The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-09-18
DURHAM DOINGS.
Ths Days Record of Current Events In
the City and Vicinity.

the City and Vicinity.
Soon now, and a carpenter will be
hard to find in Durham.
--Durham Favorite, only clear Havana
five cent cigar sold in the city, at the
Thomas cigar store.
indian summer is coming now, and
Colonel Mesley says that SQuaw winter
will be here in day or two.
Mrs. N. J. Brown, wife of Col. J. L.
Brown, one Of the most prominent citi-
zens Of Charlotte, died yesterday at 1880
o'clock.
Received to day, at the Cheek Fur
niturc Co.'S, the prettiest line of linen
window shades ever shown in the city.
Call and see the new line of pictures.
Large and elegant line of stoneware
Jars Of all shapes and sizes, with or
dairy purposes, just received at W. II.
Proctor's racket grocery, Mangum street
dren wish to rent three or four room
cottage in desirable neighborhood Any
party having such a place to let can Sc
cure tenant by leaving address at this
Office.
TEE GLOBE acknowledges an invita-
zion to attend the Alamance county fair
TO be held at Burlington. October and 8,
inclusive. The exhibit will be the best
of any previous season and a number will
attend from this city.
Mr. A. NJ. Parrish shows us very
old coin handed him by Mr.. A. M. Par
IRISH, of Chatham county. 1t is a silver
dollar bearing date 1899. Here's an op-
portunity for our local coin collector to
secure a real curiosity.
Some people who Go not expect to
pay for this paper may not be surprised
to see themselves advertised as dead
beats-and what is worse, dead beats who
have Systematically avoided our collector
and all other appeals. We can do this
and we shall do it e1fectually if those be-
hind do not pay.
Another sad and sudden death oc-
Gurred in Winston yesterday evening.
Mrs David Walker, wife Of a printer,
while walking with her infant baby fell
dead on the floor She was found par
italy on top of the child, but fortunately
it was not injured. The deceased had
been a sufferer of heart disease for some
time.
Specials from Winston say that Lee
Malone, cOlOred, and another negro were
playing in the railroad depot there, Mon
day, when Malone ran out on the track
where he was caught by a shifting en-
CINE which was just then passing. His
right leg was run over and he received
other injuries from which his death re.
suited in two hours.
Rev J. B. Brewer, president Chowan
Baptist Female institute, Murfreesboro
n. c.. writes US that that institution has
opened unusually well, the number OF
students entered thus far being % pei
cent in advance of the number enrolled
last year. 1t may he added in this con
nection that Mr.. Brewer recognized q
good thing when he saw it and adver.
tised in THE GLOBE.
General William CASTOR Lewis, state
engineer, who has been surveying the
oyster bottoms in Pamlico sound, says
the people are in some cases violently
opposed to the oyster survey, regarding
all the waters as their own property. Sc
they made threats that they would Kill
General Lewis as soon as he set his first
stake. His yacht was fired on and was
struck by thirteen bullets. No one was
hurt.
VIM. Mckee, young white man OF
Clear Greek township, Mecklenburg
county, was shot and killed Monday
morning by Constable Phillips. The
constable went to Mckee's house to ar
rest him. Instead of that he shot Nc