The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-08

Lenoir is to have a $4,000 furniture
factory.
Raleigh is negotiating for a crusher for
street rock.
The Topic reports snow at Blowing
Rock last Monday.
The congressional campaign in the State
promises to be spicy.
The report of the State Auditor contains
many interesting figures.
More tobacco and less cotton is being
planted in Halifax county.
A party of three hunters at Southport
killed $50 birds in one day.
A negro is in jail at Elizabeth City
charged with rocking a train.
Concord Presbytery will be in session
at Lenoir during the present week.
Wilson Advance: Many of the Wilson
county farmers have planted their corn.
The wheat crop in Davidson county is
reported as looking quite healthy now.
Inc L. NJ. ". ASSOCldGIOu VIII AnFO q
tent at Wrightsvile during the encamp-
ment.
Daniel Skipper, of Brunswick county,
whipped his wife SO that she is nearly
dead.
In the steamship Toronto which cleared
from Wilmington, were 1926 bales of
cotton.
The windstorm of Saturday did much
damage to the large pine timber south of
Raleigh.
DR.. W. V. Tudor, of Norfolk will preach
the next commencement sermon at Trinity
College.
The ordinance against storing oil in the
city limits will be rigidly enforced in Will
mington.
The idea of removing Davis School
from La Grange to Goldsboro has been
abandoned.
Over $780, 900 nave been expended in
Raleigh during the last fiscal year for i'm
p~roVementS.
Mr.. Joseph Munds, of Chowan county,
was killed by a falling tree near Roper
last Toursdsy ~.
Dallas Eagle: The wheat crop has
been badly injured by the freeze, but it
has time to come again.
Newton Enterprise: Mr.. Jesse Propst,
of this township, died monday morning.
He was about 80 years old.
1t is reported that Rev. Sam Jones has
accepted the invitation to deliver the ad-
dress at Trinity commencement.
J. N. Bernhardt. of the Green Hill
syndicate, Is at Blowing Rock laying off
roads and lots on the comyeny's property.
Mrs. Cornelius Clarke, of Caldwell
county, was thrown by her horse a few
days ago and one Of her legs was broken.
The American Pine Fibre Company
nave formeIy opened their works near
Wilmington, with a capital of ST. O0,O 900.
In railroad progress last year North
Carolina stood next to Ohio, tee latter
State having the greatest increase in
mileage.
The National Summer Normal school
for teachers and superintendent will be
held at Asheville from July 18th to Au-
gust 9th.
The North Carolina Medical Society
will hold its thirty-seventh annual meet
ing in Oxford, May 9th, 18th and 18th
of this year.
Winston claims to nave a regular wild
West boom, and there is no Buffalo Bill
in it, although a greatdeal of building is
going IN there.
Goldsbero Argus: All of the many
manufacturing enterprises in and around
Goldsboro are running on full time-as
they always do.
1t is said that $4,000 was spent for
Boyle at his trial in this city last week.
Yet his victim got no assistance, and JUS
tice was thwarted.
The replanting of plant beds through
out the State is going on rapidly and that
with favorable weather the loss of plants
will be made good.
An observant farmer says he cannot re-
call a year when fruit trees were so late
in budding. He fears that the cold snans
nave killed the buds.
Oxford Ledger: Mr., Henry T. Knott,
one of our most substantial farmers has
sold$75O worth of tobacco that was made
on two acres of ground.
The store of Eli Cross & Co.. at Lex
ington, was robbed one night last week