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

Alliance paper at Greensboro.
Tobacco nine feet tall and thirty leaves
70 the stalk is what Wilson brsgs on.
WAYNE county made an addition of six
prisoners to the penitentiary force last
week.
The Henderson Gold Leaf begins to
feel like a city paper. 1t has had a strike
of printers.
Maxton Union: The Health of Moxton
is excellent, not a case of sickness OF. any
kind n town.
The Mt. Airy Nsa0s says the best n
largest crop of corn ever raised IN Surry
will be gathered this fall.
smithfeId Herald: Mr.. Reuben John
son. OF Benson, lost his house and louise
hold goods by fire last Tuesday.
Mr.. B. B. Stinson, Of Gulf township,
has sent the Chatham Record a pear that
weighs one pound and three-quarters.
Governor Fowle has accepted an invi-
tation to attend the border fair, at Max
ton. during the latter part of October.
HilIsboro Observer: The tobacco crop
in this county is said to be the finest in
nan years fine cures are being made.
Mr.. B D. Barker, of Williams township,
has a gourd vine on which are 200 well
matured gourds, says the Chatham Record
At the stock law election held in Kings
creek township, Caldwell county, 81 votes
were cast for the law and 100 against it.
The Burgaw Herald says that Vii
Wells, col, was drowned in the creek at
Eberts saw mill, in Fender county last
week.
The estimated loss of the Richmond &
Danville Road in the big wreck will foot
up at least 1925, 900, says the Lexington
Dispatch.
Threshing wheat time is owe now, and
the next thing will be the vi its of the
candidates to the townships Concord
Standard.
Mr.. J. A. Perry, of Morganton, was
bitten on the hand by a dog supposed to
be mad one day last week. The wound
was cauterized.
The Concord St1ndord says that freight
trains were running all Of one night re-
Gently only twenty minutes apart on the
R. & D. Railroad
Col. I. A. Sugg, of Greenville, offers
s. for the best pound of tobacco grown
in Pitt county, proceeds to go to the Ok
ford Orpan Asylum.
The brown sand stone being used in
the construction of the government build
ing at Asheville is brought from Wades-
boro, Arson county.
Mr.. Chas NJ. Busbee, Of Raleigh, has
been elected Grand Sire of 1. o. o. F.
He will be given a banquet and reception
on his return home.
A Greensboro ieweler has a clock in
his store that runs 400 days with one
winding, 1t was wound last Christmas
and keeps good time.
Beaufort Seaside: Morehead City is
to have a large shocking house. The oys-
tiers are to be shipped in barrels and
canned in Baltimore.
A contract has been awarded by the
Richmond and Danville Railroad for build
ing a handsome new depot at Morganton.
Work will begin at once.
We passed a "corner grocery" last
Saturday and from the language used
thought that Congress was in session
there, says the Burgaw Herald.
Salisbury Waterman: Six thousand
dollars has been added to the Knitting
Mill stock, and machinery for spinning
the yarn will be put in at once.
The rust has stripped the cotton fields
of leaves in many localities and the crop is
cut short. In some fields half of the crop
is open, says the Sanford EnpreSS.
The boiler at the cotton gin of Mr..
Hugh Boyce, near Charlotte, exploded
last Wednesday. viii Boyce was killed
and several others severely injured.
In a shooting scrape in Wilmington a
few days ago the shootist shot himself in
the hand and a ~by-stander in the leg and
entirely failed to hit his antagonist.
Adrian Woodcock near Riley's Creek
was severely cut in his thigh with a broad
IKE DR.. Lucas thought that recovery
was doubtful, says the Burgaw Herald.
The crop Of acorns this year is larger
IMAM has been known for a long time. If
tnls is an indication of a hard winter as
Inc p'overb has it, then we may look
out.