The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-18

actually died OF StarVaGl0n Win an
abundance around her.
Salisbury Waterman: \ curions
freak of nature was brought to this
office a few days ago by Bro. JnO.
Beard, in the line of a cabbage head.
At first glance it showed to be solid,
we'll formed large head; but on closer
inspection it was found to be composed
Of fourteen smaller heads from the
size Of a goose egg OF down. The seed
came from & package labeled Lat
Flat Dutch"
A few days e a small cOlOred boy
was rescued from drowning IN Roam
| oke river by Master David White, son
of Capt. T. N. White. The boy was in
deep water could not swim. He began
to sink and called for help when David,
who is only II years Old, went out and
brought him to the shore. 1t was a
brave act and showed considerable
GOODNESS for ut so young, says the
Weldon Neurs.
Lenoir Topic: Yesterday august
6th) Detective Kilborn, of Big Stone
Gap, Va. withfthe assistance of Deputy
Sheriffs Wilcox, of Elk Park, and a.
H. Boyd, Of Caldwell, captured three
safe-blOwers and burglars at Blowing
Rock. The robbers had blown a safe
open and burned a store at some point
near. Big Stone Gap, some time last
week and got away with several hun
dred dollars in cash.
The contract for building the abut
ments and other stone work for the
new iron bridge to be built at the
south east side Of North WilkesbOrO
was let yesterday by the Winston
Land and Improvement Company to
Andrew Murdoch, ESQ of Salisbury,
n. @. The Railroad Company has put
in a side track at the place for the pur-
pose of delivering the stone, and bridge
material says the Twin City Daily.
Goldsboro Headlight: There are at
present only three inmates in
county jail-One white and two col
OTed.-FOurteen watermelOns weigh
ing over 700 pounds were brought to
this city by Mr.. VIM. II. Overman, of
BrOgden township, on Saturday, and,
of course, found ready sales. The
heaviest melon weighed Sc! pounds.
THE destructive cotton boil worm
has made it appearance in SaulstOn
township and is playing sad havoc
with the young bOllS.
Goldsboro Argus: All indications
now are most encouraging for the
coming exposition of the Eastern Caro-
lima Fair and Stock Association, to be
held September 18th, 10th and 18th
inclusive. - The plans and specif-
cations for the buildings and grounds
of the Odd Fellows Orphans Home,
! to be located here, as determined upon
by the building committee, are some
thing truly grandeur exceeding the
brightest anticipatiOns of the most
sanguine of our citizens.
Wilmington Star: Down in the
Stump Sound section, last Saturday a
most unfortunate accident occurred,
resulting in the death of the infant
child of Mr.. WillOughby BanSley. 1t
seems hat Mrs. Hansley, the mother
of the child, was compelled to leave it
for a short time in the house by itself,
and to keep it from tumbling out of
doors or getting into mischief secured
it with q cord, One end of which was
tied around the infants waist and the
other end to a bed-pOSt. On returning
to the house Mrs. Hansley was hOrri-
fled to find her child was strangled to
death with the cord, that in some way
had become wrapped tightly around
it's neck.
Mt. Holly Ncacs: The t~hree-year-old
son of Walter Mcconnell. of Lucia
was burned to death last Thursday.
He was left in the house alone by his
mother for q few moments and when
she returned the little fellow was in a
crisp.-On the 21st of July MI. D. H.
Nc KeOwn and four sons were in the
fields hOeing cotton when the lightning
struck a perSimmOn tree e a them.
All were shocked, and Mr.. McKeOwn's
eldest son MObley, hadhiS hat knocked
from his head. None of them were
seriously injured M Many of the
newspapers nowadays are publishing
the phenomenal birth of triplets, and
of large numerous brOOdS born to
parents; but it is reserved for CASTOR
to reach up and pluck the "persimmOn
from the tOpmOst branch. Mrs. Thomas
SuggS, daughter of the late Caleb Line
berger, of this county, several years
years ago give birth to triplets, and
within twelve months gave birth again
to twins, making five children born to
her "Iiege lord" within less than a
year, She subsequently gave birth to
twins again.
Charlotte NeW8: MI. +. T. Keesler, a
Davie county peddler, to-day lodged
complaint with the officers that he was
assaulted on the public highway, tied
and robbed, They tied him hand and
foot, laid him in the wagon and then
taking charge of the wagon drove
through by roads for ten miles, when
they stopped in the vicinity of the iron
bridge in Cabarrus county. Here his
captors held a consultation as to
whether or not they would kill him.
The woman and the boy cried SO pite-
Ously that they decided it would be too
bad to kill him, so they went through
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