The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-25
DURHAM RECORDER.
WE'D NESnAY March rs. 1891

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-Mr. and Mrs. w. II, Bran.
son are on d visit to reletives
and friends at Greensboro.
Mrs. w. r. Pearce, and
children are visiting the family
of r, P. Ragland, at Hyco, va.
Mrs. DR.. ). M. Manning has
returned home from a pleasant
visit to friends and relatives,
at Newberne.
MIR j. B.. Mason, Of Chapel
Hill, has a notice in this paper.
Those who paid tax on land in
'lS66-67, should look after ii.
MRS. @. M. v Follett, re.
turned from the North, d few
days ago. Those wishing To
purchase a pretty Easter bonnet
will do we'll TO call.
MIR. and Mrs. Louis Barnes,
Of Henderson, have returned
home from d few days visit to
their parents Mr.. and Mrs. J..
Ed. Lyon. y
We were please TO see Mr..
Harry Laws, Of Charlotte, for
merly Of Durham in the city
last Friday. He was here at
tending the Y. N. @. A.
III you wan to buy q piano
or organ 60 to Darnell &
Thomas Their instruments are
what they represent them to be.
Read their advertisement in an
other column.
The city was full of young
gentlemen last week, they were
attending the Y LEA. They
are a noble band Of Christian
workers They will meet next
year in Greenboro.
DIR. Johnson's horse and
cattle powder is gaining a great
reputation all over the country;
they are going like hot cakes.
Send your orders to N. M. John
son & Co.
--0ur correspondent DUSTY
dry" is preparing 10 put on his
war-paint; aud tUve.sick larks
in this and the adjoining conn-
ties may look out. for he is one
Of the boys, a "hale fellow"
Keep an eye on the professor"
On the first day and first Sun
day in this month, near Rogers
Store, Wake county, Squire
Gulley was called upon to mar
ry o couple, and he did it in
style, too. The contracting
parties were Mr.. John Pollard
and Miss Bell King.
Good IL they are mixed up.
The News and Observer says:
Among the graduates Of Wake
Forest GO there are III
ministers, N lawyers, 80 farm
ers, 30 phi Clans, is merchants,
8 professors aud preachers, s
missionaries and s druggists.
Mr. Washington Duke has
purchased the Louis5u.g lie
male College. IL is said 70 be
one Of the loveliest places for
an educational institution IN
the State. We will have more
70 say about the special work
Mr.. Duke is doing in this direc-
tion next week
Maj. r. w. York, was in
the city yesterday. He reports
the roads in q fearful condition.
The Major talks independent,
and no wonder; he's a good far
mer-raised meat enough last
fall 20 last three years. "A good
farmer is the best trump on
deck these days.
We print on first page Of
this paper Dom Piatt's address
It is plain facts: we could give
our readers fun something on
the dime novel order in its stead,
but they don't always enjoy
amusement, for when they are
interested In great public ques-
tions they much more enjoy
plain facts and 70 the issuesdis-
cussed.
Jim Graham, the colored
orator Of this city must take q
back seat, for II any thing bet
ter than the following comes
out, Jim will certainly slide int
obscurity. Atawedding recep-
ton given 60 a married couple
Of African descent the bridal
party being seated at the table
the bride took a cup Of tea and
taking q sip remarked, "1ho
nocturnal yapor Of the sugar
takes Always the fiavorality Of
the tea and rendered IL 10 my
notion quite obscoff, 70 which
the groom replied, "The insipi-
ency Of some people has reached
such. a hItrid natur its almost
impossible for q gentleman 70
sum plum.
Two men, living near the
Gues5 road, about d milo and d
half from Durham, quit work
one day iast week and ran 4