Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1893-06-03

pro.luc, Of Is guinea fowls, in q
season Good layers these !
DR.. Woods, superintendent, of the
Insane Asylum at Raleigh. has re-
,urred from q tour Of inspection Of
tfk, difiereut n%o:,hetn asylnms. with
a view Of utilizing the Information
in the improvements authorized by
the last legislature.
The site Tor the proposed new
cotton mil a, Raleigh, has been Sc
lected. 1t viii be bull, on ground
purchased from Mr.. w. X. Craw-
ford, on the X. & A.. a. j.. road,
jus, beyond the Agricultural ground.
The site is a most eligible u in all
respects.
Raleigh Evening Visitor: We.
learn from what we consider q re
Liable ource that the last payment
on the property purchased tor the
Baptist female college will he forth
coming in a few weeks, This being
the case, We hope that the process OF
building the proper houses, &c, will
not be much longer delayed.
The Democrat learns that in Tur-
lar = ou.psbtY >aclnCnn rnyufE
mvrials Q: grasshoppers have invad-
ed field and forest and are devour.
ing every green thing that suits
their taste. Crops have, o some ex-
! tent, been damaged by them. The
county has just had a visitation OF
: ca,erplllars which in some localities
| stripped the trees bare.
t Charlotte News: While rambling
through the woods yesterday, Hobt
n Gray, Jr., found a large COCOON. liz
O didn't know what it was, but b,
i brought it home, and was told t
4 place it in the sun and see wha
would come ont OF it,. He did Sc
, aud in the course of a few hours
large AID ugly looking worn
" emerged. AT first Bob looked upc
'e i, with disgust, but be noticed tia
d. it begun to change shape and tor,
II -ol,, or In 80. - n. . u.
ie In the course OF twenty minutes
s. had developed into'a butterfly of n,
usually large proportions and Of til
h. most brilliant Of hues. With i,
wings spread, the butterfly is {
large as a mans hand. Bob keel
the specimen aud is now studying U
on natural history.
es A dispatch from Washington, !
10 c., says: The happiest couple
North Carolina to day is Mr.. All
Mrs. Sam Chauncey. In 1865 II
I year old'boy of this couple vas @
the public road near the residence
y. his parents and mysteriously disa]
ut peared. 1t was thought that ii
child had wandered in the woo(
and was lost. The whole commul
\ itv was aroused ard diiiccn, scare
was made, bit to no profit. I'll
parents concluded that some vii
Is. beast had devoured the little DO
1t was subsequently learned that
=: tobacco wagon had passed about tt
: time the CHI Id was on the road an
the aged parents believed that the
:. jchild was still alive. After twen,'
eight years waiting and hoping IL
rs lost boy was met at the Coast Lin
depot last night, taken in a carriag
8 and driven to the home OF his ia
ents. He is now 81 years OH ~
tells the story OF his rambllng~in
:ery sympsthetic manner He r.
members the manner in which b
ID father took him in his lap and playe
: with him. There was a mark abov
e. his collar bone which is a, the risi
= place Today. He was carried by L
f. kidnappers TO Georgia, where /
was placed in a Catholic hospita
After several years he LEFT, and {,
~ tered q marble yard and learned h
trade. He saws he believed he ha
Is. a father and mother somewhere ali
seeing the name at J. G., Chaunce
IN the papers from this place /
opened correspondence and the r
suit Is as above described.
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