The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-04-25

Fox, who lived on the mountain above
Warrior creek, in Beaver Creek town.
ship, was burned SO badly on Wednes-
day OF last week that he died from the
effects. He was fighting fire which
had caught from a field that was being
burned off
The Oldest inhabitant failed to come
up town Saturday to remind us that
on that date Al years ago, April Is,
1o4S, there was a great nOw storm
and freeze all over this section. The
snow was 6 inches dep. There was
no fruit that summer, says the Char
lotte News.
The Lincoln Courier says that Thurs
day night of last week the barn at the
Lincoln county poor house was burned
and In the fire were consumed two
mules, a horse, a COW and one or two
hogs, all belonging to Mr.. P. F. Baxter,
the keeper of the home; also the
'roughness' of the barn.
Mt. Airy News: We hear that some
farmers n this section hold President
Cleveland responsible because they do
not get as much for their tobacco as
they think they should. If this is So,
they should also give him credit for
chickens selling at thirty cents each,
and not very large ones at that.
At a meeting Of the Rocky River
Alliance last week a vote was taken on
whether OF not the members were
planting more cotton than last year
The result showed that they were
planting some less than last year. This
ought to be the result all over the
country, sage the Concord Times.
Thieves broke in Messrs. f. A. Lukin
& Bros. Hardware store last Sunday
night and stole quite a number of pis-
tOles; also into in the store of Mr.. j. c..
Pass. They took Mr.. Pass cash drawer
to the door but not finding anything
in it left it there. Mr.. Pass a Y he
can't miss anything, says the Roxboro
| Courier.
Mr.. E. Danenburg's beer bottIing es
5abllshment was burned last night
about half past ten o'clock. The ma
chlnery and stock were valued at about
$40, 600, some insurance.; the building
at about So, 500. 1t belonged to Mrs.
P. Holland, and there was not any in
surance IN it, says the New Berne
Journal.
Charlotte Observer: Rev. E A.
Osborne complained to the Observer
yesterday of depredatiOns being made
on the orchard at The Orphanage.
Monday night thieves invaded the
orchard and removed a number of
fruit trees Of one years growth. Pota-
toes and other things have recently
been stolen.
Newton Enterprise: Fig trees are all
dead. An experienced fig raiser tells
us that he neve knew them to be so
thoroughly killed by the cold as they
were last winter. The cold snap last
week killed a good many peaches, but
there are plenty for a good crop left
The apple and cherry crops promise
also to be very full.
In July of last year Robert L. Jonas
killed VIM. Smith in Lincoln county.
Jonas escaped and his Whereabouts
was unknown until recently. Some
time ago he sold a tract of land in Lin
coin county for 5000. The deed was
prObated in Texas and returned to
Lincoln, and by that means his hiding
place was discovered.
Kinston Free Press: While Mr..
VIM Hill and his son, of near Sugg's
mill, Green county, were returning
home from Kinston Saturday after
noon, his mule, became frightened and
ran away, throwing them out of the
buggy. Mr.. Hill was seriously injured
internally, and his son was bruised up
but not r i)usly hurt.
Officer J. L. Sailing arrested one
Allen Williams cOlOred, yesterday morn
ing at 6 o'clock, at the cOner of Sixth
and Ann street, on suspicion of larceny.
He had a lot of white side meat. about
seventy five pounds in all, and was
offering to sell it at 9 cents, which is
way below the market price, says the
Wilmington Messenger.
Mr.. Alexander Evans was accident
ally shot by a lad, Lenoir Jaynes, who
was fOoling with a pistol in a show
case in a store in Burke county. AS
usual, 1.-The pistol was not loaded, but
Alex. Evans had a narrow escape and
was wounded in the arm and side.
This was at Fonta Flora, in Burke
county, so says the Herald.
Morganton Herald: On Friday night
last at 9 o'clock a large mRteOric stone
| fell near the house of Mr.. David A. Ka-
nipe, three miles from Marion. 1t
missed Mr.. Kanipe, who certainly bears
a charmed life. He is the one survivor
| of the Custer massacre on Big Horn, by
reason of an order sending him back
with dispatches on the very eve of the
battle.
One of the young white prisoners in
the Shelby jail was tried Tuesday for
larceny of bees and sentenced to the
pe~nitentiary for eighteen months.
When he returned to his prison he be-
gan with great glee dancing the
double shuttle" and exclaimed: Hell,
amt L a man7 l 60 to the penitentiary
eighteen months!" says the Shelby
Aurora.
New Berne Journal: Wednesday
Mr.. B. Swert bought the largest steer
on Messrs. blackburn 6 Willet's stock
farm and killed him yesterday. Mr..
Swert informs us that it is the largest
beef animal ever killed in the city.
Tho drnSand Mainht Mas I 500 nnIln6s