The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-05-24

of the vehicle, anil striking DIR. Floyd
threw him out among the debris. He
fortunately escaped with few slight
bruises. DR.. Baker was uninjured aud
retained his seat
Messenger: Another hail storm
visited us last Tuesday evening. The
stones were o" considerable size, but
the fall was rather scattering, and it
is hoped that not much damage was
done. Only two criminals were
sentenced to the penitentiary last
week, both colored. Wright Hardy
goes up for years fol stealing an
OK. and Robert Thompson for three
years for obtaining money under ia Sc
pretense. Large shipments of
strawberries are being made every
lay by express from this place to the
northern markets. AS soon as the
morning train passes they begin to
pile in crates for the night express.
MIR. Herbert 6. Thompson, sec
ond son of Mr.. JnO. w. Thompson.Of
Wilmington, was on yesterday morn
ing united in the holy bonds Of mat
rimony to Miss Celle Covington OF
that city. The happy couple passed
through this city EN- route for Balti-
more. their future home. ..... The re-
port of Prof. Moses for the 9th month
of the second term. shows the who'll
number of pupils enrolled to be 6lS.
average number belonging 473, aver
age daily attendance 43O, number OF
tartiics 0.per cent. of attendance 80 |.
cases OF suspension 0. numuer OF cor.
poral punlshments ..
Daily Patriot Hoover Hill mine.
Randolph county, is turning out to
be the richest mine ever opened iii
this State. The gold vein is two by
three feet in thickness and is said to
he one half pure gold. he mine is
heavily guarded day and night
We learn from u gentleman who re-
sides near Longs Mill, Randolph
county, that the hail which Tell there
day before yesterday covered the
ground to the depth of five inches
and the wheat and young ftuit was
terribly damaged. rAe dry wealth
er has brought great many farmers
10 town The streets To-Day are fill
ed with people and wagons. The
heavy fall of rain few weeks ago
caused the ground to run together"
and is so hard now that the farmers
cannot pillow. hose who have recent
ly tried to break up land say that
the pillow turns it up in clods about
) feet square,. j. NJ. Lacky,
who lives at Watkinsvill., Stokes
county. lost his dwelling house b.,
fire Monday nis ht... The town is
full of country wagons To-Day loaded
down with strawberries and cherries,
demonstrating that Gujlte.:s--3-iso ore
of the nest~ftTuit counties in the
state. ..... Last hight DIR. Fuller pass
ed through Greensboro having III
charge twenty-five insane men who
have been inmates of the asylum at
Raleigh for sometime. They were on
their way to the ast lu,n at Morganton
where they now properly belong they
having been sent to Raleigh from the
western section of the State.
Daily Revieap: A CRUDE ACC1-
DENT.-One of our good looking
Young men, who is engaged in one of
the commission houses ON the wharf
had the misfortune yesterday to ia
into q barrel of crude turpentinc
w. didn't learl. how it happened, but
there he was stuck fast enough AMI
it took him some time to extricate
himself, which he finally succeeded
in doing, With the loss of one of hi
shoes. We are really sorry for hi:
misfortune, hut as We See l,im. in iii
aginatinn. struggling in the tenacious
mas, We cannot suppress a mirthfu
grin at his appearance.....We lean
that there Was some frost in expos.
localities early yesterday mornlnr
miles from the City, states that some
of his cotton was nipped slight, ,bu:.
not enough to do any materiol dam
Age. Robert Lane, q cuiOrad DO,
about IA years o. age, went to tll,.
Carolina kice Mills iris noon to carr,
dinner to Onc OF the workmen ami
while there had the misfortune. to .c;
his right hand caught in some of the
machinery, and one OF his fingers ST.
badly nntilated that a,n,,uta,Ion be
came necessary lie was taken ut
once to the Office of Or. w. j. Ii. Bel
fanny, vino rendered the necessar,
surgical assl.tancc..... Rev. DIR. Ja>.
b Taylor arrived home yeste r,,a,
from attendance on the Southern
Baptist Convention which was hell,
At Waco, Texas, last week. lie ex-
presses himself as highly lellsnte..
with his trip as well as with the pro
ceedinys OF the Convention to wnicn
he Was a delegate.
NeDS Observer !: Sheriff ID. A.
Grantham OF Wayne, W ttrda,
brought to the penitentiary TWO negro
convlcls, Robert Thompson an.
Wright Hardy. one guilty of larceny
the other of foyery. their terms bein;.
thiee ami five years.. The Garlic.
grad d School yesterday mad a pic-nl,.
at Bledsoe's grove. anal ina. lie quite "a
day Of it. The oak City brass bano
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