The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-09-20

tightly grasped, two of them with their
heads off. - At three o'clock last
Wednesday morning the residence of
Mr.. Charles Johnson, of Spring Hill
township was burned.
Durham Sun: Mr.. J.. w. Gattis,
who lives about three miles from here,
out m the Chapel Hill road, died this
morning about II o'clock. He has
been sick for several months and for
the past three or four days has been
gradually sinking He was about Sc
years old and brother of our towns
men, j. R. Gattis and Rev. T. J.. Gatti5.
Tarboro Southerner. Horse stealing
in this section is becoming epidemic.
1t is not long since w. M. Edmundson
had a mule stolen and carried to Elm
City. Sometime last Saturday a col
ored man, James Bullock; had a mule
and a road cart stolen by another
darkey named Lewis Lyon, and at
this writing nothing has been heard of
them.
The eastbound passenger train that
passes Durham about / o'clock Sunday
morning killed Abram Kennedy, an
old colored wood chopper. The acct
dent occurred near East Durham.
Kennedy was addicted to his drinks
and the cause of his death is attributed
to the fact that he fell asleep on the
track while under the influence of
liquor, says the Durham San.
Monroe Enquirer: Notwithstand
the cry of hard times, compared with
a few years ago Union sounty Is in
good condition. There has been i'm
provement in almost every line. Ger
tainly our farmers r not more in
debt, while they have better stock,
better and more comfortable homes,
and their farms as a general thing are
in much better condition.
New Berne Journal: Mr.. r. Berry
sent around to our office some raisin
grapes of the variety which from series
of experiments that he has had in
progress for several years he has de-
cided to be adopted for the manufac
ture of raisins In North Carolina and
he considers them perfectly adapted
as he has dried these and other quail
ties and obtained first class ~raisins,
The west. bound train on the Western
road was about two hours late last
Sunday and the run was made from
Salisbury to Statesville, a distance of
25 6-1O miles, in 81 minutes. This was
a little too fast for Conductor Frazier
and he talked about side tracking and
sending for another engineer, but he
left here with the same man holding
the throttle, says the Statesville Land
mark.
Siler City Leader: On Sunday last
an unknown person stole a horse from
Mr.. Fred. Watson, at Goldson, a buggy
from another man there, and a girl
from a man who lives near there, and
skipDed. He is described as being
rather stout, short, and about % years
old, At last accounts no tidings had
been received of the culpriG or his
stolen property or of the child alb
Quoted.
Charlotte Observer: 81 tell you
what's the fact" said the old war
horse "-ex- sheriff and ex-chief of pc
Iice-yesterday, IF it don't rain soon
the farmers will be worse down in the
mouth than ever. / have just returned
from a ride all through the surround
ing country, and the cotton begins to
look mighty bad it is drying up. The
corn also shows the effects of the
drought"
Scotland Neck Democrat: The Hall
fax postofice seems to be a source of
trouble to the Republicans. One post
master of that Office has been put in
the p~enitentiary, and onother is charged
with selling his vote at the National
Republican Convention for $500. It is
said that the present postmaster was
hard up when he left for that conven
tion, and when he returned he was
g dush," and could meet bills right
and left.
Charlotte Ne1US: At the fair in Con-
cord this week there was exhibited in
the agricultural hall an object lesson
for all this section in the shape of a
bunch of rice grown in North Carolina.
This beautiful specimen, head ten
inches long, did not come from an
eastern county, as might be supposed,
but was brought by Mr.. G. M, Lore, a
wide awake citizen OF Concord, from
the farm of Mr.. Abram Anthony, of
Catawba county.
Minnie Merrick, the circus girl who
was attacked by the lioness here Sat
urday, was resting quietly at eleven
o'clock Saturday night when the show
train pulled out for Wilkesboro. DIR.
Lott visited the injured woman three
times after she was hurt. She was
suffering considerable PAIN. He says
the cash on the back of her neck made
by the claws of the lioness, was at one
place nearly two inches in depth, says
the Winston Sentinel.
Winston Sentinel: D. B. Dwiggins,
who lives four miles below Kerners-
vile, tells the NeaCs that his children
killed a moccasin snake a few DAYS
ago that measured ten inches in cir
conference. They cut it open and
found two distinct pockets. One cor.
tanned 70 young snakes about six
inches in length, and the other rs,
which were much smaller. Mr.. Dwig-
gins says this is an actual fact, and he
can prove every word of it.
Fire destroyed five wooden buildings
owned by colored citizens on east
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