The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1885-07-30
GENERAL NEWS.


mob at DouglasyilIe, Ga, for rape on a
young wIitf girl.
A picnic never passes off satisfacto-
lily unless there is an ant hill in the neigh
borhood. Girls must have chance TO
scream
Three sisters who arrived at Castle
Garden last week from Europe are bear
ded like men, and one of them Shaves
three tunes Il week.
- 1t is said that corporations have no
souls This Is perhaps true but 1t is also
pretty safe 10 aSy that a good many OF
them have no bodies.
The Prince of Wales limp, recently
affected by the dudes, is combination Of
the walks of man who has been kicked
and man who had ought to be.
Mrs. Grants share of the proceeds
of General Grants book, Personal Mem
olrs Of L. 5. Grant, Will be between 5000
900 and $500, 600, publisher G. l.. Webster
says.
- \ case of suspected poisoning in
Chesterfield county, Va a cOlOred girl,
Fanny Cox is supposed to have been put
to death with rat poison by her step
mother, Sarah Cox.
Mr. }. f. Causey, of Greensboro,
has closed "a trade with Mr.. K. L. Gwyn,
of Mount Airy, for %, 600 pounds of man
ufactured tobacco. Ii.> We call pretty
stable transaction.
-. Bedford, Iowa, July 20. This af-
tcrnoon Ida kimball, aged ID IA daughter
Of leading business man, shot and killed
". /. Giles, Il prominent dealer. She
claims that Giles seduced her.
-. From calculations made by the
peach growers and furnished the railroads,
tl,.. N1.1 \I,.1- .1, III n MO
Railroad estimates that it will carry over
It's line this season 50, 600 baskets.
. Frederick Gebhardt is in London.
and the newspapers there say that he is
still III the train Of Mrs. I.angtry, rivalled
only by Charles Coghlen, the other for
mery engaged in this city, but now in the
llly> company.
\ Chicago girl had two suitors.
She angered one by going for an evening
walk III the park with the other. The en-
ragged chap borrowed the uniform of Il po-
/ liceman, lay III wait for the sentimental
couple, and arrested the favored lover for
kissing the maiden. The fraud was not
discovered, for it was dark, until the
offender had begged for mercy and paid a
brbc of 50 for release.
80 A grand demonstration Will be had
upon the completion Of the States public
work III Pender cOuE-y, TO which the Gov
ernor and 1t Governor, Attorney General.
Supt. Public instruction and others Will
be invited Capt K T Paddison, Maj
{. W. McClammy, Or. W. G. Murphy and
A. X. Black; John d. Stamford, O. H.
Allen and others have been designated as
managers.
-. The Fayetteville ''obServer says :
The residence of Mr. James W Atkinson,
of this town, was on Friday night last en-
| tered by a burglar The rascal had placed
il barrel under a window through which
the entrance was affected The burglar
was discovered by Miss Atkinson standing
by her bedside She called to her fl her,
but the wretch had fled before Mr.. Atkn-
son could get a glimpse of him. The
low price Of cotton goods has caused the
>toppage of all work in all the factories
around Fayetteville.
49,. ASheNille Advance SAWS: Twenty
one out Of the thirty members of the Colds
boro Rifles We're in ured in the wreck Yes
terday. The dead body Of joe Cr;lw-
ford, colored man, who met his death III
a cornndum mine near Democrat, was
brought 10 the city yesterday morning
The unfortunate man was being drawn III
a buck ket from the bottom Of deep Shaft
and when within 4 few feet Of the top fell
out of the bucket and went whirling down,
d distance of 20 or 10 feet. His skull was
fractured and his neck broken. 1t is sup
posed that he tainted which was the
cause of ms falling
4 fire broke out IN Greensboro on
! sunday morning, about 4 O'Clock, destroy
ing the store Of Henderson X klrkman,
+ Southern cNpieSs office, store of /. 5.
Shelton all IN the three story brick build
ing of Mr.. J. F. Causey. Wharton Il STRAIT
! ford the Baptist church building. 1t is
supposed to have originated in the cellar
| of Henderson x kirkman and from q
| lighted candle on a box. The loss is esti-
mated as follows Henderson Il kirkman
81 900 no insurance; Southern Express
Company, valuables mostly saved; T. S
shelton. stock nearly all saved. insured
for 81. 900: Wharton Il Stratford loss
about SO. 900, insurance $4. 900. j. F.
4 Causey'S loss on the building is estimated
at $4,000 insured for So. 100, and the
loss on the Baptist church Is $4,000. Mr.
Causey will rebuild at once. Wharton X
Stratford will probably rebuild also
At Rutherfordton Railroad meet
ing was held on Monday and during the
discussion of the proposed change of route
to Shelby, Il difficulty occurred between
Maj. Sinclair, of Marion, and Capt John
B. Eaves, of Rutherfordton. Maj Sin
clair in his speech stated that Capt. Eaves
refused to subscribe money to the old DAD
before the war, then Capt. Eaves exclaim-
ed, 'sthat's a lie'' twice. the belligerents
rushed for each other, but parties held
both and prevented the fight. Thus the
meeting terminated in a row.
The Rutherford Railway Directors met
on Monday, but personal feud terminal
ed the discussion. On Tuesday they con
sented to "a change of route. Instead of
going to Gaffneys the route is via Shelby
SO this difficulty is surmounted Coils
Jones, johnson and Crquhart were present
and all the arrangements were satisfactory
to the railway nagnates.- Shelby Aurora
Pttsfeld, Mass, July "a. North
Adams famous scandal case began in the
Superior Court, to-day. Welcome Cook,
Mary Cook, his wife, and Parkhurst. a
lawyer, are under Indictment for conspir-
acy to blackmail Timothy Reardon, a North
Adams merchant. Mrs. Cook has turned
States evidence, and testified this after
noon to repeated consultations between
herself, husband and Parkhurst, at which
conferences, plans were laid to entrar
Reardon. Cook went to Bennington and
telegraphed his wife that he would not be
home for several days. She showed the
telegram to ReardOn and he went to her
house in the evenin:-. They Were alone
and partly disrobed when Cook and Park
hurst, who were watching through holes