The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-07-14

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spent much of his life there on the
farm, and he has quite a large circle of
friends and relatives here.
Willie Senton, a half demented negro
woman, waylaid and shot the wife of
Rev. O. L. w. Smith, at Wilson, N.
c., on the 9th inst, instantly killing
her. A"conjure doctor" had told her
that Smiths wife had conjured her and
also some of her people who had recent
Iy died.
Elizabeth City Economist and Fdt-
con: The Artesians are still boring. AT
over a hundred and twenty feet they
| came to a rock, which made their
progress slow. The water was from a
sulphur vein but the flow was not free
and they now seek a abundant
fountain.
Salisbury Truth: The largest deal in
real estate made in Salisbury for the
last thirty years has just been consum-
mated. The Central Land Company
purchased from Shaver & Wharton
the land known as the Shaver field i'm
mediately adjoining the town. The
property consists of go acres and the
price paid was 45, 900.
Oxford LEDGER: The iron machine at
Spikesburg seems to be attracting the
attention of big capitalists. Every mail
brings enquiries about the land and the
O1Ion M T0h~ VIZ DIN1oC 0v-No4C
at a very early day to get a large syn
dictate to commence mining the ore in
order to ascertain the quantity which
is embedded h~ereabouts.
Rockingham Rocket: Mr.. D. w.
Davis, who lives seven miles north
west of Rockingham, on one acre of
land has made s., 500 pounds of cured
oats of the red rust proof variety. Six
bushels of seed were sown on this acre.
The assessed value of the real and
personal property of Richmond county
is 50, 845, 3O3; of this amount 1868, 100
belongs to the railroads.
New Berne Journal The steamer
New Berne took out a number of COWS
yesterday for Washington, D. @. They
will be used by J. H. Kilbourne, U. S.
Vetritary Surgeon, in a series Of eXpe-
riments he is carrying On to ascertain
why cattle from the South do not
thrive at the North and also why GER
tain breeds that are profitable at the
North do not do well in the South.
Concord Standard: A postal card
from an esteemed friend of Mt. Pleas
ant says: Here's an item for the
Standard: Mrs. Paul Rhinehardt, of
No. 9 township, did all her homework
and bound ~ffty-eight shocks of wheat
in one day during the harvest just
passed, and could have bound more but
the GRADER gave out and took to the
shade. Please remember that Mrs.
Rhinehardt is II years old"
Wilson AdUance: So far as we have
been able to learn, the crops in this
section of the country have greatly
improved within the last two weeks.
Wilson does not claim to be on a
boom, but there is a steady, substan-
tial improvement here all the while.
tSeveral large prize houses and quite a
number of handsome residences are
now going up in different parts of the
town.
Charlotte Ne1cS: There was tremen-
dous rain between Hamlet and Laurin-
burg Monday night. It was so heavy
that the engineer of the Charlotte
bound train was for a time almost
baff1ed in running his engine "A
New York miller, who operates a 3, 1000
spindle mill for the manufacture of
cotton knitting yarns, is planning to
move his mill to Charlotte, and nego-
tiations looking to that end are in
progress.
Rocky Mount Argonaut Mr.. Jere
Fort, a half brother of Mr.. J. P.
Daughtry, died yesterday at his resi-
dence near Whitakers' Mills.-Good
reports come from every direction as
to the tobacco crop. Another good
crop year seems assured. Cotton is
looking much better and promises a
fair yield. Corn is good, and taking
it all in all, our people can look for
ward to an abundant harvest.
Elizabeth City North CarOI5nian i:
Thomas E. Winslow, of Belvidere, Per
quimans county, died in the Asylum
at Raleigh, on the oath ult., from soft
ening of the brain.-A few Sundays
ago the steeple of the Methodist church
at Columbia was struck by lightning