Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-07-01
NORTH CAROLINA NOTES.

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Raleigh is kicking because its electric
lights are no better than a good sized
students lamp.
The GrccnviIle, S. c., government build
ing is to bc constructed of brown stone
from Sanford, N. {.
Miss Mittic Thompson, of Wilmington,
narrowly escaped drowning while surf
bathing at Carolina beach.
A fire broke out in r. & ii. Fries cot
ton factory at Winston but was cxtin-
guishcd with but little damage.
Prof. Chas. ]. Parker, late of Raleigh
graded schools, has been elected superin.
tcndent of the Tarboro graded school.
An inccndiary fired the store of J. p.
Stewart at BattlcbOro, but it was dis
covered Immediately and cxtinguished.
Garfield Jones. ten year old Whining
ton colorcd boy was drowned in the
Cape Fear river, near Wilmington, while
riding the waves.
The democratic executive committee in
the eleventh district met at GastOnia and
decided to hold their convention at Lin
colnton on Thursday, August II.
Cabbagcs were failure this season
with the truckers around Wilmington
and dealers and market men get their
supplies of this vegetable from Virginia.
II. =. Kennedy. who struck John Dixon
with a hatchct in New Berne, and whose
friends declared he was insane, has been
adjudgcd SO by physician and taken to
the Goldsboro asylum.
d. W. Balm, State treasurer is again at
his post. He slys his accident ut Green's
boro did not amount to anything, and
that the newspaper reports Of it have
been greatly exaggerated.
Col. John n. Whitford, one of the lead
ing public men of Jones county, is dead.
lie was gallant soldier and had served
several terms in the legislature. The
last time he was in the senate.
Col. A. b. Andrews, of Raleigh, and
Col. Thomas d. Kcogh, of Greensboro,
commissioners representing North Caro-
lima, are at Chicago attending a meet
ing Of the commissioners Of the Worlds
Fair.
The Southern Educational Association
begins it's sessions at Morchead City to.
day. Railroads make the same rates as
to the Teachers Assembly and the Attain
tic City Hotel gives n reduced rate to all
guests.
Madison Hawkins, supervisor for the
second census district, is out with card
asking that any ovcrsights of the cnumcr.
ators bc reported to him. lie is interested
personally in seeing that his district
makes good showing.
When a son Of A. c. Moore, near Chat
ham, went to feed his guincas he missed
one Of them. A short search revealed a
bull frog with foot sticking from its
mouth and on cutting the frog open the
missing fowl was found inside.
A Wilmington negro, who cmigratcd
to Arkansas but who was lucky enough
to get back, is out with card in the
Wilmington papers telling how happy he
is to be home, and alleging crucltics,
which if they exist, are something terri
bic.
An attempt was made to wreck the
passenger train on the Charlotte, Colum-
bia and Augusta railroad. A bar of iron
.e" ,.e. 'o"h WIS ;, u;N.n ".o Wy 'H ":,
~ T s":, ~, on. e .hu pou & a.'Vss . ~. '.
nc I'"o. " .ne emsme was .oI" AWAY
o"' "o Se''o"s "''''"se w"s "o"e'
Rt. Rev. A. A. Watson, d. d., Bishop
of the Diocese of East Carolina, was
married at Wilmington Saturday to Miss
Mary Z. Lord, daughter of the late Mr..
+. ]. Lord. The ceremony took place in
st. lanes church, at $50 O'Clock, and
wns @ reformed Nv the rector NJ The
church Rcv Robert STRANGE
The Rockingham Rocket states that
n few years ago Mr.. 5. NJ. Thomas, oi
Laurinburg, purchased piece OF property
in Ashcvillc for which he paid $4,000.
Last week he sold that same property
for 100000. The increase in real cs-
tate valuation IN Ashevillc has been phe-
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Mr: Eusehe Mutrow deputy marsna. ,'.
NJ tn,s p'aee wiz Was .uken sek ners
severa uays aso WIN ,eyer unu earI'ru N.Y.
OUT 10 n's '1.ner NW ni,es III .h.
country Seu yss.cruay y ese''ns aoou. 'a.L
oe,oek. MI. Murrow WIS nDou. e:'. .n,r.y
years VI "Se u"" , WIS wei ,v, uu,, s.o"'
vigorous '""-'''e"''o'' "''""'"'
IN Sa,;shury fpr stealing somc cloth;ny
lie ,vas cormcrlv n conS;ct and Ind III.
i.c hrotcn while nj work nm the Dnc
tawn ra;lrond. He sa;d the Stntc wn,
rcsnons;ble for his lame condition and
In, he un ntcd :" ,ct hocL into The ncn
..n,;"rv @ - y" no IN Sc s"nnortcd Inv th,
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Last Friday n little two year old chile
of Mr., lake Lassitcr, near Walls Ferry
was killed under peculiar circunsta tanccs
The little fellow was playing at ridin,