The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1890-03-29

e There are 2,062 sub, and 95 count
v alliances in North Carolina.
Two Lexington men are credited wit
u killing forty.nine birds at one shot.
The Charlotte branch Of the Y. NJ.
A. has been running for fifteen years.
Miss Ella Johnston, a popular youn
society lady Of Mooresv,lle, died OF pueu
y monia.
The Evening Capital is the name Of
D new paper which will soon be started a
, Raleigh.
: The Leaksville Gazette reports the to
E tai destruction Of the peach crop Of tha
section.
| Lexington beaux and bellies meet at ,
roller skating rink. One is running il
that place.
Hon. F. NJ. Simmons, of New Bernc
is being boored for congress for the sec
ond district.
1t Is estimated that there are $500 pu,
pills in attendance upon the various
schools Of Raleigh.
Julius Abernethy. a merchant of Ba.
kersville, has assigned. Liabilities, $l2,.
900 to $4,000.
Madison will have a cotton factory
il Frank Fries. OF Salem, carries out his
threat and erects it.
George E Pell. late Of the State Chroni.
Gle. is now connected with the staff ol
the Twin City Daily.
| A stock company has been organized
for the purpose OF erecting fine $780,.
900 hotel in Salisbury.
A little son Of Mr.. d. NJ. Henderson,
near Hamlet. fooled with a gun which
went off and killed him.
Carthage, N. c., boasts but 800 souls.
but in the past six weeks twenty-five ba.
bies have been boru there.
Alamance county has fifteen cot ION
mills, consuming. in round numbers. co..
600 bales OF cotton each year.
Walter Murphy. of Salisbury, has re-
ccived from Hon. John S. Henderson an
appointment to the naval academy.
Major d. A. Townsend. of Union. S.
c., will deliver the oration at the com
rencement exercises at Davidson Col
lege.
The Newton Enterprise adverts to the
fact that for each OF three years past
Mnrch has been the coolest month OF the
year.
Rev. c. S. Farris. pastor Of the Baptis,
church in High Point. has sent in his res.
'gnation. and has preached his farewell
sermon.
A Cabarrus gentleman offers prize oi
$40 to the best slellcr in the schools oi
that county. Weekly spelling bees" ar,
now being held.
Wilber Holiday, a Mormon elder, died
in Davie county. near Mocksvillc, re.
Gently. His remains were taken to Utah |
for intermcnt.
A white convict died at the quarters
near Mt. Airy recently. The poor El. |
lows time Of sentence had expired jus,
the day previous.
Weeks Armstrong. the colored post.
master at Rocky Mount. has been re-
moved for having allowed his accounts
to fall short $700. His bond is said to |
be valueless.
The Twin City Daily 10 responsible for
the story that during a recent thunder
shower near Winston colored child was
struck BY lightning and killed while iu its
mothers arms.
The railroad hands employed on the
Cincinnati and Chicago rail.
road have struck for an increase in wa.
gcs and work has been temporarily sus-
pended.
A number Of young men Of Sanford
met at the Page hotel and organized the
Grady club, in honor Of the late Henry
". Grady. Of Atlanta. The object Of the
rlub is wholly literary.
The dwelling house OF J. S. Warner, a,
Linville City, has been entirely destroyed
by fire, and all his furniture and house.
hold effects were burned. There was nj
insurance and the loss was heavy.
The Greensboro Patriot does not ap.
prove Of the Workman's idea Of NOV.
ing the State capitol to Greensboro. II
says that on account Of the boom there
The land to put the capitol building OIL
can't be spared.
The Gazette says Mr.. ". r. Massey.
lt Gastonia, killed eighty-seven birds
at seven shots. Nine were partrdses. all
:illcd at one shot. The remainder wrr,
loves, shot in a baited trench, fourteen
being killed at each Of the two shots.
Job Biggs. the mail carrier on the
Campbell route. delivers his mail to th
Offices on foot. walking - miles one du,
and 81 miles next dav. During a year
he steps over S.45] miles. and at this
rate would cover the circuit Of the globe
in three years, exclusive Of Sundays.
The coming commencement at Ruthcr.
lord College promises to be the mos,
in the history Of that institu.
lion. The great reunion Of old students
rom North Carolina, South Carolina.
Florida, Virginia. Tennessee and Georgia
will be grand sight.
About two years ago. says the State
Greensboro voted to cspcnd
100000 in city improvements. Il
never made better investment. Only
$40 900 Of the amount has been spent,
and already the citizens sec that It was n
wise expenditure. Greensboro 10 enjoy.
ng a great boom and Is destined to be a
'ity oflarge proportions.
The civil action brought BY the widow
II the late Frank Deans against the vii.
nington and Weldon railroad for dam.
,gc for the killing Of her husband about
year ago. was dismissed by his Honor
udge McRae at Greensboro. After hear.
ng five witnesses for the plaintiff the
udge ordered the case to be nol.prosscd