The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-07-21

plantation of Mrs. Alice McCowen,
about six miles from Durham, a negro
named Tick Kelly, charged with illicit
distilling in Orange county during the
month Of May.
A mine of fine clay has been found
near here which will prove to be a
bonanza, says the Kings Mountain
NeaC8. Prof. Ledoux has ustcompleted
an analysis of it and says there is only
one vein of the clay in the world that
equals it in quality and that vein is
located in Russia.
Raleigh Visitor: We are informed
by Mr.. BiIlyew, who owns a large vine
yard southwest of the city, that the
prospect for an average crop OF grapes
this year is not so encouraging. He
says that fully one-fourth of the Con-
cord variety has taken the rot, and the
loss will be considerable.
The immense and costly caissOn built
for the Diamond Shoal light was
smashed to pieces at Hatteras Wednes-
day night during a terrible storm,
which swept over the coast. The Gals
son built by Anderson, Barr & Co., of
New York, contractors for the erection
ofthe light. 1t was fifty feetiAlo robe OF
and cost many thousands brought OH
Charlotte Chronicle: convenience
tendent ~of Education ye4 of the de-
amined eight more colored applicants
for positions to teach in the county
schools. Fifteen in all have been ex-
amined in two days.-The surveying
corps of the Roanoke & Southern is
nov encamped at Charlotte. They are
surveying North through Charlotte
Young Michael, who was shot at
by the Motz Bros for the seduction of
his sister, denies that he is the father
of the child. Miss MOtz declares that
he is. The MOtz boys have waived
examination and are in jail. Miss
Motz is rapidly recovering and regain
ing her beauty, but is very quiet and
has been kept in ignorance of the
tragedy.
Charlotte NeWs: Squire Kirkpat-
rick, of Sharon township, came in yes
terday with a negro named Milas
Hunter in custody. Hunter on last
Sunday struck his wife over the head
with a sling shot, fracturing the skull
and rendering her unconscious ever
Her condition yesterday was
very serious, and it is thought she
will die. Hunter is in jail.-The
Good Samaritans," colored, have
just completed a hospital at Charlotte.
The building cost So, 500.
The barn of Nat Smith, a colored
man who lives about two miles from
town. in the vicinity of Belmont, was
burned, with its contents, last Sunday
evening. A boy was seen running
away from the barn a few minutes be
fore the fire was discovered. 1t is not
known whether some one was in it and
accidentally set it on fire or whether it
was the work of an incendiary. Smith
had his wheat stored in the barn
enough, he thinks, to have threshed
out 100 bushels, says the ~Statesville
Landmarks.
Rocky Mount ArgOnaut: A fatal
shooting affray took place in Wilson
about midnight on the 9th inst. Mile
Sutton, a colored woman, shot her
sister-in-Iaw, the wife of the Rev. O..
L. Smith, a colored preacher. Both
had been to church and the Sutton wO-
man left before services were over and
waited for Mrs. Smith at her gate, and
as she came along, accompanied by
two of her friends, took hold of her,
and after peering into her face, DELHI
erately drew a revolver and shot her
through the heart.
GCOncord Standard: Mr.. T. L. Bost,
of Bost's Mill, passed through on his
way to Caldwell Station, Mecklenburg
Mr.. Bost was conveying some stock to
his brother, Caleb Bost. He had q
beautiful "ShOrt horn calf and a pair
Of Berkshire-P OlandChina pigs. These
pigs are perfect specimens Of hog flesh.
Mr., Bost has some at home that weigh
100 pounds at the age of 80 days. Step
by step Cabarrus county is becoming
stocked with good breeds from chickens
up. In a few years a razor-backed
~pine-rooter will attract as much atten-
ton as an elephant would.
Charlotte Ner8: The Richmond
and Danville Railroad Company is
transporting watermelons North at a
wonderful rate. To-day, four trains,
each composed of 80 cars, and each