The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-01-24
STATE NEWS.

bonn' reported h a Mr.. D D. Coffey
nas his Johns River farm
the LenOir Topic. ~ '"''
L. E. Nicely, agent of the Southern
express 20, at winston, left that citv
and has not been seen since. He Is
short in his accounts about So 900.
Goldsb0ro Argus: A veritab!e
curiosity of a cat which catches rabbits
like any dog is in the possession of Mr..
Thad. Howell, in Plkeville township.
New Bern3 Journal: One white
man had another arrested yesterday
on the charge Of stealing his watch,
and a little later found it in his own
pocket.
WIFE Norwood was shot ard slightly
wounded IN the thigh by Rel Collect in
Asheville, last week. They had a dis
pute over q debt. Both are colored
and hail from Lemon.
Oxford Ledger: Major Nelson, who
has been suffering from exposure for
some days, die this Thursday morn
ing at 10 O'clock. He never fully re-
covered consciousness.
The Standard regrets to learn that
Mr.. S. S. Johnson, of Poplar Tent, was
bitten in the face by a horse. The
wound Is nos serious but painful, says
the Concord Standard.
1t is reported that the poor people of
Winston actually resOrted to burning
their trunks and bedsteads to keep
from freezing before help reached
them, say the Lexington Dispatch.
MI. 7 E Hunter, Of this county,
killed a hog, two weeks ago, weighing
$40 pounds. The hog was two years
Old. Mr.. Hunter is a thrifty, well-to-
do farmer, says the Carolina Dispatch.
Maxton Union and Scottish Chief:
At a nesting held in Maxton it was de-
cided to open a bauk with a capital of
$50, coo. J. @. McCaskiIl was named
as President and J. w. Carter, Vice
President.
Windsor Ledger The steamer BERTHE
left for Play mouth Thursday morning,
but on returning at night got no further
than Phelps landing, owing to the
heavy ice. She remained there for
several days.
The Oiney school house was de-
stroyed by fire tuesday night. A
school was being taught in it 0y Mrs.
W. +. Klncaid The fire is thought to
have been Of accidental origin, says
the GastOnia Gazette.
According to a record kept by w.
". White, Esq there were 292 days
during 1892 on which no ram fell.
Same rain fell on the night of these
days, but the record refers to daylight,
says the Statesvllle Landmark.
Sanford ErpreS8: The revenue men
are getting straight after tile moon
sinners In this county. Recently an
other illicit distillery was captured be-
longing to q man named Howard. The
m~0Onshiners are usually betrayed by
women
We learn that Mr. Norman Ferguson,
formerly Of this county who is now en-
gagged In the naval stores business at
MOselie, Miss, was robbed a few nights
since Of $500 He has recovered $500
Of the lost money, says the Sanford
Express.
Miss Lena Mcdonald was killed by a
train on the Cape Fear & Yadkin Val
ley Railroad, at Greensboro yesterday
afternoon. Her body was fearfUlly
mangled. She was a teacher in the
Greensboro Normal School, says the
Charlotte Ne1Cs.
Danbury Reporter: The present
! weather is pronounced by old citizens
to be the severest we have had here
in IL number of years The thermometer
yesterday morning registered two de-
grees below zero. The ice on streams
is six to ten inches thick.
Last Saturday night, robbers broke
into the residences of Mr.. Gus. Dur
ham and Mr.. 0. M. Sadler, on South
Tryon street, The robbers r~andsacked
the larders of each house and made off
with a gOOdly supply of provisions,
says the Charlotte NeWS.
A car in the A, T. & 0. train from,
Statesville this morning caught fire
from a stove, and there was a lively
time for a while. The fire was finally
extinguished and the train came on to
Charlotte in comparatively good shape,
says the Charlotte Observer.
The Wadesboro Messenger says that
Arson county can boast of two one
legged commissioners, a one legged
register of deeds a badly crippled
treasurer, a one-armed coroner, a one
armed keeper of the county home and
the latest constable in the State.
High Point Enterprise: Mr.. Bob
Smith was exhibiting a petrified mush-
room this morning at the Commercial
Bank which he got off a hickory log in
the Yadkin river. The mushroom is
as large as your fist, well shaped and
retaining the fine chisellng Of nature.
A telegram received by Mr.. Geo.
Henderson, agent of the E. @ D line
yesterday announces that the Abe
marie is fast in the ice-effectually
blocked at Buff Point 10 miles below
Elizabeth City. She has been there
since Thursday, says the New Berne
| Journal.
Greensboro Record: We understand
from good authority that the Snow
Lumber Company of High Point, at
their stockholders meeting held this
week, declared and paid out a cash
| dividend of % per cent. on their CAPT
tai of $40, 900, after laying aside a good