The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-07-14

over week ago, is avoiding arrest
The case is very sad one. 1t
seems that the terrible blow was
given during a childish frolick, with
no malice and no anger Charles
Johnson, the deceased, leaves a
wife and two children-James has a
wife and five children. Their wives
and children were all present and
witnessed the shocking tragedy
Chatham Home.
Apples are scarce this year.
Many trees have none on them; but
peaches are quite plentiful-The
is a subscription paper out to raise
money to build a union church at
Pine Grove in Abbott's Creek town.
ship.--Henry Hege died in Reedy
Creek township last Thursday night.
He was blind and had been entirely
paralyze twenty-six years, during
all of which time he lay on his back.
unable to move either hand or foot.
-Davidson Dispatch. ...... ....
"A drummer who recently trav-
eled through the counties adjoining
Mecklenburg on the south and east,
says that nearly all the bottom
lands have been "turned OUT that
is, left to grow up in grass and weeds
and the upland crops look badly.
In York county, S. c., seventy-five
farmers have surrendered their
mortgages to one individual, Mr..
Ashe, giving him the privilege to
work out the crops if he cares to do
so. The best estimate yet made is
one third of crop.-Charlotte
Observer. s.-....
Sheriff Hodges is not only a good
officer but a good farmer We have
in our Office an Irish potato which
weighs 28 ounces raised on his farm.
It's shape is most peculiar, being
very similar in shape to bear foot.
The hail storm on Monday even
ing did serious damage to the crops
in the line of it's march, The cotton
plants on the farm of Mr.. Fred Wolf
enden were completely stripped and
the corn was damaged to a consid-
cradle extent Washington Gazette
We hear of one citizen, Mr.. W.
B. Vickery, of Level Cross, who lost
$4,000 on his oat crop alone by last
weeks flood. Mr.. James Harpef,
of Richland, only saved three shock s
Of wheat off Of seven acres. The rest
took an excursion down towards
Cape Fear. He likewise lost several
loads of hay.-The latest from
Chatham is that three more block
ade stills have been laid low. One
Of them, it is said, was bought only
few days before by the notorious
Bone Taylor who had just got home
from the neutrality-suspicious.
Courier.
Among the patents granted in
June was one to J. w. Fries, Esq,
Of this place, for improved process
Of tanning. The old organ in the
Moravian church is undergoing re-
pairs, tuning,&c. The organ was put
up in 1799,and is considered good
yet.-Persons taking an interest
in the State Fruit Fair to be held
in Fayetteville, August 4th and 9Th,
will please leave specimens of fruit
at Messrs., Lineback Bros, who will
attend to the shipment. A man in
Davidson county says that out Of
more. than 300 Leghorn chickens
which have been Matched at his
house this summer, he has but eleven
young chickens now living. He in
tends to get rid of the Leghorns.-
Salem Press. ..... ..,a{4.., g.n..t
We hear great complaint of the
wheat crop rotting in the fields
throughout this section from the
heavy rains MIR. D. M. Petty, of
Bush Hill, thrashed out, as the pro
duets of three acres, 1102 bushels of
wheat on. the 7th.-----J. r. Boone,
near McLeansville, this county, has
heifer twenty-six months old that
has never had calf, but gives about
a quart Of milk a day.---A contract
has been made with. the peniten-
tiary authorities for $50 conyicts to
grade the branch road to the ,facto-
ries on Deep River. The work will
be commenced at once Greensboro
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