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Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-08-14

A Republican mass convention is
called to meet in Raleigh on the 22d Of
September to elect new State Executive
Committee.
The protracted meeting at Mission
church closed on Wednesday night. The
result was many converts. A meeting
was commenced at Rockwell the same
night and many persons are expected
there from the city on Sabbath.
On Sunday, the 9Th, about noon, Mr..
A. B. Haynes breathed his last, sur
rounded by friends, in Biddleville. He
was from Columbia, s. c., a young man
of exemplary habits good natured and
loved by all who knew him. He had
been a student of Biddle University for
several years; has been confined to his
room all summer and spring. He bore
his affection patiently, was fully con-
scious of the approach of death, and his
last words were: Though 1 walk
through the valley and the shadow oil
death, l fear no evil" He was buried
on Monday morning in the village GENE
terry by the Odd Fellows, of which he
was loved member. The funeral was
preached by DR.. Lawrence in the College
chapel.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-08-14
OUR CHURCHES.

st, Michael's CP E.l church, Mint st. Ser
vices at IL A. NJ, and 8 P. NJ. Sunday Schoo
At T. M. REV. P. P. ALsToN, Pastor
NJ E. Church, South Graham st; Services
at p. M and s P. M. Sunday School al
10 A. NJ REV. S. M. HAINEs, Pastor
First Baptist church, South Church st; Ser
Slices at II A. M, 3 p. M and p. M. Sunday
School at P. M. REV. A. A. POWELL, Pastor
Ebenezer Baptist church, East End st. Ser
vices at l A. NJ, +. NJ, and P. M. Sun.
day School at P. H. Rev T. HAUGHToN
Pastor.
Presbyterian churh, corner 9TH and College
Services at 3 P. M, and 2. M. Sunday
School at 1OA. NJ Rev. R. r. WYCHE, Pastor
Clinton Chapel, "a. M. e. ~ Mint st; Ser
vices at II A. M, P. M, and p NJ Sun
day School at P. NJ. REV. NJ SLADE, Pastol
Little Rock "a. NJ. E. ~, E. St.
Services at l A. M, 3 p, and P. M. Sun
day School at P. M. REV. WIN. JOHNSON
Pastor.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-08-14
Women on the Chain Gang.

Mecklenburg county is one of the
counties where colored men are never
put on the jury, but they put colored
women on the chain gang just the same.
There are two of them now in the Neck
lenburg penitentiary. ltseems as If they
had little fight with man and gave
him good whipping; one of them had
boy-a mere lad-whO took part in the
fight, and all three were tried before a
magistrate and put on the chain gang
with balls and chains fastened to their
legs.
If you want to see niger just walk
over the creek and see for yourselves. l
am stating facts. As to the guilt or in
nocence of these persons | know nothing,
but it seems that putting women on the
chain gang is adding disgrace to punish
ment. 1t is bad enough to see men on
the chain gang, but it is infinitely worse
to put women on there with balls and
chains on their legs.
There is a big crowd of convicts on
the chain gang here and nearly every one
is colored. Something must be wrong;
either we have great class of criminals
among the colored people or law is too
stringent
Here in Charlotte it is an ever day
scene to see the convicts marching
through the streets, chained like so many
wild animals, so they walk the street.
We hear that peculiar rattle of chains as
they clank, clank, clank, rattle, rattle.
There is no sound like that of the clank
and rattle of the convicts chains on the
streets of Charlotte.
Yet these men are tried, convicted and
sentenced by jury on which there was
not single cOlOred man to say whether
they were guilty or not.
l am willing to believe that a white
jury will give negro justice and plenty
of it; yet. when year after year passes
with court held here every month or two,
and colOred men convicted at every
court with no representative of their race
on the jury that tries them, l want to
know something about it. There have
been five men hung here recently. They
were convicted by a jury on which there
was.not single colored man. Now, how
long will the colOred men of Mecklen-
burg submit to be thus ignored in their
highest prerogative citizenship How
long will they submit to be thus
ignOreda VIII they wait till they are
kicked into doing something's If the
colOred women were eligible, 1 am
pretty sure they would make some effort
to get that to which they are entitled.
No colored man need want to be
juror for mere ambition, but he will feel
his citizenship, feel that he is factor in
the government of the great State of
North Carolina, feel that he has a right
to give his judgment upon the innocence
or guilt of his fellow citizens.
Yours,
W. r. RAGMAN,
Charlotte, n. c., Aug. 4, 1886.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-08-14
Footprints.

