The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-11-15

was conducted there by MI. Ben Fore
man, deputy sheriff, last Monday. His
father, brother, and o. hers were here
Sunday to bid him farewell, says the
Stanly Observer.
Charlotte NeWs: Workmen are en-
gagged in a telegraph line from Belmont
station, OF the Air Line, to the Catholic
monastery, two miles distant. The
line will be completed in a few days
when the monastry will be connected
with the count ".
Greensb BRO Record: Mrs. Susan J..
Warren, eight miles north of town,
lost her barn last night by fire. All of
her feed, wheat, grain, ETC., was de-
stroyed. Mrs. Warren was badly
burned in saving a mule and COW.
Thought to be incendiary.
Jugs have been in demand during
the past week. One dealer says that
he sold every n he had in stock,
broken ones included. They were pur
chased by the Republicans for their
campaign literature corn whiskey,
says the Winston Sentinel.
Greensboro Record: Danial Coble,
who lives in the Brick Church settle
ment in this county, vas here to day
in search of his brother, David COble,
81 years old and of unsound mind,
who left home on the second Sunday
in October, and has not been seen
since.
On the night of October 265h Capt.
r. P. Reinnardt's barn stables were
burned. Seven head Of cattle and one
horse and a large amount of provender
were lost. The origin of the fire is not
known. 1t is a heavy loss to Capt.
Reinhardt, says the Newton Enter
prise.
Yesterday in Justice r. II. Bunting's
court, Henry Aston, colored, was held
in a bond of $50 to answer at the next
term of Criminal Court for ~assaulting
Mary Wescott, colored, with a deadly
weapon. He failed to give bond and
was sent to Jail, says the Wilmington
Messenger.
The ReUieIU says that to the surprise
of the congregation, Rev. f. w. E.
Peschau, D. D., pastor of st. Pauls
Evangelical Luther an Church of Will
mingtOn, has rendered his resignation,
to take effect the 1st of March next.
He has been pastor of the church for
eleven years.
The whiskey distillery of Mr.. Rufus
HOneycutt was seized last week and
taken up and carried to Raleigh with
about 800 gallons of whiskey. The
still was found running without license.
MI. P. T Massey and some other off
GERS made the seizure, says the Smith
field Herald.
Concord Standard: There was a
cutting scrape in town Saturday night.
Jim Miller, colored, and a white man
got into a difficulty Jim's clothes were
cut in several places and an ugly cash
was made across his face. The white
mans clothes were cut and ripped
with a knife.
@. F Bevan, who committed suicide
last Saturday afternoon near Winston,
left a letter at his fathers Friday night
saying that he expected to commit sui
eide. In the letter he told about the
same story as was contained in the
note found in his pocket, says the
Winston Sentinel.
One of the largest o'possoms we ever
saw was caught crossing Main street
from the Altman House about day
light Monday morning. We suppose
he had read of the fame of Stallcup's
breakfasts in a copy of the Press
Opp ~ liz C@NOAA OAA " Ian =
says the Franklin Press.
Shelby Aurora: Mr.. George III. Chap
in, of Boston and st Augustine, the pub
Usher of the Health Resorts of the
South" is now in our city collecting
material for an illustrated description
of Shelby-the object being to attract
wealthy Northern people here for the
winter and spring months.
Chief of Police Woodall has been
absent from the city for some time and
the result of his visit was made plain
Yesterday afternoon when he returned
on the D. & NJ, with Henry Rogers,
the outlaw. Rogers was caught on a
vessel, off the eastern shore of Mary
land, says the Durham San.
Fayetteville Observer: Fayetteville
is gradually growing and becoming
more prosperous every year. AS an
evidence of this, look at her new
buildings that are going up every
where and the healthy condition of
the numerous factories that are stu
ated in and around this city.
The Durham Sun tells of a large vel
low mad dog, that attacked two men
near that place They succeeded in
dispatching him by firing twelve pistol
balls into all parts of his body. Strong
feature of the incident was that 10
blood whatever flowed from either
ono one of the twelve wounds.
Mr.. T. A. Lowder, of Centre town
ship. Stanly county, was in the city
to day, hunting for two bales of cotton
that were stolen from him some nights
ago. He traced them as far as this
city, and thinks they went from here
to some of some of the mills on the
Catawba, says the Charlotte Ne1US.
A correspondent writing from Had
dock, N. c., says: Saturday night
last the mill-house and machinery be-
longing to Mr.. J. M. Wright, of Col
umbus county, together with a lot of