The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-23
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

Judge Coble has confirmed the sale Of
the Goldsboro Argus by the Receiver.
Mrs. Stuart W. Cramer died in Thorn
asville Wednesday morning. She was q
native of Maine.
Prof. Reinhart, of Thomasville, will
go to Morehead City to teach, says the
Fayetteville Baptist.
The passenger and freight depot was
burned at Bessemer City Wednesday
morning. It was struck by lightning
Loss 81, 500.
The Dunn County Line says that the
Presbyterian Church was struck by
lightning Thursday, and damaged to the
amount Of SIS.
Writ a. Chesterman & Co., of Rich
mond, are making rapid Roadway on
their work on the big cotton mill at
Roanoke Rapids.
Ed. Poteat and Henry Mathis, Of
Burke county, started home together,
both very drunk. They fought. Poteat
was found dead in the bushes
Mathis is in jail
The town of Clinton votes school tax
of so cents on the 800 valuation of prop
erty and 81. 80 on each poll. This is said
to be the heaviest school tax ever voted
IN North Carolina.
Rev. T. N. Ivey, of Wilson, will
preach the annual sermon at the Dis
trict meeting of the Woman's For
nj RI "a
in Jackson, the second Sunday in Sep
TENDER.
Mr.. William Bland has just had his
wheat threshed, and it yielded 420 bush
els. This is the best we have yet heard
of in this county, and it is on a two horse
farm at that. 1t is needless to add that
so good farmer votes the straight Dem
ocratic ticket, says the Chatham Record.
Col. r. W. Wharton planted this year
IS acres in tobacco and is now engaged
in harvesting and curing his crop. He
has already cured 25 barns and has IS
more to cure. The crop will average
about 500 pounds per acre, and is valued
at S., 600, says the Washington Messen.
ger.
Miss Annie Faison, the beautiful and
accomplished 18-year-old daughter Of
Col Frank Faison, Of Garysburg, acci
dentally shot herself in the arm while
playing with what was supposed to bt
an unioaded pistol The ball entered
the fieshy part of her arm, inflicting z
painful but not serious wound.
Two young men-Augustus Todd anC
Sutton Todd-iying near Windsor, haC
a fight at the residence Of Dorsey Gas
tello Tuesday evening, and Sutton Todd
bit off Augustus ear even with his face
The young men are cousins, and tht
fighting was over game of baseball
which had just been played. ihe young
men were captains Of rival teams.
A colored man giving his name al
Charlie Johnson, fell from the bridge a.
Weldon Tuesday night and was badly in
jured. He was walking on the wrong
side of the structure when train APP
preached, and in attempting to get out
of the way of the advancing engine ht
stepped off, and fell distance of forty
five feet. He was conscious when picked
up, and says he is from Wilmington
among many features of the Friends
meeting at High Point the past week
two are especially noteworthy. One wa
a gift Of $500 to their Orphanage in THU
State, and the other donation of neari,
$500 to aid poor girls at Guilford Col
lege. S. F. Tomlinson, of Durham, anC
J. A. Hodgin, of Greensboro, were ap
pointed trustees of the college during
the meeting, says the Winston Repnbli
can.
Mr.. James Potts, of the Flint Hill
nelghborhood, says that he will make
on two horse farm, Is bales of cottor
weighing 500 pounds each, which at
cents per pound will be$525, and 500 bush
els of corn, which at so cents per bushe
will be $3.50. Besides this he will MAKE
plenty of meat, potatoes, oats, wheat
etc. This crop viii be made at a cost o.
only $75, and is certainly good farming
says the Charlotte Observer.