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

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Mr.. Ed Tatum. He had only been sick a
few days with ccn est;on Of he st I'M -ch
Mr.. Tatum was aged about 80 years.
Raleigh Visitor: Joe Horton, white,
of House Creek townsh p, was commi ted
to jail yesterday by Justice E. H Rag,
upon the charge Of the theft of a COW
from his father-in-law. A warrant has
also been issued for him, charging him
with stealing a horse in Durham county.
Concord Standard: A calf butted ore
of Mr.. Jno. R Patterson's children over
to- day and broke one Of its legs. -Th4
close of the colored fair to-day clo'e Led a
tar e days happy jubilee with the col
ored people. Tue exhibits were credit
able and the order was without a Jar the
whole tine.
Winston Tt0in- City Daily: The report
comes from Stokes county that a number
of families among the farmers up there are
10 constant terror from an outlaw who is
said to dwell in some mountain cave and
makes a raid very often, carr ing off
chickens and hogs. He is thought to be
a wild man.
Salisbury Truth: 4 mulatto infant
was found yesterday amo"g the grass in
Mrs. Jack Halls garden. Though ooIy a
few hours old when discovered it was
live and kicking. The mother. either in
a fit Of alteration or wickedness, had
laid it uucIothed in the grass and weeds
to get rid Of it.
Rockingham Beckett: Rev. N. t.
Bowdon died quite suddenly at his home
near ~Covington, this county, one day last
we k. He was a member Of the County
Board Of Education, and was d gentleman
Of many good traits Of character, who
will be missed in his community. He
was about 60 y ars old.
Frida1 morning J. 7. Buffers left leg
was amp-tated below the knee. The OPP
Grafton was m de necessary by gaugreae
in the foot. DIS. O'Donohue, Graham,
McConlJs, ana Wilder were the att ndug
physicians NJ. Bu l-r has the sympathy
Of tie community in his affection, say
the Meckleuburg Times.
Wilmington Star: Mr.. N. W. Powers,
at Wizards. has a wonderful 70 ster. lis
comb measures five inches from front to
back, three inches from eye to top Of
comb, and seven inches from from top o.
comb to bottom Of gills, The rooster is a
common barnyacd fowl, the breed being
remarkable for laying qualities however.
Chadbourn Nea0s: Our town was
treated to a frst-class robbery last Non
day night. The store Of MeSsrs. High &
Thigpen was broken into and goods to
the amount of fifty or seventy-6ve dollars
were stolen. The thief not being satisfied,
then broke into the depot, and got
twenty-five dollars in money from the
ticket drawer.
The Charlotte News says that the grove
at Belmont Springs is a f~avorite resort
for the congregation of gamblers, both
white and colored, on Sundays. Yester-
day there was a row over a game of cards
between negroes and white men, and two
or three parties were badly hurt. A ne
gro was stabbed so badly that it is be-
lieved he will die.
A horse of Col. Jesse Hsrgrave was
killed and one of his buggy wheels torn
to pieces by lightning at Laurel Hill depot
last Friday afternoon. The lightning
struck a tree to which the horse was
hitched, just a few seconds after the Col
and his little son had left him, they being
near enough to feel the shock, says the
Laurinburg Exchange.
AsheVille Democrat: President Elias
Carr is a model presiding officer. His
abilities and high character were becom-
inglY recognized on Tuesday, the first
day of the session, at Morgan Hill, this
county, when Mrs. Taylor Bell presented
her good husband with a bouncing boy
of 49, pounds weight, and Immediately
named him Elias Carr.
New Berne Journal: Brice Moore
colored, has discovered a new kind Of
incubator. A few days ago, he threw
what he thought to be a number of spoilt
eggs into a compost heap, which were
afterwards covered up. A few days age
he was digging in the heap when he
found two bright little chicks that had
Matched from the warmth of the earth.
Franklin Times: Mr.. II. II. Raby
found two of his hogs last Friday morn
ing in an old mica shaft 80 feet deep with
20 feet of water in it. The hogs had been
swimming ar )und all night. He came to