The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-06-06

eral pounds was" successfully extracted.
Drs. ' n Seawell, Of VIllanow, K
ferguson, of Cameron, and J. E
Cavtness, Of Sanford, were the opera
tors, At last accounts the woman was
doing we'll, says the Sanford Express.
Tuckaseigee Democrat: 0. r Nor,
ton, OF T~uckasiegee killed a rattIesnake
last Sunday six and a half feet long
n having seventeen rattles, and the
day before JnO. A. Hooper, of the same
locality killed an eagle which meas
ur6d eight feet, five inches from tip to
Tip I Its wings. - Mr.. w. II. Hooper,
with several members of his family
were here SATURDAY., continuing pre-
paratlous for ENGRAVING to Texas.
Arather queer occurrence is reported
oy Esquire L Nj. McAIliater, who lives
IN Berryhill township. The veil on his
premises suddenly went dry, and the
wall with the euro, sunk down four
feet from the surface. Not q rock in
the wall fell out. The print Of she
picks used IN digging the well many
Years ago can be e on the sides Of
It's surface exposed by the sinking of
the wall, says the Charlotte News.
Charlotte News: The farmers bring
good reports from the crops. Cotton
IS steadily improving and corn is grow
ing well. Preparations for harvesting
wheat and oats are now in progress
- Burglars last night raided the
nome Of Mr.. \. G. Moore, the miikman
near the Snider bridge, in the northern
section of the city. They entered the
sleeping room and secured a gold watch
belonging to Mrs. Moore.
A sermon in front of the court house
Tuesday evening was delivered by a
man named Henry Dodd. He seems
badly Gemented and has gone crazy
the subject Of preaching. He
tried to get Sheriff Ellington to ring
the court house bell for him so that the
might come out to hear, He said that
he was sent by God TO deliver q mes
cage to the people and that he must
deliver it, says the Smithfield Herald.
Mcdowell county is wide awake to
the Importance Of having iron bridges
her streams. So the commits
siOners have contracted for three new
iron bridges, one, 10 feet long with
rock pillars sixteen feet above the cur
rent Of the CatGwba. the second across
Crooked creek and the third across
North Muddy creek, The contract
price for ali three bridges is only S., 600
remarkably low price for iron and
pillars.
The Bakersville News prints this
story concerning the killing Of Nc
Altster by Sheriff Woody, OF Yancy,
few weeks ago: The report from
YaDcy county says that Sheriff Woody
not at all justifiable in the killing
of McAlIister. 1t states Woody was
drunk and McAlIister was begging
him all the while not to shoot, but
being maddened by drink he opened
fire without any p~rov0catiOn. The re-
port comes from a reliable man."
The Concord Standard says that on
Nay 5th T. \. Rogers, of Cabarrus,
aged ~, while chopping, about q quar-
ter OF d mile from home accidentally
cut his foot through the end Of the
shoe. Without removing it, he went
home and not until the shoe was re-
moved did he know that two toes were
cut off. One dropped off into the pan
while one renamed in the sock when
pulling it off. A doctor was called in.
the toes were put back and are all
Mount Airy News: Joe Cutler, alias
ice Wright, was arrested last week on
a charge Of bigamy and carried before
Justices Wall and Gilmer for g pre-
liminary hearing. 1t has transpircd
that he was first married in High Point
and then came to this country and
married Mrs. Lou Davenport, widow
of John Davenport and daughter of
Corporal Belten The evidence was
or - T-~E~cr>4 tlD Ln1I5-~ IL 49,,
prisooer for trial at the next term Of
court.
Morgant1n Herald Thomas Wright,
of CrOsanore, Mitchell county, 0 Of
T. w. Wright, who is well known in
this county, left his home on the even
ing Of the 9Th in search of a bee gum
and crossed the Linville river. After
he had crossed, the river rose very
rapidly, owing to heavy rains during
the day, and when he started home he
could not cross it, and was found the
next morning lying upon the ground
dead, with his hand folded on his
breast.
Rocky Mount Argonaut: Mr.. Fisher
has the water nearly, all out Of main
workings on his property, and will
soon have it in shape for a steady out
put Of ore. The new vein lately dis
covered holds its own as depth is
gained. This vein shows a large body
of free milling ore, assaying from
SO 90 to $50 90 per ton. This is a
splendid showing, and if this vein
holds out, as it gives every promise Of
doing, it will prove Of great value to
the property.
The Greensboro Record hears of a
distressing occurrence in Rockingham
county last Friday. A negro and a
white man were hunting turkeys in
the same body Of woods, each unknown
to the other. The negro heard a noise
which he took for the gobble of a tur-
KEY, and presently saw whathe thought
was a turkeys head. He fred, and
running forward, was shocked to find
that he had shot and killed a mana
white man named Harris. He surren-