The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-07-15
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Busy Readers.
Nesro Killed in AshevilIe.

colored, who had been employed
for some time at the freight de-
pot, was run over and killed by a
switch engine in the railroad
Persian Rebels Invest Teheran.
misunderstanding to a spe-
cial dispatch from Teheran that
city is completely invested by the
Persian revolutionary forces, who
are expected to attack at any mo-
ment.
Plans Tobacco Colony.
CONVICTION, LA.-Having ex-
perimented successfully with to-
bacco seed secured from Cuba.
one of the largest planters of this
parish has arranged to bring a
number of families from Ken
lucky to cultivate prospective to-
bacco crops in this section.
New Steamship Service.
NEW ORLEANS. "A new epoch
in ocean steamship service from
New Orleans was inaugurated
when the steamship Osceola be-
gan a direct schedule between
this port and South American
points. Among the principal
cities of South America touched
will be Buenos Ayres. 1
Champlain Memories Revived.
NEW YORK. The tercentenary
celebration of the discovery OF
Lake Champlain was a grand af-
fair with it's magnificent parade,
speech-making, and interchange
of compliments among the three
, nations of France, Great Britain
: and the United States.
l Festive Fires in Raleigh.
t RALEIGH, N. CA fire balloon
: set adrift by some thoughtless
person set fire to St. Paul's col
< ored church, and it was burned
\ to the ground. "A building in East
J Raleigh was also fired by the
" same contrivance, but by strenu-
e Gus work the flames were extln.
guished before serious damage
o was done.
II Booths Captor Killed.
q DILLON, MoNT.-Judge Ever
y ton J. Conger, who led the detal
y of soldiers that captured Wilke
e Booth after the assassination o
d President Lincoln, was fatal.
injured by being run over b,
an automobile. He had starte'
d across the race track and wa
b. struck by the heavy racing cal
which passed over his head an
We shoulder.
- Lyncher Re-captured
- SALISBURY, N. c. Georg
Hall, alias Wagner, convicted
completely in a triple lynchin
:: here three years ago and sen
=. enced to a term in the peniter
tiary, from which he escape
last October, has been appr'
hended in Spartanburg and r
turned to the prison authorize
f. Of the Is tried Hall was the on
one convicted of participating
rid the lynching.
re Revolution in Colombia,
lay EoGoTA, COLOMBIA. "A port
vas of the army stationed at Barrs
quilla took up arms against t
Colombian government, ma
prisoners of the municipal auth.
tiles, and proclaimed Coma.
ub- Valencia president. The revo.
gri- tionists took possession OF t
q town and several steamers
me Magdalena river. The outlook
the for a serious strife, as there
widespread dissatisfaction W
; l the existing government.
5 1Sss Skipped With the Funds.
did GREENSBORO, N. c.. He
Mcdonald, who came from
body knows where, and worl
o,+aa up the great "fddlers' cow
yard ton" and then the North St
over. Band Contest" both of VIII
man nan proved eminently successful,
with now "out of sight, but to me
indi- DRY DEAR" at least to the afo
just said bands, and also a hotel m
l 1a9ed ager in Durham. He engaged
meet the band men at nine t
ested morning and pay off premium
inya- etc., but at that hour and e