The Charlotte Democrat., 1895-03-01
North Carolina News.

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Mr.. VIM. Parker, Lanes Greek town
ship, has q calf eighteen months and fif:
teen days old which weighs 656 pounds
gross. The calf is just q common COW, no
fine blood coursing through its veins, Mr.
Parker wants to know who owns q
larger calf, age considered.-Monroe En-
quirer.
Some interesting money is shown by
Mr.. l.. l.. Jenkins. 1t is the fractional
paper currency OF 8 quarter of century
and more ago. Some of it he has had in
his possession % years. There is about
ten dollars of it in five, ten, fifteen, twenty
five, and ffty>cent bills. 1t looks like
what we used to see other people have in
ola time-Gdstonia Gazette.
On last Tuesday Mr. T. M. Brown, oi
game cocks that were fighting. One ot
the fowls made an attack upon Mr.
Brown and stuck spur into one of his
legs twice, inflictiug right painful wounds
We have never hoard Of another such
incident.-Monroe Enquirer.
One of our good Democrats said few
| days ago that the little blank book that
Rev. G. H. Martin showed on the stump
during the last campaign and to which
he gave the title "What Congress Has
Done" can be put to good use now show.
| ing what the fusion Legislature has DONE
l-Monroe Enquirer.
Several new firms have been recently
organized at Matthews. Mclaughlin
and Warlick, Barrett and Grier, and
Stevens and Stevens, have all begun
under the above new firm names since
the first of the year. The latter firm is
composed of Messrs. J. A. and W. T.
Stevens, the latter having recently
moved from Stevens Mill in this county
to Ma a'thews.-Monroe Journal
A RICH MINE.-Mr. Daniel Jarrett
| who lives above Belwood, this county,
mine on his farm. He has been offered
s., 900 for 80 acres of land but has not
accepted. Mr.. Jarrett has farm of 81
acres, which was Numbered, and was
comparatively poor man until the mine
was discovered. The quality is said to
be very good.-C2eUeland Star.
Snow is the poor mans fertilizer, 80
our farmers this year are buying very
small quantities of fertilizers or CONNER
cial manures. Not ten tons have yet
been delivered in Shelby and throughout
the state farmers are refusing to buy.
Not one>half as much will be sold this
year SIS was sold in 1894. The price has
not declined and farmers say it will not
pay to put under cent cotton.-Shelbu
aurora.
Bessie the five year old child of w. F.
Jetton, of Lowesville, caught on fire, on
the 18th inst Marvin, who was in the
house with Bessie, threw her down and
rolled her over in the snow and piled
snow upon her till her mother arrived.
Bessie is severely, bus not dangerously
burned Marvin who worked so faith.
fully to save his little sister, had his
hands badly burned. Marvin is seven
years old-Lincoln Courier.
A serious tragedy occurred near Cleve-
land this county. Deputy Sheriff 81. G.
Owens while in the act of trying to
arrest desperate negro name Ferron
was shot and instantly killed by Ferrof
This man had committed robbery the
night before and the officers of the law
were sent in pursuit. A posse that had
previously come upon him had been
fought, a gun taken from it and the gun
used upon one of the party without very
serious result. He made his escape with
the gun but was again overtaken by Mr.
Owens wheL the fatal shooting occurred
salisbury Herald.
INCUBATOR HATcHING.-Mr. W. B.
Gather had the eggs in his incubator to
hatch one day last week and considering
the fact that he put the eggs in just after
our first severe cold spell he is very vel
pleased with tho result. Ninety fluffy
little chicks burst out of their shells, and
with the exception of few that were
accidently smothered by the others in 8
basket just after taken off, he has not lost
thus far, a single chick. He is ready to
refill his incubator, but is waiting to get
eggs that have not been touched by the
cold as it takes very little cold to chill
ee gs so as to render them unfit for hatch
ing.-NeDton Enterprise.
BURNED TO DEATH.-An awful death
overlook a young man named W. F
GLADDEN. at Mr.. A. P. Froneberger's dis
tillery last Monday night. GLADDEN. was
tight. He had lost some sleep and was
sitting over the fire nodding. When the
distillery closed about dark, Gladder
was left there for the night, as he was
not 10 condition to be sent away
There was about hattul of fire in the
fire place. Mex: morning about daylight
GLADDEN. was found dead out in the floor
with all his clothing burned off. His tongue
and lips and nostrils were burned by the
fire and smoke he had breathed. There
were signs of his having crawled around
in the room in helpless distress. He
was young man of about rs years o.
age but was not considered altogether
bright-witted. Nobody knows how O,
at what time of the night be caught fire
A negro woman not far away says she
heard cries of some one in the night but
as it was common thing she paid little
attention to it.-GdStoniG Gazette.
Cotton and Corn.
The sure road to prosperity for 1896
'96 is less cotton more corn.
IF the south will raise 6OO, 200, 00(