Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-06-20
STATE NEWS.
The State Press Association is in

The State Press Association is in
session at S%milhville.
Rev. l.. H.JGibbons, of the North
Conference, is dead.
Chatham county rejected the new
read law-so did Cumberland.
DR.. II. 3. Haywood, of Raleigh,
had a partial stroke OF paralysis last
night.
The Ranileman cotton factory, in
Randolph county. was partly dc
s,royed by fire II nigh, last week.
Loss $4,000. Seven hundred bands
thrown gu, of employment.
The office of the internal revenue
for the 9Th North Carolina District
was opened in Reil>.ille, bud inst.
Col. a. J. Boyd, collector II. \
Dwire, chief clerk S. II. Boyd,
cashier. The other clerks are Stef-
ling Ruffin, Il. NJ. B. Filing on, G.
II. Overman and Maj. Ja-. Sloan.
Fayetteville Observer: Sentence
of death was pronounced on Friday
last by Judge Avery, On Mcneil,
Gee and Howard, al of whom are
doomed to pay the extreme penalty
OF the law on the 25th Of July.
The way of the tr~anssressor is
hard.n We have not hearfwhether
the e~xecutin is to be public or pri-
vatc. We hope the latter.
Charlotte Democrat The Trus-
tees Of the University postponed the
election of the new Professors, a,
their meeting at Chapel Hill last
week. There will he a special
meeting held for that purpose, per-
Nhaps in Raleigh. There are about
800 applica,ions-they are from far
and near-Athens, Berlin, New
Mexico, and 81 States aud Terrific,
ries in the United States.
Raleigh Chronicle Henry Davis,
one of the colored men who were
lynched, you know, at Clayton last
Christmas eve, arrived in Raleigh
Yesterday evening. Henry must
have been to q very cold place since
he was lyLched as his toes are frozen
off. He is otherwise rather badly
used up, but of all the miraculous
tales you ever heard Henry tells
them in connection with the lynch.
ing at Clayton.
Durham Reporter: The chief en-.
gineer of the r. & D. r. R. Co.
Mr.. Boyden, is now in Person coun
ty with a view of extending the Mil
ton and Roxboro narrow gauge Il
Il. from Milton to RoxhOro. The
survey will commence next week
We are glad to know that onr.fer
son friends are at last to have a L
r., but we think il would be much
better for them if the road were te
extend to Durham.
Mr.. Joi A. Cheatham was muir
dered in his store at Raleigh on tht
night OF June 10th, by a mar nance
William Gooch. His brother, Mr.
James C~heatham, in trying 10 par
them, was stabbed dangerously b,
another man named James Smith
The mnrderers were drinking. The
assault grew out OF a disputed &C
count. Smith was arrested the SANE
night, bnt Gooch was not captured
until the 18th, when he was arrested
near Durham by Sheriff Markham
Raleigh Visitor: To-day Gcorg,
', Strong and A. NJ. Lewis, Esqs.
attorneys for those who oppose ,hs
no-tence law, sued out a summon,
before Charles D.. Upchurch, Clerl
of the Superior Court Of Woke
county, returnable at the Angus
term next, against the Board o
Commissioners of Wake county
We understand that counsel TO.
plaintiffs will at once seek 10 ob,ai,
an IN junction restraining the defend
ants from building the fence around
the county until the ccnstitu,ionalft,
of the act a be passed upon by tn.
courts.