She'd great and varied knowledge, picked
up at a female college, of quadratics, hy-
drostatics, and pneumatics very fast.
She was stuffed with erudition you stuff O
leather cushion, all the oiogies of the col
leges, and the knowledge of the past.
She had studied the old lexicons Of Peruvians
and Mexicans, their theology, anthro
pology, and geology DER and DER.
She knew all the forms and features of the
prehistoric creatures ichthyosaurus.
pleisiosaurus, megalosaurus, and n'any
more.
She'd describe the ancient Tuscans, and the
Bas1ues and the Etruscans, their grid
dies and their kettles, and the vctuals
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-08-14
How a Cowboy Rides.

Theodore Roosevelt, describ
way cowboys ride, says in the
A stock saddle weighs thirty
pounds instead of ten or fife
needs an utterly different seat +
adopted in the East. A COW
with very long stirrups, sittii,
well down between his high
I'D camille, and depends gre.
mere balance. In cutting
steer from a herd, in s..
bucking broncho, in sto,.
night stampede OF MAJ
bred maddened animals, or in
Torrance of a hundred othe
reckless and daring horsemal
cowboy is absolutely unequas
when he has his own horse &c
his animal with the grace of Z
and yet he is curiously helple
time he gets astride of one of IN
Eastern saddles. Last STUNT !;
purchasing cattle in Iowa, ~
ranch foremen had to get on ~
saddle TO ride out Of town.
ranch of steers. He is perhaT y =
rider on the ranch, and viii
hesitation, mount and master T.
l doubt if the boldest rider in y
Eastern hunts would care to =
his uneasiness on the new
fairly comical. At first he dip
to trot, and the last plunge oil
bid fair to unseat him; nor di
to get accustomed to the stu, .
the very end of the Journey /,
the two kinds of riding 10
different that a man only acc ~
one feels almost as i'll at ca
first tries the other as if he ha =,
on a horses back before.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-08-14

1t is reported in Washington that Rev.
Moses A. Hopkins, Minister to Liberia,
is dead. Mr.. Hopkins was appointed
by President Cleveland from North Caro-
lima. 1t is great loss to our race and
State if the report is true. He sailed for
his post of duty last winter.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-08-14


for every little ailment. This sets up an
inflammation which is the cause of the
craving for alcohol, and the habit is
formed. l have had patients under my
charge whose relatives would willingly
pay any amount of money to have the
habit broken. 1t is not a question
of money at all. Millions could not
cure person who did not have a stronger
desire to stop drinking than to drink.
This is the real secret of radical cure.
1.-The patients cannot as a rule be
trusted. The will lie about their con.
dition, make themselves appear to be
well and strong, only that the restraint
they are under may be relaxed, so that
they may have chance to get something
to drink. Even when they are brought
here physical wrecks, trembling with
shattered nerves, wild eyes and wander.
ing minds, they will declare that they
have not drank in months, and claim that
they are being prosecuted by their families
or friends. There are many sad cases
where the habit of drinking has been
formed innocently and perhaps under
the advice of physician. Then there
will usually be an honest effort to break
away from the grip that is tighter than
a band of iron, and the mental torture
induced by the effort to keep straight
and the lack of confidence in the ability
TO do SO is something horrible at times,
and can only be appreciated by those
who have seen cases frequently or under
gone the agony themselves.
''There is one striking popularity
about alcoholic patients. They will
agree with every statement made con
corning the injurious effects of alcohol
and will acknowledge that drunkenness
is the worst habit that could be formed.
They will deliver temperance lectures to
each other by the hour, and weep freely
as they recount their misery and suffer
ings. Give the most earnest professor
among them chance to get a bottle Of
whisky, and she will seize it eagerly.
The thought of whisky starts the ma
chinery of desire going so strongly that
nothing can resist il, and usually, until
a patients stomach is healed, she will
drink whisky. il she can get it, until in.
sensibility is produced. "--New York 7ri
bune.
Tho Corean Government has issued an
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-08-14

Oregon pays q bounty OF two cents Tor
every squirrel killed, and one man was
recently paid for i25. 900 squirrel tails
which be had collected
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-08-14

Shed discussEthe le"r-.aused by
ology of BraIJd. Fresh air,
the Vaud.ood and agreeable
trod. do the work if a cure
She J. acre is a class of patients
ant to stop drinking. They
weeks with us, get patched
nat and go back to their ex-
18th the vigor of youthful indul-
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-08-14

Boots for dogs that have sore feet Ar
Kept for sale in New York.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-08-14

D The Island Of Java there a. twenty
sxiter-pre.s printing Offices.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-08-14

Tho Corean Government has issued an
educational law which requires all chill
dren between eight and thirteen years OF
age TO attend school
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-08-14
A skye Terrier and Two ST.

