The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-03

D0dG lGF IL 30, let uS neal IrOm Y
says the Lenoir Topic.
The City census shows that we now
have 1896 inhabitants. The National
census gave US 7,843 in 1890. So we
have gained 783, or ten per cent since
that time-a very good increase, says
the New Berne Journal.
It has been rumored here this week
that some of our citizens have fallen
heir to a snug fortune by the death of
their uncle in California, who it is
claimed was worth a million and a half,
says the Roxboro Courier.
A little ten-year-old SON of Henry
Waller, Of Advance found a dynamite
cartridge near the railroad the other
day and while playing with 1t n
thing exploded, tearing his hand to
pieces, says the Davie Times.
Burlington News: Thursday J. A.
Long and J. L. Scott, Trustees, sold
the Alamance Cleaner at Graham, N.
c., tothe highest bidder. TWAS brought
by Mr.. L. L Kernodle, the father OF
Bro. J D. Kernodle, for $3.50.
Grant Beardsley, who has one Of the
best locations for a flour mill In the
State, says he intends to put in roller
mill machinery It will not be long
before we viii have plenty of roller
mills, says the Warrenton Record.
Hillsboro Observer: We are sorry
to announce the death of Mr.. Lemuel
Lynch. He passed away quietly Tues
day afternoon at his home here. He
was in the eighty sixth year of his age
and we believe was Our Oldest citizen.
Winston Republican: Mr.. Robert
Bangor, of Wilkes county, is an apiarist
you read about. He has at present
some IL. 900 pounds of honey, 5000 of
which is extracted. This revenue of
sweets is from sixty-four stands of
bees.
The farmers have had splendid
weather for saving fodder, they could
not have wished for better. But a great
many of them say they have no fodder,
the rains and the dry weather running
a great deal of it, says the Lenoir
Topic.
The following tax n from the Char
lOtte Democrat shows that there is
something wrong with the doctor:
Noah was the first pitcher on record
He pitched the Ark within and with
out. The game was called on account
of rain.
In celebration Of the winding up of
a rather late season at Ocracoke, Col.
A. Williamson, of Asheville, C tught
with hook and line a shark nine feet
long en- Wednesday last. The Colonel
is a boss fisherman, says the Washing
ton Gazette
Mr.. N. A. Purify was in the city
yesterday with a fat venisOn. 1t was
from a buck killed seven miles from
the city which weighed 10 pounds
dressed. Mr.. Purify says he was the
largest II he eve killed, says the
New Berne Journal.
Rev. Edward NJ. Forbes died at
Beaufort Monday morning in the 63i
year Of his age He was the oldest
Episcopal clergyman in the State, hav-
ing been n the ministry over fifty
years. He vas a native of New Berne
and was buried there.
Every body in Alamance county has
not yet learned that the last Legisla
ture changed the time of holding the
Fall term of Alamance Superior cour5.
1t nOv come three weeks later and
will commence on the 18th of NOvem-
Der, says the Alamance Cleaner.
Hendersonville Times: On Tuesday,
at Saluda, e young man named Rut-
ledge, a son Of Col. Henry Rutledge,
while sitting with his legs hanging
over the edge of the depot platform
next to the railroad track, was knocked
off by the shifting engine and killed.
A colorej man, named Alonzo Gray,
was killed Tuesday, morning, near
Wilson by jumping from n car to
another. The cars were uncoupled
and he fell through. He lived at
Rocky Mount and the remains we're
brought to this place, says the Phoenix.
Winston Sentinel: A white county
convict, named Prather, was killed by
one of the guards near Hausertown
yesterday. "A cabbage weighing
sixteen pounds and measuring three
feet and four inches in circumfert nee,
was purchased from a Winston mer
chant today.
We learn that much sickness Is pre-
vailing in the neighborhood Of Leg
gets, E~dgecOmbe county, and between
there and Tarboro. A malignant form
of the jaundice is prevailing there to a
very large extent, and is likely to prove
fatal in some cases, Gays the Scotland
Neck Democrat.
The Greenviile Reflector mentions
| that the little town of Ayden, Pitt
county is rapidly improving. Fully q
| dozen houses are IN course OF ereCtIoH
and others are in contemplation.
Ayden is the village in Pitt county IN
which the Disciples of the State have
just finished their college
The only cases Of Importance tried
this court is the case of Daniel Gil
christ for killing Frank Mckay. The
case went to the jury Saturday at II
o'clock and the verdict of guilty, was
soon returned. The Judge had not
passed sentence at last accounts, says
the Laurinburg Exchange.
There was a right serious shooting
affair at Lowgap last Saturday ever