The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-22
VIEWS AND REVIEWS.
OYER OUR STATE.
asrRANar THINGS WILL HAPPEN.

| ssOTRAN0E THINGS WILL HAPPEN"
| There are nov 63 veterans in th'
lAoldler's Home.
There are now 233 cLildren a
the Oxford Orphan Asy!cm.
A guinea nest recently found il
CabaIrus county, contained ninety,
ssven eggs, 80 SAWS the ConcoiG
kStandard.
Daniel Horton, colored. vas found
dead in be0 in Ashevtlle Monday
morning. 1t is said he drank near
II thea quarts Of whiskey on s,ator.
day.
Mr.. Jerome D0wd, editor of the
Aecklenbarg Times, has been ten.
dered and has accepted the chair oi
political economy IN Trinity Col.
loge.
The Chatham Record reports that
. mad dog bit some cattle and hogs
in that county on tbs l2tn of last
Nay, aa,l last wssk three Ut tns Cat.
tie went mad and had TO be killed
A child weighing only two
pounds was born to Mrs. James De-
lap, of TEomasvilie, N. e. 1t is
alive and doing veil aud is the
smallest baby Iu North Carolina.
Hensers0n>ilie Times: Thele sre
. few peaches left Dy tho frost in
some Of the mountain coves in. this
county. The fruit business in this
section has been almost failure for
several years.
Hickory Press: Maggie Mur-
phy. tue negro glrl found dead or
railroad track, is now thought to
have been murdered, and Cbari.
Armstrong has been committed on
cn3rse uI kliilnR.
At Fayetteville . mad COW rushed
vt y mau on Market square. and
with It's bon ns entirely divested hlp
Of tleueers, v,tb no cvDcorn as f.
whether the man Was prepared t.
don anctner pair. With as little
ceremony ~ was observed by tt
COW, her victim sought th- ',.eIt.
Of . neighborink store.
Tho Wilmington Review learns
the Clinton Loan Association, which
closed its doors s0en after the suk-
pension of the First National Bank
in Wilmington, will ultimately pa,
out dollar for dollar to all its depos.
,tors. A dividend Of 33} per cen;.
was paid on the hrst o. May ant
another of rs per can't. will be forth.
coming about the first of July.
GOidsborO Argus: Mr. j. ID.
Denmark. the venerable father OF
COR esteemed townsmen, Messrs. s.
81. aud w. Denmark,. who ia known
among bis many friends BY the f.
milisr name of "Aant Joe," held : |
family reunion on the occasion OF
his 10th birthday recently and
gave dinner, ct which 81 of his
grand children aud great
grand children participated; and
yet they we're net all there.
Klnston Free Press: Last Wed>
nesday night week soUe ono a.
tempted tu break in Mr.. w. Cana
dy's rasldence. They triei to e!>
iect an entrance through several |
windows but failed and were finally
away. Sunday night,
between 9 and 10 o'clock some poor
fellow, who probably couldn't get a
'sscrlL' to queneh his alI-day :
thirst, broke into Mr.. ". S. Fields
bar.r0om. The thief effected an eD-
franco through . rear window but
lid not succeed in getting any ting.
Re,dsviile Review: Wheat ard
sll smair gram crops are :o.,k NJ nn.
Usually VET. Wheat iuyc &. e
wsll Commence 10 4 couple Of ~e: e..
"A carrier pigeon arrived III NJ
Bnrnefte MoOr.'-, thirteen. E,iles
Re.t of Reldsville Monday morning
md il taking a r.st -t..r- +. TIE
PIX con has 4 brass r,ng around us
heck ard printing. which indicates
nat il !. the property OF party
at lives in BrooklyD, n. l.!
Shelby Review: Georgs Hunt, .
,ssor,ous desperate Of this ooant,
1as arrested in Golden Valley TOW n.
lh,p, IN Rutbsrford o0hnty, lat
Wednesday week, after . bloedyI
,sttie with the posse that vas sfttr
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