The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-11
STATE NEWS.
The University opcnel Thurs
day with 9l9 students.

LuU OnlNClolby OpNilVl NUS
day with S19 students.
The Granville jail has been
empty since November court.
The N. G. Methodist Protest
ant conference il consi lering
the plan Of changing the loca-
tion Of its college from Yadkin
College to Graham, N. G.
The Charlotte Observer Is out
in a column and q half double
loaded editorial recommending
Hon. w. M. Robbins, of States
vile, for the Mexican mission.
Safe blowers who robbed q
store at Kings Mountain re-
turned the following night and
brought back such deeds and
ether valuable papers as were
useless to them.
The steamer Carolina was
sunk at Vancsboro, Pamlico
county, by a leak, cause by
msying against sheets Of ice
during the recent severe wealth
or.
Howell Hearn, of Pitt coun-
ty, was drowned near Centre
Bluff in that county. He had
been to a bar room and in at
tempting to cross the river
must have fallen in.
GOV. Holt has pardoned out
of the penitentiary w. II. Brog
leR, tile murderer of II. u. Sas
ser, says the doldsboro Head
light, and ii is very much sur
prisea at this act of the Cover
nor.
Mr.. A. Branch, a prominent
citizen and banker, of Wilson,
died on Wednesday. The fun
eral took place yesterday after
noon. Mr.. Branch was one of
the most influential citizens of
Wilson county.
Drunkenness and crime are
first cousins, and the criminal
is closely related to the insane.
An unhappy and most un-
fortunate family. Winston SEN
tinol.
The Oxford Ledger says that
r. Brougbton, who has been
slightly deaf for a long while,
now has the pleasure Of being
entirely restored. Some days
ago his full hearing capacity
game back 70 him suddenly,
and he cannot accoEntfor 1t.
Two cows, the property of Hill
| CostelIow OF Windsor, were
| found dead last week with the
| neck Of one fast between the
horns of the other. 1t is sup
posed that they were fighting,
| and. being caught in the above
| position, broke one another's
neck. =
A little boy Of Ad. Hargrave,
colored. says the Lexington Dis.
patch, was burned to death last
week under peculiar circum-
stances. ffe child vas out IN
an old field popping firecrack-
ers. The sedge caught fire,
| from which the child's clothing
caught and ignited. lie wa:
barnsd 50 badly that he died
shortly afterward.
The publishing and editing oi
a newspaper is not to crafty 1
sentiment, ,as some have though
but it is as much q business al
4 grocery store, and all tho mon
sy that comes 10 is paid out fo
the labor Of type setting, buyinl
paper aud tie incidental expsn
seS attending all business. Bur
lington News.
Gov. Holt issued four dealt
warrants Tuesday, the larEss
number ever issued in this Stat
in one day: Lsoaidas Mcknight
burglary, Surrf county, date Q
execution February lTth. Viii
liam Whitson aud Tnoma
| " nilsson. brothers, Mitchell
county. murder. date Of exscu
tiOn February eth. John Ham
brick, Cleveland county, mur
der. date of execution Februar'
2Tth. There will bo au execu
tion ut Rockingham, Richmon
county, January 2Sth, for wife
murder.
. We said something q fe'
/ weeks ago about the aIyisibiiit
{ Of a State reformatory for boys
| We see now the sentiment /
, its favor u growing aud not
] comes information that the maj
, ter will be laid before the Legi'
1 laturs aud in all probabilit
{ such an institution will be q re-
ality. I'VE think one should .
4 established, have thought so a
4 along, and ii gives us satisfact
: ion to know that it viii probabl
i DO done. Lexington Dispatch,
: We hope this Legislature vi
pass d bill that will regulate I'll
l making Of assignments by ii
: solvent debtors Several bill
4 on this subject have been intr,
q duced into ursyious legislature