benj. F. Butler. Curious. A Washington letter in the Chicago Inter-Ocean says: 'Mrs Secretary Whitney, who has taken the leadership in social matters here, is entertaining in royal style every week, and has with her as a sort of adjutant a Miss Heath, a clerk in the Navy Depart ment. She belongs to one of the aristo cratic families of the District, and is very attractive in appearance and manners, is highly educated, can speak three or four languages, and is up in all the intricacies of social law. Although she still holds her clerkship, she spends most of her time with Mrs Whitney, makes out her visiting lists and lists of people to be invited to dinners and parties, aud relieves her from all the details which her social position requires, so that Mrs Whitney has noth ing to do but receive her guests and en tertain them. It is said she does not even know who is coming to diuner until the guests arrive, as Miss Heath attends to all that Bort of thing. This is very nice, and there are lots of old ladies who would like to be relieved of social cares in the same way." But why does the "Civil Servive Re form" permit Miss Heath to draw pay as a Clerk while she idles away the time in fashionable sports. Important Railroad Cases. In Ire dell Superior Court last week the suits of a merchant, living at or near Mooresville, against the Atlantic, Tenn. & O. Rail road and Charlotte, Col. & Aug. Rail road, to recover the penalty imposed on Railroads for discrimination in freight charges, were considered by the Court. The penalty for discrimination is $200 in each case, and the merchant alluded to bad about fifty cases against the Railroad Companies mentioned. One case was put on trial to begin with, and occupied three or four days, when the Judge (UcRae) decided that the plaintiff bad failed to prove discrimination, and he therefore submitted to a non-suit and ap pealed to the Supreme Court on the Judge's rulings. The plaintiff proved that a certain price was charged and paid on a bale of cotton shipped from Mooresville, and also that the specified charges on a bale of cotton shipped from Statesville would amount to a discrimination against the Mooresville station, but he failed to prove that cotton had actually been shipped from States ville and the freight charged and collected at the discriminating rate, although it was believed that it had been done, but not proved. Therefore Judge McRae non-suited the plaintiff. Messrs Bobbins, Long and Folk appeared for the plaintiff, and Messrs Bailey and Schenck for the Railroads. We made up the above statement of the case after hearing a gentleman, who was at Iredell Court, repeat what oc curred. It may hot be exactly correct, but think it is mainly so. IT The U. S. Senate has passed bills for Public Buildings at such places as Wilmington, N. C, Greenville, S. C, Huntsville, Ala., and other towns, while an important, enterprising and growing place like Charlotte is ignored and ne glected. Why is it ? iSF" The snows of last week in Vir ginia, Tennessee, Kentucky and other States west and north, were unprecedented in depth, at least during the past 25 and 30 years. The depth ranged from 25 to 36 inches in localities where snow was never deeper than 10 and 15 inches in late years. In the far off Western States the snow was so deep as to render traveling impossible for several days. . 3rP The Editor of the Hickory Press has long been a farmer, and has had much experience in agriculture as well as law ; he knows what he is writing about when he writes on any eubject ; therefore we commend the good sense of the following paragraph : "The House of Representatives stem determined to create a new Cabinet officer. The Commissioner of Agriculture is to fill the new place. We can see no reason for such a step. The control of the Finances, the Army, the Navy, the Post Office De partment, and the regulation of Public Lands and Indian Affairs, and of the ad ministration of Federal Law are all neces sary functions of the Government. But the agriculture of the country no more needs a Cabinet officer than its manufac tures or its commerce. Instead of mak ing the Government more expensive than it is by .the creation of new offices, it strikes us that it would be well to abolish some of those already created, or to cut down the salaries so that they will bear some decent proportion to what the same kind-of service commands in private busi ness employments. In a government con ducted as ours is, a Cabinet officer is in a continual whirl of political excitement. Every move of the party out of power will be watched and thwarted by the party in power. Cabinet meetings and party strategy fill up the thoughts of the politicians who compose the Cabinet. Is this the kind of employment for the man who is to represent the great agricultural interests of the country ? We do not be lieve that the farmers of the country want any such office created. It is os tensibly for their benefit, and they will have to foot the bill, but politicians will reap its benefits. B-3T" A distinguished ex-Congressman and well posted Democratic