Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-04-23
NORTH CAROLINA NOTES.

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lust paid $4,000 for a cotton factory IN
CASTOR county.
Richard Cooper was fatally stabbed by
Julius Potter at Wilmington. The par.
ties are colored.
Aside from Charlotte High Point claims
more manufacturing establishments than
any town in the State.
The walls of the Tryon Street Baptist
church at Charlotte are being trcscocd
and the interior improved.
Burlington's new bank, established by
the Morehcad bank, of Durham. will be
opened tor business about May /.
The county commissioners of Granville
county have appropriated $500 per an
mum to the Granville Grays, Of Oxford.
The 17-ycar-old son of Mrs. Stewart, OF
Statcsvillc, seriously wounded his mot her
while playing with Il supposed unloadcd
gun.
Work on the executive mansion will be-
gin soon and II is thought that the Gov
crnor may occupy it before the end of the
year.
The seventh annual council of the Prot
cstant Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina
has been called to meet at Grccnvillc May
18th.
:. B. Winstcad. treasurer of Person
county was thrown from his buggy and
received serious injuries, although prob
ably not fatal.
w. III. Gray, the Chicago man who
purchased Libby prison, passed through
Greensboro the other day and bought
500 lot there.
\ number of young men OF Charlotte
have organized n society, the individual
members OF which promise to pay cash
for all that they buy.
Wilmington erected $4,000 worth OF
buildings during he twelve months end
ing March 3lst. Two hundred and seven
buildings were erected.
\ Aspottcd animal twice the size of n
dog and with head like a cat is bother
ing the good people around Newton.
They think 1t is a tiger or leopard.
The Wilmington Light Infantry, who
were To have attended the unvciling OF
the Lee monument at Richmond have
given it up and will go to Charlotte in.
stead.
A. H. McNcill has discovered ON tract
of land near Cartcr's mills, in Moore
county, rich deposit OF manganese.
said to be the finest quality. The ore is
worth S75 pei ton.
a movement is on foot among the class.
mates and pupils of the late Captain ].
l.. Duggcr, so well known as an cduca.
tor, To erect n monument to his memory
over his grave at Warrcnton.
The Electric Light and Street Railway
company, of Winston, have purchased
eighty acres OF land in the northwestern
part of the city. Their purpose is To
erect n mammoth hotel. The price paid
was 81 900 an acre.
Mr.. l.. A. Coulter. who was State sec
rctary of the Young Mems Christian As.
sociation for both North and South Car
olina. has resigned as State secretary of
the latter and will devote himself entirely
To the work in this State.
\ prisoner escaped from the sheriff OF
Nash county wearing u pair of handouts.
4 lew days later lie sent word back that
he would exchange his bracelets for rc.
volvcr oi his which the sheriff had. The
offer has not been accepted.
The Marlboro Town and Lumber com.
pany has been organized in Washington
with capital stock oi $500 900. The
corporators are l.. W. Lyon, of Raleigh
q. NJ. Buttrick, of Everett, Mass, and
Frank II. Alvord, of Boston, Mass.
Troy Carol, the leader of the noon
sinners oi llarnctt county, has been ar.
rested aud is now at Raleigh. When cap.
turcd he had the cap OF the still IN his
arms and was running for the swamp,
yet lie protests that hc is no moonshncr.
Lieutenant Henry K. Lcmlcy. U. S. A.,
now stationed at Washington. D. C.,
has leave OF absence for three years, eli.
ahling him to accept the command of the
Military Academy at Bogota. L. S. oi
Colombia. South America. Lieutenant
Lcmly is n native of Salem.
The building committee OF Trinity Col.
lcgc have been authorized to contract for
Coz. 900 brick. The building site at Dur.
ham has been selected. The building will
bc 900 feet front. with two wings Of one
hundred feet, all To bc three stories high
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During severe storm in Jackson
county the lightning struck n dcnd chest.
nut tree near the residence of Mrs. Louisa
Bishop, The tree was demolished and
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