The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-03-02
GATHERED AT GREENSBORO.
Granville Farmers and Doctors-A Big
Mortgage Of Engraving.

Mortgago-Bureaa Of Engraving.
GREENSBORO. y. G.. March f.. Special.
The prcsbytorians Of Salisbury are moy-
ing in the matter Of building a new church.
which is 10 cost $4,000. The same denomi-
nation in this city have most OF the funds IN
hand 20 build a $1,000 church. They arr
now receiving proposals for the contract.
Br. j. Henry smith has been pastor OF the
congregation for more than thirty years.
a movement i- on foot tO build cotton
factory at Davidson College. A committee
0i citizens has been appointed 10 solicit sub
scriptions % the undertaking.
TIE farmers Of two townships OF Granville
county recently held "a meeting and passed a
resolution antagOnzing the rules recently
established by the Granville County Medi-
cal Society. The farmers meeting decided
% employ "a physician at Sl,2n or Sloo0 q
year, the money io De raised hl 5uDsciil-
ton.
Henderson county comes mp with pr0ba-
bly the largest mortgage ever recorded in
the State. 10 i5 for one and half million
d0llar-. given ly the French Broad Valley
Railroad 90 the Central Trust Company OF
New York and covers tWculy-iour pages of
"a large record book.
Am old man past The middle Of life by the
name of ~. e.. Hammer. while repairing %
telephone line 40 Worthwhile. "a few days
ago. lost bis footing and fen sixteen feet.
With remarkable Vitality bee rallied and De
in a fair way tO recover.
Charlotte has "a Massachusetts man. H..
III. Manning, who has opened bureau oi
engraving in wood aud copper. lie Will
make the engraving of factory stamps "a
speciality.
A new company has been organized in
uo.its. Which are said TO be immehse. fife
outcroppngs occupy "a belt Of country be-
tween Walnut Cove and leaksNille-tnifil
miles l0ng and five in width. The depth OF
the coal rs from eight tO twelve ieet lne
quality and possibilities are not yet thor
6uchlV tested. but said 90 be suitable for en-
zines and ail ordinary domestic purposes.
Owing 90 lhe small amount OF sulphur IN
combination the combustion gives OUT IN
tense heat.
Mrs. Joseph Cochran. Of Ashe county,
while in "a fit ol insanity last week. cut lhe
throat OF her infant child with "a drawing
knife.
Last week 900 Justices court in Clay
c0ruty.tNO men bt the names 0i Baker ana
Zimmerman got iutOa light while case was
being tried. and when Jim Bifins stepped ln
and tried 90 separate them, De Doe got SER
GUS stab boz the Deg. Everybody was al "
los. DO know how if was done or VINO ln-
ilicted the wound, as none OF them had Il
knife.
A little son of Pcrlu Edmunds, OF Colum.
Inns county. accidentally stuck nail
Through his thumb while tplay few day /
a.,n. and died Don after with locklaW.
The Henderson grand jury was at di7
count at the last session ot the Distric'
Court. 10 was composed OF twelve Mhlit
men and aix blacks. our informant
saws that some o., them could not. u tncl
were going t0 De- hung. have told whether
the udge in hi. charge was talking in 1reeh
or Hebrew. though ine language was piai
enough. ,..
over seven hundred criminal cases have
I been mi ri in the State during the last year
making little over eighty 10 the county
a rnri i,u- case of muie irrepres5ibillty i'
ranorfed fhi. week from the country. 4
/ roune man hy the name of Jeh. AdAih'
/ b usat a mule on Monday, and after man.
/ ,scis.ifude- got him home. bat he kicked IN
I stable fO nieces during the night. >eeIn'
I that il would take ail his time 20 keepR
rureaa.e ia bounds he concluded 20 return
/ him and eet another. Tie started back q
town lint ON The road they had "a tussle-th
muie v0t JEFF ont into the woods, where ID
4uecaadad in behaving his muleship 10
tree. luf be- continued fO fight ana paw q
owner I'm such @ determined manner Una
JeH put an end 90 the scu.ie by cutting III
throat.
There was terrible mad dog excitemen
I'm the ncighbOrh00d Of Mount Pleasant
stanley county, last saturday. 4 large
strange hound of a gray color pass.e
through the community exhibiting uhini'
takab.e si.ns of hydr0phoDla. AMER a rae
of several miles. in which several dogs pu
mo- persons, were bitten, the do5 W"
killed. ..
A remarkable fact IN regard 20 the growt
of the average North Carolina towns ls th
unusual demand lgr dwellings. Althoue Z
Inc building activity is unprecedented tn
supply is reported as generally inadelu ual'
Two coaches jumped the track AT On
Nantahata bridge last saturday, and wei
wrecked. injurng two passengers, am
would have gone into the river but for som
,tumus that broke their momentum.
A new United States nag was run up o
lhe stan above the pOstoiiice building u
ldav. hearing f0rty-twO stars. some OF ~
observing public were unprepared ior u
exhibition OF that number, IN view oi IN
controversy pending the consiituIlonahly
fhp measure.