Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-04-21
NORTH CAROLINA NOTES.
Ilcnderson's slatcst is n lawn tennis club

Shipments of Strawberries from Wayne
Duplin and New Hanover counties have
begun.
Forest fires have done considerable
damage i'll Pitt county within the past
few days.
| 1t is probable that the Western Insane
Asylum at Morganton will soon be
lighted by electricity.
There were seven hundred persons at
the banquet at Wilmington, which con
cludcd the RAILWAY celebration.
The negroes of Elizabeth City have an
| educational association at which they
discuss questions OF interest to their race,
A tent with 5000 capacity has been
provided for the revival meetings which
Evangelist Bill Fife will begin at Gastonia
May lth.
The saw mill and planning mill of L. b..
Newton, in Cumberland county, have
been burned. The loss 81 900, with no
insurance.
The State board of education has closed
he sale of Naucc's Island, containing
1000 acres, to Congressman Racburn, OF
Pennsylvania.
Marshal K. II, Bradley, of the supreme
court, was called to Tarboro by telc-
gram which stated hat his father, Elias
Bradley, was dead.
Fifteen ministers and thirty lay dele
gates are attending the session oi Orange
Prcsbytcry at burlington. 1t is the 2lOth
Scmi-annual session.
\ company for the manufacture of ice
has been organized at Durham with a
capital of $50 900. Work on the build
ing will he begun at once.
While Captain Petit, of Nash county,
was ON a trip to Nashville, leaving no
one at his farm, his buildings were fired
by unknown inccndiarics and completely
destroyed
The Sam Jones tabernacle at Charlotte
has been completed and the building is
ready for the public. \ union service con-
Quoted by the city past 1rs was held in il
sunday night
John b. eagle, an aged and respected
citizen OF .JoncSboro, plowcd all day FRI
day and went To bed in his usual good
health. Before morning he was dead and
it is supposed that heart disease is the
cause.
Since Evangelist Fife closed his meeting
at Laurinburg tOrty-ninc acccssions have
been made to the different churches of the
city. OF this number twenty-five are Pres
hytcrians, fifteen NcthOdlsts and nine
Baptists.
William Wright, Il negro hailing from
Richmond, Va, was arrested at Raleigh,
charged with stealing clothing and Jew
cry near Durham. Nearly all the stolen
property was recovered and Wright con.
icsscd the theft.
1t is learned that several Farmers ALI
anccs in Rockingham county will boycott
panvilc as tobacco market as long as
vidcd with iishways. Blythe laws of this
State iishwavs are required at dams.
\ negro named Allen Nelson was re-
moved from the Rockingham to the
Greensboro jail few days ago. lie was
imprisoned for nm assault upon a young
lady III Rockingham county and To pre-
vent his being lynchcd he was removed.
Thus far about four miles of what is
known as the Cripple Creek extension oi
the Cape Fear aud Nadkin Valley rail
road, between Mt. Airy and the Virginia
line. has been graded. This is about hall
the distance. On this extension 40 con.
victs are now at work, and by July the
grading WILL il is expected, he finished.
United States District Attorney {. 4.
Cook, at Southport, is looking into tn,
claim oi thirty Thousand dollars which
the government holds against the estate
oi Bcnamn Smith Srlith had the con.
tract in 1908 to build Fort Johnson and
iailcd To complete il. Cook is trying To
get hold OF real estate to satisfy the
claim.
An attempt was made by n posse in
| Nash county To capture Robert Perry, ar
escaped convict, who is u very dcSpcrat,
fellow. lie was at the house of his vii,
and advanced toward his would bc cap.
tors armed with revolver he had taken
from the PRISON quad. lie opened fir,
on the posse and then fled. Twenty shot,
were fired at him, two Of which took ct
feet, but he escaped.
\ gentleman in Pitt county nance
Cox has exhibited some new Irish pota
toes that grew around the seed without
producing vines. lie waited for his po
tatocs to come up, and thinking the,
were rotting in the ground he dug ioi
them and found that young potatoc,
were growing around the seed in tn,
usual way. lie will let the seed remain
and watch the progress ol the crop.
Col. 4. y. Andrews, the second vice
president Of the Richmond and Dnnyill,
railway, was before the investigating lcg
islativc committee aud testified regarding
the Georgia company, which had its al
legged headquarters at High Point. Col
oncl Andrews said he knew very littl,
about the company aud had nothing I,
do with its organization. The compan,
was understood To control the Gcurgi,
Central Railway aud Banking company
Governor Fowlc has appointed the fol
lowing delegates from North Carolina I,
attend the National Conference of Char
ties aud Corrections to bc held in lialti
more, May li-2l: Dr. l.. Burke Hay
WOO |, Raleigh ]. II. Mills, Thomasvillc
Rev. ]. J, Rumplc, Salisbury; Dr. II. i
Dixon, Oxford; DR.. J. +. Miller, Colds
horo; DR.. +. l.. Murphy, Alorgnnton
Rev. Il. a. Osborne, Charlotte; Dr. Wn,
X. Wood, Raleigh Col. L. I. Faisou
Raleigh.
An interesting trial has been in pro
grcss at Tarboro. II is that of Prime
Brown, colorcd, for the murder of Joh
Early, n young white man. II cndc,
in n verdict OF guilty of murder. Til