politician, who recently spent sometime in Washing ton, eays there is less than forty millions now in the Treasury, and by the time Congress adjourns there will be a deficit. This being true, the reason for the passage of the Blair educational bill ceases. It proposed to distribute a part of the sur plus money in the Treasury, which is not there, and therefore the bill should not pass. Hickory Press. - - - - Superior Courts in 11th District. The following is a list of Superior Courts (Spring Term, 1886) of the Eleventh dis trict Judge Avery presiding: Alexander January 18, one week; June 7, one week. Catawba January 25, one week; May 31, one week. Union February 8, one week, criminal cases only; February 15, one week, civil cases only; May 17, one week, criminal cases only; May 24, one week, civil cases only. Mecklenburg February 22,three weeks, civil cases only. Gastou March 15, two weeks. Lincoln March 29, one week. Cleveland April 5, two weeks. Rutherford April 19, two weeks. Polk May 3, one week. Civil Rights of Colored People. Sensible Decision. The Iowa courts have made an important decision regarding the civil rights of colored people. A negro who was refused admission to a place of amusement because of his color appealed to the law, when the Circuit Court held that it did not appear from the averments that the plaintiff had any legal right to enter the place of amusement. The Su preme Court affirms this ruling and says : "The act complained of by the plaintiff was the withdrawal by the defendants, as to him, of the offer they had made to ad mit him or to contract with him for admission. They had the right to do this, as to him or any other member of the public." This right is not based upon the fact that he belongs to a particular race but arises from the consideration that neither he nor any other person could demand as a right under the law that the privilege of entering the place be accord ed to him. The Doomed Chinaman. The white people of the Territories, and some of the Pacific States, seem determined to drive out the Chinese at all hazards. A dis patch from Portland, Oregon, dated Feb. 7th, says: "To-day, as if by a programme laid out, the Chinese are being driven out of Seattle, Washington Territory. The Knights of Labor are at the head of the movement. The Chinamen are marched to the steamer Queen of the Pacific, lying at her wharf, and the rioters piy a steer age passage to San Francieco for each one put on board.. At this hour, 2 p. m., about 100 Chinamen have been put on board. On an attempt being made by the rioters to force other Chinese on board without paying fare, which is $10 in each case, the captain stationed men with hose prepared to throw five streams of boiling water into the mob if such attempt is re newed. The Mayor of Seattle and other promi neut citizens have telegraphed to Van couver Barracks asking Gen. Gibbon, commanding the Department of Colum bia, for troops. Gen. Gibbon telegraphed to the War Department, but no authority has yet come from Washington to send tftoops. Chief Justice Green of Washing ton Territory has telegraphed to Attorney General Garland asking him to use his influence to have troops ordered to Seat tle. Seattle, W. T., Feb. 9. The militia were called out to-day to preserve order. They were set upon, taunted, reviled and violently attacked by a mob. Finally order was given to fire, which they did and four men were shot, one being killed. The Governor of Washington Terri tory has put the city of Seattle under martial law. Washington, Feb 10. A dispatch from Olympia, Washington Territory, says: About 9 o'clock yesterday morning, a mob commenced taking possession of the houses of the Chinese. The alarm was quickly sounded by ringing the fire bells, but before the citizens could realize what was happening, a guard composed of members of the Anti-Chinese association was placed in possession of each house, and the Chinamen were ordered to pack up and leave. The bosses of the Chinese houses were given three days to leave town, and the employees received notice to leave at 10 o'clock yesterday. The sheriff has organized a posse, the mayor has enrolled volunteers, and the civil au thorities were confident of being able to maintain order. fff Whenever you read of sales of a large body of Southern lands (fifty thou sand and one hundred thousand acres in a bunch) to Northern and Foreign syndi cates, or individuals, shed your tears in prospect of how completely many South ern men will soon become "hewers of wood and drawers of water" to aliens and landed tyrants. That day will surely come unless there is a change in some way in land speculations. .