Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1891-06-24
THUNDER AND LIGHTNING !
RALEIGH HAS TOO MUCH OF
both THESE DAYS.
Mad Dogs, Also. are Plenty-Mr.
Busbee's COnSiittOn-A scarcity
of I.aIbOr-COInihg " to AsIlevilIe
For a Breath Of Pure Air.

RALEIGH, N. C., June % SPECIAL
Yesterday afternoon during shar
thunder storm, while a colored man wa
laying hearth in house in the city
bolt OF ligh ming came down tn
chimney and knocked him apparentl'
dead. He lay unconscious for more thai
an hour, and was then revived. But h
now lies in critical condition. Anothc
storm came up about 10 O'Clock las
night, but without damage. Heavy rain,
accompanied both storms, and the at
mospherc is pleasant this morning.
Accounts from Mr.. Busbee this morning
are discouraging his death is regarded
as only a question of time. His lett sid,
is completely paralyzcd, and he lies In ar
unconscious state, or wncn aroused, il is
only to arouse to dclirum.
Col. S. McD. Tate and other gentlemen
are here this morning, as Il committee
appointed by the last legislature to select
locality for the colorcd industrial and
agricultural school. do not know that
there is very active competition going on,
though learn Winston and Greensboro
both desire the institution.
Speaking of colorcd institutions re-
minds me that Shaw University in this
city, is doing work useful. and ex-
cecdingly appropriate. Seven of it's grad
yates are now serving as missionaries i'll
Africa, carrying back to their own race
the light they have received from white
civilizations
Masons throughout the state will be
Interested to know that Mr.. William
simpson. the well known druggist OF this
has been appointed to succeed the late b.
). Watt as grand treasurer of the State
Grand Lodge of Masons.
Mad dogs frequently get up fight in
the streets here. Nobody has been bit
ten. but several dogs have been killed,
and ono was shot down in the streets
here yesterday afternoon.
| hear of a complaint in this city that
! believe is wholly unknown in Ashcyillc
IA scarcity Of labor There is not as
much building going on as in Ashcvillc;
YET thcrc are a number of heavy works
going on which need iul labor Tor their
speedy completion. Among those arc
the addition to the Marlborough hotel,
the Caralcigh cotton factory and tho
SaTalciSh fertilizer works, the electric
street railway and a number OF minor
Jobs; and contractors all complain that
they cannot get hands enough. The cot.
ton farms in the vicinity absorb much OF
the ruder forms of labor.
Mr.. Il. +. Duffy is expected daily to
take charge of the Progressive Farmer
lie is detained by sickness in his family.
MIR. Baylus Cade has already retired.
Gov. Holt is at Morehead CITY, or was
Yesterday. That place is so near, that
one may go and return without being
missed. The Governor made before the
Teachers Institute one Of those fine, prac-
teal speeches, like the one he made before
The Alumni association at the University,
which make him the model for strong,
clear, common sense, together with
rhetorical beauty he has not been credited
with.
The excursion to Ashcvillc on the 25th
still cxcites much interest. Few of those
oining it have eyer seen the mountains,
and are wild To do so; but most of them
are fascinated with the reported charms
Dt mountain atmosphere, and crazy C ven
or a lew hours to breath il in exchange
Tor the hotter air of this less blessed
region.
The city is dull as it usually is at this
season. There is nothing doing in the
public offices. The cotton season is over
and every body gets away either to the
coast or the mountains, and qutea num-
Der of gentlemen and ladies have gone to
Europe, trip asu qickly performed and
less expensive than the old annual south
srn summer pilgrimage to Saratoga or
The Virginia springs.
learn that Mr.. II. A. Gudgcr came
down last night ON his way to Oxford,
where there is some masonic gathering
Today.
There is no exposition news. Work is
going on rapidly with the extension of
The buildings. Among the novelties to
e found on the grounds, is the switch
back railroad, now Being built, an in
sention that gave infinite amusement at
last year. {.