The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-09-13

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Mrs. Henry Winstead, met with quite
9 serious accident last Saturday by
falling In a pot of boiling soap. We
learn that he is In a critical condition.
The only coal mines in operation in
this State are owned by the Egypt
Coal Company, with a postofhce at
Egypt Depot, Chatham county. These
mines are being developed and viii
soon have a capacity of 500 tons per
day.
The first bale of new cotton was put
on market Wednesday by Daniel
Thomas, of our most prosperous
colored citizens. He sold it to Mr.. j.
=. Hudson for what it would bring
in Wilmington, says the Smithfeld
Herald.
The merry-go round folded its tent
like the Arab, and as silently stole
away" last week. We are several
hundred dollars the poorer by Is, but
Oh, those rides, In the light of the
silver moon, says the L~aurinburg
ErcbGnge.
Walter Bundy while fooling with a
pistol yesterday was suddenly bereft
of the end of one of his fingers. Hoe
handles do not go off half cooked "
and, properly employed, are much
more useful than pistols, says the
Laurinburg Exchange.
Willard, the five year-old child of
Mr.. ii. T. Baker, of No. 10, was bitten
on the hand by a mad dog. The dogs
known to have been bitten by this dog
have been killed. Mr.. Baker took his
little boy to try the mad stone, +" says
the Concord Standard.
Nl.z-TAL- nLou.n.. MI eoII Aov,o
of the city graded schools opened yes
terday. At the white shool 760 chill
dren were enrolled, and at the colored
SOC. OF the former number 100 we're
new children, those whose parents had
moved here in the past year.
Garrett Truitt, white, broke into the
depot of the Cape Fear and Yadkin
Valley Railroad at Madison, but he
burglarized twice before, and as he
was suspected, a watch was set for
him, resulting in his capture.
Ellis Lakey, of Pennington town
ship, was married a few days ago to
Miss Martha Mcbride, of Yadkin
county. The groom is 81 years of
woman, being only about % or %
years of age, says the Dayie Times.
A post Office has been established at
Pilgrim, obout three miles from Lex
ington, and will be opened In a few
days. Prof. Jesse B. Leonard is post
master. and the Office will be kept at
the Academy. Pilgrim is the name of
the new post office, says the Lexington
Dispatch.
An attempt was made last night to
4 hVswn n ~" hARron IN nOHVVaco. IF o1aoo%9a~
on Poplar street, between Sixth and
Seventh. The house is owned by Mr..
e. M. Andrews. A pile Of shavings
had been set fire to, but burned down
without igniting the house, says the
Charlotte Ne1Cs.
Charlotte News: A telegram was
received in the city this morning from
a Charlotte family at Blowing Rock,
requesting that a supply of blankets,
I~overcoats, wraps and winter clothing
be sent to them by first express. The
skating about the rock was doubtless
very good this morning.
Miss Ella Houston and Miss Ona
Patterson, two young ladies of Neck
lenburg county, left this afternoon on
a long journey. They are bound for
the missionary field in Japan, and at
st. Louis they will be joined by a party
of missionaries bound for the same
field, says the Charlotte Ne1Cs
Mr.. Haywood Eatman, of Clayton
township has a yew In his flock of
sheep that has given birth to two
lambs this year. The first was last
spring and last week she gave birth to.
the second one. It is said to be very
~unfrequent with the family of wool
producers, says the Smithfield Herald.
Monroe Enquirer: We learn that
Mr.. Isham Plyler, of Chesterfield, s..
O., who is well known In Monroe, and
Mr.. Bob Ray, of the same county, got
into a difficulty in which Plyler was
worsted badly, being cut in the bowels,
the side, neck and shoulder. Our in
formant said he was not expected to
live.
Asheville Citizen: On Sunday last
DR.. @. T. Carrot, who is one of the
most successful farmers and stock
raisers on the French Broad, near Hot
Springs, lost one of his tobacco barns
by accidental fire. This was followed
on the following day by another fire,
which consumed another of his to
bacco barns.
Charlotte NesUs Mr.. Jim Vogler
was exhibiting alot of English walnuts
on the streets to day. They were prod
ucts of trees planted on his lot seven
years ago. This is the first year the
trees have borne fruit, and by next
fall Mr.. Vogler expects to be supplying
the fruit stores-about- town with Char
lotte grown Walnuts.
Cleveland county has two men that
are remarkable men in their way. One
of them has a voice like a foo horn and
cannot speak in a whisper to save his
life. The other has not a hair on him
from the crown of his head to the sole
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