The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1885-12-24
NO. Is
FROM MI RrHI To NANIEu.
som THINGS ~TnAT ARIuApPf
NC IN NORTH ARpIlN
The Feopie Are Ha>s pfvpairtns tol
Christmas and News Item. Arc Noi
Abundant.

anu >'N> '"me Nt' NJ
Abundant
Horse, afc diving viih the slaa-,er
IN the >touewaN section
-.. We notice marked Improvement .
the Nade>boro INTEL. geucer. r>pst.sIiy "a
tn" typographical depa tmeut
. From the Biblical Recorder ,,,. fea- a-
that - ooo was raised iu ~hslb, last ~ ,.I
70 Iiquidaic the debt IL she'll, Fcna,c COL
lege
The protractcd meeting iu the Grvca
Vile Baptist church. conducted iu part ~
lpr. Nelson aud pr Ilufham. resulted &,
thirteen additions, says the Reflector
Nr. Il. + Grady IN the Ncv> Ot~.sr
Yer notes that an act Of Congress. appro,e a
March 10th s04, is signed by ~euato.
Jesse Franklin, Of surrv. and NathauJo
Macon. then speaker - the HOUSE II,
therefore lnfers that senator Franklin IA.
President, pro tcmporc. of the senate
49,. \ correspondent o. the New, ,,l,>er
yer SAY - that the Penusy ykauja Central hAs
purchased thS GAINESVILLE and Wa~hlnsfou
railroad, and Will run Il through to PORTS
mouth, Va, which viii give il ,la~c Cuu
neetlon with the Cape Charles route g.
Philadelphia and other points North Il
Is probable tins road will also Ice carrie,
To New Bcrne. distance of only "a miles.
-... Henderson Is To have Il soap factory
Good. Commenting on the new cut.rprls,
the Gold Leaf turns the crank OF its puotT,
machine and griends out the following
Its hope that Keeps US up,
Its hope that keeps our memory green,
Its hope that makes our lives sublime,
And It's soap that Keeps Us clean,
... Mr.. K. c. Windley, indicted for th,
murder Of one Waters on whose life Wind
ley had S2l 600 insurance ia his own Ia
vor, WAS acquitted ia Beaufort superior
court last week The trial created great
interest, Iuasmuch as Waters was an old
and feeble man aud Windiey having so
much insurance on his life aroused su>pi
clons that there vas foul play.
49,. Seven families Of colorcd people
from Chesterfield county. =. c.. passed
through Wadesboro on Tuesday last, ca
route for Arkansas. The immigratlo lor
fever appears to be raging IN Chesterfield
with the same violence that il n ia Au~on
and the farmers of that county seem II,
little exercised over the danger to th"Ir
interests which may possibly result from
the exodus.
The old kitrcll Springs Hotel, situ
atcd one mile from kitrells, Vance county
which, before the war, was a noted rcsor
for health and pleasure seekers caught ~
fire Monday morning and was togcthe
with several adjoining cottages. quickl,
destroyed These buildings had been r.
Gently purchased by the colored people
whose purpose was 10 establish Il schoo
there.
.... Bladcn Bulletin 4 girl named Hat
tie Robson was burned To death on sun
day at Abbottsburg She was lying be
fore the fire asleep and when she awok
she was all ablazc. The house was locked
bat Hattie broke out and ran across tia
fields, her clothing burning all the time
until she fell and expired IN great agony
All OF her clothes, except some little bit
of her corset, were burned off. She wa
| about Is years of age.
..I In Norfolk, Va, December l3. Mr.
r. B. Berry, merchant of Moyock, Cur
rituck county, \. G., was sutfocated in hi
room by escaping gas at the Mansion
| House. He retired between nine and tcl
o'clock, and was asked by the serycnt i
| he understood how to turn of the gas. II
said he did and the servent left. Thu
| morning waiter was sent to the room 90
| cupled by Berry to arouse him for break
| fast. The apartment was found filed wit
gas and Berry dead on the bed An eN
| animation revealed tho fact that hc ha'
blown out the gas instead Of turning ii ot
| when he retired
| ..., About three weeks ago John Ie
! shot and killed solomon Welch in Rich
mond county, for the purpose Of robbery
| Both parties were white After the per
petration of the crime Lee fed, but VA
| hotly pursued and as he verdict of TIA
| cOroner's jury WAS that Lee committed I'll
| act. Gov. Scales offered a reward Of - }
for his apprehension. Lee was capture
by Deputy Sheriff Patterson near keyseI
| Moore county, on the lst inst, To whof
he made a full confession Of his guilt II
was lodged in jail at Rockinghan whcr
he remained until last Friday night, whc
| he was taken out by a mob and carrie
to "A place about a mile distant and hun
to "A tree.
When the father Of Gen. Joseph !
| IIawley, Of Connecticut, left North Car
lima, many years ago, he owed Mr.. Jam.
Patterson, who lives near Lurnberton,
| c. balance of ten dollars for the tuitio
Of young Joe, who Is now United STATE
senator from Connecticut AT that tim
Mr.. Patterson had IA prosperous boy
|
insignificant 10 him, but war and the bar
times following left him in 5traltcucd ca
cum stances. In looking over his must
accounts few day, ago be found TINS Ii
tie balance due for ehooling Of son Jo'
SO He wrote 10 Gen. IIawley, cnclo
ing the bill, and at once received chec
for the amount.
-. Capt W. T K. Bell, Principal
Kings Mountain High school, send, out
beautiful Christmas greeting to all fren'
of the school, .'onc Of whom, IN the la
guage Of some one we don't rernernbc
1--WE are which" II has enrolled this 81
sion 132 students Referring to the wol
Of the school, Capt. Bell says Its wo
is not rapid, but thorough. Alive to eve
improvement, III matter and method, il
conservativel, progressing. graspiug = Ia
ever is Inanifestly helpful, III the new AZ
clinging with loyal tenacity 10 all hat
sanctioned and sustained by experienc
, in the old. 1t has 40 alchemy by WLl,
it promises to convert ,aWdus. M, brain
: and offers no excellence that IS not 10
won by earnest, honest, faithful toll
We;s Timed Criticisms Of Senator Nanc
81 80 III