The Hillsborough recorder., 1875-09-08
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A watermelon picnic by moonlight was
an idea OF tile Good Templars of Greens-
boro one night hast week, and tile way the
Patriot talks about The ringing of the
merry peais of laughter. = and all that SORT
Of things. make US wish We had had some
stock in that picnic.
A tniefbroke intu the store ofMr II. w.
Price OF Salisbury, a Few. nights ago, and
stole therefrom SO worth ofgoods'
On Tues,las hight last four attempts at
robbery wers tpade In Wilmington. One
Of these wfis successful. where the thief
entered bed room and stole 81 10 money.
Elder Mark Bennett, one of. the leading
Baptist preachers ia the East. died at his
home ii Halifax county on the 18th
Capt. w. II. Crawford has been selected
as the chief Marshal Of the coming Saiis-
bury Fair. II b a wise selpp,io. AZ,
A silver pitcher win lie awariedtothe
best drilled military company at thesalis-
bury fair.
+ Thorn, The carpet>bag member to the
Convention from Warren county ms oui
readers will remember, was expelled from
the General Assembly last Winter becaus.
lie il ali Athesist aud a adefaner Of God
In all probability objections will be made
to his qualifying Ms delegate Of the Com
sehiion for tie same reason, and there }
prospect for lively wangle over Il ai
the opening Of the Convention.
raleigh has lost two Mayors within q
year, Jos. W. Holden having died on III,
2lst Of January last.
Ike Young spoke at Durham, 0daugs
county, on Monday. Gen. Leach was there
aud took the skin Off him.
We learn from the Citizen that Messrs.
A. T. a I. +. Davidson, MAJ. Erwin aud
Col. David Coleman. of Asheville. hav,
been retained 10 defend young Strange
A large number 81 persons attended tn.
funeral % Mayor Separk OF Raleigh, on
Tuesday afternoon. The business lrousr,
were closed and the city wore s sunday
aspect.
According TO the Raleigh Sentinel, the
hands employed IN Blackwell's tobaccc
factory, at Durham, who were getting Sl.5t
per day, struck work about break fast time
aud walked out Of tire lftuse. bill Ham.
m!tt. as they call Irim, took the next tiail
for Petersburg and brought up ON Tues.
day forty picked hands 10 MI the placeso
the strikers, And now the strikers ar,
'.lonely and eHd, = and nothing to DO.
A terrible murder was committed last
week In Cherokee County BY u number o
negroes upon theirown coior. They drag
ged the victim FROM his bed at midnight
tied him, carried MIN considerable dis
lance, cut his throat and then buried him
III mudliole. The m0rderers were ar,
rested, and confessed that they killed hin
because he was witch, and negro .prea
cher had told them the only way "a pro
teet themselves was 10 KIN him aid bur,
hfm In a nnwkhole In the manner TIE,
did. ls.. &
These are the people ttnnake laws 70
ihe Whites. W.. ss..
Al young man named Blalock BolIcl
hung himself near Hickory last Week with
osl any sssssnsd cause. is.l ~
Gov. vance has lesrnsd thai the hand
some gold htwied cane presented 10 hin
by tie young Jews of wiimingtab haI
come to lIpdit Ia a pawn brokers shnpil
New York. we hope hcwllY handle !
again.
During ths rstuns N the rrocessloi
which accompanied Tile remains Of Mayo
Separkof RaIelEl, us the grave, IL Wa
much disturbed by the riotoas c0hduct o
D party u negroes who placed tIleinselver
/ in prentof il,c frotstsivn, impedIng III
progress Mai. Manly sent forwari ,
squad from The Light Infantry. who cal,
lurcd one Of the ,lislurl,ers. aud next da,
ncting Mayor Stronach sent hun tojai
for sixty days.
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