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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1889
Page
6
In 1886 the Daily Plant ends its daily edition and employees move to weekly Records and other papers. The note praises past year’s growth, urges patrons to support the new weeklies, and wishes success for J. S. Carr and the Daily Plant. It also reflects on railroad expansion, Trinity College relocation debates, and local political patter.
A rumor reports a close friend of the Harrison family heard of a plot by a gang of villains to kill General Harrison last week. The scheme was discovered by a trusted friend and thwarted. Harrison and his family will keep details private while authorities pursue the would‑be assassins.
On Christmas morning in China Grove at 4 o'clock M M Kark awoke to a burglar attempting to enter his home. He fired his pistol at the intruder and then, after retrieving another gun, faced a second threat with a drawn bowie knife. The intruder died from injuries sustained in the confrontation and the coroner’s inquest found Kark justified in self defense.
An old advertisement extols Electric Bitters as a universal cure for digestion and liver kidney ills promising Eupepsy and improved health at 50 cents to 1 dollar per bottle. It also urges use of Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for infants, claiming relief from colic and diarrhea at twenty five cents per bottle.
Amid a royal public reception, Fair Sex queen Natalie performs from Dameaux Came-Tia. The moment with La grandeur tom bee ne se ladies leads to sobbing as crowds react. A child in the audience, Santa Clause’s grandchild, draws smiles while the President comments on courtesy. The note ends with Miss Ann Hunt’s will finalizing through patient savings.
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