The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-10
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The "grip" is abating around
Burlington.
Maj. A H. Galloway has just
been elected mayor of Reds
vile. -.
The Editor of the Burlington
News has been presented with |
an owl. <.- |
Oliver Clark, of Hadley town
ship, Chatham, died Thursday |
OF pneumonia. g."
| Five men were sentenced to
the werk house at this term of |
Granville court.
Plant-bed fires light up the
country surrounding Oxford,
the Day announces. 49,.
J. A. Privett, of Wilson, deal
. er in general merchandise, has
made an assignment. y
Evangelist Fife is conducting
a meeting in Tarboro and is
arousing great deal of inter-
: est.
The Graded School of Char
e lotte will close in three weeks,
Thewithdrawal of the whiskey
tax puts an end to it.
gI The Headlight states that
{ there is certain family of four
n residing in Geldsboro, whose
y combined age is 27l years.
h The Record says that while
hunting in Chatham a few days
y ago, DIR. l.. A. Hanks made an
n extra good shot. Three par
Le tridges flew up and he killed all
n three at one shot.
q AS the Scotland Neck Demo-
y crat was going to press We'd
J, nesday it learned that L. T.
~ Branch, of Enfield, a well
Ill known attorney of that coutny,
jumped into a well. 1t did not
p learn the particulars.
e Rev. DR.. Yates, the presiding
"a Elder of this District, in his ser.
20 mon on Sunday morning, al
% Roxbero, called especial atten-
~ ton to the need of education
/ in the wa yof reading papers and
= magazines, the Courier says.
The Piedmont Driving Clut
r. is the name of a new erganiza.
ton which has just been or,
ganized at Reidsville and il
about applying for a charter
1t will build a kite-shaped mile
le track and a grand stand which
v will seat 5000.
J. The Monroe Enquirer says
re nearly a hundred chattel mort
is cages have been filed in tn,
1t registers office for registration
III by a clock peddlsr. The clocks
Of were sold for $13, and they
" could have been bought in Mon
N roe from a regular dealer fol
$3.50.
es De Witt Roberts, of Hickor,
= Mountain stopped at W. H
ly Jones farm, in Chatham. For
of age was being cut by a knife
lie run by horse power. Roberts
~ helped to feed the machine ant
rs had his hand caught in it, cut
he ting off the arm between tn,
he wrist and elbow.
lis The negroes near Gastonii
tie have laid a plan to stop steal
list ing, and have an association
which whips all offenders. !
few days ago they chased.
.ry thief, caught him with a suit 0
.ry clothes he had stolen, Stripe
ire and beat him.
o. A woman died in Stanl
in county few days ago, and th
lat Rockingham Spirit says she az
er- knowledged on her death be
C. that she stole money and slip
lal ped it into her husbands poke
of He is now serving a sentence
IN. the penitentiary at Raleigh 70
Ia this offence, Of which he is IN
to nocent.
eS' The Caucasian says Deput
Collector George Jones arrest
ed and brought TO Clinton Wee
nesday a man giving his nam
= as Thos. Morris from Davi
\ county, charged with sellin
whiskey without license. II
was carrying it around in hi
wagon. He had about 80 or
gallons on hand when arrested