The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-09-11
LOCAL ITEMS.
,,rbam News Gathered Here
and There.

united in marriage Mr.. 7. II. Scog-
Gins to Miss Cora IIudgins. We
have several more on onr list 1t and
where there are so many pretty girls
they cant be missed II
1T rs a question Of questions be-
fore the people of Durham -itcomes
home to every mans fireside, and
applies with equal force to the en-
terprises already 10 operation add
more! add more!
Owing to the sickness of our
towns, Mr.. Thomas ID Jones. who
is in New York, Miss I.essie South
gate is detained there with him. and
Consequently she will not open her
School of Music until next Monday.
There was a strike in the
"Globe" office last Monday; the
Union men, belonging to the Dur.
ham Typographical Union l25 quit
work in order tohayematters agree
ably arranged conforming to the
Union.
Don't get excited il the electric
lights shines brighter than usual
one night in the next three or four
months; Cupid has put in some sue.
eessful ticks. aud now. Mr.. Westly
h. can look any one square in the
face thout changing color or be-
tlaying the least embarrassment
and say. Eyes sir, | do mean busi-
ness" Wen tell You later who
the fair one is that has already made
Wesly as meek as a lamb.
South street, Durham, will som
set the tongues to wagging; it looks
as il some people are compel to let
their tongues wag a little this way
aud a little that way; but it puts no
change on right, true and honest
hearts. The tongue :3ay wag ~-
burn like a fire and rise to All I'M
mense height, still amid the fierce
roar Of the tongue cupid goes on
with hi, delicate attentions Just the
same, and we have reason to believe
that several are going to come OF
Of South street with flying colo ;;
the tongne-wagger will say that a
man that can make harness, run Il
cigarette marhlnc. sell 20. d., stick
type aud clerk IN hardware store,
can have a soft time with the girls,
Those fellows on South street had
a vigorous work TO do, and ii they
capture in the near future. We can
only say, il was a welI.earned vic.
tory.
Mr.. J. II. Long brought an old
gun barrel to our office last Mon.
day, supposed to have been lost a
hundred years ago. II was found
on the farm Of Mr.. X. ID. Patter-
son, on New Ilopein Orange county
Mr.. z. owns IA large farr on this
stream: some years ago. in its rich
bottoms graves and Indian property
was found. II j. said that for a
time the "Red man Of the forest
inhabited the bottoms Of New Hope,
and were led BY one Lawson. an
Englishman II makes no differ.
ence whether The old gun barrel VII,
lost a hundred years ago or not,
history tells rs that New Hope and
this whole country belonged to the
Red man. And after being driven
away, a people came aud settled; and
there il to-day pride Of race in the
people u Durham and Orange which
cannot I've subdned, aud there il q
Roman virtue which cannot be cor.
rnpted. III I.awson's history can b.
produced, the RECORDER will have
something more 10 say about New
Hope, the past and present. W.
love TO repeat history, from the very
day the Golden Calf Of Aaron set ~
in the very sight Of the shadow Of
The cloud Heaven knows how much
We love our native land, Of the,
We like 10 read aud talk but can
not ISL T."