The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-04-11

is to be found in Arson county, North
Carolina. The coroner has but one
arm, the treasurer is crippled, the
register of deeds has only one leg, two
commissioners are in the same plight,
and the keeper of the county home is
minus an arm.
An exchange say S that a gentleman
In Durham, who was afflicted with
rheumatism, recently stepped into a
vessel of hot water and severely seal
ded n of his feet. He was laid up for
a week or two, but when his foot got
well he was surprised to find that his
rheumatism was gone.
The Durham Sun says: When u
new hotel is open; the First National
Bank is completed and occupied; the
Postal Telegraph reaches here and in
operation; and all of our cotton mills
begin to hum; Durham will hail them
all with delight and move along the
road Of progress more rapidly. That
time is not far distant.
A daring highway robbery was per
petrated on KNAPP of Reeds creek in
Granville county, last Friday night.
William Parrish, Jr.. was returning
home from market and when he neared
the creek two disguised men attacked
him and demanded his money or his
lie. he gave up his money, amount
ing to $40, says the Durham Sun.
Mr.. w. S. Caldwell, of Deweese
township, was burned several days
ago very seriously on his hands and
arms. The clothing of Mamie Gillespie
a cOlOred girl about II years old m
plOyed as a farm had caught fire from
| ANo lIVr-oS--1n l~,,I --LsI1 Ill., --o--
clearing the field. In attempting to ex-
tinguish the flames he received his in
jurles, the girl escaped unhurt, says
the Charlotte News:
Charley McGee's prisoner is a funny
niger. He is chained in the cage, but
managed to get loose every day or two.
He has broken two or three locks, but
Monday he crawled through the loops
of a chain that was Topped around the
cage bars and was dancing a regular
can can in the cage when Charlie went
up to see how he was getting along,
says the Franklin Press.
GolOsboro Argus A most painful
and distressing accident befell Mr.. Fur
a Tudor, while engaged at his work
Wayne Agricultural works, Tuesday.
III v ~ pJIlI1ILS IIC4UCO 1lOA1 LII LIS
mOld3 when q Jet spurted upward and
struck hirI fairly in the eye and burn
lug him 50 painfully that he is rem
derod permanently blind therin, and
is suffering greatly at this time.
Southport Leader: If there are any
people who have more cause for the
tired feeling than Southporters, they
have not been found, and all because
II H. 1@4D NT0~.-~rl-1r TT~F~r4yv
nately for the peace Of this cOmmuni-
~, the lately departed postmaster Gen
eral did not take with him into Mexico
that gentle little star route mule which
so slowly plOGs between Wilmington
and Southport, carrying the mail.
On last Friday night at q negro fes
tival al McMillan's mill in this cOun-
ty Arnold Smith, colOred, was shot
man. It seemed the two men, who
were both drunk, got into a wrangle
over some trihe when Smith rushed at
| Mcintyre with a knife and succeeded
in inficting some severe wounds, but
met his own death by McIntyre's bull
let, says the L~aurinburg Exchange.
Capt. Q. B. Keller, of Portsmouth,
n. O., an experienced lighthOue keeper,
was III OuS CIUy yesterday vi. hSSAci
thinks there is very little danger Of a
second failure in constructing the Cape
Hatteras light, and that failure would
not have resulted in the first instance,
but for the fact that too much time
was consumed while the good weather
lasted in transporting the caisson from
Norfolk, says the New Berne Journal.
Charlotte Observer: In the distillery
Of Mr.. Lanier, at Salisbury, the revenue
taxation amounts to from 5000 to $500
per day.-The Observer has given
the public the interesting and impor-
tant information that a body Of 10, 900
to 10, 900 acres of land in Burke county
has been bought for the Waldense, and
that they will at an early day come in
and possess it. North Carolina and the
county of Burke + to be congratula-
ted.