The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-10-28

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,,rred last week. Loss $4,000.
NJ Gerrin, of Craven county, while
- limiting Tuesday killed a 400 pound
bear.
One hundred and six lots were sold
Salem for the sum of $22, 900 a few
days ago.
The Cannon Manufacturing Co., OF
Concord, have been shipping shifting to
California.
The cotton receipts at Fayetteville are
5000 bales more than came IN up to this
time last year.
Mrs Lillian Gould, on trial for the
n,,,rder Of her husband, at Murphy, has
been acquitted.
The Western North Carolina Railroad
carried during the month of August A.
900 passengers.
The Oxford Orphan Asylum broom fac
tory is turning out one hundred and fifty
brooms per day.
Arrangements have been made where
nv the street railway of Wilmington will
run by electricity.
It IS said that W. Duke, Sons & Co.,
will build a branch cigarette factory IN
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Rev. Thos. Dixon will speak on 1.-The
Moral Import of the Farmers Alliance
at the Weldon Fair.
During September 1852 bales of cotton
were sold in Wadesboro, against $50 bales
in September, 1889.
The Concord Standard reports frost in
that county heavy enough to kill cotton
leaves last Tuesday.
Rev. W. P. Fife, the evangelist, is to
begin a series of meetings in Louisburg
on the 9th Of November.
Several hundred dollars were raised by
the ladies of Raleigh for the Soldiers
Home during the State Fair.
The train from the depot at the Fair
ground carried %, 900 people in two days
during the recent State Fair.
The building of the AsheviIle Female
College was damaged to the amount Of
$4,000 by fire last Wednesday.
Burlington Nsws: There were nine
car loads Of cattle, hogs, sheep horses
shipped from here to the State Fair.
Capt Jasper Stowe has two mammoth
pumpkins on exhibition at Charlotte. One
weighs lao pounds, the other IA pounds.
A few days ago a Mr.. Mauney, of
StanIy county, had four fingers cut of
his right hand while working IN his cot
ton gin.
Mount Holly NeOs: We have it from
areliabIe source that the talked of spoke
and handle factory, for Mt. Holly, is an
assured fact
Mr.. Jas. Hunt, of Durham county, fell
from the platform of a train on the Dur
ham and Northern road one day last week
and broke his neck.
H. T. Morrison, of Anderson, s. c.,
aged 20, muro cred his wife, aged Is, near
Asheville few days ago, and hid her
body in the woods.
Rockingham Spirit Of the South: Mr.
John Reynolds of Black Jack, aged about
66 years, died at his home in that town
ship on Oct. 18th, 1890
HendersonvilIe Times: Capt. M. c.
Toms and W. A. Smith, who are at work
getting up stock for our big hotel, say
they are confident of success.
Little Lizzie Tanksley, daughter of an
engineer on the Charlotte and Atlanta
Air Line, was burned to death at her
home 10 Charlotte n day last.
The Concord Standard gives an account
OF a negro row at Mt. Pleasant a few
nights since. Nobody was hurt. but four
or five negroes have been put in Jail.
The aurora BorealiS is the name of a
new paper just started at Aurora, N. G..
1t says it will take no part in the political
or religious controversies of the day.
LincOlnton Courier: Bishop Lyman
confirmed Is persons at the Episcopal
church here last Sunday a week, and 10
others in Rev. W. R. Wetmore's charge.
Governor Fowle has offered a reward of
S2OO for the capture of the murderer,
1ohn McRary, who killed Oscar Barringer,
Doth colored, at Lexington, a few days
ago.
James Russell, who lived on the Co
oaFrous and Union line, was thrown out
u a mack last Friday, his horses running
away and received injuries from which
he died.