Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-04-25
NORTH NEWS.

given by the Wake Cattle Club
MAY 7,h. II is one of the events of
the year at Raleigh. !
The trucking eas in the eastern
part of the State has commenced,
and f,om TIE outlook the crops of
early vegetables will be much larger
than last year.
.S,a~,esvilie Landnark It . Legis- .
la,ure OF the composition OF that
which has just adjourned would en
act no legislation affecting the dogs
or the roads no future Legislature
can with any reason be expected TO,
and these two matters may just as
we'll be dropped from the list of
profitable subjects for discussion.
North Carolina In,elligencer 1t.
liz now assured that by next autumn.
the new Union depot will he ready.
for use. A great deal of material is.
ready. material trains are running on
the new line into the depot and
work on tie foundation is in prog
ress. There has been a slight hitch.
owing TO a dispute as to d boundary
line between The depot site and
some private property. i
Concord Standard On Wednes
day night about 9 O'Clock Mt J. c..
FUR, who lived On the Dr.. Mills
pace, in No. 2, died very suddenly.
Retiring about $50, in his usual
) health, he remarked, Il have not
3 tain on my right side in many years ;
| will try it," Jus. then be began
to turn, and before reaching the de-
sired position. he expired. Mr..
. FUR was 60 years Q: age.
Raleigh State Chronicle Yester.
!, day at noon, according to a notice
published in several papers, the Hol-
den residence. on Harge,t street,
was sold tor the benefit Of the exc
' cution in favor Of Nj. Josiah Turner
: N the old Holden Turner suit Mr..
Turner bought the property for 81,
no one else bidding against him;
= Unless the sale of Mr.. Ho.den's in.
te7eSt in the estate which took place
;. several years ago, is proven void
Mr.. Turner cannot derive anything
. from the sale.
g Alamance Cleaner: Mr.. Jane:
e Foster, a soldier Of the War of 1872
I. died a little after II o'clock, Satu,I
l. day, April l1th, 1891, at the resi-
dence Of his grandson, Jas. r Eos
IS ter, in Patterson's township, Ala
manc county, n. c., after an illness
p Of some weeks. Deceased was il
)" bis l05,h year. He was a quie,
~peaceable man. For some years h,
e was a member of Mt. Zion Mission
J. airy Baptist church, where his re
mains were laid to rest with those O
other friends and relatives.
The Raleigh correspondent O
q the Wilmington Messenger says
= Gen. Robert +. Hoke declines tt
!. accept the presidency Of the Nortl
Carolina Railroad He was elected
d TO fill that position last Wednesday
% at a meeting Of the directors here
r 1t was hoped that the General, VIII,
is an admirable railroad man, woul.
accept, as it did not appear that hi
duties in the new position woni,
), conflict with those as president O
the Georgia, Carolina and Norther1
Railway. Gen. Hoke had an inter
n view with Gov. Holt this mornin:
and then expressed his views, stain,
i that be could not accept.
$ The Trustees Of the Baptis, Fe
e male University met at Raleigh q
7. the Nth inst. N. Is. Brouehto1
presided. L L. Polk, J. u. Huff
ham and r. r. OVERLY resigned
aud w. l. Po,eat, j. C. Scarborough
~ and w. n. Jones were elected /,
,s ill the vacancies. TIE report of III.
~ committee on the course OF stud
10 was adopted. The course will b.
a. practically the same az that at Wax
Forest College, but will includ
medicine, and the medical depar,
70 meut will be thoroughly equipped
j. An academy will be established TEN
$ porarily as a means of preparation
n for the University course.
'i Graham Cleaner A negro uame.
ii Haywood McAdams was brough
c. here Monday and placed in Jail. H
e was charged with committing a
III outrage on a little girl, between
e. and ! years old. child of Mr.. J. I
Long. living between Haw Rive
c. and MebaEe. The case was hear,
ut before Esq. G. Sellers, who commi,
p, ted the wretch to jail 70 await IN
$, action of the Superior Court. Tb
I. brutal deed ,s alleged to have bee,
done last Friday. 1t is an awfu
crime to be committed 10 a civilize,
a. community. and it the allegation
~ are supported, speedy justice will b
II. melted out to the raplst a, the Ma