The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-02-21

factory. - There were eleven droves
Of horses and mules here MGaGHy
aggregating 105 head. -Fra''E RtOpy,
while chopping wood near t9>Fn We!
nesday, u his foot nearly in two.
Sanford Express: The Wilmington
: Messenger in an able and pointed edl-
tOrial, advocates the bill of Mr.. Adams,
the brilliant young Representative from
! Moore county, to establish a Board of
PardOns Mr.. Adams should feel com
J plimented for the Messenger is gener-
ally right.
Mt. Airy Advertiser: Tobacco sold
on Tie Globe Warehouse floor yester
day At $4,000 per hundred pOonds.
- The Mt Airs Granite company is
surely on a big boom, an order having
recently been given for $50, 900 worth
of granite, with a prospect of the order
being doubled.
Mr.. H. L. Freeman happfned to
quite a bad accident one day last week.
He was up on a ladder, and by some
means it slipped out from under him,
ne falling on it and bruising up n of
his legs quite badly. He gets about
now with the aid Of a crUtch, says the
Davidson Dispatch.
Two immense horned owls were
caught in traps, one day last week, by
Il farmer living about eight miles from
Southport. One OF the owls, which
was brought to the Leader office by
and One-half feet ross the wings,
says yhe Southport Leader.
New Berne Journal: The M0rehead
City News mentions the shipment or
thirteen car loads Of fish, oysters and
CLAIMS IN one day from that place. Re
member that a Cur load means about
40 600 pounds, and the magnitude OF
this shipment from a place Of less than
1850 inhabitants will be realized.
This morning near 2 o'clock thu fire
alarm was turned in from box 313. 1t
proved to be f. n. CarringtOD's two
story seven room frame dwelling on
Park Avenue. Just this side Of the
RambOugb residence. The house IS a
total loss, partly insured Cause of
fire defective fue near r@Cf, says the
Ashevillo Gazette.
Frank Mckay, colored. left his home
in "pTiag Hill township on last Thtr8-
day and has not since been heard from
HIS dinner basket was found in q bush
near the ~tu1pentine boxes where he
Was supposed to be working, Great
excitement prevails among the COiOrsd
people and foul play is suspected -
LaurlnbuTg Exchange,
M. Tsaa; Mjz-H, who was badly cut
on his hand some time ago at she mIi
near RoQuIst, was caught III he baDd
saw lass week and u about the hea1
and body, but not seriously. It Is safe
to say shat the next time NJ. Mzti
sets q screw or nut be viii stop The
saw from running. This is he second
warning, say S yhe Windsor Ledger
Clinton Democrat: An unique mari
til rue was recently performed by Rev
Nm. Lairer, Il celebrated cOjored al
vine Of this town. IN addressing the
dusEy groom he SAID Do you prom
ise TO noUTiSh her, 10 protect her, 70
keep her, not to go TO Georgia, and
stay with her Away 50 help you
G0G!' The groom's love was strong
and lie promised.
Mai. W. J. Barrett and Mr.. w. @.
Taylor and a few others III their neigh
OOrbo0d, in Neuse township, have lost
agOUdmany h~Ogsrecenl, from cholera.
The young hogs die worst. TIE dis
ease Is apt to spread over the river but
there is hope that it Will not cross over
10 this side. It would be a great bless
ing Ii a certain cholera eur could be
devised, says the Kin8t0n Press.
The freight train, which passed here
this morning sometime between three
and four O'clock, was wrecked in the
deep cut just this side of HillsbOro.
-Four cars were thrown from the track
aud knock into kindling wood, but
fortunately no n was hurt. 1t Is
thought that the accident was caused
by a bad place in the track of the r. &
D. Road, says the Durham Recorder.
There was a dancing fr0Iic on Long
Branch Saturday night and Thomas
Davidson and Elem Richardson, two
cOlored participants, distinguished
themselves by the free use OF aZO
AS q result, Richardson received an
ugly cash aCrOSSh s throat and several
upon his head. Davis has been ar
rested and at the Mayors court Mon.
day vas bound over to court In a bond
OF 800. Richardson was required to
give q bond of $25, says the Winston
Republican.
The Greensboro Record learns that
Willie WOODS was drowned near Dial
ton yesterday about noon while trying
to cross the Little Yadkin on a foot-lOg.
/ He slipped off and was carried down
the angry stream. Another boy, who
was with him, reported the fact and
search was made for his body with
out success. 1t is supposed it was
washed out into the Big Yadkin not
far from that place and into which the
Little Yadkin empties, says the Win
stOn Sentinel.
There was a "head on " collision of
freight trains on the main line at Con
cord this morning. One freight was
standing on the main line as another
pulled in. The air brakes of the
second train failed to work, and
there was a collision, the noise of
mhich WIS hoard IN tomn in Gonnord