The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-03-04

Seventy patients were oaredfor al q
Charlotte Home and Hospital during 8
The town of Murphy, in western North
Carolina, is to have a Court House built
wholly of marble. 80.
John P. Davis has been convicted of the
murder of Jno. A. Horton in Chatham
and sentenced to be hung.
The Charlotte Chronicle learns that $2l,-
600 has been subscribed to q new cotton
factory at Davidson College.
Mr.. J. R. White, a merchant of Bur
lington, made an assignment a few days
ago. Liabilities about $4,000.
Rev. Robert Strange, of Wilmington,
is to preach the b~secaladreate sermon at
the State University commencement.
Seventy five thousand bushels of oys-
tiers were shipped from North Carolina to
Norfolk during the month of January,
New Berne IurnaJ;. A large number
of live wild deer were brought to the
city yesterday to be exhibited at the
Fair. 's21 5"= ~
Warren G.. Elliott, President of the Y.
& W. R. R. will move to Wilmington, and
take charge of his Office IN the first of
March. ~tcs~@ l. 80
The fends. not satisfied with their das-
tardly deed of destruction at Rocky
Mount, burned up Floral Hall in the Fair
Grounds on Tuesday night.
The firm of Mrs S. E. Parish & Co.,
dealers in dry goods and millinery, made
an assignment at Webster last week.
Liabilities $500, assets $4,000.
1t is thought that Greensboro will GER
tainly have her steel and iron works, as
those interested have recently purchased
$35, 900 worth of real estate near the city.
MI. Egbert Coley, a most successful
farmer and tobacco raiser of the Dutch
vile community, Granville county, be-
came insane the latter part of last week.
The Mecklenburg road law as applied
to townships has been adopted by More
head and Gilmer townships, Guilford
county, and ten cents on the 500 has
been levied.
Mr.. G. s. Donaldson, superintendent Of
the Southern Newspaper Union, of Char
lotte, won the $12 chair offered by Mr..
z. NJ. Andrews for the best diagram for
a page advertisement in the Charlotte
Chronicle.
The GoIdsboro Lumber Company has
been incorporated with an authorized
capital of 100000. We learn that an
extensive Northern lumber firm has
bought q fourth interest in that growing
enterprise.
The New Berne Journal says: A COW
belonging to Mr.. @. G. Perry, who lives
about two miles from the city, gave birth
to three calves a few days ago. They
were all fully developed, but lived only a
short while.
The "greviance committee" of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
met at Charlotte on the 25th ult. The
NeaUs says that whatever the complaint is
the R. B D. Company will give them a
respectful hearing.
Specimens of copper ore taken from
the Indian Grave Hill place, in Granville
county, belonging to R. b. Cash, Jr., are
pronounced by an expert the purest out
side of Michigan, and he saysthat the metal
is there in abundance. .
Mining interest is more active in David
son county, says the Dispatch, than for
several years past. The recent rich gold
finds in Montgomery county are assigned
as the upward tendency of mining mat
ters in the former county.
The Durham San is now one year old.
No matter what the condition of the
weather, Editor Robinson has given the
people of Durham cheerful evening sun
shine for a twelve months. The San is
aneat, bright and newsy paper.
Roxboro Courier: Bill Fife, the "drum-
mer evangelist" closed a meeting of a
weeks duration, ut Milton, one week ago
yesterday, with about fifty conversions.
At the close of the meeting, a handsome
purse was presented to him.
Greensboro Patriot Nh. Green Is
engaged in buying and cutting immense
quantities of hickory timber in the south
ern part of the county. The timber is
being shipped to Canada where it is being
manufactured into spokes and handles.
A certain farmer in this county, losing
q quantity ofmeat during the hot weather,
took it off and buried it. A few days
affar a paOrO fO1d H. &c., 4kaEGo Is4-aJ