The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-03-01

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belongs to it.
A clock peddler has been doing up
Union county. He has registered over
a hundred chattel mortgages, avs the
Monroe Enquirer, for $l3 clocks that
could be bought from Monroe mer-
chants for s., 90.
Salisbury Waterman: The city has
been dooded with green goods literature
during the past week, Mr.. J. Allen
Brown, received a circular from a
dealer in New York Tuesday. He of
fered 5000 for 81, 600.
Louisburg Times: The Times regrets
to learn of the misfortune which has
befallen Mr.. r. N. Winston at Frank
linton. His residence was destroyed
by fire last Tuesday morning. Loss
$4,000; partially insured.
The Goldsboro rice mills have re-
Gently been thoroughly overhauled,
and a new boiler put in and have
started up for the seasons run. This
is one of the finest rice milling plants
in the South the Argus says.
A foolish rumor is current to the
effect that Capt. T. J Coffey, of Boone,
recently killed a man in South Caro-
lima and is in jail in consequence.
There is absolutely nothing in the
story, says the Lenoir Topic.
Peter Eastey, a negro who was elected
alderman from the third ward in WIN.
stOn, will have his election contested
on the ground that he cannot hold a
government and city position at the
same time as he is now a mail carrier.
The business mans carnival at Win
son next Thursday promises to be a
big success. The ladies have been &C
lively at work for several weeks to
make the occasion a highly interesting
event. 1t comes off at the opera house.
Some time ago a mamoth hickory
tree was cut On Sam HarriltS land,
four or five miles north of town. One
branch, or limb, of the tree made two
cuts each twelve feet long and each
squaring thirteen inches, says the
Shelby ReUie1C.
CASTOR county is put down on the
list of counties that are entirely out of
debt and have m )ney in the treasury.
CASTOR also has a railroad within ten
miles of every doorstep in it, yet has
never paid out one cent Of taxes to
build railroads.
There is said to be a man in the
upper part of the county who uses
portions of the old discarded telegraph
wire No. l around his wrists and waist
as electric belts and he thinks that he
experiences benefit from their use, says
the Lenoir Topic.
We are sorry to know that the fine
house of Mr.. Cameron Highsmith's
was burned last Sunday night. Nearly
everything he had was lost, and no in
surance. 1t is supposed that the fire
caught from a stove pipe, says the
Clinton Caucasian.
The population of this country is
getting to be a mix ed up affair, the
latest addition to Richmond county
Lbeipg abaQdofArabswhQ haXe their
Headquarters in Rockingham. The
women are all peddlers, says the
Rockingham Rocket.
The body of Mr.. Douglas, who was
drowned at TarbOrO sometime ago, was
found Yesterday about a half a mile
from the boat landing, where he fell
in, at a bend of the river. The body
had to be buried Immediately, says the
Greenvile Reflector,
The Landmarks says that lulu"
"sOwpaw " are no longer good form in
| designating corn liquor and other
spirits, The proper thing for "sas
siety people now is "apricot sherbet. "
This is according to the code etiquette
of the Four Hundred.
The State Board of Education made
sale of 5000 acres of swamp land in
| Tyrell county to @. r. Johnson, of
| CORTLAND, Va. The sale was made
through Charles NJ. Stedman, of Ashe-
vile, the boards agent, fifty cents an
acre being the price paid.
MI. z. B. Arledge, who was shot
while attempting to arrest Cathey and
| Spears, mention of which has already
been made in this paper, has not been
doing so we'll for the last few days.
Mr.. Spears is improving slowly, says
the Hendersonville Times.
Vernon Few, son of DR.. @. Few, had
the misfortune to have one Of his eyes
knocked out on Thursday evening last.
His little sister vas splitting a piece of
wood with a Ratchet, when a small
piece struck Vernon in the eye, says
the Hendersonville Times.
The stables, eight mules, two horses,
and two hogs belonging to Sherrod
Bros. of Hamilton, were destroyed by
fire Friday night. The fire is thought
to 0e the work Of an incendiary. The
loss is about 50, 800, with no il surance,
says the Tarboro Advocate.
Bob Russell and Mary Watkins were
up before Mayor Pickens last Fri
day on the charge Of whiskey selling.
| Mary was indicted on two different
charges. Both were bound over to
the Superior Court in a 81, 900 bond,
says the Davidson Dispatch.
The train on the Yadkin Railroad
was rocked between New London and
| Albemarle, on Saturday. 1t is thought
that some boys did it. No n was
hurt, but Capt Albright carries a rock
in one hip pocket as a momentO of the
event, says the Concord Standard.
The steamer Myers broke her shaft
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