- What it Costs to Run the Pension Office. The Pension Office to-day era ploys a larger force of clerks than any other bureau under the Government. At the close of the war the roster of names did not exceed sixty, all told. At the present time the number is slightly in excess of 1,500. As the average salary is about $1,000, it will be Been that it costs the Government $1,500,000 annu ally to provide for a sufficient number of clerks to adjudicate the pension claims alone. One of the acts of 'cruelty' for which a New York wife seeks a divorce from her husband is that, on a certain oc casion, she attempted to stop his snoring by enclosing his nasal protuberance in the grasp of a clothes pin. He, therefore, threatened to 'kick her out of bed.' The Judge said he could "not find anything here which amounts to cruelty, nor does it appear that if he had carried out his threat she would have sustained any bodily harm." The plaintiff is the wife of Vanderbilt Alien, a grandson of the famous "Commodore." Distribution of School Funds. The Board of Education in some of the counties seem to not exactly understand how to apportion the reserve fund which they are authorized by the school law to use in equalizing school facilities. We regard this as the best feature of the amended law, aud if properly applied will do great good. The object is to help the weak districts. In order to make the matter plain let us take two school dis tricts for illustration : Here is No. 1 with sixty children, and there is No. 2 with thirty children. Suppose the money is apportioned under the old law and there is one dollar and fifty cents for each child within the school age in the county. Dis trict No. 1 would get ninety dollars and would be able to run a school from three to four months, while No. 2 would get forty hve dollars and could have a school from one to two months only. Now the children in No. 2 district are entitled to the same school facilities as those in No. 1; but by apportioning the whole fund per capita they get only bait the facilities Hence, the present law says apportion two-thirds of the money per capita and apportion the other third in such manner, not per capita, as will equalize the schools in districts No. 1 and 2. If we understand the law, the county board of education is not bound to reserve the one-third fund; they have the power to do it, and under certain circumstances it is their duty to do it. For instance, if the board knows the fact that there is a district in the county that gets money enough to run a school only one month in tne year wnue au adjoining district, or a district anywhere in the county, is draw ing money enough to maintain a four months school, or longer, in the year, then it is unquestionably the duty of the board to reserve the one-third fund in order to equalize these schools. Not only does the law empower them to do it, but justice and fairness to children of the sparsely settled districts demand that it be done. If the reserve fund is to be distributed per capita, as some seem to think, there is no sense in reserving it. The whole might as well be apportioned at once. We think it an easy matter for the boards of educa tion, with the assistance of the county superintendents, to ascertain the weakdis tricts and equalize the schools as the law requires. Aewbern Journal. tIT Ex-Gov. Bell, the second Governor of lexas, is now living at Littleton, in this State. He married a daughter of Wm. Eaton, Esq., of Warren county. And Gov; Hubbard of Texas, is a na tve of Caswell corjuty, N. C. communicated. Editors Home-Democrat : I ere in the Observer of the 9th, in the Report of our County Treasurer of the Expenses of our Poor House, that our present Board .of County Commissioners have again opened the door to the "out-side poor." While in some instances Jt may seem a very great hardship to refuse to make allow ances to persons out-side of the Poor House, I can not but commend the action of our former Board in not making any allowance to the out-side poor, but re quiring all to go to the poor-house. It is a very heavy expense to the tax payers to keep up the Poor House, and the Board ought either to do away with it and sup port all ol its poor by making allowances, or requiring all to go to the Poor House. 1 approve of the suggestion made in your last issue in regard to changing the name of "Poor House" to a less degrading name. A Tax Pater. If the name "Poor House" was changed the Commissioners would not have so many de mands for out-side aid, as many worthy destitute persons would be willing to go to the refuge provided by the county, instead of begging the county authorities and others. Though, as it is. the Poor House is now crowded, and not much room for more unless it is enlarged. It is thought that many of the destitute from other counties are removing to this city and vicinity, and will soon become a charge to the county. 