The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-03-29
NEMs lN MORTH CAROLINA.
Nahy Items of Interest Gathered at
Crccn.boro and Raleigh.


RALEIGH. n. C., Mar 2s.- Special. The
Atlantic Hotel syndicate, which owns The
famous seaside resort at Morehead city.
and which has for several years conducted
fns motel ou JOS own account, has decided
this year t0 lease it tO Foster Brothers, who
MANAGED DO in 1856 aud losi. MaiOr J.. G..
Uauel. secretary 0f the AOrtl Carolina
Teachers Assembly, made arrangements
with the manager, last night for the accom-
mediation oi siN hundred teach f., Who VIII
attend the Teachers Assembly in June.
Tine building of Ml. NandcrDilts three
mile railroad. from tAe W. n. T.. Railroad
fo his palace now being constructed at
A.hetilie. is being carried out an DBL.
scale. There are uoW one thousand men at
work on if this number being necessary 10
complete DO in tAe time specified in the con-
tract. which is SIXTY days. 4 compieielail-
road constructing outfit hAs been leased for
A larta number ol hands employed IN the
construction of thc &. q. 4. Railroad. near
Marion. have gone ON % strike for raise lh
WAGES from > tO i.-J per day, ana WORK
ha, been suspended. The contractors de-
clare ihat they are determined not 90 grant
the advance demanded.
The ease of Mordecai Hudson, for killing
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this week. some of the ablest attorneys IN
fhe eastern part of lhs state are employed
0n tle case.
lt is learned that y. b. Connolly, late
clerk of lrotell superior Court VINO leii
there some months ago under "a cloud, has
obtained license tO practice law in carriers
Vile. Ca.
Mr.J.A. Bryan. of New Berne. who re-
Gently purchased tho Seven springs proper
a.. has decided tO improve the property hl
erecting uaiih0n-. balh-hOuses, ETC. MI.
W. I. simmons Wcll-kuo"n hOteiist, VIII
Doe the manager this season.
IL announced that General K. b. Vance
will deliver am address before the Farmers
AUiance at Rutherford College tomorrow.
Three y0uue ladies bad % thrilling escape
n0m dl0NulnInear Morgani0n, a few nights
ago. They were going boz carriage over o.
the M0r-ani0n Insane Asylum. where an
entertainment was % De gwen hy ihc in-
mates. % was Necessary 90 cross Hunting
creek tOraacl the asylum, ana the night was
Il ttr4 dark one. sO lhut 10 was impossible o.
sDe where Che horses were going. Before
they knew it they had plunged into ihe
creek. which was much swollen and out OBJ
ils banks iu consequence OF the recent rams.
The strong current swept ihe carriage
down the stream several yards. and would
nave NANlANI NNM DO am ht'NN"' NtiN '''H
pants had not the vehicle struck fence.
which ran up 20 the waters edge. Tie
Young ladies succeeded in climbing out iO
dry land on the fence thoroughly drtnched
and frightened Out Of their wits ai their mar
row escape The carriage was lost.
The Lutheran denomination is developing
great strength in the western part OF The
state. Tue congregation at Monroe has de-
clded 90 build a handsome church, and has
ordered the necessary material for the edi-
hco.
Colonel a. VI. Waddell. Of Wilmington.
l. announced as one of the speakers at the
~ub-If0pical Exposition at Jacksonville,
Fla. OH North Carolina day. lie Is one Of
the most eloquent orators Of the state.
one Ol the peculiar ELECTS ol the recent
cold snaps. Is the killing OF many fine trees.
The foliage at first looks wlihered, as n
.hnseicd Dy heat. and then begins 10 die.
Ih. biz railroad shed at Weldon is 90 De
ENLARGED hV The various railroad cOmpanie,
which have their dopOts under its roof. II
is already one Of the largest caI-sheds IN
the south.
Judge Clark, of the supreme Court bench,
owns the largest truck farm north Of flori-
da. 10 Is on the Roanoke river, and he has
cultivated 10 ON q large scale for several
wears. lie has Two hundred acres in grass
alone. lie ht- just 7t'uith N'il9 ~ -
pert truckers from Pennsylvania and placed
Them in charge Besides largely increasing
fhetrucking feature, he will also engage IN
fruit raising on an extensive scale, includ-
ing Strawberries, apples. peaches, and
cranes. The Roanoke section u unsurpass-
el I'M the world for this class Of production.
le.sic Fuller a cOlOrcd woman. has been
arrested aud put in jail for infanticide at
Boon station. in Alamance county. The
infant was missed, and suspicion Of foul
plav was excited and search was made.
The infant was found in a creek near by,
where the unnatural mother had drowned
if.
Mr.. l.. Banks Holt has made large ad-
dition 10 his cotton mill, the Oneida, al era
nam. lie will put in POS new spindlcs and
33 looms. This will make, in tie whole
mill. 4. 900 spindles and 235 looms.