The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-08-31
NORTH CAROLINA NOTES.

OF the Goth says The negroes have in
several cases recently been very turbulent
at their gatherings, The Halifax affair,
wherein Wilmington toughs attempted
to clean out the town, results i'll the ar
rest of lin Neal, Charlie Onslow and Sam
Reese, who are now in Jail at Halifax.
The police at Ncwbernc day before yester-
day had to close the doors of negro
church, after having first driven out the
congregation. Two factions in the church
engaged in desperate battle. There
was much pistol firing, and the whole
ncighborhood was much alarmed. The
offenders were heavily fined yesterday.
1t is stated on excellent authority
that at the Methodist conference the vote
in favor of endorsing the action of the
board of trustees in removing Trinity
College to Raleigh will be overwhelming.
Ii is possible that the conference will take
up the matter of so altering the bounds
of the conferences that this State will be
i'll the North Carolina conference. Now
part of il is in The llolstOu conference and
a small part in the Virginia conference
An attempt may be made to get up again
the subject of the division of the North
Carolina conference. A few years ago
there was Il great debate on this subject.
Winston Republican: Mr.. Edward L.
Pardcw, of Good Springs, Surry county,
N c., was aCcidently shot through the
head on the night of August Goth. 1t
seems that he and some Others were
playing cards, and after getting through,
Mr.. Welcome Richards went to fire his
pistol and when he raised it over his
shoulder, it accidcntly went off, shooting
Mr.. Pardcw through the head. The de
ceased leaves a wife but no children
Mr.. y. F. Poindcxtcr, who lives on Bear
Creek, in Surry county, North Carolina,
owns mule that is thirtv-twO years
old. "Old Mike" is his name, and he is
known both far and near. He served i'll
the iron works near Rockford, during the
war, and has served through the ad-
ministration OF eight presidents. Old
Mike is still gaily, and seems to be in the
very prime of life. He tends good crop
cqery year, and can do as much work as
Il five year old animal.
Franklin Press: Mr.. S. NJ Dills, of
Cartoogajay, has Il pecan tree, probably
the only V one in the county, fifteen years
old and thirty feet high, bearing fruit
This year for the first time.--Tom Nc
Gaha, anR Il Mr.. Brcndlc, found a den of
rattlcSnakeS i'll Swain Il few days ago,
and killed thirty-five, all Of large sizc.-
We were shown at the drug store last
Friday beet that beats all the bccts that
have not heretofore been beaten by any
beet. 1t measured twcuty-scvcn inches
long and twenty-threc inches around,
and weighed sixteen pounds. 1t was
NJ Al n,,II 6
KEY. Charles l.. Hoffman, of Lincoln
ton, n. c., delivered a short, interesting
and well constructed sermon at St.
Agnes Episcopal church last Sunday
evening.
A telegram from Salisbury under date
of August 20, says: Orders from Wash
ington have at last been received here to
move the internal revenue offices from
here to StatcSville, and that they are to
be moved by the first of September,
hence everything in the office is hustling
to get ready to move Most people will
he glad of this, though it will not he as
convenient at Statcsvillc as here. 1t is
supposed that stump office will be cs-
tablishCd here.
The Charlotte Democrat says: Prof. ].
Cotton LyncS, formerly tcaCIer III
Kings Mountain Military School, has
been elected president of the Middle Geor-
gia Military and Agricultural College at
Millcdgcvillc, to fill the place made va
cant by the resignation of Gen. d. H.
IIill.-Mr William A. French has do
mated about sixty acres of land to the
city of Wilmington for the purpose of
making park Off
Morganton Star John Hubbard and
David Smith were before Esq. Aberncthy,
last Sunday, charged with an affray and
disturbing the peace, the same day, at
Rutherford College Hubbard paid fine
and cost. Smith, in default of payment
of fine and cost, was sent to jail for five
DAYS, but was turned loose Tuesday upon
arranging fine and cost.
The above was the effect ofnew brandy,
which always crazcs a man and turns
him fool.