The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-09-11
STATE NEWS

Major John Hughes. of New Berne, will
greatly regret to hear the sad news o
his death. There were few better men il
North Carolina than Maj Hughes. Their,
were few men whose life was nor,
marked by uniform courtesy and sterl
ing worth and answering devotion t.
rue principle. He was faithful in tn,
performance of every duty.
Maj. Hughes was about sixty years o
age. He served during the war, W,
think, as a staff officer in Brancht
brigade, afterwards Lanes.
About three weeks ago he suffered {
slight attack of paralysis that affected
mis- tongue perceptibly but serious re
suits were not anticipated. On Satur
,lay he was taken much worse and hi.
lie was then dcspaircd of. He died Mon
day morning at oclock.-New.
reached this city Sunday OF a sad occur
renee on Saturday evening about two
miles this side of Auburn. Andrew Snel
ling, the fifteen year old son of Mr.
Alexander Smelling, who lives neal
| Auburn, went over to the house of Mr.
| MarCcllus Whitaker, who lives near by
and he and Marvin Whitaker, son of Mr.
Whitaker, were amusing themselve:
shooting at target with small rifle
While Marvin Whitaker was loading the
rifle it was accidentally discharged, tn,
bullet entering the left breast of Smell
ings, resulting i'll death in few minutes
Raleigh Dispatch correspondence: The
iull faculty of the State Agricultural and
Mechanical College will meet here on
Wednesday to arrange the curriculum
md to confer with the chairman of the
board with reference to furniture and ap
paratus for the various departmentS.-
Contractors who have the contract foI
constructing the Three C's railway from
Ruthcrtordton to Johnson City, Tenn.
nave notified Sub-cOntractors to select
work and be ready to begin at once
PondeXter W. Capehart, of Vance coun,
y, has been appointed executive clerk
vice Bryan W. Satterthwaite, deceased
DIR. Herbert Battle, state chemist, has
eft for Washington to attend meeting
Dt the Official Agricultural Chemists OF
thc United States. DR.. Battle received no
ice from Toronto, Canada of his elec-
tl0n as a fellow of the American Insti-
ute for the Advancement Of Science
Work on the Wilmington and Onslow
railway is being pushed vigorously. The
rack is laid fifteen miles from Whining
ton.
Charlotte Chronicle: A row occurred
Saturday evening at It baseball game on
{. Myers plantation about two miles
md Il half from the city, in which negro
named PettuS was shot in the head by a
cOlOred woman named McIIenry. There
was a baseball game being played be-
tween two cOlOred mines, and three
rOwdy negroes from Sharon township
came over to see the game. They sue
ceed"d i'll stirring up difficulty, i'll which
a negro boy named McHcnry played a
conspicuous part, when all three of the
Sharon negroes set upon him, and were
beating him, when McE1enry's mother
ran into the house, which was near by,
and getting a pistol, shot at Pettus, one
of the negroes, the ball cutting the skin
of his forehead. Another negro boy,
whose name was not learned, was
gashcd i'll the head with a knife.
Greensboro Workman: Arthur b.
Boycott, one of the two young men who
did work in the paving of South Elm
street, and whose death occurred at Rox-
boro on Monday last, was a native of
England, and had been in this country
only year, An interesting fact in the
history of these young men is that they
are ncphews of the celebrated Mr.. Boy
colt, from whose collision with certain
parties in his neighborhood came the
phrase Boycott him." We have not
space to give the full history, but this
was the beginning of boycott" The
young men Of the name were highly es-
teemcd here.
Wilmington Star: The gunners on
Wrightsyillc Sound had fine sport ycstcr.
day with marsh hens, and altogether
bagged about three hundred of these
birds. Two of the sportsmen, Mr.. Simon
Sanders and Mr.. Jno. Corbctt, bagged a
strange animal seen disporting in the
channel that some said was a sea-otter
while other thought it was a mink; but
a sage old sonndcr, after testing the de-
unct carcass with his nose, Saidit "didn't
smell loud enough" and so it was un-
anlmOusly voted to be Sea-otter. The
gentlemen who Slayed it, however,
needn't brag much, for they fired eight
shots before they got it.
NewsObservcr: The syndicate of Phil.
phia gentlemen who have for some time
been operating the Egypt Coal Company
ut Egypt, i'll Chatham county, have also
Just purchased and are arranging to op-
crate the brown stone quarries at Egypt.
The company has laid off the town in
beautiful lots and will at once build a fine
hotel there to be known as the Egyptian
Inn. The designs have been drawn up
and the Inn is to be one of the most beau
tiiul in point of stylish architecture in the
State. Egypt has for some been on a
steady boom.
Wilmington Review We regret very
much to hear of the afiliction that has
again visited our friend, Mr. Wade II.
HarriSs, of the Charlotte News, in the
loss of his only child, bright baby boy
only + months old. 1t is the third time
that the Angel of Death has entered his
household, each time leaving a child
less home. 1t is a sad blow to our friend
and his estimable wife, and we tender
them our most sincere sympathies.
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