Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-04-24
NORTH CAROLINA NOTES.

Patsy Morris, wife of Samuel Morris
was burned to death at Pamlico. Hcl
dress caught from a burning fence.
The second annual convention of the
Young Mems Christian Association vii
be held at Fayetteville May 20 tc
June /.
The Forsyth Riflemen, of Winston, have
decided to go to Richmond to the unveil
ing of the Lee monument. The company
numbers SO.
Bill Davis, negro, has been with much
ceremony inductcd into Office aspostmas.
ter at Morehead City to the great delight
of the negroes.
Alex Oliver was accused of shooting
DR.. J. Bruncr at Matthews. He submit
ted in the criminal court at Charlotte
and was fined 500.
A3-year-old negro child was so severely
burned near Scotland Neck by its clothes
taking fire from an oven-lid that it died
thirty-six hours later.
Governor Fowlc is to deliver the adj
dress at the opening of the session of the
Southern Educational Association at
Morchcad City, July 1.
Henry Timbcrlakc, desperate negro
criminal who two years ago escaped from
jail at Oxford, has been rccapturcd. He
is charged with robbing store.
The presbytery of Fayetteville have re-
fused to release the Rev. Mr.. Shaw, who
had received a call to the Graham Street
Presbyterian church at Charlotte.
The improvement of the wheat crop in
Catawba county. one of the leading
counties in its growth, is SO great as to
particularly encourage the farmers.
1t is announced that Thomas r. Jerni-
gan will begin the publication at Raleigh
June 21st of the North Carolina lntelli-
gcncer. 1t will be democratic in politics.
Arumor that atex-Governor Jarvis would
be a candidate for the hecongrcssional NOM
nation from the First district has been
floating around. He says there is no
truth in it.
Charlotte will hold an election on MAY
| 2 to decide as to the issuance of $751;
600 OF bonds, proceeds to be devoted for
the purpose of widening and improving
the streets.
The Salisbury Watchman denies that
Wakefield Price, who died of meningitis,
owes his death to the deadly cigarette
habit, and says that he would have died
it he never had seen one.
Thomas Murphy, a Salisb..y small
boy. got hold OF a box of arsenic pellets
and put nine Of them inside of his little
vest before he was discovered. Immed-
ate application of stomach pump saved
his promising life.
W. Duke, Son * Company, the well
known cigarette manufacturers, have
decided to build at Durham cotton fac
tory at which the speciality will be the
manufacture of spool thread. The fac
tory will cost 100000.
Henderson is agitating the question of
building railroad to Nash county. All
of the townships along the way are said
to be prepared to chip in the necessary
whcrcwithal and Henderson itself is will
ing to do the right thing.
Col. Paul b. Means, of Concord, has
announced himself candidate for con-
grcss in the Seventh district subject to
the action of the democratic convention.
Colonel Means SAYS h, has received many
letters from all over the district and is
hopcfulof the nomination.
Track laying on the Three C.'s from
Ruthcrfordton to Marion will bc com.
mcnccd in short time. All the grading
on the road bed is done and the trcstlc
work will soon he completed. The Three
c. and the Two C.'s are preparing to
build union depot at Ruthcrfordton.
The daughter of Mrs. Joshua Miller
was burned to death near Salisbury, and
her sons hands were badly burned while
trying to save her life. Fourteen neigh
bors who sympathizcd with her in her
aiiliction got together and plowcd her
land and did what else they saw to do.
Dick Lands and John Young fought at
Oxford over colorcd woman. The lat
ter was present. Young the skull
of his opponent with beer bottle and
took to the woods. Next day he was
found and soon after the dead body OF
his victim was discovered. Young is in
jail.
A series of misiortuncs have come to
Mr.. John Duncan. near Shawboro. Three
weeks ago he buried his wife, since that
time he has lost n horse, and n few nights
ago his dwelling and all his out-build-
ings except his barn, by fire. His house
hold goods and clothing were nearly all
burned.
Hamilton Oaks aud his uncle. David
Oaks, qu.irrelcd in Mitchell county over
the settlement of their business. Rcvolv-
n,I a,,I
both were wounded. The former lived
two DAYS and the latter is seriously
wounded. William Bass, who was
mixed up in the affair, was stabbed with
dirk and will die.
Vance county was created out Of n part
of Granville. The debt question has
never been settled, but came up before the
courts last week at Louisburg. The de-
cision was in favor Of Granville county.
There will probably bc an appeal. The
Granville people claim that $4,000 is
due their county and they propose to
build court house with this money.
Two colorcd boys named Austin Hardy
and Tom Jones were fishing in Roanoke
river near Scotland Neck and attempted
to go in n canoe to the government drcdgc
boat. That was several days ago and
they have not been seen since. They were
heard hallooing for help, but the swell in
the river prevented help from reaching
them. The canoe was found capsizcd,
and il is pretty certain that the boys
were drowned.
The assassination Of Edward NJ. But
| Ter, which occurred at Clinton, SamDsou
county, has been explained. Avery, the