Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-02-21
NORTH NEWS.

NOl(1l1 CA1tOLlN ~ r. W y:
We see it published that the late
Mr.. }. A Bonltz, OF the Whining
ton Messenger, lef, $4,000 OF in.
surance TO his family There ate
Two parties, n from Chicago, the
other from New York, who wan, ia
buy the Messenger and convert it
into an eight column folio paper.
Charlotte News: Raleigh has
raised $4,000 for the Interstate
Exposition, and it will be held IN
that city next fall. Every County
in the state should help Raleigh to
make this an affair worthy the State
aud the News feels safe in PREDICT
lug that Mecklenburg, for one, Will
have q fine representation.
The Asheville Citizen says there
is no doubt as to the location Of
Bingham Schoo! there. The $4,000
asked tor has been pledged, bn, the
sum is to be increased to $4,000, on
account of the cost Of establishing
water works on the site decided on
by Major Bingham. This SITE is on
the west side OF the French Broad
river, about one-halt mile this side
Pearson's bridge, donated b. The
Ashevil.e Loan, Construction aud
Improvement, Company.
Wilmington Star The story told
in our Raleigh letter Of yesterday
relative to the retur of the three
negro families from Liberia after a
four years trial of life in that Atri-
can State, is the very story one
might expect, 1t is a story Of dis
appointment aud sorrow. One-tt.ird,
or forty Of the 1870 negroes who let
in company four years ago for tina
remote country, have fallen before
the diseases of that climate. The
Survivors are sick at heart and are
longing TO return TO the land Of their
hnrth-,his country. They are get
ting back IS fast as they can.
The Wilmington Messenger o.
February 18th says: Mr.. l. A. Rud
s@islll, a young baggage master on the
Carolina Central Railroad, met with
a horrible death yesterday morning.
While the 'nixed train due here a,
SID a. n, was between Eoslndai,
and Evansville, he fell between the
cars aud his body was mangled ne
yond recognition. No one saw him
when the accident occurred, hut il is
supposed that when the engineer
blew the whistle tor brakes he 90,
ca top-the car TO arrange the bell
rord> Being missed from the tran,
tie engineer ran the train back and
his remains were found scattered all
over the track. They were picked
up and placed in sheet and brought
on 10 Wilmington. The anangied
pieces were placed in a coffin YES.
,erday morning and were sent 10
his home7in Charlotte. The untnr
tunate young man was about oa
years of a4e aud vas well liked
along the road.
Raleigh News Observer: Work
was really begun Yesterday in the
construction OF the new Union det,ot.
ON ,h4 18th Of January two
patents were granted 10 William II.
herr, OF Concord, y. G., Tor q ma.
chine TO make bags. Mr.. w II.
herr Is a son of the late Prof. Kerr.
Of Raleigh, and is maracer of the
Kerr Bag Manufacturing Company
OF Concord. The machine j. a mar.
vel Of lhgennltv anl a,aa.s com!
plete bags t.tin;ed III one or u.ore
c%"inr-. The company is tiiIrs or
der, tor -four AID Other Irar~ from
All over The c ,un,ry and the MACHINE
i sa''i y Use up cloth as ia, / * q
hundred looms can weave L-To
morrow Rev. G. Durham and Col.
Eugene q. l@iarrell Will rtave for
Havana, Cuba. The occas,& in leinc
the dedication OF the first Ba.,,l
Church on that island, a !ar.e NUN
Der OF prominent Bap'i>,s from This
country, including several others
from North Carolina, all he in at
ie''da"cc The church viii he de.l.
Gated on the 18th OF February.
Ii You are a married rnan ana
lave a few little bright eyes and
dirty faces around ,our riresi.!e
Commence tie New Year by buyinr
q Family Bible at tie Book Store Ia
record he day when those little
t first commenced 10 explore this
! wo:ld Of ours.