The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-11-25

TIME Iao| 49,
Mrs. S. V. Erwin, of Cabarrus county,
I'D her arm fractured by falling from a
buggy last week.
white girl by the name of Johnson
an away with a negro in Johnston
county last week.
RaidsviTle has purchased its electric
light plant. 1t was formerly owned by a
nanville company.
modern Jail has just been completed
Cor Henderson county. 1t has steel cages
and is heated by steam,
Tanner Taylor, a negro woman, died
Wednesday near Asheville at the ad-
r.nced age OF 10Y years.
Bishop Watson and wife, of the Eastern
North Carolina diocese, sailed from New
York for Glasgow Saturday.
The old round house at the Raleigh and
CASTOR shops in Raleigh will be turned
into an immense machine shop.
The next Baptist State Convention will
he held in Raleigh and DR.. T. H. Pritchard
will preach the opening sermon.
The output of the Medoc vineyard in
Halifax county this year is $4,000 gallons
of mish and scuppernong wines.
Durham Globe: The telephone poles
have arrived and within ninety days Dur
ham car yell "hello " at Raleigh.
The scheme for a town to be built at
the Egypt coal mines in Chatham county
is to be launched at an early day.
DR.. Abernethy has succeeded in raising
$4,000 for rebuilding Rutherford College,
and will commence work at once.
Poles are being scattered along the
line of the R. & S. road preparatory for
the telegraph wires, says the T5Oin- City
Daily.
An accident occurred on the Durham
& Lynchburg Road near Winfall last
Monday. One man was killed and another
injured
Louisburg Times: Mrs. A. L. King, of
Louisburg, died Wednesday morning at
Henderson, where she had gone to visit
relatives.
1t is sad that the scheme for building
atOwn at the Egypt coal mines, in Chat
ham county, is progressing with assur-
ane Of success.
A cOlo1ed man was put in Jail the other
day, to be tried in Superior Court for
stealing one dollar and twenty cents, says
the Oxford Day.
The Concord Standard says that Mr..
Tinso Best, of Cabarrus, lost a hog, which
he was ~fattening, that would weigh at
least 700 pounds
Tarboro Southerner: W. G. Horne,
engineer on the shifting engine of this
place was painfully injured this morning
while coupling cars.
The yield of the ~Penitentiary farms on
Roanoke river this year Is reported at
$50 bales of cotton and from $500 to
1000 barrels Of corn.
The three-year-old son of MI. W. W.
Mutton, Of Mecklenburg county, accident
ally cut two of his little brothers fingers
with an axe last week.
Mr.. Allen CLANCY showed us yesterday
turnip which weighed 81 pounds and
which measured 10 inches in circumfer-
ence, says the Monroe Register
Mr.. A. Fogle showed us in his shop
this morning a most beautiful centre
table made Of seventy different kinds of
WOOD says tae Turin City Daily.
Tarboro Banner: At Hobgood, Lafay-
ette House killed a man named Drew.
house was said to have been under the
nnuence OF whlskey at the time.
Thos. ]. Glover, a drummer, jumped
from a train between Salisbury and
greensboro a few nights ago. 1t is
thought that he was out of his mind.
MI. J. s. Williams brought us a 6
pOunu potato last week. He has made
une crop, as have all others in this
S7cuOn, says the Kinston Free Press
montgomery T5dete: Mr.. T. L. Jen-
mnS through the efforts of our excellent
congressman, Hon. John S. Henderson,
p"s secured an appointment to West
Is" nights ago some thief went into
we Garden of Mr.. Sid Austin. cut down
Sno carried out some 10 or 20 fine cab.
.s, S's' all he had, says the stanly Oh
me GoldsbOro knitting factory has
ls.slved an order for 1000 dozen half
E. rom Chicago, but is unable to fill it
having many orders ahead, saws the