The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-06-14

EuOuF, ana 70 telephones were burnGdl
u An electricT current ran down
wires into the power house of the
] Electric Light Company and burnedz
OUT an armature, damaging it to the
amount of 5000.
A telegram from Asheville, of June
Ethe 9th says: Will Bradford, a whites
S!aborer on the public school buildings
mere, was struck by lightning and in )
stantly killed this afternoon during a.
heavy thunder storm. Another work.
man on the building was shocked but3
EnOt seriously hurt. Bradford was abOut2
y years old, and came from Gamewell,
Caldwell county.
Winston Sentinel: The Wilkesboro1
Z CbrOT9cL says: Mr.. G. NJ. Foster, of:
Mlller's Creek, is confident that he hass
saOout completed a wheel or machines
sthat Will run by perpetual motion
He has been working and experiment.
ing with the wheel for three years and
sth1nks that at last he has accomplished
his object. He will apply for a patent
Fupon his discovery.
A f~ourteen-year old colored boy:
manned Gator Ham, burglarized the.
smoney dawer IN the tor Of Mr..
Hiram CHM, near this city, Tuesday
morning, taking therefrOm 1922. The
sbOy was soon caught up with, the.
smoney which he hid under a house,
was recovered and he is now in jail
scOurt, says the GoldsbOrO Headlight.
Gastonia Gazette: Those flying.
ssqulrrels that were raised by Mr.. jack
WHITES cat were pretty general favor
ltes, If we may judge from the large
Snumber Of papers that copied Our item
sabOut them. That part of the publicS
(which had formed the acquaintance of.
the little pets will be more or less
grieved to learn that they we're drowned
9the other day In a big jar of mOlasse5.
Mr.. Dees, of Lumberton, who wass
arraigned before a Charlotte mNgis-1
trate on a charge of abandoning his
wife, effected a compromise with his.
better-half. She wanted to live at;
sCharlOtte, the Ne1Cs states, while he
was equally determined to live at
SLumbertOn, where he owns property.
Mrs. Dees finally consented to follow
him to Lumberton, and all ended:
8well,
q Concord Standard: Sometime ago!
Mr.. Dan Fur, who lives 3 miles abOvel
gtOwn, hired an Irishman to work on.
This farm. He vas a good hand-Furr
8says-one of the best One morning,
ga week or more ago, he notified the
Efamily that he would be absent a littlei
swhile. AS yet he has not turned up.
8Mr. Furr still owes him a couple of.
9dollars and his abrupt departure is a.
zmystery.
q Tarboro SOutherner: The stand Of
ecotton in the county is very good, LII
sonly two thirds of a crop of corn.
made there will be more corn next
3year In the county than there ever has!
been, and more than enough for home
use, - Unless the cholera breaks out
most destructively among the hogs
8meat than she ever did, even in the hog
gdays of twenty years ago.
Marion Free Lance: A burglar en-
sstered the house of Mrs. Lizzie Neal
and stole from Mr.. May several dollars
gand a pistol but dropped the pistol in
gthe yard when he jumped from the
upstairs to the ground. The burglars
eattempted to enter Capt. Seagles' house
ghouse following night. They entered.
8Mrs. John Carson's house. They en-
Itered MI. A. S. Corry's Wednesday
might.
Henderson Gold Leaf: Mr.. w. A
HCheatham, a we'll known and prOmi.
Snent citizen, died at his home in Hen
aderson yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock
#after a prolonged illness. Mr.. Cheat
cham "a about ST years Of age. - 1t
.is gratifying to know that our farmers
ghave somewhat curtailed their cotton
sand tobacco crops, and increased their
@A--o10 cd rroI1 A1 n UI11n %ho- oro
Enow raising their home supplies, and
prospecting.
AS a result of our one week of court
athe jail gets two recruits the chain
sgang five the ~penitentiary three and
&the gallOws is likely to get n The
Impressions seems to prevail that the
&sentence of VIM. Mckinney ought to
#be committed to Imprisonment for life.
AS the sentence stood he was to be
chung on the 9TH of July, but appealed
and was granted fifteen days in which
Etc perfect his appeal, says the Lumber
StOn RObeSOnIGn.
q Burlington NelCS: Mr., J. @. Robert,
gson has a dog and a calf that have
aformed a strange attachment The
Edog has been given bread as a diet
lately, and as o as he gets his ration
Che hunts up the calf and gives it the
bread, which the calf eats and seems
Ito relish. When the calf is fed the
dOg shares a part of the meal or bran.
EThe only reason for this attachment is
that the dog and calf have been kept
Cup in the same stall.
81 Wilkesboro Chronicle: In Wilkes
scounty Mr.. G. H. Hendricks dwelling,
with it's contents, was completely de
stroyed by fire. It was the work Of
IAN incendiary, Elizabeth Watson, 6
Rwoman of bad repute, a short tine
before had circulated damaging reports
#about Mr.. Hendrix, and as a conse
quence two or three days before the
q fire he gave the woman a good thrash
Eing. She made threats, and it il
Thought the house burning was bel