The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-26
IN AND ABOUT CHARLOTTE.


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CHARLOTTE. n. g.. January 25.-'-pe-
eial Two collins were auctionod Oh at
/ the Courthouse to-day for taxes.
/ The Hornets Ne-f Nhomen. OF Charlotte.
/ Nlii arond the lee Statue unkeilng.
/ A street robbery nOk place last night
/ within haii block of ihe electric lighted
/ Air Line depot. a whiiemln was attacked
/ by iNO negroes who were frightened Oh by
nis cries oimuud.r l.is pocAct-booh con-
/ tanning elOO. and pistol were taken and his
] lNercoaf, cont ANA under clothes iO the skin
were sliced over leit breast. The man was
/ uom lnI1n county, near hOnrue. The me-
luo- escaped.
W.L. Lowe. who m september. iss,. lost
/ 70 Deg hy ar accident boo the furniture factory
li Elliott A Marsh. at Newton, was awarded
$1,000 dlDage- hy ihe jury.
Iho tll.h Ol O.. q. and y. road. nas been
.aia tO Np-icACsier. fourteen m' beyond
Chester. s.. q. Completion 90 Atlanta is oN-
peeted hy tla end Oi the year.
cotton touched top oi tho season to-day,
ilt.c. Receipts by wagon, 81 bales,
N is said that Nash county win Plant this
scar af least three times as much tobacco
ls DO did Iast year.
The farmers in Granville county are salh
IL De prosperous lnd happy GOA account oi
having ri.-0d their own meat and bread.
and Keeping .heir cotton within tho limits
Df money crop onii.
Wilson .- about l0 build "a large tobacco
warehouse Several thousand dollars have
been subscribed The tobacco crop boz that
section last year was n0d-send, and The
people are ln earnest toward developing The
town into q iir-t-cla4s f0leccO market.
Many horse. m and around Concord have
disease resembling fho grip. or dlstcm-
per-
An opera house Als been finished In lIick.
0ry
Mr. ID. ID. Howard. 0f Concord. last We'd
nosday chopped 0n bis lu.er while split-
tng uu kindNng wood.
The opera "Nikad0' viii soon Doe given
bY Concord local talent.
tann0nsfille ls building q Lutheran
Church.
lhe building of fhe Concord bleaching
factory i4 about conn I'etd; the boilers are
being placed boo position, and ihe machinery
is uDN looked l0r daily.
Iht tuDauus Black Boys, of Concord.
lle c0uiamI Visit i1 Richmond at
the emiellIug 0iiha Zee statue. They viii
1O iu iulI uument1l-.
Concord h1, decided tO add twenty-five
more lights i0 the present number.
con- Monday ni-hl la7t the sf0rc-r0om Of
Nes-r-. STUART, Morrison A. Co.. lt lOncOnl,
Wa5 entered UY SOME one aud ihe money
drawer Was Wrenchod open. Contents 0f
drawer one cent
MrJ.P H. Morrison. Of Concord. was half
buried ia-i week under "a falling chimney,
1ut escaped serious injury.
The -uuiay--chOOl convention Of the
Ninfh district comprising lredell, Cabar-
ru-. Rowan, Union, MeckieuDurg, Castor.
Cleveland and tataWha Will meet in Con-
cord February llfl and 18Th next.
The shuitle-block factory at China Grove
ls booming
10 is SAID that Northern iron mining
company ha5 lcas q several tracts OF land
0n Beaver Dam. Do Castor county, with a
view % developing the ores NJ that section.
This company Is leasing considerable pro-
perty in Lincoln county, also WnerU iron is
said 90 De abundant.
,tates}ille have lost their meat, bat N.
Nj. lu.hey, al Cool spring township, saved
only l0ur h0gs out of thirty-tDo Killed.
Mr. r. A. Morrison is up O. bis capacity
in turning ont -four af bis new r0licr-mills,
40 island Ford. ol tle Catawba river.
Hon. john vs.. Mason. commissioner II
internal revenue. and Hon. Green b. haum.
commissioner 0f pensions, are expected
neNt month in -tatesfllie as tue guests OF
Dr. j. j. Mott.
ON Wednesday morning last. in States
vile. Mr. %. ~. Barkley, formerly with the
DanliIle Railroad at Richmond, died sud-
denly al heart disease.
Mrs. Mary Martha Chambers. N Morgan
town, died suddenly ut that place Wedncr-
day morning last. She was much beloved.
and was the sister of Judge Alfonso Avery,
Ui the supreme Court.
The barn oi Thomas a. Price WAS sct fire
ia7f Monday uisli by iucendlaries, and tbs
sell rope Was cut. Dut discovery Was made
in time FAB save the building.
Last Monday Mr. John Godfrey. Formerly
of Mon county, huf who now lives nye or
six miles from Lancaster ,. a., Wa, az
W0r. iu bis new ground. liis little son, "a
b0Y six years 81 age, was playing around
Nhil bis father Was at work. when tree
which Mr. Godfrey WAS cutting down tl
ON the little fellow. kil'ilg him Instantly.
Seventy bead o. stock were sold last
Tuesday at 81 llcsboro i0r over $500.