The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-07-02
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The president yesterday nominated
George d. Johnston, of Louisiana, to be
civil service commissioner, vice Hugh ,.
Thompson, resigned.
A railroad train in Pennsylvania
while running at full speed, the other
day, was struck by lightning. Two per-
sons were seriously, if not fatally, in
jured.
The senate has confirmed the nomina-
tions of the following postmasters: BIZ.
Garter, Cedar Town, Ga; F. H. Powers,
Starkville, Miss; n. B. Lovelace, Martin,
Tenn.
The monthly public debt statement
issued from the treasury department yes
terday shows a reduction in the debt dur
ing the last month of $1,826,9 O3, and dur
ing the fiscal year closed yesterday SILL
3SG,299.
The national note company which re-
Gently began business in the negotiation
Of commercial papers in New York, has
been compelled by the government to
stop business because of the illegal use
of the word "National' in the title.
A special of Sunday to the Washing
ton Post from Denver, Col, says Ed
win j. Ryan, who adsconded from this
city with $4,000 of the United States
Express company's money, has been ar
rested in that city. The stolen money
has been recovered.
There has been a destructive fire at
Jonesboro, on the Cape Fear and Yad-
kin Valley railroad. The warehouse
there was struck by lightning during the
storm Friday night and set on fire and
was totally consumed together with all
the contents, including freight, papers,
records etc.
Mr.. Junius Penny a trusted clerk in
the Wilmington postOffice went North a
few days ago, and since his departure
signs of crookedness have come to light.
He has written a letter to Postmaster
French in which he states he will not re-
turn to Wilmington. There is no direct
clue as to the packages that have disap-
peared, but the evidences are against Mr..
Penny.
Three hundred negroes surrounded the
%calaboose at Haynes, a small station on
the Iron Mountain road, in Lee county,
Arkansas, Thursday night, and took a
negro named Donnelly from his cell and
lynched him to a limb of a tree. Tues
day Donnelly outraged a colored girl 70
years of age living on the Campson plan
tation. The mob was composed entirely
of colored people.
Charles Sucker called on his sweet
heart, Miss Bessie Robins, in Jefferson
vile KY, and while there her little
brother came into the room with a re-
volver. Sucker took it, and, pointing
it at his sweetheart, said Lookout, |
am going to shoot you"-and he did. A
serious wound was inflicted in the young
lady's groin. Sucker says he didn't
know that it was loaded"
Newton Enterprise Sheriff Rowe
has under arrest a young black negro
who committed an outrage on Mrs.
Klutz, near Elmwood, Rowan county, a
short time ago. He followed his track
from this place to Denvar Wednesday
where he was overtaken. He had on a
pair of pants from Yount & Shrum's
stock, with the tag still on, which he in
all probability stole here Tuesday.
Misses Gertrude Hager and Lizzie
Spears, of Charleston, w. Va, are two
of the handsomest young ladies in the
section Of Lincoln county, in which
they live. The long continued contest
between them for social preference led
to bitter enmity, and Miss Spears, hav-
her superior charms, her rival, Miss Ha-
ger, could stand il no longer, and one
day last week challenged the object OF
her hatred to mortal combat and fired
five shots at her. She proved a bad
marksman and none of the shots took
effect. Miss Spears was before Justice
Smith the day following for a warrant
to restrain her enemy from further vic,
lcnce, and the end is not yet.
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