The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-17
IN TUE STATE.
Bear hunting is the rage around Ashs-

Bear hunting is the rage around Ashs-
vile.
The Legislature will meet on the first
Wednes lay IN January-the 9Th.
Mormon missionaries have again made
their appearance in Union county.
A northern company will soon establish
paper mills on the French Broad river.
The town Of Shoe Heel IS going t,
change its name to Maxton.
Sloan, the murderer of Freeze. is to be
hung on Dec ember the 31St.
The next session Of the North Carols
ma M. E. Conference meets in Fayette-
vile.
The forma ton of tobacco club is being
discussed by the farmer of Robson
county.
An Asheville meat firm is fattening up
a bear to be killed Christmas.
O'Brisn. Democrat, as elected Mayor of
Boston. Mass, over Hart, Rep. and Nc
Neill. Labor.
Eleven hundred coopers are on strike
at Cincinnati, on the question of wages.
j. S. Carr, of Durham, is now num-
bered among Ranson's opponents. But
We'll see who get, there.
MIR. P. NJ. Hale, the present Public
Printer and who ought to be the next, is
SAID to be very much improved in health.
Game around Charlotte is very plenti-
full. One man in one day bagged 108-
seventy-five being his regular number.
Mr.. j. W. Keel of Carolina town.
ship, Pitt Co., was killed few days ago
by the caving IN of mari pit
A peacan tree in Elizabeth City this
season produced six bushels of peacans
which were worth s24 in market.
Several IRON works were in operation
in this State be fore the revolution and
remains of them have recently been seel.
in Stokes county.
There is great distress among the col
ored people of hecslenburgs county, for
the means of subsistence, as a very shor
crop was made this year.
Col. ABB. Andrews has been reap
pointed President of the w. n. G. Rail
road and Major j. W, Wilson. as chic
engineer. Both are fine railroad men.
A twelve-ysar old colored girl. living
with Mr.. w. G. Pat terson At Patterson
Springs. was burned to death last week
| Mrs Owens and Isaac Jones, the noto
~ious murderers of the formers husband
have been sentenced to Imprisonment
for life.
The public roads in Charlotte town
ship are to be macada mixed, the exp ems
to be met out of the road tax which i
raised under the Meckl enburg road law
The Trustees OF Trinity College a
their last session in Keidsvllle elected
Rev. Mr.. S. A. Jones, of South Carolina
President of the College.
The eleven year old daughter Of Mr.
Robert Simpson, of Mecklenburg, dle'
last Saturday morning, from the use Q
chewing gum, says the Greenboro Pa
riot.
Waynesville Neus says. There ha
been a valuable discovery made nea
W ebster in the way Of a nickle mine. Th
vein is said to be 1.50) fe ct wide an
several miles long. A Boston compan
will work it.
We learn from the Economist that MI
w. L. Br,nkley, of Manteo, prom
nent citizen of Dare County, and prob:
Div the wealthiest man in the county die
Friday, Dec: 3, aged 45 years.
The Elizabeth City Falcon says thu
colored woman of that place has tw
wear old baby that weighs ninety-eig
: pounds.
The steamer S. NJ White, one of tt
finest boats on the Mississippi river wit
her cargo of $500 bales of cotton and
900 bushels of ,tton seed, was complet
~ destroyed by fire; many lives are so
posed to have been lost.
D Mr.. Geo. B. Hanna. of the Assay Off
in Charlotte, gives the fol- owing data
depos its at the various North Car DIN
mints from their organization to Decen
J. Der 3lst. 1885: Gold, $l0.975, 6O2 3
3. silver, s42 ,2S2 81. Tctaf, 81 ,Ol7 .SS5, 6
The Durham Recorder Says. The Tru
tees of Trinity were instructed TO secu
: an agentfor raising funds to endow thee
D lege. Gov. Jarvis will be elected if
r can be induced to accept the position.
The North Carolina and Virginia CO
$ ference of the Christian church are ia
Il ;,r ctans towards hniltlino a Christi