The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1883-06-27
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. S'rATE NEw@s'

The Albemarle Enquirer: Froa q
gentleman III Dare we get the follow. |
ing account of "a serious accident in
that county: On Friday, the 18th
inst, Mr.. s. S. Robson, who had been
shooting at mark with his revolver,
returned TO the house, thinking he
had fired off all the cartridges, and
was swapping, as he thought, the EN-
PITY pistol. His aunt, Mrs. Scott
Dudley, being in the house at the
time, playfully jumped at him just as
the apparently empty weapon fred,
the ball, to his dismay, entering the
head of the unfortunate lady, just
above the ear, and EMBEDDED itself In
the skull. DR.. Gibbs was immediate.
ly summoned from Hyde county. He
pronounced the wound serious but not
| fatal, and did not extract the ball.
The lady's escape from death was
provi,lential. The cartridge being of
| 32 calibre.
/ The Ne,ps- Observer reports that
news from northampton county, in
| this State, has been received here to
the effect that Samuel j. Wright, a
young lawyer of respectable cunnec-
| ton, has committed forgeries to the
amout of $4,000. Wright has been
doing business for a number of the
wealthiest men in the county. He
| forged their names to notes and then
4 forged the name of james Boone,
clerk of the Supreme Court, rs in
dorser. The notes were discounted
eitherin the bank at Suffolk, or MOI.
folk, Va. The forgeries have beef.
going on for three years. Wright wa
specializing in cotton futures, and
) sometimes made money and took NJ
the notes, in this way preventing ex
posure. He is married and has al.
, excellent family. At one time he wa.
county attorney. He ran away abou!
three weeks ago and has not beer,
caught, although diligent search ha
been made for him.
II Goldsboro Messenger: We regret tt,
learn the that school Board of Colum
bia were not at all disposed to release
y Professor Moses from the Superin
, tency of their school, which he hat
been elected. They refused by /,
b unanimous vote to accept the resigna
l / tion, and in a spirit not very com
Is plimentary to Goldsboro. However
h it affords us pleasure to be able t.
"a say, that Prof. Moses felt himself duty
: bound to remain at the head of tn
: school here, and, exercising the RICH
IS of an American citizen, has notified
IS the Columbia Board that he canno
r serve them.
n Raleigh Tisitor Mr.. Ii. b. Bag
II well, of St. Mary's township, brough
n a load of hay to market today. whicI
/ he realized s1.0O per hundred, it be
e ing very superior, and known as Linn
$ Der twig" grass.
y Chief Bushyheal of the North Gu
y rolina band OF Cherokces, commonl,
y called the Eastern baud, received th
y 100000 which was appropriated b
Congress in consideration of lar
= ceded by these Indians to the Unite
!. States. The money will he disposed q
\ by the council ofihe Cherokees.
!. DIR. Edward Warren, n native {,
| | North Carolina, now living in Par,
4 has been made "an officer of the OF
., der for the Redemption of Jerusalem.
He il Bey also.
The Wilmington Reriew claim
CHAT in spite Of falling off in til
receipts of cotton at that port fror
last year, there is n gradual and stead
N gain on the whole. The decreas
y from 1882 is about 10000 bales bl
s. the receipts are about 10000 bal,
N ahead of 1881 to the same date.
!" The Goldsboro Transcript Mespng
's entered upon its seventeenth year, wi,
y 5000 subscribers.
J, Western Sentinel: There N
:" various opinions in regard to ne,
u years, or rather, this years t0bact
ir crop in North Western North Tar
q lima. From what We can learn an
=, from present indications the estima
can be safely placed ut one.half, wit
~ a probable two.thirds yield. The
ID is very unpromising outlook, ho'
h ever, for fine and fancy tobacco'.
u. The Eews. Observer The count
II superintendent of public instructit
r. meet in Chapel Hill the first Wedne
:. day in Jsly.
- Randolph Macon college on We,
|" nesday conferred the degree of ID.
upon Rev. w. s. Black Of the n. {
he conference.
20 Ii has been decided to build ne
. ball at the University which will a
!" c1mmodate at least 1000 people Il
Is oil Il chapel is too small.
u Rockingham Spirit The stol
~ house of DIR. Richmond Yates, at La
b rel Hill, was burned on the night
n; the llth inst-thc work of incendia
- lam.
Y, Henderson Gold Leaf: The sour
=. If the wheat cradle Is heard In d
a. land Most of our farmers are cuttir
III VIII, 40 this week. The crop does n,
4 comI,arr well with that of last yea
be- which was unprecedented, but
nevertheless much better than was
lirSt thuupht.
H. Nems and OJserner: Randolph
IN Macon college on Wednesday COME
-. red the degree of ID. ID. upon Rev. v
I" y. Black of the n. G.. conference
I" - II has been decided to build
oi new hall Mt the University which ",
H. nc 'ommodate at least 1000 peopl
az 'f'hc"l.l chapel is TO small. -Ho
- X. r. Battle writes from Chapel Till
'F' 40 ma, ind hanL fran, fLa ,,nuo, ~