The Charlotte Democrat., 1897-02-18
Newsy Notes of
Tar Heel DOings

W a OublhW MuO
was reported dead last SIMMER, was
caught near Chapel Hill by posse,
with whom was Frank Atwater, the
father of the girl upon whomAtwater
attempted rape. He is now in Jail at
Hillsboro.
Kings Mountain has law that
prohibits hog pen from being
built within 800 feet of well or
dwelling.
Cotton thieves are troubling the
farmers in Cleveland county.
A meeting was held at Shelby
last night to organize an industrial
and immigration society.
Sixteen miles of mud holes to one
mile of good road is about the way
the road question stands in Rowan
county now, says the Watchman.
A correspondent of the Wadesboro
Messenger Intelligencer says: "A
man from Lilesville passed here the
other day with 100 blood hounds,
trying to strike the track of Senator
Odom and bring him back to his
party"
"The bill to permit fish to swim
in water of any depth will be made
a special order in the House next
Thursday at a. m.," says the Pro
gressive Farmer.
The Raleigh Paper Co, is in the
hards of re eiver, @. 81. Belvin
being appointed to that position.
"News has been received here
that both Judge Hoke and Judge
Timberlake are seriously i'll and will
probably not be able to hold court
this week. Judge Hoke is in the
hospital at Baltimore" says the
News and Observer. Judge Hoke
returned home yesterday.
Ex Governor r. B. Sherman, OF
Iowa, is in Raleigh. He says: Gal.
together am highly pleased with
North Carolina, her climate and hel
people"
The boards of directors of the
Raleigh and aston and SeaboarG
and Roanoke Railroad companies
at meeting held in Baltimore OF
Friday, 18th instant, unanimously
approved the action of Presiden
Hoffman, in the matter Of the leas,
Of the North Carolina Railroad.
At Raleigh Ira W. Mayton, ;
cotton mill hand, was sent to th'
roads for thirty days for turning il
false alarm.
Rev. L. E Busby has been install
ed as pastor of st. Johns Lutheran
church, Salisbury.
cit will be very gratifying and as
suring to the people of Raleigh tt
know that Rev. DR.. Marshall is i'm
proving rapidly and is now able t.
be up" says the Raleigh Press Wis
itor.
"Down in Randolph county,
says the High Point Enterprise
"there is reed swamp about quar-
ter of mile long. At this seasoI
Of the year the robins, which ar
plentiful, roost in the reeds. Afte
dark the people go into the swamp
with lights and bags and the bird
are caught by the bagfull. One maj
caught 500 robins in this way on
day last week."
A telegram from Salisbury say
that Stella Ward, aged 16 years, wa
bitten by a pet dog last Septembe
at her home near that place. Th
wound was so slight that no atter
tion was paid to it. Even the sea
had disappeared. Last Wednesda
the girl was stricken with hydro
phobia. The physicians at fir
were puzzled, as the family did NJ
mention anything about the gil
being bitten. The dog disappeare
and it is not known whether he We
affected with rabies at the time |
bit her or since. Friday night Mil
Ward died in terrible convulsions.
congressman Skinner, who er
: gineered the Populist bolt in tt
North Carolina Legislature in fav'
of Pritchard, Republican, for II
Senate, says the basic principle
| Populism is free silver, sixteen
one." says the Baltimore Sun.
= Francis, the two year old daught
7 of Mr.. and Mrs. P. d. Roueche We
terday afternoon swallowed ciga
: cite button, which came near chol
1 ing the little girl to death, says Il
Salisbury World. She turned blaC
in the face, and it was only after r.
, peated efforts of Mrs. Roueche, tn
the button was gotten out Of b