The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1875-06-02

1 The Watchnlan il very Sarnestly urging
the construction of the North CaOltnt
and Virginia Rail Road. The proposed
terminus Of the road Ii Mount Airy. II
Salisbury gets all the rail roads she wIshdss
land we sincerely hope she may, she \ nj
recover some Of her lost ground.
Mr.. n. w. Woodfin, a ,iIstinguishedlaw.
yerof Buncombe county died In Asheyille
few days since. He was taken III soon
after the close oftwo veiy laborious trials
for murder In witch lie appeared for the
defence. Mr.. w. was about 81 years Of
age.
Mrs Min erva Strother, wife of John J.
Strother, living near perrys Chapel III
franklin County. committed suicide by
shooting herself through the head viii, Il
pistol. Her death was instant. The cause
IL unknown. MI 44 s
The Military companies of Raleigh, the
Light Infantry and tile Artillery offered
their services 70 participate In the decora-
tion offhe graves ~ the Federal dead III
The National Cemetery on the 3lst.
A largenumber ~ Peniten,lafy convicts
are now employed by the cotton planters
around Raleigh in chopring out cotton.
The employers pay the state 60 cents a
day. LISA bargain mutually satisfactory.
0fcourse the convic;s work under guard,
but they do SO cheerfully and do twice as
much as the hirelings usually employed.
Ten more convicts were received In the
Penitentiary last week five from Rock.
iughanl, four from Lenoir aud one from
Lincoln.
The number confined Is now upwards or
800 and still they come.
The old Masonic building IN Raleigh Il !
soon 10 be sold. The Fraternity are about |
70 occupy roamsin the Fisher building. |
Work on the Temple has gone no farther
than digging out the foundations
! The Observer says Tie line Of telegrapl. |
has been completed fibln Charlotte ID /
Shelby, making an unhroken connecti1u
frnm Wilmington 70 lie extreme CT tile
Carolina Central II
The Observer cdfrects the report OF the
existence OF the scarlet fever In Charlntte.
! few weeks ago. There we've few eases,
out the disease has disappeared, and there
) not caSe now In the city.
The little child OF Capt. Erwin Of
ellarlotte who was so severely scalded last
week has since died.
A good physician Is wanted to take
Dr. Houst,n's practice, at Mt Ulla,
Rowan county.
Col. Charlotte, Of the Atlantic Hotel at
Beaufort, has sent a monster turtle TO Cap.
I. D. Graham, Of Charlotte. tie shell 81
which i sufficiently large 70 allow the
dickens, the turkeys, the pups and one
hing and another In the lot Of DIR. Graham,
= go into night quarters under It.--Cald.
sell Is responsible for this whopper.
TI'c tgiglars Of Wilmington are becom-
ng even more daring. One Of them few
lights since entered the residence OF Mr..
Marens. on Seconl Street and wen.
nto his daughters room Once inside,
lie put out the light, lowered the curtain
~ the window, and unlocked the door.
When the young lady awoke lac had her
y the hand, on which there was behu-
iful amethys: ring, aud which he was
robably trying TO remove. She boldly
eized him W the coIlar ofhis cuat, with
9th hands, and called Tor her father. The
,sn struggled TO free hln'self, and finally I
'lccee,ie,l, just IN time to save himself.
nd 20 make good his escape from the .
scoad Story Of The piazza rs the father an.
eare.i upon the scene with pistol IN
aud. The rascal was fired upon NJ lie
laup the leap fnr tire uruuud. ~ ~. l,nrr, H.