The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-01-31
STATE NEWS.

ana Grains of Rice from the
OF Grapes and Tobacco Stems from the
N~orth-Stalks of Corn and Grains OF
Wheat from the West-Peanuts
and Cotton Seed from the South
Master Percy Massenburg killed a
fine deer recently near Louisburg.
The shops of the Wilmington iron
works were destroyed on January 2lst.
Loss $40 600, insurance 81 500.
The Wilmington papers say the Cape
Fear river has frozen V Such a
thing has not occurred before in thirty
SIX years
DR.. Julian Aver, an Indian medicine
man, Familiarity known as Montana
Charley" has deserted his wife and
children in Salisbury.
New Berne Journal: Between $4OO
and $500 were distributed to the poor
yesterday. This was largely by colored
societies to its members.
The infant child Of John Miller, in
CASTOR county, while being left alone
III a room for a few minutes crawled
into the fire and persisted.
F. w. Thornton, the Fayetteville
merchant who assigned recently is on
his feet again through the kindness
and sympathy Of his creditors.
The little three year-old daughter Of
Mr.. Robt. Kinney, of Oneida Mills,
was severely burned last Thursday
night, says the Graham Cleaner.
Leaksville Gazette: The Wilson
aluminium company, Of this place, is
now manufacturing the valuable min
eral product in shipping quantities.
Joseph Webb, of Hillsboro, died in
Chicago undergoing a surgical opera
ton recently. He was a brother-in
law to Rev. DR.. j. B. Cheshire, Of
Charlotte.
Two game cocks broke the Sabbath
in the Express Office. The! put in the
day fighting each other over the railing
between them, says the Concord
Standard.
Morganton Herald: The Dunavant
Cotton Mills will begin building an ad-
dition of 100 feet or more to their
present plant as sOOn as the weather
will permit.
The MOcksviIle Times reported a
man killing II birds at one shot. His
gun evidently scattered considerably,
and with such a gun a man can do
some damage.
Sanford Express: Capt, Elias Bryan
died at the home Of his daughter, Mrs.
A. G. Budd, at Lockville, Chatham
county, one day last week. He was
Sc years of age.
Charlotte Nelcs: Charlotte is not
alone Ill the suspension Of running Of
Guy electric cars. Mobile, Charleston,
Atlanta and Chattanooga had to yield
to the snow storm.
The stand pipe containg Asheville's
water supply, burst Sunday, and it's
40 600 gallons of water flooded every
thing III the vicinity. The loss to the
city Is about $12, 900.
A colored mi Of Charlotte tied
her nine months old child in a chair
by the fire and left it, but upon her re
| turn she found the child Is ing in the
re burned to a crisp.
There is a wOman of SIS years in this
town, who has never had the tooth
ache or earache, Or jawache, nor has
she ever been forced TO call in a doctor
but once, says the Concord Standrd.
Asheville Citizen: John J. holland,
patrolman on the city police force, was
shot early this morning by Chas. W.
G~OOdlake, who, up to a week ago, was
employed as a special on the police
force.
Ollie Powell, of Vance county, was
scraping ice from the cog wheel in his
fathers mill, Tuesday, when the ma
chinery suddenly started up, his arms
being caught in the wheel and terribly
mangled.
Another destructive fire visited Win
ston early Sunday morning. The Tise
Block, in which was the Sneed Furni
ture Company and several other firms
doing business. was destroyed, causing
a loss of SIC, ZOO.
Charlotte NeUs Col. Chas. w.
Bradshaw had ripe tomatoes for dinner
to day. He pulled them green from
his garden last summer and put them
away in his house to ripen. He says
they tasted first rate.
Charlotte Ne1Us: Mr.. J. II. Long, of
Cabarrus county, father of Mr.. H. O..
Long, of this city, was in Charlotte to-
day to have the mad stone applied to
two of his mules that were bitten by a
mad dog night before last.
The man Woodby arrested in Ten
nessee charged with the murder Of
| Julius Miller in Wilkes county, was
found to be the wrong a Ant. Qua
was then arrested but he was not iden-
! titled as the murder either.
Newton Enterprise: Solicitor w.
| @. Newland of the Tenth district, who
has been here attending court this
week says the Government thermome-
ter in LenOir Monday morning regis
tered Is degrees below zero,
Around Red Oak in Nash county the
smoke houses are full from founda-
| tions to shingles and corn cribs and
fodder bins are filled to overlooking.
This means "hog and hominy" and to
spare and old time PROSPERITY.
The Morehead City NeUs says that
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