The Charlotte Democrat., 1889-02-15

other meeting at Hendersonville in Nav next
FIRE broke out Tuesday morning at the
Southern Newspaper Union office. 1t was put
out without much damage
burglar entered the house of Mrs Holly last
Sunday night. One of the young ladies saw the
burglar, screamed, and the burglar fed
TIE next meeting of the State Sunday School
Convention will be held in Charlotte on April
I'd, Sd and 4th.
COL JNo. e BROWN on Wednesay was ap-
pointed Solicitor of the Criminal Court of Meek
lenburg county to succeed Geo. e. Wilson
THE Charlotte Gas Light Co. will have their
charter amended to secure power to increase
capital stock from $4,000 to 100000, and
power to erect an electric light plant
FRIDAY afternoon last. somebody set fire to
the home of John B. Todd of Paw Greek town.
ship The family were away, and the house
was consumed.
DURING 12 months past 51< millions of brick
have been consumed in Charlotte enterprises.
thousand with demand active.
LAST Thursday, negro John Hill stole some
| sausage from the butcher shop of Mr. A. E.
| Cogsbill. The negro was caught, but pulled out
of his coat, and left his coat and the sausage
DIR. BELL of Matthews, reports % cases of
measles there. 1t is said that there are 500 cases
at Clifton, 8. c., and some cases about Henrietta
Mills.
THE R. g D. Railroad will have a new
steamer named for this city-"Charlotte"-t
run on York River between West Point and
Baltimore.
THE Y. NJ. c. A. will wind up their star
course on the 18th and 18th February with en-.
tertaining descriptive lectures by Prof. Ober A
musical entertainment will be given by the
Hayden quartette in March.
SUNDAY morning last at 4 o'clock burglar en-
tered the house of the late J. D. Hornbarrier.
Miss Kendrick, who was sleeping in the room
awoke and screamed, and the negro, who was
standing at the foot of the bed, escaped with no
| booty.
| TIE Directors of the c.. U. s. A. Railroad met
in Columbia ON February 11th and declared q
quarterly dividend of per cent, payable on the
9th July. DR.. j. 81. McAden was elected Di-
rector vice R. Y McAden, deceased.
DAVIDSON COLLEGE had a skating holiday
| last week, but
"When they get there
The pond was bare,
| So the boys had none"
EDITOR Chas. r. Jones died on Saturday las
from complication of troubles and genera
breakdown. He was Mason and a member o.
the Knights of Honor. from whom his famil,
will receive $4,000.
CHARLOTTE has horse Exchange on the lo
back of the old Charlotte Hotel The trader
meet on Saturday. Last Saturday the offerng
were about rs horses. They swapped arount
and went away happy.
THE Board of Aldermen will be asked t,
name some of the city streets for the prominent
families of this section. For example, to chang
from A, B. C, &c. to Alexander, Brevard. Da
wilson, Phifer, Osborne, Wilson, &C.
A HORSE owned by Messrs Davidson ant
Griffin was bitten by dog come ten weeks ago
Last week the horse went mad. DR.. Founder
while treating him was bitten badly on tn
hand. The horse died in the agonies of hydro
phobia.
LAST Friday a negro girl nurse, Maggie Nc
Combs criminally gave laudanum to the thre
months old baby of Mr. Jos. O. Smith. Th
Doctor and the overdose saved the child after 1
hours of stupor, when it opened its eyes on JOY
full parents.
THE Superintendent of the Western N.
Insane Asylum, in his annual report, says ths
the death of the late W. J. Yates was "by ia
, the most serious loss our institution has hat
He was its warm supporter and infuentia
friend for the whole period of its existence"
On Saturday last, Geo. Bason ESQ 4, ws
elected President of the Law Library Associs
tion vice Mr. Geo. E. Wilson, resigned. N
Wilson, though urged, absolutely refused th
honor again. Mr. Wilson says, also, that b
will not accept again the Office of Solicito
which he now SO satisfactorily holds.
| LAST SATURDAY uOuOle-neaQeQ negro Woma
, came through Charlotte on the G., G. & A. trair
Her name is Margaret and she carries on tw
conversations or drinks two cups of coffee at th
same time She has two heads, one body an
, four legs. The two heads have minds of the
, own, fer what one mouth gets, the 9th,
claims, also. She can accept an offer with OF
tongue and and reject it with the other She
a wonder, and kept on through to her home
: Whiteville, N. G.
AT a meeting of the Chamber of Commert
last Thursday night, there were short talks Q
Railroad schemes for Charlotte; also. resolution
J. were passed asking repeal of the purchase IA
a and the defeat of the pending bill in the Legi
lature to reduce the legal interest rate to six D.
cent Committees were appointed to draft res
lutions of respect to the memory of the late
l Y. McAden and Chas. A. Rigler. On the recon
; mendation of Mr. Lichtenstein, committee VI
appointed to wait on the council with referent
u to an increase of the city's police force.
AT the meeting of the Home Mission Socie