The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-09-23

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ming with his brother Willie at Leaksville
Monday, he received IN accide, tai shot
from the latter't gun, which may result in
his death.
AsheviIle Citizen: Col. J. D. Cameron
and Capt. T. D. Johnston left this morn.
ing to visit the wondeful smoking noun
tains that have been discovered eight miles
from the city
A wealthy northern gentleman, Mr..
Bo twick, has proposed TO give 81 for
every 81 subscribed in North Carolina,
for the further endowment of Wake
Forest College.
The proprietor Of the Seven Springs
hot ! has decided to keep it open through
out the winter, making it a winter as
well as a summer resort, says the Colds
boro Headlight.
Nj. w A. Wynne, of Raleigh, makes
a challenge to run a bicycle twenty five
miles against any number of entries of
horses on Friday of fair week on the race
course for $1Oo.
MI. W. A. Wynn, of Raleigh, makes a
challenge to run a bicycle >twenty-fVe
miles against any number OF entries OF
horses on Friday of Fair week, on the
race course, for $40,
MI. J. w. Stallings, the farmer whose
finger was bitten by a negro in a fight a
few weeks ago, found it necessary to am
putate the wounded member last week,
says the Reidsville Weekly.
The postmistress at Halifax is said to
be in arrears 500 with the postofice
money She is a colored woman, the
wife E. H. Davis, one of the leading ne
gro politicians of Halifax county.
The Sechler pond broke last week and
much of the farmers corn was destroyed
by the awful current which swept down
the bottom, says the China Grove core
spondent of the Salisbury Herald.
Wilkesboro Chronicle: Mr.. Hutchin-
son, of Halls Mills, tells us that while
working the road several weeks ago he
killed eighty three snakes at n lick, one
old one and eighty-two young ones.
A violent storm of wind and rain visited
US Tuesday afternoon, and we f ar did
damage in the country. The weather
was much cooler Wednesday, and it must
have hailed somewhere, says the North
State.
A prominent farmer told us to-day that
there was a scarcity of hands in the
country, and it was hard to get cotton
picked as fast as desired. This is a pointer
for some of the street ~loafers, says the
Concord Standard.
We learn from the Chatham Record
that the six-year- old son Of Mr.. Asa
Gunter, of Oakland township, accidentally
broke his left thigh, on last Sunday. He
was opening a gate when it fell on him,
and broke his thigh.
Newton Enterprise: Mr.. John War
lick, of Lincoln county, is a mechanical
genius. He showed us the other day a
basket he has Just completed which con-
tains one hundred and ffty-seven differ
ent kinds of woods.
A boy on Ed Caldwelrs place, near
Huntersville, was seriously hurt on Tues
day, by fallirg down on a knife which he
had in his hand. The knife pierced his
breast, ard made a serious wound, says
the Charlotte Chronicle.
Just beyond B aver Dam last Saturday
night the east bound passenger train
broke loose into two sections, which
afterwards ran into each other playing
havoc with the bumpers of four cars, says
the Laurinburg Exchange.
Charlotte Chronicle: J. B. Branes was
arrested Thursday on a capias from the
criminal court aud was lodged in Jail.
He was charged with assault with a
deadly weapon in 1885, but has been out
of the State for two years.
The printers of Winston Salem, for the
benefit of those who may hereafter have
the misfortune to be sick, have organized
a " Relief Association" This is to look
after and provide for the wants of a fellow
printer in case of misfortune.
Laurinburg Erchamge: There were
seventy conversions at a recent revival in
the colored Baptist church here. - In
attempting to cross a ditch last Saturday
evening Mrs. J. R. Britt fell and broke
her left leg just above the ankle.
On Thursday of last week Mr. R. w.
Smith was quite severely cut in the side
by Howell Hearn, at Centre Bluff. We
do not know full particulars but hear that