The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-08-20
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LOCAL AND GENERAL
DURHAMNE PICKED UP
HERE AND THERE.

Read land sale OF \. II. War
re1 10 this issue.
New tobacco coming into the
Durham market.
The farmers are busy pulling
fodder and curing tobacco.
Those who went Oh the excursion
10 Asheyille are delighted with their
trip.
Advertise la The DuRIlAM RE
coRDER and yau will reach city and
country customers.
-Thirty-four persons died from
cholera in Mecca Saturday, and
twenty-eight died IN Jeddah.
--Emily Woodruff, advises ladies
not TO marry until they are twenty
Eve years old. They never do
unless they get a chance.
Mrs. Ida Algood, who has been
on a visit to her mother, Mrs. Brown,
in South Durham several weeks re-
turned to her home in Petersburg,
Va, last Friday.
Recent Odd Fellows statistics
foot up the number Of white Odd
Fellows on the globe at 1871, 2S9.
This is said to exceed the mem ber-
ship of any other civilized secret
society by quarter of 4 million.
We could get along with a
good deal less. II is stated that
Jay Gould's daily income has been
estimated recently at STAG; Corne-
Illus Vanderbilt's at 1J,249; John ID.
Rockefeller's at SlS,7l5, and Will
am Waldorf Astor's at S23,593.
John Brown. SON Of John
Brown, Of Harper's Ferry fame,
lives quietly at Put-in-Bay, 0hio,
where lie cultiyates a small vina-
yard and fruit farm. lie is an old
man now, having been one Of the
prominent persons in the stirring
period in which his father figured.
The hoe-cake is bound TO rise &C.
cordingto this; an estimate obtained
from the highest authorities in
France indicates that the French
importations of wheat will be 25,-
100000 bushels above the impor-
tations of last year.
Some Of the farmers in Green
bush, Pa, are using oxen in the
place Of horses 70 do their haying
with. A few days ago one was seen
in horse rake. and q man had yoke
Of token hitched 10 a moving machine
and was moving with them.
AN event has happened in ken-
sington, n. II which has set the
inhabitants wild with excitement.
The first house TO be built in the
place for thirty years il approach
ing completion, and a grand csle-
bration Is expected when the in.
mates take possession.
- Ii has been about a fortnight
since the burglars were run out of
Durham, and We hear that an old
lady looks through her house well
from top 10 bottom, and then peeps
under the bed before she blows out
height, but up TO present writing
she hasn't seen burglar there yet,
--Hurrah for the Lynchburg 1
Durham Railroad. An old citizen
IL Durham said Yesterday evening
that, that was the biggest engine he
ever saw that came over 10 pull the
excursion TO ROXboro this morning
A large crowd went from Durham
10 attend the big land sale which
takes place to-day.
MIR C. L. King has returned
from Chapel Hill. During his alb
sence Mr.. Mob. said he had n hart
time Of waiting on customer
night and day; 80 Mr.. Nc Bugh
has gone on q visit to his home al
Washington, n. G., and Mr.. Kin,
y caught in the same coil; aud i
Mr. Mob stays away long, Ming, be-
ing 50 fat, the outeredge Of his ski
may have pale lemon hue.
The series Of meetings wlicl
were commenced nj Yates Chape
about ten days ago, will close 10
night. Al each service Rev. q. A
Woodson preached sermons of grea
strength, and much good was &C
complishcd. Five were baptize
at Pickett's pond, near the churcI
last Sunday. The pleasant wcathe
made il enjoyable for all VIII
attended.
1t Is a shame! The law ougll
10 bringits clinched fist down upo
all such. An exchange says: "Ye:
terday we saw ahorse pulling a dra
which had AZ least 1000 pounds o
goods on IL, and three negroes bf
sides. The poor creature coul
hardly get along. We often SC
cases Of this kind-horses and mule
grooming, stretching and strainin
under loads too heavy for them /,
draw. Why will the owners d
these noble animals suffer them |