Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1883-09-29
GENERAL NEWS.

They are making -four ont Of peanuts
NJ Virginia
The lrouth is killing great numbers Of
cattle in some parts Of Texas.
There are eightv-four cigar factories |
il Key West and all hands. constantly
employed.
Large beds Of phosphate have been
discovered IN Dulpin and Pendcr coun- |
ties, North Carolina.
There are now 4S,Oi9 post-offices in
thc United States. The number OF post
offices has increased forty per cent. since
1876
The porcelain works in Augusta coun-
~, Va, have commenced operations, and
goods equal to any ever made are turned
ont i'll large quantities.
The dronth has about spoiled the cot
ton crop Of South Carolina. The mp
land crop il estimated at three -fo,irths
and the Sea Island at still less
A Northern company IS neg1 tlatin, for
tn" purchase Of tn, Magrudcr mine in
GEORGIA which is very rich in copper
lead and silver.
little prl in North Carolina was
htun% by horuet iust Under the eye
and died within twcnty-hours
There are many arts Of South FLORIDA
whcr" the crols Of guavas are greater
than the people can use Being a perish
able frnit, it can rot c shipped.
One firm III Gates county, y. c., Owls
thirty miles Of narrow-gauge railway
connecting five of its mills 1t is the
largest lumber bus II IS in the State.
Since th. death Of Tom Thumb, Gen
Me Sawyer, IF Key West, Florida,
cams to be the smallest dwarf in the
world, beng thirtv-two inches high.
nineteen years of age an | weighing only
thirty pounds.
\ report from Castlchurg. Ala, saws
The timber and the tnrnentine bust
ness have both been dull the greater
part Of this season. The saw-mils have
Ac"mplete vacation. Turpentine is fifty
per rccnt. lower than last year
The Georgia match factory buildings
At Gainesville are about finished and G.
Van Fleck, the principal owner, is in the
Eastern cities and Canada shipping tie
machinery.
North Carolina has two of the larges
,ncvasds east of the Rocky mountains
The grapes raised are coming into grea
demand even outside of the State.
The Louisiana Homestead and Aif
Asso' 'aton have taken IN hand a proec
I" plrthas" 1O) or 800 acres of land nea1
~" Orleans Tor establishing home fol
som" SEQ old and intirm negroes in the
Sac OF Louisiana, who are reported as
hrliL, III great want.
The citizens of Rome, Ga. are indiC
1ant ut the alva"ce in the premium OF
cotton insurance in that city and claim
that With Rome's unsurpassed water
works and we'll equipped and dauntles
LIRE department. the rate ought not to b,
5:'s high as two per cent.
Honey is plentiful in SMYRNA, Fla
Olaf OcsnlL has extracted over fort,
barrels of choice honey, and was com
PEELED To- stop for want of barrels, and i
now gathering it i'll neat one-pound see
tlons Il. :. Sheldon comes next. Will
his nrighhor. Dr. Goodwin. has beer
busy building ny his ariarv for the com
ing season.
Reports from the cotton i'll the Nash
willie district, including Middle Tennes
see. n porii III of West Tennessee an,
North Alabama, show larger aggregat
weld than last year crop
Dispatches to the New Orleans Times
Democrat from all sectio,is of the cotto
belt show considerable falling off in GRO
prospects compared with last year. e,
cept in Tennessee and some portions {
Texas caused by drouth, caterpillaIs an
hol worms The decrease is estimate
in some places ut thirtythre anil on,
third per cent Many reports from Texs
also show a falling off i'll the outlool
The corn crop is also reported consider
hly damaged by drouth.
\ part of He'll Hole Swamp. contain
ing 100 acres, has been bought ly NJ
JOS Remfry, who resides at High Poin
\. C., as the representative of comp
ny of English capitalists. The Cor
missioners Of the South Carolina SInkil
Fund are II receive for the tract $1,000
payable IL three anuuel installmonts
will take about 100000 to drain the W
ter from this swamp, and it's sale is +
IL 4 e IL.