The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-09

@hO VIII III GQ0 late A. -. jules Ho9
found among his papers in the bank
mere n admitted to probate. 1t was
q photograph will, made just berore he
went to China, and no one knew of its
existence. His property, real and per
sonal, is valued at about $15, 900 and
consists mainly of1ands in this county.
All is left to his mother.
At Boonville, Yadkin county, on
Christmas day, the pastor of the Bap-
tlst church, Rev. J. E. Green, after
concluding his sermon, came down out
OF his pulpit and a young lady, MISS
Ada Reese, advanced to meet him. A
brother preacher also came forward
and Mr.. Green and Miss Reese were
married. 1t was a big surprise.
Mr.. l.. Anders, of Ivanhoe, Samp-
son county, has probably done more to
develop the pecan than has any other
man n this State. It takes but twenty
five nuts from his best trees to weigh
a pound, and the trees began bearing
six or eight years old. MI. Anders Is
selling large quantities of both trees
and nuts, says the Wilmington Star.
Five store windows, in the business
part of the city, at various times, with
a considerable interval between each
ofense, had a pane of glass broken out
Mr.. VIM. Sultan is the last victim. The
thief secured a pair of shoes and a pair
OF pants. 1t may be the same thief
each time. Perhaps he may yet be
caught, says the Newbern Journal.
We learn of a very peculiar and silly
piece of trading that took place last
week. A man bought a good horse for
500 and gave it to his son. After q
short while the young nan snapped
the horse off for another, and the n
NAL he got In the trade ran away with
him. This made him mad and he sold
his horse for S., says the Greenvllle
Reflector.
Mr.. Thomas Keats, on last Saturday
night, became involved in a row with
a negro boy by the name of Jno. Rich
ardson, and slapped the boy down.
The boy afterwards struck him with a
rock, inficting a severe wound in the
face, laying the flesh open SO as to eX-
pose the teeth. A Disagreement will
doubtless result from the wound, says
the Reidsville Review.
A. Marks, a Hebrew liquor dealer
here, has executed the movement tech
nically known as jumping the
town" He left his store and stock of
liquor, and the Sheriff seized the outfit
and will have a sale. Marks debts are
said to be something like 5000, and his
stock is not worth much. 1t is believed
that he has gone to Roanoke, Virginia.
He came from that place.
Little Ashley, son of MrG. w. Bryan,
while playing with the other boys on a
gymnasium pole I'm the back yard, a
few days ago, fell head foremost to the
ground, his head struck a block OF
wood, which cut q cash in his head
several inches long and to the skull.
The wound was dressed by DR.. White
head, and Ashley is getting well, says
the Scotland Neck Democrat. O
Mr.. G.. L. Finison, Of Prosperity, tells
us of the burning last Thursday night
of DR.. Phillips barn and some 1--we
stock, in the upper end of this county.
The fire was the work of an incendiary.
This is the second fire of this character
which has occurred in that section In
the last few weeks, The first was that
of Mr.. Smith, who also lost his barn,
stock, ETC., says the Carthage Blade.
Winston Sentinel: News was received
in Winston Friday that Rev. W. B.
Tidball, who resides several miles
above Wilkesboro, was painfully
burned on December 81. No further
particulars were learned. His wife,
who has been visiting in Greensboro,
vassed through Winston On her way
home, in response to a telegram an
nouncing the accident to her husband
Within three weeks there have been
three deaths in the Lyman family,
Bishop T. B Lyman died in Raleigh on
the 18th of December; his brother,
Rev. Dwight e. Lyman, died at Govan.
!, ston, Maryland, on last Friday, and
his sister Miss Louisa Lyman, died al
the same place Sunday night. AL
lived to be more than three score and
ten years old, the sister having reached
the age of 80.
The revenue stamp Office here will
| close up the month and the years bust
ness today. The sale of stamps fol-
| December makes q good showing FOL
our manufacturers. The amount Of
$57, 979 10. December of last year the
!, sales amounted to $44, 365 80. From
this it will be seen that the tobacco
manufacturing business has beer
greater this year than last, for the same
! time, says the Durham.
It is a fact, odd as it may seem, but
: since the repeal of the silver bill, the
silver dollar has gradually become
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silver in circulation here now than tol
!, years past. Nearly all bills are PAID
t off i'm greenbacks. Bill collectors usu
| ally have a canvas bag in which tx
: carry their coin, but those who collected
on Saturday had no need for the bag
Nearly all the money they got was II
paper, says the Charlotte News.
A gentleman who has been to Wal
nut Cove tells the Greensboro Record
, that Christmas was celebrated through
out that section in big shape, There
& were fights and fights. In one SCRAP