The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-01-17

HO~A ~ HOONN~O 1888
"aalted down" by Mr.. Tom Jones, of
Fork township, during the present
spell Of hog killing weather"
During the holidays Mr.. w NJ.
BroughtOn killed / very large buck
near Chase City, Va He shot the deer
running with a Winchester rife Ed.
How did the deer hold the rife?l
Chatham Record: There are no new
developments about the horrible muir
der of Mr. Adam Siler and wife. The
cOrOner's jury is still investigating
the crime, but nothing definite is yet
discovered.
Norwood V1dette: w. 7. Harris and
Henry Ivey, of Rest. this county, have
a new cotton chopper, for which they
have applied for a patent. They claim
that it will DO well and perfectly the
work of eight hands.
There were 33 cart loads of New
River trout in the market yesterday.
TIE number of fish was about 5. 500 the
average weight was about thr ee pounds.
They sold from Is to % cents apiece
wholesale, says the New Berne Journal.
Mr.. Broughton, who has been slightly
deaf for a long while, now has the
pleasure Of being entirely restored.
Some days ago his full hearing capacity
came back to him suddenly, and he
cannot account for it, says the Oxford
Ledger.
Windsor LEDGER: Acolored man by
the name of BazemOre was struck and
killed by a blow on the head from an
axe in the hands of another cOlored
man named BazemOre near Mt|Oiive,
in this county, Saturday, December
oath. The murderer escaped.
Baleigh Chronicle: Mrs William
Vann, who lives about three miles
from Lasker, n o. wrapped her
eleven months old baby up in it's cradle
and left it near the fire. She was gone
about fifteen minutes. When she re
turned she found the bah burned to
a crisp.
Mount Airy Ne10S: A murder oc-
CURED just over the Stokes county line,
in Virginia. one day last Week-One
Walter Hall shot and instantly killed
one James SnIder during a brawl. The
last intelligence is that Hall has com
mitted suicide. Both men were from
Stokes county, .
Mr.. w. B. Strickland, aged about
IL, and d worthy member Of the Ali
ance, living ear SpringhOpe, acct
DENLY shot himself just after Christ
mas, the load shatterIng his left arm,
between the shoulder and elbow. He
was getting along well at last accounts
The Grand Secretary of the Grand
Lodge of Odd Fellows Of the State in
forms us hat there are now 81 lodges,
with i. 300 members. This is a gain Of
IL lodges and 800 members during the
year just ended. There are applvca
tiOns for the institution of four more
lodges, says the Oxford Ledger.
Whiteville StUr: The county com
m~issioners, at their meeting OF Tues
day, refused to grant license to sell
whiskey. - There was a sad occur
renee at Red Bluff, in this county,
about Christmas. A party by the
name of shaw killed a Mr.. Chestnut;
the murderer is still at large.
Fayetteville Gaze te: Policeman
Ingram was painfully cut about the
head wi h a knife by - Billiard. one
night the past week. Ballard is now in
Jail to await the action of the grand
jury at the next term of Cumberland
superior Court for using q deadly
weapon and resisting an officer.
Henry Morris, colored, who was put
l. Io4A OCLOOlO II VII Viz no 80 VI \
ing stolen the bonds and other valuable
papers which Mr., G II. Simmons of
Onslow county is advertising for, was
released yesterday, it not being deemed
that there was sufficient grounds on
which to hold him, says the New Berne
Journal
Charlotte Observer: The manual
training department at the graded
10hnN IS To 0O0FInJTo OnTynn ont Nf
twelve aldermen ~favoring the board
continuing to pay the teachers salary.
- During q row in the second ward
Friday night, anegrO vas struck on the
head and skull fractured. She may die
from the wound.
Wilkesboro Chronicle: There is a
man who was raised in Wilkes county
but now lives in Alexander, who is 81
years old. In all his life he has
bought a pound of meat, a pound of
-four. or a bushel of grain of any kind
He has always raised his supplies at
home, and to-day he is said to own
1900 acres of land.
Marion Free Lance: Saturday be-
fore Xmas Jim GOOdrum and Max
FriZZle were playing in Forster and
Turnbill's restaurant, when GOOdrum
pul16o Il OGCdIIDi6 pLSCOl anu SHOG
FriZzle in the abdomen, from which he
died Tuesday. Goodrum is in jail
awaiting his trial. He claims that the
shooting was accidental.
Wadesboro Messenger nteUigencer:
After an illness of about fourteen
months, Mrs. M. A. MUIR died at her
residence in this place on the Goth ult.,
aged about AZ years. - Mr.. J. M.
Hendley, who left this county for
Texas twelve months ago died at Mexia,
that State, on the Oath of December of
typhoid fever, aged, "a years.
ROxboro Courier: Mr.. Charles Oak
ley, who lived near Moriah, in this
county, was a%ccidently killed while out
hunting last Saturday. 1t appears that
he was out with a party of hunters,
and a tree was cut down for some pur-