The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-05-16

their home with it. We hear that the
disease is also spreading in some Of
our neighboring towns.
An imbecile negro named Tom, liv-
ing with Sheriff 7. @. Bond in Indian
Woods, fell in the fireplace Thursday
night while in a fit and roasted the
side Of his face and head in a horrible
manner. It is not thought the IN
fortunate man can live.
Mount Airy News: The train men
on the Q. f. & Y. V. Railway, have
recently organized a brotherhood of
train men with headquarters in FayettG-
Vile, This is the second brotherhood
of the kind in the State. The other
lodge meets in Asheville.
Concord Standard: We regret to
hear of the serious burning Of the five.
year-old child of Mack Long, of No. 10.
The little child, in the absence Of its
parents, crawled out of the bed, and its
were burnt off. 1t is supposed that the
child was playing around the fire.
Fayetteville Gazette: EdinboroS Sour
lock, charged with an attempt to take
the life OF his own child by saturating
her clothing with oil and setting them
on fire, has been arrested and lodged
in jail here to await the action Of Cum
berland Superior Court next week.
We are told, and we sincerely hope
it Is true. that while in this county,
there will be q small increase in the
cotton acreage as compared with last
year, that food crops will not be re
duCed. The fact is they ought to be
increased, says the Ware ton Record.
4 young man named David Smith
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left hand cut nearly off this morning
at Mr.. Longs saw mill near Pine Level,
lie was brought here and DR.. Sasser
stitched them back and dressed the
wound, says the SmithfieId Herald.
A very valuable deposit of coal has
been discovered on the land Of Mr.. J
G.. Foushee near GIenn's Mills in Moore
county. This deposit of coal is located
right ear the line of the Gulf & Glen
don Railroad and is said to be a very
large deposit, says the Sanford Elk
press.
Master T3mmie Daniels was severely
bitten on the thigh by q dog near the
depot Sunday evening. A little negro
boy, it Is said, set the dog on him. The
dog was killed Monday morning. The
wound is healing rapidly but was very
painful at first, says the Smitbfeld
Herald.
Mr.. I. r. Fuller, who lives about
seven miles from town. lost his pack
house, containing SIX barns Of tobacco.
10y fire last night. 1t is supposed that
the fire caught from lightning or was
the work Of an ~inctndiary Mr.. Fuller
says he was slightly insured, says the
Henderson Goldleaf.
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ing North Carolina has failed to escape
entirely the ravages Of the now too
| common cyclone, 1t is still fortunate.
in that Oaly two lives have been lost
and the destruction Of property, viii q
considerable, slight in comparison with
that Of other sections.
Little &c. Pass was accjdently thrown
from q mule en- last Tuesday, resulting
in a very bad cash being cut to the
bone on the top of his head and other
wise being slightly bruised. DTs. Nc
CURE and Clement patched him up
and he is now getting along all right,
! says the M0Cksville Times.
Goldsboro Argus: At Mr.. George
D. Benefits race course that he is
having constructed on his recently
purchased tract of land at the south
end Of the city, sulphur water has
been discovered, il digging q well, that
is pronounced by competent judges to
be of the very finest quality.
Baccus Young, who has been OF a
high old jamboree for several days,
vent to DR.. R L. Priesthood and pro
cured one pint Of medicine. The direc-
tions were one teaspoOnful three times
a day. Young drank the contents of
the bottle at ono time. The doctor is
of the opinion that it will kill him.
May Bird, q horse bred and raised
by DR.. L. L. Station on his Shiloh farm,
is winning more honors for the Himy ali
blood. Last week she won two races
which turned into her owners pockets
nearly $4,000. Good horses a be
raised in EdgecOmbe as we'll as in Ken
lucky, says the Tarboro Southerner.
Goldsboro Argus: The prices re
turned for peas on the Northern mar
kets do not improve, and the crop is
now so near all marketed that it is safe
to say that 1t has failed utterly to pay
expenses. In fact, we presume that
every trucker who planted peas this
year has lost money In the enterprise.
KenansviIle Christian Herald; A
burglar entered the store of Grimes &
w dlItNCS Ol GIS LISuI VI ApIA SOplI
and stole goods and cash amounting to
about $50. - The grasshopper is doing
great damage around FaisOn and many
are uneasy about it. In Gibson town.
ship they are said to be cutting corn,
Rockingham Rocket: We have been
! reliably informed that Mr.. J. 7. BOstick
and Mr.. R, L. Steele have recently
purchased Sc acres of land near Ellerbe
Springs, the clay of which is suitable
for making pipes. 1t is thought that
these gentlemen will engage in the
manufacture of pipes on a large scale
Charlotte News: The property Of
consisting of two acres Of ground
buildings and machinery, in the north
nrn nont Of tho nitu mon sold to dox