The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-08-04
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Salisbury had . -, 900 Gre Thur,
day. sn6-ring the loss Of Its grade
? school building. Every iuiieaiio
: are that the tre VAS Of ipe~udias
; origin.
Rocky Mount Motor say. q. sns
specimen Of tale (sos pston.) as "a
: ever found has been oored up vi,l
other debris FROM the artes,ap xel
At the Ice OoupAny's plant
i Barnsville Eagle says: Gin,
Clark, living near Marshall. lost to-,
children q few days ago by poiso,
and his vie is nov very III. II,
placed a poison on the potato. : lo
Gated on . hillside above the spring
and il is supposed the rains esr,iet
the poison into the spring.
The Wilmington Messenger ,sy,
the mines planted a, the mouth OF
Cape Fear river in May for the pro
lection Of the harbor against posi-
Die attack by . Spanish Il set. have
been removed since the destruction
OF the entire navy Of Spain elimi-
mates all danger Of attack.
killing I'm wilkes,
Last week just over the line 10
Wilkes. three miles from Elkin,
Rome Casey shot and :kill, d his
nephew, Nick Bryan. Toe trouble
arose over . mule trade.
\ Great big RadI.h.
| j. s. Dysart got q radish Gut of
his garden, measuring two feet in
length and fourteen inches in cir.
cumference. There are many more
like it in the same garden. This
vegetable Jumbo is Marion prod.
uct. Marion Democrat.
Hled a G alien.
W. Hudson, Of Salem, in trying to
open . show case in his recently
burned store this morning had his
right hand badly cut by the top
glass falling in on 1t. He called DR..
IL. I. Babson in. The physician ex-
amined and bandaged the hand. he
says an artery and vein we're sew
cred. Mr.. Hudson bled very pro-
fusely, probably gallon.-Journal.
Large Salmon.
Last Wednesday while fishing IN
the deep hole, near town, Harry Nor
man, with ordinary fishing tackle,
caught a salmon that weighed l6s
pounds. There have been many
large fish caught in this hole, but
this is the heaviest by all odds.
Harry sold 1t to Mr.. Leatherwood for
$l.OO.-Webster Herald.
The Purchase Of Land.
II. Clay Tunis, of Baltimore, has
recently purchased from the Scran-
ton and North Carolina Land and
Lumber Company of Hyde county,
N. c., the saw mill, dry kilns, rail
road and %, 900 acres of timber land
in Hyde and Beaufort counties, said
to contain 100 ,OOO, 900 feet of lumber
This timber Is said to be among the
best of North Carolina pine. Sir.
Tunis expects to manufacture about
25 .OOO, 900 feet of lumber per annum-
He will take possession of the prop.
erty on August l. Baltimore Sun.
! Burned to Death.
Mrs. iora Boseman, wife of A. F,
Boseman, of Ringwood, was terribly
burned last Friday, from the effect
of which she died in a few hours.
She was pouring oil in q lighted
lamp, when the oil can and lamp ex-
ploded, her clothes taking FIRE and
burning off her body before apy helm
could reach her.
Charged With Murder.
Tom Perry, colored, was arrested
and lodged In the county jsil last
night charged with the murder of q
man in Laurinburg short while ago.
The arrest was made by Jim McRee
and Will Rsper, both colUred. Neither
of them is an officer. They claim
that there is q reward Of $25 offered
for the arrest of Perry. They claim
that he shot his victim in the abdo.
men twice and that he died from the
effects of the wounds. Star.
Another Smallpox Case.
The Durham correspondent of the
News and Observer says: "Austhe,
smallpox scare is on in this city.
George Whitley, colored. slept in the
same room with Alex. Craig when be
came here from Reidsvllle afflicted
with that terrible disease, and or
yesterday sent for DR.. Manning
After two thorough examinations i,
has been pronounced q case of genu
inc smallpox. George was taken t
the pest house, three miles In tn,
country.
Raising Of Truck Crops.
The experience so far in the to
matO business brought about BY tn,
canning factory, has demonstrates
thstpro6table truck crops can be se
cured in the future by raising plant
under cover and setting out as sool
; as frost is over, thus making an ex
; ira early crop. Small shipments 0
tomatoes have been made from her
the past two weeks. and have sol,
from $l.5O to So per bushel; the pric,
is declining now.-Whitesville News
Fort CaswelI.
II The work on the Notifications q
? Fort Caswell still goes on despit
the fact that the: Spanish navy ha
been swept of the ocean and tn,
Spaniards are making overtures 70
, peace. Evidently the fort is to b
, made one of the strongest on the At
lautic coast. The four S-inch disap
. peariDg guns already erected, max
, the Cape Fear bar dangerous local
> ity to be approached by . hostil
, feet, yet the two 12.inch guns rem
, der the armament all the NOR
for midable. In addition to this y
learn the railroad is being extende
two miles down the beach, with
!, view to transporting material for th
!, erection Of emplaeenents for b.,
, terry of several mortars. This vii
! surely give Wilmington ample Pre-
lection in time Of war.-Wilmingto