Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-05-19
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.

NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Democratic State Convention at
Raleigh on Wednesday, May 23d:
Hon. John Nichols has announced
himself as a candidate for reelection
to Congress.
The Republican State Convention
will meet in Raleigh on Wednesday
the 23d day May
Col. r. T. Benefits memorial
address delivered at Raleigh, May
10th, was generally admired.
The fourteenth annual meeting OF
the North Carolina State Dental
Society will be held in Raleigh June
18th to 18th, inclusive. .
There seems to be an increase in
crime in this State. In 1880 there
were 993 %convicts the average nun
Der from 1880 10 1882 was $50 from
1882 to 1884 it was 1,014 from
1884 to 1886 it was 1893. There
are now in the State 1876 convicts.
Durham Recorder The contes,
in the 4th Congressional District
will be between Capt. Bum and n.
B. Broughton. Some OF the others
whose names have been prominently
mentioned decline to allow their
names to be used before the Con
yentlon.
Rocky Mount Phoenix: Rev. Jno.
Huske, Of Buffalo, New York, has
accepted a call TO the Episcopal
church al Tarboro. Rev. DIR
Cheshire, the distinguished divine
who tor forty years has had the care
of souls of that parish, has beer
elected Emeritus Rector.
Washington Gazette The grea'
revival in the Methodist cburcl
closed last Wednesday night. Re
suits at least 125 conversions an(
rs accessions to the Methods
Church. ON community will lon)
remember the earnest, faithful min
listers, the Rev. Mr.. Ware had t
help in the meeting.
Raleigh News and Observer O
aud after Monday, May 18th, 1888,
double daily schedule will be OF
Grated between Chapel Hill an
} University Station, and trains to an
!, from Chapel Hill will make clos
J connection with daylight trains o
J the main line at University Static
i'll each direction daily except Su,
day. This arrangement will great
$ improve the service and be a gres
accommodation to the travelin
public.
The Raleigh correspondent of II
Wilmington Messenger says tt
depositors in the smashed State N
',tional Bank have about reached II
conclusion that SO cents on the do
: lar will be about the size OF their r
ceipts after the adjustment and CO
lection of The receiv,
; says there ought to be a first div
dend by July l, of its amount |
f? has no idea. 1t is very desirable,
F. course, to get all this money bat
. here as soon as possible. AS 500
: AZ $1,000 is collected it is sent on
: Washington. There will necessari
be much litigation and attendant d
y lay,
Wllkeshoro Chronicle On Su
day morning Mr.. Hiram Potts, f,
h ton township, was\sitting before Il
n tire strapping his razor near him s
o his wife and two children. Sudde
ly be sprang to his feet, razor
II hand, rushed at his wife, pushed h
i head back and cut her throat Il
- cut beginning back Of the right G
r. and ending at The swallow. Fc
r. tunateIy the artery was not sever,
h and she will get well. After co,
hitting the deed, Potts picked
his bat and made for the brush. +
was captured Monday and comm
ted TO Jail TO avail, his trial at ne
term of Court. Potts has been CO
. sldered 'lunyn for some time, b
a. this Is the first attempt he has ev
made to lnjnrc any one.