The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-11-15

to-day at moon, Charlie Keisler a IA
year-old boy lost his hold where he
was swinging and fell under the car.
One OF the wheels passed over his ankle
crushing it terribly and otherwise in
1urlng his leg, says the Charlotte
NeUs.
In 1870 Joshua Turner, editor of the
Raleigh Sentinel, was arrested by Gov
ernor Holden's militia and jailed Some
years laters he sued Holden for $500
damages. The case went on term after
term. Later it was brought against
q. ROsenthal, receiver of Holden's
estate at Hillsboro Friday. Turner
took a o suit.
Asheboro Courier: A threatening
note was recently posted on the door
of David Kepley, a cOlored citizen of
this place, who had declared his inten
ton of voting the Democratic ticket
He was warned that if he did not at
tend the negro club and vote with the
negroes on election day that they
would beat him
Mr.. Willie Furlong, a young man
about twenty years of age, who works
at Burr & Bailey's machine shops, was
severely hurt yesterday morning at
1870 o'clock while chopping on an
iron column. Another workman acci
dentally knocked another column down
on him, severely hurting his head and
badly MASKING one of his feet, saws the
Wilmington Messenger.
A o~ne-legged negro by the name of
Charles Smith was arrested near here
Monday night on the charge of break
ing in one Martha Staly's house and
stealing therefrom some jelly and
other things. He was given a hearing
before Squire Meyer, but failed to
give bond, and he was taken to jail,
says the Lexigton Dispatch.
A white man named Asa Horton was
stabbed in the back, in two places, in
a brOil in Brooklyn, Saturday night.
Willie Shepard. a young white man,
who was in the party, was before the
mayor yesterday morn .ng charged
with the assault, but there was not
sufficient proof to convict him, says
the Wilmington Messenger.
Sallus Barrett colored, was arrested
and brought to the city Friday night,
by Deputy Sheriff, j. d. LaRoque on
the charge of stealing seed cotton be
longing to Mr.. Henry Taylor, from the
house on his farm near Spring Garden.
in which it had been stored. He was
examined before w. G Brinson ESQ
and bound over to superb court.
Newton Enterprise: On the night
of October Goth Capt. r. p. Reinhardt's
barn and stables were burned. Seven
head of cattle and one horse and a large
amount of ~prOvender were lost. =
The biggest potato we have seen this
year was brought to our Office last
Friday by Mr.. +. II. Linebarger, of
CaldwelPs township. 1t weighed eight
/ pounds.
Monroe Enquirer: The II year old
son of Mr.. j. T. Dees was bitten by a
mad dog last Saturday night He was
taken to Charlotte and the mad stone
applied, which stuck to the wounds
two hours. -- Mr.. Gillum Helms.
who lives about three miles from town,
had the misfortune to have his house
destroyed by fire Saturday evening
about 4 o'clock.
Charlotte NeoCs: 1t is a pretty long
tramp from Charlotte to Washington,
| Jasper Alexander; will take it after
the election They were talking poll
tics this morning and before they had
parted they made a bargain. If Cleve-
land is elected Mr.. Creightonis to walk
to Washington. If Harrison wins Mr..
| Alexander is to take the tramp.
We learn of a little difficulty which
occurred at Healing Springs Saturday.
| Milas Reed and Hoover Daniels became
involved in some personal matter,
when Reed shot Daniel in the face,
making only a flesh wound. The affair
did not grow out of politics at all,
though Saturday was the day the
county candidates spoke at the
| Springs, says the Lexington Dispatch.
The store of Mrs. A. FL. White, the
new miIliner was robbed Wednesday
night of about twenty-five or thirty
dollars of stock consisting of hats and
ribbons. The thief did not enter the
store; he simply kicked in a pane Of
glass in one of the show windows
which had been left without shutters
and stole such things as fell within
within his reach, says the New Berne
Journal.
While Officers M 3Clammy and White
were on their beats or Front street be
tween Market and Dock, yesterday
morning about 2 o'clock, a big fox
Icame Looping down front street with a
magnificent brush that would have
paralyZed Henry Bauman and Phil.
Thomas. Officer McClammy gave
chase and he ran three squares, but
the fox out him, says the Whining
ton Messenger.
The Carolina Brownstone Co., re-
Gently shipped two stones to Richmond,
Va, weighing eight tons each. One
mile of railway will be built in con
nection with the quarry some time soon.
We are informed that they will en-
ploy so hands in the quarry hereafter
When the smoke of the political battle
clears away we will more to say of the
brownstone interests of this section,
says the Sanford EGpreSs.
Hillsboro Observer: Judge Conner
| nhnnnod tho Grand Tnru in such q