The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-11-03

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only later but crop is very short
Mr.. q w. RaineS who was so badly
burned from the powder explosion.
Thursday, September 9th. died Sun
day nigh October, 18th. His remains
were carried to Virginia for inter
ment.
Asheville Citizen: Some person or
persons forced an entrance to the store
of S. VI. Redman, on East street, North
Asheville, on yesterday, during Mr.,
Redman'S absence, and stole over $50
III cash from the drawer. Two cOlOred
brothers, Luther and Lon McClarty.
were arrested yesterday afternoon on
suspicion. Part of the money was
found secreted in the pants leg Of one
of the boys.
Charlotte NetCS: A citizen Of Char
lOtte brought II curious vegetable pro
ductiOn to the NelCS office this after
nOOn 1t looks like a cotton stalk, but
all its branches hang thick with small.
yellow pea pods, thepOds being covered
with a fuzzy substance. - Mr.. w.
{ CutShall, the bIgamist, who has
been confined in jail for the past
three months, will be given his lib
erty this evening.
Smithfeld Herald: We are very
sorry to announce the death of Mr.. NJ
Hales, at his home lear Wilson's Mills
on last Friday night, of that dreaded
disease, typhoid fever. - The assign
ment of Mr.. Jack Rains, one of Selma's
largest merchants. a few weeks ago
was quite a surprise to nearly every
body rs he was considered one of the
wealthIest merchants in the county.
1t Is also said to be largest failure ever
made III Johnston county.
Henderson GOid Leaf: The Young
Mems Christian Association proposes
to repeat the coming season the series
of practical talks from our own Citi-
Zens and visitors that were so popular
last winter. The first was given Tues
day night, when Judge II. q. COnnOr
spoke to about eighty ladies III d gentle
men on "IndivIduallSm and Organ
isms," The speech was thoughtful
and accurate and was highly com
mended by those who heard 1t.
Elizabeth City Economist: We re
greet to learn that Mr.. Geo. Brothers. a
highly esteemed merchant of this town.
made ali assignment OF his business on
Wednesday 10 Judge G. e. Pool His
liabilities are about So -- Thurs
daV of last week the sensation was a
marine animal that was brought to our
port from the fishing grounds in the
lower Sounds. hat was q combination
between animal and nautical life, a
SORT between a hog and a shark, or a
cat and a devil fish.
Oxford Lcdgcr: Mr.. William Jones.
a young man from Tally 10 township,
a in Oxford on Wednesday and
showed signs of insanity and was
taken in charge 10y officer Rem and
carried before Squire Mitchell. who
had hun confined III jail until arrange
mentS could be made to get ham III the
Asylum HIS mind has been uno1l
aucrd for some time, having made
threats to XII his mother, When ar
rested hc had We pistols and a Ing
knife on his person.
Tire value of mechanics tool" III New
Hanover county as published IN the
star Is only SS4S. An Inspection Of the
tax books of Robson county viii show
that the "mechHnirS tools" Of this
poor newspaper scribe i $500 or NOR
than half of all in New Hanover in
Guiding the city Of Wilmington. And
vet these are who refuse TO acknOWl-
edge us as among the horny handed. >
If we are not a labOrer what do You
suppose we DO with 50 many tools.
Pay tax on them?-RO0eSORjuR.
Greensboro Record: Herbert White.
son Of Capt \. B. White, had the mis-
fortune to fracture an arm while pN
crciSing on the horizontal bars at the
gymnasium of the Young Mems Chris
tlan Association Hall rooms last night.
- Yesterday Harrison Hall, George
Brown, Barney Gretter and Carney
Campbell-ail cOlored boys under IS
years of age-went u to the fields
south of town to hunt rabbits. There
was but one gun in the party. Result.
Gretter was accidently shot and killed.
Mr.. w. R. Murray, who was at Rox-
bOrO Thursday. informed a SIN re-
porter to day that the negro, Badger
Lawson, who was arrested and jailed
on the suspicion of having murdered
Mr.. and Mrs. Dixon, made a full con
feSslOn Thursday. Lawson confessed
to his father and the sheriff that he
committed the crime; that he knocked
old man Dixon in the head with stick
out in the yard, and Mrs. DiXOn's
screams made him run in the house
and murder her to keep her from
being heard.
MOrgantOn Herald: During the prog
ress of a running race at the Fair
grounds last Thursday a horse ridden
by Mr.. Horace Haney flew the track,
andclearing tie low fence fell headlong
into a crowd of people who were view
ing the races. Both the horse and his
rider escaped unhurt, but Mr.. Ben
Halliburton. of Marion, was struck in
the chest by the horse and was knocked
~senseless, and for some time was
thought to have been fatally injured
He was taken from the grounds in
charge of a physician, and has been
steadily improving since.
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