Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-08-21
STATE NEWS

IL j . CoAA Sa0S "a
900 orphan children In the State.
Minister Jarvis writes that be did,
not contribute any money to the
Prohibition campaign.
The Gath North Carolina Report
will soon DE ready tor distribution.
cou,aius about 1900 pages.
Mr.. 81. H. Reynolds, OF Winston,
has been appointed Chief Marshal OF
the State Fair this Fall and has ac-
cepted.
Washington Progress : We notice
a stalk OF corn which was raised in a
garden IN this town, that measured
twenty feet in length.
By nearly everybody Senator
Vance is believed TO be a native OF
Buncombe county. It is an error.
Senator Vance and General Robert
b. Vance are natives OF Madison
county. 49,.
Mr.. J. I. Bagwell,, late of Win
s,on, has taken up his residence in
Charlotte. He will study law with
a view of obtaining license TO. Prac-
tice from the Supreme Court the
coming winter
On Monday 9th inst. there were
29l convicts, OF whom rs we're
women, in the penitentiary. There
are in all about 1,4O0, the greater
portion being on railroads aud the
two penitentiary farms.
Alamance Cleaner: Throughout
the county the prospect for a to.
bacco crop is poor indeed, but the
corn crop on up lands, where it wa.
worked, is good. The wheat CROP
is turning out very little.
John, Cardwell who was to have
been hanged at Wilkesboro on III,
23d Of July, but three days betor,
was released by his friends, has bee,
r%ecaptured. The boys that cap
sured him got $500, Another da,
will be set for the haoging.
Oxford Orphans Friend The 10
bacco will be bo,h~small and interio
this year. Hence good grades ar
bringing better prices. The pros
poets are that all common grade
. will continue low. Good tobacco {
7 the present crop will be scarce.
The liquor men of Raleigh, VIII
, were refused license TO retail liquo
just outside of Raleigh townshi,
have brought suit against the Cour
ty Commissioners. They claim thu
I the commissioners have no discr,
s ton and were compelled to grant.
Raleigh is to have electric light
paved streets, water works, and a
Industrial School. The Board
D Aldermen have passed an ordinaue
n allowing the Raleigh Street Raj
NO w.
:. the city and to run them 25 year
q The Byuum cotton factory,
n Chatham county, has been purchase
by Nh. J. NJ. Odell, Of Conco,
Inc price to be paid IS $3.50
about one-third Of lis original cos
d 1t will be put into operation 500
+ Mr.. Odell is a large and SUGGEST
} cotton manufacturer.
Raleigh News,O Observer \ no
II city, in North Carolina at least,
the fact that a Columbus county M
is gong to bring suit against a ia
r. damsel OF his region for breach
e promise of marriage. And WI
not Is there any good reason wi
l the women should have the mono
!, oily of redress for wounded afe
tions ?
As Plttsboro Home: The n%otorio
I" Bailey, who is wanted by the cour
tor bigamy, went to the house Of NJ
5. Phillips, whose daughter he hi
/, married, last Thursday night, wi
the avowed purpose of taking Il
e. girl away by force. An alterca,i.
!. followed, i'll which Bailey shot
y. Phillips three times, w%oundins hi
l. badly in the wrist. Bailey escape
III During the same night a party VI
were OH the lookout TOR bin ca,
across a negro. The negro ran al
80 was tired al, a few shot taking effe