The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-24
STATE ITEMS.


Over $4,000 birds were sold in
Greensboro last week at prices rang
ing about 75cts dozen.
Gen. Clingman has gone to Wash
ingtOn CITY to spend the winter.
His health is fast i'm proving.
Wake Forest College is lucky
again. Mr.. J. A. Bostlck, of New
York, has given it $4,000.
Reidsville Times; Little johnnie
Neal, son of Mr. John Neal, of Dan~
vile, fell in we'll few days ago
and broke his neck.
Tacin City Daily: The Salem
postmaster butchered two pigs fif-
teen months old weighing 415 and
4o5 pounds. Hard to beat.
1t is stated that the gain in the
membership Of the PRESBYTERIAN
Church in the State during the past
year is about 600
Munster jarvis anu vile have ar
lived at their home at Greenvill
Pitt county. They expect to return
TO Drazil next March or A.,ril.
Tie contributions to the Charles
ton earthquake sufferers aggregate
ed, all tJld. to more tiaa $500 600.
OF this amount North Carolina gave
I3,27O.16.
The Jail at jacksonville, Onslow
county. was accidentally burned
asst week. There were only four
prisoners, all Of who m were saved.
Loss S1o,ooo.
The Schooitedcher is ii e name of
a new educational journal which is
soon to appear in Winston with
Profs. j. L. ToMLINsoN and ". A.
BLAIR as editors.
Two small children of Samuel Hill
Hard fell into the fire at his home, in
AnsCn county one day last week.
One was burned TO death AMI the
other BADLY Injured.
Franklin Press: The largest
onlOa we have ever seen was shown
us this week by Rev. j. O. Shelly, Of
this County. 1t weighed two pounds
ana twelve ounces.
The Plonh family in Lincoloton is
long lived. Joseph is now % years
old his sister. Mrs. TethroW. is 100
years, and Mrs. Weaver, another sis
ter. is 1872 years OF age.
Fayetteville Ecening Neecs: Since
we have had a free bridge our
market has been abundantly sun>
piled with all XII ds Of wool, and is
undoubtedly the best wood market
n North Carolina.
ASheville Citizen: The markets
are supplied more abundantly than
we ever knew them with small game.
Rabbits and squirrels hang out at
every meat maj ket. and par.ri3ges,
alive AMI dead, are plenty.
The whereabouts OF Congrc S.
man Reid. who has diseraced him
self by dishonest aets, are yet un-
known. 1t is believed however that
he is either Canada or concealed
some where IN W ashsngton City.
1t is now reported On good author
itv that DR.. McKinnon' will not re-
tire from the Presidency Of David
son College on eccOunt Of i'll health
Ills health IS SAID to be imp ewing
and there is nc reason to suppose
that he will retire.
Tie Waterman ct tie railroad
bridge oyer the Yadkin river. near
Salisbury. was run over -and killed
one day last week. He had been t.
Salisbury to get bis pay. got drunk
tell Oh tle track and went to sleep
Three passenger trains and as many
freight trains ran over his body.
Walter Bingham, a deaf mute, i,
supposed to have murde'd NJ s
burlington. also a deaf ute, an(
matron of the Deaf, Dumb ane
Blind Asy lum in Raleigh, while rid
ing out a few evenings ago. They
were engaged to he married. birg
ham has made his escape and til,
latest news is that lie is IN Cafmans
vile n. Y.
Mrs. Benjamin Hatcher, Of Per
quimans county, lost her eyesigh
Monday night in remarkable way
\ kerosene-lamp was On tie roil
OF explosion. She attempted t,
hlow out the flame. AS her fac
was near the lamp it exploded
throwing flaming Oil and pieces o
glass into her eyes, causing loss 0
eyesight and terrible injuries to IT,
face.
The Newberne Journal SAY S
Capt. Abbott, of the schooner Mel
vim, states that On his outward tri
to thu West Indies, when about j
hundred miles from Hatteras. /
was chased by a boat from whalin
vessel for five miles. When it cam
up 1t was found to be a me-senge
i'll search of newspaper. L. wa
an American whaler and had bee
on the cruise for about three years
The crew had not seen an America
newspaper for ten months.
The Raleigh Chronicle speakin