The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-07-07

ration and railroad lawyers.
STATE NEWS.
Sixty worn men on the MocksSiile-
Ao0sesvilie railroad have been vseci-|
mated. Some Of the negroes hid In the
woods, but were discovered, brought
back and vsccinated,
The cotton 10 estimated at 81. PER
cent. less thaa last year. In this VIZ
cinify We should Judge that it has bern
cut down at least 20 per cent. People
are raising something TO eat this year.
Rocky NJ. Aegonaut.
News reached Greensboro that Nr.
HOWie, . contractor engaged at work
on the Asheboso ard Aberdeen road,
near Troy, Montgomery county. Was
shot and instantly killed yesterday by
one Of his hands. The negro doirg the
shooting escaped.
A colored man in Cape Fear town.
ship Was ploWing with . steer . fea
days ago, and left him few moments
to bring him . bucket Of water, and
when he returned the steer had licked
out This tongue and got il fastened
through the ring on the bride bit so
tight that it could not be released, and
the man had to kill the steeP.-Chat-
ham Record.
John =. Murphey, the leader OF the
colOred band at Statesville, has receiv-
ed Telegram from Adjutant General
COwles, designating his band a. the
band Of the colored regiment Of the
State troops and appointing Murphy
a. the leader. The salary Of the leader
10 $74 per month, and the total salary
Of the other twenty five members IL
500 month.
G. 8. Pritcbard and J. w. Tayl lor are
the inventors of . machine for string.
ing tobacco bags. They have secured
letters patent and had their inventior
Registered in the departments at Wash.
inEt0n. The invention will bring Z
handsome fortune to the inventors
They have already been offered $500
for the right to manufacture and sci
it In the United States.
For the hrst time in years . consid
erable crop Of wheat will be raised II
this and Hyde counties. On accoun
Of the rust that affected the wheat III
to last year, the cultivation Of it has
nearly been abandoned. But on tha
planted last year, to the surprise Of tn
the farmers, no rust appeared. and thi
year the acreage has been increase
with the prospect Of the largest ield IL
lyears. Mr.. Spencer, in Currituck IN
. field that will yield 0fty bushels Z
, the acre.-washington Gazette.
II Thursday morning 1t 2 O'Clock In
:. mother-In-laW Of sheriff Smith die
from the effects Of ice cream poison
q ing. She had been sick just . Weel
a Nine others, immediate members an
relatives Of the Sheriff's family, Wei
r poisoned by the same cream. III
4 cream VAS made by the daughters q
Sheriff Smith, and il Was served ft
Isupper. Soon afterWsrd all WHO ha
eaten the G. cam manifested signs q
= poisoning. The only fatality so far
{ the death Of Mrs. Monteith.-Charlot'
u Observer.
Th0mss From Sd District fer Cosgrsss.
ri CLINTON, n. c., June :D.-Charles
! Thomas. Of Newberne, Vas nominate
on the 18th ballot by the Democrat
,. District today. There VAS much el
tbasiasm when the result Of the 6n
ballot WAS announced.
kin0ton's todostetoe.
The contract for the construction
" the Kiust0n cotton mills has be-
y. awarded to George J.. Boerum, Of 81
~ folk, Va, and calls for the cOmpieti
Of the mills BY September the 18th.
Three new tobacco stemmefiss are al
|in the course Of construction and "
be in readiness for the approaching
baccO season.
A ssldssr's Bride.
K GoLDsBoRo, June 39.-At . o'cl0
ef last night Miss Eva Naie Stanley Y
dc welded to Lieutenant J.. ID. Gidde
eP lJr., of the GoldsbOFo Rifles, l.. 2. v.
who came home on . furlough jest
I'd day morning. The ceremony Vas p
I'd couple left for Jacksonville on the
O'Clock train last night.
snaI,po. as KssasviIIs.
IN RKlDsvILLE, n. c., June 5o.-Doc
Wertenbaker, smallpox specialist
ID. the United States Marine Hospi
Service, arrived in Reidsville last nia
IL He examined negro suspected Of b.
ing smallpox, and pPon00 need the
:. ease smallpox Of Q mild type. Ev'
precaution has been taken TO Prev
~. the spread Of the disease. Com1uls'
ysocinatian has been ordered. The
I'D gro has been kept isolated, and ev'
one known TO have come In cont
di- with him since be reached here will
i'll put In quarantine. Eleven negroes
pre- in camp under guard on the outskl
Of the town. No y mptoms Of sm
er. pox have appeared among these %
There are no fears Of On epidemic.