The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-09-18

In addressing the electricians at theil
banquet in New York a few days ago,
Mayor Hewitt, waxing eloquent, said
ave stand upon the borderland of
dreams, and you are slowly raising the
curtain. I shall not see the drama played
out, but there are some in this room who
will do so. If this world is happier and
more civilized than it was a hundred
years ago it is owing to- the steam engine
and what it has brought with it. Still
further developments in the coming CEN
fury will come from your hands. You
will revolutionize the world"
"A terrible cyclone visited the neigh
borhood of Gainesville in Gates county, on
the 10th inst. and did great damage.
Houses were crushed and scattered to the
winds as though they had been egg shells,
corn stalks were cleaned of corn and fod-
der, and in many instances, men and
women hadstheir clothes stripped from
their bodies by the fierce hurricane that
blew. A buggy, which was under shelter,
was lifted clear of the ground and carried
$50 yards and smashed against trees in
the swamp. Great is the damage, but
there is 40 such thing as estimating the
loss in dollars and cents. p.
Great damage has been done to the
cotton and corn crops over a large area in
this State by the recent heavy and pro-
tracted rains. Our friend, Mr.. J.. w.
Cole, of Moore county writes: We have
had rain for the past nine days; fodder is
rotting on the stalk; cotton has stopped
opening and is shedding its leaves and
bolls. Sheriff. H. G, Kearney, of Frank
lin county, writes: "Our cotton crop will
not exceed seventy-fve per cent. of an
average crop, owing to excessive wet
weather in spring-the drought in August
and the unusually heavy rains during the
past week. Corn not over half an aver
age crop, and but little fodder saved.
Our advices from Cumberland county
are to the effect that the crops of cotton
in that county will not exceed three
fourths of an average crop. A friend
at Laurinburg says he has travelled
recently ver four counties and he does
not think the cotton and corr crops will
much exceed a half crop. Potatoes, peas,
&C., good.
The Charlotte Chronicle of Thursday
last says: Passengers who arrived in the
city on the Carolina Central Road brought
news Of a bloody affair at Elizabeth, the
county seat of Bladen, last Tuesday after
noon, in which Mr.. Alex. Mcdonald, the
Register of Deeds for Bladen, was shot
and probably fatally injured, and one Of
his cons was shot and painfully wounded.
the shooting was done by Mr.. White, a
well known young lawyer of Bladen. It
appears that White had been reported by
Mcdonald in an unpleasant way in the
papers, and was met by Mcdonald after
wards, and a quarrel ensued, which re-
suited in a severe beating for White.
Afterwards the quarrel was again re-
newed, and Mcdonald knocked White
down and was giving him a drubbing,
when White managed to out his pistol.
He shot Mcdonald in the body and. also
shot a son of Mcdonald who had com
up. After Mcdonald was shot he
wrenched the pistol from Whites hand
and continued beating him until they
were parted. The reporters informant
could not learn the exact nature of Nc
Donald's wound, but it was described by
the physicians as being of a very serious
nature. All the parties to the affair have
been arrested.