The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-02-07

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New Berne Journal: James Hen
0ers0n, a young man who says he is
from OnsIOw county was arrested ana
jailed last night for stealing a steer
ron Mr. DuVal, near PolIocksvitle.
tie sold the steer for $50 TO John Alfred
Boone.
Mr.. H. 7. Cahoon, a resident Of
FamlIc0 county now at work here,
recently showed US a pocket book
which he says has been in use 148
years. 1t has been in the hanis of
three generations, sa s the New Berne
Journal.
A Windsor correspondent of the Ok
ford Friend says that Caehie river
trOze over for the first time in twelve
years. The ice was eleven inches
thick. Two OF the skaters on il went
eighteen miles IN Ole hour and four
minutes.
II was reported in this town last week
that sever young ladies were drowned
near Powel's Point. We hope the re-
port IS without foundation. Since
writing the above, we learn that 1T Is
true that five OF the seven were
drowned.
Gold8borO Argus: A pen OF ten
pigs, II months Old, were killed last
week by our good friend and county
man Mr.. Atlas I. Uzzoll, Of New Hope
township, the aggregate weight OF
which when cleaned, was 1000 pounds
an average of 800 pounds a piece.
Snow Creek Alliance had an inter
estIng meeJlng Saturday. They have
q stan ing fund 10 meet all. urgent
ON ~ ma CJ1.h no h11uIyUr, nv Old IN ~
an unfortunate brother. That Is com
mendable and should be followed by
others, says the Hickory MercMry.
Concord Standard: Davidson Col
lege items: We have had several ad-
dlUIOns to cur number since Christmas,
and the enrolment is over $50.
Our first honor men have held their
places III the different classes, but all
Of the second honor men got left"
The receipts Of cotton at Charlotte
to Gay amounted 10 just - bales
Sam, who weighed the thirteenth bale,
went home and found twins Even
the 0 aupersGltiOus must O admit
that there IS something in the figure
-, after all, says the Charlotte NelCS,
KlnstDn Free Press: On Tuesday
evening OF last week, between six and
seven o'clock the school house IN dis
Urict No. %. So attn West township,
caught on fire and was badly bIrued
before the flames could Ue eX~tIngulshed.
1t i not known how the fl re originated.
Saturday furnished the biggest
crowd we have had since eve ythlng
frCza solid. The Watauga wagons also
had thawed out and nude the square
lively. In addition, Il darkey was
drawn up for chicken stealing but
postponed the trial, says the LenOir
Topic.
Newton Enterprise: We learn by
private letter from Connolly Springs
that Mrs \. g. Gunter, of that place.
but formerly of Hickory was found
dea1 in her bed Monday night, Our
Informant does not give the cause but
we suppose it must have been heart
disease.
Alamance Cleaner: Dr.. J. G. Pin
nix died at his home near Stony Creek,
Caswell county, on the 18th inst. -
On Tuesday afternoon a buck was
caught near Phillips Chapel. He
weighed 105 pounds. He had been
chased about Is miles. Three dogs
were in the chase.
Mr.. Robert Jarrett, of Jacobs Fork
townships, met with a very serious
misfortune last Friday. While hauling
wood, his horse baked and when he
struck him with the whip, the horse
kicked him in the face, breaking his
under jaw in three places, says the
Hickory Mercury.
Messrs. Haywood and Helea Huff
caught 600 rock and 8 500 white perch
S saturday night about s miles below
New Berne Both these varieties of
fish I now commanding high prices
north and the lucky brothers were
offered $500 here for their catch, says
the New Berne Journal.
Mrs. Walter r. Dale, of Atlanta, has
been granted a divorce from her
husband. The verdict is practically a
declaration that Dale isl 0 II. NutaIl,
the North Carolina editor of the former
days, but until recently a Baptist
preacherin George Nutal has worked
in Salisbury and Coz cord
Louisburg Times: A friend furnished
us one day this week with the weights
Of a lot of hogs recently killed by Thos.
Fuller, Of Hayesville township. He
killed II weighing 1908 pounds, and
eight others, 10 months old. the aggre-
gate weight Of which was 1, 985 pounds.
This looks like living al home.
The New brick warehouse of Abbott
and Jones will be opened to morrow
for the sale of leaf tobacco. There are
800, 900 bricks in the building, the first
one sOf which was laid on November
goth and the last one on January 26th.
Samuel Brown had the contract for
laying them, says the Winston Sen
tineI.
MI. l. W. Estes, of Blowing Rock,
who was in Lenoir last week, says he
went on a still hunt for deer on Tues
day, and came upon traces of a herd
Of five. The day before a herd of
twelve were seen but they were burn
ing the wind. The deer live and thrive
on ivy in winter, says the Lenoir
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