The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-01-03

N0tCS was mourning DuG a DlS HebCOE.
A gentleman told me he saw 1t dis
tinctly. It had the appearance of a
silver cord passing swiftly through the
sky from northwest to southwest. The
explosion was tremendous, followed by
a heavy rumbling noise.
The Concord Standard says a house
and It's contents were burned Monday
night on the premises of Wiley Dry, III
No. 9 township, Cabarrus county. His
son Charley and family occupied the
house. They were off visiting, and be-
tween 8 and 9 o'clock the building was
discovered to be burning. Nothing
was saved except the cooking stove.
The origin was purely accidental,
Asheville Citizen: At a meeting Of
the board of stewards of the Central
Methodist church last night the salary
OF the pastor, Rev. FL. T. Chreitzberg,
was fixed at s 1000. The amount
necessary to be raised for all purposes
by this congregation for the ensuing
year aggregate SIS, 600. A complete
directory of the church membership
will be issued as early as possible
Four of Winston's society young
men,, ); ", Boswell, late manager of
Hotel Z~inzendorf, E. Fl. Ray, Hunter
l. "a LOU dA4d OCO1 ~ AAAtACO, "OAC
arrested and summoned to appear be
fore Mayor Stockton for serenading
the pupils Of the Salem college. The
warrant charges them with being Il
nuisance. Boswell and Ray, rather
than stand trial, left for Richmond
Hendersonville Times: Henderson
vile has the most successful and least
expensive system of waterWorks in the
Cf.+O pol r.Ch1bl- n tho I1n1+n1
States. No engines are required as
Nature, unassisted, lifts the water into
the reservoir. The water, too, is de
lie GUS. We have heard more than
one good judge Of water remark that
it is far ahead Of spring or we'll water.
The dead body Of Lizzie Brown, a
negro wonan was found behind an
old stable in Wilmington, n. g. Il
was at first supposed she had died from
exposure, but examination by the
orone disclosed the fact that she had
been murdered The top Of her skull
was crushed in, it is supposed by a
large stone found near the body. The
discovery created excitement among
the negroes. There is no clue to the
perpetraCOr.
Charlotte Observer: Mr.. Richard
A4OOAiil4lO 4ASbo q 49, AAtS SC~OS
Of here, near the public road. Mon
day he closed his store and came to
town to lay in a supply Of goods.
When he returned home he found that
his store had been broken into, and
that a quantity Of goods had been
stolen. There was no clue to the per
petrator5 of the deed, but suspicion
fastens on some negroes who live near
Mr.. McGinnIs.
The Sampson Democrat says: The
saying there are other ways Of killing
a cat than by choking holds good in a
case of a deer. A cOlOred man had a
fine doe here Monday that was caught
in the following unusual manner: He
spieG the deer running through the
wlGds, and giving chase ran 1t towards
a picket fence near by, which the deer
attempting to jump, was caught IN the
pailing, and unable to eXtricate itself
was easily killed with a stick"
Winston Sentinel: Governor Banner
and wife, of Yadkin county, are doubt
less the oldest persons in the State.
They we're recently sent to the poor !
house In that county. The age Of Mrs.
Banner is placed at lis years, while
that of her husband is said to be 10.
David Hodges, of Fishel's river, SUrry
county, celebrated his Goth birthday
last August. He is blind, but has
good health otherwise. He ~entertains
the opinion now of celebrating his cen
tennial birthday.
Burlington NeWs: Last week Iseley
Daily, the colored man who knew so
much about the killing of Mr.. J. T.
Matthe VS., was landed in jail to await
further orders, suspicion have fastened
in some degree on him. But that does
not cover the ground and the murder
remains a mystery still and battles the
studies of all who have taken the
trouble to think the matter over No
one has gone far on a trail that has
not run upon a solid wall that stopped
further progress.
One day last week Tom Pratt, col
ored, of No. 8, met with a serious and
painful accident. He was hunting,
and when he discharged his gun the
breech pin and screw that held it in
place flew off and hit him square in
the eve. burying themselves in that
organ. They remained there all night,
and his sufferings must have been ter
rible. Next morning DR.. P. J. A.
Haines was summoned, and when he
extracted the pin and screw the eye
ball came with them, says the Concord
Times.
Asheville Gazette: w. L. Wright,
of Madison county, was arrested and
tried yesterday before Col. Isreal,
charged with obtaining money under
false pretence In default of $500 bail
he was remanded to jail to await trial
at the next term of court. He ordered
out some tobacco at the Buncombe
warehouse which, belonged to another
man of the same name. He had the
tobacco sold and received $40 for the
same, which he proceeded to invest in
clothing, ETC., having only a couple of
dollars left when arrested.
Wonders have not yet ceased, as the
following will clearly show: A few