Mr.. David Sellers, a Philad,n
yer gave each Of his two daug =
bill. The money was accidental
off the table where it had be
and when a search was made Y
appeared. A pet Skye terry
cused OF the theft, and as =
guilty he was yivcn a stro'
This resulted IN the recovery 0
in a sadly NUT latcd conditio !
were exchanged at the United &
Treasury for new bills. =
Speaking Of military affairs,
gions seem to be well drill
Haeen News.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-08-14

MI IHe PdrItHJs arc DentHCeu
n'eatment, unless there is too great
'rganic arrangement of the kidneys
liver. know of some absolute
IS but they are but comparatively
II percentage of those treated. The
BILE is that when they leave here, as
as there is a reaction, however
ut, from the cessation of tonic, they
depressed and take little stimulant
rive away the dizziness and counteract
low vitality. When this is done
}, it is only question of time when
II lint. n. Aalz... l.. ls..--.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-08-14

Mr.. Frank Reed well known and re-
spected citizen, of this place, died last
Wednesday night after protracted i'll.
noco
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-30


r. An eastern ladyvvisiting the elegant
home of the proprietor of an inflnential
newspaper says to her husband: sfsas
why don't you own Newspaper,
dear? just fancy! To have news
papsrsto 'gS for peopls sin and ] home
Ike this!" After : psuss- 'sAnd 1
think I'd rather have the newspaper
than the home" !,
That seems to BE al women think q
Newspaper blfor anyway, to pitch into
people and print fashion and social
news. | wonder how many Of them
sver rsaa tho telegraPhie spews pr the
heal news. ASSm611MSS 8 When II Is d
big murder or big scandal, thAy de-
YOUR it greedily, but II women were the,
arbiters it would overwhelmingly
airy paper they would demand. I huve
known women Who. read ! editorials
sometimes, but they were gefSfasly.
cranks in some dissection. / think
there are exceptional cases who read
the police reports; but II IL .astonishing
how Tong 4 Woman, can look at aJhewS.'
paper and not know anything that Is III
Il after she Eets. through IA thing hos
it01have connected story init before
she can grasp it. - barefact slip4 her, J
mn ihfident may catch her. bat 1 good
strong story in kind OF complete form
she remembers every detail of, and
when she is told how the woman is
dressed the whole thing lives before
her, and she never forgets it.-San
francisco Chronicle.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-30

The following abstract OF the report
OF tho commissioner Of tho gener-
al land Office will show consider
able change in LAND sales and entries over
last year and there 10 a noticeable differ
enee in the entries in various localities:
The total number OF entries for the year
reached 927. 474, against 245, 524 in 1885,
286.8 In 1854 and 226,QsS in
1883. From these transactions the
cash receipts of the government
amount to $7,412,767, against S..
819, 500. 80 for 1885. $12,779, 1908 for
1884, and 81, 7O5, 765. 65 for 1888. The
total expenses Of the department for the
year Tor these lransactions amounted to
1926, 234. The number Of acres OF land
disposed OF, compared with the previous
four years is as follows: 81! -
1856, 20, 991, 967; 1885, 20, 113 ,963;
1884, &c, 1884, O41; 1883, 1905, 6S3.
It viii thus be seen that the land Office
has disppgsq in fEe years 81 100, 81, 1s4
This year is an iincreass 81 last year Of
s1s. sQ4 acres, and 2 DECREASE 81 nearly
5000 900 acres over 1884: The past
year the acreage AMI entries 9f lapas dis
posed of fell off in Dakota and iHcreaeed
greatly in Western Kansas and Nebraska,
The cash receipts from Minnesota were
$2O3. 953; Iowa, 81, 72s; Wisconsin, $1S1. /.
2O4; Dakota, $1,2O6, 1876. Number Of
z oMesteed entries in Minnesota, 1853;
love-, ~; Wisconsin, Il -; Dakota, 8. $50.
NumbeS al timksr cntture entries in Mime
sofa, 5O7; Iowa, A; Dakota, 135.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-30

