The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-12-30
L.EGRApISIC BREVETIES.

HAMBURG Two deaths from cholera
have occurred IN Altoona to day.
LONDON Mrs. Lille L4ngtry is re
ported u be worse, and is now in i'm
muent danger Of fatal result
RICHMOND, Va R F. Richardson.
SAID IL be the OLDEST native born citizen
Of r chmord, died to day age 81.
MOBILE Ala james Hogg 6 Co.
dry goods. made General assIgnu ent
10 day Liabilities S25 900, aasets SIS
600.
LAGRANGE Calm Benjamin II.
b guam. one # the most prominent men
IN this section Of the state and for sev, rai
years cha rman of the democratic state
eAecu'ive committee, died here to day.
RosToN -Chtrles Francis Ad1tns'
; cont, SAID 10 day that there was no
prosp ct of ,st"n syniica'e building
an American CUP defender This is ac
ctpttd as the fpal decision of b )ston
yachtmen,
VI Gou q IA d Howard Goul1 appeared
before Probate Clark FInney to day and
qualified, by t1king the Gu tomary oath.
As executors Of the will of their father,
the late JAY Gould.
New YORK The 200.h anniversary
Of the INTRO nctipn Of the art of p int
ing in New York is to be c. |, brated on
the l2rh f April mex. by a dinner at
D-lmunicO's under the management Of
tie Twp tha'r society and the print
ing and publishing trades of this city
SALEu, Va-The Algenia coal aud
/ c. k. mines in Mcdowell county w. Va
are on fire. TIE mines arr extensive and
1 are l. Gated three miles from Elkhorn
| Two hundred men are employ, d. but il
| is not known that any Of them perished
Toy the fire.
BALTIMORE The d ff,rences between
the b .itlmnre ard Ohio railroad fiicials
and TIE grievance cummittee Of the
Brotherhood Of tr4lnmen has been settl-d
~ the signing of wage scale which
makes an average Increase OF from 70
Is cents per d ~.
HUNTINGTON. w. Va.-The jury in
he casc OF F"rgev, the train rohher,
went out about / o'clock, and at 5li
repo~ted that they could not agree. t.
iudgc put them in charge Of the sheriff
for The night, with orders to report iheil
verdict IN the morning if they agreed
upon one.
TOLEDO. o Bob Slavin, the come
dian, dl, suddenly IN his city this morn
ing He was one of the most popular
miusir, men in the country and WAS Il
ne Il ne one Of the proprietors Of he Nc
Nish, Slavin arc Johrsons miustrels
For two years he has had nothing hu
: haId luck an the Cause # his sad dea,l
was principally y broken heart
SAN FRANCIsCo. Cal4-The larges
-e zure ot smuggtd opium In years Wa
made here Yesterday The c"ntr .Da1
1rug. consisting of 209 half puun'
cans. values q, $i2 GOO, was disooverc'
Inside Of the stearning in the hold Of ii
steamer Oceanic fr m Hong Kong Tn
duty on the opium am unite d To s. 00C
t BAITIEoRE The number of new in
t, dustr.al eut,rpr.se organ zed and g
rablIshed IN the su.h during the yea
b 1892 Is shown by the Marufacturer
Record Of This week t. be , 6SS a. com
pared with 24l during the year lS9l
During the ist three mouths G2l new Z
d tahli hments have been started as con
pared with 56i during the precediu
three months
! W1LMISGToS, n. C-To days sessic
:. of the ass ciatlcn Of colored authors W
devoted 10 the reading f org nal pr
. ductlons from the works of coloied a
y, thors. BY Mrs a Cooper, Washing
- ton. d c.; Mrs F. f. W. Harper, Phil
dtphia, ". a. a Moore, Nv Iori
n DR.. D. b. Williams, Petersburg. Va al
10 I. G,rland Penn, Lynchburg, Va.
r committee was appointed TO collect t
ID works Of colored authors for the W orlC
Columbian exposition.