The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1896-06-26
STATE NEWS.

Gov. Calr is advised of the fact that
John R. Hicks, the druggist who has
swindled SO many persons in this State,
Virginia and the Western State, has
been taken back to Asheville and plac-
ed in Jail. One of his victims was the
matron of the Orphans Home at Ashe-
vile.
A force of hands are at work at Ore
Hill preparing to get out ore for the
furnace at Greensboro N. c. A great
amount of work is to be done there,
such as running railroad track from
the main line of the Cape Fear and
Yadkin Valley railway around the hills
belted with ore.
A story is told Of a peculiar incident
that occurred at house last Friday.
A peafowl hen was in the yard walk
ing about when all of a sudden buz-
zard lit down in the yard and COM
menced playing with it. They played
for about three-quarters of an hour
when the peafowl scared the buzzard
away.
Mr.. J. J. Stewart, late editor of the
Salisbury Truth, died at his home
Saturday evening June Goth, at A
O'Clock. His death was not unexpect-
ed. For long time his life had been
hanging by the merest thread and this
evening the frail suspension broke and
a life notable in many RESP >cts went
out.
Then sudden death of Mr.. Louis Kern,
a former citizen of Goldsboro, occurred
in Norfolk, where he has resided since
their removal from Goldsboro. The de-
ceased was the father of Mrs. Isaac
Fuchter and Mr.. Alfred Kern and wos
brother-in-law of Mr.. A. Lehman of
Goldsboro N. c. He was native of
Germany and was n years ofage.
John Bridges and Jim Rose, two
colored boys, age about sixt an and
twenty, respectively, a." IT | on Mon
day for the burning of MessiJ. Perkin-
son, Hicks & Co.'S store at Warrenton
N. c. Rose says he remained on the
outside and watched, while the other
broke into the store through window
and after taking such things as he
could conceal about his person, he
saturated parts of the store with oiland
put match to it. Bridges stoutly de-
nies the statement.
The prospects are that Wilkes county
will have the fewest number of distiller.
les this season known,in her histo..
There will hardly be bonded brandy
distillery in the county this year. And
the revenue officers are closing out
most of the whiskey distilleries and
there will be very few that survive.
Where there have been hundreds be-
fore there will be scarcely dozen.
This, of course, will relieve most of the
revenue officers in this section, as there
will be nothing for them to do They
will either have to 60 out of business or
find other fields for operation.
DR.. R. K. Gregory of Greensboro has
recently invent l and patened new
bicycle. 1t has in addition to the ped
ais for propelling it, hand bar with
crank, wheels and chain attachment SO
geared as to give the rider full power of
bis arms and the muscles of his should
ers and chest in propelling the ma
chine. This is the utilizing of all his J
physical force equally of the power
his body and at the same time mi
tain the upright, healthful posi-
while riding the wheel. This n
will enable him to Tide vi
greater speed and more e
less fatigue as he uses the
of the whole body instea|
alone. From this fact
seen what great ad
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