The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-21
Judge Clark, and Messrs, JAS. Mullen
were in town Tuesday night.

were in town Tuesday night.
Last week Capt. KItchin left his horse
hitched to the buggy, tied TO rack about
s o'clock P NJ. In few minutes the
horse br oke loose and ran home. nearly
mile. When he was found tn. buggy
was broken all in pieces and he was not
tied to the rack.
\ subscriber writes us on the 10Th.
say, Willie. what made the Demo
craft mystery last week? The .Devil''
must have had hand in it.
Right, it was the Devils play.
Lost. Three pairs of log hooks. The
Under Will DO he favor by returning
same. good reward. S. B. Kitchjn
Messrs. Robt. Burton and Ed ClarA
were in town Tuesday night.
Tuesday at Ia O'Clock the town WIS
alarmed by fire bells. The weather was
bad and locking down the stree: at u
You would not have seen half a dozen
men, but when the cry Of fire rang out
there were hundreds soon gathered nea,
the depot. Mr.. Buyers large warehouse
IN which were stored a lot of hay sev~-a
tons of guano, and lot tlime, was de>l
stsoycd with sll is contents, The fire
ives re- ng when discovered. The amount
of insurance was $500.
a RIFLE.
\ Remington rifle, good as new, bar. e.
b inches long, shoots No. 81 rim fire
cartridges either long or short for sale
cheap. Call at this office.
Sans Jones aud Small! arestirring up
Cincinnati.
Near Raleigh the other day some ras-
cal threw stone througha window of a
car while the train was Running. The
! stone after breaking the window. struck
! dollars reward has been offered for the
thrower's detection.
Judge Clark in Raleigh last week dis
posed Of all the criminal eases on the
docket. The Ners- Obserce,. says this Is
the first time it has been done since the
war.
JAS IL. MILE, OF Raleigh, was Sc nter-
ccd 10 thirty days Imprisonment and a
line Of s. 600 for gambling.
Mt. \. L. Smith. OF Charlotte, was III
his place last week.
Shut the door,
Minister I. J. Jarvis. say ,he, papers
has to pay $3.50 month for his rooms and
$50 month for washing.
Fifteen ministers live in Shelby. town
Of - @ people. (
! Geo. bancroft, the historian, lis 8
years old and still works.
The National Woman Suffrage Conven-
ton will be held in Washington City On
the 10th aad l7;A Of February.
The Richmond Wig will soon begin
publication and he a democratic paper.
Tie tobacco for one year as al experi
ment.
The average age CT the North Carolir a
| Congressman is = years.
From the Loan ike Netrs we learn tia
a colored man while driving one of Mr..
j. +. Dawson's wagons near Halifax
was thrown out and killed.
/ IL some places betygecn Virginia and
! this State there mas h.an no cIa ,-ly de-
iiaed state line. The people along the line
! have trouble as to whether thew are VIZ
, ginlans or Tar Heels. The Governors .;
! the two states have taken steps to have
the right line correctly established.
/ 1t is thought by some that Eosco e
Conkling viii in a. some future time
occupy U. 5. Senator's seat II Con.
gress.
We see i'll our exchanges that Messrs
walter Station of Tarboro and Tom Coch-
ran of Weldon, young men. have gone
to Texas to live.
We learn that ETessrs. B. F. Tlllery
and William Garter killed three fine WILD
turkeys last 'i'resGay, and next morning
they killed , buck that weighed 1JG
pounds after he was dressed.
rhe New York Sna is recognized
by many IS the representative Amer
lean newspaper. You may know ii:
position Oh Civil Service when 70.
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