The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-01

Baker died at his home on Besverdam
Sunday night, in the 87th year of his age.
The livery stables Of Mr.. J.. G. Deaton
were burned at MOoresville on the 22d
/. Mr.. Deaton saved his horses and
vehicles. Two Offices, a o e story cottage
and about 300 cords of wood were bu;ne
also.
The Mews says that thieves cleaned out
the coal house of Church st. Methodist
church in Char otte a few nights go. \
thief who would rob a church would stIal
the coppers from the eyes Of a dead
negro.
The A<hevilIe Electric Light Company
has decided to double its plant. The ad-
dltion to be made Will be the well known
Edison three wire system, aid the to,al
capacity will be 72O lights of l6-candle
power.
Surveyors on the proposed railroad
between Leaksville and Madison arrived
here Friday. Six Of their number returned
to Leaksville yesterday. Won't we be
"so1ne" when we get three railroads P
Madison LeGdsr.
A three masted schooner, the Joseph
Rudd, lumber-laden, from Wilmington,
was wrecked on Lookout Shoals, near
Beaufort last week. The crew were
saved. The vessel and cargo was a total
loss, but was insured.
Concord Times: R. A. Barringer,
white man about 20 years of age, who
has been working at the Allison mine, was
arrested Monday evening FIR stealing q
gold watch belonging to W. G. Walls,
working at Forest Hill.
We are Informed that Prof. Furman
says that the tin business at Kings noun
tain is not dead yet; that the machinery
for separating the ore was defective and
that there is, in his opinion, rich tin ore
there.-Lincohu Courier.
High Point Enterprise: The Moiern
Barn Company have put in a new saw in
the basket factory, thereby doubling the
capacity. The company's shipments to
other States are increasing, $500 sticks
to South Carolina Tuesday.
Clinton Caucasian: Mr.. Thos. K.
Bryan, a prominent citizen of Faison, a
70 mer citizen of Sampson, who has been
afflicted for several years with paralysis,
died at his home on last week, the 18th
inst, aged about sixty years.
Newton Enterprise: Farmers from the
eastern part of the county are getting
their fertilizer for the cotton crop. From
the rapidity with which they are hauling
it away it looks as if they are setting their
stakes for a big crop this year.
The Dallas Eagle says that some young
lawyers were arrested at CherryvilIe re-
Gently for violating the town ordinances,
and they plead their own cases witL their
hats Oh. The Eagle thinks they ought to
be fined for contempt of court.
There is more''lumber shipped from Red
Springs than any inland town in the State,
there being an output Of from sixty to
seVenty-fve thousand feet per day. We
notice cars loaded with lumber at this
place billed to Mpskegan, Michigan.
A terrible storm visited a portion of
Northampton county a few days ago. A
number of houses were blown down.
Fruit trees and other timber suffered
gre lily. One man, a Mr.. Powell, is said
to have lost $4,000 worth of property.
We learn that the Big Swamp Improve
ment Co. are to erect a $4,000 miH at the
mouth of the swamp. They have already
expended $4,000 on the draining of the
swamp, and are soon to put a boat in for
hauling timber to the miIl.-Ro5esonian.
The jury in the case of Walter Yates,
tried for murder, stood ten for acouittal
and two for conviction on the FIRST ballot.
Two more ballots were had without
change and on the fourth ballot the vote
for acquittal was unanimous WS1paSnqton
Star.
Milton Advertiser: The joint stock to-
bacco factory enterprise is making very
satisfactory progress. Bids for more than
$4,000 worth of stock have been re-
ceiyed, and now it is proposed to make
the capital stock $1,000 or perhaps
100000.
Three negro boys assaulted the eight
year-old son of Mr.. J. w. Stancil, near
Charlotte, n day last week. They tried
to make the horse which the boy was
driving run away By throwing rocks. One
rock struck the boy on the head and cut
a deep cash.
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