The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-22


citizens cloths, but have not since beer
heard from.-Madis9n News.
Raleigh Chronicle: The Chronicle ha,
found by inquiring, that there is a strong
sentiment and preference for locating the
Baptist Female College somewhere neal
the centre of the city. The idea of hav-
ing such institutions in the suburbs of q
town is regarded by some as unprogress-
i've.
Hillsboro Observer: Mr.. VIM. Clifton,
manager Of Bishop Lyman's farm, was
badly burnt on his back TUESDAY by a
spark from a stump in the field while at
work. He thought it was the heat from
the burning stump, and was right badly
burnt before he found out that he was on
fire.
Franklin Press: MI. T. G. Cunning
ham, Of DlllSboro, was in town and in
formed us that he saw two poplar logs
twelve feet long, containing over 5000
feet OF lumber, pass Dillsboro a few days
ago, bsing shipped to Scotland. They
were of a beautiful curly grain and very
valuable.
Chatham Rscord: A young colored
man, named Henry Aston, in Hickory
Mountain township, was accidentally shot
in the feshy part of the left leg, on last
Saturday night, while fooling with an
" unloaded" pistol. Next morning he
came here and got Or. hapin to cut the
ball out.
Washington Gazette: The spirit Of
enterprise seems 70 be CITING hold q
everybody. The rice mills, which "
thought amply sufficient for manipulating
all the rice in this section, will be er-
A contract to make an addit'- 4
of 6Ox9O feet has been given to Capt J..
E. LordIey,
Martin 4 Joy ce, near Ayersville, Stokes
county, had their store broken into last
week and about $50 stolen. Isaac Carter,
a negro, was arrested on suspicion and
some marked coin which was in the store
was found concealed about his person.
He was committed to Danbury jail in
default of bail.
Captain Rankin, conductor on the H.
P, R., A. & S. R. R., met with a painful
accident while uncoupling cars last week
at the depot in Asheboro. The middle
finger Of the left hand was caught between
the couplers and mashed in such a man
ner as to render amputation at the first
joint necessary.
Job Briggs, the mail carrier on the
Campbell, N. 6, route, delivers his mail
to the Offices on foot, walking twenty
four miles one day and thirty-one miles
next day. During a year he steps yer
8,454 miles, and at this rate would cover
the circuit of the globe in three years,
exclusive Of Sundays.
Mr.. Edward N. Butler, of Clinton, was
shot from ambush near that town last
Monday. He lived a short time after
the shooting, and, according to a CORES
pendent Of the Wilmington Messenger,
implicated a young man Of desperate
character, who has not been seen in the
vicinity since that time.
The Concord Times says that Asa
Blackwelder tells US that he has just
sawed up a pine tree that beats the big
ole reported from Stanley some time ago.
1t made l, 756 feet of one and one and a
quarter inch lumber, and if it had been
sawed into weatherboardin it would have
made 1000 feet or more.
Charlotte Chronicle: The Charlotte
Oil and Fertilizing Works on Tuesday
shipped via the R. & D. to West Point,
Va, for expectation, eleven hundred bar
rels Of cotton seed oil. A special train of
nineteen cars was used for the shipment,
which is almost unprecedented in that
line Of business in this region.
The fund for the erection of a monu-
ment to the memory of the slgners of
the M~ecklenburg Declaration of indie
.pendence still grows at Charlotte. DR..
George W. Graham contr buted 5000 to
the NeWS fund. That makes the NeWS
subscription to date foot up $1,000. To
this, $3.50 from the fun5 is to be added.
Roanoke Ne,US: NJ. q. S. Harrison,
of Medoc, has purchased ) veral thorough
bread horses and mares for breeding
purposes and will enter largely into this
profitable business. Among his stock are
a Wilkes and a Purdie colt and mare by
Abdel Kader. He already has a fine stock
farm in most excellent condition and will
continue to improve it.
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