The state chronicle., 1892-05-01
State News.

" Bells store, at Hobgood, was
hnrncd Wednesday.
Tbp Northern NJ. f. church will build
handsome church at Greensboro
AZ Ashevile nearly 5000 has been
c.II.rtcd for the Soldiers Home at
Raleigh.
T,r corner s.one of the new abbey
church al Belmont will be laid Wednes
d,y afternoon. Father Francis tells
the Charlotte Observer.
The Washington Gazette reports that
there has been lots of kicking at tht
temporary appointment of colored col
Icctor Of customs at that port.
Al Locust Level, Stanly county, the
stove in lIart,ell's grst mill flew to
pIccrs, killing Thomas Hartsell, the
miller. A number of children had just
left the mill.
There were three candidates for the
maylraty at Greensboro. The delegates
balIotrd until the friends of John Barrin-
gcrclst their votes forJ. II Mendenhal.
This gave the nomination to the latter
The other candidate was j w. Forbis
The impression now is that not SO
much tobacco will he raised in the Ala
nance section this year as has been here
tofufc. This, the Burlington Herald
aqys. is a step in the right direction The
tobacco plants in that county have been
badly hurt by the wet weather.
The Charlotte Observer reports that
Governor Holt will allow the naval re
serve battalion transportation to the en-
campment at Fortress Monroe. Notice
has been received from the assistant sec
rptary of the navy that he will send
steamer for the battalion at any point
desired to embark for the encampment.
Parties desiring the State fruit fair
held IN their city or town should send
guarantees to make up the gate deficit
If $500 if necessary, for premiums and
necessary expenditures. They should
send in bids to president c. X. Foust
Of Graham, to be placed before the exc
cutye committee which meet at Green's
boro May A.
Three revenue officers, the Salisbury
Herald reports, cut up still belonging
to Wilson Burgess, near Big Lick, Stanly
county. last week. 1t was in full blast
while the officers were cutting up the
worm. Burgess told them that it put
him in mind Of killing snakes. The off
Ger replied that he had killed many a
copperhead like that
one proof Of the great need for regu-
lar steamer facilities for passengers and
freight between Newbern and Hyde
coanty was called to the attention of the
Journal by Mr. b b. Sauderson who is
there attending court He had to 90 125
miles over land by winding roads, when,
if steamer had been running, he coulC
have reached Newbern with compare
lively little expense and trouble.
Friday night the Charlotte police haC
telephone call TO arrest six convicts
who it was reported were prowline
around. The police found four Of them
Two we're heavily shackled and were il
convict glrb. while the other two had OF
citizens clothes over their stripes The,
were arrested and locked up. The con
victs the Observer says, are allowed t
20 70 town nearly every night, which
should not be. They are there for n,
good and are source of terror to tn
women. They are known as TRUSTEES,
though the law says there shall be II,
such thing rs a ''trusty.'
Information Of horrible murder il
Baden county Thursday night last i
given by the Wilmington Star William
Durham, Of Tar Heel, on the Cape Fea
river, near Eizabethtown, received a tel
cgram informing him Of the murder
The victim was young white man, Ed
ward Cain, who was employed on MI
Dunham's farm. He was murdere
Thursday night at the barn-door; hi
body was found Friday morning by Mrs
Dunham, with the throat cut from ear t
ear. He went out to the barn Thursda
night to lock the door, and did not re
turn
Tbs new railroad Concord has bee
talking about is to be built. Construt
ton work will be well under way befol
the summer is ended. The road wi
rnn from Concord to some point on til
Carolina Central road, either Charlotte
Matthews, Monroe or Wadesboro. TIL
much is a settled fact, the Chariot
News and the Concord Standard sa,
The proposed road is incorporated unde
the name Of the Concord Southern. TT
directors have unanimously resolved th'
the road shall be built, and that witho,
delay. The board formulated propos
tlons for the consideration of the 70,
towns named. The subscription aske
4 Charlotte is $50, 000 Matthews $25
0oO, Monroe $50, 900 and Wadesbo
Sl00,0 600