The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-11-08
srATE NEWs.

o. Stalks Oh III
NorsH from the West-Peanuts
Wns@ Totron Seed from the South
head City had q $1,000 fire q
~ days ago.
~ E. Humphrey, merchant mt
1r. Ill has made an assignment
@e e, Wilfong, of Cataw b kSlled
Jazz gbt with William Miller, Of Ire
n, last week.
es p,v At. Howell, OF Southport, aas
Be'c aaiIed to the pastorate IN the
been Association, Virginia
Nv, We Reid, of Battleboro, was fatally
99 saJ the other day by having his
9 gIn crushed by a falling tree.
s @ho barn of Capt, A. M Clark, Of
, In Pines, was destroyed hy tire
ooG iosF Friday night, says the Sanford
Express M
and killed on Sunday morning an
p Oo measuring seven feet three Incl is
nom tip to TIP.
1aurIe Weddell. a prosperous yonAg
..archant of TtrborO, died October 21.
1ooIv wear ago he was married Miss
y5iian Reid. of Rocky Mount.
pod Springs Comet: The Episoo
hons nave raised nearly enough
.onev to build their church az Max
IN and will soon begin its erection.
Several DO poises have been seen thfs
veek IN The river opposite the town.
II IS unusual to see them SO tar FROM
the sound, says the Washington Ca
atte.
ccorIand Neck Democrat: sc Is re-
ooTSed from several places in this sec-
Kan that water is very low In the wells,
and in some cases the wells have en-
tireIy dried up.
Miss allie Rorison plucked from her
fathers orchard the other day an ap-
nile Weighing one pound and nine
Trnces. Miss Sallie lis ahead, says
the Bakersvllle NeaCs.
Asheville Gazette: During October
there we're eighteen deaths III
vile. according to reports flied ~.
city phys. clans. OF these thirteen
we're WIN e and five colored.
North Carolina Presbyterian Frs
Church, Charlotte: The amount OF
500 mas been raised by the church for
the purpose of engaging a city mis7
sionary. Rev. E. Mack, pastor.
Il is said the A5heville Street Rail
way Company's force is contemplating
a strike unless they are better paid
It is said also that the company owes
several of It's employees $500 each
Mr.. a. R. Henry has a prolific pear
tree, although the tree Is fifty years
old, it has now two dozen pears On 10,
the second crop. He has placed on
our table four pears, says the Shelby
aurora.
D f. Horton on Cove Creek sold
eight head of two year old steers, that
weighed s, 900 pounds. The oldest one,
an April calf, weighed 1,130 pounds.
Who can beat it? asks the Boone
Democrat.
Jonesboro MonitOr: DR.. John Nc.
liver, living two miles south of town,
had the misfortune of having two
mules and a horse killed at one time
by a tram on the f. +. & Y. ". Rail
road last night.
MIR. Gillum Helms, who lives about
three miles from town, had the mis-
fortune TO have his house DESTROYED
by fire Saturday evening about four
o'clock. We have 90 particulars, SAYS
the Monroe Enquirer.
Maxton Unian and Scottish Chief:
Two bold and dastardly attempts were
made to burn the town last Saturday
night, but fortunately both fires were
discovered and extinguished before
much damage was done.
Elizabeth City CaroIiniGn: A i've
calf with a bull dogs head-a worder-
full freak Of nature-Was n of The
interesting curlosiUies at the Fair last
week. The entire head had all the
formations of the bull dog.
The eleven-year old son of Mr.. J. IL.
Dees was bitten by a mad dog last
Saturday night. He was taken to Char
lotte and the mad stone applied, which
stuck to the wounds about two hours.
says the Monroe Enquirer.
Charlotte Nsrs: During the month
OF October, as shown by the report
OF Moses Thomas keeper of the GENE
terles, there were but IA deaths In
Charlotte. Of this number eight were
among the colored population.
CONS, outlaw Rogers companion,
who was arrested in this city not long
since and taken to Hillsboro where he
was wanted for burglary, has been
Tried and .entenced to ten years in the
penlJentlary, says the Durham San.
On Sunday night, the drug store OF
Marlboro q Edwards at Springhope
ana the store Of w. II. Culpepper were
burned. The cause was supposed I'd
De accidental. There was some In.
Surance, says the Rocky Mount PhoniG
MI. 1. A. White showed us yester.
gay a cotton boil which contained
tnirteen locks of seed cotton, some
Ihlhg We never heard of before-the
tsuaL number being four to five locks
8enger.
ESQUIRE Huffstetler showed US last
wee. at Begonia an a of corn con.
Gaullng l44O grains. These grains were
1eaEly an inch long. The corn is of q
a aarleIy valuable CHIEFLY for table use
Gtu4SVIhg ear, etc, saws the Gastonie