Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-08-25
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.

The mex: annual meeting Of the
Farmers State Alliance will be at
Fayetteville and will begin the Sec
ond Tuesday 10 August, 1889.
Mr.. J. l.. Stone, of Raleigh, dealer
in musical instruments and sewing
machines, died in that city on Sat
urday, August 18th, in the 10th year
of his age.
Greensboro North State All in
sill 1883 has been the best fruit year
10 Guilford county for quite a while.
By the way, we have heard that
leap years are always good fruit
years. Can any of our old cit zeus
tell Us if it is true?
Greensboro Daily Workman A
monument to the dead heroes who
fell on the Confederate side ADD who
are inferred 10 Greene Hill Gene
terry will be unveiled in this city on
the 18th of September. We hope
all the x.Contederate soldiers in
this section of the country will be
present and participate 10 the core.
monies. The programme has no,
as yet been arranged.
Raleigh News-O Observer AT the
present term Of Johnston Superior
Court a negro named Burweil Bat.
tie has been tried and convicted be-
tore Judge Avery upon an. indict.
ment for shooting into a train on the
North Carolina Railroad, near Pine
Level. The court sentenced him to
Imprisonment in the %peni,entiary tol
eight years. This is a just and
wholesome judgment and. we hope
will serve as a warning. No punish
ment is too V tor a wretch who
fires into a tram filled with unsus
pectiny travellers.
Raleigh State Chronicle TIL,
number OF convicts now in the peni
Tertiary, on the farms, railways aut
turnpike is 1865. The con victs ar.
divided as follows In penitentiar,
aud on it's two farms near Raleigh
1854; on Murphy division OF West
ern North Carolina Railroad, LOG
in quarters on Tvey Greek on tina
road, IS in quarters at Hors
Ridge, 78; on Cape Fear and Yad
kin Valley railway, 228 on Care
lima, Knoxville and Western raj
way, contract work in Haywoo
county,, 189 on Wilson Short Gu
81 on the Fayetteville and Wi
mington, Extension of Cape Fea
; and Yadkin Valley, 176 on th
) Plymouth turnpike, 81.
Charlotte Chronicle There a,
8 pears far more hopefulness an
. cheerfulness among the farmers
this section than was discernible te
days ago. The late rains ha,
wrought this great change. Cor
cotton and other crops have revive
greatly since the copious shower
have fallen. The drought was NJ
equally severe In some localiti,
there was almost no suffering wbi
in others the outlook was distres
ing. But in no place did the ra,l
tall fail to produce a great reactio'
3 In many places a full crop is e:
pected, while in no places may IL
crop be expected TO fall below ii
' average. In Union county the crol
are reported TO be very promisin
throughout.
Milton Advertiser The Moul
Holly Fair which was held this wee
s was a grand uccess It is estim
e ted that at least 10000 people we.
IN attendance upon the fair. III
National Executive Committee
the Republican party sent down
couple OF Northern Congressman
make political speeches. They mat
+ their speeches almost purely poll
cal and were rather coolly listent
to. Immediately after their speech
8 the visiting Congressman LETT. Th'
a sensation was produced by the 8
rival of Senator Ransom on a speci
train. The Senator was disappoir
ed to find that his men had lie
But he mounted the platform and
a speech of an hour and a halt co,
+" pleteiy captured his hearers al
e scored a complete hit tor the d
a mocracy. His speech, it is said, W
received with most enthusiastic a