The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-13
GENERAL NEWS.

Whites case will be investigated
by the commissioners at the March
meeting. ]. 7. Bostic succeeds
White as superintendent.
At Gainesville, Pa, Saturday
Andrew Steyie and Nicholas Kra-
vish, Slav miners, fought q duel
near the foot Of the mountain. They
are rivals for the hand of Slav
girl whose home is in Mount Pleas,
ant. A duel was arranged to take
place Friday morning. Each man
was allowed two seconds, The girl
and her father were on hand. Two
shots were fired without any dam
age being done. A consultation
resulted in post2onement of the
matter until the weather moder-
ates. II il
H. A. Foster, of Wineno, MINI.
was the happiest man in Chicago
last night. He had just "cornered"
the egg market of the United
States, and the colder it goes and
the longer the cold spell lasts the
greater profit he will receive from
his speculation. Eggs are IS cents
a dozen in New York." said he.
Before another sun goes down /
may make them 30 cents, or I may
stop their supply altogether and
compel them to eat Canadian lined
eggs that were laid before the
Mckinley bill became a law"
Clarence Recap, William Nor
gan and William Mcdonald, all
Plainfeld boys who. while shoot.
ing at a target, killed Harold
Greenfield, were acquitted by
Judge Mccormick Saturday at
Elizabeth, n. J.
n. H. Spaulding, Young man
employed at the Adams cotton
mills, in Shelton, Conn, was as
ssulted and robbed of $4,000 Sat.
urday morning. He obtained the
money at the Birmingham national
bank, and started for the mills on
foot. He funds were in a bag in
his hand Two men followed him
in a sleigh, and one on foot. When
he vas within a short distance OF
the mills the man on foot struck
him with billy and knocked him
down. The assailast then seized
the money and springing into the
sleigh with the others, drove OF.
The robbers went down the canal
road and turned toward Bridgeport.
The superintendent at the cotton
mills pursued the men with a re-
volver, but could not overtake
them. At Dorman,s store, in
Shelton, two of the men left the
sleigh asd went behind the build.
ing. Further on the third aban-
doned the turnout.
William Holland shot at l., W.
Hellman, president ofthe Nevada
bank at San Francisco Saturday.
while the latter was walking along
California street, near vannes.
avenue. The shot did not take
effect and the man then shot him.
self in the head, iusictinga wound
which will probably result fatally,
Holland is a well known dealer il
stocks. Six weeks ago he was ar,
rested at the instance Of the Ne
.yada bank, charged with forging
the name Of William II. Wright
"a stock broker, to a check which
was cashed by the Nevada bank
The officials were unable to iden
THY Holland as the payee, 50 tn,
Charge was dismissed. The shoot
ing was the outgrowth Of thi,
charge. over which Holland
:. brooded.
f.'t,n bic Rat building al
La Sale avenue took FIRE Saturday
afternoon. Several persons wer,
reported hurt. Augusta castorot
maid Of Mrs. Leopold Proskauer
was probably fatally injured By
jumpisg from a second story win
dow and Mrs. Rufus Chaplin, al
invalid, was injured while beinS
carried from her apartments. TIL,
building was a handsome FIVE STIR,
stone structure. II WIS occupied
by about forty families. Many o
tke tenants had narrow escapes
several women being rescued b,
firemen, but none was dangeroul,
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