The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-03-28
de9t and Dr. R. F. whitehurst secretary

, dent and DR.. r. +. Whtehurst secretary
and treasurer.
The contract 90 build q big tobacco war.-
house 40 Oxford has been leo hv The
/ propriciofs, Davis and Gregory. Ifis fn
he of pressed brick 'front.' two st0rie, hieh
with bell-towCr, and rs ID 1Dl feet nf -Iln.
10 is said that the Raleigh military viii
not compete m Che State Guard prize drlf
on the 10Th Of April, but Will c0urie0usif
give away 20 visiting delegations.
ON Monday afternoon. Mrs. l.. y. Brown
drove mp Co the house of Mr.. Ailcot. in sam.
ford, and sat IN the buggy while her servant
went into the holse ON some orrand. An
approaching irSn frightened her mule.
which dashed OH and the lady was thrown
out and down a high bank. She was s0mc
time unconscious by The severe concussl0n.
but rallied and was likely tO recover.
The Davis Wiley Bank. and the First
National. both OF Salisbury. viii move inio
new buildings which have been prepared
tor their reception.
The incoming passenger train on tho
"lhrce 1's' Railroad from Columbia had
narrow escape near Rock Mn last Saturday
after the storm. A negro woman and lif-
tie white girl discovered that the wind had
tumDcd rail fence from am embankmoni
and had piled rails and rIihlshOn the track.
10 was on @ long curve and they know the
danger to Che train then nearly due. With
desperate energy they began '0 pitch 0f tho
rails and clear the track. which was barely
done when tne train. then behind fim0
came up. going af the ratnoi forty mi'Os an
hour. Hu' Crfhcir devotion tleie would In-
gNitably have been terrible smash. CAPTAIN
auuiil. Who WAS in charge of ile train.
magnanimously pledged his Influence with
hls company 70 secure handsome reward
for the humble heromos.
Rowan county Is becoming ouito "a cotton
producing territory.
Ground has been broken af Salisbury nr
a new railroad % connect that town with
ihe great mining section of -Anly county.
The annual report OF the State Auditor of /
lnc financial operations OF tle State Or ila /
h'cal year, ending November. 1850. gives /
some interesting items. Among others. /
there ls difference in the hauds oil Oh. /
treasurer between the years i>-- and l-.Y F.
I'M lo>o the balance in round numbers iu /
puplic iund was si201; in educational /
iSg9 iSs9 was $4,000, while ia T
$1,000, and educational fund. sI.Om. ruf
this Is accounted for largely h, iho nom
receipt of 100000 in drummors' licenses /
which went 90 tho public fund. and ur tnc /
reduction of the educational fnd. flo /
amounts were appropriated iO ihn county I
boards. and do not show In the Iroasurers .
EXHIBIT. Also, there are huy taX-paFnl +
ana iour non-ilNpdying railroads u lha /
state, aggregailug mileage off 200. thlir
personal property valued al ,1Ilj.3s-. and
grand total of real and personal propor,
valued at f22-.u,a.1O-, an increase of >l3.-
uVl.NVu over the assessment Ol is,l.
The ice factory OF l.. NOrih a. Co.. in vii. (
mington, produces forty tons per day. and :
mas storage capacity of eighteen hundred
tons, ANA thi, season will make eight th0u-
sand tons. The Ice is made from distilled /
water, and is said 90 he exceptionally boau-
uml and pAa.
Lewis loV0r0, negro boy. who nyos at .
this place and displays GOOD deal of inea. .
nultl 40 the carving oi walking canes.
Which Dee makes entirely with 20 common /
pocket knife. some time ago sent one of hi- /
best canes t0 Ar. Cleveland as present /
not expecting more Than "a vote of fhauk-T /
from the cX-Presideut. he was SURPRISED +
some time after to receive % check for Sd. i
from Mr. Cleveland as an evidence of bis /
appreciation.
strange iaei- concerning fle murderer
>hackcllDid alias Davis. continue f0 come
before the public. Among other thin-s. bel
SAYS Doe is ioriy-tW0 yolis old. instead 0i
lhilil l-iNO. says ao has father mother
dnd slste- living; thlt he was married when
twenty years OF age. aud hls Wif. and
seven children living with au uncle. n drug.
sist 800 Marion. b. 4. lie admits hlginr
been accused ot killing ihe child OF his old-
o-t daughter.