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Mr.. George B. NJ. Harvey, who has been
managing editor of the New York World.
has been appointed editor of that paper,
vice Mr.. Ballard Smith, resigned.
Geo. a. Leach, the manager of the
international Telegraph company, died
at his home in New York city yesterday
morning Of Bright's disease-aged 60.
At the democratic convention Of the
sixth district, held yesterday, Congress
man Alexander was renominated by ac-
clamation. Mr.. Sol. c. WE'LL was nomi-
mated for e~lector.
W. A. b. Branch was nominated for
congress yesterday from the first district
by reclamation and l.. l.. Smith for cleo
tor by a~cclamatiOn. Convention harmo-
NOUS and enthusiastic.
There are nine applicants before the
board of pharmacy now in session at
Raleigh for examination. Among them
is one colOred applicant-the first that
has ever been before the board.
The body of Charles w. Riggin, the
United States sailor who was killed by
the mob in Valparaiso several months
ago, arrived at New York Tuesday night
and will be taken to Philadelphia, where
funeral services will be held.
y Charleston, s. c., dispatch says
eight persons, all negroes, were drowned
by the swapping Of ferry sloop between
Sullivan's Island and the mainland, yes
terday. They were hucksters on their
way to the island with vegetables.
The first trouble since the beginning of
the strike at the Union mills, Pittsburg,
occurred early yesterday morning, when
John Beams, a nOn-uniOn man, was as
saulted and badly beaten by two men.
One of the assailants was a striker and
the other an outsider.
The artesian we'll experiment is prov
ing successful in the arid sections of
Texas. Wells bored to a depth Of 9G
feet spout strong streams. In n settle
ment, within twenty miles of Cisco, there
are eighteen flowing wells, the deepest of
which is only 20G feet.
On Sunday the 9TH in county H"
Oklahoma, a horrible accident happened
to a man, his wife and four children,
who were en- route from their former
home in Texas to their claim in the
Cheyenne and ArapahOe reservation in
a wagon. Their team ran away, dashing
them over a precipice, killing the whole
family.
The Wilkesboro Chronicle says: Two
of the Oldest people in this county are
perhaps two cOlored women who live in
Wilkes. They are aunt,Winnie Finley and
aunt Nan Parks, aged respectively ia
and 113. They are yet able to walk,
Winnie Finley carried dinner to the
wOrkmen that built the old Brier Greek
church over 100 years ago, and attended
its centennial celebration some four years
ago.
INDIGNATION over the communication OF
II. Clay Kings sentence grows more in
tense at Memphis. Last night a huge
crowd gathered at the corner of Mair
and Madison streets, where King ~aSsassi
mated Poston, and hanged Gov. BuCh
anan in effegy to a telegraph pole, an'
set a dummy on fire and watched it burn
Speeches were arterward made by prom
inent citizens in which Gov Buchanan
was t~icrccly denounced.
4 Connecticut man wanted to pu
a water pipe through a drain several fee
below the surface without digging up tn,
drain. He tied a string To- IA cat Ieg
thrust her into one end Of the drain anC
gave a terrific scat" The scared felin,
quickly appeared at the other end. b.
means of the string which was carried
through by the cat, the pipe was soor
drawn through, and an expense of abou
ten dollars saved by the operation.
News was received AT Raleigh Tuesda,
OF the suicide of Archie Mclean, in Robe
son county, who cut his throat. He hat
contemplated the deed some time. II
seemed in usual health and was in hi
room when his wife heard the report Of
gun. Going to the house she found hin
dead. He had cut two gashes in hi
throat, closed the razor, and laid ii on
bureau, walked across the room and go
his gun, and, sitting down in a chair, pu
the muzzle under his chin and LITERAL
blew off the top of his head. lie was 6
years old
Talladega, a own twenty miles sout
|. Of Admission, Ala, was aroused by fou
pistol shots in rapid succession Tuesday
Men hurryinG TO the scene found tw
men lying on the ground, both OF whoI
died before a physician could reach then
Ii was a case OF murder and suicide. l
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