The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-10-18

Shelby ReOieI0: We learn that an
important step looking TO a great inn
provement at Cleveland Springs Is
being taken. Messrs. Wilkinson and
Fore, the owners, propose TO organize
a JOINT stock company with $780, 600
capital and erect a mammoth modern
hotel and otherwise improve the
property.
Statesville Landmark: Tuesday
while Mr.. J. Turner Goodman, of
Chambers5urg township, was thresh-
ing clover a spark from the engine
caught in some baled cotton near by
and thirteen bales were consumed.
Mr.. Goodman had been holding the
cotton for two years waiting for a rise
in the price.
Norwood Vidette: Gus. Turner, col
ored, who lives on Mr.. II. @. Tur-
ner's plantation found In the harvest
field last spring, an old Spanish coin
made Ia the year 1878. On n side
was engraved: Del. Gracia, Carolus.
III. and on the other was, Hispan. Eft
Ind. Rex. E. M. NJ. 2 R and bearing
two pillows and a crown.
Bill Brogden, who lives on Little
River, was out horseback riding Sun
day afternoon. The horse became ex-
cited over something and ran away.
He ranu under an apple tree and a limb
of the tree struck Mr.. Brogden in the
ia e, just under the left eye and cut a
very painful cash in the lower lid, says
the Durham San.
New Berne Journal: Contentnea
Association of the Primitive Baptist
Church will meet Saturday, Sunday
and Monday at Sandy Grove church,
Beaufort county. - Died, Suddenly,
in Warren,|Pa., Oct. 5, 1892, Mrs
Eliza Allen Davies, wife of DR.. j. M.
Davies-formerly of this place. The
deceased was a sister of Mr.. George
Allen.
Haywood Richardson, a colored man
living near Pleasant Grove church,
had the misfortune to have his house
burned last Friday night. He and his
wife were away from home, and but
for the timely arrival of a neighbor
his six children who were shut up In
the house would probably have been
burned up, says the Rocky Mount
ArgOnaWt.
Oxford Ledger: A good many peo-
pie were feeced by gamblers with
Orton's circus Saturday. They bit at
that Oldest of old tricks and biggest of
swindles- =, thimble ringing II the wal
nut shells and little ball game. One
young man lost forty dollars; several
others who were older and hadfamilies
and not too flush of wealth, were re-
lieved of twenty dollars each, and
numbers lost from one to ten dollars.
Charlotte Ne1rS: The Charlotte En-
teTprise, a weekly paper edited by col
ored men, which has been blowing MI.
Brady's horn quite Justify for some
time past, expired last Friday Mr..
A. A. Anthony, a workman at Mr.. w.
II. Aliens shop, had h 8 hand badly
cut in a moulding machine this morn
ing. All the fingers on the left hand
were more or less torn and the middle
finger on the right hand was very badly
lacerated.
Greensboro Record: A white man
man by the name of Edwards, who
was placed in the calaboose for being
drunk and disorderly, yesterday after
noon tried to burn down the house.
He set a book on fire and placed it
among the blankets. The jail guard
discovered it in time to extinguished
the flames before much damage was
uOI0. 4A0 C~11dUOOS0 Is uLu0I U110 jail
and had the flames got alittle Roadway
the whole structure would have gone
up ina few minutes, being of wood and
very indammable.
Burlington Herald: Burglars are
working throughout the State and
during the past week seem to have
been paying their attention to Burling-
ton. Saturday night the house of w.
A Hall was entered and about 81 so
taken and the house of Dan White was
visited but n entrance was not effected.
The houses of J. Alex Holt and B. M.
Gates were entered Saturday night by
burglars. At Mr.. Gates they secured
some SO in cash and a watch. The
midnight providers e again at large.
Monday night several houses were Wis
tied. They entered the house Of J. A.
Thomas on last Wednesday night and
secured 81 so from the pockets of Mr..
Thomas pants, which we're in his
| sleeping room.