The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-01-23
STATE NEWS.
Interesting Items CuIled from
our Eycllanpas


A colored.man from the country wa
hitching up his team in one Of th
back lots Of Charoloite one day las
week when, according to the NeWs
one Of his mules reached back anc
broke two of his ribs,
Astosilk growing North Carolias
isin the lead Of all other Southern
States. In six months the factory OF
Wadesboro has been enlarged three
times, and It's capacity will be doubl, d
during the next sixty days.
= At the meeting Of the county con-
missoners oil ;Edgecombe last week
forty applications to sell liquor were
granted anc three cases were coutinu,
ed for a new hearing. The business
must be on boom down there.
II. New Btrl Journal: Next mouth
the COOL winter month Of Febrt ary
New Bern will have an exposition
that will surpass in beauty. variety
aud excellence all that have gone be-
FIRE While tue success of the ex-
position is assured it is desirable that
every member of the community con
tribute to that success.
StatesviIle Landmark: Ats chop.
ping at Dir. John Alexande. 3 in
shiloh township; Wednesday of last
week, limb from falling ire struck
Mr.. Hen Y Johnson, crushing his
skull and breaking his shoulder and
both legs, causing instant death. II
was windy day and two parties were
chopping f"ity or City feet apart.
"A mass meeting of the Republi.
can party and distillefs" of Wilkes
county is called to take place at
wilkesboro the first Monday in Feb
ruary for he purpose Of ascertaie g.
the sense of the party in regard % IN
collectorslII!. district attorr .ys lin
&c" The call is signed ~ ;. L
Henderson, chairmsn If the { onnt,
Republican executive CT nnitt 6.
Raleigh gsitr A white manb,
the name OF Daniel Cam ,rnr w,.
found early on SUI 'aY no. .ning ln,l
near h"yser. on e X. 4 "A. l.. X
n "ilh " bullet hole til loapa tie
head and one IL the sreast. A vii I
man who "a last . ,.n with lin has
Deeh aries'ej ON su. picion ANA pal
ID jar L. IS ~ .ppos-i thai be va.
murdered e'!E1 on saturday nom.
Tug or cary - .ndly morning.
PiyU ou.n .hoailor: Wnten j.
oo"e' down 10 sackc.1tb and n,nas
oe' ,Ause sou ,e Of us leading inca az
suffering " lth the itch. This dlsep,t
Is making its appearance In several
places iD Eastern Carolina. mir,
/. j. Il. BaieH,an, bratherin-Iaw to Mr..
John W. pi+rcY, one 1T our most c.
Unable sitiz rs while engaged in
Telling n Iiss IN th, ?Ist last. wa.
struck by falIlpg tree on Tire heal
and shoulders, crushed 10 the groand
aud made unconscious FIR a few min.
uses. All Of his rats we're broken.
Charlotte New~ Mrs. ". r
Covington died at her rome 10 Rock
ingbam this morning. --Barloo,
the five year old 500 of MIR. A. l.
Smith, recei7ed hard fall ct the re.
sidence o. his grandmothcr, alr.. :
V. Young, about 1880 lo-d y II,
fell over lhc banister frnm tbe frsi
landing Ia the hall iloor aud WI.
picked up UNCONSCIOUS An Usd
negro NO uan, name not kuoSn. at
tempted b. cr0ss the tack IN front Of
q freight train on the Il. il ID. road.
about ons mile north Of the junction
at Charlotte. aud was Knocked into
the air AMI killed.
Wilmin tton Star: 4 Mr.. Bryant.
who lost lis right arm in the ba he Of
Fort Fisl ~ in 1865. was In market
yesterday si'h . raft Of timber. cut
and hewpi l,y. himself with IT'S Itit
haod. Tie sympathies Of Que VI The
timber inspectors were aroused in b..
half 0f Ibis .turdy aud self rel / old
.ytterant, AMI be refused - accepted a
ousslaissiun C,r selling Mr.. Braut' .
raft aud ,hr saw mill men, wnen ~.
formed Of the fact, bid aglipst each
cher for she purchase Of the timber,
which WIS finalIy sold to one u them
at q price much ABOVE the ruling
rates.
Candis Earp, 4 white women, VA
shot aud allied In her house In Robe,
son counts, Friday night % last week
she lived with her son aud the two
had been out visiting and on coming
home saw III &c meu standi:g in N,
road u,a- lhs house. Ibreais bad
been una against young sarp uI;e
he suspected TINT thase nen intende,
20 do him harm. lie opened .be doc
and stated in the huusc. biz mgtheI
following b,hind. when tue shot VA
fred, sisiking the woman in thD
breast ar ab1vmcn, causing hcr
death in aIoui two hours. Tho satn,
x...ls a HttIa nfmtunna e.. a.