The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-06-17
AROUND THE WORLD!
THE NEWS FROM ALL SECTIONS OF
THE STATE AND COUNTRY.

William NJ. Fishback has been nomi-
mated for governor by the democratic
state convention of Arkansas.
The Washington peoples party state
convention platform declares in favor OF
General Weaver for president.
The democratic house has passed a bill
admitting New Mexico and Arizona as
states by an almost unanimous vote.
Judge Bynum fined a deputy sheriff of
Burke county So for drinking out of the
water pitcher instead of using a tumbler
near by.
The merchants of Laurinburg have
abandoned the trade in cigarettes, con-
sidering the article higly destructive to
human health.
At Wilmington G.. d. Benbow, of
Greensboro, was elected grand chancellor
Of the Grand Lodge Of Knights of Pythias
by reclamation.
There were IS graduates at Trinity
College commencement last week. The
nGAt session of the college will open at
Durham September /.
Rev. Solomon Pool, d. d., of Cente-
nary Methodist church Greensboro, has
been, chosen as chaplain for the Battle
Ground celebration and will open the
ceremonies with prayer.
Trinity College is to be congratulated
in comforting no honorary degrees at its
last commencement. Honorary titles
have lost much of their meaning by too
lavish a use of the same.
Francis d. Winston, Esq, Of Windsor,
invites correspondence from the students
who have attended the IIorner school
looking to the erecting Of a monument
to the memory of James II. Homer.
Section Master Person, on the Murphy
Branch railroad, while carelessly handling
a 81 calibre Winchester rifle a few days
ago near Asheville, accidentally dis
charged it and instantly killed his little
six-yeaI-old daughter.
The committee of arrangements for the
celebration of the centennial of the or
ganiZatiOn of Buncombe county, held a
meeting yesterday morning and the
Asheville Citizen says it was determined
that August II should be the great day.
Some months ago Thomas Gooch dis
covered gold-bearing quartz in Granville
county, near Dabney. He began the
work of development at once and has
struck collaborating quartz twenty feet
below the surface which will assay from
$15 to 500 per ton.
During a thunderstorm that passed
over Chicagola last evening lightning struck
the Grant monument in Lincoln park in
the corridors of which nearly fifty peo-
pie had sought shelter. Three were
killed and two seriously injured. All
the others, with the exception of three,
were thrown violently to the stone floor
of the num and some received sew
cral shocks. The monument was but
damaged.
w. r. Davidson was shot and killed
yesterday at Norton, Va, in Wise county
by the Rev. John Panel, a crippled Bap-
tist preacher. III feeling had existed
some time between them, growing
Of a dispute between their families.
1t had been arranged to settle their diff
ferences in court, and the trial was to
have begun yesterday. On the way to
the court house Davidson and Panel got
an alteration about the merits of
the case. Panel drew a pistol and shot
opponent.
Among the resolutions adopted at the
third party meeting in Chatham were
the following Resolved, That we, the
peoples party of Chatham county, in
convention assembled, do petition the
of the executive committee of
the state TO call a state convention to
a full state ticket, and that the
county executive committee is requested
TO call a county convention at a suitable
10 nominate a full county ticket.
That we will support no man for any
Office, from constable to president, who
IS not fully Unidentified with the peoples
and in full sympathy with the de-
mands of the ST. Louis conference.
y special from Wytheville, Va, says:
The famous Bette Thomas. Lewis case
was decided yesterday in the court of
appeals, Judge Leake's decision in favor
the defendant being sustained. Judge
Lacy dissented. The opinion was de-
by Judge Fauutleroy and was
fully concurred in by three of the other
judges. The estate is valued at 1925, 900
and it is said that Bette Lewis will re.
ceiVe about 800, 900 as her share after the
expenses of the trial have been paid.
of the lawyers will receive $4,000,
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