The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-02-23

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mouse caught on fire. His daughter. a
young lady about Is years old, went to
n top of the house and with wet
blankets kept the fire under control
until Ine Citizens, with their buckets
and ladders, got there. After their
arrival the fire was subdued.
An atfray occurred at a negro dance
at Durham Monday. Bryan Jones. a
negro drayman, went to the h Juse
where his wife was dancing and tried
to take her home. She refused tn
leave and this brought on an alter
cation between her husband and some
other man, during which Case Stevens
stabbed Jones while he was held by
Lee Neal. Jones died in all hour.
Goldsboro Argus: 1t is with sin
cerest regret, that will be shared in by
all who know him, that we chronicle
this morning the death of our veneer
able and esteemed cOuntyman, Mr..
VIM. +. Atkinson, which occurred at
his home in Fork township Wednes-
day afternoon from head injuries re-
celved that morning in being thro vn
from his buggy by a runaway mule.
New Berne Journal: Mr.. Thos T.
Cooling, a native of Ne Berne. died
Friday, February 18th, at the residence
of his sOn-in law, Mr.. +. P. Gatljn, on
Trent Greek, PamlicO county, aged 67
years. Mrs. j. L Winstead dropped
dead yesterday afternoon of heart dis
ease at her home on Broad streed. She
was % years of age. The family had
recently moved here from TOlsnot,
Wilson county.
Red Springs Farmer and Scottish
Chief: Mrs. Efie COnOly, the mother
of Simeon COnoly who was so brutality
murdered last summer i'll Blue Springs
township, died on Thursday of last
week. - Indays gone by the farmers
of upper Robson raised their own sup
plies and were independent. IfafArmer
had to buy a few bushels of corn to
"piece over" he was laughed at by his
neighbOrs. How is it now?
Kinston Free Press: 4 negro boy
from Craven county got off the cars
here Wednesday week. He was a
pauper and in a terrible condition
physically. 1t was stated that the
jaller Of Craven county paid his way
to KinstOn, to get rid of the expense
to Craven county of keeping him.
Sheriff Sutton paid his way back to
New Berne and t~elegraphed 10 the
sheriff of Craven to meet him.
Rockingham Spirit of the South ::
We are grieved to have to record the
death Of Miss Ann II. Everette, which
occurred at her residence, in this
vicinity, a few days ago, at an ad-
vanccd z -- William Picket, col
ored, whose skull was badly fractured
by u blow recently, is still suffering
greatly. Portions of the injured skull
have been removed, and the chances
now are that the man will recover.
Clinton Caucasian: The colored
peoples lodge and church on Elm
street. near the railroad, was burned
last Monday night. 1t was = very
nice building, and will be missed by
the c0IOred people. - Mr.. William
Odan received quite a eerloc5 ana
painful accident last Saturday evening.
He was thrown from his buggy while
his horse was running, and fell on a
stump. The lower eye lid was torn off.
The farmers of Wilson county, the
AdUdnce announces, are going rapidly
ahead with their work. They are
hauling woods mould, swamp muck,
ditch bank and fence corners into
their field for manure. They will
plant less cotton, less tobacco, per
horse, than ever before. They will
raise more home supplies. They will
live more economically. Wilson
farmers + showing good judgement.
Winston Sentinel: Officer Pfohl
arrested a negro named ThOs. Allen,
alias Jim Scott, to-day about noon upon
the charge of stealing a silver watch
from the store of w. T, Vogler Thurs
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store on the above named evening and
gave Mr.. Vogler a ring to repair.
While the latter was putting the ring
in the safe the negro slipped behind
the show s and made the theft.
Mr.. Vogler identified Allen this after
noon,
Charlotte Chronicle: The New con
vent to be built at Belmont by the
Sisters of Wilmington will be exclu-
sively for girls. An architect from
Richmond is there now making esti-
mates of plans. - The reporter was
shown yesterday an unusually rich
specimen Of gold ore from the Monarch
Gold Mine, five miles from Ruther-
fordton, and Judging from the speci-
men q fortune is IN store for the
owners.
A big deal was made, today, be
tween the Kerr Bag Manufacturing
Company, of Concord, and the Morgan,
Hamilton Company, large manufac-
turers of Nashville, Tenn. By the
deal, the U. S. patent rights for the
use Of the Kerr bag machines are
conveyed to the Nashville Company.
This will not effect the manufacturing
Importance of the Odell Mills, as the
capacity of the mills, in other lines,
will be increased, says the Concord
Standard.
Grifaon Lamp Light: On last Mon
DAY : Mrs. Joe Dixon, who live about
four miles below JohnsOn's Mills, lad
her four-months-o old baby in the cradle
and stepped over to see a sick ne1ghOor
who lived only about fifty yards from