The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-16
DURHAM RECORDER.
WEDNESDAY,, Sept. is, 1891.

WEDNESDAY,, Sept. l6, 1891.
The Mangum building will
soon be completed, and it will
bea handsome one too.
Mr.. J. j. Pool has com,
menced the erection Of a fine
brick building on Mangum
street.
Farmers are rejoicing over
their crops in some sections but
are not enthusiastic over their
tobacco crop.
MIR. j. T. Hughes, OF Creed
moore, called to see us yester-
day. He says his tobacco is
fine, but on his way here, he
noticed that some tobacco was
looking very badly.
The district school house
that is being builtin the Proctor
settlement, on the Chapel Hill
road, is about finished. IL is
the best school building any
where in that section.
The Richmond & Danville
railroad will sell tickets to
Catawba Agricultural and In
dustrial Fair, N. c., at follow.
J ing rates from Durham, $3.2
Tickets on sale Sept. 28th to
October 3rd, returning October
9th.
Summer is gone; the katydid
has begun TO saw its fiddle
From its deep and shady cloister
will leone forth the silent oyster.
Frost ere long will put its veto
on the calumet mosquito. Heed
the lesson which this teaches
now's the time to lay in your
winter wood.
The Washington IN. CO.
Gazette says: We are informed
that while Capt. Styron was
down the river last week he
found a snakes nest which con-
tanned 81 eggs and in each egg
was found q snake averaging
from eight to ten inches. Can
anybody beat this in the snake
line, rs. q. Barbee, Esq, liv-
ing in East Durham, ploughed
up the first of the summer 40
snake eggs, and near by a
snake was found that measured
"a feet in lenghth and 4 feet in
diameter. REcoRDER.l
Talking it up in the Quaker
city; tho Times a few days ago
sud: John b. Stone, a Raleigh,
N. c., business man, is in the
city in the interest Of the Grand
Southern Interstate Exposition
that will be held in Raleigh
from October / TO December / Of
this year. Mr.. Stone hopes 10
be able to arouse the interest OF
Philadelphia merchants in the
enterprise, which promises TO be
the most successful ever held in
the South.
Mr.. @. A. Goodwin, who Is
an old patron Of THE RECORDER,
will have q fine display at the
Exposition. The Chronicle says:
Mr.. @. A. Goodwin, the popular
proprietor Of the Raleigh mar
BILE yard is getting ready to
make a very fine display Of mon
uments and marble work Of ev-
cry kind for the exposition. One
Of the most beautiful Of his re-
cent pieces is a shaft surmount-
ed by a cross entwined around
which is en- anchor, with the
accompanying rope in graceful
folds, II produces a very pleas
ing effect. He has many other
very good pieces Of work and
when the exposition opens will
have a fine stock. His display
will be very creditable.
The Western Tobacco Journ-
al, Of Cincinnati, Of last week
says: We had the pleasure
Thursday last Of grasping the
hand of Mr.. Il. G. Hackney, the
genial editor Of the Durham On.
o. RECORDER and SOUTHERN
ToBAccSIsT Of Richmond, Va,
and a cheroot manufacturer nc
Durham, N. Q. Mr.. Hackney
came North in July with his
wife, locating at Indianapolis,
where his wife is undergoing
treatment under q famous speci-
alist OF the medical profession.
Mr.. Hackney and wife are long
ing for the time when they can
return 10 home and friends at
Durham