The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-28


that q rich vein of ore four feet thick
mas been struck at the Sawyer mine.
1t will yield about $40 a ton. There
Is a young farmer living near here who
bought a piece of land with a house on
1t two years ago. Two crops have paid
for the place and it was not a cheap
place by a great deal.
The rip saw at J. E. Page & Co.'S.
sash factory caught and cut off Mr.. j.
l.. aNiel's thumb yesterday morning
about nine o'clock. He had ripped
miles of plank without an accident,
but this time the saw caught him when
he was least expecting it. His thumb
was torn completely off at the first
joint, says the Gastonia Gazette.
Mr.. @. h. Heide, who disappeared
mysteriousGy from his home near this
city on the Sd inst, and was supposed
to have been drowned, has been heard
from His Brother, MI. A. S. Heide,
Tuesday night received a telegram
from Mobile, Ala, saying that he was
there and would like to return to Viii
mlngton, says the Wilmington Star.
The officers of Marven and Pineville
colored Methodist churches in Provi
dence township, to day took out q war
rant for the arrest of their former pas
tor, Rev. J. T. Gibbons, on the charge
OF embezzlement. They claim that he
made way with church funds to the
amount of $27 95. He had a church
trial and was expelled. Then he set
up business as a Presbyterian preacher,
and the Methodist brethren have pulled
him, says the Charlotte News.
Q. @. Stultz, of Bethania, tells a
snake story that is quite singular. He
gn-n %hnE h. 1900 a. ---
some time ago and found that a large
black snake had driven a setting duck
from her nest and swallowed all the
eggs. Mr. Stultz got his gun and shot
the snakes head off and taking the SER
pent by the tail, poured the eggs back
In the nest. The duck took her place
on the nest and in four days Matched
13 ducks, says the Winston Sentinel.
D.. w. Barnes and his son Walter, a
lad thirteen years old, were in town
Saturday with a load of melons. About
two o'clock in the afternoon Walter
was giving the horses some attention,
when one of them kicked him on the
face, knocking him down and render
ing him insenible for the time being.
He was Immediately removed to J. w.
McCray's store, where DIR. E J. Buch-
anan made an examination and found
that his jaw bone Was broken, a y the
Lexington Dispatch.
Rockingham Rocket: A part of the
gun club and fox hunters of our good
neighbors of Charlotte, for whom Rock
ingham has a Partially, arrived here
this morning, fifteen or twenty strong
and with fifty or sixty dogs, for several
days hunt among the hills of Rich
mOnd. They brought with them tents
and all paraphernalia of camp life and
were joined by our local sportsmen
and they have pitched camp in the
beautiful grove at the popular watering
place of Ellerbe Springs,
Monroe Enquirer: The wonderful
stalk of corn in Mr.. M. f. Yandle's
field, near Stouts, which has taken the
coloring of the horned snake which
was buried near where it was planted
still attracts great attention. - On
last Friday night some villain threw q
rock at the north bound freight and
passenger train on the Georgia, Caro-.
lima and Northern road, soon after the
train had left Potters station, and
broke a window. The rock came very
near hitting Rev. II. @. Moore.
Shelby Review: Monazite has been
mined in Rutherford county for some
time, but very little was found in this
county till a few months ago. Since
that time new mine after mine has
been found, which we have mentioned
before. The latest ones that have been
discovered are on Mr.. J. w. Hopper's
place, in the northern suburbs of Shelby,
and Mr.. Monroe Beattie's, three miles
northwest of here. These mines are
said to be very rich. They can get out
on an average from g to IS a day pei
hand.
About six years ago a colored police
man was killed at Keyser, and Louis
Stogner, Jim Stogner and M. W. Blue
were indicted for the crime. Blue
stood his trial and was acquitted.
Stogners fed, and were not captured
until last week, when they were ar
rested in Robson county, where they
had been ave since the murder living
under an assumed name. They were
brought here Saturday and placed IN
Jail to await trial at December court.
A reward of $4OO was offered for their
arrest, says the Carthage Blade.
Beaufort Herald: We had a heavy
thunder storm on Monday night. Dur
ing the hardest of the storm, lightning
struck the house of Israel Davis, col,
ored, which did much damage and came
near burning his wife to death, They
were sitting in a draft and the light
ming struck near the chimney; coming
down it set fire to the up, stairs and
passed into the dining room, tearing
up the dishes in the room; another
prong passed in the sitting room, tore
open the clock and struck his wife.
She was badly burned, but will recover,
GRANVILLE COUNTY ALLIANCE.
Correspondence of the Progr essive Farmer.