Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-01-24
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS

Monroe Register There is a man
IN this county who recently caught
and .oid a load of %'possuns for
SO 90. He then sold the dog that
freed the 'possums or SO 200 aud a
watch.
State Chronicle North Carolina
onci, to be represented at the
Worlds Fair no, alone because 1t
will pay her to do so. but ais" be
cause an exhibit Of the resources ot
the country would not be complete
without our exhibit. The historic
Of North Carolina as The
first 10 make a Declaration OF 1nde-
pendence. is known to all men. For
it to fail to make a display OF its
products would he criminal folly.
A Weldon correspondent Of the
Raleigh News-Observer says Yes
terday on Senator NJ. w. Ransom's
plantations, i'll Northampton county,
his sons sold to a cotton broker sol
bales of cotton tor which the buyer
planked down over s22 900. THIS is
probably the largest sale made in
the State by any u farmer. The
Sena,or made $50 heavy bales the
past season. He is a representative
farmer as we'll as a great statesman.
Progressive Farmer The i4egis-
lature proposes to dn something for
the common schools by putting into
the school fund one dollar 9 year
Tor every dog in the State. This
bill will work good in two ways. It
will be the death Of thousands of ig
roble ours, and TINS make sheep
husbandry a more profitable bust
ness and it will put some needed
money into the school tucd. 1t any
one ~honld say that a farmers Leg
isla,u,e is not level headed, tell him
be is mistaken.
Concord Times: Mr.. Walter w.
Craven, a nephew OF Mr.. X. L Ora
ven, accidentally shot and killed
himself while hunting in Randolph
county las, Saturday. His home was
in Guiliord county, and be was a
son of Rev. J. F. Craven. He took
q gun and went to the woods TO kill
game. Not returning at the proper
time his relatives began a search for
him and were terribly shocked on
Sunday afternoon 10 find his ~llteless
body in the woods with the top of
his head blown off: TIE ramrod
was still grasped in the hand, indi-
eating that he was in the act of re-
loading when the weapon was dis
charged, doubtless killing bin al
most instantly.
Oxford Day DR.. B. f. Dixon
made bis report yesterday as Super
intendent OF the Oxford Orphan
Asylum. He reported that the
amount of money received last year
from all sources was s2l.l13.52.
Amount disbnrsed 21,07S.69, leaving
a balance of s34.S3. The number OF
children IL the asylum on January
LIST, 1890, vas 260. Number admit
tel during the year So, discharged
100; run away 6; died 9. Number
now in asylum 210. The health OF
the children has been fairly good.
DR.. Dixon advisee the continuation
Of all the industrial features aud the
establishment OF new ones as fast at
possible. The Indebtedness of the
asylum will not aggregate more thar
$4,000.
The Wilmington Star of January
10Th says: The first white shad o.
the seasop Of 1891 was caught las,
Tuesday the 18th inst. with a dr,t'
net at w. B. Davis fishery at Kee
Island, about II miles below vii
mingten, on the Cape Fear river
Last year the first catch was on the
Goth. The fishermen are all read,
and hopeful of a good and earl,
season. Mr.. Davis has seven crew.
out and others are preparing ,be,'
camps and getting their boats an,
nets ready. Shad from Florida .ant
Savannah have been going north TO-
several weeks past, but have no
been marketed here; dealers "a,
they are so far inferior TO the Cap.
Fear river shad that they canaot b.
sold 10 Wilmington