The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-03-13
LOCAL ITEMS.
purham News, Gathered Here
and There.

--sNone are happy sut ny 'ne
anticipation Of change
"The ofiice-seeker's pot
/, getting quite hot"
The wheat in Durham county
is looking fine, so they say.
An advertisement Of Howell &
Co., appears in another column
Col L. L. Polk, ofthe Progress
siye Farmer," was in town Saturday.
Mr.. A. w. Venable, Of South
Boston, Va, was in town Saturday.
A facrory boom is wanted badly
in Durham--more factories we mean
that's all. $780, isl. .a.
Keep your eye out for the new
spring ads. that will appear in these
columns.
--You can whitewash-,our front
fence without being detrimental to
any one.
The handsome residence OF c.
B. Green, Esq, will soon be COM
pleted.
The white man that annually
killsfhe fruit, was around Tuesday
morning-in spots.
The State Sunday School Con-
yention will meet in Charlotte. on
April Pad, Bird and 4th.
Dis A. G. Carr, Thos. S. Wick
ers and Julien Smith, returnad from
New York Friday night.
Mr.. J. A. Robinson, of the
Durham Daily Sum-" spent Mon
day in Oxford. He says he got "a
big batch u subscribers 10 hedarly Vt
Good news from home. The
Durham Bobbin and Shuttle Mills
are in full blast: they will shipgoods
this week. Twenty-three operatives
are nj work.
The passenger depot Of the
Durham L Northern railroad will b.
built at the southern terminus Of
billiard stre,t, near the residence oil
Mr. p. w. Vaughan.
Til. finest looking Marshal al
the last State Far, will be ChieI
Marshal at the Avoca Fair, 10 b,
held next month, Capt. Benehan
Cameron, Of Stagville.
Mr.. W. W. Avery, Of the Ashe
vile Furniture Co, spent seyera
days in Durham during the pas
week. He has many friends II
Durham who are always glad Il
see him.
Mrs. Eliza Hunter. died at th,
home Of her grandson, Mr.. Franl
Hunter. on Red Cross street las
Thursday morning, aged 50 year.
Her remains were taken 10 Univer
sity Statin Friday for interment.
MIR. 4. T. Faucet has returne,
from n sir weeks tour througI
Texas, Arkausans and Tennessee
He infOrms that his trade for hi
popular brands Of smoking Tobacco,
Is very find.
An exchange SAYS, ''One Of th
most unbecoming things a woma
can do is 10 jaw, jaw, jaw" 70
are right brother; and one Of th
sweetest things on this green cart
is--woman, one that will not "Jav
jaw, jaw"
The First Baptist Church va
crowded last Sunday morning I
lIo'clock and at night 10 hear Re
]. l.. White, the new pastor. II
sermons were grand-and gre1
'break Always, showing the wea
points in their true light.
Red Cross street is being put
o first rate condition that Is in "a
middle 81 de road" ; we are sorry thl
the sidewalks are being ignored.
would b. q widespread blessing
The PEOPLE II that part Of the city
the oyeneer would have the wa
ways fixed up, besides he might wi
renown as a street worker.
Wonder II President HarrisC
has any relatives in Durham! TIL,
are springing up all over the coul
try; The White House IL ringiI
with q hew and cry. "Cousin BE-
Uncle Ben, how do you do" u
in The language Of The Chihame
there will be Heap foolee." Blai
sets back and whistles, I'VE have z
here, but we were very tired befC
we reached IL"
-Whoopee! we are trying nigh
hard 10 'Stir our stumps, and cat
up with the procession" ~ O
neighbor, the "Plant," SAYS
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