The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-02-14

10 be a dog. a wild cat, a catamount and
bear, has visited the homes of a number o
citizens In the vicinity of Mount Holly, and
making the nights hideOus by his attacks on
the dogs. which the yarmint. 10 IS said
would pick up and throw ten feet and leave
them crippled aud bowling. several negroes
on the old Rutlodge plantation saw this ter
rible animal on lat Tuesday heading 20.
wards Mr.. Minis plantation. one who saw
10 describes 10 as having "a big head, i-
wOolly and It's shoulders are larger than rs
hindquarters." The question Is, "Nhat Il
itg7
on Saturday night Marshal Tom Shell
single-handed and unassisted. arrested. ai
Lindsey's store, little runty negro named
>huford, who had, few days before. dehed
and escaped from four officers at Hickory
They were about t0 arrest him for some
misdomean0r when the darkey grabbed the
pistol of one of them and. drawing another
Of his own. got the drop on the officers. He
watched his chance and then ran for lt.
The mayor received "A telegram from llick-
ory Saturday 10 look ont for him. and Tom
Shell politely took him in that night. lie
was put in Jail 10 await the demand Of
Mayor Hall.
one of the healthiest signs Of progress in
Caldwell county is the deep interest that
every body takes in improving not only the
system Of working the public roads. but the
public roads themselves. Every main road
IN the county is being amended, especially
as % grade. 10 is proposed 10 make a level
trotting road from lenOir 30 Kings Greek
by few amendments that citizens on that
road are mOOtng. The most important one
is tO leave the present road on top of the Hill
beyond the lower creek bridge. grade down
the creek and cross it near Captain Fau-
cette's and come into town through oak
view.
On tine Quaker Meadows" farm on the
Catawba river near M0rgant0n. are two
small lakes which have been in existence
from time immcm0rial. They are situated
IN what il called the second bottom. -
about one-half mile from the river, and ap-
parently have no outlet and no streams
How into them. yet the water. we are told,
is always Of the same depth. They are clc-
waited considerably above the level Of the
river and are plentiiully stocked with ish.
one Of them is quite shallow, while the
other is about seventy feet deep.
Mr.. EnOch sykes, Of Bingham township.
brought % Hillsb0ro Tuesday large num-
ber OF crows feet, about sefenty-hNo pairs
he said. A few weeks ago he bought some
strychnine and soaked corn IN 10 and began
TO feed the crows with poisoned corn. The
result proved very satisfactory. Mr. sykes
said be thought he found only about half
Of the crows that were killed. as he could
hear OF dead ones lying all over the neigh
borhoOd.
The water-lo.god schooner Bonsall re-
mains on Battery Island shoals opposite
southport, while negotiations are pending
between the pilots who brought the aban-
dOned schooner into port and the agents of
o d..
amount Of salvage. The pilots were will
ing 10 accept $1,000, and We're offered 5000.
To IL probable that an agreement will he
reached without fes0rting 30 the courts.
Some Of the wOnted truckers ~ the Colds
boro section who have been dubious about
planting peas this year on account of the
recent unseasOnably warm, dry weather.
have finally decided 10 plant since the cold
snap set i'm, and are now busy with their
preparations tO yet the seed i'm the ground.
Mr.. J. J. MarshD0une. of Sprngh0pe,
writes that a letter mailed % him at Nash
vile, November the 10th. 1850, did not reach
him at springh0pe, distance Of ten miles,
with daily mail by railroad, until January
10Th, 1890. or say two months.
iendersonyille is enjoying "A spirited and
gratifying boom. The city has begun the
laying Of pipes for a waier-wOrks system.
tHh touildNA j, uNlulu- Il -ti'Nt Yet
line. Work On the latter will be- completed
by summer.
The city authorities Of Wilmington have
issued orders that hereafter no Hat boats or
other craft shall be repaired in any of the
public docks, and that the dcks shall not
bee mOn0pOlized for any purpose by any one.
Rev. f. W. =. Pcschau preached at VIII
mingtoa three sermons last sunday IN three
different languages, tie preached in Eng
lish in the morning, in Danish In the amer
noon and In German at night.
The Circuit Court OF Granville has seu-
fenced Robert lIammill 10 the penitentary
for four years for stealing an opossum.
DR.. Joseph Church, Of Elk Cross Roads.
Ashe county, has graduated with higa
honors at the Baltimore Medical College.