The Charlotte Democrat., 1889-09-13
N. G. News.

IL LFeWenQOus-UoVSE Auo"n ~ Oo "SSSSA
than this year.
az The Evangelical Lutheran Con-
ference will meet at Mt. Holly On Friday
before the first Sunday in October.
eW 1t is seldom week passes with
out a new paper starts in this State.
They run about a year and then collapse,
their proprietors being poorer but wiser
men.
W Some of our leading State ex-
changes are Of the opinion that a dog
commission would be OF more service to
the State than a railroad commission
Biblical Recorder.
A COURT HOUSE BURNED.-The court
house at Carthage, Moore county, was
burned on the 5th inst, and all the
records were totally destroyed. The loss
is at least $l5 900. 1t falls very heavily
on the county. The building was robbed
before fire was applied to it.
w Superior Court will convene at
Lincolnton Sept. 3oth; Dallas 90 Oct.
7tb; at Shelby Oct. 2lst, and Judge Con-
nor will preside at above named places.
Rutherford Court will convene Oct.
2sth. Judge Merrimon will preside by
consent of the Governor at Rutherford
and Polk.
W Every farmer should unite him
self to some agricultural society which
holds an annual fair, and he should exert
himself to become useful as we'll as a
working member. By doing so he will
lift himself up to higher level, aud it
will stimulate him to more carefully in
vestigate every new step OF progress
made in agriculture. Raleigh Tisitor.
W 1t is learned that Mr. Hoffman, a
wealthy New Yorker, will make a pro.
position to buy all the swamp lands In
Hyde county, say 100000 acres, and that
another man will propose to take all the
swamp lands and act as agent in selling
them. There is no telling what the Board
will do in regard to these questions
Wilna5ngtoz MESSENGER.
sW On Saturday we heard Mr. Will
liam Harris, Of Falkland, say ne had lost
seventy-six hogs this year. Cholera is
causing heavy losses in this county
Col. l. A. Sugg left l5-ounce pear on
our table Thursday. He said it was from
the first bearing of q young tree, and
that another had been pulled which
weighed one pound GreenoiUe Reflector.
az One of the most attractive and
interesting places in this vicinity is Capt.
3. P. Willismson's pear grove. He has
there six hundred pear trees, including
fifty varieties of pears. The smallest and
the largest specimens of this delicious
fruit may be seen growing to the greatest
perfection. 1t is quite common to pluck a
pear weighing pound from some of the
trees.-Raleigh CALL
a. The Trustees of the University
have turned over to the Agricultural and
Mechanical College the land scrip fund.
The interest on this, which is $500 a
year, goes to that college now, beginning
July lst, 1889. Up to that date the
University received the interest. The
matter was all amicably arranged, though
at first the college expected to receive
the interest for all the current year.
eB A s. Perry, white man, living
about two miles from Jacksonville, Fla.
committed suicide last Tuesday night by
taking strYchnine in drink of wbiskey
Perry was native of N orth Carolina, and
has sister living in Louisburg, where he
had recently been on a visit Since he
returned to Florida he had been very de-
POuNVAVs 40 SuPP0SON w A0S y
caused the rash act.-R0Lei0h Visitor.
A BIG F1sH.-It is rather late in the
season for fish story, but this is true that
Richard Scruggs one of our aged and
honest citizens caught in his trap last
Friday a sturgeon weighing lO2 pounds
and measuring nearly six feet long. 1t
was so large that he killed it by two
blows of an axe on its head. We at first
doubted this fish tale, but several citizens
saw and helped to eat it. Last year his
neighbor caught sturgeon weighing 60
pounds, but this is the largest ever caught
in our mountain streams.-Shel6y AurorG.
a. Our factories, including all of the
various kinds, twelve in mum mber, are driv-
ing right along and seem to be doing pros,
porous business.-Dick Terrence, an
old colored mau, fell dead, Friday last,
| while at work in the vicinity assisting in
| running a cross-cut saw.--The sold
issue" negroes, as general thing, work
as long as they can stand up, and go at
last to honored graves. The "new ISSUE
especially those about our towns, are
mostly waiting for something to turn up
to put them into an easy place-the
county prison or the penitentiary-and at
iaSI OSCoue u0u Vi eAPouleutS OF AFaOs
| I-Salisba4ry WatchnGn.
sW Sowing oats is now in order. The
| farmer seems never to have an off day.
Mr.. G. G. Montgomery has two little
sorrell ponies that pull from the depo,
1000 pounds at each load, and for a week
have averaged ten loads per day. The
depot ia three-quarters OF q mile IRON
Main s,reet.-rhere is a farm in Cabar.
rus county that can we'll be called "pro
lifc." A year. or more ago twin colts
were fosled for the tenant. The owner
sent his dry COW out for pastursge this
year, and 10 and behold she is the mother
of two calves. Last week the tenant o
the farm was presented by his better hall
with q boy and girl. They are little
things but healthy Concord Times.
LIST OF JURORS FOR FALL TERM CLEvE
LAND CoURT.-J + Bland, township 7
Samuel Warliok, 9; J Fl Magness, II; J
D Green, s; L r Grigg, 9; Lawson Eaves
8; Adam Spake. 6; Reuben McSwain. Z
P B Webb, 8; A A Whisnant, 8; B F
Allison, /; JAS B Byers, 3; T Wood, /
W w Wsshburn, Z; r Y Weathers, 6; I
T Dover, 8; J G Herndon, 4; G c Ham
rick, 2; JohnJ Shuford, 8; jeff Black, 4
A Y Patterson, 6; Ell Dedmon, 8; G M