The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-10-13

gone to Johns Hopkins University,
where he has been awarded a fellowship
after a competitive examination.
Father Thomas T. Price, for a num-
Der of years in charge of the Catholic
church at New Berne. takes charge of
the Catholic church at Goldsboro.
Col. Walter L. Steele, of Rocking
ham, who has been quite sick for a
long time, has gone to Johns Hopkins
hospital, Baltimore, for treatment.
The Carolina lumber company has
purchased the town of Tillery, on the
Scotland Neck branch road, paying for
1t, together with a large tract OF land,
$40, 600.
Wilkesboro Chronicle: The latest
is that the other day, on the Brushes,
of course, killed nine r~attlesnakes all
together, the smallest one having seven
ratt1GS.
The American Tobacco Company, of
which Duke & Sons, of Durham, are
members, raised the price on cigarettes
20 cents a thousand the first OF this
month.
Mr.. D. p. league, of this place, was
right badly hurt at the Burlington
warehouse Tuesday morning by a large
door falling on him, says the Alamance
Cleaner.
Invitations are out announcing the
marriage of Mr.. George II. Cox, of
Winston, to Miss Birdie May Rawley,
of Reidsville, at 6 o'clock Tuesday
evening, October 22d.
At the depot last night Ed. Hayes,
cOlOred, was drunk in the waiting room
and in c~arelessly handling q pistol shot
Richmond Lemly, also cOlOred, says
the Salisbury Herald.
Mr.. r. HI. Wright, Of Durham, has
had his left foot amputated not quite
half way between the ankle and the
knee, Drs. Mcclure, Carr and Manning
performed the operation.
The TOmlinsOn Manufacturing Co. at
ArChdale are turning out as good shoes
as is manufactured in America and at
the rate of about 800 a day, so we learn,
says the AshebOrO Courier.
Raleigh Chronicle: Tony Borland,
cOlOred, who was sent to the peniten-
tiary from Orange county for killing
Ellen Couch, colored, for twenty years,
fell dead in the prison while at work.
We were shown on last Thursday a
very large leaf of tobacco by Mr.. +. @.
Dupree, of Falkland. 1t measured
1SX27 inches and was a beautiful ma
hogany, says the Greenville Reflector.
The Presbyterian congregation of
Lexington has extended a call to Rev.
g. w. Maxwell, of Charlotte, to serve
as their pastor. He will assume his
duties and preach bis first sermon next
Sunday.
Deputy revenue collectors made a
raid into the South Mountains in Burke
county last week, and found a blockade
still, which they captured and cut up.
He claims that the still belonged to a
dead man.
Ex-Congressman Ewart. of Hender-
sOnville, tells the Washington Post
that "he thinks of moving to Wash
ingtOn, d. C., to practice law. He
says the Alliance will capture the
Democratic party.
The Store of Mr.. Sames r. Hatch. at
Mount Olive, was burglariOusly entered
Sunday night and merchandise to the
amount of $50 taken therefrOm. There
is no clue to the thieves, says the
G~OldsbOro Headlight.
J. w. Shell and Mrs. Elizabeth Stall
lings were married in Caldwell county
Friday. The groom is 81 while the
bride is 70 years. They were sweet
hearts 81 years ago and engaged to be
married but became separated.
\ negro tramp is in Pittsboro jail on
the charge of breaking into the store
of n. @. Marlborough at OsgOOd. He
entered the store at night, the Record
says, and went to sleep and did not
awake until sometime next day.
The Marion Free Lance says that the
county commissioners voted $500 to
make an exhibit at the Exposition but
that it will not be made. This is too
bad. Mcdowell is a rich county and
would have made a magnificent dis
play.
John Pitt, who escaped from jail at
Lenoir Sunday night, staid outside just
q hours and came in and surrendered
himself Monday night. He lost his
way in the woods, became frightened,
and thought the Jail was the place
for him.
The Oldest woman in the county is
living in Fork township. Her name
is Mrs. Kate Howell, aged 1902 years.
Her husband, Mills Howell, died 10
years ago and was 81 years old at the
time of his demise, says the GoldsbOro
Headlight.
A gang of white caps, who a few
weeks ago in Perquimans county took
out an old man named Rogerson and
whipped him nearly to death, were
tried before Judge Brown at Hartford
Monday and sentenced to various terms
in the p~enitentiary.
Two white boys, Hillary Radford
and GnOr0n r BERRY were arrnCtnd
in Wayne oo county, on the charge of of
transmission, through the mail. Berry
was dismissed, the Headlight says, but
RadfOrd was held.