The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-07-31
LOCAL ITEMS.
Durham News Gathered Here
and There.

Rev DIR. Il. II. Skinner, OF Raj
sigh, preached at the First Baptist
church last Sunday.
AT present there are compare
lively few transactions in cotton,
but watch the professor" a little
later. .8.
The regular meeting Of Dur
ham Chamber of Commerce and In
dustry, was well attended last Mon
day.
Capt. Il. J. Parrish and Mr.. II.
g. Cox came back from Ridgeway
last Monday where they attended a
SUNDAY school meeting.
This section has been visited by
several heavy rains in thepast week /;
and last Sunday was ushered III by
an old-fashioned summer rain.
Our sanitary Policeman, Mr..
Cheek Is looking around in the back
alleys this week. That's right; now
is the time to be on the lookout.
The hard times that we as a
people ARE passing through will have
been benefit TO us If they teach us
TO adopt cheaper ways of living
we'll.
-Glad TO see him. Mr.. Allen
Thomas came over from Oxford a
few days ago and accepted position
with the spike team, the J. Y.
Whitfield Tobacco Go.
Another featherm his cap; Mr..
G. g. Ross. who has for a long time
been deputy sheriff Of Durham coun-
ty, was appointed last Monday,
stamp clerk Of the Durham Office.
The Knights Of Pvthias gave
an entertainment at Stokes Hall
last night. Ii was indeed, a grand
affair: every arrangement was beau
tiful, rejecting great credit on the
managers Of this noble order.
The Board Of Trade Of Hen.
derson will pay Durham q visit on
the nth Of next month. There is no
bodyof men that willdeserye u larger
share Of attention than our neigh
boring friends, We extend to them
q cordial welcome and trust they
will enjoy their trip.
The foreman Of the Plant
told Mr.. Henry Chamberlain last
week that he would have to let
'em 20" things, have changed
said he. and of Henry dashed --
making for the job printing e.
tablishment ~ Mr.. II. Il. Seeman
where he secured a situation at once
So much for being a good workman
The Musical entertainment b
be given at the residence Of Mr.. w
L. Wall tomorrow night, we hop,
will be we'll attended. We are al
3 ways struck with the great pleasure
experienced by both the old and thu
young; and too, these occasions ar
looked forward TO with most pleas
ing anticipations "A worthy object
for the benefit VI the TIL ,mpsoI
Orpanage.
What will the Governor q
Mississippi say to the Governor u
Louisiana when they commence 4
get in trim for another prize fight
Jim smitn, the prize-fghter. cable
from London that he will be onl
too glad to fight John l.. Sullivan
the we;I-known slugger Of Ne'
York, formerly u Boston. He say
be- will give John the hardest battl
he ever had in his life"
Look out; they are coming
Sam leans and Clearance Morris, O
the Dick Blacknall Hose Compan'
will be "a the tournament, in RAJ
eigh next month with the rest O
the BOYS; and 1t wouldn't surpris
us much il they waltzed OF wit
the prize, leaving the Raleigh boy
minus Of a few hundred feet on III
home-run The "Call" says, "let "a
come on.
A piney woods man with his stor
of Iightwood knots and fine watel
melons Is ~ independent n aSamT
ron county man in huckIeberr
time. Now, we ask Major W. A
Guthrie, one among the best lawyer
in the State IL this isn't 50.
sampsnn county man has but a fair
CONCEPTION 81 life without the bles,
ings u ~ gu,h huckleberrv croI
but al over this, the pine region III
rich lightwood, and al this seaso
fine watermelons, the wealth Of d.
nestle comfort: the rich pine
pride Of the native, 10 I've had Il
ths gathering, TO be utilized Will
oUt PREPARATION. converting at u
touch 1T match, or the lusty u
Of the lungs, the gloom Of the Inv
into the brilliancy Of the palaC
cheering in It's lipht, comforting