The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-12-15

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with pistols, when the pistol III the
hands Of Carson was accidentally dis
charged, killing Gray Instantly.
\ telegram, coming too late for last
weeks issue of The Topic. stated that,
or Thursday Of week before last, Jos.
league, Il ~ year cid 20 of Mr. James
league, living near Bio wing Rock. was
killed by a falling tree upon which he
was ,'uJting, says the Lemon I]p1c.
The Hickory Mercurysays Pet Justice
has sweetheart near that place, whose
poultry yard has been troubled by tie
fOTaglng of Il fox, and that she told
him she would not name the day till
he caught the fox. Pet caught the fox
and IS now fixing up to get married.
Mr.. George Kepley and his wife and
daughter have ,all died in Davidson
county in the past few days of grippe.
the Lexington Dispatch reports. Only
one member of the family is left. The
grippe IS widely prevalent and of type
much more fatal than that last season.
The federal government has closed a
contract with the Mt Airy Granite
company for forty Ons of granite a
day for a long term, and the G. +. q
Y. V Railroad will put on extra freight
trains to carry this granite to Charles
ton where it is to be used on public
buildings
The Greensboro Record has been
shown the plan Of the new building
which the Knights of PythIas propose
to erect. It is 30 feet broad, 3 stories
high and $50 feet deep, with front of
pressed brick with granite trimmings,
combined in a most artistic and pleas
ing manner
Frank Shoe, aged 4 years son of
Albert Shoe, postmaster at Finger,
Stanly county, while playing around a
we'll fell in. Soon after, his parents
missing HIM. they instituted search.
The Salisbury Herald says the little
fellow was found in the well, cold and
stiff in death.
The pickpockets are still at it in
Wilmington, Mr.. Clarence Carr was
the object of a pickpOcket's "slick
trick last night, but the light fingered
gent got nothing for his pains. He,
however, ruined a nice vest for Mr..
| Carr by entirely cutting out one of the
pockets, the Messenger says.
Newton Enterprise: Mr. Cicero Cline
tells us that he had a pumpkin vine III
his garden which had on it forty three
pumpkins. The largest in the lot
weighed 81 pounds and the smallest
II pounds, Thirty of the pumpkins
averaged % pounds Ed n and the other
thirteen averaged Is pounds each.
An Indignation meeting has been
called by the citizens Of RObeson county
to be held at Red Spring On December
10Th to express their dis ent to the
acquittal of d. A. McDougald charged
with the murder of his uncle. The
people are indignant at his acquttal
as they believe he committed the
deed.
Charlotte Chronicle: jackson Price,
of Steele Greek, met with q distressing
accident. several years ago he lost
the sight Of n eye by being shot, and
day before yesterday while chopping
wood II piece of steel from the Ratchet
flew off, and struck hun in the other
eye, very likely putting it and
rendering him totally blind.
After services last Sunday morning,
tie Presbyterian congregation here,
by a unanimous vote, called Rev. Mr..
Arrowhead, of Matthews, N. C., at a
salary of 81. 600 a year. This finishes
the list of the three new preachers.
who are soon to minister the Bread of
Life 70 the people Of this community,
says the Laurinburg ErchGnge.
Greensboro Record: Sim Donnell,
colored, tried to knock ali the life out
of Charles Carmichael, also cOlored.
and is now boarding at the Guilford
hotel. Sim bears the reputation Of
being a tough customer. Half a dozen
men chased him all DAY Yesterday with
guns. finally capturing him and lodging
him in Jail, Ill default OF a 800 bond.
An old cOlortd woman Sunday was
severely injured by the locomotive on
the A & r train She was deaf and
did not get a sufficient distance from
the track. so hen the engine dashed
by, her dress was caught and she was
dashed forward about twenty feet,
landing upon her head, which was cut
to the bone, says the TarbOrO South
eTner.
Mr.. J H. Sugg told us the other day
that one of his tenants, Mr.. B f.
Rouse, has made twenty Die five hun
dred pound bales o. cotton on twenty
acres, thirty four barrels of corn on
| five acres. 100 bushels of sweet potatoes
and thirty-three baraels of Irish pota-
toes this year. all Of which he tended
with one mule, says the Kinston Free
Press.
FOR TWO Gays IIie OOdid " COIllllto-
si0ners of MecklPnburg county has
been taking evidence to decide whether
Mir. C.. w. Kittelle, proprietor of the
B ford h, tel there, should be granted
| cense to conduct his hotel bar. We'd
n-scay afternoon the board decided,
the .ChrOncIe says. that Mr.. Kite lie
did not have a good moral character
and could not re ceive license.
New Berne Journal: News of the
very unexpected death of Mrs. John
Allen jackson, one of the most pr"mi
nent and highly esteemed christian