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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1888
Page
7
A San Francisco Chronicle passage follows a young woman lost in reverie in a garden. She shares a dream of marriage to a tall, dark haired man, living in a cottage covered with honeysuckle and woodbine, while George teases and questions the likely details of her fantasy. Dreams often defy expectations, she notes.
Durham residents praised the newly formed Cleveland Fowle Club with Capt J B Lockhart elected temporary chairman and J R Blacknall as secretary. Seventy five names enrolled as committees organized for presidency treasurer and reception. Next meeting set for Monday with address by Hon F N Strudwick.
The Southern Plaid Manufacturers Association held a Charlotte gathering at the Chamber of Commerce to limit plaid output and stabilize prices. Col. Thomas M. Holt presided, with R. P. Dicks elected to fill a vacancy. Bonds of 1000 dollars required. prices extended to Jan 1 1889. next meeting set for Atlanta on Jan 20 1888 with mills from five states expected to join.
A list of court actions includes guilty verdicts for larceny and local option violations, not guilty verdicts in several cases, and fines of 40 dollars for failing to appear as witnesses. Sentences include two years on roads and suspended judgments on cost payments, with mentions of various defendants such as Mangum Latta Green Fuller and Wm Garrett. A true bill for rape leads to trial, and a humorous note about a Lincoln family structure closes the page.
The 13 year old Miss Lelia Smith, daughter of W S Smith, was killed last Saturday afternoon in Providence township. A bolt struck the chimney at 6 o’clock and descended into the room where she sat near the fireplace, instantly ending her life. The electric fluid reddened her hair and left marks on her shoulders, though her body was not disfigured. In a separate note, a Catawba farmer reports a lamb with three fully formed ears, two on the sides and one on the top.
A Lincoln Journal excerpt details a dramatic proposal scene with a decisive refusal over gambling and vice. The piece contrasts a marriage proposal with vows of sisterly ties as a reply. Separately a one cent draft from Bridgeport Conn drawn on Chemical National Bank of New York was sent to the New York sub Treasury to settle a balance.
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