The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-06-27

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the Bank of New Hanover had out.
some big loans, n of 1925, 600 to
AdraIn q VOllers, who assigned yes
terday and n of 800, 600 to Parsley's
saw mill company, says the Charlotte
News.
Mr.. r L. Burns showed us some of
the prettiest specimens of gold the
other day we ever saw. 1t came from
a new mine on which he and Mr.. w.
Q. Douglass have an option, and is the
richest find ever made in this section.
The ore yields So per ton, and is found
IN great abundance, They took out
$3.50 in a few days at a cost of $50, says
the Carthage Blade.
John P. Franklin has gone to Ridge
way, Va to visit his mother. He left
town with a large satchel. When
questioned about it's contents he re-
l~uctantly replied that it was full of
letters received from his best girl. At
her request they were being returned.
In Justice to John the Sentinel will
state that no tears were in his eyes
when he boarded the train, says the
Winston Sentinel.
We learn that out in the Keelsville
section some of the people are being
troubled by thieves entering their
houses while everybody is away from
home. Sunday is the day selected for
such deeds, advantage being taken of
the absence of the people at church.
Several houses have been entered in
the last few weeks. We hope the
offenders will be caught and punished,
says the Greenville Reflector.
Henderson Gold Leaf: DR.. Willis
Lewis has in his possession a violin
which we suppose is one of the Oldest
instruments of the kind anywhere
about here. 1t bears the name of a
celebrated maker, "Antonius Stradi-
various Cremonentis, Faciebat Ammo
1721," with his coat of arms, a harp
and circle, in the lower right hand
cornor Of the slip on which the above
is printed and pasted on the back
inside.
The terrible accident at the fire yes
terday morning has given rise to inquiry
as to whether any Wilmington fireman
had before been killed while on duty.
The nearest approximation is said to
be the killing of Capt. Ellerbrook, mas
ter of the tug Nice, at the fire in the
Peck building in 1880. He was not a
member of the fire department but
voluntarily offered his services, and be
and his faithful dog were crushed to
death by the falling walls of the build
ing, says the Wilmington Star.
Charlotte News: At Charlottesville,
yesterday the News met DR.. Paul Bar
ringer, who fills the chair of Professor
of Physiology in the University of Vir
GINA. The commencement was just
ended and DIR. Barringer was seeing
some of the students and visitors off.
There were 548 students at the Uni
versity this year. The North Carolina
graduates are: DR.. Albert J. Wilson,
of Charlotte; DR.. James Irwin, of Reds
vile, and DR.. j. S. Doubleday, of Ashe-
vile. Among the graduates was a
young lady.
Shelby Review: The election in Nc
Dowell county Monday resulted in a
majority for anti prohibition. - Col.
A. g. Logan, of Rutherford county,
was badly hurt some days ago by q
window sash falling on his head.
Owing to his age go years. his injuries
proved fatal. He died Monday. -
A d~eplorable. tragedy occurred near
Cover Monday afternoon. Mr.. David
A. Hogue, a prominent physician of
that section, was shot and it is thought
fatally wounded by VIM. @. Filters, a
prominent citizen.
Durham Sun: II. D. Kerr, known
here as Duncan, was blowing yester-
day onG. w. Barbee's place, (his father
IN law, in Cedar Fork township, near
Nelson, when the horse turned upon
him in an apparently fearful rage. The
horse seized his right arm above the
elbow and bit him terrible. It is re-
ported that the horse ran fully one
hundred yards with his teeth firmly
imbedded in Kerr's arm, and that it
took three men to choke the animal
off, and when his hold was broken
there then he seized his arm again
below the elbow.
New Berne Journal: The first of the
four or five wells to be bored for the
| city water works has reached a depth
of175 feet. Afterhavingp passed through
thirty feet of earth a foundation of
rock, which underlies the entire city,
was struck and continues up to the
present boring with an occasional
strata of water and quick sand. A
sufficient quantity of water has already
been reached, and with the exception
of it's being hard, it is pronounced good.
| Unless soft water is obtained sooner,
the boring will be continued to at least
800 feet with that desire in view.
Mr.. D. L. Crawford, of Beaver Dam,
told us Saturday of a very unusual
occurrence at his home a few days be-
fore. While he was sitting down IN
his home there suddenly came a crash
against the window and shattered trag-
ments of glass went flying over the
room. Recovering from the excite
ment a moment later he discovered a
dead partridge lying upon the floor
and an examination of the bird showed
that both it's legs were cut off, The
bird had flown against the window
with such force as to cut off both legs
and kill itself, says the Greenville
Reflector.