The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-15

dIaI tie track is completed 10 Wltnln SIX
miles of Murphy. Monday n of the
largest engi es that has eve come out on
the branch was run out to Bslsam.
Durham Globe: A span of the L. &
D. Railroad bridge over Dan river at
South Boston, was blown away yester-
day by the wind. A man was on the
tsp OF it at the time, and he was blown
hundred yards and dropped in
the river. He was unhurt, and swan
safely.
Reidsville Review: Yesterday deputy
revenue agent J. F. Wray arrested John
C~ovingtor, who halls from the western
part of Caswell, on the charge Of block
aiding unstamped whiskey. tovington IS
said to be one Of the most notorious
offenders against the internal revenue
in this section.
Newton Enterprise: MI: Craige Shu-
ford is starting a very fine herd of Jerseys.
He purchased nine heifers of the finest
strains he could get in this country, select
ing from different families. Three of the
heifers have had calves and are proving
to be fine butter makers. They average
about nine pounds of butter a week, each.
Oxford Day.: The negro man, Jesse
Ruffn, who was arrested here yesterday,
charged with stealing an OK, was on last
evening taken to Henderson by chief OF
police Rem, the offence having been
committed in Vance county. The OK
was the properly of an old negro man,
instead of Mr.. Dave Hunt, > enormously
reported.
Charlotte Ch,onicJe:: Charlotte is
growing rapidly. New houses are cOrI-
pleted and the building of others COM
menced almost every week. During the
last three months numbers have been
placed on SO new buildings, and there is
now a larger number of buildings in the
course of erection than there has been in
a long time.
Henderson Tomahawk:: Died, in War
rem county, on March 26th, 1890, of con
sumption, Mr.. Geo. F. Jones, aged 50
years. He leaves a wife and five small
children, a large number Of relatives, and
many friends who mourn his loss. He
was the brother of Mrs. W. H. Cheek,
Col. Thomas Jones and Mr.. John Jones,
Of this place.
Rockingham Rocket: Mr.. J. K. Nc
Ilhenny, of the Rockingham Drug Co.,
is manufacturing, on a small scale, a
very superior article Of chewing gum,
the bAeis of which is our native sweet
gum. AS soon as he can make the neces-
sary arrangements he proposes to put up
a factory here and go into the extensive
manufacture of the gum.
Sanford EGpreSS: DR.. Alex. Mcdonald
died at his residence in Pocket township,
this county, late yesterday evening from
Grippe. He had been suffering several
days but his death was sudden and unex-
pected. He was about seventy-fVe years
of age, a highly esteemed physician, an
excellent citizen and ruling elder in
Euphronia church for many years.
The News says the surveyors of the
DanviIle & East Tennessee Road left
Madison last week on their return to
Leaksville, after completing the prelimi-
nary survey between the two points. AL
the right of way has been obtained from
the land owners along the route, and
other inducements given the road, and
there is little doubt Of the line coming by
way of Madison.
Fayetteville Observer: We Learn that
~indisputable evidence have been found
and brought to the notice Of an exper,
mining engineer, of the existence of
stratum of coal situated at the Prospect
Hall, on the Cape Fear river, on land be-
longing to W. N. Whitfield. Should the
deposit prove considerable, its proximity
to the port of Wilmington will render il
exceedingly valuable.
Mt Airy NeVS: The suicide of Martha
Eaton, an account Of which appeared il
these columns last week, was in distress.
ing circumstances at the time she took
her life. She was very poor, we learn
and had nothing to live upon. Perhaps
if her condition had been known and as
sistante rendered she would not be in
her grave to-day. Truly, missionaries
are needed sometimes at home.
Kinston Free Press: MI. W. Fields
tells US that a cyclone cut a swathe
through the forests in Onslow county:
between Jacksonville and Catharine Lake
about two hundred yards wide, Saturday
was azweek ago, w~renching off or tear.
ing up by the roots the largest trees