The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-22

T.. t. pdSS, Has D60I bClOiF q C1tICCN
States Commissioner at Greensboro
! Monday to answer the charge of mis-
apprOpriating post office funds while
postmaster at that place.
High Point Enterprise: There is a
demand mere now for more dwelling
houses. We know several families
here that want houses, and several
that want to come here if they could
only get dwelling houses.
Clinton Caucasian: The finest cotton
that we have heard Of this seasOn is on
the Capt. FaisOn place in town. The
rows, is six feet apart, are completely
Tapped, and it will average over six
feet high after being topped.
Judge Graves acted as a sort of
deputy at a negro row near Wilkes
boro, the Chronicle reports. He COM
manded the a and then lent a hand
in making the arrests. One of the posse
summoned was severely hurt.
Saturday eveningat Durham Emmett,
a little o of John Rigsbee, was in his
fathers farm, removing some fodder.
While thus engaged he was bitten neal
the ankle on one leg by a highland
mOccasin. He O recovered.
Elizabeth City EcOnOmi8 Falcon:
| DCptI USu UI1lS liz III DdOuI uuN I lllo
residence in Edenton, DR.. Thomas H.
widow and one child. He had long
been a sufferer from lung disease.
Watauga Democrat: Nathan Harri-
Ridge township, dropped dead in the
at Mulberry Springs la t Sunday. No
| f1pthnp aptipDla re &C To hIC death
The dead body of an unknown col
Ored man, whose head was severed
from his body by a passing train, was
found upon the Wilmington & Weldon
railway track about one mile North of
Dudley, the Goldsboro Argus says.
The election held at GoldsbOrO to
decide the question of the issue of
500, 900 in bonds for the construction
of q market house was Ii very tame
affair, and the Argus reports that the
requisite two thirds was not obtained.
Henderson TOmuhdWE: This week
some $50 chickens have been killed by
minks in the cOrprate limits. We hear
that Mr.. w. 4. Cheatham lost 25. This
looks right murderOus and to confirm
that it is, six minks have also been
killed.
A few days ago, q white man named
Parnell was jailed in Charlotte on the
charge of stealing a COW and on Sun
day he was joined by his IS year old
son Charles, who broke into his EN-
plOyer's bureau hat morning and
stole $3.50,
Wehave received from DR.. +. Porter, |
of Rocky Point, the prospectus of the
company operating the oysters il
Ctl,,- d. hDrI,y- ,>,,y+y W., nnn |
glad to hear that the rapid growth of
the company,
AsheviIle Citizen: Yesterday after
noon. about E o'clock, Mr.. K. G.. Dunn
succumbed to the paralysis with which
he had been stricken about ten days
p ~'evious. 1t was a second attack, fol
lowing the first after an interval of
several years.
The trial of the three Motz brothers
for the shooting of their cousin, Samuel
MOtz, will be called at LincOlntOn in
November. The Aurora intimates
that the case will be moved and that
Cleveland may be the county in which
it will be tried.
AsbeviDe journal: Rev. D. H. Tut
tie, of the North Carolina Conference, |
who will arrive this evening to assist
Rev. G.. w. Byrd in the protracted
meeting at the Central Methodist, is
one of the most talented young minis
tiers in the State.
Tarboro AdUOcate: Last Wednesday
the Graded School opened with III
pupils against IS last year. -- The
foundation of the peanut mill is being
laid ON the site near the depot opposite
the Pioneer warehouse. The building, |
it is said, will be four stories high.
J. D Austin, a merchant residing
near Salisbury, was arrested at Rich
mond, Va, on Saturday charged with
raising a check of $50 to :, 1000 and at
tempting to pass it upon a wholesale
grocery firm. The check was drawn
on the Davis & Wiley bank of Sails
bury.
Henderson TOmURdlCE: This morn
ing at $40 w. B. Wheeler, auctiOneer
at the Alliance Warehouse, dropped
dead in the Davis Warehouse. He had
returned to town last might, and had
gone into the Davis house to thank
auctiOneer J.. G.. Neal for filling his
place while away.
Raleigh Mirror: Col. J. NJ. Heck
has in his front yard, ION Blount street
two luXuTiant banana plants in healthy
and perfect growth. On one of them
there is two punches of perfectly
formed bananas, and II bunch on the
other. One of the punches will soon
be ready to ripen.
A white man was caught stealing
merchandise from a dry dOods store at
Wilmington, and was offered the alter
native of being turned over to the
police or taking a sound thrashing. |
He consented to the latter, and the
MESSENGER says the clerks made his
back fairly smoke.