Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1889-12-07

The Postmaster General has III
rcctri TIA: tie free delivery system
be established at Asheyiile, \. e.,
January h: next.
Washington Pest Judge Walter
Cia.k, who has Just been appointed
10 the vacant place on the Supreme
Court bench Of North Carolina. en-
tered the Confederate army at the
age ot fourteen. In 1868 he gradu-
ated at Cha;c! Hi!l College, and
when only seventeen re-entered the
service as colonel of the sixty ninth
North Carolina Regiment.
Raleigh Chronicle: The analysis
Of the stomach Of d. +. Morris, de-
ceased. has reached Reldsville. 1t
is definitely known that it shows no
trace of poison. This circumstance
will 20 a long ways towards estab-
fishing the innocence OF Mrs. Morris
who is now in jail in Rockingham
county charged with poisoning Der
husband. The analysis was msde
10y Professor Mitchell, Of David,on
College, and is said to have been
very thorough and complete.
Charlotte Chronicle: A genie.
man who has visited the scene OF
the wonderful gold find in Mont
gomery county, says the newspaper
reports are not at all exaggerated
He says that with about S75 worth
of work $4,000 worth OF gold has
been obtained. He described tie
gold as being III quartz veins. lie
quartz can be beat from around tfe
gold, or the gold worked out of il
TIE men at the place o: the "6nC
work for a royalty of 3-S of all they
get. Some ever get a halt. Option,
are being taken on adjacent lanas
1t is said that t pounds OF golt
were taken gu, Thursday.
Raleigh Daily Call This morn
ing ]. L. Davis, charged with ,h'
murder Of Mr.. Jno. IIorton in Chat
ham county last week, was brough
here by Deputy Sheriff Taylor, ane
put in jail for safe keeping. Their
are alLsorts Of rumors ahoat wit
reference to the murder. AS sool
as the prisoner arrived, reporter
went to the Jail and tried to inter
view him, but he positively decIine'
to talk any. He said, II think ID
f matter had better rest just as it il
! The time will come when %everythin,
will come out, and that will IL tim
r enough TO know it.n The p.isone
| is a tall, angular man. has q short
2 thick, reddish beard, large blue eye
and very prominent teeth. His az
: pearance is not very progressing
E and this added to his evident ez
j. haustion or detection this mornln'
makes him q pitlable object o.. COL
r temptation.
: The Raleigh correspondent ofth
, Wilmington Messenger says Sam
nel {. White remarked to your col
7 respondent to-day that he had sc
cured over 500 signatures to bis pe
tition to the Governor for execniv
: cIemency. The coloredApeople t
} the number Of 100 or more, av
signed one list. Many Of the nos
} influential men have signed. Wi,
J has a number of atfidavits, signed
u. Il. Graves, Charles d. Heart
Detective Cujdy, and the Goveno
OF Toronto goal, stating tina, Chale
+. Cross bad made the statemen
J that White had not forged the sil
; natures. These af1idavits were mad
: last January and February and ar
! quite direct and strong as to tb
} matter in question. Your cores
> pendent read them all and was uuc
interested in them. White was asl
ed to allow them to be published
He said he could not now do SO br
that all should be published at tn
proper time. He. appears to 1av
no difficulty in procuring signature
and all who sign read the certificate
1t should be stated that White
not lmporlunate for signatures.