The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-09-09

The sale of cider in Laurinburg is now
forbidden by a special ordinance.
Bv sentence of the Governor, Steve
Jacobs will be hung en- Sept. 10Th.
Pennsylvania county has voted $4,000
to the French Broad Vally Railway COM
pany.
The Wilmington military company will
90 to Atlanta to compete for the $500
prize.
The population of Richmond county by
the recent census is 23,882, or 5.637 in
crease.
Less than thirty persons one-third,
100, 900 acres, of the county of Edge
combe.
Jno. II. Leary, the negro lawyer, is out
as a candidate for Congress from the Sd
district.
Shipments of sumac from Littleton SO
far this season amount to about 100000
pounds.
The Panacta Springs, in Halifax county,
have been sold to a party of capitalists for
$4,000.
A great deal of typhoid fever, says a
Battleboro correspondent, is prevailing
through that vicinity.
The printers OIL the Nows and Chronicle,
at Charlotte, all struck a few days ago
and are taking a rest.
Richmond capitalists have bought lots
in Henderson upon which they propose
to erect large factories.
Concord has n of the largest cotton
factories in the South, just completed at
cost of half a million of dollars.
". 7. Crawford, of Haywood county,
was nominated for Congress in the Ninth
district, at AsheviIe on Friday.
Capt. T. G. Evans, a welI-known news
paper man, died at Reidsville last Tues
day. He was about 81 years old.
Mr.. Earnest Ferguson was badly in
jured while unloading a boiler at a saw
mill near Liberty on last Tuesday.
Rev. J. T. Harris, presiding elder of the
Durham district, has been elected super
intendent of Oxford Orphan Asylum,
A son of Mr.. Peter Pool had his and
and arm torn to pieces in a cotton gin
near Auburn, Wake county, last week.
Tarboro Banner: There is some COM
plant of rust in cotton. No very great
damage is expected, as the crop is early.
The Laurinburg Baptists nave raised
81, 800 and will rebuild their church which
was destroyed by lightning last summer.
Mrs. May Boyd, postmistress at Biles-
vile, N. c., has been arrested charged
with rObbing the mails of registered
letters.
1t is estimated that the oyster business
in Elizabeth City, alone, will pay out $500
a day in wages and other expenses, says
the Falcon.
Thirteen counties in the eastern part of
the State show an increase of SO, 6O7 in
population, since 1880, according to the
new census.
A thief stole a gold watch and a pocket
book containing $3.50 from the residence
of Prof. Kneringer, at AsheviIle, one
night last week.
We learn from the Wilson Mirror that
DR.. King, of that place, had his collar
bone broken last week by the o~verturn-
Ing of his buggy.
Joe Aston, colored, aged about seven
teen, accidentally shot himself near Ran
dleman a Few days ago. The ball went
through his heart.
The G. @. & N. Railroad now reaches
out 81 miles from Monroe to Clinton, S.
c., and Is new coal burning engines have
been ordered for it.
Anthony Taylor, who was struck on
the head with a rock by lobe Smith YES
terday, is improving and will recover,
says the Oxford Dag.
The Concord Standard has been pre-
sented with a post oak knot that is a per-
feet picture of a mans face. Mr.. J. 81.
McLelland found the curiosity.
The revenue collections in the whole
Raleigh district for August amounted to
$74,842.55. The collections for Winston
alone amounted to $82,211.97.
White caps demolished six buildings
occupied by disreputable women at Dallas,
UaSton county one night last week. The
inmates were told to leave the county.
W. ]. s. Whitfield, employed at the
saw mill OF '. B. Bachelor, had his hand
badly torn on Tuesday, while sa wino