Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1883-03-17
STATE NEWS.

Raleigh OF the 7th instant.
Maj. John Calling, OF Raleigh,
has been appointed receiver OF the
Midland Railroad.
The following postmastefs maze
been appointed by the President
Mrs. Virginia Sharpe, Wilson, n.
c.; II. l.. Gndper, a, ~tshesi''e.
n. e.
n. G. Presbyterian We arc in
formed that the work Of the Spiri,
in the Presbyterian church of
Greensboro continues-about sixty,
says our informant, have in o way
or another manifested deep concern.
The interest in the Methodist church
is also sustained.
An exchange says that a colored
woman and her daughter were taken
from their cabin in Caswell county
the other night by FIVE negroes, in
masks, and whipped. They were
only struck a few ticks. aud the ne
groes said they whipped them for
being bad characters.
Winston Leader >Twenty.three
tobacco factories will operate in
Winston the present year-1t
seems to US that the bill redistrict-
ing the State into nine Congressional
Districts is 10 say the least OF it,
very peculiar. 1t will be a hard
blow 10 the Democratic party.
e. N. B. Evans, Esq editor OF
the Milton Chronicle, died last Sat
urday morning at Milton. He com.
menced editorial life about forty
years ago, was at one time editor OF
the Hillsboro Recorder, aud was the
author of the fool Killer" letters.
He was q member Of the Senate oil
North Carolina.
Newton Enterprise Both Of the
new cotton factories in Catawba are
doing splendid work, aud the enter
prisipg p%roprietors are perfectly de-
lighted with the Judgment which ex'
perts have pronounced on their
goods-Farmers tell US that the,
never had a better prospect TO,
wheat than at present.
Fayetteville Observer: A Moore
county boy, between sixteen and
seventeen years of. age, is six fee'
four inches high, finely proportional
and is still growing-If there ii
anything in the law Of demand anl
supply, Fayetteville can boas, OF one
outward visible sign OF prosperity
You may walk from one end Of tn,
town to the other and you viii
hardly pass a closed store and, a
for dwelling houses, they are Away
! at q premium.
Wilmington Star Capt. Jas.
I Wsddc!l, of North Carolina iorme,
, ly, who commanded the Contederat,
cruiser Shenandoah, slipped and fel
headiong down the stairs of a Bal,i
/ more hotel. Mrs. Waddell wss dc
scending the stops Immediately il
front Of him. AS he slipped h
threw her down also, and came nea
falling directly upon her. She, how
: ever, escaped with light bruises
y The captain was put on one of NJ
Germans cots and carried to his re.
idence. His nose was broken an,
=, he was otherwise painfully injured
Goldsboro Messenger The Nett
odis' -idronce, published by Re,
Mr.. Rohey in this city, announce
- that it will begin, within a few week
the publication in the columns {
that paper q series Of historic:
= sketches OF the pioneers of Method
ism in North Carolina, beginnin
with the 6rst Methodist preache
that ever set foot on North Carolin
:. soil more than . hundred years az,
: These sketches are prepared by on
Of our young meu who has just cou
pleted his fourth year in the Confe'
cnco. His material is largely draw
tom sources 10 which the publ
have never had access, and is likel
!. 70 develop some things not general
known These sketches cannot ia
TO be peculiarly interesting to OF
!" Methodist friends.
:" Alexander II. Stephens once cha
n -~