The Durham daily globe., 1892-06-27
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Burglars are doing up the city of Will
mington.
The wheat crop is the largest ever
grown in Wake.
King Sims, murder Of Edward Bran
don on May II, 1891, was hanged at
Dallas, Texas, yesterday.
A London dispatch to the Times from
st. Petersburg, Russia, says an epidemic
of cholera in Central Asia, threatens to
spread like wild fire.
A white man named Sanford was run
over and killed by freight train on the
Wilmington and Weldon railroad about
two miles south Of Wilson Saturday.
Judge Tourgee, the blood deluge prog
nosticator, pronounces the Minneapolis
platform "hotch pot" Tourgee's de.
nunciation Of it gives an element of re-
spectability to the platform.
Hon. James G. Blaine arrived at the
Boston and Albany depot Saturday after
noon on his way home after the burial of
his son. He was accompanied by his
wife and Miss Harriet Blaine. They
were driven to Y0ung's hotel, where they
took dinner privately, and again entered
a carriage for the Eastern depot, depart
ing on the T o'clock train en- route to
Bar Uarbor.
Not long since it was hard for fellow
who wanted to sell spirituous of malt
liquors in Charlotte to prove a good moral
character. But it is different now. Three
breweries have agencies there for the
wholesale beer trade, and fourth is ne
gOtiating for location there. Even the
Sunday cocktail may now be had in Char
lOtte by those who know the approved
back door route.
In the house Saturday before the
reading of the journal Mr.. Watson, Of
Georgia, made the point that there was
no quorum present, and the house ad-
iOurned after the shortest session on
record, it lasting just one minute and
half. The work of that body is at a
standstill, owing to the lack of quorum,
and some apprehension is felt that this
week may find it in the same condition.
The daughter of Mrs. S. II. Blass, of
Worcester, Mass, has fallen heir to
%1,000,000. She is still but girl, and
has been brought up in a simple, quiet
style. Miss Bliss recently made visit
to New York, where she met a wealthy
Englishman, William Hertwen The
two fell in love, and became engaged.
The Englishman died in four weeks, and
bequestod his entire fortune of $7,OOO,OOO
to his fancee.
The past week in the house of repre-
sentative was one Of utter inactivity and
nothing whatever was accomplished,
owing to the absence Of quorum. The
dOg-days of summer having arrived, the
conventions over, and the candidates
named, the managers in the house are
now determined to get to work, pass the
appropriation bills, one or two sporadic
tariff measures, and adjourn. To this
end the speaker has authorized the ser.
gcant- t-at.arms to telegraph all absentees
to be on hand today.
Commander Edward Z. Stone, one of
the oldest surviving naval officers of the
Mexican war, died during the past week
in Washington, D. G. Commander Stone
was a Georgian by birth, and after re-
Ceiving his education at Georgetown col
lege, entered the navy in 1871. Soon after
leaving the academy at Annapolis he fell
in love with Miss Leonide de MOntalant,
a Norfolk belle Of French parentage, and
soon after their marriage, in 1913, he was
ordered south and saw his first active
service in the Mexican war, where he
won distinction for personal bravery
Mrs. Bate, wife of a respectable young
farmer, living near Shelbyville, in Bed
ford county, Tenn, was outraged and
murdered last Friday. The woman was
last seen alive by her husband when he
went into the field at an early hour Fri
day morning. Two children were play
ing in the yard when the husband and
father came to his dinner When ques-
toned as to where their mother was they
said "She is in the garden" When Mr.
Bates went TO the garden he found signs
OF great struggle and bits of his wifes
dress, ana in following the trail but
short distance he soon witnessed a hor.
rible spectacle. The wife had been bru-
tally outraged and murdered. The liends
have not been caught, and there is no
doubt as to their fate when they are cap
tured.