The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-03-07

of grapes ana IOt dCCO stems from me
N~orth-Stalks Of Corn and Grains of
Wheat from the West-Peanuts
and Cotton Seed from the South
Moody and Sankey will begin their
meeting in Charlotte March 9Th.
A Davidson county man kileI eight
wild turkeys III less than a week.
Winston is going to vote on
issuing $3.50, coo bonds for water
works.
The old negroes are atilI still dying
in the columns Of the North Carolina
newspapers.
Mrs. W. L. Greene, of Wilkes, gave
birth to three girl babies recently. All
living and doing well.
Mr.. TheO. Ramsaur recently killed a
hog which weighed SIS pounds says
the LincolntOn Courier.
MISS Mary Dusenbury has been re-
appointed by President Harrison as
pOstmlstress at Concord.
A cat owned by D. P. Everett, Of
ChaTthage, n. G. died on Tuesday. at
at the Teputed age of Is years.
Shelby Review: For some we~ks
past the Cleveland Mills section OF the
county has had mad dog scare.
Concord Standard: Surveyor Long
was IN town Monday and reports the
mad cog scare in his neighbOrhOod
undated,
Statesville Landmark: Mad dogs
have been on the rampage In Bethany
and Cool Springs tow nshipS within the
past Two weeks.
The Record ! a Chatham county
firm has bought and shipped since
Christma- 2 662 rabbit skins and about
1000 par5rIdScs.
DUNBAR bridge was carried away On
the night Of the 18th, by tie high
water and a huge raft, says the Tar
bOr0 Southernfr.
TheTsge Furniture Company st High
Point has been incorporated. The CAPT
tai stock Is $l2. 600 with privilege of
increasing to $4,000
We hear il intimated that both
Oneida and Sidney Cotton Mills will
be doubled N capacity during the year,
says the Graham Cleaner.
The whole of Alamance county will
be included under the stock law on
and after April 1st, next, by act of the
Legislature past last week.
The caD.city OF the Aurora Cotton
Mil at Burlington, Is to be doubled.
a new b~irk mill as large as the pres
ent one VIII be bulls at once,
There p several Mormon preachers
operating III Durham. 1t is said that
efforts VIII made to route them, as
they are propaEating bigamy.
Mr.. john A Young, of the Greens
boro nurseries, SAYS that the harder
peach trees are likely to yield we'll this
year, although the tender varIeJlss are
killed.
W .T-Il- I'D ~, H. pvr-1sn1
ton market $500 hills of tobacco for
which ne received $40 or an average
of 20 cents per hill, says the Buriing
ton Herald.
A new cotton factory company was
formed at GastOnia last week. The
company l. to have 3 capital stock Of
of SIS 90. $50. 600 Of which has been
subscribed.
Charlotte News: Mrs. DR.. J. B
Alex .nder died at her home on North
Tryan street in this city, at 4 o'clock
this morning, OF pneumonia. She was
SO years O!d.
Mr. J D McIver. Of this community.
hRppereu to the misfortune to lose his
kitchen 10y fire L Gay last week. We
have failed 10 learn how l. caught, says
the Sanford Express.
Charlotte Observer: A son Of Oscar
Brown. living on Green Steel's pl&nta
ton. vas BIZ by a mao dog Tuesday,
ana was brought here for the appllca-
ton Of tn ma stone.
Tie .feighC train took out a number
of Il G Ia, { horses. There were l all
80 OF them at the fair, and three States
had representation among them, says
the New Berne Journal.
Jonathan Stewart and his brother
Grant Stewart also Adams were put IN
Jail recently for the petty larceny or
bee hives from parties e Grover,
says the Shelby Aurora.
Meat and provisions are quite high
and prospects are for a further ad
vance. Wages still continue low
though. Something wrong somewhere,
say the Windsor Ledger.
Mr.. Stanford Robertson, q native cf
Alamance county, died recently at his
home IN Montgomery county. Ill, IN
the S45n year of his age. He left this
State sorne forty years ago.
The Marion Record say S: Mcdowell
Superior Court Monday week. Twenty
one suits have been instituted at THIS
tenn. The criminal docket is small and
no cases on IL of importance.
Durham Sun: It is with regret that
we chronicle the death of Mr.. John S
Long, a prominent tObaccOnist Of this
city, winch occurred t. -day about noon
at his h.me in North Durham.
James Fargo, who lives about four
miles from Drnver was shot last FL
day, Eco. II, by a pistol IN the hands
of his wife. The LincOlnt0n Courier
says the shooting was &C :idental.
The Wukesboro Chronicle knows of
q cas- that Is Over 80 years old a I'd Is
still 30 sprlghtly and alert that no a
or mouse dares Intrude upon it. 1t has
been with 1t present owner IS years.