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LOCAL NEWS.

DEATH OF A LITTLE CuILD.-On Wed.
nesday, May 31st, died little Jesse Bris
tow, aged Is months, son of Mr.. w. R.
Bristow, chief of police of Scotland
Neck. The remains were inferred the
following day in the Baptist cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. Bristow have the sympa-
thy of the town and community.
S-AYs WE ARE NOT BEHIND.-Mr. J.
Frank Brlnkley spent part of last
week in Hillsboro, Durham and other
places IN that region, and he says that
the tobacco farmers here are as we'll up
as they are in the community of Hills
boro and Durham. Some of the to-
oacco here that was set early is grow
ing very nicely indeed.
KILLED BY MISUNDERSTANDING the
thunder storm Wednesday night of last
week the lightning struck barn on
Capt. w. R. Bonds place just out of
town and killed young horse which
belonged to colored man named
Charles Dickens. Strangely enough
other horses in the same building were
not hurt, nor was the barn set on fire.
4 GOOD CROP PRosPEcT.-Talking
with farmers from different parts of the
county, and with those who have made
observation elsewhere, we learn that
the crop prospect just now is quite en-
couraging. There has been a good
stand OF cotton, tobacco is growing
we'll where the plants were set early
aud lived we'll, and all the crops are
clean and thus far we'll cultivated.
LET Us KNOW TH1NGs.-THE CON-
Mo,sWEALTH is as anxious to print the
news as are our readers to see it but
we just can't know everything. We
are always glad to have news items OF
interest. If you know any such, let us
have them. If 1t is not convenient for
you to drop into our Office send US a
note. You thus render good service to
your newspaper and the community
generally. Some of our friends are
kind enough to do SO, and we thank
them for 1t.
SHE COULDN'T HELP IT.-At one OF
the churches in town while the congre-
CATION was gathering last Sunday, a
young lady was spoken to By one near
her, but paid no heed. As soon as her
attention was broken from an object be-
fore her she apologized for her inatten-
ton and said she was just trying to de-
eide whether Or not young man had
his hair parted in the middle. Boys,
the girls have much sport at your ex-
pense when you part your hair in the
middle.
FRIGATFUL FALL-Master fancy
II zer, OF Richmond, a little boy six
ye3 ) old, is on visit to his aunt,
Mis-. 4. S. Dunn. A few days ago he
elm bed into large oak just on the
side of the street in front Of Mr.. ]
Frank BrinkIey sand fell to the ground
Being some distance up the tree the
fall was trightful one and would have
proved more serious had not the
branches OF the tree caught him as he
went down. He was hurt, but nothing
serious resulted from 1t.
A CARRIER PIGEoN.-Mr. f. w.
Gregory, of Crowells, showed at the
court house Tuesday, brass band
which he had taken from the leg
of carrier pigeon which has taken up
with the pigeons at his barn yard. On
one leg Of the carrier pigeon was the
brass band bearing the inscription "B.
375." On the other leg was beautl-
full silver band bearing inscription
&c. F. 2O7." The silver band was intact
but the brass band seemed to be hurt
ing the pigeons leg, SO Mr.. Gregory
took it off.