The Charlotte Democrat., 1890-06-13
N. C. News.

SaioHua during the reconstruction period
which is to contain much new information
~ Mr. Sam Black OF Raleigh, ha,
sold two tillies by Pamlico, foaled thi
3 Spring, for $500, which is said to be tn.
highest price ever paid for sucking colts
in North Carolina.
W George W. Ridenhour killed 8
blue crane, on Bear Creek last Friday
which measured five feet from end Of
besk to end of toe, and FIVE and one hall
feet from tip to tip Concord Standard
s9 Eleven thousand seven hundred
and twenty-one farmers and others inter-
es:ed In farming in North-C Carolina receives
the Experiment Station bulletins Sent
free to those who request them. They
are ofvslue to farmers.
W The verdict is unanimous that
cotton looks. better in this section than
it ever did before at this season. Corn
is not so good, hut there are chances for
it yet. The prospect now is that the
crops will be as good this year as they
were sorry asst Wades6oro Inteu;-
0encer.
H Splendid weather this. Cotton
and corn are growing magniicently Both
are clean and there never was q finer
prospect for either. Wheat harvest has
commenced, and by the last of next week
the bulk OF the crop will be cut. Wheat
has improved greatly within the past four
eeS %eekS oat IN thn hoi. LIZ Re fn,, shnrILnnt
-Stdtes0ille Landmark
s North Carolina has a splendid
climate and the fact should be widely
known. 1t Is interesting to note that the
mean temperature of the State, 59.5 de-
| grees, is exactly the average temperature
of the whole Northern hemisphere, show
| ing that we occupy climatically an inter-
mediate position between North and
South.-C. +. oon Hermann, Meteoro-
| Ioqsst, Experiment Station.
THE COTTON FACTORY BU1LD1NG.-Mr
). A MoAlister, of Gastonia, who has
been awarded the contract to erect the
cotton factory building, arrived in Mon
roe Tuesday. The main building will be
slx28O feet; opening room 2Ox4O feet;
picking room. 28x74 feet; engine room
28x54 feet; builer house, 34x34 feet. Work
will commence as soon as possible
Monroe Enquirer.
IT SOUNDS LIKE LIE, BUT 1T Isn't.
-OopI' IA L. " ulG0 Vi oOuLu OT00ueD DOTOa
has COW which got out day or two ago
and wandered into the lot where Messrs
Rankin and Anderson are having new
houses built. She dipped her tail into a
bucket of red paint and as she fought
flies, painted herself red. She also drank
about gallou of paint, which has not yet
hurt her, but has ruined the milk she
gives, as it smells and tastes 80 strongly
nf to ron1or
Greensboro Patriot.
sB Mr. James Askew, of the Falls of
Neuse paper mills, says the pulp machines
will soon arrive and that then the mills
will be able to make paper cheaper than
any mills north of Mason & Dixon's line.
Now the wood pulp is all shipped to the
mills from Harper's Ferry. This is
costly business, as 10 $4,000 pounds of the
molstened pulp, as it is shipped, sixty per
cent. is water, leaving only 5000 pounds
drf weight. The order for the machinery
has been given, and the pulp will be made
from North Carolina timber Whining
tnr MesSsnoer
sB Rev. @. W. Robinson, who has
been pastor of the Presby terian church in
Monroe for nearly three years, preached
his farewell sermon Sunday night to a
large and deeply interested congregation.
Mr. Robnsons' pastorate of the church
has been very successful, and his people
give him up with deep regret. They
realize that his place will be hard to fill. |
His new church, Graham street church,
Charlotte, is to be congratulated upon
securing such an able preacher and eff |
cent pastor, and the community upon
securing citizen who will be found true |
to every trust reposed@in him. No man,
We believe, ever left Monroe more sim |
cerely beloved by everybody. Mr. Robin |
son will preach for his new charge |
Sunday. His family will move to Char |
lotte next week.-Monroe Enquirer.
A POINTER ON BEEs.-On Wednesday,
l4th, Charlie Johnston son OF Mr.. T. A. |
J Johnston, of Mtu. Island neigh ghborhood |
flowers IN his fathers yard and watching |
hunt of bee tree. After hunting for /
pursuit, and started for home; and calling
for his pointer dog, "Tige," who had been
following him during his hunt for the bee
tree; he, being surprised to find that Tige
did not respond by putting in an appear
0~oOSs III oCoAOA VI VIC pOluGSIs duu
found him on "dead point" near clump
of dog wood bushes. Upon investigation
Charlie found that Tige had pointed the
bees. Charlie found that the bees had
made their home in the hollow of large
tree that grew from the midst of these
bushes. The entrance, used by the bees,
was originally made in the tree by some
one cutting the tree with an sx-the cut
having rotted into the hollow of the tree.
The bee-tree was cut on Saturday evening
last and large amount of comb found
but very little honey. The large colony
Of bees were bived by Mr.. Johnston, and
are now thoroughly .domesticated. Mr..
ohnston has refused some fine offers for
his tine pointer. We notice some
hing very uncommon in plot of ground,
being cultivated in sweet potatoes by Mr..
5rider, of this place. 1t is a spot on
" hich potatoes were grown last ear, and
he potatoes left 10 the ground have kept
hrough the winter and are now patting
orth the plants. Mr.. Grder has drawn
Ind transplanted a number from these
volunteers.
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