The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-10-06

mitted yesterday by a colored woman
upon her newly born baby, reaches US
from Indian Springs township. Just as
we go to press. We could not learn
the name Of the unnatural mother
neither any further details, says the
GOldsbOrO Headlight.
Shelby aurora: The succe sful open
ing of the Shelby graded schools with
a corps of eight teachers, has increased
our taxes, added to our population and
filled every empty house. It has given
new life to Shelby and caused an up
ward tendency in real estate, with
several sales of houses and lots.
Wilson Mirror: We regret to learn
that Capt. Cal Barnes had the mis-
fotune to lose on Friday by fire a barn
full of tobacco. -- There were fifty
loads of tobacco in Wilson one day
last week from the rich and fertile and
| glorious old county of Pitt-one of the
very best counties in the State.
Lenoir Topic: Mr.. J. R. Erwin came
over from Liuville on Friday. On
Thursday afternoon, just before sun
down, he stood on the Grandmother
mountain, thirty miles, as the crow
flies, from LenOir, and saw by the aid
Of a magnifying glass Davenport Col
lege, the columns of which he counted,
and could have seen persons in front of
it if any had been there.
The Charlotte NelUS is informed that
the new Alliance paper will appear
there November LIST. The editor says
he will start with 1000 paid-Up sub
scribers, claims that the Alliance in
Mecklenburg is 1000 strong, and ex
poets its full support. The new
paper" he says, vii fight the battle
for the whole people, and not for Polk,
Jerry Simpson or Macune.
At Burdette, Mecklenburg county,
Monday, a little daughter of Mr.. w.
r. HinsOn was neOrly Stung to death
by bees. The Charlotte NeuS says
that when her mother reached her,
her whole face and head were full of
bees. A doctor was soon on hand and
applied the proper remedies. For a
time the child's life was despaired of
it is now said that she will recover
There was a disturbance in KinstOn
for several hours last Saturday, com
mencing about 6 o'clock in the after
noon. 1t began in a bar-rOOm and was
continued IN the streets and alleys.
The Free Press says the brawlers had
almost complete possession of the town
at one time, defying the authority of
the police, and striking several who
were summoned to assist the police.
Madison Ledger: Miss Maggie Rich
ardsOn, six miles from Madison, hap
pened to a serious accident last week.
| While cutting with an axe it caught in
a bush over her head causing her to
bring it down with force upon her
foot. The struck the instep sever
ing two of the leaders and causing the
blood to flow profusely. Her wounds
were dressed and she is recovering
rapidly.
Charlotte News: At Burdette, yes
t4rday, a little child of Mr.. w. r. Hin
son strolled near a bee gum. A bee
stung her, and in her fright she dis,
turhed a whole hive. When her mother
reached her, her whole face and head
were full of bees. A doctor was 500
on hand and applied the proper rene
dies. For a time the child's life was
despaired of, but reports to day say
that she will recover.
Rockingham Rocket: Court opened
with II prisoners in jail, two of whom
are in on the charge of murder. -
The dry weather is injuring the cotton
crop in this county by causing the bolls
to open p~rematurely. --A case of
aggravated meanness comes to us from
Kyser, Moore county. Some miscreant
took an old cOlored mans horse from
his stable on the 10Th instant and de
l~iberately cut his throat.
Louisburg Times: Allen Foster,
colOred. an ex penitentiary convict,
was brought here this week by officer
Johnson, of Cedar Rock, and placed in
jail for stealing money from Mr.. June
Gupton. He secured an entrance into
the house by putting his little boy
through the window-the boy then
opened the door for his father. The
boy "blowed" on the "old man" and
is also in Jail as a witness against the
"Old man"
On Friday evening Mr.. J. N. Baird,
Chairman of the Board of education,
living about two miles from town, had
the misfortune to be thrown from a
wagon and to receive severe injuries.
His left ear was torn out by the roots,
his nose was broken, his face and head
were SCARED and scratched by kicks
and bruises, his left ankle crushed and
he received numerous other wounds
that are exceedingly painful, says the
Lenoir Topic.
Marion Free Lance: There's species
! of buckwheat raised in this county that
beats everything in it's class. 1t is
Japanese buckwheat, and is best
adapted to light clay land. Mr.. I. J.
Ratliff, of Armstrong, planted a crop
of it in the spring. He harvested that
crop and planted another crop from
the seed from his spring crop. He has
now harvested the second crop. He
says one bushel planted on good land
will produce 100.
GoIdsboro Argus: The intelligence
foreshadowed in yesterdays Argus in