The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-07-21
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a pin which a Missouri woman claimed
to have swallowed forty five years 70.
was lately removed from one of her legs
1t had a brass head originally, which it
lost in its anatomical travels.
A colored school house at Brickhead
village, Ga, was struck by lightning yes
terday, killing two pupils and iDjuring
several others. The burning building
with its inmates was eventually saved.
Ben Short, colored, while sitting in a
barber shop on Craghead street, Danville,
Va, Tuesday, laughing and joking, sud
denly fell to the floor and expired before
medical aid could be summoned. Death
is supposed to have been caused by apo.
plexy.
Senator Vance does not often get too
sick to crack a joke. The other day a
friend who visited the sick senator asked
what seemed to be the matter with him,
well" replied Senator Vance, 81 have
had just a little bit Of everything except
the third party"
On Thursday Jacob Kate, a constable
at the Pratt mines, went into a negro
cabin near Birmingham, Ala, to arrest
Alex Frazier. The negro at first submit
ted, but changed his mind and drew a
pistol. a duel to the death ensued. and
both men were killed.
The first state convention of the peO-
pies party Of Georgia met in the state
capitol yesterday morning. There were
about four hundred delegates present, all
white men, and great enthusiasm was
manifested. The morning session was
devoted TO routine work.
At brennan, Texas, while the Mccain
and Watson families were at church Tues
day night, Matte Ellis, the adopted
daughter Of Watson, who had been left
in charge Of the children of the two fami-
lies, killed the 11-year-Old son of Elder
Mccain. She stabbed the child with a
butcher knife because he refused to help
her wash dishes.
a special to the Asheville Citizen says
Marion Robertson, a wellknOWn farmer
Of Spring Creek, hung himself with a
grapevine Tuesday. Robertson had
been drinking heavily some time, and it
is thought he committed the act while
temporarily crazed from drink. lie was
about 40 years Of age and leaves a wife
and three children.
y story is published in Paris that Ed.
son has invented an electrical machine
which will destroy whole towns at a dis
lance of thirty miles, and has sold the in
v~ention to the German government. A
professor in the Paris university, it is
said, wrote of the matter to Edison a short
time ago, and Edison replied that he was
not animated in what he had done by any
| wish to aid the enemies of France.
Burgess McLuckie has been released on
$4,000 bail, but the decision in this case
will not apply to Hugh O'DOnnell and
the rest Of the strikers for whom war
rants have been issued, but who have
failed to surrender, and all Of them will
be compelled to take their innings before
the court. Burgess McLuckie Was given
a big reception when he arrived a. Home
stead after his temporary sojourn in tn
Pittsburg Jail.
The Day says: There was a sever,
| storm near Oxford about II O'Clock Tu 5
day night. The dwelling house of Mr.
David y. Hunt, five miles from town n
| Fishing Creek township, was struck by
lightning, knocking down "A lot Of plaster
one Of the studding in the hallway and a
mantle piece in one Of the rooms. Every
one in the house were asleep at the time
and were awakened by the shock and
were somewhat stunned, but no one was
injured.
A special to The State Chronicle from
| Clinton yesterday says: At the demo
cratic congressional convention to day, OF
the third district, Hon. B. +. Grady was
re-nominatcd by acknowledgements
J. G.. Shaw, of Cumberland, was nomi
mated for elector. Pending the adoption
of committees report on credentials and
platform some strong Genes prevailed
and some of the delegates withdrew when
nomination for elector came up. These
were few in number, however, and for
most part it was a very harmonious con
vention.
The Daily Sentinel says \ party OF
young negroes were discovered late last
night in the upper Don Of the servants
headquarters, back of Hotel Quincy, en-
gagged in card playing and gambling. The
noIica made q raid upOn them and the re.