General Dick Taylor, a son of Old
Zach, was one OF the bravest and
brightest of those who were led by a
mistaken sense of allegiance to their
native States to desert the old flag
and serve under 1.-THE stars and
BARS. General Taylor's first remark
able service in the war of the rebellion,
says Ben. Perley Poore, was in Stone
wall Jackson's famous compaign in
the Valley OF Virginia. At Port Re-
public the Louisiana Brigade carried
the day and responded with cheers to
Jackson's commando: "The battery
must be takenl'' General Taylor was
not great admirer of Jackson, whom
he described as q man given over to
lemon sucking and prayers. On this
occasion, riding on the flank OF his
column between it and the hostile line,
he saw jackson beside HIM. Taylor
did not consider that this was the
place for the commander of the army,
and ventured to tell him SO, but he
paid no attention to the remark.
eve reached q shallow depression
where the enemy could depress his
guns" said General Taylor, land his
fire became close and fatal. Many
men fell and the whistling of shot and
ehell occasioned much ducking of heads
in the column. This annoyed me no
little as it WAS but child's. play TO the
work Immediately in hand. Always
an admirer of delightful Uncle Toby,
! had contracted the nanst yilanous
habit of his beloved army in Flanders,
and, forgetting Jackson's presence,
ripped out, What the hades are you
lodging for? II there is any more OF
It you will be halted under this fire for
an hour2' The sharp tones of a famll:
lar voice produced the desired effect
and the men looked as if they had
swallowed ramrods; but l shall never
forget the reproachful surprise express
ed in Jackson's face. He placed a
hand on my shoulder, and said in a
gentle voice 4 am afraid you are a
wicked fellow turned, and rode bach
to tho pike"
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-30


B sAdspatch .eiths, 21st kon charleston
says: There were three shocks ofearth-
quake in this city last night and early this
morning, the shock At $40 q. m. being
quite sharp sndcausins buildings to rattle
unconiortably. AZ summeryills there
were three shocks between 4:25 and $50
o'clock this morning, there, being .
rather violent shock at $40, as here. A
loud dstonat ton similar 10 the report 81 a
heavy spn was heard ~ tk paeinHne
81 the severe shock here, and Shefs werede-
donations or explosions with two OF these
shocks at Snmmeryille. Part OF the wall
OF the medical college, alrsady wrecked, wac
thrown down By this mornings . snoex,
falling wsil. TIT5 = Iy'SNs Il l.,
There was no .nistakins the character OF
the disturbancs. that occurred at b:l5
this morning. ! II was . rude awaken.
ing for the people OF this brave old
city, hut th6y bore y ga thsysshavs
borne sil their other great trials with UNI
fiinchino fortituds and courage, Most Of
the people in the city were asleep at the
time, but the shock was sufficiently strong
to awaken them. The feetures oi the
phenomenon were somewhat peculiar.
This was about the severeet that has
been ielt In Charleston for over two
weeks. In many houses plastering was
thrown down. The shock. is ,variously
estimated to have lasted from; three to ten
seconds. There seems to be some question
whether 1t was accompanied by. the
usual rumbline sound. The worst feature
OF the shock was additional injury to the
medical college, OF which aslarge part OF
he ~ fall in II ia now n Gaming ruln
and apparently must come down to the
basement. Architect Spier is satisfied OF
the hopeless condition OF the postoffics
and the United States engineers building
on Meeting street, and will recommend
tn at the department ask congress to make
an appropriation for the erection OF a pub
lie building OF sufficient siss to accommo-
date all the departments OF the government
that are not properly pro vided for.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-30

Gen. Lucius Fairchild, mmander. al the
G. A. r., has returned from Cha rleston,
where he went to see II the people needed
aid! sHssaid ss1'he speorle need assist,
ance in the stricken city. and the, sooner
the better. The poorer class are especially
deser wing piScharity, and unless they get
help before winter sets in much suffering will
follow. fonndAa great many widows and
orphans in Charleston. They are nearly all
poorand liysin small houses. Their houses
need repairing. and they are not able to
doit. When the widows and orphans are
first relieved by the fund we propose to
raise, then the surplus will be given to the
poor men,. ! think the Grand Army will
respond nobly. There are 5000 posts
and 5000 villages where from fifteen to
twenty Grand Army men reside. Com.
mittees will be appointed at each post and
the Villages will be eanvasssd, by these
means we hope to raise large fund"
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-30
Some people have Queer IDEAS offun,

