The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-16
NORTH STATE NEWS.
Crisp Tar Heel Happenings from Ch. rokoe
To Currituck.

to Currituck.
L. r. Mayo. OF Aurora, killed It's ducks
in one day during the freeze.
Mr. John b. Smith. OF Lumberton. has
assigned to n. A. Mclean. Liabilities,
$1,000.
Jim Glasscock, a prisoner, made an I'M
successful attempt to overpower the jailer
at Mocksville last week.
John Garrison, residing near Fayette-
vile. slaughtered hog last week which
weighed eight hundred pounds net.
Ten tons OF gold ore have been shipped
to New Jersey from Tebe Saunders gold
mine in Montgomery county. 1t Is worth
from $50 to 500 per ton.
Mr.. W. F. WATSON, ex-sheriff OF Ire
dell county. died recently at his home in
Sharpsburg township. aged eighty years.
Mr.. WATSON was sheriff OF that county for
sixteen years.
The newly-elected officers OF the WI
mington Young Mems Christian AssociI-
ton are: President, Frank NJ. Mea.es;
ylce-president, p. b. Manning; secretary.
c. C. Brown; treasurer ID. c. Whitfield.
The Congregational church. Washburn
Seminary and two small frame buildings
at Beaufort, n. c.. were destroyed by
fire. The church was valued at 5000;
fully insured.
The candidates for the Wilmington
postoffice. which pays s.. 500 yearly, are G.
w. Yates. w. z. Oldham, Frank l..
Meares George L. Morton, o. G. Parsley,
Henry G.. Bauman ard Herbert McClam-
my.
Captain A. NJ. Izlar, Of Knoxville, Tenn,
but formerly OF Marion, has sued the
Knoxville and otheT papers for publish
ing an Item about his leaving Knoxville
under a cloud. The papers, learning that
they were mistaken, have since retrlc-
ted, but Captain Izlar still sticks to his
determination. The Marion Record is enc
OF the papers involved
A few days ago Mr.. c.. A. Tuck a to-
bacco grower of Granville county, went
into a bank in Raleigh and cashed a $500
check for tobacco he had sold there
He was given three 800 bills and the re-
mainder in small bills He left the bank
and walked one block TO the revenue
office. At the latter place he found that
the $500 had slipped through a hole in his
pocket and was lost. Though search was
at once made, no trace OF the money could
be found.
Hirschen Ingraham, who was married
only two weeks since TO Miss Edith
Johnston. OF Buncombe county. has mys-
teriously disappeared without a word OF
warning as TO his whereabouts. He spent
Tuesday night in Asheville and on We'd
nesday morning received pay for the Il ad
of oats which he had brought there. From
Wednesday night ne cannot be traced
lie was about twenty-three years old
Foul play is suspected or possibly he went
West, as he has expressed his determlna-
ton to do for some time past.
General u. Doubleday, brother OF the
late General Abner Doubleday. died at
Tyron last Saturday night, aged sixty
nine years. He served 10 the close OF the
war In the Union army. and was briga-
der-general on General L. S. Grants
staff. About twelve years ago he moved
TO Asheville and invested largely I'm real
estate there. and a portion OF the northern
section Of the city is called Doubleday In
his honor. Some three years ago he re-
moved 10 Tyron. where he and his son
Harold were engaged in fruit culture on
quite an extensive scale.
Some time ago Mrs. Thomas Johnston.
who lives near Tennessee, near the North
Carolina line. was put in jail at Mar
SHALL Madison county. n. c.. for non
payment OF costs. She was released last
week. her husband came 10 Madlson
county to a "house-raising' and met
Alexander Grofty. a negro. who laughed
at him because his wife had been In jail.
Johnston jumped at Grofty and gave him
terrible beating and then went home.
Saturday Gofty swore out a warrant for
Johnston, and. with two officers and two
colored men, went to Johnston's house 10
execute the warrant. The posse was met
by Johnston as 1t approached, and. call
ing his wife and son. each presented a gun
and warned the party to leave. The posse
advanced and fired. killing Johnston and
wife. and then fed back into the North
Carolina mountains. The latest news
from the scene OF the trouble is that no
attempt had been made to arrest the men
who did the killing.
Captain and Mrs. Andrew Pixxini left |