The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-01-07
FROM MI RPHY TO NA\TEo.
>ONE THINGS ~Tu&T ARruaPrT>-
1<e IN NORTH CAROLINA.
hat Happened in the Good ola STATE
Nhits the P~opi. N~r- Fnioytnx the
flottdays.

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EnsoNcd % SAINT aud sluueS
NJ least by every oue ~ho had
\ splendid turkey dinner
The Superintendent II TIE oxford
Orphan Asylum rs>elyc, letter r,s,atA
addressed to The iso~suau 81 the ~llum
..- on Wednesday of last v.,s.k th,. Ia
bscco factory Of Carroll - Go, At ,,Fvcn>
boro. was burnt >,ook and hu.ldtng fan,
insured.
December 22ud the Asheslllv and
>paitan>burg railroad was completed to
Hender~onvlilc, thereby Joining that town
With Ashevllle by means 81 ribs of steal
The paStotlice known A. "Whltr.
willie Depot, Columbus county. q.
will hereafter be known as Niuelaul The
change OF name went into effect january
fst
Shelby ought 20 toe the unst gndly
place III the state il olergyinea make d
place that way. There are now fifteen
brothers OF the cloth Who abide IN tha,
town.
Gov. Scales has authorized au ex-
change of the Spring Terms Of the Courts
OF Wayne aud New Hanover, 80 that Judge
tOnnor Will hold the latter and Judge Gil
mer the former.
Lib The Wilmington Star. of Jan end,
says New Year callers last might were pro.
vided with printed tags, inscribed. Hap
py New Year When | am full send mc
home. Name - Address ---. ''
Mr.. Anthony Godfrey, Of Pasquo-
tank county, thirty years of age, was
fatally wounded during the HOLIDAYS by
the bursting of an anvil in which he and
party of friends were exploding powder
~ News Observer.
The News Observer publishes the
burning of the warehouse of the Roanoke
Steamboat Co. at Hamilton Dec, 23rd
including 20 bales of cotton and 26 sacks
of peanuts The loss Was -, 300, partially
covered by insurance.
William J. Hooper x Son, propric-
tors of the Mountain Island Mills, Noun
tain Island, \. c., have, with " +. Jor
dan and others, Incorporated at that place
the Mountain Island Manufacturing Co,
capital stock $3.50, 600.
Albemarlc Enquirer says There
are many enterprises III Eastern North
Carolina which are unknown iii other parts
of the State. Cur. .ifuck county has IA match
factory and the matches are as good As
any manufactured in the State.
-. Messrs VIM Williams and Mitchell
Rose were out in small heavily loaded
of Douglas Canal, when strong and sud
den wind capsized the boat. Both men
were drowned Washington Gazette
The Goldsboro Cotton Seed OH Mills
are now kept running day and night. This
Is one of Goldsboro's leading enterprise.
The company has already made something
over 900 tons of its valuable Prolific
Fertilizer Goldsboro Messenger.
- The people of Pitt county voted
Tuesday of last week on the proposition To
subscribe $50, 600 for the purpose Of build
ing a railroad from Goldsboro to Green
vile and the proposltloD was defeated
But another effort Will be made to secure
the required $50, 900.
- A Washington, ID. G., correspondent
of the Statesvile Landmark says. OF the
Capitol appointments on the House side
only learn positively OF that of Mr.. Henry
G.. Williams among North Carollntns.
But ! regard Mr.. Cowan and probably Col.
Davidson as secure.
49, Durham has organized an electric
light company with the following officers:
Julian ). Carr, president; W. Duke, vice
president; q. w. Watts, secretary and
treasurer; J. 5. Carr, W. [. Blackwell. +.
J. Parrish, Eugene Morchead, ". Duke,
c. W Watts, b. q. Duke, J. W. Black
well, ulTcclOFS.
At last it would seem that we are
to have the renowned and universally pop
ular prima donna, Miss Clara Louise KEEL
logg. Her advance agent Is on his way
here to make dates for her appearance in
this city towards the end of the current
month h-IGo Goldaboro Argus.
The Goldsboro Argus says two thou
sand, seven hundred and fifteen dollars
1 ba of at 10,
4 W. T. r. Office at that place on New
Years day, the same being for transport
ing the negroes that left that day for the
turpentine regions of the South.
The Durham Reporter says that on
Wednesday evening last, a young man
named Charles Salisbury, came 10 Dur
ham from Goldsboro, and while under the
influence of liquor attempted suicide by
taking one ounce of laudanum The most
energetic remedies were applied and he
recovered.
Mai. J. ". Wilson has sold 81,
600 acre tract Of land III Swain and Cher
! okee counties, to a nephew OF the Hon.
| Saml J. Tilden. for the purpose Of colo
nization Of Northern citizens, at one dol
lar pei acre. The new settlers comprise
farmers and mechanics. 50 says tine Ne"
town Enterprise.
49,. The Henderson people are talking
about a Graded School. 1t would be- u
great advantage to the town Henderson
is so well supplied with good private
schools, however that it does not feel the
need so much as some other towns, aud
yet the public spirited men ought to see to
! its establishment.
- The Durham Reporter says Mr.. Jas
! Simpson dropped dead near Redmond :
: Grove, in this town on Monday morning
last He was "a member Of Progressive
Assembly, Knights of Labor. His remain,
were transported 10 Lexington, \. g., foI
nterment, and were accompanied by I
member Of Progressive Assembly
- The Fayetteville Sun has toen pur
chased by Messro. B. +. Peterson and ;
g. Worth of the Eve;.iI,.; News, whIc
paper will be merged into the sun. \ ne'
Potter press ana other material will te ad
ded AID the Weekly sun promises 10 seu
IL tight throughout the state Wlth mor
bTllliancy than heretofore, Success.
barring tie Weok, says the Sta
three patents have been granted 10 Mort
Car,.inians as follows: Addison +. rur,
fOy Of Wake Forest, on a spring bed Do
tom: John \. and A savage, OF Scptlan
Neck, on Il combined fertilizer silatribut'
and stalk breaker, and Lucus l.. Ia, 10
If Seaboard, on a cotton az hay press
80 Western Nof.h Cs.Y6fHl, has bce
knoWp, s-ays the Piedmont Freas. maui