Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1883-03-24
STATE NEWS.

S9G bales OF cotton. :
Greensboro Patriot: Work has ,
been commenced on the kandleman
and High Point road, a force Of !
thirty nen are at work. {
Wilmington Star: Judge Davis is
worth his millions and he generous
w gave his wife q bridal gilt OF five
hundred thousand dollars in 3 IL
per cent. bonds.
Jane Williamson and her l~i:,le
daughter ase missing from their
home in Moore county, n. c. Alle"
Williamson, the husband Of the wo.
man., has been arrested on suspicion
of their murder.
Wilmington Star The Charlotte
Observer tells OF a Baltimore drum
mer named Johnson who was put
off the cars for riding in his shirt
sleeves in the ladies' car. He sued
for damages. lie was stuck for
$500 i~nlGps''. Good,
The Greensboro Patriot says a
firm Of Greensboro has received an
order for 500 cats from a South
Carolina hrm. We can't spare our
cats. but there are lots Of dogs in
Orange county that ough: 10 be
made into sausage meat.
The Pi,tsboro Chatham county,
Record says Thus far there is a
good prospect Tor an abundant frui,
crop this year. Although it is now
the middle Of March. yet very few
peach trees are in bloom. The cold
weather has been a blessing in ene
respect, in keeping back the froi,
blossoms.
Winston Republican Mr.. Geo.
A. Boozer, Salem, has a brood OF
chickens hatched by a nest Of kit
tens. A hen had set on the eggs
t .about two weeks and. then left them,
:. when a cat made her nest a bed for
u her kittens and in due time some IL
out of the II eggs hatched out a
beautiful little chick. The two fam
h lilies are doing we'll and growing.
Newbern Nutshell Mr.. James
70 Jarvis, of Washington county, dief
- a most horrible death from hydro
|. phobia on the 18th instant. Mr.
Jarvis was the owner Of a small
o puppy which became sick a few
a weeks since and appeared to hav,
a. fits. While ~endeavoring to give tn
% animal relief MI. Jarvis was bitten
:: but did not give much attention I,
d the circumstance at the time, no
y. thinking for q moment the dog ha,
:, hydrephob:a. After the dog died
however. he became alarmed, and il
=, a few days he found to his sorrow
that he had cause for alarm.
IN Raleigh News and Observer :Th
m Newbern people are fortunate
is Their prosperity is not dependen
IN on the cotton crop, but they hav
he several strings to their bow. Whe
cotton doesn't hit, the corn come
" pouring in from those c~ountie
at which are justly entitled the .grs
'e. nary OF North Carolina. Then Their
IS is the rice crop, each year becomin
80 more important. The fish season
-. also now a busy period, and add
~ largely to the trade and prosperit
~ OF the place, while truck farming ha
:. become permanent institutio,
!, yielding very handsome RETURN
= The Journal quotes Mr.. Geo. ALE
:, as estimating the net income tror
80 trucking this season at $500 600, an
says that the truck farms near III
- city are looking very promising s
>, present. The peas are growing "a,
NJ. idly and blooming radishes arc b,
ing shipped on every boat Iris
potatoes are beginning to com
9 through, while cabbage are lookin
!" exceedingly fine. At least one hui
D. dred thousand packages will +
ne shipped this season. The veget;
.. b'es coming too late for shipmer
NJ vii! be canned. Truly Newbe:
," can afford to wear SMILES and fe,
" glad. Ten years ago her prospec
were gloomy enough. Now the
y are brighter than they eve were b
Az fore the war.
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