The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1890-01-18
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STATE NEWS.

charlotte News: That the grip is
steadily gaining ground in the South
cannot be denied. One evidence of its
spread is to be seen in the diminished
ranks of the drummers, who have gone
home to recuperatc. Mr.. W. b. Conrad
and Mr.. Biggs, two drummers, who
have been at the Central, We're sent home
sick to-day, and several Others whose
names could not be learned, but who
reached Charlotte sick, have turned back
for home.
Monroe Register: Capt. ". 7. For
tune, the veteran railroad contractor
was in town Saturday. He has taken
the entire contract to do the grading on
the Yadkin railroad from Salisbury to
Norwood. distance OF ~ miles. Capt.
Fortune says he can do the grading in
twelve months, although the terms OF
his contract allow him a year and halt
in which to complete the job. We con-
gratulate the good people of Stanley
county on the certainty OF haying rail
road at an early day.
Charlotte Democrat On Sunday last
an old woman passed through on the
c.ght train in charge of $40 chickens.
100 guineas, 80 pairs of ducks, 30 geese.
2 hogs, horse, 2 cows, ! dog and three
canary birds, en- route from Mississippi
to Maryland. Her husband, who was an
invalid, she sent on ahead in n passen-
ger car, while she stuck to her exodus
She MIXED the cows every day and
looked after all the animals, besides the
furniture which was along. She will
dump the whole load on the newly
bought Maryland farm, join the old man,
bid goodbye to Mississippi chills and
begin life anew.
Lexington Dispatch: Last Wednesday
evening. at n spe cling match ut Clarks.
boys got into row, which resulted in
one named Hughes re, irving razor cut
on his arm by one n..med Pcrduc. The
doctor who dressed the wound removed
several small pieces Of fbone.-Last We'd
nesday, II man claiming to be detective,
hired horse and buggy at Craver's
livery stable. promising to return withit
the same day. He forgot all about the
promise, and when last heard from was
in Rowan county, going-no one knows
where. The horse and buggy have not
been recovered at this writing.
Morganton Herald: A great deal OF
solu rom u,neren. placer m'hes III tnc
Ioun.y T oIo"Hn, .Se'y wetk 10 .ne
l,u.nont n"nh. oh .ne Iawh!ns pln.e
pe,onEns 20 negro, anu Iy,hH Just ou.,
s'ue ','e .own 'i,n's v" ."e Lenor ro"u
soiu nus peen ,ouho Ior many years,
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YEARS oy .ak,hS ,"e .oP son rom h'sRat'
ue,, ~ 'ne u'nn.n hear o' nnu pa"n'hE
out .nI so'u !" lhe most pr'.'.,ve way.
.nouSn. us many .au. .ns'e arc
rrSe Eo'u uepos'ts w ina. ioennty
ne AsHs.ILth NIlHhN 'hen,,ons the
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county py,ore 'ne war. seh.Nrn"''
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.,o.en. , hhnHnhSe ~; % vhr'e near causing MN
20 'ose ',s iIe w Ho,Sa,.o'' u. one TING,
whe,l 'hr,ous srVwu "l men would nave
niopneu h''n u ). hau ,o' oeen ,or tne
t''nely ,n.ervenllo', o, ! oIi NoDert rear.
son anu ooNeino, : S"'uwSn, ne a'wrys
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Charlotte Chronicle a negro named
Anderson Nicely was arrested wednesday