The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-03-19
GREENSBORO GOSSIP.
Picnic Proiected-eo.o0 900 Fish Caught in
Onc UaY.

Picnic Proiected-e 900 Fish Caught In
One Day.
GREENSBORO. y. G., Mar. ls- Special.
Captain Edward Everett OF Wilmington.
has ON exhibition here to-day among tine
railroad men and others device which be-
ha. just patented, which. ID adopted by
railroad companies, may make q very PAIL
bable falling on in calamiy statistics. his
model represents am ordinary arrangement
OF ear trucks. but in addition. there +.
heavy iron shoe bOlted 90 the under side
that has q system Of nangcs branching 0ut
90 each wheel. These are double rlmmDl
and project out ON both sides and very near
the rails. II by any accident the truck.
jump the track. these ilanges keep the train
i'm place. and instantly % stout iron bar is
30 pressed "a, to communicate with thc air
pipes and put ON the brakes and thus stop
the train. Captain Everett is now ON his
way 90 W Washington city tO submit his in-
fenuon tO some Oi the highest railroad Of-
ncials in the country. it has already won
the favorable verdict of many competent
judges in this state.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of
the 6uiliord Battle Ground Association WAS
held at the lodge of the company 0n the
grounds last saturday. Judge >chenck was
Is
and Col. IhOs. B. keOgh. secretary for fhe
ensuing year. ln addition 90 the above as
directors. Messrs. iutn Tucker, of Raleigh.
Nitk01sky, Of Charlotte; EX-Iieuleuant
Governor otcdmau, of Wilmington. Julius
A. Gray and DIR. henhOW of Greensboro.
were also elected. An artist of High Point
Mr. ID. l.. Clark, was present and exhibited
the photograph of the old New Gordon Qua-
ker Church, which was used by General
Greene at the time OF The battle, as "a no--
ljtsl for hi- wounded soldiers. and some of
whom were buried there. Tho oit church
has been demolished within the recollection
of the present generation. Mr.. Clark viii
make an OH painting from the photograph io
be presented to the company. Some .m-
prOyements have been made ON thD grounds
during The year ON lawns and groves and
fruit trees planted. committee was up-
pointed t0 arrange with like committee Ol
the town citizens 90 arrange for big llc-
mic and military display ON iho iih 0l Stay.
AT leaksyille, Rockingham county. last
Saturday q boy, by the name ci Wade
hampton, was out celebrating ali by bim-
SELF and having bored "a hole in the ground.
filled it with powder and stuck % burning
match % 10. The explosion that followed
Dlstercd bis lips, singed him badly, and pos
sibly caused the ruin of one OF his eyes.
An intelligent observer says tlat about
One-niinO Of ine negroes have leii Nash conn. /
~ D} the exodus process that the pcrmn. /
nent effect viii bee different and much less
serious with farming interests than was es- /
timaied; that 10 really augurs ln advance /
IN that line. 10 is largely tne result of crop
failure last year, and VIII not alter the p0-
litical complexion of the county. and that
10 will RESULT in gradual and final emf srl. /
ti0n.
O. Af...l..,., D.. g.. l..,f.. .. ... .4.... e
tory in Kingston, lenOir county.
The spoke and handle factory of Carson .
Brothers, in Charlotte, have been for years .
shipping their products 90 Germany. aud t
are never able tO Keep zap with orders.
The manufacture ot sAuftles ana shuttle /
blocks is au industry Oi recent 0rilIu. cOm-
paratlyely, in this state, and presents some
interesting phases. There are now seY'ui
for making the -huttles. which are sold di-
rect 90 our southern cotton mills. But
practical mechanics in this line egy a. IL
exceedingly difficult t0 make % shuttle that
viii suit, aud hence many shops viii not
undertake tne work, and only cut tle blocks
in tine rough of .ucl SIZE as VIII maze the
shuttles and ship them % factories chat
make a specially Of the finish. n i5 also
difficult tO get machinery i0rtho work or exc
pcrts 10 manage ll. The old established
plants Of the North have "a monopoly. and I.
guard 10 very lenlOusly. Mechanics here
are not Away able 10 laot, hardly ever %
gain access ,0 tAe machine shops and shut
lie factories at ilc Nurth when 0n tours Df
inspection. The material used here i
chiefly dOgw00d and per,imm0g. A
few others, but less plentiful. age also
used. The blocks ore ou. with great
precision AND -hipped in boxes. >ilcr
city, On iAe Cape Fear and ladkn Valley .
j N|.II ..HI .|I q o."
5000 blocks direct lO Liverpool
Last saturday. at New .seine. Bell & go. IS I
herring seine took in 10000 fish in one day.
They got 1000 herring aud 100 shad at ole
haul. ihe business Is said lO bee exception
ally good this season.
Harlan i. Kelsey. Of Linyiile Caldwell /
county, has received an order from George
Vanderbilt. who H. building palace af
AsheYiile, for $500 worth of white ani
spruce pines for the Doautiigia. OF bis .
grounds. The plant. are 20 bee gathered
from the mountains around IinyIlle City.
ON the nCw WilkesbOr0 Railroad, al ihe
second cut below that town, "a landslide oc-
CURED last week, and Che wl0lc side 0i
hlil came down and blocked operations.
The captain 0f ihe grading force says twill
take two mon.ns 90 cut through the bank.
Captain =. y. ficken- is building "a street
ear llle ln the charming mountain town of
As summer resorts. tle.e
little Western North Carolina ,lWAs are. in
some particulars, without peer. an emi-
ueut iur'-t visiting them. SAVE. "IAo air Of
Chat land Oi the sky il Ike champagne
among the Wines
Iar0oro Is building town bali soon t0 Doe
completed. twill be "a lrm piece OF archi-
tecilsm, my by .eyenty-lWo ln size. There
is also one oi Che finest cotton factories in
this State just now being enlarged. and is
well equipped and we'll managed. The
Baptist, are also about tO erect "a handsome
church % cost $4,000. A desirable site has
Just been secured 40 a cost OF $500.
Or. h. i. speed. 0f COakey, tlgecomDe
county, had ripe tomatoes AID bushes niied
with a fine crop oi green ones before the
late freezes.
Louis b. Pender, at about o'clock one
afternoon last week, heard nom bis farm.
about three miles from fagboro the distinct
strokes 0f drum beat at Rocky Mount,
fourteen miles distant. lie afterwards
learned that military company was on
drill at the timQ.
Redden ,hOrrd, of EdgecOmhe county,
says be- has been planting the "Old yellow
pink Irish potato for thlrty-thrCe years
without iutermis5ion and got the same from
his father, who planted them for ms years
before, and only recently has he used any
other variety. Through all these decades
they maintained their reputation By q "sur-
yiyal of the httest.n
some encouraging reports come back +
from "cx0dusiers.n who have found homes .
IN Mississippi. They have written 20 \
friends in this state tha, they are doing /
well and satisfied,
good story Is told OF a ptucky hen Ia I
one Of the eastern counties, which fought a /
..blue-,ail darter' that attacked her hru0<l &
She not not only saved her chick, bat
actually killed the hawk.