The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-11
NEWS IN THE STATE.
What III Heard tAround Eight
Towns.

What IN Heard iAromnd Fight
Towns.
Newbern Journal. Mrs. Jul
jus + Congdon, aged 42 years,
died last Sunday night at her
residence from heart disease
with which she had been afiiict-
ed for some time past.
Raleigh News and Observer:
Gov. Holt has made q requisi
tion upon the Governor Of
Maryland for William r.. Bras
.ieus, who il wanted for the sm-
hezzlernent ofnineteen watches.
Gastonia Gazette: Near South
Point last Monday Mr.. r. l..
Hudspeth accidentally shot
himself while fooling with a
pistol. The ball entered his
left leg just below the knee aud
ranged upward undercap, max
ing a painful wound.
Charlotte News: The work
of grading and matchmaking
the public roads Of Mecklenburg
county, has proven such sue
cess that the county commits
sioners have decided to buy a
new crusher. The old crusher
had a capacity Of forty-fyeto tom
of rock per day, but the new
.crusher will hayea q capacity Of
eighty tons per day.
Louisburg Times: The case
.of tic State vs.. arch Williams
for killing Ned Allen, both col
ored, was tried Wednesday
morning. After the examina
ton ofthe States witnesses and
one witness for the defendant,
the defendants counsel agreed
to take q verdict of manslaugh-
ter, which was consented TO by
tbs Judge and Solicitor. The
prisoner sentenced to four years
in the pcnitentiary. ,-.
Greensboro Record: George
Smith, OF this city, received q
telegram conveying the sad in
telligence that his son John, a
young man, was killed on the
rail in Alanama on Friday last.
Within the past two
weeks several stores have been
robbed. and cash and goods sto-
len, yet no arrests have been
made. Yesterday or last night
the store of j. j. Phoenix was
entered and the patent cast iron
money drawer broken to pieces
and the change-some$i0--Sto-
len.
Carthage Blade: $4,000 of
home capital has been subscrib-
ed for the cotton factory and
$4,000 of foreign Fri
day afternoon last, Mr.. Archy
Currie, Of Curriesville, was
thrown off his wagon, a in runa.
way, and so fatally injured By
the wagon passing over his body
that he deid that night.-NeiI
Coins died at his home near here
on Saturday last. lie had ty-
phoid fever first, and afterwards
his nose bled steadily several
days, from the effects Of which
died.
Lexington dispatch: Charles
Byerly, negro prisoner confined
in the county Jail on charges Of
assault and battery, forgery
&C., made his escape Saturday
morning. The iailer, Mr.. J. A,
Craver had just carried some
water into Byerly's cell, leaving
the outside doors open, and
while STOPPING to pick up a par
Byerly jumped by him aud
made a dash for liberty. III
made good his escape, and not,
lwithstanding the efforts put
forth to capture him yet he re
mains at large.
An ingenious camera for pho
ltographing the internal organ,
Of men or animals has bsen in
vented in Germany. Il is cyl
lindricaI in shape. is contained
lin a rubber tube, and has twt
hemispherical shutters and TIVE
inmate incandescent lamps
| PRESSING a pneumatic bal
moves the camera forward il
in the tube, opens the shutters
and makes The electric lighf
contact. Removing the press
lure closes the shutters, put
out the lights, and replaces tn,
camera.