Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-05-28
NORTH CAROLINA NOTES.

paid handsomely last year on tomatoes
alone.
An organ costing So, $50 has been pur-
chased for the new Methodist church at
Wilmington.
A northern capitalist has put 100000
into Statcsvillc dirt and intends to erect
cotton factory.
There are 2s new buildings in course OF
erection at Roxboro and many more III
contemplation.
The Oxford Female seminary has been
sold to Prof. n. Pcnick, a prominent
Virginia educator.
A five wear old colorcd girl was burned
to death at Lumbcrton while her mother
was away from home.
Up. Kerr. formerly of the Durham
Globe, has connected himself with the
Charlotte Chronicle.
Mrs. ]. d. Carpenter is the name OF
woman evangelist who has been hold
ing forth at Goldsboro.
The Robcrdel. mill ut Rockingham
which has been idle for two months past
has started up its machinery.
The Raleigh wagon factory is now
l'working on full time, making wagons
ready tor sale in August, when the sell
ing season begins.
Randolph county has a dwarf by the
name of Charles Fields who is eighteen
wears old, four feet high and weighs sew
cnty-scven pounds.
There is n movement in favor of cx-Gov-
,rpor Jarvis as chairman of the Demo-
ratio state executive committee to sue.
cecd Mr.. Spier Whitaker.
The grand lodge Knights OF Pytlias
will convene in Durham June l6 to lS'
The order is in most tlourishing condi-
ton in North Carolina.
The convicts have nearly finished work
on the road leading to the asylum. Inc
grading there has been tar heavier than
on any of the roads leading into kai'
cigh.
The prospects are said to be good for
the establishment of a United States dis
tr;,t court at Raleigh. Congressman
Bum is working hard with that end II
view.
II is stated that over two hundred
Raleigh people will attend the Teachers
{ Assembly at Moorchead City III June
There will he some new features TIM
year.
Track laying on the Lynchburg an'
Durham railroad, from Roxboro to Dur
nam, has been begun. The track ha
! been completed to Roxboro and tram
are running.
The Oxford Day thinks that the hnn'
that would come the closest to icelini
the wheel that guides the ship of Stat
: belongs to Julian Carr and consequently
. booms him for governor.
y Governor Fowlc has accepted the inv
: tation to delivcd an address Mt the 10.
d inr of the corner stone OF the new nan
/. Princeton College on June LIST. lie 's
IS graduate Of that college.
" At n meeting of the board OF director
= Of the Fayetteville and Albcmarlc railroa
in Fayetteville, steps were taken lookin
m the construction Of the line bctwcc
=, Fayetteville and Aberdeen.
v The wholesale and retail store ot l..
Il. Willis. at Washington. \. e., was a'mo'
r drstroycd by fire. The building ar
ic stock were insured for 81 800. but insu
Al nncc does not cover the loss.
=" The Sanford Express says: An imme,
=; hotel ON the foreign plan will bc built
-, PING Bluff, in this county, with Northc
y cnpitnI. MIR. ]. T. Patrick. the inter-sta
enumeration agent. is at the head OF It.
k, w. Davis, native of Chapel Hill al
ho , Graduate of the university lclnss 1861
oi IL In mil nj Fort Worth, Texas. on
NJ. chnryc of murder. lie has made an q
on nrni To the supreme court. The nc
,p- rntrs from this State tn the Southe
N. I,nnt;s, convention called on the unit
ny tunatc man.
.cn ,m During hail storm on the Griffin Ia
"a, near Scotland Neck two women W
~. killed by lightning They had come
~, ~ from the field and were standing near
n nn fire to dry themselves, when they W
IN instantly killed. There were Others
no., the house but no one else was iiJur
hc. ,s The colorcd people declared that q
w saw the lightning come down the ch
thc ney.
at Fertilizer inspector George $. Ter
like bns seized at Pilot Mountain n lot OF
sht ,;l;,rr made by the Old Dominion Gui
ire. company Of Norfolk, Va, which the G.
ies, pnny has been selling without license
ork This state. It is Especial fertilizer tor
res, hocco." :" which has been sold in sacks Y
nts, fur cotton fertilizer. The goods have y
by ordered by the agricultural departn
nee TO bc withdrawn from sale.
mo. The new Methodist church at Sol
mnen m port has been opened. The man D.
m.r ms, inr is - icct front with depth ot
''ete Grct. and ls icct high. On each side
a. class room, 12x2O feet, aud back OF
WIN nuln;t the choir occupies n space IL
ta'e icct. The interior is handsomely dcsit
cars and finished in Carolina pine, highly
h"p shrd. The windows are stained X
of ouict design, but add greatly to
effect of the interior. In the tower
hell used in the former church has
u. placed. -.
An. The program for the state cdi
mis-. meeting at Durham will include p
:. a. rcccption, at which the address OF
How come. tho oration by the association
,dcr. tor, etc, will I've delivered. A drive arr
: dc. the CITY TO visit the various industr'
the Establishments, etc. A concert Nv loee
the cut aud Others, to excel all prev'ouse'
Box. In that line. A drive to the Be.
rest. plncc, the scene of lohnson's 8 surrcnd
Prof. Sherman, and lunch on the grount
A cx. grand banquet, at which, IN ndditio
may feast Of good things for the inner
,cans tbcrc will he n feast of reason and n