Charlotte home and Democrat., 1882-05-19
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THE Rev. DR.. Miller, at the Presbyterian
Church, next Sunday, win deliver lecture on the
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THE city is donning its holiday attire, and as
we go to press there are floating to the breeze
thousands of flags, and ere the Goth rolls around
there will be thousands more. G5 a3lss ..3s
THE Catawba High School hold their annual
celebration on May 22; sermon by Rev. A. 8.
Vaughn. Gov. Jarvis is to. deliver the address,
May 23d. Mr.. Cline will accept our thanks for
his kind remembrance. 3E fs Inns .nYYsa Il 4r
Mr.. w. A. GRHFITH of this county, has sent
to this office bundle of Oats, containing It's
straws, all from one seed. There Is an average
Of f24 seeds-2. 200. They are the Rust Proof
Oats and surely are prolific bEaois 1sai
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A change Of Schedule on the Western NC.
Railroad went into effecton Monday last. Trains
leave Salisbury at 11.45 P. NJ; arrive at Ashe-
vile at 9 A. NJ, and at Warm Springs at P. n.
Returning, arrive at Salisbury at AsM.--. -
Mr.. WADE HARMS, late of the Concord Sun,
has accepted the position as local editor of the
Charlotte Observer. Mr.. Harris is a racy writer
and has won quite reputation with his editorial
pen. He will be valuable adjutant to the OBJ
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THE engine and pumps at the reservoir were
started on their voyage to full fill their main OBJ
ject in life. The hydrants were tested and found
satisfactory. The date of this event will readily
be recalled in the dim future as occurring few
days before the notable Goth of May. al
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THE Literary Societies of Davidson College
will hold their annual oration on June 14th.
Orators: Eumenean-L W Dick, Jr, 8 C; A q
Dick, 8 G.; w Mack. 8 G. Philanthropic-R L
Ryburn, N G; T P Burgess, s G; R W Culbert-
| son, N G. The marshals will accept our thanks
for an invitation 10 attend
ON Friday afternoon session of the Neck
lenburg Presbytery, at Pineville, the Rev. Mr.
Woods gave in his acceptance of the call to the
| Second Presbyterian Church in this city. He
will be installed on the 29th of this month. The
| Rev. Mr.. Leiper presented his acceptance of a
| call as pastor of Hopewell Church. The day for
installation on Saturday, June 10th. Revs. Lat.
| timer, Parks and Miller were appointed to attend
of commission to organize a church between
Sugar Greek and Sharon.
| STRANGERS visiting the City during the cele
| bration, will note the numerous improvements
going on in the way of new Buildings. The
addition to the Metropolitan Hotel made by
Messrs. R. M. Miller, Sr, and Col VIM John
ston, the three new store houses opposite, by Col
VIM. Johnston, are improvements of no ordinary
character, as we'll as the large Depot building ir
course of construction by the Carolina Centra
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| TIE body of a colored man, named Moss
Rendleman, was found on Sunday morning in
| D. Palmer's yard, a short distance from the ole
fair grounds. There was terrible wound in the
| left breast, where he had been stabbed with
knife, from which flowed pools of blood, present
| ing a ghastly appearance.J The officers tool
charge of the body, and from the ill-feeling tina
| was known to exist between the murdered maj
and one Felix Wilson, colored, on account of al
intimacy with Vina, his wife, went to Wilson
house and arrested him. It was evident tina
| Wilson was making preparations to leave tn
city, although he denied having any knowledg
of the crime, and swore he, had not been II
Rendleman's house. The officers found in search
ing the house, Wilson's pants and coat, botl
bloody. concealed among some bed clothes. Viii
son and Vina. wife of the deceased, were befor
officer McNinch for preliminary hearing. Il
the examination of Vina, she testified that Viii
son was at her house on Saturday night, whel
her husband came home, he asked Wilson wha
he was doing there. After some reply by Wilson
the two men began to fight when she pushed then
out of the door, closed it and then went to bed
and did not know how the fight ended till mex
morning, when the crowd around the door awok
her. The coroner and jury went to the premise
of Wilson to search for the weapon that done tn
deadly work, and it was finally found buried il
the ground under rose bush. When Wilson
was examined, he denied all knowledge of tb
crime at first, but when the coroner took from
drawer the deadly knife. and asked if he knew il
his courage forsook him, and he answered Eye
sir" Realizing the utter hopelesspess of hi
position, he made confession and told how b
made the knife with the intention of killin
Nose The knife he made was broken when b
procured q file and sharpened both sides, gettin
la fellow workman at Wilkes foundry, where the
were both employed, to put copper handl
upon it. He said he was at RenGleman's hous
on Saturday night and when Nose came hom
they had some words, and soon commenced fghi
ing Vina told them to 60 out of the house. an
Nose went out first, Wilson followed closely, an
when Nose stepped down Wilson plunged th
knife into his breast with force that drove it u
to the handle He pulled the knife out and rar
when Nose in attempting to follow him fel
There were some witnesses examined in regar
| to difficulty between the prisoner and Moss
At the close of the examination the jury returne
verdict that Nose Rendleman came to hi
death at the hands of Felix Wilson. and ths
Vina, Rendleman's wife, was accessory to tn
crime. The prisoners were remanded to Jail
await trial at the next court. The coroner foun
at the inquest that the knife entered just abov
the left nipple. cutting g rib and passed throug
the heart, causing instant death
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