Daily Republican., 1881-11-03
NEWS SUM MARY.
THE NORTH CAROLINA G A COLoRED
STATE FAIR.
The Lynchburk POstmsster-The
Atlanta Ex xpOaltion--DeHth Or
an AGED Professor Con.
fed srate BOnds-
FlOOds-Oaher
News.
General Loring, the Comm ssioner o

General LOrlng, tne ooinH SsloueI Va
yesterday delivered an
address at the Atlanta Exhibition on
THE Advancement Of Agriculture in
Edward Atkinson also
spoke, and will make another address
to-day, which has been set apart as
Manufacturers Day" The National
Exhibitors Association was organized
yesterday.
The State Fair of the colnred people
of North Carolina, known as the"North
Carolina Industrial Fair" was formal
ly opened in Raleigh yesterday by Gov
ernOr Jarvis. Addresses were made
by the Governor, the Mayor -of Raleigh
and the State Commissi oner Of Agricul-
ture. 1t is the third annual fair OF the
colored people Of North Carolina.
The President yesterday commission
ed Clifford Statham (Malone' nominee)
to be Postmaster at Lynchbarg, Virgin'
la, In place of j. r. Wilson suspended.
Statham's commission will hold good
until the end of the next session OF the
Senate, unless be Is previously susper.
ceded by the President, or nominated
or confirmed for regular term.
Professor David Duncan, of Wofford
College, at Spartanburg, South Caro-
lima, died yesterday at the age of 30
years. He was one of the best known
educators in the South, and held the
chair Of Ancient Languages IN the
Wotford State College to the day of his
death.
DR.. Sparks, colored, convicted of
chloro.orming All old man named Pope
and assaulting his daughter, was yos
terday sentenced at Lunpkiu, Georgia,
70 be hanged on the 18Th inst.
john Lewis, colored striker, at
tempted to eocape from custody in Fay
ette county, West Virginia, on tuesday
night, and was shot dead by j. W
Clair, prosecuting attorney of the coun
ty.
Rufus M. Mcpherson, a young man
of respectable connexions, shot him
self dead in hotel at Atlanta, yester
day morning, because he had been dis
inherited by his grandfather.
A three story picture frame gallery
in Chicago, was destroyed by fire OF
Tuesday night. Loss, $50 900. In"
Ph0nix planning Mil, in st. Louis was
burned yesterday morning. Loss. $J0,
900.
William II. Gurney, a prominent law
yer Of Buffalo, committed suicide yes
terday morning, by jumping into th'
Niagara Rive. He had been i'll for ;
long time.
The City Council of Augusta, Georgia
has adopted a resolution inviting Edw.
Atkinson and the f tstern mannIactur'
ers now at the Atlanta Exhibition, tt
visit Augusta.
The boiler of a saw mill near Gistville
Ohio, burst last Monday, killing on
man, mortally injuring three Others
and seriously lnjuring five.
The Harrisburg Conference of the l.u
theran Synod, in session at Steelton
yesterday, adopted resolutions strongly
denOuncing speculative life insurance
1t is reported from Oshkosh, Wis
consin, that Lake Winnebago is raising
continually, causing a loss to business
estimated at $4,000 yer day.
Bridget Murray and Thomas Malone,
badly burned at fire in boarding
house at lowell, Massachusetts,, on Tues
day night, died yesterday.
The New York Produce exchange
Yesterday resolved in favor of the cree.
tion of building at a cost not exceed
ing s., 900, ,00o
President Arthur, will probably
leave Washington This morning fol
New York, and be accompanied "
Secretary Hunt.