The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1889-11-22
FROM MURPHY 10 NANTEO.
som e THINGS THAT ARETgAppEy,
ING IN NORTH CAROLINA.

| what Has Happened IN the Coed MA
State Since the Chronicta Last Greeted
Its Headers.
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CHRONICLE IN every section of the State
are requested to aid lis in making this de-
paftment an accurate record, in brief, OF
the news from Murphy to Manteo. Send
us postal card whenever ANYTHING of
publlc interest transpires in your neigh
borhood or section of country. You viii
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tlon. Send on the postal cards EDITOR.
We learn that the Wilson Light In
fantry has been admitted in the State
Guard.
=: Next spring P b. Key, Esq viii
build tobacco factory at Il cost of $1O.-
| 900. Three cheers for him Statesville
Landmark.
Jasper Hopkins (col.) was convicted
at Loulsburs last week for the manslaugh-
ter of John Raybon and sentenced to
twenty years in the penitentiary.
| .... Mt. Airy had big fire Sunday
morning. 1t originated from defective
fiue IN the store of J. K. Paddison and
consumed several stores and barber
| shop.
| 1.-Two assignments in Lenoir county
last week, j. W. Creech, at Institute for
$15, 1000, and HELEN & Rountree, at Bells
| Ferry, for $4,000. This is terrible and
| distressing.
The Carthage Blade reports that a
| young school teacher near that place was
logged by an irate parent, because the
teacher whipped his son. The teacher has
taken warrant for the son father.
.Esq. Bradshaw's residence, at Trim
| ity College, was destroyed by fire Satur-
day morning. The loss amounted to
about $4,000, with insurance of 81 800.
| The building caught fire from a stove
! pipe, about II O'Clock Saturday morning.
-. The dates OF the Sampson Fair are
December 4th, 5th and 9th On the first
day Governor Fowle viii be present and
open the Fair. On the second day GOV.
Fitzhugh Lee will speak. The third day
| friday is Alliance day, and @. W. Ma
cuue, President of the National Alliance
is expected to speak.
-. Mr. A. G. Cash, of Concord town
ship, who works a part Of Nj. J. s Nor
rlsOn's land, raised this yea 40 bushels
of sweet potatoes; Eastern I ans. on
| plot y rods wide. IAi- is 81 th. n-oh-
! borhaod IT eighth of u aIa. These
| potaties are worth 40 par bu .Aai -#las no
| to the acre Pay better llau cotton
! don't they. -e.at4sville liam mark.
The Farmers Alla s ut U.Eo
county nave passed r--oluLl. IS 4eueuri.t
their Senators for Yotil- az ae R t
Commission and pyaisug l. Fraseu.ulto
Hoffman for voting for thv bill in the
last Legislature and decarr that hence
| forth they will vote for the m who R1ll
not vote for q Z. Il. Com l'ss5u bill
The bail is rolling, Tla gle rjL s-t
win
~ The Murphy ta.lgt a3gae ts
building a court house iuf L. arohe eaal-
ty Of solid marble. % bo @ ished 1sae
with native haruwoods. HE additional
tax necessary to pay ha in Pest ou the
| bonds issued for building 3 court house,
the Bulletin says, can he 81 d b.- taxing
the large mineral interests I'm that county
now held by non residents " % pay no Xxx
whatever.
-. The Charlotte bar he I q meeting
Saturday III honor of the la,e Chief Jus
tice Smith, Judge ByHum presided, and
Robt. Haydn was Secretary commit
tee of II. G. Jones, Geo, E. Wilson, and
Armistead Burwell was appointed on Res
olutions On Monday a second meeting
was had-resolutions expressive Of the
loss sustained in the death OF the Chief
Justice were adopted, and appropriate re-
marks were made.
- "A baby of James 2. Scott, of Chat
ham, was poisoned by its ten-year-od
nurse, a negro girl, in singular way
She poured a spoonful of moustacLe d}
down the baby's throat and some Of il
dropping on its face burned it and
scorched its eyebrows. The speedy ar
rival Of a doctor saved the baby'5 life
| 1t has since been discovered that the girl
had attempted TO poison a baby a few
n IN1gx
Scott had told the girl the dye was poison
Gus and not to touch it.
-. Near Greenville, Mr.. a. A. Forbes
makes this year So, SEQ worth Of tobacco,
while his neighbors lost much money on
cotton. Mr.. Forbes is going to expert
ment with Florida seed tobacco for cigar
purposes. The first year Mr.. Forbes
| hired a tobacco grower from one of the
| tobacco counties and lost money. The
next year be took hold himself and by
careful attention made good crop, and
every year since he has made money.
Any chinquepin ground in eastern Carroll
ma with graveliy top soil and light sub
soil will make good tobacco.-EXchange
-. Judge MacRae presided at a meet
ing of the bar in Louisburg hedl ia honor
of the late CHIEF Justice Smith, and T. b.
Wilder Esq, was Secretary. The reso-
| ullOIS were UfaWQ Dy non. y. Nj. COOKE,
Solicitor Worthington, and T. S. Spruill,
Esq. Justice Davis, Of the Supreme
Court, made an excellent speech in which
he paid beautiful tribute TO the late
Judge, and spoke OF the upright charac-
ter, great ability and worth of his late as
socate. Remarks were also made by
Judge MacRae, Solicitor Worthington,
Capt. Cooke, and f. 5 Spruill, Esq.
-. Hon. Thomas Ewing, President If
| The Atlantic & Dlyiilo Railroad; ,ep
G, B. Peck General Aauager,
Batema1, Treasurer; Arthur Robinson.
and E. . Manning, ESQ, the ge1r.e-5..
VINO has the managemau- raa
struction corps, have been il town .9
week prospecting. This oampaaE ni
build road from Danvile 10 Madison
right away, and it is almost certain that
they will extend the road or to this place
and to a point on the East Tenn. Va. u
| Ga. This is the talk, and We begin to be-
lieve there is every reason to hope
that such will prove to be the case.-Mt
Airy News.
Merit Wins.