The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-12-01

1OunQ MN he was drowned. lQtf6
was three feet of water III the we'll, the
Enterprise says.
The two-year-old child of George
Padgett, cOlOred, in Johnston county,
was playing alone about a keg filed
with wafer when it fell into the water
headfOremOst, was unable to eXtricate
itself, and was drowned, the GOldsbOrO
Headlight states.
Rocky Mount Argonaut: DR.. B.
Culpepper, one of the most prominent
physicians of Nashville, n. c., died
last Saturday morning aged IL years.
His remains were taken to the old
homestead, i'll Franklin county on Sun
day for interment.
Columbus NelcS: MI. w. @. Burk-
heard preached at the poor hOOuse
Sunday afternoon on " Friendship with
God" Mr.. Burkbead is as earnest and
interesting a speaker when eXpOunding
the Gospel as when before a Jury, and
that is saying a good deal.
She Statesville Land Development
company on Wednesday sold 100 lots
at and average price of 500 to the lot,
They were bought principally by per
sons from the surrounding country,
who desire TO move to StatGsville on
account Of school advantages.
Rutherford, Cleveland, and Castor
counties recently voted against the
manufacture and sale of liquor within
their boundaries. The commissioners
of Iredell and Mecklenburg counties
have refused to grant license for the
sale of liquors i'll their counties.
Professor Holmes, State geologist,
and his corps Of surveyors are now on
HeltOn river in Ashe county. The
Allegheny Star says: They seem to
be doing good work and show a dispO-
sitiOn regardless of time or expense to
thoroughly test the mineral, of Ashe.
Mr.. Berry Gleaves of Wilmington
with a party of friends has been hunt
ing in the Roanoke bottoms and in five
days, the star states, the party bagged
seven deer, ten Wild turkeys. one hun
dred red quail, and ducks and squirrels
lnnHmerabIe, not counting smaller
game.
Charlotte NeWS: Mr.. Walter Donald
son, a Charlotte maChinst. has had a
bad experience IN StatesvIile. He was
last night robbed of what mOney he
had and the robbers then set fire to
his clothes Reports this evening were
to the effect that he was dying of his
injuries,
Alamance GIeqner: Mr.. Will I.
Holt started from Burlington on his
bicycle last Monday Morning at six
o'clock and arrived at Raleigh ut 3
o'clock in the afternoon. stopping two
hours on the way. The distance is 50
miles, and Of course fur Their by the
dirt road.
The location Of White Hall seminary,
near Concord is, the Stamford says, to
be changed. It will be brought into
the suburbs of that town" The design
for a $50 600 building is now in the
hands of the contractor. The seminary
IS in charge Of the Northern Presbv-
terrain church
We are sorry to hear of the failure
Of Young < Hyams. at Cooper, n. c..
Liabilities about So 600; assets. 81, 500.
Failure to make collections, owing to
the scarcity of money, the cause. We
trust that these worthy gentlemen will
be open again 0 says the Mountain
Home Journal
Winston Sentinel: There was another
accident in the yard Of the Richmond
and Danville Railroad last night Alex.
Gray, cOlOred, and employee of the com
pany, while riding on the shifting
engine about 1870 fell off, the wheels
of the tender running over his left leg
and badly crushing it.
The board of aldermen has lost a
case. jude Merrnnon refuses to
| modify an Injunction against the
city, and the Asheville street rail
way company can so ahead with the
construction Of it's branch line to the
tobacco warehouse on Valley street.
This settles 4 big quarrel.
TarbOrO SOutherRer: A day or two
ago Arthur Parker, of Wilson county,
killed q mar named Green for hunting
upon his land. Green had been for
hidden by Parker to hunt, but he dis
regarded the prohibition, and when
Parker found him so doing he up with
his gun and shot him down.
Deputy shrif J. A. Taylor returned
to Oxford Saturday from Lake City,
Florida, where ne went for Walter
Daniel who Is wanted for rape. He
did not bring Daniel back, the Dag
says. because Gov. Fleming had turned
the latter over to the Georgia authori
ties to be tried for burglary.
The town of Dunn now has a pOpula
| ton of 1000. - There are more pris.
oners in Jail to be tried at the next
term of Person Superior Court than al
one time in several years. - A new
hotel will soon be begun at Asheville.
1t will be named "Buncombe Hall.
and will cost at least $3.50, 900.
correspondent writin to the SOuth-e
| port Leader from LOckwOOd's Folly,
| saws a sawfish seventeen feet long was
hauled up there in a seine at Capt
James II. Hewitt's fishery. The saw
was three feet ten inches in length.
It took eleven men to haul him out o.
the net. His liver made seven gallons
of oil.