The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1877-05-09
STATE NEWS.

FuN W. ttlottt NtttAN l'f'ttb 1870, Z VI II
lsaac Ricl,ardsoii, aged 20, Eliza Collins
aged 20, and Laura Williams, aged ~
while returning from Bethel Church TO
their homes we're struck on George Street
near Queen by a<hravy discharge 81
electricity aid instantly N'kilIed. They
were walking undera .strel-handled um-
brvIla wl,iclrwas fund lying upon ihe
ground near the i,odies ttlie cover partially
burned, and which undoubledly was the
instrument inal attracted the electric dis.
charge. m a
The Raleigh Observer, ofthe ist says
the mystery which has hung aroundiie
fate ~ wnl. II. Finch, late of Raleigh,
Inns been cleared up by the finding OF his
body floating Iii the East River. harbor Of
New York. Mr. Finch, about two months
ago. left his boarding house for a walk
and was uever again seen alive. Thecir-
cumslauces attending his death are alto
grther unknown.
Mr. Finch vas an insurance agent Of
remarkable capacity and success and had
recently gone 10 New York totake charge
! or the la.siness of ihe join, Hancock Com.
many with Lucrative salary He LEFT a
wife In New Y.nk, an invalid, in dying
condition. Through The care Of Tie Rev.
II. NJ Deems she was placed IN 81. VIM
cents Hospital, and i kindly cared ior.
The southern Home says: Frank
Sirier. colored. was Jailed last week fnr
shooting Ills wife in Tie head. She l., u
course. not badly hurt. lf Frank had
Il con ten,pIated murder. ne wauld have sh' !
her III i yulnerabie point. When negro
i can fall ON bis head ont Ola thiee-siory
window aud then jump up and crack his
heels. il u useless to firr at the head 81 ally
nf the race. unless II be with Krupp gun.
The Cleaner says: Died AT Ills residence
mile from the village, on the night OF
the a0th of last month, Anderson Themp-
son. Mr. Thompson was a soldier IL the
war Of 1872, aud was athis death upon
The psnslnn rolls of ilie United States,
drawing his pension regularly. He was
we,hins ,ntiwrigb,s- fourth year Of hi'
age. ......-..~-. .s....-.
The wihnington ReietU says: A
rolared woman whose name Is Lena
living on SIKH street, gave birth, o.
Thursday night. to tripIrts-tbreel fine
we'll developed boys. which unfortuiiatel,
lived hut short time or within a hal
hour Of blrth. Tie mother isa marrie'
woman and has previously had children
The charI,a,e Cait has this 10 SIS o. lh'
mines % this section:
some af our mines have yielded mos
g,uey,a,s returns notably. Gnid Hill, -
$40 600. Rudisin, sl.Oo. 900; Caps lHilI
same; Kiug's Mountain, SIoOOOO; au'
other mines, In great number, hay'
Yielded SIS, 600 each. AMI upwards. Care
ful mining e,<gieeefs lspressni ali fihes
!. a. stiIl rich In depth. Eel
J. sThe an,oant OF gald and silver pro
d,,ce.i ln this state and adjaining eoul'
sses sf soaih capllna. since the discover!
!. of gold up 10 June 80, lsIi y; Gold, sil
!. ess sssi4; silver. ~. .s45.ss' q
r
! me WiIkeshoro Witness says: Afe'
. day. since while Mr. J. w. Hayes, of ilil
!. county, was .litching bis team osm1les
the uavu,l. one oIt them dr"pped dead
:. !. aud 10 q few minutes the other one DIE
aIso. Both wcre very fine mules aud "
supposed tha, they were p'isonei.
,,.,z,..,, cy,r savs. slra
.ox wardisuoysrrd in a vacant lot, ne'
ii,e.tte IN the oldunion Dep"t, Oh snnda
aternoon, containing tile ,a,dy q asoI"re
Infant. supposel ~ have, been hurie
about Two or three months ago. IL wa
nnly aoou, three or four inches below y
.u.l.cs n il.e ground, and became expos
T. IN he scta,ching VI a dog. circimstanc
connected viii, ihe discovery of the bnu
l..d totle belief that there was SOM
2. q lining wong ulaut Il, and Coron.' Hr'
I.,t was a. have held an ingaesl over y
,.,oaIu. 4, ! late hanr yesterday afteruon
,,u, mn 10 this writing We have not hsa
= the result.
The wilmington Star as. Lr. Jol
Ier "A white, df Bnmswick county, VIM
~ h,s way ID Ills city hast sunday y
I ep,l, inst: encountered and tsuccrsded
1, a,-ralehInR huge c"achwhif snas
>. .isl,, rec, long, near Judge Russelfs r'''
tativn. 49,
The ElIzascih City Ecoaon'ist says;
: salartay Joe E,heridge made The iars'
,aul ofheirings, al Hug leland. ina.
a.., made for years. The statement Y
ssael,e. ne ls that Il was sOo,oon j ~
sa,s "A, .las 10 laad them. he had
send or Cor steamer aud barge 'o'
Y. ,hsm b uakei on NE same day pav
Of nsIsry struck the head of The run 2
, a. landed a, one haul $1,000 herrlngs.
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