The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-05-23

ing anu now langulSheS IN the Newton
Jail, says the Hickory Press.
Messrs. J. o. Lackey and J. 7.
Cashlon found, recently, a vein of
Hlddenite on the farm of the former in
Sharpe's township. Alexander county.
They have also found several good
specimens of quartz crystal.
Scotland Neck Democrat: The Roam
K river has been out of it's banks this
week. Cotton and peanuts have been
covered In some lower places In the
low grounds. The freshet is very high
and crops are much injured.
Burlington Herald: Burglars entered
the post office at Cedar Grove, of
which P. @. Parton is postmaster, one
night last week and stole several dol
lars in change from the money drawer
and about $50 worth from from his
store.
General Manager John @. Winder
has received notice from the superin
tendent of the railway mail service
that route agents will be at once placed
Washington special via Richmond and
Raleigh.
William Hall, on Sheriff Markham's
plantation, who lost a child last week,
lost another n yesterday afternoon,
a little son, four years old. The family
have the sympathy of our people. He
has only one child left, says the Dur
ham Sun.
The postoffice fight is still on. and
waXeth hotter las the days are going
by" We + sorry to see so much
feeling in the matter. It Is to be hoped
that it will soon be adjusted, and that
the bad blood will cool down, says the
Carthage Blade.
Charlotte News: Charlotte never
let's the goth of May go by UNDECIDED,
and though the celebration this year
will not be upon such an extensive scale
assOme Of the past notable celebrations,
it will still be a good one, and one well
worth attending.
Tuesday morning a negro was found
On the railroad near the tank, about
two miles from here, in a senseless
condition. He is supposed to have
been hurt by the train in passing or he
might have been a railroad hand, saws
the Dunn Times.
There is an iron-handle knife in
Cabarrus county that the Standard
always gives an annual notice. MI.
Paul Rhinehardt, of No. 8, bought it
in Charleston, March, 1852, and has
been using it yer since. He wouldn't
swap 1t for a mule.
There is on old darkey in the poor
house just 1O3 years old. He walked
from ThOmasville to the poor house
one Sunday not long ago. From that
you can imagine that he is yet pretty
Iiv,Ix- IN cnito Of hjO 1ina old oorI oOrC
the Lexington Dispatch.
We hear that Sheriff Camden has
brought suit against parties in Pamlico
county for passing and publishing
resolutions of condemnation in refer
ence to his placing irons on @. H.
Hodges when taking him under arrest
from Oriental to Bayboro.
A Winston special of the 10Th inst.
says: The Cape Fear and Yadkin Val
ley Railroad depot at Walnut Cove,
with contents, was destroyed by fire
last night. The building was full of
goods. The loss is quite heavy. The
origin Of the fire is unknO wn.
David Christopher Webb, the honest
and aged merchant of Shelby, is dead.
The Aurora says his forty years mer-
camille life in Shelby were remarkable
for his strict honesty under all circum-
stances, so much that he was often
called Honest David Webb"
Mr.. Giles T. Crowell, proprietor of
the Enix Flour Mills, is having a large
two story warehouse built on the
grounds where his splendid mills are
located. Mr.. CrOwell is to be con
graduated upon the success he is max
ing, says the Concord Standard.
Four miles of the Caldwell and
Northern Railroad are already graded,
and Mr.. J. NJ. Barnhardt, the capable
and energetic superintendent, is still
actively pressing forward the work.
Mr.. Barnhardt is the right man in the
right place says the Hickory Press.
Windsor Ledger: Mr.. Charles Keefer
has caught in one pound net so far
this Spring, upwards of 5000 her
ring. Mr.. Keefer is not only a success
full fisherman, but farmer as we'll. He
buys a pound of meat, corn or
hay, and always has produce to sell.
J. D. Autry, residing about five miles
east Of the city, on the Cape Fear
river, reports his cotton crop as being
so badly damaged by the frost as to
render IN necessary to plough up and
plant 1t over again, which he did this
week, says the Fayetteville Gazette.
Sanford Express: With profound
sorrow we chronicle the death Of Mr..
A. D. McIver, which occurred at his
home near here at an early hour on
last Friday morning. Mr.. McIver had
been an intense sufferer for several
months and death was a relief to
him.
Willie Stegall, who lives with Mr..
Jesse Hill, two miles east of town, while
cutting wood last Saturday, had the
misfortune to cut a severe cash across
the top of his foot. He came to town
and had DR.. 1. Fl. Blair to dress the
wound for him, says the Monroe En-
quirer.
Laurinburg had another fire Sunday
morning, the third in three weeks.
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