The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-04-19
GREENSBORO.
4 stolen Horses Wanderings-The Thorn
nsyilir Mines.

GREENSBORO, n. G., April IS Special.
The Carver Brothers, of Lexington.
horse dealers, were the victims Of be-
iraycd trust ON january 9th. at which
time they hired horse and buggy
10 a man hy the name of Gassett who
claimed % Doe "a sort of detective. lie
took the turnout. ostensihly TO 20 few
miles into the country. but never returned
and the owners OF the property, after
lruitless search % get on the track Of the
thief finally gave 10 up for lost. The horse
was identified at place called Holly Grove.
last Friday. ly trader from Ih0masyilie.
who notified the Carlcrs. he was found In
possession OF two horse dealers by the
names of John Morgan and Frank Cam
eron. who readily surrendered the horse,
and said they had obtained him from man
at Maxtan. who claimed 20 be some kind OF
an agent. After recovering the horse. one
OF the Carycr- started in pursuit of the
thief The theft was committed three
months ago. ami the horse has been going
tle rounds Of several counties.
Book. 0f subscription tO the stock Of the
Ih0ma.yiile silver Valley and Pee Dee
Railroad have been opened at lh0masyille,
and sufficient amount has been taken t0
authorize "A meeting of stockholders TO Or
gau.Ie the company the first Of May. The
immediate object is tO open railroad COM
muucatiOn with silver Valley mines.
twelve miles south Of lh0masyille. and
which are now being operated. Three or
four years ago Baltimore syndicate took
control of the mines hy buying a controlling
interest in the stock. a great deal of money
was spent in machinery and other neces-
sary equipments. and lOg railroad was
built FROM Th0masyile 90 the mines, and
the ore was hauled 90 Ih0masyille 10 be
reduced. Owing tO the peculiar mineral
combinations, there was no process then
know hv which reduction could Doc made
profitable. and the work came % stand
still. Other and new processes have been
successful. The company was rcorganiled,
and work was recommended last December,
and has been going steadily ON since. The
products are gold. silver. lead ANA zinc. the
last the most plentiful and alone can be
made 20 pay for operating the mines. our
correspondent had "A conversation Few
DAYS agO with Mr.. j. 4. Leach, the superln-
tendent. who stated that with all the pro-
duets taken in the aggregate, the output
would probably excel in value any mine IN
the state the yield NOT less than SlOO per
ION in zinc alone. Large capitalists in oa-
lem and Lexington are taking stock in the
newly projected railroad.
seven building contractors in AsheYille
rcport contracts 90 tine amount Of S22j,O0O
and this amount does not include the big
hotels. the government buildings, or the
Vanderbilt house.
4 lire broke out I'm the lappcr-room az
Big Falls cotton factory, az Graham, last
tuesday. and but for the superior WateI-
works facilities the loss would have been
tremendous. As &c was, only about 900
pounds of cotton were burned, and the fire
was promptly subdued.
Graham College commencement VIII take
place May 29th. Mr.. Jo-ephus Daniel, oil
Inc state Chronicle. will make tine literary
address. and Rev. ". 4. Walker, Of Brown
summit, will preach the sermon.
Mr.. John II. lnman has just been al
Aehoyille i'm the interest of Richmond and
Danyille Railroad syndicate. lOr Ning INTO
the feasibility of building another biz hotel
40 that place. He said that they cOnieiii-
plated building at "a cost of 100000, ana ne
was looking for site, ana would ADVISE
that the work Doe begun at once.
Last sunday. at Boon station. m Ala
nance county. little daughter Of Joseph
MAY fell on an Ogen-lid that was piled Win
hot ombers. and inhaled the bllsterlhg heat'
which caused her death in few minutes.
a mau-nuil sensation and race raised a
| lively dust on Broad street, In Ne" Befne'
on last Tuesday. The animal had been
brought in from the country and sold 10 lir'
Charles Swert. The Journey and the sights
and sounds of the city bad aroused his ire,
and DE- made "a dash no Mr. >wert Knocked
/ him down. and tried iO gore him. but soon
/ had his attention diverted 20 other con.
quests. lie next made "a dash at the crowd
/ mat had assembled tO see the performance
and they scattered like leaves in whlrl
wind lie was fixliy recaptured, without
doing further mischief.
The Trent river is now reported very low
and the catch Of ,had i- limited. From Jones
county the report comes that epizootlc IN d
dangerous form has attacked the horses.
R. b. Hunter, of Mecklenburg county, as
.isfant lecturer for alliances, VIII soon ne
ein "A tour of appointments through ID,
/ counties Of Lincoln. tataWna. Burke, 1alu
we'll Alexander Rowan. and Davidson.
Major John Runk. chief engineer OF Inc
Mount Pleasant. Sanioe and Little RiNel
Railroad. arrived in Wilmington last W ed
nesdav bv private convey vance from Charles
ton. lie is out on rrcOnnoiterng tour u
the interest Of "a company that proposes y
huill a crO.s-line road from Charleston Il
/ Wilmington. he company was nrst or
ganixed iu 1883. and later reorganlled u
] January OF thi. year. with headquarters II
Philadelphia. and John 4. McNaughton a'
president. lie Is very sdn-une ABOUT ih
| success. Of the undertaking. ANA was en-
thusiasiic about the SPLENDID country 10 D
developed.
1he NoIth State Club, OF Charlotte, ha
invited ihe Press Association % meet IN ina
city. which will probably Bee accepted.
There was Drummers' Association
formed at Wilmington last night win al
enrolled membership OF forty names. {.
Covimgton. president. and II. W. Malaoi
secretary aud treasurer. The speech 9
welcome was pronounced 10y Hon. \. "
Waddcn and the resp0ns by j. ii. MyroNei
who substituted judge Gilmer.