The state chronicle., 1892-04-08
State News.

Ihe Hamburg cotton mills near Mt.
Airy are to be re-opened.
Strawberries are ripening and peas
blooming in the Goldsboro trucking
section.
Buncombe county will be one hum
dred years old on the 18th instant and
viii celebrate the OCCASION.
The Charlotte opera house has been
,losed until sold. That city, the News
says, no longer has an opera house
until somebody buys or builds one.
Saturday night some one went into
the yard of DR.. +. w. Pugh, near
Windsor, and poisoned his well. Sus-
picion is very strong against a negro
man.
4 few days ago the Concord Stand
,vd reported that some Mormons had
been driven out of Stanly omlnty. 1t
now says that it is informed that they
we're killed.
Itis said by the Spirit of the Age
lhat Rev. DR.. r. l.. Abernethy, presi
aut Of Rutherford college, will be
uged by his friends for the office of
slperintendent of public instruction.
rhe colored Republicans held a
meeting in Wilmington last Saturday,
and one of the speakers said that be-
cause Of the Farmers Alliance, (which
would split the Democratic vote, the
Republicans would sweep the State
next fall"
John Boyd, the negro who is charged
with train-wrecking at Bostian's
bridge, and who got out of Jail at
Charlotte last week, has been recap
,urcd. He was arrested at Union,
: g., Wednesday and yesterday was
taken back to Charlotte.
In Caldwell county last Monday
Mr. James Downs was standing in
ront Of fireplace when her dress
alrd up and the flames enveloped her
before the help that her cries attracted
could get to her. She died in great
ggony, the Topic reports.
At Charlotte Wednesday Capt.
William II. Green and Mr.. Sol. Haas
were net by the goth of May commit
tie in regard to rates and transporta.
ton. The interview was entirely sat.
,lactory. The arrangements for the
transportation of Mr.. Hill and visit
iug delegation from Washington were
initely made.
In the Federal court at Greensboro
tuesday Mr.. W. p. Bynum, Jr., made
some appropriate remarks on the deatl
of Governor Scales. Hon. J. w. Gil
mrr and John w. Payne moved tha
Tie court adjourn. Judge. Dick re
,ponded in fit words. The court ad
Iourned and the bar met and adopted
resolutions of respect.
At Asheville several weeks ag
seventeen street letter-boxes wer
broken open at night and rihed Las
Wednesday night fifteen letter-boxe
were similarly treated. Wednesda,
Alonzo Lindsay, aged II, and Walter
his brother, aged 10, sons of an Ashe
vile locksmith, and John Harkins
aged II, Of Old Fort, were arrested a
the culprits and are in Jail.
During the first Sam Jones meetin
at Charlotte Kello Mccullough wen
crazy on the subject of religion, an
was sent to the Morganton hospita
The CJserger says that week ago b
left, telling his wife he was going
Cleveland county to visit his aun
Since that time he has not been hear
Of, and his family believe he is dea'
a search is being made.
r. H. Morse, Charlotte's prohib
ion crank, as the Observer calls hir
las issued circulars offering a rewal
81 hundred dollar monument to ''ar
minister, or church, or Y. M. c.
member who will prove by the Bib
that any one can be loyal to Christ al
vote the Republican or Democratic
any ticket that will protect the liqu
license"
/. J. Wilson, who last month ma
an application to the Mecklenbu
county commissioners for license to S
wdskey, wines, and beer in Chariot
was on Tuesday granted license. I'll
practically ends the fight which /
been in progress since last Decent
between the county commissioners a
the applicants to sell whiskey "a c'
test which has been watched with
tcrest all over the State and elsewhe
The commissioners claimed that tt
refused heretofore because appIca
We're not proper persons. There v
nothing against the character of v
son, 50 bis application was approx
Two other applications were also gra
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