The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-10-03
PROGRESSIVE FAYETTE-
VILLE-WATER WORKS
SOON TO BE BUILT.
Dam Breaks in the River Causing
Delay on the New Bridge.
Reg. Cor. CAUCAsIAS.I
FAYETTEVILLE, \. C.,
Sept. Both, 1889.

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smoke. Nothing but tue piano
and few chairs saved. The
building was owned by George
Williams, superintendent of the
State Colored Normal School
and was insured for 81, 900. In
surance on furniture $4,000.
Mr.. w. +. Holmes, of Cumber-
land mill las been elected SUI
perintendent of the Fayetteville
cotton mills, in place of Mr.. j.
II. Allridge.
The Farmers Exchange, the
new paper, made its appearance
las. Wednesday. 1t is edited by
Mrs. J. & o. Evans, and is a neat
and spicy paper.
Mr.. Geo. W. Nightmare well
known young business man, left
last week fOr Pine Bluff, Ark,
to accept a position in a large
cotton commission house at a
good salary.
This city is rapidly undergo
ing a change. Old buildings are
giving place to new ones, and
vacant lots are being utilized.
Capt. j. B. Brcadfoot is remod-
elling his residence on Hay
mount. Mr.. d. III. Ray is build
ing a two story dwelling OIL Hay
street. Mr.. Geo. p. McNeill has
Just commenced a $4,000 resi-
dence on Rowan street and is
building another to rent, adjoin-
ing it. Capt. Muse. OF the
"ShOrt Cut" railroad has bought
a house on Rowan street and is
repairing and improving it. Mr..
Frank Thornton is building five
new houses on Maiden Lane. Mr..
S. G.. Aver, is building two houses
on Person street. The Yadkin
Valley railroad is building a new
passenger depot at a cost, it is
said, Of $4,000. Mr.. T. S. Lut-
terloh has about completed his
new house Oh HaymOunt. Small
tenement houses are being built
by the dozen, and still the de-
mand for houses is not satisfied.
If this is not sign OF progress,
what is?
Mr.. T. A. Barker, manager of
the Hotel Lafayette, will return
in a day or two from his sum-
mer resort on Campbello-Is-
land, off PASSPORT, Maine. He
has thoroughly advertised the
hotel here as a winter reso,t t, and
it is probable that it will be fill
ed this winter with northern
guests.
The gas-light and electric
light companies were purchased
last Friday by the Egypt coal
mining company. The. new
owners will make extensive i'm
provements and extend the use
of both. They will make coal
gas, using the coal from the
Egypt mines.
1t is said that this city will
have a fine system of water
works in another year The
works are to be built by 4 North
ern company. While we have
the purest water in the world, it
is not in sufficient quantities for
fire purposes.
The fire department has had
an additional appropriation of
$500 from the town lately. The
interest in the department has
been on the wane for sometime
and paid department is a ne
cessity.
Mr.. Julian S. Carr, the chief
marshall of the Centennial Gel.
ebratiOn is taking a great utter
est in it. He has already ap-
pointed forty assistants among
the leading men of the State
whom the Durham Globe says,
would be we'll worth coming ia
see, il there were no other at
fractions.
The cotton market was lively
on Saturday. The receipts du-
J ring the past week were abou
$50 bales. The prices paid are
the same as the Wilmington
market. The high price is
drawing the staple from all Gi.
rections.
Tomorrow the postoffice viii,
be turned over to the new Re
publican postmaster. Mr.. D. F
Wemyss.
The Office Of the Postal Tele
graph and Commercial Cable
Company is the handsolnest il
the city. There is four bate
ries and two operators. The re
ceipts have been three times al
large as expected at this office
The company will soon put VI
q branch line from here to Viii
! mington, going by Elizabeth
; town on the west side of the
river.
The Golfer dam in the middle
; Of the river broke in last Wed
nesday and the excavation soor
filed with sand and water. Thi.
8 will delay the work three week,
r or more. It is hard TO get {
foundation.
Rev. JOS. Wheeler, of the Hay
l street M E. Church, has return
> ed improved in health.
, Rev. T. P. Barclay preached
, at st. PauPs, in Robson county
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