The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-05-30

win AG. O4O OL4N ANOO AOhSs COl'
ored in which the latter was dealt q
severe blow on the back of the head
with a beer bottle. The later mas not
recovered from the effects Of the blow
yet, while the former was bound over
to the Superior court and, failing to
give bond, went to jail, says the Ora
ham Cleaner.
A few days since while DR.. Dimmy
Gautler was in the act of cleaning q
tombstone in a neighb0ring cemetery,
some devilish boy silently crept behind
a tomb nearby and said in a dull, gross
GOne: DIR. Gautier, thou must die!
The DR.. arose and stood up right and
seeing no near, he took fright and
only hit the ground in high places III
flight, says the Washington Gazette.
Norwood Viddette: Mr.. Jesse Wad
dill, a prominent young man of Arson
vile died at bis home Of consumption
last Friday. He was about % wears
old. -- J. r, P. Snuggg, a well-known
citizen Of this vicinity, while returning
from Parker's mill last Saturday, fell
from his horse, striking his head
against a rock, from the effects Of
which he died Sunday. He was about
rs years old,
Ward Garland, a youth Of thirteen
summers walked Up to the lunch
counter of Marion Slag)e and ate the
following: One pound Of pork. one
dozen and a half Of eggs, three dried
apple pies, n ginger cake 12x15
seven biscuits and drank Elk pint
glasses of cider before he Quit. Gar
land is still alive and ''hanker5n" after
more sTeet bread and cider, says the
Bakersville News.
Monday night about II o'clock DR..
L9inster Duffy was startled Oy q col
Ored man rushing into his office. an
nOuncing that he was shot and expiring
in about a minute. An aut0pCpsy was
held yesterday. This developed the
astonishing fact that a ball had passed
through the base of his heart and yet
he had run about a third Of a mile
after receiving the wound, says the
New Berne Journal.
Another fight. This time between
sCua, both cOlored, furnace 0 men
at KugIer's mil. It appears that For
tiscue made at Clarke with a shovel
ana Clark struck F0Ttistue with an
axein the mouth, knocking cut several
teeth and cutting his mouth seriously.
Clark is out under q $500 bond ard
FGr5iaCue Is seriously wounded, says
the Washington Gazette.
Concord Standard: Mr.. Frank
Sl:ankle. q verT highly respected Citi-
zan Of five mills South Il here, wae
the s-bjac5 Of q most foul conspiracy
on the part Of some cOwavdly tipnd or
ferds who applied the match TO bis
barn on Friday Of last week, and, as
our Porter correspondent says, burn
lug to ashes the barn with 1000 bundles
of fodder, ten or twelve loads Of h8y
ard seventy tive bushels Of oats.
On last Thursday just as the family
Mr.. n. l. Wagstatf we're finishing din
uer, . carrier pigeon came IN the room
and lit on the shoulder of Ona uf the
ladies. Il was marked with the letter
II, 55C3, and has a brass band on each
leg. L. is very tame and shows no
inclination to depart from It's new
home. His little daughter has taken
charge of it and is vely proud OF her
stranger bird, says the RoXbOr5 Courier.
Asheville Commonwealth: The crini-
nal court at BuncOmbe county, which
has sat during the last two weeks, IS
sur6diy cannOtgOin history asa bloody
assize.' On the contrary, where jus
tice was most deeply concerned, the
iuries were so influenced by sentiments
Of hum8nitY-Or something else-that,
SO far from shedding blood, they poured
out white wash by the bUcketfut, and
the accused went forth immaculate IL
their innocence as parcel Of prattling
children.
Mr.. w. II. Stocks, Of Conteutnea,
told us Saturday Of a remarkable egg
found in his poultry yard. 1t was of
such unusual size that he concluded 10
contained two yOlks, and breaking i
Open to see found inside the shell q
yolk and another well formed egg with
a shell equally as hard az the outer
one. Breaking open the inner shell he
found that also contained a yOlk We
do not remember to have heard before
of an egg just like this, says the Green
vile Reflector.
Stanly News: DR.. E R. Burris has
been confined in jail here since lat
Thursday on a charge of embezzlement
of funds as the agent of A. H. CrOwell
& Sons, of Monroe, at r. r. Springs.
The alleged embezzlement was some
thing over $3.50. DR.. Burris says he is
perfectly innocent in this matter. He
was new up before a court for any
misdemeanor to III knowledge, and
has always held the good opinion of
his fellows. We cannot but think
there must be a mistake i'll charging
DR.. Burris with embezzlement.
4 negro named Sid Black is lying
up somewhere with a pistol ball in his
knee. Black is an escaped convict.
He gained his freedom three years ago.
About a month since he came back to
this part of the country, and has been
hanging round here yer since. Sun
day he went to Charlotte McDonaldIs
house, and because her daughter re.
fused to marry him, tried to shoot her.
She grabbed for the pistol, and in the
tuesle that ensued the girl was shot IN
the hand and the man in the knee. He
made his escape, but will be caught up