The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-02-04

ing open, but the Soutderner says that the
prisoners are working on the roads.
We6s'er's Weebly asks "what ought to
be done with a man who is too stingy to
to pay 81. per var !or 4 good paper?'
Hon, Patrick Winston, formerly of this
State, has been appointed a district alto =
ney in the new State of Washington.
We learn from the Daily Gail that Gov.
Fowle will open the Fish and Oyster Fair
at Newberne on the 24,h of February.
The Western Free Lance learns that
several thousand dollars have been sub
scribed toward a cotton factory at Marion.
Since 1853, more than 5000 students
have been educated at Rutherford College.
They came from every State in the
Union.
B. F. Boyton, Esq, of Clinton, has been
appointed a director of the North Carolina
Insane Asylum, Vice T. P. Womack,
resigned.
A g thief named Emanuel Archey,
stole a horse in Rowan county, was cap
tured in Davidson county and is now in
Rowan jail.
Hon. J. J. Davis of the supreme Court
will deliver the alumni address at the
commencement of Wake Forest College
next June.
The Davie Times says tha it is all a lie
about a thirteen-year-old boy and an
eleven-year-olds girl getting married in
that county -,
Col. Vaughn, one of the wealthiest
men in Eastern Carolina, died at Murfres-
boro a few days ago. His estate is valued
at $4,000 OO.
The Tarbors Southerner learns that
Cheshire Nash, Of that vicinity was thrown
by a horse n evening last week and
painfully hurt.
Wilmington had a number Of fires last
Tuesday. The aggregate loss will foot up
several thousand dollars, mostly coverd
with insurance.
The Dispatch says that a young son of
Mr.. Frank Kindly, of Davidson county,
was seriously burned with gun powder a
few days since.
A number of repairs are being made on
the postofice building in this city. The
total expense of these repairs win not be
far short of $4,000.
The Lenoir Topic says that a Mrs. Brown,
of this county, is so years old, and is the
mother Of % children, seven of them are
Babtist preachers.
Two negro children were burned to
death last week near Tarbnro. The
SoutHeruer says that their parents left
them alone in the house.
The Southerner says that the residence
of DR.. J. NJ. Sher0od, Of Hamilton, was
consumed by fire On the 10Th ult. He
saved nothing but his meat.
The Wilson Adyance reports another
young lady in that vicinity with sense
enough to refuse to marry a young man
who persists in getting drunk.
Two negro preachers in Stokes county
had a lively fight over the money col.
lected on a recent Sunday. Each accused
the other of not "toting fair"
The trial of Mrs. Cora S. NJ iris, at
Reidsville, for the murder of her husband
was concluded last Monday. The jury
returned a verdict Of not guilty.
A chrter has been granted to the Bark
ley Canning and Manufactu turing Company,
at Mt. Pleasant, Cabarrus county. Over
30 per cent. Of the capital has been paid
in.
Miss Polly Slough, who is in the 1O2d
year of her age, is living near Lenoir with
her s~on-in-law, Edmund S~tallings, Esq,
and is remarkably robust for one of her
age.
The United States. Government appro-
PIRATES $4,000 annually to maintain a
school at Yellow Hill in Swain county,
for the education of the Cherokee
Indians.
Hinson's livery stable at Rockingham
was burned last Monday night a week
ago. Four horses and a mule were
burned, also a quantity Of feed and several
vehicles.
The NewS tells of the robbery, IN Char
lotte, of a Union county man, by two
negro men, of a pocket book containing
500. Our contemporary did not learn
his name.
We learn from the Democrat that a new
Sash, Door and Barrel factory has Just