Nov. 23, 1892. FROM GRASSY POND MR. EDITOR- I kindly ask you for space for a few happenings around and about Grassy Pond. Providence has given the farmers corn in abundance, cotton a plenty. Corn is selling from 40 to 50 cents. A nine months school opened up at the Grassy Pond school-house this morning. PROF. DAGNALL is principal. MR. DAGNALL has our best wishes, and we hope he will conduct a good school and command the esteem of his many patrons. A great deal of sickness prevails in our neighborhood now. MR. A.J. McCRAW has been suffering very much with rheumatism. DR. JNO. WOOD and MRS. JNO. JONES have been very sick with fever and their recovery is not as yet very promising. MR. J.Q. LITTLE has been improving a farm on the Cherokee Creek, better known as the P.O. LEMMONS farm. He has ditched out the bottom land, thus rendering about 20 acres of very fine bottom fit for cultivation. We find MR. LITTLE is an industrious man, one who is not afraid of manual labor, and also one who is indeed, very kind to his tenants. Week before last , a large cur dog arrived at the P.P. GOFORTH Mills and at once began to display hydrophobic capers. The miller ran out and began to pelt it with rocks, but to no avail. The dog pushed him until he had to run, and then in turned on MR. AB McCRAW and he just barely escaped being bit. Several shots were discharged but MR. A. McCRAW, the noted marksman, with his muzzle-loading rifle had to kill it at last. REV. C.M. TEAL is the pastor at the Grassy Pond Baptist Church. He is an excellent preacher and is esteemed by all of his folks. ------------ November 16, 1892. MRS. ELIZABETH WILLIS, widow of DAVID WILLIS died the morning of Nov. 9, 1892. She was about 79 years old and her maiden name was CLEMENT. During her last years she had the kind ministrations of her daughter, MRS. EMILY CUDD. - MR. J.N. HOLCOMBE brought in a potato to this office Saturday that is about as long as Cleveland's victory is big. It was the red variety and measured 31 inches with a portion of one end broken off. One to three inches were gone. ------------ Feb. 8, 1892. MR. THOMAS M. WOOD, who lived in Cleveland County, N.C., died January 25. He lacked only a few days of being 75 years old. He was the father of W.C.S. WOOD, near Grassy Pond. He was an excellent citizen and served his day and generation faithfully. - We are sorry to state that MR. J.W. DANIEL, Sr. of Thickety was taken sick on the street Monday with pains in his breast, was carried to DR. DANIELS office and telephoned for DR. HEINITSH and being absent on another call other medical aid relieved him in about three hours. He is now at his brother A.C. DANIEL'S in the city, thinks he will be able to return to Thickety tomorrow. When at home with loving wife and family attention and rest, he will be able for work in a few days. - When the ground hog came out last Wednesday and saw the bright sunshine, according to tradition , he hastened back to his winter quarters to remain for a month, Sunday and Monday's freeze indicated that the ground hog knows a thing or two about the weather. ------------ Nov. 23, 1892 ZENO MARTIN one of G.H. CAMP'S constables went to arrest a negro by the name of GIST last week. GIST took MARTIN'S pistol away from him and shot him in the hand and then left. - JONES W. BUSH, near Campton, lost his barn, a milk cow and a buggy by fire Saturday night. He does not know how the fire was started. MR. BUSH has been very sick for several weeks past and is just now recovering slowly. His troubles come together. ------------- nancie o. - { hope I'm not repeating many of the articles}.