Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-05-02
NORTH CAROLINA NOTES.

lie building.
Counterfeit dollars and halves are il
circulation at Charlotte.
Interest in the Sam Jones revival meet
ings at Charlotte is by no means on tl'
wanc.
One hundred and twelve negroes are to
be Immersed in Taylor's pond near Raj
eigh on Sunday.
| DIR. ]. NJ. Atkinson, who has miniStcrcd
to the Raleigh Prcsbytcrians for thirty
years, has gone to Warrenton.
While the Rev. {. Rogers, OF the Bap-
tist church at Burgaw, Pendcr county,
was preaching, he was stricken down by
| sickness.
The Rev. Frederick ID. Thomas, of New
Berne, has accepted call to the pastor
ate of the Presbyterian church in SPRING
field, Mo.
The body of an infant was found in a
garden at Greensboro. 1t was wrapped
in newspaper and string was tied
around its neck showing that it had
been strangled.
Miss Frances Coleman, a pupil of the
Winston graded school has been awarded
the Youths Companions silk bag for the
best essay. The competition was open
to the whole country.
There will be thirty delegates from this
State to the Southern Baptist convention
at Fort Worth, Texas. The full dclega-
ton will attend, and most of its members
will take trip into Mexico.
II is reported that the Atlantic Coast
Line will build branch line from Society
Hill. s. c.. to Gibson Station, y. c.,
where it will connect with the Raleigh
and Augusta railway, and that the work
will soon begin.
1t is probable that the Nadkin, Silver
Valley and Pee Ice railroad will be built
from Thomasvilc to the Nadkin river,
just above Milledgcvilc, thence down the
river To the Narrows, and from the Mar
rows to Wadcsboro.
Nothing has been heard of L. u. Walker.
who SD mystcriously disappeared from
Weldon. 1t has been learned that he is
a member OF the Brooklyn IN. " press.
and an accident policy OF $1,000 was
found in his papers.
The Progressive Farmer. the organ OF
the Farmers Alliance in Virginia and
North Carolina, prints this week $4,000
copies to circulate Colonel l.. l.. Polk's
speech before the compassionate lcommittcc
on the Sub-Trcasury bill
\ hundred laborcrs employed in grad
ing the street railway at Winston have
struck for higher wages. They received
scvcnty-tivc cents day and wartcd 81.
Their places were supplied in most cases
and some of them returned to work.
Northern capitalists are negotiating
Island, at the mouth of Cape Fear. II is
a remarkable place, having the same
temperature as Charleston and marks
the northern limit of the palmetto tree.
A telegram received at Raleigh from
New York says that Pierre Battle Cox's
condition is more hopeful. Coxis Young
son of General William X. Cox, of Raj
eigh, and was found Saturdayin an area
way inscnsiblc, having fallen quite dis
tancc.
The first banquet of the Raleigh cham
Der of commerce was n complete success.
Two hundred and fifty covers were laid
Mayor Thompson responded to a toast.
"Thc City Government" and Governor
Fowlc made happy speech on the sub
ject, "Thc Old North State"
Governor Fowlc has received aninvita-
tion to attend the ceremonies at Rich
mond on the Goth of May. He accepts
the invitation and will attend with his
entire staff, and also accepts the invita-
ton TO make some remarks at the Holly
wood memorial, May 80.
The clerk of Wake superior court
turned over to State Treasurer Balm
$4,000, the amount of State tax paid
by the Raleigh and CASTOR railway for
taxes as a result of the compromise be-
tween the officers of that road and the
legislative investigating committee made
last week.
The report of the Board of Health
shows the general health of the people is
exceptionally good this month. There
has been little sickness during the winter
and spring, save the grippe and its at
tcndant disorders. The grippe is now
ending, the last eases occurring in the
high mountain section.
The cotton factory at Monroe is as
surcd. The company is to he incorpor.
atcd with n capital stock of SO 900 with
a privilege of increasing il to $4,000.
The following have been elected directors:
H. W. Houston, A. +. Stevens, ]. NJ.
Fairly. ]. J. Nann, ]. X. English, ". c.
Heath and II. 4. Shutc. 4. +. Stevens
was elected president.
A difficulty occurred between lanes NJ.
King and Joseph Rawls, at Grccnvillc,
about the rent of mule. Rawls shot at
King three times, each ball taking effect.
Kings thigh was broken. The latter
| fired at his antagonist after he had fallci,
and wounded Rawls in the ley. King
wounds are said to be dangerous.
Burglarics were committed at the stores
of W. G. Davis and James X. llotch, AT
Mt. Olive. Detectives were put on the
trail of the burglars and Schoicld Brown
and Willis Jordan, both negroes whose
homes are in New Hanover county, have
been arrested. Some of the stolen prop.
crty was found on them and the evidence
is clear. They are in Jail without the
privilege of bail and will he tried for Their
lives.
Two boy convicts have been taken tc
the pcnitentiary, to which they are sen
fenced for life. They are aged eleven and
fourteen years, and were convicted of th,
murder of their sister, aged four years
They beat her to death with clubs, driv
ing spintcrs into her spine and thci
dragged her body to a ravinc and hid il