The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1890-03-18
THE OLD NORTH STATE.

Among Greensboros enterprises she ID
soon to number an ostrich farm.
The engine for the new bleaching fac
tory at Concord 10 ready for business.
There are eighteen orphans at present
in the Presbyterian Home in Charlotte.
Greensboro real estate dealers report
that there are twenty-five property buy
ers there.
Robert Rankin, former citizen Of Gas.
ton county, died this wee:: in Alma. Ar.
kansas.
All the railroads will give reduced rates
when Sam Jones speaks in Charlotte
next month.
Mr.. Henry Bowman, aged about 80
years and living near Collettsvllle, died
Sunday night.
The contract for the erection Of a Cath
olic church in Winston has been awarded
to Mr.. H. E. McIver.
Messrs. Harper, Bernhardt & Co., Of
Lenoir, shipped in one day last week IS, !.
900 pounds Of dried fruit.
A bale of cotton weighing 801 pounds
was recently brought to Concord and
sold. 1t brought 10ls cents.
The Charlotte Democrat says twelve
hundred disabled Confederate soldiers
draw pensions in this State. and $500
widows.
John Bracksville. a colored murderer,
of Rockingham, who was sentenced to
hang four years ago, but escaped, has
been recaptured.
Isaac Rogers was killed near Raleigh
by his horse falling down An embank.
ment. He was found some hours later
by railroad hands.
Col. Burgwyn's plug tobacco factory
was formally opened at Henderson on
Wednesday and the inhabitants made
more fuss over it than little.
Cotton seed suitable for planting are
very scarce in some sections this spring.
Quite number are finding 1t difficult to
secure good seed for this purpose.
Ensign Thomas Washington, son OF
Colonel ]. A. Washington, Of Goldsboro,
sailed Saturday from Norfolk, Va, on a
three years cruise in Asiatic waters.
The people of the Providence section
have at last succeeded in having post
office established at that place. The
name of the Office will be Hargrove, in
honor of the late Colonel T. L. Har-
grove.
William Lynch was arrested in White
Oak township on a charge Of illicit dis
tilling by Deputy John d. Upchurch. He
was brought to Raleigh and after hear
ing before Commissioner Purnell was
committed to Jail in default of bail.
A colored man Of light complexion was
found drowned in the shad nets Of Cap
tain Bell in Pasquotank river. The body
was buried near the mouth h of New Begun
Greek, and was not identified nor is it
known how he came to his death.
Last Friday while one OF the attorneys
was speaking on a case at Lexington.
Judge Shipp, looking out of the window,
discovered that it was showing. He i'm
mediately and unceremoniously an
nounccd that court was adjourned for
the day.
Two negroes, George Davis and John
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on suspicion of theft. The Monday be-
fore they traded two watches aud when
arrested had three pistols, which, with
four Others found on their premises,
made seven pistols, old and new, in their
possession
The report Of State Treasurer Balm
shows that $11 100000 of he old debt
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funded into new four per cents under the
act OF 1879 which expires by limitation
Iuly l, 1890. There is now one million
six hundred thousand dollars Of the old
debt outstanding.
The board of trustees Of Trinity Col
lege have been called to meet at Durham
on the goth instant to take action re
garding the proposition Of the citizens o
Durham regarding the gift ofa site ano
Of large endowment for the college
Durham has so far subscribed abou,
$4,000.
On last Friday two colorcd children
were burnt to death on the farm Of MIR
Mike Crawford. in Hadley township
Their mother had left them in her cabii
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distance way, and during her absenc'
the cabin caught on fire and was burnet
up, together with the children, one o
whom was about two years old. th'
other was an infant.
W. A. Wadsworth, treasurer Of Moor,
county. made affidavit before D. A. Nc
Donald. clerk Of superior court. that h
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rites Of Sheriff Black, a supposed de
faulter. had transferred his property ant
purposed fleeing the State without meet
ing his obligations. Buchanan was ar
rested and required to give bond o
$40 900 for his appearance.
An attempt was made to derail tn
Charlotte bound passenger train iron
Wilmington, when three miles out O
Wadesboro by a crosstic being place,
across the track. The tie became fas
tened between the pilot and the rails ant
was pushed along by the engine for abou
hundred yard. until the train whic
was going about ~ or SO miles an hou
was stopped.
There 10 coincidence in the Raleigl
They show that eleven hundred an,
ninety-six arrests were made for the yea
ending March 1889. and the same nun
Der for the year ending March 1890
Three hundred and fifty-six burial pei
mits were issued for the year endin
March 1889 and the same number 70
the succeeding year.
Logo Harris, secretary Of the Mort
Carolina republican State executive con
mittec, wrote Postmaster General War
: amaker red hot letter few days ag,
+ In which he declared that II Shafer wa
l confirmed as postmaster at Raleigh, I'll
republicans would not be able to elect