The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-09
NORTH STATE NEWS.
Crisp Tar Heel Happenings from Cherokee
to Currituck.

The special postal service TO Seward.
Forsyth county, n. c.. from Dosler' VIII
be discontinued from the 18th
A Miss Ball, daughter Of DR.. Ball liy-
ing near Dukes store, IN Franklin coun-
tv. was fatally burned Saturday whlle
assisting I'm putting out fire in the
woods. She died Sunday.
j. II. YOUNG, a young man reared near
Walnut Cove, has skipped 10 parts I'M
known. after swindling warehousemen at
Walnut cove and Greensboro, ana sew
eral farmers TO the amount Ok aoou'
1910. - .ho
Nr Cornelius Kcslcr. n member OF the
hC1rd Of county commissioners, died at
lis nome in Providence township, near
Salisbury. Monday night after an illness
If several weeks. Mr.. kesler was. we
SUPPOSE. about seventy years Of age.
Nlessrs. j. Elwood Cox and ]. Crudup
have been appointed receivers or the
Carolina Manufacturing Company OF
Uieh Point, by Judge Bryan. 1t Is the
intention Of the receivers TO wind up
the affairs Of the company as soon as pos
sible.
The revenue collector has advices OF
the CAPTURE OF Il moonshiner James
Nunnery, and the seizure Of his illicit
distillery, near Harpers Cross Roads
Chatham county. 1t is the twentieth
seizure in the Fourth district during the
present year.
There are now twenty students In the
senior class of the Agricultural and Me-
chanical College at Raleigh, who will
spply for degrees next June. This Is max
ing good progress when il is considered
that the institution is only IN the fourth
year of its existence.
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March 18th with the daughter OF Mr.. }.
f. Hoppe. Of Bethany township. was ar
rested last week at Independence, Va.
Mr.. Charles Warren, Of the Statesville
police force, left Tuesday 10 bring the
girl back home. Godfrey is in jail.
Martha Cook, a colored woman living
near the county line of Northampton and
Greenville counties, left her children IN
a house alone Saturday and went over
TO work for a neighbor. During her abb
sence the house caught on fire and was
entirely consumed. one OF the children
was burned 10 ashes. only few bones
were found.
An aged woman and her son were re-
turning home from church near Iancey-
Vile and in endeavOring TO pass through
the lines Of fire the woman's dress ignited.
and before she was missed had fallen
amidst the flames and her body was not
found until burned TO a crisp. Her son
was also badly burned in endeavoring to
rescue his mother.
A barn belonging TO Mr.. r. Futren. Of
jamestown, n c., was burned Friday
night by a scoundrcl who wished TO cover
the theft OF one of the mules from the
barn. The building was burned TO the
grourd and two mules and some COWS
were burned up I'm the flames. A posse,
headed by Deputy Sheriff II. c. LONE, are
on the thiefs track and will probably
run him down.
Marion Butler, the Third party ex-
tremist, who is also the head OF the
State Alliance, has issued a long address
to the Alliances. This is made UP OF
attacks on the Legislature for its daring
TO modify the Alliance charter. and upon
certain persons who Butler says were
back OF the movement to repeal the
charter. He does not name these. but
terms them liars, &c.
vender of medicines. calling himself
George Lewis. has been arrested at Pan
tico and taken TO Wilson. Lewis answers
the description OF the murderer OF George
Howard, who was killed at Saratoga.
Wilson county, some time ago. He was
taken TO Wilson to be identified. Lewis
saws he Is not the man. He claims 10
have been born In Virginia and raised In
Cleveland. q. Governor Carr offered 500
for the murderer Of Howard.
A little six-months-old child OF Mr.. j.