r. --3F a -
Some people have queer ideas offun,
says tho New York World. There
w4s a rsgs humor for instance in the
act Of the ye1gg lady who recently
threw from q yacht IT SsR & bottle
with information corked up In It e
the effect that all on board, names
given, were about to perish. Her sur
FdundiHg admirers must have laughed
heartilVa it Az PRa Of the best jokes
'@z sV& heard Of Ths battls hap
IsA~. zach n f0cAalCy AWherq ~
spened ito .r..s> -----~akiGa. But, rs
caused great cons... -''~tsa t
the joke would not have anfv,.. ~
anything if it had not been tor this,
the pefpetfator doubtlees congratus
lates herse1f on the successful termi.
nation OF her effort. "
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-30
How to Save Money.

and we might also say-time and pain as
well, in our advice to good housekeepers
and ladies generally. The great necessity
existing always to have perfectly sale
remedy convenient for the relief and prompt
cure OF the ailments peculiar to women
functional irregularity, constant pains and
gil ths SYMPHONIC attendant upon. uterine
disorders qees Us to recqmme4d str9ng:
" and unqnalifedly pr. Picrce's aFayorite
PerscriptiQn''-wo maH's best friend. II
will save money:
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-30

III TIE Spiiiosol;kicai and surgical con.
yentioh at berlin Proi. Yirhow paid 4 great
.ttihntA = To- America, which was received
with much applause. He said: The pres.
ence, Of q large delegation In the convention
swas a source Of unbounded JOY to their
German colleagues. The national philoso-
pherssa nd doctors OF Germany and America
had fora long periodx worked shoulder to
shoulder. ana he hoped the good feeling
would continue.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-30
A YellOwish Coat

Upon IT, Tongues particuaarly near ~ base, is
Of itseH safiieient to denote biliotsness an all
ment to the development Of which the hot wealth
crit may be remarked In passing-is extremely
favorable and which autumn often brings In its
train As lingering legacy. II not remedied-
which 1t speedily may be with Hostetters
Stomach aitters-then follow aggravated dis.
order ofthe stomach and bowels. dull pains be-
prompt, use OF this invaluable specinc 10 al
ways desirable, no Matter WHEAT the season.
Upon the liver exerts an Influence directly beIe.
fetal. The bile, the obstrpgtieh to its flow be-
ing relieved by the relaxation 81 the bowels, re-
turns to it's natura4 ehappeh and the portion OF
It which has forced It's Mey into and contami-
mated the bloodsis * pened, The stomach also
resumea its di&cs tive function. Rheumat ism,
fever and agus and Kidney troubles also succumb
to tho Bitters.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-30

with poor appetite, and, perhaps slight
cor1glfin morning or on first lying down al
night, should be looked to in time. Per.
ssohs "a ffiicte with consum ption are pro
svetbially unconscious OF their real state
Most sacommen ceswiths disordered liv
er, leading to bad digestion and imperfect
assimilation sof food-hence the emacia
ton or wasting of the flesh. 1t is q form
OF scrofulous disease, and is durable by the
hse Of that greatest OF all blood-cleansing
antti-biliohs And invigorating compounds,
kh9wR as Dr. Rierce's Golden Medical
NscoSery:"s srass ses.,fs' III =
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-30

Gen. Black, commissioner OF pensions,
left Washington for the West on public
business. While absent he will visit the
soldiers homes at Dayton, Milwaukee and
Leavenworth.s He will visit and inspect
several of the Western pension agencies.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-30

A. C. Bone, Western News Co. office, Chi
cago. says. II find McCaine's st. Paul
Chemical Oil has no equal. I have tried
several remedies for soreness in the limbs
but had no success in curing it until l tried
Chemical OIL" BY druggists.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-30

A huge derrick pole fell and severely i'll
jured the foot of mechanical engineer b, Il.
Hoyt at tho New Orleans Exposition, and
only after three applications OF st. Jacobs
Oil, all the swelling and pain disappeared.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-30

asApplss are getting large enough to twist
- boy Of 10 out Of bed and hall way down
stairs At one grip, sndssths opportunity
ehould not be lost by = single youth TO
have on hand Perry Davis. Pain Killer, q
most s6icisnt remedy for. al diSorders' Of
thsstonach. II ID sold by ell druggists.s !