The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-07-05

extension OF the o to C~urrIerSVllle,
ten miles west Of here. The extension
OF the Carthage road into western
Moore comfy will open up the natural
resources of that section and bring
them before the public. This extern
sion will be no advantage to ,arthage
as the support of that town principally
comes form that western section, says
the Carthage Blade.
MI. A w. A. Derr, of Lincoln county,
was united in marriage on last Tues
day morning to Miss Maggie McMahan.
n of u county's most estimable
young ladies. The ceremony was per-
formed at the home of the brides
mother about four miles North of
M~ocksvllle. The happy couple left
tina evening for Mr.. Derr's home in
Lincoln county where they will reside
IN the future. The Times extends best
wishes, says the Davie Times.
Charlotte We1Us: Miss Susie w.
Mcdonald, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Mcdonald, died at the resi-
dence OF her parents on South TryOn
street this morning at 1920 o'clock.
= What do the old settlers here
abouts think of a fish weighing rs
pounds being caught in the Catawba?
They would be slow to believe it if the
fish were not here to show for itself.
1t is a sturgeon and was caught in the
traps at Tuckaseege ford last night.
Tarboro SOutherner: Thad Alfred,
who superintends N. B. Dawson's farm
near COnetOe, will have to reshingle
the roof of his dwelling which the
lightning last night tore up and ripped
apart. 1t struck the house, ran along
the centre to a shed-room where 1t
went down, breaking all the crOckery
and rendering Mrs. Alfred unconscious,
though otherwise not injuring her. 1t
is strange that the house was not set
on fire, as were two trees in the neigh
bOrhOOd which were struck.
AshevilIe Gazette: This is the a
son for rabid dogs and it is reported
that several have been killed in the
county and one in the city during last
week. - A terrific rain storm visited
Chum's Grove about middle of yester-
damage to land and crops. DR.. G. w.
Default tells us that at his place he
never before witnessed such a heavy
rain fall, and that Ross creek was
higher than ever known before. Vege-
tation even tol4rge bushes was washed
up by the roots.
Asheville Gazette: J. r. Bell, of
Pennsylvania, in the railroad mass
meeting in this city Wednesday, briefly
| alluded to the mining interest of his
county, among other things said many
wagons were daily employed hauling
| corundum to He~ndersOnville for trans
pOrtatiOn. This valuable minera is
found l its present state n Transyl
vania, and the Hog Back mine alone,
IS said to have shipped 10000 pounds
within the last thirty days. And this
is one of the counties with which Ashe-
vile is seeking railroad connections.
Rutherford Banner: w. D. Harris
Esq, was out hunting squirrels last
week, and noticed that when he hal
lOed to his dog an answering whOOp
always came across the woods. A
little later he heard a yell of distress
from his dog, and going in that direc-
ton, saw an animal which he sup
posed to be a panther, running away
from the dog, and found the latter
dead, having been severely cut by the
and women folks don't stroll about
much in that neighbOrhOod any more.
Hickory Press and CaroEinian:
Robert Forney, of Morganton, this
week sold his crop of tobacco to N.
Martin, of this city, making about $40
to the acre. Tuesday morning, at II
r. F. Cobb, died. She had for some
a stroke of paralysis. Mrs. Cobb was
81 We r old. - Pink Childers, about
20 years old. living three miles from
Hickory, fell from a cherry tree last
Sunday and sustained very serious in
iuries, from the effects of which he
died Tuesday night.
Washington Gazette: Mrs. NJ. E..
Ravens has shown us a most interest
ing relic of the last century. 1t is a
china pitcher, beautifully hand painted
and containing several inscriptions and
a picture of the Columbus, the largest
ship ever built at that time. Accord
ing to the description on the picture
the ship was pol feet in length, SO feet
Z inches breadth, 20 feet 6 inches depth,
with 5000 tons burthen. The pitcher
was probably brought to this town in
the early part of the last century when
Washington did a direct trade with
Glasgow, where the pitcher was made.
Asheville Gazette: James Wolfe,
who has a farm neal Sulphur Springs,
has placed upon our desk a sample of
oats which measure six feet in height,
Mr.. Wolf says it is a fair sample of a
twenty-acre field. - A farmer from
Pennsylvania was in the city yester
day with a strange pairOf fowls. They
are evidently a cross between the
guinea hen and the turkey-being
very much like the former and about
twice the size-or about the size of a
full grown turkey hen. They make
the noise of a guinea. If these fowls
were not the same on exhibition at the
last Raleigh fair, last year, then the
cross is not as uncommon as might be
supposed.
The corn crop is reported fine by