The state chronicle., 1892-07-02
Ihe State Chro,1iclc
SATURDAY, july 2 1892
NEWS OF THE STATE.


Col. William Johnston, of Charlotte,
comes out for Cleveland.
The Congressional convention of
the Sd district will meet at Clinton
July 10th.
The closing exercises of the Croa-
tan Indian Normal school in Robe
son county, have been held.
Burlington will celebrate the
Fourth of July in handsome style,
and the Durham band will make the
music.
Gen. Adlai +. Stevenson's parents
lived on the line between Iredell and
Alexander counties, near Catawba
county.
Ray & Davenport, of Asheville have
made an assignment. The liabilities
are $4,000, and the assets are believ-
ed to be much larger than that amount.
The railroad waiting and baggage
rooms at Goldsboro will be thrown
open to the public in a day or two
The apartments are very convenient.
Yesterday at Fayetteville Grand
Master w. C. Douglass and Grand
Secretary Woodell instituted new
lodge of Odd Fellows with about sixty
members.
Mr.. Hoskins, living near the Battle
ground, in Guilford county, was in
the harvest field, binding oats, he COM
planned of feeling badly and went to
the house. In less than an hour he
died.
Capt. V. +. McBee is now the gem
eral superintendent of the Charlotte,
Columbia and Augusta, and the Co
lumbia and Greenville and Western
North Carolina divisions of the Rich
mond and Danville system. He took
charge yesterday:
The Durham Globe reports that a
regularly organized band Of robbers
has been operating about IL miles
hclow Goldsboro. Tom Rouse, Dan
itl Boone and Jim Mitch, |, all white,
have been captured. They were.
pledged to kill, steal, burn, or do any
thing that was best TO accomp shed
their ends.
c While bathing in Flat Greek in
!, Granville county, Walter Evans sud
, denly fell and sank to the bottom
: Some mysterious and quick stroke o
:, disease struck him down. The water
/ was only three feet deep. His younger
ried him to the bank, where he died II
d few minutes. The deceased wa
jc l5 years of age, and was the son 0
o Thos. Evans, the Day reports.
d AT the Bessemer City iron mines
, near Gastonia, the men were at worl
as usual last Monday and had no init
nation Of the big rain that was fall
ing. The rainstorm flooded a creel
near by. The waters overtlowed tn
mouth Of the shaft and torrent Q
water plunged into the mine. Th
miners, when they saw the water
come pouring down the shaft, realize
the danger and made an effort to &C
l2 out of the mine. All reached the SUI
& face in safety except George Adam
and Walter Ware, both colored, an
!. they were drowned. Their bodit
/ were recovered twenty four hours aftel
81 wards.
, The following is list of the Mort
y Carolina district delegates to the thir
(. party convention at Omaha: First di
,rict, Nj. G. Gregory, Robert Whit
ol M @. Bryan and J. c. Andrews; Sc
S| ond district, w. p. Exum, J.
81 Cutchin, A. B. Mobiles, G. l.. Taylo
-. third district, j. C. Mcmillan, w.
j Smith, +. Nj. Robertson, j. j. Hine
. fourth district, G w. Smith, }.
Bell, Eli Goodwin, w. A. White; fif
district, Il. j. Oldham, w. r. lin
say, w. d. Smith, J. B. Smith; six
district, w. II. Odom; seventh distrl,
II. A. Forney, J. M. Parks, "Peo
Thomas, IL. NJ. Leazar; eighth d
, trict, L. N. Durham, A. C. Thorn
son, w. w. league, r A. Col
T. ninth district, j. @. Yancey, A.
r Parker, w. III. Malone, w. A. Re
N ertSon.
~ Diocese Of North Carolina.
~ Bishop Lyman has made the follow
m appointments:
c. July "a, Sunday, Burlington.
"a ,a' . 26, Tuesday, High Point,
3. !" 27, Wednesday, p. m., Lcxingtc
o. f" Thursday, St. Matthews, Row
county.
20, Friday, St. Andrews, Row
county.
- 80, Saturday, St. Mary's, Row
county.
- -! 81, Sunday, Salisbury.
'cE August 2, Tuesday, Rockingham, Ri'
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