The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-05-17

wednesday, we understand, at which
Glme matters will be brought into more
de1nlte shape, and no doubt the work
OF erection will soon commence, SAYS
Rockingham Spirit of the South.
LenOlr Topic: Last Friday evening,
as Mr.. Pink Healan was coming up
Spring street, a partridge dashed to-
wards him like a hot bOae ball and he
caught 1t on the fly. Another huttered
against the wall of Lindsey's store and
was caught, and several others were
seen Hutterlng about other streets in a
daZed condition. A hawk must have
flushed a covey and rushed them into
town.
Greenboro Record: At two o'clock
this morning James Ranking died in
this city at the home of his bother in
law, Mr.. J. @. Wharton. "Uncle
Jimmie, as he was Familiarity known,
when his health would permit, was in
the commercial business of the city.
For many years his health had been
declining, and he passed quietly away
He was in his 10th year and never
married.
KinstOn Herald: The cotton factory
IS an assured success. Work will soon
begin toward making the brick. -
1t seems that our streams in the cOun-
try are getting very we'll stocked with
German carp. They seem to thrive
better n streams than in ponds. Mr..
Il. M. Barbour informs us that he
caught one in a trap in Swift creek
near Barbour's mills, last week that
weighed fifteen pounds.
Friday evening Sheriff Mccall re-
ceived a letter from Deputy Sheriff ".
@. Hickory, of Johnson City, Tenn,
stating that he was sure he has the
murderer of the late deputy marshall
Miller spotted and can get him when
he wants him and asking information
as to the reward, &c. The Sheriff
gave him the information and further
developments r awaited with inter
est, says the Lenoir Topic.
G%oldsboro Argus: True to her
cherishing of the memory of the Con
federate dead Goldsboro did honor to
them yesterday with becoming osten-
tatiOn. After a fervent and eloquent
prayer by the chaplain of the Rifles,
Bev. @. L Hoffman. the orator of the
occasion, Mr.. Jos. E. Robinsons, was
introduced by the chief marshal, Mr..
Henry Lee, in words of commentator
that were sincerely appreciated.
Monroe Enquirer: Last Saturday
evening, while Mr.. Scott Long was
going out of town, on a crank car, he
was thrown on the track and run over.
A severe wound was inflicted on the
head and one arm badly injured -
OnTuesday morning Mr.. Minor Jordan,
an employe in the cotton factory, while
attending to one of the lappers, let his
hand get caught between the rollers,
and three Of the fingers were badly
torn up.
Oxford Day.: A terrible accident
happened to a Horner School q at
100 to-day, during the noon recess.
R. NJ. Shaw, a strong and we'll grown
boy If seventeen, sOn Of DR.. II. M.
| Shaw, of ShawborO, N. c., accom-
panied by several companions, went
bathing in a small pond damned up in
a spring ditch. He was seized with
the cramps, and in spite of the efforts
of the other boys to rescue him he was
drowned.
While excavating at Morehead City
a few days ago, three skeletons were
exumed. They were lying face down
ward with their head toward the north.
They we're Indians, two men and one
woman. One was over six feet tall.
Morehead City was one the village of
a tribe of Indians called the Cores,
from which Core river and Core sound
took their names, and it is supposed
that these skeletons are the remains of
some Of that tribe.
Charlotte Observer: And there is to
be a permanent arch on Independence
Square. A good part of the money
for it-$3, coos in sight. DR.. Geo.
w. Graham has written for the ar hi
tect and he will be here soon. The
permanent arch is a fixed fact. -
The Observer regrets to learn of the
critical illness Of Mr.. B. T. Upton,
editor of the Mt. Holly Ne1US. He is
suffering with Bright's disease and his
recovery is hardly looked for.
Siler City Leader: A gentleman
living about five miles from here, Mr..
@. 7. Siler, has been recently annoyed
by eggs being stolen from his hens
nests. It was customary to leave a
white door-knob in the nest for the
hen to lay to, and a few days ago that
was missing. Mr.. Siler one day last
week killed a large black snake and on
cutting him open found the dOor-knob.
His snakeship was the rogue, and had
swallowed the knob but failed to digest
it.
Tarboro S~OutberneT: The record OF
Mortimer Jones alias E. P. Hale, ar,
rested for forgery, grows darker. Let.
tiers from Cumberland, Sampson and
Pitt counties describe accurately the
man who forged the order on s. s.
Nash. These letters state that he pur
sued the same tactics in those counties,
only more successfully. From one he
took in ninety dollars on one order.
One man writes that he would like tC
have what Edgecombe leaves of him.
He is not a native of Johnston county.
A young white man, a tenant on the
farm of Mr.. Egbert Davidson, in Lem
ley TOWNSHIP, came to town Saturday