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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1888
Page
3
A compilation recalls a panther killed near Black Mountain and local notes from Winston Dunn and Charlotte including taxes on property and watermelons moving north. It references a Lincoln county farmer’s daughter, a wedding in Charlotte, and political drama in Washington with tariff bill debates and committee actions.
A West Market street youth returns home soaked with sand and talk of the Democratic Congressional Convention. His mother chastises him for reveling in political banter as he insists he’s part of the unfazed democracy, ending with a muddy exit toward the barn after a chaotic scolding.
Encampment notes report Camp breaks Friday. The Governor's Guard, a noted company, drilled twenty soldierly wheels yesterday with no breaks. The First Regiment has 365 men praised by Colonel Cotten and Adjutant J. G. Powell. The Goldsboro Rider held the "boss" for ten hours in camp as friends were welcomed. Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry displayed an admired exhibition drill. Captain Anthony of the Scotland Neck Mounted Riflemen arranged horses for Tuesday's parade. The Second Regiment, led by Col. W. C. Jottes, expects reinforcements from Fayetterville and Maxton. Publisher Will X. Coley will award a sword to the captain of the best subscriber company. Dress parade is at 8 a.m. if weather permits. a showy display is anticipated. By request, Germania Concert Band or Vornet Concert Club may be secured for the encampment. General Jones notes arrangements must be made for the Este matt event to be witnessed. There will be no breaky esks on Testes as it is a tributary ure. The fall will be published in the Tusco Messenger. An old mountaineer mistook the Sound for the Ocean during low water. he declined to repeat the name of the speaker. A plot to free prisoners in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., by Herbert S. Graham led to jailers arming for an escape attempt.
Wash Middleton a Bald Knobber who escaped last October from Forsyth Missouri jail while under sentence was shot and killed Monday in der st derer Missouri where he was staying.
The Edgecombe Guards slept on their arms and a sentry warned of a false alarm. The Durham Band serenaded Lt. Gov. Stedman at Wrightsville Sound. Commissary Sergeant Pitt left the lines for stores, returned to a proper countersign, and Fayetteville Light Infantry humor was played at Scotland Neck Rifles.
The notes reveal a Raleigh meeting between O. H. Dockery and Daniel G. Fowle to fix joint appointments and publish a list by August 10, with mutual friends T. K. Parnell and R. H. Battle to prepare it. Separate item notes Brice proposes mass education and distribution of Mills bill comments to 500000 copies across districts.
Mr G. V Alwarden of Columbia and Miss Alice Prince of Durham were riding in a buggy when a passing train on the Meacoat Railroad spooked the horse. The horse ran away, the buggy was wrecked, and both occupants were injured, with Miss Prince possibly sustaining a broken arm.
A fire in Burlington yesterday morning consumed the J Holt Townsend building and adjacent stores totaling about 10 000 in loss with 8 000 covered by insurance. Mr Hamilton of Hillsboro supervises the claim while investigators note the incident as part of broader regional disruptions. A separate report notes a population shift as Jews increase in Jerusalem from 5 000 in 1880 to over 30 000 today due to persecution in Russia.
A wartime era plea urges continued care as dysentery weakens a patient. The message recommends Dr. Biggs Huckle remedy and Dr. re berry cordial as treatments in a setting where medical cures are scarce and urgent.
A long letter from N T Nichols of Dayton N C dated July 11 1888 appeals to voters in Durham and Orange counties to accept a verdict of innocence in a disputed wartime charge. The document includes corroborating notes from Civil War colleagues denying any punishment such as a barrel shirt and praising Nichols’s conduct, with attestations from J C Pennell and others.
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