The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-03-14
NORTH STATE NEWS.
Crisp Tar Heel Happenings from Cherokee
20 Currituok.


The new court house at Wilmington Is
nearly completed. IL Is one OF the hand
soonest buildings in that city.
March is announced as the date for the
commencement Of Mr.. Moody's meetings
st Wilmington.
The colored nremen OF the state are by
The last LEGISLATURE given a relief fund OF
5000 year. and viii form State assocla-
tion.
There are $50 Methodist Protestant
churches in North Carolina and li.sSi com
rnunicants There are two UniVersalist
churches. with 255 communicates
As the convict brigade was going to
work near Carthage, on the oth, John
Young colored convict, made break
FOR liberty and was shot dead by Allen
Bradshaw, assistant superintendent.
Andrew Howell. Of Ashe county offers
SIS reward for Frank Honck. who shot
into a party Of men and boys ana killed
Allen Scott. aged twelve years. The party
was shooting near Honck's house. when
he became angry and lred.
Wills Watson. who broke out Of the jail
al Kinston. through the roof, Sunday
night Of last week. has not been heard
from since He was in jail for breaking
IN a store M Grifton about a month ago.
Rev. J. W. Wellons. Of Durham. is the
pOsscssor OF several madstones. and he
has one of a very good size. He SAYS II
has been used very eftectually I'm many in
stances where the person bitten Is sup
posed to have had poison in the wound.
He prizes the stones very highly.
The Witty brothers. Of Mitchell coun-
~. who were sentenced TO be hanged
February oath, were respited until March
"a As vet official notice has not been
ffa.r to Is
sion regarding their appeal for a COM
mutation OF sentence which was ably
presented by five lawyers.
Karl Willis, OF Beaufort, was drowned
in Neuse river at Hickory Island Satur-
day He and a companion. Mr.. Arthur
Newkirk had just hshed their nets and
were returning TO the shore when squal
struck the boat, Capsized II and turned IT
over and over several times with the
young men. The body of Mr.. Willis has
not been found.
The number OF tons OF guano received
at Laurinburg last season from November
/. 1891 TO June 3d. 1892. 1,lOl tons; the
number OF tons received this season 10
March /, 1l2i tons. The FERTILIZER trade
has been unusually heavy this year.
tremendous effort Will be made for big
cotton crop. Happy is he who banks on
hog and hominy.
W
River. Wilkes county. Is near ninety-four
wears old. and runs "A store. which he at
tends to himself he has been magis-
trate a long time and has been perform
ing the marriage ceremony since 1885
His experience in this line has been such
that he has tied the nuptial knot for
couples and lived to perform the same
ceremony for their children
lake Sneed. OF Barton Creek township
on under
peculiar circumstances. A mad dog about
the LIST OF January bit several hogs and
the horse The hogs ran mad and were
killed The horse followed on Friday
last. developing a horrible case Of ny
drophohia. In his commissions he would
tear out great pieces Of flesh from MS
sides and legs Before being killed he bit
his owners father Mr.. Ransom Sneed.
tearing out a piece Of flesh from his arm.
Reports from different parts of Wilkes
county are 10 the effect that the wind on
Saturday was severe and did a lot OF
damage Lot OF fencing was blown down.
Near Millers creek the roof on Henry
Rumgarner's barn was blown OF, ana
the roofs Of the barns OF Matt and Thom-
as Bumgarner were damaged. Up ABOUT
Tran Hiu IL swept away fences and barn
roofs by the score. The barn roof of Mr..
Howard. on Hunting creek. was moved
several feet and considerably damaged.
And SO the reports are from every direc-
ton.
Deputy Collector John +. Woody was
IN Roxboro last Tuesday, and Informed us
OF a most novel blockade distillery. To-
Gated near GAINESVILLE Va, and destroyed
bv him a few days ago. The still was In
the basement OF a cabinet shop, and the
house was In twenty feet OF the pubic
rosd leading 10 Clarksville. lie captured
one new copper still one heater, one cap.
one worm. one barrel singlings and 500
gallons Of beer and mash. II Is said that
when Mr. Woody went I'm the back room
Of that shop and saw all those collins
that his knees began to shake very per-
ceptibly.