Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-02-18
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS
THE SOUTHERN STATES.
News Collected by WIRE and Mail From
All Parts ar Dixie.

in Pennsylvania in consequence of the
strike.
Two escaped convicts we've rccapturcd
in Durham n. C., a few days ago and
taken to the peniteatiary at Raleigh.
Orders have been given to largely in
crease the working force ON the new rail-
way from Shelby via Morganton to Gran
berry, n. c.
The Suffolk and Carolina Railroad is
completed to Chowan river. 1t is an
Important connecting point between Vir-
ginia and North Carolina,
Rev. A. II, Hunter. late of the Diocese
of Colorado, has accepted aprofcssorship
in st, Augustine Normal School, at
Raleigh, n, c.
At Raleigh, n. C., cotton mill COM
pany, with u capital Of $4,000, has
been organized and the necessary amount
subscribed.
AT Charlotte, n, c., three tenement
houses owned by James NJ, Davis, wcr
burned, The houses We're outside of the
district which has water supply. The
loss is fifteen hundred dollars.
AdeliHe Allen, negro woman tried at
Winston, n. C., for numbering her in
FAINT by drowning it in mill-pcnd, has
been convicted Of murder, with recon-
mendation for mercy,
Two Mormon missionaries have left
III ..lt
failing to make u single convert.
The residence of Atlas lowers, in An
son county, n. C., was burned u few
nights ago with all its contents,
The official statement Of the State aud
itor of North Carolina shows that the
value of property in that State is $40
035, 600, an increase Of $1,000, Ill ON the
returns last year,
The steam launch lrinc, at New Or
leans, blew out flew head, resulting in
the drowning of William Meade, cngin-
Ger, and the fatal Scalding of two boys,
Al Manning S, c, Stophney Murray, n
negro, while trying To steal n ride
on the down train of the Central Rail-
road accidently fell, His skull was bad
ly fractured by striking u cross tie.
At Palatka, Fla, arrangements have
been made for hoat race in which Tee
mer, uamm and McHav will row ON st.
Iohn'S River at Palatka for a purse of
one thousand dollars,
1t is estimated that there is about
$3.50, 600 worth of timber in the port Of
Darien. Ga., waiting shipment, One
firm is carrying $lS1, 900 worth of tim
Der.
The schooner Adventure, Whitchurst
master, from Charleston, 5. C., bound
to Washington with gllano, is stuck in
Oregon Inlet, n. c, She is n total loss.
Cargo insured, The crews effects We're
saved.
News has hccn received of the burning
Of two cOlorcd school houses in Chatham
county n. &. All evidence points To the
fact that both fires We're inccndiary, and
the authorities offer Il reward for the in
condiarics,
Very great interest is manifested in ~
vival meetings at S,atcSvillc, \, G., by
Evangelist Pearson. Already there are
over one hundred converts, and the great
warehouse, where the meetings are held
is packed nightly,
The report of DIR. I. ]. Roberts, super
intendeat of the eastern North Carolina
insane asylum for celored patients, at
Goldshoro. SAYS there are ON file sixty
five applicants. There are lsS patients.
The school commissioners of Charlotte
n. C., have elected Alexander Graham
superintendent of the graded schools,
He has for many years been supcrin-
tcndent of the Fayetvillc graded schools,
and is very able man. lie succeeds
Professor Corlow. There ART seventy five
applicants.
The authorities Of Wake county n. G.,
have made contracts for the erection of
two large iron bridges over the Neusc
river, near Raleigh. Il is understood
that iron bridges have been constructed
or contracted for in many parts
of this state. The Contracts wcrc awari-
ed To the Iron Bridge company, of Tole-
do, Ohio.
A reward has been offered for the dis
covery of the men who, on the list inst,
at Oyster Shell Landing, Hyde county,
n. C., murdered Rc,ldin Supton, white,
in the store Of J. NJ. Sup,on, his brother,
and then burned the body in the build
ing. There is no clcw as Yet To the men
who committed this terrible crime.
Governor Scales, after u careful con
Sidcration of the ease, commutcd the
death sentence Of Lucian Rowe, colorvd,
To Imprisonment for ten years in the pen
iteu,iary at Raleigh, n, c., at hard labor.
Rowe was convicted Of burglary at the
March term Of Durham Superior Court,
and was sentenced To he hanged. lie
appealed to the Supreme Court, which
confirmed the Judgment Of the lower
court. Governor Scaics then set March
9th as the date of execution. Rowe
made earnest appeals for communication,
aud has been able to show conclusivcly
that the evidence Of Mary Castlchcrry. a
nogro girl. which was unsupported, but
which convicted him. was false. Tho
girl has made confession to that effect,
Tho Governor therefore imnoScd unon