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

Mr.. e. III. Brill, near Asheville,
has field Of corn which averages
eight feet tall
"A party from London, England
arrived this week. They have pur-
chased the Winningham Mine and
will at once begin work.-High Point
Enterprise. <
Some fifteen years ago Mr.. T. J.
Riggsbee bought farm near Dur
ham for $293 per acre, to- day the
same land sells for from $3.50 to $500
per acre.-Durham Recorder.
Frank CASTOR, colored, was
hanged in Salisbury on the 3D. inst.
In his speech on the gallows he
said he wasn't 'the first man hanged
and hoped to God he wouldn't be
the last"
Mr.. III. F. Harriss, Of this town,
has invented a we'll auger that is II
decided improvement over all others
that have been made, and will bore
a we'll with greater rapidity.-Green-
ville Reflector.
The chair factory shipped several
thundred chairs this week. An order
for $50 was filled at one time. AS
the superior quality Of their chairs
becomes known the demand for them
ihcreases.-Henderson Gold Leaf.
"A vicious COW kicked a scythe
Rblade against the ankle Of Miss En-
ma Munday, of Lincoln county, last
week. The young lady's foot was
nearly cut off by the blow.-Neaoton
Enterprise. se-.a
The continuous rains lately have
considerably damaged the oat and
wheat crop, that which is cut lies
wet and the uncut has been blown
and beat down by the heavy winds
and rains. They have also thrown
our farmers behind with their work.
-Bnttleboro Headlight
We never saw farmers in this
section so low spirited, some Of them
have not worked their corn the first
time though it is time it was laid by.
They say if the rains continue that
not half a crop will be made and they
fear that if it should turn dry the
result will be even worse. e.-Ddnbury
Reporter.
"A branch of Mount st. Joseph
academy (Catholic), Hickory, is to
be established at Asheville. Rev. J.
McHugh has become pastor of the
Catholic Church, and will make
Asheville his residence This is the
first permanent Catholic pastorate
west Of the Blue Ridge, in this
State.
Dan Williams, miner working
in the Fisher Hill mine, about seven
miles from Greensboro, was killed
last Thursday. The bucket filled
with earth became unfastened when
near the top of the shaft, which is
nearly 100 feet deep. He was stand
ing in the bottom of the shaft and
was crushed by the falling bucket.
The State board of education
met at the Governors office yester-
day, 9th inst. The main business Of
the meeting was to receive bids for
the Bible and Carrow lands in Hyde
county. There was one bid submit
ted to them and that was rejected.
The survey Of these lands is now
going on and the board are deter
mined to press the work as rapidly
as possible. = Raleigh Neaos and o.
SerUer. .-5-....
M. i. Holmes & j. ID.
Gaskill have purchased the lot at
the Depot, formerly owned by the
Salisbury Woolen Mills, and will
proceed shortly to erect thereon a
large tobacco factory-a four story
building, 135x50.---The continuous
rains have caused the farmers to be
low spirited. Corn and cotton are
in the grass, a~great deal of which
has never been worked since it came
up, and the. bulk Of the wheat and
oats harvested is still in the fields
and sprouting badly. Take it all
in all, it is a gloomy outlook for the
tiller of the soil, and indirectly for
everybody else.-iSalisbury Watch
man. I..4u.r8A - aaa.l