The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-01-03

NO0A 4UoO week Will the uGCK Oh n
fast between the horns of the other.
The suppositiOn is that they werefight-
ing and being caught in the above po-
s1tlon broke n anothers neck.
Winston Sentinel: A negro was
killed between Walkertown and Den
mis- by the Northbound Norfolk and
Western passenger train Thursday.
He jumped near the rails as the engine
approached him and he was instantly
killed. He was drunk and was trying
to knock the train off the track.
The Charlotte Observer says several
boxes of Christmas things were sent
from Charlotte to the Presbyterian
Home at Barium Springs, and a kind
/ hearted gentleman who does not live
in Charlotte sem the Home a check
for 800 with the stipulation that it
was to be spent for fun and frolic.
The stand of Mr.. G. Cohen, on East
Walnut street, almost opposite police
headquarters, was burglariously en-
tered from the front door Monday
night, and about $50 worth of clothing,
shoes and s~uspenders were taken there
from. There is no clue to the thief thus
far, says the Goldsboro Headlight.
The sidewalks of Salisbury have been
macadamized, nearly nine miles of
brick and macadam pavements having
been laid. The assets expended for the
purpose consisted of coupon bonds, of
the town to the amount of $50, 600, with
accrued interest on the same amount
ing to 50, 1924.
The Grand Lodge Of Masons meets
next month. The annual reports are
now being made up. They will show
| tho r %hOTO Oyn nNTu Oz0 OIo~kO.,I 1NICoC
and that di8pensatiOns have during the
year been issued to seven new lodges
The membership is now about $3.50, a
gain Of nearly 400 during the twelve
months.
Charlotte Observer: This morning
another was added to the long list of
deaths of men coupling cars. A negro
named Alex. Barrett, whose home was
in r leigh, was instantly killed while
coupling coal cars at Sanford. The
bumpers gave way, as is often the
case, and the poor fellows chest was
crushed.
One of the most vigorous old men
that we know is Mr.. Oliver McMath,
of Hickory Mountain township, who
although he is rs years old is one of
the m }st noted fox hunters in the
State. He can ride after the hounds
all day without any fatigue, and break
down any ordinary man, says the
Chatham Record.
Mr.. J, A. Wright, of Enochville,
tells us Of q fire that occurred one mile
and q half north of EnOchville. Mr..
Henry GOOdman's house was burnt
with all its contents. Every one was
absent from the house and it is sup
posed to have caught from the cradle
that vas near the fire place, says the
Concord Standard.
Salisbury Herald: A negro by the
name Of John Crump, living in the
neighbOrhOod of China Grove, was
knocked off the track by a freight train
near the fair ground, about s o'clock
Saturday night. One of his legs was
badly broken, and he was injured in
ternally. He was drunk and was
walking on the track,
Monday morning Capt. Farmer of
the Coast Line passenger train run
ming from Plymouth to Rocky Mount,
shot and wounded Anthony, the col
ored railway postal clerk on duty on
his train. Anthony was habitually
impudent and meddlesOme and had
frequently tried the patience of con-
d~Uctors, says the Weldon NeWS.
Mrs. Laura Edgison, wife of Mr..
Jacob EdgisOr, of No. 5 township, was
burned to death last Sunday morning
about II 80 o'clock. She was subject
to fits, and while her boys were gone
to the we'll for some water (her hus-
band being at church,, she fell in the
fire, and before assistance came was
burned to a crisp, says the Concord
Times.
Hickory CarOIjnian: H. w. Jones,
with a squad of government officers,
raided South mountains last Friday
| and captured three wild cat concerns,
with 1000 gallons of beer. 10 gallons of
whiskey and all the appurtenances,
They went in under fire, but got there
| Just the same. They brought in n
fixtures.
W~arrenton Gazette: On Monday
last a very sad and sudden death Oc-
| Cured here. Mr.. Robert Vaughan, OF
Vaughan, came in to sell his tobacco
and was apparently in excellent health.
| While walking along the street he sud
denly fell and was doubtless dead be-
| fore his body touched the ground
| Death could not have well been more
instantaneous.
IuCkaS6lgo democrat: O0n' T. W.
Hampton has sold his mill property
here. It will be converted into an
establishment for the manufacture Of
emery wheels. The purchasers are
Northern capitalists, who have secured
several valuable corundUm properties
in this and other counties, from which
Their supplies of material for the fac
tory will be obtained.
Several days since Lomby Ewart, the
three-year-ol old son of Mr.. S. K Ewart,
of Huntersville, received injuries by
burning from which he died Wednes-
day evening. Mr.. Ewart was burning
the handle off an axe, and while he
went off a little distance the ch1ld!s
clothing caught fire and before it
oo,,ld hn n-tinm11iShnd he was fatally