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

of Grapes and Tobacco Stems from the
N~orth-Stalks of Corn and Grains of
Wheat from the West-Peanuts
and Cotton Seed from the South
The house Mr.. f. D.. Koonce at Rich
lands, OnslOw county, partially burned
last Friday.
A Wilkes county baby, now five
weeks old, weighs only q pounds, says
the Lexington Dispatch.
Monroe Enquirer: A gentleman in
this place told us a few days ago that
he owned a Bible 200 years old.
A Durham firm has built a buggy
out of various North Carolina woods
for special exhibit at the Worlds Fair.
Sheriff Allison, of Iredell, gets the
marshalship of Western North Caro-
lima, and Kerr the ~postoffice at Ashe
vile.
The little two year old son of Mr.. J.
w. Gates, of Burlington, had one Of
his hands severely burned a day or
so ago.
A patent has been issued to Mr.. John
Kester, of this city, on his tobacco box
cIamping machine, says the Winston
Sentinel.
Wilkesboro Chronicle: Married, in
Edwards township last week, VIM.
Shepherd, age IS, to Miss Matilda
Johnson, age 25.
1t is estimated that not over one
third of the 1892 leaf tobacco crop III
the Piedmont section of North Carolina
has been marketed.
A bank, an opera house and a rail
road, are three things that will prob
ably be added to the improvements of
LumbertOn during the year 1898.
DR.. f. 0. Hawley's residence at
Polkton caught on fire last Wednes
dav, but was extinguished before much
damage was done, says Our Home.
1t is said there is not even u young
lady living in the town of Rural Hall,
n. @. The only young lady III the
town having moved away q lew weeks
ago,
NEGOTIATIONS involving the ownership
and management Of the North Carolina
Baptist are pending, whereby Mr.. j.
I. Wiuburn, of Fayetteville becomes
owner.
Windsor Ledger: Ethel, the IS
months old daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
B. +. King was badly burned Monday
afternoon during tn absence OF It's
mother.
The store Of William Roberts, nine
miles from Durham, Was burned early
Wednesday morning with all its con
tents. 1t was robbed and then fired,
the Sun learns.
In the way of revenue collections
the Durham stamp office did another
week OF pretty good business. The
amount taken in was SIS, O93 Al, says
the Durham Sun.
Lexington Dispatch: We are sorry
to announce the death of Mrs. PEBBLES
mother of Mrs. @. NJ. Thompson, which
sad event occurred last week. She
was SO years Old.
Five persons connected themselves
with Grace NJ. E. Church by letter
Sunday morning and nineteen by pro
fessiOn of faith Sunday night, says the
Wilmington Star.
Rocky Mount Phoenix: About $3.50
was stolen Monday night from the
drawer of the Express Agent here.
The lock was broken by the drawers
being jerked open.
Shoats are very high and scarce,
One of our prominent farmers re
ceived an order for fifty, and another
for thirty, in the last few days, says
the Milton Gazette.
Mr.. S. M. Clarke found last week,
O1 Tin CCbO ~ Lin a "a Otth NV
that Is seven feet in diameter st the
distance of two feet from the ground,
SAYS the LenOir Topic.
Mr.. Caleb Cruise sold bis (once) fine
horse last week for twenty dollars.
Saur Kraut was % years old, but looks
better than many a horse under s: says
the Concord Standard.
There are now over 100 convicts at
hephOsphate diggings at Castle Hayne,
near Wilmington. The State has a
farm adjoining, and this is now being
prepared for peanut planting.
A two vear-Old child Of Mr.. J. II. e.
ParamOrp, near Pactolus, was so badly
burned on Saturday evening a week
ago that it died the following morning.
says the Greenville Reflector.
We were shown a pea blossom Sat
urday from the farm of r. G M0sely,
coiored, at Lanes branch. This is the
first OF the season SO far as we have
heard, says New Berne Journal.
A farmer says that hogs watered ex-
clusively with we'll water will be free
from cholera. While those that use
surface water frequently get the dis
ease, says the Marion Free Lance.
The Inspector General Of the State
Guard is ordered to begin at his con
venience the inspections. These will
show over two thousand officers and
men, including the naval reserve
There are twelve North Carolina
students at Harvard University Mas
sachusetts. and several of them stand
way up" Of these eight are graduates
Of the University North Carolina.
Mr.. J. f Burroughs, merchant and
farmer at DAbney, has purchased the
old Ellington gold mine near that
place. IL was successfully worked be-
fore the war, says the Oxford Ledger.