The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-08-19

Saturdal mounted a horse and rode over
the entire farm of%i;s2n inspecting the
crops, says the Milton advertiser.
GreenvilIe Reflector: Last Friday M.
T. H. Langley showed US a cabbage tina:
had l3 distinct heads on one talk. --
We hear that a small negro boy on the
plantation of Mr.. G Dawson, in Conten-
thea, accidently shot himself in the ab
domen while fooling with a pistol.
Five passengers on the Beaufo t Sun
day morni g declared they SAW a sea
serpent, IS feet long, going at lightning
speed directly from the boat. His ap
pearance created quite a sensation. The
serpent appeared to be in pursuit of some
victim, says the Washington Gazette.
The ReidsvilIe Review says that >ur
young friend, DR.. Chas. B. McAnally, was
so unfortunate as to have his horse
drowned and lose his saddle bags with a
case of valuable medical instruments,
while attempting to ford Dan river last
Thursday evening after the heavy rains.
Newton Enterprise: There is great
excitement down in CaldwelIs township
about mad dogs. Four dogs that were
bitten by the same dog that caused the
death of the colored boy at Conover, have
gone mad and are ranging through the
country biting dogs, cats and everything
in their course.
The dead body of a colored man, named
James Cotton, was found last Tuesday
morning in Rocky river, below Tysor's
mill. 1t is supposed that he was acct
IDENTIFY drowned on Sunday while attempt
ing to the river in an old boat. He
was well thought Of by all who knew
him. So we learn from the Chatham
Record.
The Alliance picnic at Yost's saw mill
in Rowan county on Saturday was q
rousing big affair. The table laden with
things to eat was 23O feet long. The i'm
mense crowd Of 5000 or over made, at a
given signal, one rush and when the wave
of hungry humanity had receded nothing
was left except a part Of the planks and
a few grease spots.
Elisha Haskins, route agent between
Wilmington and MI. Airy, died n day
last week at his home near Greensboro.
Three months ago a young lady postmis-
tress at one of the small stations, threw a
mail pouch in the car, the train being in
motion. The pouch struck Hoskins on
the leg and the wound is supposed to
have caused his death.
There is a red oak tree on the planta-
ton of Mr., John Frank Lilly, Naked
Mountain vicinity, that is 9 feet in diam
eter, has a straight body, and it is from
80 to 30 feet to the first limb. The tree
is solid and growthy, there being but
little or no evidence of decay. This is
beyone doubt the largest tree in Stanly
county, says the Sta ly Observer.
Winston Daily: After an illness Of
six weeks, Mr.. Jonas Shore died at his
home in Salem late yesterday evening,
aged SO years. -- Daniel Pratt, colored,
was arrested in Lexington Thursday upon
the charge of stealing a Lorse form DIR
Hall, coIored, in this city, Wednesday
night. The animal was found in the
possession of the thief and the case is sc
plain that the accused owns his guilt.
Goldsboro Argus: A White English
sparrow is seen daily fitting about oul
streets in company with othor sparrows
and they seem to be perfectly familiar
with it. -- The rivers h~ereabouts are
still rising and the rains are still falling
all up the country and throughout this
section, so that the gravest fears for crops
along the river lowlands, lest they bt
destroyed by an overflow, are entertained
The S~tatesville Landmark says tina
Mrs. J. R. HOWE, of Union Grove town
ship, has had thirteen children and all O.
them are living. Two are married anc
the youngest is just old enough to lie OF
the bed and kick up it's heels. There hs'
never been a cradle in the house, a ply
stefan has never been to see one Of The
children and not one of them ever took
t~easpoonful of medicine.
New Berne Journal: Arrangement
have been made for the establishment il
New Berne of the order known as the
Sisters of Mercy or Charity. These wo
men are found in nearly every section o.
the country and are known to be war;
friends to the cause Of charity and ad.
ministering to the wants and needs of the
sick and afflicted. In times of epidemicI
and pestilence they do not hesitate to &C
into its midst ever at a sacrifice of theiI