The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-07

1870
Bass was summoned and found it neces
sary to amputate two fingers that had
been mashed by the train. 1t is sup
posed that the al was under the in
fuence of whiskey. He died Tuesday
morning, says the Tarboro Southerner.
Monroe Enquirer: Never in the
memory of the oldest inhabitant has
there been such a rain as fell here last
Sunday. Beginning at nine o'clock
Saturday night there was an ~unceasing
downpour of rain for twenty one hours.
The creeks we're the fullest they have
ever been. The damage in Union
county will amount to thousands of
dollars.
Eureka Lodge No. z, I. O. O. F. of
New Berne sent off twenty, five dollars
yesterday to the Brunswick yellow
fever sufferers The nervousness of
the gift will be better appreciated
when it is remembered that the mem
bers had contributed a citizens to the
general fund that was sent from here
last week to Brunswick, says the New
Berne Journal.
Whisky distillers in this State have
received notice that they will be re
quired to pay tax on three gallons OF
whisky for each bushel ofcOrn distilled.
DisJillers now pay tax on two and a
half gallons per bushel. The Secretary
of the State Liquor Dealers and Dis
%tilIers' Association alleges that the
order will cause a. shut down of all
small d~istilleries
Saturday night a week ago at a col
ored brawl in Bethel township, S., c.,
Sam Matthews shot HenrW Warren
through the DO wells and ran away.
The wounded man died on Monday
following. Messrs. Sam Johnston and
Leslie Campbell caught the runaway
at Bessmer City last Saturday and
took him to York county Jail, says the
Gastonia Gazette.
We regret to learn that hog cholera
is raging in some portions of the
county, notably in HOwellsville and
Britts townships. Mr.. r. r. Jones, of
III town, has given us another remedy
for this disease. 1t is Japanese oil.
We would be glad if people could and
would use some of the remedies which
are said to be effective, says the Lum
bertOn Robesonian.
We learn of a most horrible affray
which occurred at or near Healing
Springs quite recently. A crowd of
fellows, whose names we have not
learned, all got into an affray when
one, a man by the name of Bean, got
cut severely and it is thought he ear
not live. We haven't been able to
learn any particulars as yet, says the
Lexington Dispatch.
Durham Globe: Late yesterday after,
noon we were informed that a man
named Hamlet, living in East Durham,
struck his wife and choked his daugh
ter because she demonstrated with him
for striking her mother. He was ar
rested and put under a peace bond,
and went straight home and raised
another row. Now he is sneaking about
town to evade arrest.
Mr.. c. @. Bordeaux. timber Inspector
for the w. N. & N. Railroad and two
companions killed a very large bear
and a cub at Holly Ridge, 10 miles from
WilmintOn Tuesday. Bears are said
to be numerous and troublesome near
that point, A bear was also killed
close to the railroad track between
Maysville and Jacksonville about two
weeks ago. This fellow killed a dog
during the fight.
Mr.. R. J. Dempster, who lives in
Morning Star township, ten miles from
Charlotte, brought nine bales of cotton
to town Tuesday morning on
wagon drawn by two mules. Before
the era of good graded and macadam-
lied roads in Mecklenburg, he could
scarcely bring two bales on one wagon.
This shows the advantage of good roads
in a way that can be appreciated by
all, says the Charlotte News.
Mrs, W. Fl. Black, wife of the super
intendent of the Oxford Orphan Asy-
lum, died at he home recently. The
week before her youngest son died and
last week her sister died. Mrs. Black
was widely known among Southern
Methodists. She was author of the
Hand Book of Missions, and was one
of the leaders of missionary work /
the M. E. Church, South. Her body
was carried to Raleigh for burial.
DR.. Hyatt performed a very difficult
surgical operation on Mrs. Amos Phil
lips, of this county, about five weeks
ago, removing a twenty pound fbrOid
tumor from her abdomen. She re-
turned home last Monday perfectly
cured. Dr.. Hyatt probably has the
and his practice is constantly increas-
ing. He has a nicely equipped sanato-
rum for the treatmeI t of diseases of
the eye and general surgery. 1t is the
only institution of the kind in the
State. -Kinston IN. O. Free Press.
Rockingham Rocket: Mr.. Richard
Lampley was exhibiting in town Sat
urday some fine specimens of surface
gold which he had found on Mr.. Euclid
Covingtons' place on Cartridges Greek,
seven miles north of Rockingham. Mr..
Lampley has been trying for three
years to locate the mine and only sue
ceeded last week. 1t is said the ore
will essay $65 to the ton, which is a
rich yield, and Mr.. Lampley thinks
the supply very large. 1t has been
commonly asserted and believed that
no gold existed in this county, but that
fallacy is 10Y exploded.