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Yesterday morning at ) o'clock tie
residence of r. ID. Ross, Esq, at Ashe-
boro, y. &, was DESTROYED by fire. The
origin is not known but supposed TO
have started from a defective fue. There
was some insurance but the loss is con-
siderable Mr.. Ross is the present sheriff
OF Randolph county.
Two Catawba cousins, Leroy and Bob
SetZ:r, while returning from Balls Greek
campmeet!ng had a fight and Bob was
shot severely in the chin and throat. The
Newton En- erprise saws the wound is a
dangerous one and the bullet that pierced
the throat was Caughed up through the
wind pipe and spit out.
Thursday afternoon a negro named
Robert Witcher, from Danville, who was
riding on a truck Of a Norfolk and West
ern freight train, beating bis way from
Roanoke, was run over just above Lynch
burg and both legs were cut off near the
body. The train stopped and the negro
tried to get of and was caught a. the
train started to move.
LeOnidas Mcknight was convicted Of
burglary in the first degree late Thursday
night by the jury at Surry county court,
held at Dobson, by Judge McIver. Nc
Knight was tried for burglarizing the
house of w 5. Taylor, in Mt. Airy, a
year ago last January, and almost beat
ing to death Mrs. Taylor, an old lady,
whom he robbed Of about 50, 200.
Mrs. Howard Hoffman, of Pottstown,
Penn who has but lately passed out of
bridehOod, hauled her husband before a
magistrate Wednesday night and de-
manded s. as a reward for being slapped
five times by him. Hoffman demurred.
but the gallant magistrate awarded the
young wifc's recOmpense at the rate Of
81 a slap-the price demanded by her.
The MurfreesbOrO Index says: Col. G.
G. Mitchell has in his employ a negro
boy that will not sit down on any con-
sideratiOns. When he retires for the
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and falls on it. All attempts TO get him
to sit down have failed. He was sent on
business in a road cart, and he stood up
in the foot. The next scheme was to
send him away horseback. He deliber-
ately fastened the saddle stirrups as high
as possible and stood up in them. He
says that when he sits down something
tells him to get up. 1t is thought that
the boy is partially insane.
Mrs John Greenbaum, of Saginaw,
Mich went berrying with a party of
friends Wednesday. On reaching the
woods she left her baby asleep in the
wagon while she picked berries in the
bushes. some rods away. Several hours
later, on returning to the clearing, she
was Mortified to see, indistinctly through
the twilight, a large animal s%pringing
from the wagon and running towards the
woods. A few bones were all that was
left to tell the fate of the babe. 1t is
thought that the animal was a panther,
| driven from the northern woods by hun
ger. The mother will probably lose her
reason
\ special to the State Chronicle from
Asheville, August p, says: Fire de-
strOved the hotel Belmont, six miles west
of AsheYille, this morning at l2:4) The
fire originated in the laundry room, and
before it was discovered had made is
way to the elevator shaft and spread to
the upper stories. As sOOn as the fire
was discovered the alarm was sounded
all over the hotel with the exception Of
perhaI 5 a half dozen of the l16 guests.
All got out safely. The remaining few
had narrow escapes from death. Mrs.
Carne, of Charleston, lost $1,000 worth
of diamonds, and another guest $4,000 in
cash. The hotel cost $4,000 and was in.
sured for $25 900. 1t was the property
of the West Asheville Improvement COM
pany. The furniture was the property
of DR.. Karl Won Ruck, the lessee of the
hotel. and was insured for S2j 600.
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