1)eath of Rev. Dr. Nall. It becomes our Bad duty to chronicle the death of Rev. Dr. Robert Nall, who was born in 1806, ten miles west of Troy, Montgomery county, N. C, at Henderson, then the county seat, located at the mouth of Uwharrie river. He learned to set type in the office of the first paper published in Montgomery county. Troy Vidette. Dr. Nall was a prominent Presbyterian minis ter in the South aud West for many years, and was a great revivalist. Many will learn with surprise that he was a North Carolinian. He died at Jackson, Tenn., Dec. 28th, 1885 tSF" Freight traffio over the Western N. C. Railroad is now very heavy in all directions. In a few days two new Mogul Engines will be added to the force, specially for the freight department. The management is doing all it can to make their route oue of the grand trunk lines of the country, and we believe that their many advantages, coupled with enter prise, will enable them to do so. Ashe ville Citizen. tSUT" It is now about to appear that the New York newspapers that are raising such a howl about the Pan-Electrio Tele phone stock are interested in the Bell Telephone that procured its patent by fraud. This fraudulent concern has been paying large dividends to stockholders, hence, they will move heaven and earth, if possible, to prevent any interference by the Government. Fike. On Tuesday last the fine resi dence of Jas. Courtland, Esq., situated 16 miles south of Asheville, on the Hender sonville road, was consumed by fire, which caught from a defective flue. A very small proportion of the furniture w.as saved. The loss is estimated at $30,000; insurance $7,500. Mr Courtland is a re tired business man from Baltimore and has been a resident of the Western section for several years. A man in Richmond, Va., has built a house by a most singular mode of industry. For many years past he has picked up from the streets one brick at a time, and a year ago he had accumulated a sufficient number of bricks to build him a small bouse on the suburbs. Baltimore Sun. g-HT It is proposed, on the initiative of the Municipal Council, to hold a baby show in Paris. The object of the exhibi tion is humanitarian and scientific. Each exhibitor will have to fill up a list of questions tending to throw light upon the influence of consanguineous marriages, and the hereditary principle, climate, and different methods of nursing, and will be asked to send in with the exhibit photo graphs of ancestors or ancestral pictures and of near relatives. The ages of the exhibits will range from one to five years. MARRIED In Burke county, at the residence of Miss Har riet Pearson, on the 3d inst., Mr Abe Tate and Miss Bailie E. Pearson. DIED . In this city, on the 8th inst.. Miss Lula Phil lips, daughter of Mr J. 8. Phillips. In this county, near Huntersville. on the 31st ult., Mr Roderick McCaulay, aged 83 years son or tne late nugu Mcuauiay. In this county, Sharon township, on the 10th inst., Mr Mark Alexander, aged 66 years. In Morganton, on the 3d inst., Mrs Eliza Wal ton, wife of Col. T. G. Walton, aged 67 years. At Lexington, on the 28th ult, Dr. James Du- senoury, a prominent citizen. In Iredell county, Coddle Creek township, on the 30th ult., of consumption, J. F. A. Mellon, .Esq., aged aDout w years. In Asheville, on the 9th inst, Col. R. W. Pul liam, an old and prominent citizen. CHARLOTTE MARKET. Feb. 11, 1886. Cotton has come in more freely this week than for a month past. The market is reported easy at the following quota tions: Good Middling 8, Middling 8, Tinges 7 to 8, lower grades 6 to 1. Flour from country Mills has slightly advanced $2.37 to $2.50 per sack from wagons. Corn and Meal about 65 cents per bushel; Clay Peas 80 to 90; Oats 50 to 55. Sweet Potatoes, from wagons, 55 and 60 cents per bushel ; Irish Potatoes, from wagons, 60 to 65; Northern Potatoes, for planting, $3 per barrel. Fresh Butter still in good supply at 15 to 18 cents per pound, though it will not long remain at such low rates. Eggs 17 to 18 cents per dozen; Chickens 15 to 25 cents each, according to quantity offered from wagons or railroad. Trade has been pretty brisk during the past week. Other Markets. NEW YORK, Feb. 11, 1886. Cotton weak at 9.1-16, with not much prospect or. an early advance. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 11, 1886. The tone of the Cotton market is in favor of buyers Middling Uplands 4.15-16 pence, Or leans o.l-lb. Cotton for Future Delivery. New Yohk, Feb. 10. March 8.99 and 9 cents per lb, April 9.08 and 9.09, May 9.18 and 9.19, June v.557 and u.zs, Juiya.34 and 9.35, August 9.42 and 9.43, September 9.19 and 9.20, Novem ber o.ya and by. Local Items. tST" The good weather of this week caused a big flow of country people into the city,and trade revived considerably. A few weeks of clear weather would revive the spirits of our business men in a practical way. The indications on Thursday afternoon were for bad weather again.. tT We regret that Sheriff Potts' health has not improved. This week he and his family went back to the old homestead near Davidson College. Capt. Gormly, who represents Sheriff Potts, has the tax-book at the Sheriff's office in the Court House, and will attend to receiving tax-payments. Sunday next, 14th of February, is St. Valentines Day, when foolish, sickly, spiteful, lovely, revengeful, abusive and flattering mis sives are sent through the mails. A terrible accident occurred at Capt. Wilkes' Foundry on Wednesday afternoon, by which two colored men (John Springs and Wm. Alston) were killed, and another colored man (Julius Brown) was badly injured The men we nt to the third floor of one of the buildings in an Elevator for the purpose cf bringing down some machinery, and after they had loaded