Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-07-26
NORTH CAROLINA NOTES.

ton at Charlotte recently for admissio
intl, The mail service.
: Willie Pepper, of High Point, was sho
and killed at Oakland, Tenn. The par
ticulars are not known.
, Within few weeks, cx-Sheriff o. X
Cox, OF Randolph, has buried his wife, J.;
son and two daughters.
The comptroller Of currency has au
thorized the First National bank of Gas
tonia to begin business.
The house of the superintendent of tn,
poor oi Wake county, with all its con
tents, was destroyed by fire.
The bonded distillery of. c. Foust, ol
Liberty, has been seized by Deputy Col.
lector J. M. Hedgecocke for Irregular.
ties.
w. 7. Robson, of Bladcn county, acci-
dentally shot and killed himself while
practicing with double barrel shot
gun.
X. II. Kicks, big tobacco farmer of
Nash county, had his tobacco crop dam
aged to the extent of $1,000 by a hail
storm.
Edward Mccullough, who became in.
sane over Sam Jones meetings at Char.
lotto, has gone to the Morganton asy-
lum.
The congressional convention held at
Durham resulted in the choice of Hon. B,
II. Bum. He was chosen on the first
ballot.
The republican convention of the Fifth
district has rcnominatcd Congressman |.
NJ. Brewer. A majority of the delegates
were negroes.
During disgraccful fight at Snow Hill,
Samuel Potter, who was acting as peace.
maker, was shot and killed. The assassin
was unknown.
Simon Wordsworth, who cut a negro
woman's throat near Morton, has been
captured in South Carolina and will be
brought back for trial.
Governor Fowle has pardoned n man
named Fruett out OF the penitcntiary.
In 1887 he was sentenced totwclvc years
for assaulting little girl.
Hon. A. II. A. Williams was not named
Baldy because he is lacking in hirsute,
says the Oxford Day, but it is an abrcvi-
alton of Archibald, his first name.
A republican convention in Windsor,
which was managed entirely by negroes,
broke up in row, with broken skulls,
Scared faces, and bruised noses.
Collector Eaves is still bouncing the
boys. Mr.. Thos. Earnhardt, the mes
scngcr, has been removed and his place
given to coon from Salisbury.
Rodney Mauncy, 10 year old lad liv-
ing three miles from Shelby, accidentally
shot and dangerously wounded Julia
Hawkins while fooling with a pistol.
W. NJ. Hyatt. good citizen of Surry
county, was shot and killed by Henry
Bruner. 1t is supposed that the killing
was the result of an old family grudgc
Hon. b. +. Grady was nominated at
Clinton on the seventeenth ballot to sue
cccd Hon. c. w. McClammy as repre-
of the third district in con-
grcss.
A COW near New Beanc got her head |
caught in hole in a tree, and could not |
get it out. She was forced to stay with.
out food or water until found eleven
days after.
During an electrical storm at Colds
boro lightning entered the telegraph |
Office, destroyed the switchboard. put |
out the lamps and dcmoralizcd things
generally.
The News and Observer says that Lon.
]. Moore, one of the most prominent re-
publicans in the eastern part of the State,
has announced his intention Of with.
drawing from the party.
The reward offered for the highway
and train wrcckcrsin and around
Wilmington now amount to $500, and
il is probable that the Governor will in
crease the amount a few hundred more.
The electric light plant in Goldsboro
has been sold to |. +. Dortch, Il. NJ.
Privctt and ]. {. Eason. They have
formed the Goldsboro electric light and
power company, with capital Of $25.-
900.
Two sons ofMr. Wash Normcnt were
drowned in the Little Pee ncc river near
They were IL and IL years
old. The younger one fell of of log
In after him.
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The residence OF X. T.: Ramingcr was
consumed by lire at winston one night
and the next morning ). Il. Aliens hard.
ware store, Shiplcy's harness store and
Brewers barber shop were destroyed.
The loss amounts to 100000.
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