The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-08-29
NO. g
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
JoTTINGs AND CLIPPINGS FROM OUR
STATE EXCHANGES.

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STATE EXCHANGES.
The town of Liberty, in Randolph
county, on the Cape Fear and Yadkin
Valley railway, had a fire on Satur.
day. Five houses, four stores and a
livery stable were burned.
John E. Kelley, a graduate ofDa-
wilson college of the class of 1874,
and of late very successful teacher
in Moore county, has been elected
Principal of the Centennial Graded
School of Raleigh.
~ sa4Res, the Atlantic and North
CarCirna railroad defaulter, is maxi
ing fight in Chicago. He has sued
out writ of habeas corpus. Colonel
Hiusdale ha, gone to Chicago to ar
que the case against him.
The Randolph county Democratic
Convention nominated for the Senate
J. j, White; for the House of Rep
resentatives, I. j. Redding and Mike
Bradshaw; for sheriff, r. A. Moffitt;
Register of Deeds. w. F. Craven.
Concord S andard: On last Mons
day Mir. Robert l.. Smith killed O
ratt'esnake at MIR. Cal Rogers on the
Mt. Pleasant road. HIS snakeship
measured five and halffeet in length
and was six inches in circumference
and had twelve rattles and a button.
Greensboro Patriot: An attempt
was on foot to lynch the negro jailed
at Graham few days since TOR
criminal assault Oh a white woman,
but the matter rcacle Sheriff Ham.
lton's ears and he removed the pris-
oner to Chatham county ill at Pitts
borO. .
We are in receipt Of the premium
list of the 2Sth annual fair of the
North Carolina State Agricultural
Society. 1t is to pay over $1,000 in
premiums. The exhibition will take
place on the 16, u, Is and 18th Of
October. The secretary, Eugene
Harrell, is full Of activity and usually
succeeds. We predict the fair will
be one Of the most satisfactory held
for years.
Hillsboro Recorder We we're
shown this morning by Mr.. T. L.
Hill, the builder Of the Strudwick
house Spanish quarter OF dollar
of the date of IVA which he found
while tearing down the cealing of the
old Turner mansion, built 60 or 10
years ago, there is nothing remarka-
ble about the coin except that every
figure aud letter is, as bright and
pain as when it come from the Span
ish Mint 1lS years ago.
Charlotte Chronicle: As briefly
indicted on the third page of this
mornings Chronicle, the Charlotte
public building bill has been signed
Oy President Cleveland ana has be.
come law. 1t is a settled fact at
last that we are to have our public
building. The building will b. 10.
C ted on the Mint lot, corner Of Trade
and Mint streets. midway between In
dependence 90 cure and the Richmond
d Danville passenger depot. The
site is beautiful one, though not as
near the square as might have been
desired. The appropriation is for
the sum Of SS5, 900, and every cent
of this (and maybe more, too, is to
be expended on the building alone,
the ground being alieady the proper.
ty Of the United States.
Charlotte Chronicle Sven Of
the gang Of railroad hands who
marched un1er the red flag and who
were brought back to the city last
Saturday under military escort, will
this morning commence working the
public roads of Mecklenburg, and
some Of them will grace the county
chain gang through the heat ofthree
summers. = = - Il was pret.
, " go)d haul. but had sheriff Cooper
brought in the whole gang, Judge
) Meares would have given Us forct
. Of laborers sufficient TO macadamize
4 all our county roads in much less
, time than Is now calculated on. The
e sheriff and ms deputy, Mr.. Clanton
!. went as far as Mount Mourne las
I Sunday in search Of eight more of
tenders, but could not come up will
them. The termination ofthis trouble
is regarded with great satisfaction
by our people, many Of whom van
: TO induce Judge Meares to come ul
D and live with us all the time.