The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-03-25

$40 In money and checks belonging 10 his
employers. and leaving his board BIN IN
paid. lie is about twenty-five tc1rs Of age,
thick lippel. clean shaNen. and said % De "A
good deal knock-knced.
Rev. DR.. Pool. pastor N Ir}ot-strcet
Methodist Church, in Charlotte has received
a letter from sam Jones. saying he viii De-
in that city t0 begin a meeting on the -oth
Of April. will stay light days, and hold three
daily services.
Letters nave been received by the Prcsi-
dent Of lhe state. NOmon's Christian ieln-
peranco l'nion from Misses Willard and
I Gordon that they viii attend tlo annual
convention tO bo bcid In Concord. jul! loin,
and l1ih inclusive.
A little SON of Mr.. ". e.. Corrol. Of Con-
cord. was bitten In The face by an angry
pointer dog "a few DAYS ago. The dog had been
often ieasCd hy boys and others in passing
until De had become very cross. ANA as thc
/ little fellow came too near, The dog Jumped
and inflicted some ugly wounds.
An eight months old child oi Nr. " iliiam
Fronhuian. of Cabarrus county. was found
dead In It's cradle. 10 had, been sick ana
the parents had given attention 20 MD
night. bat In the morning 10 was i'und 1h't
lie was extinct
Mss Fanny Miller of south lIedeli. Was
hadly lurnsd some time ago. and has since
died. Her brother who ai'cmu'ci to rescue
her wis also badly burned. and has lost me
use of one hand In cons qucnce.
China Grove. Rowan county, has iitle
seventeen year ODD VITO tips the D,am M 2lt
pounds. ana e. sister. Younger vho weighs
2iS. while their mother weighs only wv.
There is Woman I'M the same town tnAl
weighs $40.
"Old Uncle Billy whitley" who was
mentioned "a f.w days ago as having died IA
~tanly county. Als been heard from.
Nearly the whole force of negro lahorers
on the firms of A. ". W H.On, J.. b Allen
and ID. n. Egeston. Franklin county, eN-
Odustod in one night aud gave no notice Oh
their departure.
Evangelist Fife organized Young Mems
Christian Association 0iNisiou zoo Concord
consisting Of siNtN-two members.
The residence oi Martin Allison, oi
NocksNiie. was destroyed ho fire on last
Monday night. Nothing was saved. ana
the family barely escaped with their lhes.
Asheyille is 0NpriOWing with visitors ana
tourists. and 30 is stated chat accommoda-
tons cannot Doe gotten hY ali nhl apply.
Eight townships in Montgomery county
VIII vote on the 10Th 0i April for or against
an appropriation Of S2DrN to extend the
The railroad westward from tandof 20
Troy.
The Tebo sanders mine Is now owned by
a Northern syndicate. hy whom "a hats been
purchased.
Mr. Edison is much pleased with The ~
copiion he has met from the people oi North
Carolina. and j., here 10 make thorough
test of his mining projects. Tie nus Just
published very interesting ieiicf about ine
mineral resources of this section. AMI tells
what are some of the difficulties ana mis-
takes in NOrh Iamllnl mining. or the
seventy mines inspected Doe has found only
two That Dee viii test thoroughly. ana oniy
one |n twenty ls worth operating. Ills picc-
trical tests viii doubtless throw much llsht
On the Io-silillte. Or mf1ssiniliile, ui our
auriiorUu. ores.
The Graham shoe factory af AsheNille X
working with capital 90 slo.VN, and tufn7
ont 300 pairs Of shoes daily.
Onc hundred nnd thirty bushels oi ore
/ taken from the old Reed mine in 'Anafius
county. Yielded i.3 penny weights oi gold oi
ne quality.
Davidson College commencement comes
one week sooner than usull 10
will he June l..h. Dr. q. b. 0irich-
ler. uf Atlanta. i- f0 preach ihe nac-
cailm.lte sermon. Dr. y. 81. NJ alhlhs' 81
Raleigh. wiil rrearh t0 fle \. VI q. a., ana
Nif. i0Nn-and. q prominent ii"lrf "i
Union. win deliver ihe address ieipie the
literary societies.
Rockingham county, owned hy Dr. SMITH,
Of Winston
80 ice has been harvested this season
In this latitudo-prObah'y none in the state.
There are eighteen orphans in the Pres
/ bytorlan Asplum 40 Charlotte.
Wesley james. living near Dan river IN
Stokes county, caught p carp last week
/ that was thirty inches long. tWeni}-ei.at
around. and weighed sixteen pounds. iie
/ was probably one Of fhc government sup
/ piy that was pui iu there i0lr years ago.
Major n. *. Thomas. most worthy oid
citizen 1i Winston. died this week 100 Tue
age of eighty -four years. Tie leaves "a Wiie.
They have been married sixty years.
Two little negroes went into the store OF
Brown. Rogers 4 Co.. in Winston. to buy "a
/ kito-strng. and stole 500. The money was
recovered.
Mack Combs. a boy of twelve years old, Ia
/ Wilkes county. was i00llng with dynamite
cartridge. which exploded and blew OF the
/ fingers OF one hand.