The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-12-05

ing between three and four o'clock.
All the contents of the house were
saved. The origin of the fire is sup
posed to be incendlary, as there had
been no fire in the house since the
morning before.
Some Chatham pork was sold at
Raleigh, a few days ago, az low as six
cents a pound, two cents lower than 1t
could have been sold for at this place.
1t may be that u Raleigh friends
have become SO fond of eating Chat
ham rabbits their favorite food) that
they do not care to eat hog meat, says
the Chatham Record 80
New Berne Journal: Mr.. J. D. Din
kin's bar room was broken into Wed
nesday night between a quarter past
twelve and four o'clock, his safe en-
tered and over 81, 200 stolen. - Miss
Sarah Bonner, of Aurora, about sever
teen years of age, daughter of Mr..
Henry Bonner, of Aurora, died at Viii
son Collegiate Institute on Tuesday,
the 18th inst. of hemorrhagic fever.
Sheriff Wycof and Deputies Scroggs
and Templeton left for Raleigh Mon
day, taking eight prisoners to the peni
tertiary. They are all cOlored and
their names and sentences are as fol
lows: Strawther French, Alfred Abel,
Aaron McCorkle and Will Frazier,
three gyears; Jun Gillespie and Peter
Wilson. one year each; Sim Fair, two
years, says the Statesville Landmark.
Burglars entered the grocery store
Of Messrs. MOffitG Bros. one night last
week and committed several depreda
tiOns, but nothing was stolen-at least
nothing has been missed by the pro
prietOr5 so far. The burglars opened
the faucette of a barrel of molasses
and let the mOlasses run all over the
floor. The barrel contained about 40
gallons of fine Cuba molasses, says the
Lexington Dispatch.
The case of /. H. Feust, late cashier
of the First National Bank of Sails
bury, has been continued to February
term of Rowan Superior Court. He
was indicted in two bills for embezzIe
ment. In bill he is charged with
appropriating a check for 1913 81, the
property of Vance Cotton Mills. The
other bill contains two counts for en-
bezzlement of funds of the bank
amounting to $4,000.
James Ferguson, aged II, son of Mr..
Adam Ferguson, a fireman on the Air
Line Railroad, was accidentally shot
and prObabably fatally wounded this
morning. The accident occurred near
the Jewish cemetery. The young man
was bird hunting, and was standing on
a log. His gun slipped, the hammers
struck the log and the load entered his
breast, SCATTERING the breast bones,
says the Charlotte News.
Yesterday afternoon, while the little
ten year old son, Frank, of Mr.. Harris
Williams, of Newell, was chopping
wood in the back yard, a little son of
Mr.. Charles Ritch a up behind him
just as the axe was swung back for a
decent, and received a bad cut on the
head. The flesh was laid open to the
skull bone, and a CHASTITY wound made.
DIR. Pharr attended the child and pro
nounced it a serious cut, says the Char
lo5te News.
A negro. who tried to sell a steer to
Mr.. w. r. Bond last Friday acted in a
suspicious manner. Mr.. Bond caused
his arrest, and the negro, whose name
is Mark Patrick, finally confessed that
he stole the steer from MI. Ed. Wether-
ington, who lives within four miles of
Greenville. Mr.. Wetherington was
communicated with and came over,
and on Monday carried the steer home
and the negro to Greenville Jail, says
the Kinston Free Press.
Concord Standard: @. w. Bradford,
of No. 8, was here and gave us an &C
count of a row in No. 3 Thursday night,
at a pound party held by the colored
people. J. Atwell and Jim Black got
into the trouble, in which Atwell cut
Black. They were put out of the
house, whereupon Black began on
Atwell again, who Dire his pistol and
fred-he missed Black but shot Sandy
Gibson through the abdomen. DR..
Steele says he cannot live.
Weldon News: Six convicts escaped
from one of the States farms on the
river near here last week Three of
them have been captured and returned
to the proper authorities. One was
captured near town by MI. George
Simmons. George is quite a young
man, but when he saw the convict on
his fathers farm he ordered him to
hold up his hands. The convict obeyed
the command, and was marched to
town and delivered into the hands of
Justice.
Wilson Advance: Last Thursday
evening, shortly after dark, Mrs. Jas.
E. Rountree had a call from one of the
walking tourists" He desired a little
supper. While Mrs. Rountree was en-
gagged in preparing something for him
he entered the house and stole a hand
some gold watch. All effort to appre-
bend the offender proved fruitless.
Although our police succeeded in
catching up with two or three of the
gentry during the night, the right one
was not found.
JAMES Chambers, a young colored
man, and VIM. Downey, a colored
boy, were up before Captain John
Kirkland, J. P, Saturday, for stealing
a gold watch belonging to Mrs. @. E.
Parish. After hearing the evidence,