The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-06-21
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eft of Globe Busy Readers.
Winston barely escaped a serious con-
flagration on last Saturday night. The
origin of fire unknown.
Capt. c.. NJ. Mcleod, a prominent
lawyer of Western Carolina and a mem
Der of the legislature in 1888, died yester-
day at 3 p. M.
Mrs. l.. L.. Polk will continue the pub.
j. L. Ramsay editor, and J. w. Denmark
manager Mrs. Polk becomes e~xecutrix
of her husbands estate.
John Moson, a giant, of Lynchburg,
Va, went to the assistance of a woman
who was attacked by a bull and selling
the animal by the horns threw it to the
ground, breaking its neck.
DR.. J. r. Brown, a prominent citizen
of High Point, was run oVer and killed
yesterday at 1 o'clock, by a northern
bound freight train. He leaves a wife
and three ons Two of his sons are
now students at Davidson and Elon
college.
During a storm, which prevailed at
Hickory yesterday, lightning struck the
house of Mr.. O. A. Sigmon while three
of his small children were seated on a
trunk near the window. Two were in
stantly killed, while the one in middle
sustained only a slight shock.
Mr.. B. F. Upton, edition of the Mt.
Holly News, died yesterday morning
after six weeks illness. Mr.. Upton was
twice married, his second wife and sew
eral children surviving him. His body
will be buried tomorrow morning at II
o'clock, at Goshen churchyard.
Rev. II. T. Hudson, late pastor of the
Shelby Circuit Methodist church aud
corresponding editor of the Raleigh
Christian Advocate, died at Morganton
early yesterday morning. DR.. Hudson
had been under treatment for several
months and was thought to be improving.
He was in his Goth year and leaves a
widow and one son. The funeral will
take place tomorrow.
Professor Collier Cobb, of Harvard col
lege, was elected assistant professor of
English at the State University, Chapel
Hill, by the executive committee at their
recent meeting. 1t is not known yet that
Professor Cobb will accept, as he now
holds a lucrative position as instructor in
Archaeology at Harvard. He is a native
CarOlinian, son of Rev. N. B. Cobb, and
is a young gentleman of decided ability.
The rock wall of Mr.. Stimson's we'll
at Lenoir, fell in over Lee C%orpening,
colored, yesterday morning, but formed
an arch at a depth of thirty feet from the
top which protected C%orpenidg. After
eight hours of hard work he was rescued
alive. An explanation of Corpening's
feelings, and a photograph of his eyes
during the eight hours Imprisonment
would afford entertainment for a while.
Mr.. j. E. Newsom, aged about 80 years,
was drowned in Abbott's creek, near
Lexington, yesterday evening. The news
of the accident caused a shock to the en-
tire community. He, with several other
parties, were seining in the waters, which
were considerably swollen. Newsom got
into deep water, and, becoming entangled
in the seine, was drowned. His body was
recovered several hours after the acct
dent. He was a quiet, ~unassuming young
man and was liked by everybody.
The Charlotte News says: John
Hands, colored, a barber, lives in a house
in the vicinity of the rock quarry. John
has a sick child. Saturday, the child was
taken from it's cradle and carried to an
otner part of the house by its mother.
Just then a blast went off in the quarry.
A rock as big as a persons head crashed
through the roof of Johns house
smashed a hat rack and landed in the
cradle. Had this feat been performed
ten minutes sooner, the child would have
been killed
For a mild tonic, gentle laxative and in
vlgorant take Simmons Liver Regulator.