The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-08-26

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tweiv; hours. The arguments were not
very -, I'll Y was out only 9 s',ort
time. Thus ENDS nearly four years
imprisonment of these defendants, AMI
the trial has cost the county lot far from
81, 800.
Tarboro Souherner: J. A. WATSON,
of Falkland, Put coun'y, brou 5ht some
of the finest uncured tobacco to this Office
this morning that has been exhibited here
this season. There were three leaves and
each Of them would mea ure nineteen
inches IN width and thirty, S x inches liz
length. The stalk from which this to-
bacco was cut would measure FIVE feet in
height.
The Concord Standard says: Mr. Dave
Corzine brought to town some green
locust seeds this morrin and had several
parties guessing On what it was. Two
out Of eight guessed the right thing, three
guessed it to be "some kind of beans"
one guessed it to be " freak OF nature"
: another said "excuse me" and another
guessed it to be dog ticks slightly dis
colored."
The Greensboro W2,kmaa says = MAJ
in Randolph county married a woman
who was drawing five dollars from the
county paper fund because of the money
she was getting. Alter the marriage the
county commissioner notified her that
as she ncw had husband to support her,
size would no. be entitled to her allow
ance. No doubt her husband is sadly
disappointed.
Wadesboro Messenger and Htezjg ncsr:
Ia some sections Of the county cotton is
beginning to open in quantities, and il
the weather remains open We will doubc-
Fe-s have d hale Of new cotton in Wades-
b5ro by the last Of tbs week j. the first
Of next. Aoson for the pass three years,
has sold tie FIRST bale raised / Ii The Safe,
and viii probsoiy carry off the honor
again his year.
A-hevIleJ ymnoJ: On Thursday after
noon. wa,le Sheriff R4yn lis was driving
out Beaver Dam road with his little
daughter, Maud. the horse, which was go
ing at i lively pace, $ opped suddenly by
seeing a newspaper bel g bown by the
wind directly in front. Tue shock pre-
, cip;tated both the Sheriff and little Maud
to the road. breaking the child's Jaw and
scratching h~r face.
AsheviIe Citizen The co tract for
building the foundation Of Vanderbilt
palace has been given to L. R. Weeks, Of
South Carolina. HIS bid was upwards of
$500, 900. The foundation will be built
Of rock quarried on the place, and will be
38Gxl8O feet. The western exposure
will be thirty eight feet high from the
ground to the first floor. About eighteen
| months will be consumed in building it.
Yesterday John ~Farquehar who came
to this city in June and has been here
: since employed as a printer in the job
: Office of the Thomas Bros, attempted
| suicide by administering poison. The
poison failed to produce death and Far
) quehar then broke a bottle and tried to
: cut the artery in h right wrist with q
piece of the broken bottle, which attempt
also failed, says the Greensboro Work.
man.
$ Raleigh correspondent Durham Globe:
l Inquiry was yesterday made of Rev. DR..
T. E. Skinner, the agent, in regard to the
Baptist Female University, as to whether
that institution would be opened this
. year. His reply was that it would prob
ably be opened early next year, in a small
e way. The delay is due to the scarcity Of
money, and the trustees must perfOrce
bide their time until subscribers send in
funds.
Asheville Citizen: The bank of Hick-
: DRY, D. w. shuler, cashier, made al as
t signment yesterday morning but will pay
. dollar for dollar, the officers say. A. A.
Shuford and J. D. E lott are mentioned
? as assignees. A citizens bank with a
capital stock of $4,000 begun business
this morning. Two-third5 of the stock
has already been subscribed. A. A.
Shuford and K. G Menzies are at the
head of the new bank.
? Goldsboro Argus:: Three prisoners, all
t minors, and held for petty cases of lar
. ceny, made their escape from the Jail in
this city yesterday morning sometime
before day. -- A white man named
Sam Hines, engaged at the saw mill at
Dover, on the A. & N. c. R. R., was
, instantly killed there Wednesday evening,
on a side track, while engaged ia coupling
two lumber cars that were being pushed
l together by hand. His head was caught
I between the p~rotruding lumber of the
two cars and his skull was instantly