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

until October 1st, 1894. This will be
tough on the married men, says the
Enterprise.
The Landmark was presented, Tues
day, with a bunch of second crop
raspberries-very fine ones for this
season. They grew On the premises of
Mr.. H. M. Mills, says the S~tatesville
Landmark.
Rockingham Spirit of South: John
Sanford, who escaped from the ASYLUM
near Morganton last week and made
his way back to his home in this county,
has been recaptured and returned to
the asylum.
Luther's Chapel, the handsome new
church at China Grove, came near be-
ing destroyed by fire Sunday morning.
1t caught from a defective aue, but the
IRE was soon extinguished, says the
Concord Standard.
Mr. @ L Harris, one of the cadets
Of the Military School, fell from a lad
der last Saturday. and broke his arm,
just above the wrist. DR.. Mcdowell
set the limb and it is no doing well,
says the Scotland Neck Democrat.
The first stealing of any consequence
IN Murfreescoro for a long while oc-
Cured Monday night. Some n broke
into the store of Mr., T. A. Brett and
carried off between fifty and sixty dol
lars worth OF goods, says the Index.
We are informed that the meeting
to which the Rocket referred as a
meeting of the Laurel Hill Alliance"
was participated in by all the good
people of that section both in and out
of the Alliance, says L~aurinburg Ex-
change.
The Grand Lodge of Masons of North
Carolina by special invitation will as
semb e in Wilmington in it's 10Th
annual communication at 7:30 o. m.
on the first Tuesday in January, 1894,
IN honor of the centennial of St. Johns
Lodge No. 1.
1t Is reported on our streets that Mr..
w. B. Hooker, who once lived here as
civil engineer on the 3 Cis, killed his
wife, child and then committed suicide.
Trouble in the household" is the
cause, the report says, says the Marion
Free Lance.
Mr.. JnO Blue is not only a capital
farmer but IN inventor. He has lust
secured a patent on a fertilizer dis
trlbutOr that knocks the spots off any
thing of the kind ever seen. This is
what experienced farmers tell u.s., saws
Laurinburg Exchange.
Durham Globe: Breaks of tobacco
have been getting larger on our market
for several weeks. and for the past few
days they have been very large. To,
day the warehouses are nearly full,
and farmers r here from many
different counties with their crops.
Wilkesboro Chronicle: We under
stand on good authority that Judge
Dick charged the United States Com
missiOners t not bind to the Federal
Court any woman or any man over 70
years old. He also charged them to be
careful ABOUT sending up frivolous
cases.
Kinston Free Press: Mr.. w. F..
Stanly's gin house and four bales of
cotton, four or five miles from Kin
stOn, were burned last Friday after
noon. The fire originated in the lint
room, catching it is thought, from a
match in the seed cotton. Loss about
$500; no insurance.
Mr.. E. II. Bradford, who lives near
the Cabarrus line, has started up a
new industry-a keg and barrel fac
tory. This morning he came to the city
with the first output of his factory,
consisting of As five gallon kegs. He
disposed of them at so cents each, says
the Charlotte News.
Reidsville Weekly: Rev. @. /. With
row, the bright and jealous young
pastor of the cOlored Methodist church,
has been returned to this field for
another year. He informs us that
during the conference year recently
closed his church raised $3.50 and had
fifty seven accessions.
A lady of New Hanover county cele-
brated the 21st instant, the 47Ch ami
versary of her wedding day, and on
this occasion a cake was made for her
by a colored cook in her family who
helped make her wedding cake for her,
and one each and every succeeding
anniversary of the event.
Wadesboro Messenger: Considerable
corn was destroyed by freshets in
Lanes and Brown creeks, Sunday and
Monday. Noah Leak, an Arson
county negro, was arrested in Monroe
yesterday charged with highway rob-
berry. Leak and a woman waylaid a
man and robbed him of $40.
Corn gathering is now on hand.
The injury by the August storm to the
crop was considerable, and much Of
the corn is damaged by being on the
ground so long. The weather has also
damaged the crop materially, but not
w~ithstanding all this. Watauga will
have an abundance of corn, says the
Boone Democrat.
A warrant has been issued for the ar
rest of Cornelius Coles for striking
Fornev. the man who was run over
and killed bV the excursion train on
the 3 C's some time ago, with a pair of
steel knucks knocking him between
the cars, which resulted in the train
running over him and killing him, says
the Marion Free Lance.
Mrs. Alice Roper was found yester,
day to have taken a heavy dose OF