The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-10-04

MI. airy, early next year by the
Granite City Land and improvement
Company, of which B. N, Duke, of
Durham, is President.
Goldsboro Argus: Our young friend
Mr.. Oscar Thompson, son of Mr.. Zadoc
thompson, of this city, who had the
misfortune to be thrown from his horse
during the Stevenson jubilee last
Thursday, by which his leg vas broken,
Is getting on very nicely, we are glad
to know.
Jas. R. Chatum, who stole a horse
and buggy and abducted Matte Phil
lips, aged IA, in Chatham county re-
Gently and feloniously assaulted her
afterwards, was captured in Darling
ton, S. O., brought back and lodged in
jail at Raleigh to prevent a lynching
at Pittsboro.
Charlotte Ne1U8: EVANGELIST Fife,
who recently purchased Mr.. Walter
Brem's residence in this city, and who
Is expected to move here this fall, has
just closed a meeting at Farmville,
Va, where he had three hundred con-
versions. He begins a meeting at
Weldon tomorrow.
Charlotte NeUs: Circulars are com
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of Watch-cigar schemes in Winston. A
pack of sharpers have settled down
there, and it IS said that nearly 1000
persons in the State have been duped
by the brass watches and cabbage leaf
cigars put out by them
The case of A. L. Sink and wife
has been moved from Davidson to the
EA1o~ol HOI1NR "hTnh nnnno of Iron0C-
boro next month. Mr.. and Mrs Sink
are suing for damages for the injuries
they sustained in the memorable Bos
tain bridge wreck over o year ago.
Dunn Times: Cotton is coming
slow this fall, Last year our buyers
had bought twice as much as they
have to date this year. -- Monday,
in Johnston county, Mr.. Barefoot, a
young man, while In Hannah's Greek
SEEMING, was drowned. 1t was supposed
he was taken with the cramp, or some
thing of that kind.
A fire occurred in the basement of
DR.. Henderson's drug store, in the
Mansion House building, corner of
Church and Trade streets, this after
noon, and the fire department was
called out. The fire was quickly ex-
tinguished, the damage being confined
to the burning of a lot of rubbish, says
the Charlotte NeWS.
Mr.. John Young while walkingacross
the railroad bridge accidentally fell
over into the river when close to the
New Berne shore. Mr.. John Hudson,
who was near at the time, lent a help
ing hand from the bridge and soon had
him safe. Mr.. Young escaped with
only a slight hurt from the fall, says
the New Berne Journal.
Master Harvey Chrisman, the ten
year old son of Mr.. William Chrisman,
met with a painful accident Monday.
The little fellow was thrown from a
horse, and the animal tramping on
him, broke his jaw bone, and knocked
three of his teeth out. DR.. Payne at
tended him, and he is now doing well,
says the Lexington Dispatch.
There is an old saying to the effect
that the young may die but the old
must die. Three of our older citizens
have recently died namely, Mr.. Thomas
Culbreth of Mos Neck, MI. Simon
Caldwell, of Raft Swamp, MI. D. T.
Edmund, of Brltt's. They had all lived
long, honorable and useful lives in this
county, says the Lumberton Robe
SOnGGn.
Winston Sentinel: Particulars of a
sad and fatal accident in Wilkes county
reached here this morning. In Union
township, near Reddies river, last Sun
day, a eight year-old o of John Mil
ans, shot and killed his little sister,
two yeas of age. The children were
alone at the time, hence it is not def
nitely known how the accident o..
Cured.
Charlotte Observer: John Hanna,
the negro who was shot and MORALLY
wounded by John Harris, another
negro, at Pineville Thursday night a
week ago, died yesterday morning at
10 o'clock. He was shot through the
bowels. Harris, the negro who did the
shooting, was captured several days
after and has been in Charlotte jail
ever since.
Some thief broke into the depot at
Advance on last Friday night and stole
a barrel of handy and a box of tobacco.
The brandy was found the next day
in a clump of bushes near the depot,
but the thief had made away with fiji.
teen gallons of it. 1t is thought that
the remainder of the brandy was left
because the rogue had no means OF
getting it away, says the Mocksville
Tunes.
On Wednesday night of last week
Mr.. E. A. Rosemond's store was en-.
tered through a front window on the
second floor and a gold watch valued
at $25, shoes, cigars, and several dol.
lars in nickles and pennies, stolen.
John Coins, q colored man, was ar
rested in Durham Thursday night and
the watch, two pairs of shoes and a LOT
of pennies were recovered, says the
Hillsboro Observer.
Asheville Gazette: Last evening
about eight o'clock J. M. Edwards and
Will Cowan got into an argument al
the depot about politics. Cowan had
been drinking some and soon the con,
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