The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-11-21
LATE NEWS NOTES.
Columbus county gave Alexander for
Congress majority of 544

SoiHluouo county gave ALEXANDER Tor
Congres5 majority of 544
The Board of Regents of the Presby-
terlan Orphanage met Tuesday and for
mally decided to remove it to Barinm
Springs, Iredell county.
DR.. Alb arnathy has already secured
three thousand dollars to 1ebuild Ruth
erford College. He says he expects to
rebuild it if he lives long enough.
Last week wealthy Winston syndi
cate purchased 200 acres of the A. W. Fin
ley plaA tation, Including the old home
stead. near Wilkesboro, and large por
ton of the e. S Blair farm, which will
be divided up into town lots. -Lenoir
Topic.
Clinton Caucasian: The people Of
Newton Grove have decided to have a
public dinner in honor Of the great vic
tory won by the people all over the
country Chas i. Aycock, E.q, of
Goldsboro, has been invited TO deliver
the Grafton of the day. The date will
be Saturday, the 22nd OF November.
The First Baptist church of Fayette-
Vile will celebrate its fifty third anniver-
sary on the 25th inst. The exercises
will continue three days. and such men
OF note as Rev. Drs. 7. e. Pritchard, G.
Durham, F. W. Eason, G. W. Sanderlin
and many others will take part in the
proceedings. gs.-Fayetteville Robesonian.
Mr.. Hugh Gwyn has been for several
months at Blowing Rock experimenting
the work Of 20 carpenters in building
| the Green Park Hotel, structure of 60
| rooms, which will have al the modern
Improvements of water works, elect ric
bells &c, being heated by furnace and
having splendid ba b rooms. -Lenoir
| Topic,
| The Fife meetings were largely attend
| ed st Mooresville fcom near and afar.
Many went from this city and commun-
lty. Among the conversions from here
are W. Il. Gregory and NJ. L Mott. Mr..
9. +. McKessOn. one of the evangelist
converts at MOrganton, has been taking
an active part in the meetings -otates-
vile Advocate.
The Oxford Day tells that colored
man, on saturday afternoon, who wanted
TO go to Henderson, got mixed up anC
took the train to Durham instead The
train was in rapid motion when be foun(
out his mistake He rushed to the door
made desperate leaf, and landed will
his feet in the air. Severe cuts on tn,
head, jug of whiskey completel.
wrecked.
The Argus regrets to learn Of tn
great loss by fire that has befallen GU
countryman, Mr.. George W. Lane. O
the Sauls' Y Roads section. On Thurs
day night of last week his gin house an
mill was burned, together with some 6
bales Of seed cotton, two gins, fourtee
plows, 900 bushels of cotton seed, an
other farming implements. There We
no insurance. .-Goldsboro Argus.
The choice made at Atlanta by I'll
trustees of the baskerville Assembly" {
the Woman's Christian Temperance Ul
ion from among the several tracts {
! land offered last summer for its u Sc W
! on which to erect buildings for til
"Southern Chatauqua' is good on
= The tract Of twenty acres, accepted fro
= Mr.. Otis Miller, is IN the new town
o Skyland, eight miles south of Ashevill
+ on the Spartanburg and Ashevile raj
road near several valuable miner
!, springs and good hotels, and in tt
y neighborhood of the Vanderbilt estat