Orange County observer., 1889-11-16
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.

NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
DR.. Eugene Grissom has located
in Raleigh aud offers his services IS
physician aud surgeon.
Concord Times On last Sunday
morning about eleven O'Clock, MIR.
Juo. VI. W. Means, OF Rocky river
ueighborhood, No. ~ township,
committed suicide with a pistol
Nor,h Carolina, according to the
Railroad Gazette, has laid more rails
this year than any other State or
I Territory except Washington Up
to October |, 2l95 miles have been
LAID IN this State There is in ope-
,a;o in No.th Carolina, upwards
Of fifty different railroads.
Charlotte Chronicle T. Rufin
Gwynn, former resident of Rock
lngham county, this State, and we'll
known in many paris Of the Slste,
has made his home in Paraguay,
South America. Mr. Gwynn is now
in North Carolina on business, but
expects TO return TO his new home
abou, December lst, accompanied
by several young men.
Raleigh Signal: The case tor the
Supreme Court in the State Va. j.
J. Boyle has not yet been settled by
Judge Armfeld for the Supreme
/ Court. The defendant has served
the case as made up by his attorn'es
on the solicitor, TO which Solicitor
.Argo has filed exceptions. It,s ex
pected that the disagreement of the
counsel will be determined by Judge
Armfeld during this week, and tha'
the case for the Supreme Court vii:
be sent up, docketed, argued, and
decided at this term.
Durham Globe A gentleman who
has jus, returned FROM Fayetteville
informed a Globe reporter that ar
rangemen,s were being rapidly made
70, the centennial celebration. On,
Of the new features Of the celebra
ton lately added will be the attend
ance of Billy Whitley, an old sol
der aud native OF the State WIZ
was in the war Of 1872 He is IL
years Old He will march at tn
head OF the procession and fire GU
which he used 10 the war three
quarters OF century ago.
Public Ledger: Ia the uppe
part of Wake county, near tn
) Granville comfy line, some W.
weeks ago, a man ban,ered his CON
, pauion with bet that he could ca
, more chicken stew than he could
His friend accepted the wager an
: a half dozen chickens were kille
and the STEW nicely prepared, whe
they sat down at q table and CON
menced operations in the presenc
OF their friends. l, is said that tn
stew disappeared at rapid rate nr
/. til it was all gone, neither one VIII
ming the bet. The result Of thj
match terminated in the death {
one OF them in tew days, and th
other narrowly escaped the san
fate We could not learn the name
. of the parties.
Wilmington Messenger MIR
Cornelia p. Spencer, of Chapel Hill
" it is reported, is rewriting certai
parts of her First Steps III Mort
! Carolina History" that have bee
! objected to. We are gratifed 8
j tins. We gave our own opinion {
: the merits OF the work, aud hlnte
at views that we wer. not in harmt
ny with. Her opinions are eviden
Iy those held by a .mall but yer
= Intelligent minority about the tim
!, OF III, war. We are pleased ths
she will retouch her really yer
clever little work. that il SO read;
ble even tor grown folks w
expressed our appreciation of be
: remarkable talents and cuitivatio
two decades ago, and when sl
passes away the ablest of her sex
thus State viii! be gone.