The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-01-26

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Davidson county. Mr.. Klmal was IN
morning and inapparently goodhealth.
and died shortly after his arrival home.
Weldon, n. O., Jan. 16.-Mrs. J B
Tdghman, ST.. was found dead in bed
at her husbands residence, near town,
this morning. Mrs. Tilghman was an
aged lady and had been partially
paralyzed for some months. - There
is a heavy freshet in the Roanoke
river. The lOwlands are all under
water, but no damage has been II
ported.
Asheville Citizen: Frank Hubbard,
of the French Broad Lumber Company,
narrowly escaped a horrible death at
the mill on Monday. While going
through the mill on a tour of inspec-
ton, Mr.. Hubbards overCOat in some
way caught by the shaft. He was
hurled round rapidly several times.
The only serious injury he sustained
was a broken arm.
Charlotte Nears: "Rice beer" a
drink peculiar to prohibition towns,
but a drink guarar teed to have no alcO-
hOl in it, is now on the Charlotte mar
ket. - The Meas a few days ago
mentioned the death Of Mr. David T.
BOstain, one of the oldest citizens Of
Concord. from the grip. Yesterday
Mrs. Bostian, died after a few days
illness Of the same disease.
Louisburg Times: Mrs. Kearney,
died near Franklinton, on Wednesday
night. - Mr.. w. K. Martin, Sr.,
died at his home in this county on
Tuesday, in the 82d year Of his age.
He had been for a number of years
one of Our leading citizens, and repre-
sented this county repeatedly in each
branch of the General Assembly
Winston Sentinel: Evangelist Lee
is conducting a successful meeting in
Mocksville. - The Stokes county jail
is without a prisoner. JailOr StOcatOn,
of Forsyth, has tweny odd boarders.
- Sixteen cases before the Mayor
this morning eight for breach Of the
peace, two for nuisance, one for carry
ing concealed weapons and one for
drunkenness. Fines and costs $106 60.
The melting of the snow and the
heavy rains caused very heavy freshets
in the section around LenOir, Caldwell
county. The Topic says that the boom
below on the Catawba river, of the
Catawba lumber company, broke and
five thousand logs f1Oated away. The
loss. including damage to boom, is esti-
matted at $15, 900. Many of the logs
locked in a drift above the Horseford
toll bridge
At Danbury early last Friday morn
ing the cry was heard: "A woman
and child in the creek" Mrs. Nancy
Chamberlain attempted to cross the
swollen creek on a small pole. When
about midway across she lost her bal
anCe and fell in with her baby in her
arms. The child was swept from her
and drowned and but for the timely
arrival of aid. the Reporter says, the
mother would have been drowned
also.
Rockingham Spirit Of the South: A
pistol in the hands of William Leak,
cOlOred, in the Rockets, was accident
ally discharged last Thursday, and
Thos. McGirt, white, who happened
to be in front of the weapon, was
struck centrally in the back, but,
Fortunately, sustained no serious injury,
the ball failing to enter the skin. The
pistol was 80 caliber, and it is a great
wonder that the man vas not killed.
Morganton Herald: The Morganton
Broom Co is working right ahead, and
is turning out brOOms by the score.
- Last Friday afternoon two negro
boys were arrested in MOrganton for
horse stealing. The two horses were
stolen. so it was stated, from the
UCVoIOrhi1+ oto h1O0 of PIlFroN~n J1n07p
Asheville, and the negroes, who were
supposed to be escaped %cOnvicts from
Tennessee.
Charlotte Chronicle: Ed. L. Mont
gOmery, a fireman on the Air Line,
was blown out of his engine yesterday
morning near Kings Mountain, by the
blowing off of the crown plate of the
engine. The train was running at the
rate of thirty miles an hour. When
picked up it was found that fireman
Montgomery was badly scaided and
his shoulder broken. He was brought
to Charlotte, and was resting comfort
ably last evening.
Lenoir Topic: Elsewhere we print a
report of the troubles of a North Caro-
linian, an Episcopal minister at Barry
town, N. Y. Mr.. Shober is a son of
ex Congressman Shober, of Salisbury,
N. O., and is at present at the home of
his father in Salisbury. The published
report of the affair is the only we
have seen or heard of, but the action
Of the Bishop in deposirg Mr.. Shober
strengthens the probability that the
conduct of the minister was far from
VUbot II should have been
Tarboro S0utherner: A dog pre-
sumably infected with the raboies has
been killed at w. NJ. Edmundson's,
near this place. The dog bit a fee and
killed one of a litter Of puppies of Frank
johnson living on the place. This so
enraged Mr.. Johnson that he made for
the dog with pitch fork, and it was
probably we'll for him that he did have
this weapon, for the canine attacked