The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-02
MATTERS cT.EcTs.

Clinton Democrat Several oak
were blown down in the grove at Row
IN church. three mile, south 81 her,
by the late storm. \ pine tree fell aero.
the school house III the church yam
and mashed il almost to the ground
/. Graham Gienner Burlington had
a mad dog scare Monday \ little sol
OF Henry Willis was bitten mad
stone was procured and applied. >ev.
eral dogs were bitten and the rabid
cur and those bitten were dispatched
Kinston Free Press Mr. W +
Stanlv's gin house and four bales oi
cotton, four or five miles from kin-ton
were burned last Friday afternoon.
The fire originated in the lint room.
catching, il is thought. from match
In the seed cotton. Loss about $500
no insurnce. One OF the bales OF cot
ton belonged to a colored man. and it
is said he cried over his loss
Raleigh North Coroiiniaa: Eight
drunken white men. armed with pis-
tolls, took possession Of two passenger
cars on freight train for an hour and
a half at the johnson Street station OF
/ the Raleigh < CASTOR railway. They
drove the passengers ont OF the cars.
The police we're finally sent for, and
when they came the roughs fled They
we're from Vance and Franklin coun-
ties
| Tarboro SOutherner: The yellow
fever scare at Williamson is all a
hoax, there is nothing in it rs the
Greenville Reflector says: Our neigh
Dor town, Washington. was very much
excited over report that reached
there last Thursday. that a refugee
from Brunswick. Ga, had died at vii
liamston of yellow fever. DR.. Tayloe,
| Superintendent Of Health, Of Beaufort
county telegraphed to DR.. Harrell, at
Williamson, in reference to the matter.
and received the reply that thel@ ras
no yellow fever in Williamson.
Wilmington Messenger: A liver
colored dog bit and terribly lacerated
son cf Mr.: c. Fl. Alexander on Mid
/ die Sound last Tuesday. The little
| boy was bitten severely in several
places and received large cash III
his head. Mr.. Alexander was in the
city Yesterday after a doctor. The
| dog was a white one with liver colored
spots and had badge on with the in
| itials &C. W." on it. In attempting to
rescue his child Mr.. Alexander was
also badly bitten.
Wilson Adrance: a man named
Mcleod, being quite drunk, walked off
the rear platform Of Carolina Central
train near Lincoln, moving at the rate
of 80 miles an hour.
He struck in the middle of the track
and lay perfectly still. As soon as
the conductor was notified he stopped
the train and then had it slowly back
ed until they reached Mcleod. The
night was dark and the rear trucks
passed over the man before il could be
stopped. Now instead Of being thank
full that he was not killed by the fall
he has entered suit against the railroad
company for backing car over him,
and thereby endangering his life.
We learn of terrible and almost
fatal mishap that happened to Mrs. 5.
J. Finch and two boys, who live about
thre miles from Lexington. who are
in Chicago. On retiring. one Of the
young boys, probably unthoughtedly
or ignorantly, blew out the gas. They
retired. and after 50 long a time
becoming almost asphyxiated with
gas, they screamed for help. The
landlord heard their cries, ran to their
room and knocked down their door
| THAT is the way we hear it). He found
them living on the floor, insensible,
| but succeeded in getting them out,
when they soon recovered conscious
ness. 1t was a narrow escape and II
they had been left much longer thev
| II ;oL, b.va rarishad before tatl