it and started down, the wire rope of the Elevator broke, causing the descent with lightning rapid ity and striking the ground floor with the disas trous results as above stated. C" Burwell & Springs advertise a large stock of various brands of Fertilizers. Remember their Store is now on College Street, at the corner oi 4th. - Error. In the proceedings of the Board of Aldermen as published last week, it was stated that "J. B. Rooke" bad applied for license to re tail bottled beer in the city. The name was an error Mr Roqke did not apply for license of any sort the applicant was a Mr Roark. Mr J. C. Burroughs advertises Wagons for sale, the "Studebaker" and the "Piedmont" both good, it is said, but we recommend the Piedmont, because it is made of good old North Carolina wood and North Carolina manufacture. Mecklenburg Criminal Court. Every other month this Court meets, and accordingly the February term opened on Monday last, with Judge Mearea presiding and Geo. E. Wilson, iiisq., solicitor. The Grand Jury consists of T T Youngblood, foreman ; J L Griffith, W M Munday, J T Fra zier, Wm Cathey, D F Troutman. W E CulneD per, Ira A DeArmond, J B Gibson, E P Helms, u a tiarry ana r u ttoss. The first case called on Monday was the State vs. the Richmond & Danville Railroad for ob structing the public highway. The obstruction in question is at the point where the Concord public road is crossed by the Air Line road, near the Lincolnton depot. This case was in the Courts once before under the title of the State vs. the Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line Railroad Company, but the jury rendered a verdict in favor of that company, and a new indictment was prepared, directed against the Richmond & Danville Company. The complaint is that the culvert constructed by the Railroad company at that point, through which the public road passes under the railroad track, is too small for the de mands of the public travel, and is not only too small, but is set at an inconvenient angle. The case was argued by counsel, Col. H. C. Jones and Uen. K. D. Johnston appearing for the Rail road Company, and Solicitor Wilson for the State. At 8 o'clock P. M. the case was given to the jury, and alter being out a few minutes, re turned a verdict in favor of the Railroad. The Grand Jury filed into the Court room and returned a true bill for murder against John McFadden, who killed a colored man named Jim Smith, in December last. Upon the report or this nnding, Solicitor Wilson prayed McFad den into custody, and Sheriff Griffith took him to jau. the trial was hxed for Thursday J. , On Tuesday, the ca3e of the State against J W. Summers and J. G. Hood (brothers-in-law) for engaging in a shooting and cutting affray last Fall, was taken up. The parties submitted and were lined ziuu each. Joe Jamison, col., convicted of an assault with a knife upon a colored companion, was sen tenced to three months on the chain gang. Wm. Brown, for cutting John White with a knife, was nned $ su and costs. On Wednesday, the Court was occupied with trying little petty cases. The trial of a negro man, charged with stealing an axe, we are in formed occupied nearly half the day ' Should you be suffering with any oi the following complaints, Colds, Conchs. Sorft-thrnat. Dinhthpria Front Ritpa nr Chilblains, use MULLEN'S HORNET'S NE3T lUIUAUSJXT. Feb. 12, 1886. Fresh Garden Seeds At Wilder's Drug Store. A full assortment of the best varieties of Gar den Seeds can be found at Wilder's Drug Store, corner oi l raae and uouege streets. Feb. 12. 1886. E. M. ANDREWS, : Charlotte, N. C, Has the largest and most complete stock of FURNITURE In the State. Also, Baby Carriages, Coffins, Metallic Ca3es and Burial Suits. - I buy largely and sell cheap. t3T! No charge for Packing or Drayage. Pianos and Organs Of the best makes on the installment plan. - Low prices and easy terms. I am Agent for LUD- UEN & BATES MUSIC HOUSE. KM. ANDREWS, Wholesale and Retail Dealer, Next to Wittkowsky & Baruch Feb. 12.1886. E. B. SPRINGS. E. S. BCRWELL. SPRINGS & BURWELL, Dealers in Groceries, Provision and Fertili zers. 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HALSTEAD'S ENGLISH HORSE AND CATTLE POWDER, Recommended for the various diseases peculiar to Horses and Cattle, such as Distemper, Hide Bound, Loss of Appetite, Fistula, Pole Evil, Yellow Water, Scratches, Founder, Rheumatism or Stiff Joints, Lung Fever, Skin Eruptions, Coughs, Colds, &c., &c. These Powders are prepared with great care from selected material, from the best medicines known to Farriery, and may be relied upon for all diseases for which they are recommended. tW Prepared and for sale by THOMAS REESE & CO., Feb. 5, 1886. Druggists, Charlotte, N. C. Opposite Central Hotel Gun, Lock and Copper-Smiths. c. jTpo x At Keutter't Old Stand, Charlotte, N. O. Plumbing and Steam Fitting a specialty. Also, dealers in English and American Breech and Muzzle Loading Guns, Pistols, Ammunition and Fishing Tackle. Sporting Goods of every description. -. - . tST Repairing of all kinds done at short notice. ' , i C. J. FOX, April 24 1885. 0