The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-07-01

a own of fifteen hundred inhabitants.
Grand Master Samuel 81. Smith, of
Winston, has appointed D. S. Watt, of
Raleigh, Grand Treasurer of the Grand
Lodge of Masons, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Col. W. E. Ander-
son.
TIE B ?tist church Of Salisbury has ex-
tended a unanimous call to Rev. w. Il.
Sowell to ssrve them as pastor. Mr..
Sowell has accepted the call and will
enter upon his PASTORAL duties at an early
day.
TIE Goldsboro Dispatch says: a
Greensboro physician is entertaing an
idea of opening a hospital at Raleigh, and
is confident that such an institution W Il
pay there" Go from home to hea'
news.
The Farmers in Forsyth report tobacco
worms playing havoc with the young
plants. The worms are said to be very
large, and it is thought that the mild
winter accounts for their unusually early
appearance.
Mr.. Chas. T. Tichener, Of Salisbury
and Miss Maggie A. Chambers. of Hert's,
were married at the residence Of Mrs. G.
H Edwards at 6 o'clock Monday evening,
23d; ult Rev. 7. w. Cru hrie performing
the ceremony.
The Board of Trustees of the State
Agricultural anG Mechanical College have
authorized the establishment, on a small
scale, of a cannery, the purpase of which
is to supply the institution with its own
canned fruits and vegetables.
On Wednesday last, in this city, Mr..
Cameron Gales, of Peoria, Ill, a son of
the late Seaton- Gales, Esq of this city,
was married to Miss Abbie Smith, a
daughter Of Capt. VIM. Smit,', of the
Raleigh and CASTOR Railroad.
The Concord Sun says a wagon load of
ore was sent to the Phoenix mine this
morning from AlEson's mine, which was
said to be worth $l2O per ton. 1t is
sulphuret ore, and as nuch as twenty
tons will be sent there to be worked.
Ex-S Sheriff R. F. Gregory, of Robson
county, died at an advanced age, at his
residence, near Roster, at l, a m, on
Monday June %. The RO6esonian says !:
L" In his death the county loses one of its
most widely known and universally loved
citizens.
At the Grand C~ommandery and Grand
Chapter of Masons, held at Ashevile a
few days ago, Capt. D. P. Mast, of Win
ston, was elect d Grand High King of the
Chapter and Mr.. P. A. Wilson, Jr., was
elected Grand Junior Warden of the
Commando y.
Rev. Mr.. Morton, State Evangelist for
the Presbyterian church, has been con-
Quoting a series of meetings at the Pres
byterian church in Salisbury, the past
week. The sci vices are attenden by
large audiences, and considerable interest
is manifested.
Sheriff G. G.. Krider, Of Rowan county,
died at his residence in Salisbury at 2
o'clock on the morning of the 25th nit.
Mr.. Krider, who was much beloved by
the people Of his county was a one-leged
ex-Confederate soldier, and has held the
Office of sheriff for several years.
The Baltimore Manufacturers Record
says: "The Massachusetts Construction
Co. has been awarded, it is stated, the
contract for constructing the Cape Fear
& Cincinnati Railroad from Southport to
Wilmington, 25 miles, and from South
port to Salisbury, 1876 miles distant"
An exchange says Wilson county
takes the lead this year as being the first
in curing tobacco. Mr.. Lucas, a farmer
of that county, sent some tobacco of this
years crop to Oxford last week and sold
it at the warehouse of Davis & Gregory.
1t brought over $40 per hundred pounds.
Edward Shaver, of Salisbury, has do
mated a beautiful plot of Is acres as a
public park for that town. One of the
provisions of the donation is that in the
deeds for the sale of the lots adjacent to
the park, it shall be stipulated that no
liquor is ewes to be sold on the grounds.
The Stone Mountain Granite Company,
says the Salisbury Waterman. has faced
up a quarry and is moving on with the
work. Already a considerable business
in stone, dressed and undressed, has been
done. Charlotte, Winston and Reidsville
5 have been the principal purchasers SO
far.
Mayor Chas. D. Crawford, of Salisbury,