The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-07-01

h0N6Qu0 OuC6rS maze q rdlQ IN stokes
county, two weeks ago aud destroyed
seven stills and several thousand gallons
of beer without making tny arrests
The pa. ty was ambushed and shot at on
their return to Danbury, o Saturday, of
last week, and several men and horses
were wounded.
The Trustees Of trinity College have
elected Rev. S. W. Crawford, of Green's
boro, Chaplain and Professor of Biblical
Literature. They have also chosen Prof.
j, S. Bassett, Of Durham, to be principal
of Trinity Academy, which wiz take the
place of the present College upon its re-
noval to Durham.
w. G. Pearce, Of Person county, has
been placed under bond to the amount Of
500 for his appearance st court. He is
charged with being one Of a mob Of
masked men who entered the I'll at
Roxboro and took therefrom a lot Of
whi>key which had been stored in the
Jail by revenue officers for safe keeping.
Toe Morganton Herald says the Idler
Gold Mining Company, owning gold min
ing property in Rutherford county, has
been incorporated at Mario with an
authorized capital of $l,OOO,O 900 divided
into 100000 shares Of the par value If
$40 each. 1t has branch offices a.
Rutherfordton, n. c., and Boston, Mass.
The sixteenth annual meeting Of the
North Carolira State Dental Association
met in Wilmington on Thursday last.
An unusually large number Of dentists
were present. Thursday was devoted to
clinics and on Friday the Association en-
ioyed an ocean excursion. The exhibit
Of dental instruments was very elaborate.
Geo. Linson, of Crab Orchard township,
M~ecklenburg county, exhibited a good
sized gold nugget found on his ia hers
land, o. McAlpins Creek, about 9 miles
from Charlotte. He also has fine specimens
of gold ore. A number of years ago a
nugget was found on the same premises
which sold for 1926. Small nuggets are
frequently picked up after heavy rains.
At the recent election in Winston the
proposition to issue bonds to the amount
of $780, 900 for the improvement Ct the
city, was carried. This will do more
towards building up the city than any
improvement ever made. The Daily
says: "This gives to the city a market
house, city prison, city hall, her own
water works, sewerage system and paved
streets"
Charlotte Chronicle: Laura Crosby, a
fourteen-year-old colored girl, was prob
ably fatally burned yesterday evening by
the explosion of a can of kerosene oil.
The unfortunate girl was kindling a fire
and poured kerosene on the fire, the can
in mediately exploding, throwing the oil
and flames al over her clothes. Almost
in an instant the girl was envcloped in
the flames.
The rains, so far this year, says the
Lumberton Ro6eSonian, have been local
in their character; in some sections
drought is complained of, in others toe
much rain, while in others, the seasons
are just right. Lumberton is in the latter
classification. By the way, for severa
years, the seasons in and around Lumber.
ton, have been better, probably, than il
any other section Of the county.
There was only one tobacco barn il
Nash county in 1884, says the Nashvill,
Arg0raut. A thousand new ones are 60
ing up nov and many have been bull
this spring, while a great many more viii
be erected before the crop natures. I
looks as if our tobacco crop will brin|
over a million of dollars. The farmer
say that never in their experience wa
there the promise Of a more abundan
harvest.
The Winston DAILY is not given t.
relating fish and snake stories, but on
comes to it that is vouched for as follows
Mr.. W. A. Riddle, of Davie county
says that he caught near Halls Ferry, il
the Yadkin river, a few days ago, a car
whose weight pulled the scales down t
10 pounds. The "catch" he says wa
also made with a hook and line. AS t
whether ne had any assistance in bringini
said carp to shore our informant faile
to state"
Nh. Askeu Bachelor, Of Nash county
has six acres of tobacco which, a wee.
ago, would average four feet high an
were then three feet across. The Nash
vile Arg1maut, to which we are indebte
for the above item, says: "The presen
Indication is that the bulk of the Tobacco