The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-01-08


World.
The Concord Standard thinks there
are more lies told about the ages and
weights of hogs than about any ether
one thing, not even excepting the num-
Der of converts reported by erangelists
at their revivals.
Granville county under Reform
has Negro jailer, and upon the au-
thority of the woman herself the Ok
ford Ledger charges him with having
eiebauehed one of the female colored
prisoners who has since given birth to
a child.
Tt is greatly to be hoped that the
bills introduced by Senator Pritchard
and Representative Settle to. appro-
pirate $1,000 to the preparation OF the
grounds at Guilford court house and
$40, 900 to a monument of General Ma
thanie1 Greene, will be placed on the
statute books.
1t is the custom or the First Presby
terrain Sunday school in Greensboro TO
who attends every Sunday in the year.
This year there were twenty-four. and
The Record says that silver Instead Of
gold dollars were given the children.
is this straw showing that the wind
is blowing in the direction of silver?
w. C. Davis writes Labor Commits
sioner Lacy from Elizabeth City that
during last March and April OF least
100 vessels. with an average of 1000
bushels of oysters each, passed his
fishery, and that as many others went
out of Oeraeoke inlet, loaded with
North Carolina oysters, and that over
five-sixths of all these were carried
out of Norti Carolina.
In answer to the question what i'm
pressed him most on his visit to New
England, Bret Harte wrote: i
can answer eInphatica1ly the wait
resses / never saw a woman wait at
table before. At my lecture in Con-
cord / was waited on by one at break
fast. She said TO me: 'Cofeee, tea,
ham, eggs and bacon. / enjoyed your
lecture, Mr.. Harte. You had most
select audience.
Ex-Sheriff A. Il. Long, of Euther-
ford, is evidently a game one. The
Democrat says he is - years old and
that six weeks ago mule kicked hlm
and broke his arm. Last "Wednesday
week he caught the same mule and
took a 39-mile ride on him. just as
he got back the mule threw him and
broke two of his ribs. Last Monday
he came riding into rutherford on
that same mule. -
The fifth anniversary Of Rev. y. S.
.Jones's passionate of Salisbury Baptist
church was held Sunday. One hun
dred and eighty new members have
been added to the membership and
S6,03l has been contributed. Every
member of the church except five con-
tributed to it's support, and the. aver
age contribution was nearly nine dol
lars. Mr.. Jones recently rendered his
resignation, but was persuaded TO
withdraw it.
The breweries doing business in Chi
cago have combined and advanced the
price of beer ST. barrel. This Is ex-
actly the amount of the internal reve-
nue. tax increase on beer proposed by
many as the best way for the govern
ment to add needed $30,000,000 to its
income But the House Republicans
insisted upon letting beer alone.
taxing wool and clothing instead, and
now the western brewers proceed to
add the proposed tax to the price of
beer and put it in their own pockets
Springfield Republican.
The Daily Sun is raising fund for
the Cumnock mine sufferers. The Sun
force gave $1.25 and two other parties
have given 25 and IS cents respectively.
The individuals in the Presbyterian
church have given $62. Trinity Meth
odist church gave $48.
The confession of McGough that he
committed the murder in the Troy. n.
-. election riot, for which Bat Shea
Nas sentenced to be hung, was SEN
sation OF the first water. McGough
DELAYED the confession until within
forty-eight hours of the time Shea
was TO be electrocuted. 1T was close
shave, but Shea escaped.