The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1885-07-02
Social and Personal Paragraphs, All
Around the State.

Statesville Landmark compliments
Postmaster W. e. Lewis, formerly of
Raleigh
Judge Shepherd has offered "A ball aud
bat AS a prize for good playing between
the juvenile clubs Il Washington. \. c.
Prof. J. G. Horner must be strong in
two ways. At Durham last week he bat
ted a ball SO hard it broke the thumb Of
Shaw who attempted to catch it.
Sam Lee who piloted the posse to kill
Began Cash is now indicted in two cases
for stealing, says Wadesboro Intelligent
GER Such cattle are the curse of any
country.
With much regret we hear that Col
John c. Upton, editor of Lincolnton
Press one among four of the newest
country papers we get, is seriously i'll. A
speedy recovery, Bro T.
Three young men have gone from
Raleigh to Texas, at different times, and
have been killed in that State Their
names are A. NJ. Lewis, Jr, Kenneth Ray
ner, Jr., and Kenneth Iarboro
In neat frame at this office you can
see the Registered pedigree of Maj. John
NJ Crenshaw's beautiful Jersey COW
''Araspes" His herd is growing and he
offers another trade worthy your notice
See card
-Raleigh residents who may have busi
ness of any kind for this paper, and are
pressed for time, will please send word to
the Office either verbally, or by postal.
They will be pronlptly visited by a repre-
sentative of the paper: and thank'ye. too
Thomas P. Clark and Mrs Mary Nor
gan, of New Berne, have an order for 900
sea gulls, prepared and mounted taxider
mically. The Loon which they sent us
| last winter holds its color excellently
| Perhaps it feels pretty much at home in a
newspaper office
Charlotte ''Observer" pays high com
pliment to Miss Ella Mitchell's music class
III Huntersville Academy. The school is
to be reorganized on -, 600 basis.
Mr. Robert n. Mitchell has removed his
i 1dlnlly 10 OndflOUIG Wntfo he Is dOulllS 10
the stand pipe of the city water works.
A teacher of experience and ability,
well known in North Carolina, where he
has conducted a Female Seminary almost
ever since he quilted the saddle as a Con-
federate Cavalry Officer, desires a situa-
ton in we'll established Boarding School,
or would take charge of such All institu-
ton. Drawer AZ, Raleigh, N. c.
A substantial old citizen was heard
inquiring the other day for some newspaper
that does not contain anything about
s'Base ball, college Commcncements,'
S'TObacco Booms" nor political speeches
1t would cost $500 year, per subscriber
to keep up paper like that: though We
feel bound to admit there is mighty little
interest in such topics if you aren't snake
bit on them.
Mr. Albert G. Bauer, the architect
has returned from flying trip to West
Virginia and Pennsylvania. He showed
us a specimen Of small newspaper circu
lated among the miners of that regor
called ''The Ohio Valley Boycotter.' Il
is issued anonymously, to print a 'Blacl
List headed by the picture of a blacl
sheep Every man who is printed in tha
list is 'sboy cottei and gets no trade from
the miners That sort of thing beats th'
ku klux
July, August, September, October, >
four dry and hot and dusty months .-anC
your wife looks thin, and the baby squall
like an india rubber guinea fowl, and th'
mosquito net is full of holes, and every
body is taking a wash down at Morehead
and why shouldn't youi costs to-
much y Oh we'll now, you needn't swal
low the whole ocean at once. Write t
Mr.. Raney and bargain for a room for
month, or only from Saturday to Monday
1t will be worth $40 to see the children
chasing sand -fiddlers.
When the too inquisitive youngster
ask ''where baby comes from, the usui.
dodge is-'Oh, it dropped from tn
clouds = A case of real dropping iron
'sParts Unknown" has just occurred i
Iowa.
Mason City, Iowa, June 21.-A messen
ger from Owen township says that on tn
morning OF the great tornado, IN a flel
on the Phelps farm, little boy baby
about years old, was found lying IN
diving condition, with only night dres
on his person. Nobody knew, nor hav
they been able to learn since, to whom tn
child belonged nor whence he came. In
babe lived short time only after beln
picked up. The remains were kept a
long as possible for claimant, but non
coming a description was taken for tul
ther indentification, and the body wa
buried Yesterday That the tornado droI
ned the babe admits of no question, bu
where it picked him up is still myster.
A terrible affair has occurred nea
Palestine, Texas. man named Hasse
went to a dance leaving his young an
pretty wife without protection. On h
return near dawn he found the imprint {
her naked feet in the mud surrounded
those of negroes. Falling on his knees
prayed to be killed. The neighbors starte
out to kill the ruffians. Twenty negro
were arrested Finally the wife an
daughter of one of them confessed tn;
Mrs Hassci, had been dragged from h
bed. and maltreated by the crowd. Fly
negroes were lynched on the spot: two
them women. Two others have bee
killed since. Such things are horrible
every sense But what can prevent ther
Good laws, good courts, good school
good newspapers, and immigration. Cir