The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-01-23
ErIef Norlh carolin. toms.

George Stewart in the tin and plumbing
business at Winston. ras assigned.
Preparations for the construction OF the
Oxford and Coast Line railroad are going on
satisfactorily
The Concord Standard reports the failure
Of Mincof a. Eddleman, general merchants
of China Grove.
The Oxford Female Seminary opened its
spring session Wednesday under the manage
ment of Professor +. p. Hobgood.
Owing TO their supply of lumber exceeding
the present demand the Goldsboro Lumber
COMPANY has been compelled 10 shut down
temporarily their enormous plant. throwing
large number Of workmen out of employ
ment
The First Baptist church Of Asheyille has
extended call 10 Rev j. L. White. Of Dur
ham. at a salary Of - 800 per year. The
former pastor OF the AsheylIe church. Rev.
W A. Nelson resigned on account OK III
health.
The New Berne journal says Julian $.
Carr. of Durham. has ASSUMED the support II
foreign missionary. lie has also proposed
to Trinity church of Durham that If they
will build IA new $4,000 house OK worship ne
would give half Of the amount.
A child was born in Stony Creek township.
Caswell county. Saturday. that has two grand
lLOkutl1t lVul ElthA EANANtlA'A'tNt' 49,
great-great grandmother. all living and able
and willing to wait on the infant. The great
great grandmother is IA her ninety-siXth year.
Tie North Carolina Railway Commission
has made decision az % the giving OF free
passes by railways 10 adopts the decision
OF the United States Railway Commission
that it is a violation of the act 20 give such
passes to officials. 1t reserves It's decision as
to the right to give passes to newspapers TOR
advertising.
The following sensational lie out OF the
whole cloth appears IN the current issue OF
Once a Week 81 of New i Ork Two cOl0red
delnquents in Raleigh. y. c., were recently
condemned % receive thirty ninc lashoi each.
Spectators were admitted TO witness the whip
ping at twenty-five cents q head. The gate
receipts went 10 the prisoners as q salye Tor
their wounds. probably.
4 day or two ago 40 Charlotte. Policeman
VI iris made rough remark 90 lady % the
street Complaint was made AMI the police
commission Investigated the matter The
officer claimed he was mistaken 10 the identi-
fcati0u of the lady. The commissioners con
sdered his Ofense one If sufficient gravity 90
warrant his discharge. and tho News says he
was dropped from the force.
The melting Of tho snow and the heavy
rains caused very heavy f-eshets in the sec
ton around lenOir Caldwell county The
tawba river. OF the Catawha Lumber Conn
pany. broke aud five thousand logs il0ated
away The loss including damage 20 BOOM
is estimated at 5iJ.f0l Many of the logs
locked in - drift above the Horsaford toll
bridge. Pa sengers coming from Statewide
say the river above the railroad bridge be-
youd Catawba station is full OF LOGS as far as
they could see.
During February. Thomas a. Edison ac-
compauied by a corps of trained assistants
will establish themselves in pleasant quarters
81 Charlotte y c.. for several weeks expert
ments in disintogratng gOld-bearing quartz
bv the use of fdlson's wonderful machines
which have made valuable the magnetic iron
ore deposits of northern hew Jersey. During
the past SIX months 600 tons or iron ore per
day have been recovered by this process from
deposits which every scientist aud practical
ironmaster pronounced worthless for COM
mCrclal purposes.