Hillsboro recorder., 1888-06-07

and that with day June crops willdo well.
Monday was husy day in Durham. The
| Superior Court began. the Board of Magis.
trates met, it was the regular day for the
meeting Of the Board OF County Commits.
sioners, and local option election was
| held.
| There was tremendous hail storm in the
neighhorhood of Littleton. on the line Of
| the Raleigh and CASTOR railroad, on Sattr-
day afternoon last A waterbucketful Of
iiailstones was taken on train to Raleigh,
| and the stones were as large us hens eggs
when they reached the capital. - -
According to the Tarboro ,Soutic; nef the
colored population OF that town are excited
over the alleged talking Of a NEGRO baby
fifteen minutes after it was bofe, when
three tunes in succession it distinctly
, pronounced the word mother. Since
then the child, it is affirmed, has kept up
an almost ceaseless babble in its efforts to
talk.
One day last week the dwelling. house Of
Mr. Thomas Thomson, in Granville coun-
~, was broken into by Lon Smith and wife,
eolored, who stole $40 Ill money and set
the premises on fire. The fire was discoy-
cred and put out by u coIored woman who
happened to be near by. The burglars
have been arrested aud the money recov-
cred, and the criminals now await trial for
arSolL
Rev. ]. q. Huslse, DID,, for nearly fifty
yeais rector OF st. johns (Eplscopall
church, Fayetteville, has by retsou Of i'll
health been. compelled 10 retire from the
active duties OF the Christian ministry. He
has been made rector emeritus. Rev. ThnS.
Atkinson, II grandson Of the late Bishop
Atkinson, vii! succeed him Us rector Of the
parish.
Milton, Caswell county, bad cyclone
with Imaense devastation and destruction
in consequence, last Saturday. The hail
stones were as big rs guinea eggs. Twenty
five large forest trees IN the yard OF John
Cunningham, eight miles east OF Milton, III
Person county, were blown down. They
iell on his large frame dwelling and COM
pletely demolished it.
CIV. Best, farmer, living eight mics
east of GolGsh0ro, who had 500 acres of
| cotton that Was eight inches high, lost all
0t it but eight acres 10y The terrible hail
storm ON Saturday. 1t hailed seven or
eight minutes. and the ground was covered
| with Lailstoues to the depth Of two inches
Ibe prospects of small farmers in that sec.
tIVn OF ''ihe bnght tobacco belt, it is said,
are completely ruined for thi. year.
MiilIe Christians, the two-headel night
ingale is spending the Summer ut her resi-
ueiice in Melches Creek township, six
mics from Whltevllle. alIlIie is one OF the
most wonderful freaks of Nature" ou
record. She has two well deyelope heads,
four arms. ole body and four legs. she
has Travelled in almost every civilized coun-
Try IL the World: is abJa: t!iirts five years
old, well educated. aud speaks fusn.lJ sey-
efal different languages.
L. L. White writes to the Durham 10.
baoeo Pmat from AlamAnce Us follows: Tue
tuU,.ccu dealers will ask, VIII flll crop be
plated? We answer, Yes. There are
pivuty of plants. The little nIegers ard
boys ate digging up the fence cUruers and
planting there, aud il nothing happens
Ihere viii lie bigger crop planted IN Ala
| nance than ever Uafore. 4 larger propOr-
| iicn of tobacco has been marAetei from
Alamance than usual thus early III the
srslsu.I."