The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-01-14
GENERAL "A NEWS.
.o.d from our Exchanges.

.riIIe had a $4,000 fire recently
-. grippe" mas appeared at Whining
ton
Lee, of Mooresboro, made an
..signment a few days ago.
Tbs Asheville. Citizen has come out
.oain after a brief suspension.
pa.ob trees in Wayne county are in
Ill bloom; that is to say, some ofSSthem
are.
tenant on Mr.. Josiah Hills farm, in
w.vne county, has full grown garden
peas:
1inwood cotton mills, on the Lower
r;tt,e River, this State, were. sold last
Saturday.
The store of Farley & Carter, at Con-
,,rd was burned on the night of the End.
Loss $500. %
The Sanford Express says heavy steel
rails are being put down on the Seaboard
Air Line Road.
The tobacco crop from .one-tourth of
N acre of land was sold in Winston re
Gently for 5000. .
William Major killed his wife, his
daughter and his granddaughter near Mt.
Vernon, Mich, recently. r. . 50
It is reported that'a valuable gold mine
has been found on: the farm of Mr.. s. NJ.
Clark, of Blowing Rock,
A colored boy, son of Sylvester Pate,
was choked to death on Saturday night
by swallowing a marble in Goldsboro.
The Winston Sentine1 was 33 years old
last week. 1t deserves to live much
longer. We wish it continued prosperity.
Mr.. l.. Hammer was killed at Green's
boro'a few days ago by a plank striking
him in the stomach while working at a
saw mill.
The London Star says that the mar
rage of Miss Glendoline Caldwell, of
America, to Prince Marat has again been
arranged.
The Goldsboro Argus says some of the
farmers, after having had short crops are
losing their meat by the warm weather.
Calamitous, very.
The Charlotte Democrat says that dur
ing the year just ended the police force
there made 469 arrests, and the fines
amounted to $2,479.52.
MI. W. S. Hall was out hunting near
Davidson College on Christmas day. He
was standing on a stump when a rabbit
ran by and he jumped off and broke his
leg.
The Tarboro Southerncr is informed
that on the Tarboro and Rocky Mount
roads farm work is farther advanced than
it has been for twenty years OF this
season.
A fire in Wadesboro on New Years
night destroyed the town market, two
grocery stores and a jewelry store. The
Charlotte Daily NeDs puts the loss at
about $4,000.
The Concord Standard says that Mr..
William Fink, of Cabarrus county, killed
a hog recently that weighed 675 pounds.
1t was three wears old and was of the
Berkshire breed.
The Wilson Advance, one of the most
valued of our State exchanges, issued a
supplement last week containing an index
of the principal business concerns in Will
son and adjoining towns,
A young mai named Charles Ahrens, !
employed by Mr.. E. D. VESSEL, of VIII
mington, as salesman in his grocery bust
ness, absconded with about 5 $1,000 of his
employers money last week.
We surely have no reason to change
our often expressed opinion, says the
Goldsboro Argus, as to the healthfulness
of this city. Only two deaths, both white,
during the month of December, one adult
and one infant.
Goldsboro, one Of the States railroad
centres, is confident that it will not be
long before steps are taken to have pas
senger depot in that city that will be a
credit to the place and a pleasure to the
travelling public.
The following sheriffs settled their
State taxesi in full with the State Treasurer
Wednesday: S. W. Brewer, Chatham
county, $8,835.66; J. A. Hamilton. Ala
nance, ~$IO,426.28; G. NJ. Rogers, Green
vile, $~11,O58.67.
The South is every year shipping less
and less of its cotton away to be manu-
featured elsewhere. The textile industry