The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-12-18

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q fine pork crop is being killed In the
country. The corn crop is very good
and from the best information we can.
get, we conclude the county has about
made its supplies of bread and meat.
The corn crop on the river was very
fine and was safely harvested without
damage from freshet.
Rocky Mount News: Just before
daylight yesterday morning Mr.. P. @.
Green, u tinsmith, went TO his barn
for fodder, and making a false step fell
from the barn loft to the ground,
breaking his left arm just above the
wrist, cutting an ugly cash through
his chin, and very narrowly escaped
breaking his jawbone.
On last Monday Mr.. III. J. Bivens,
son of Rev. J.. A. Bivens, who lives six
miles east of Monroe, received from
Berkshire, England a very fine regis
tered Berkshire stock hog. MI. Biv-
n has done more for the improve
ment of the different breeds of hogs in
this county than any other man, says
the Monroe Eoquirer.
The Superior Court of Mecklenburg
county will convene in this city next
Monday, Judge Wriston presiding.
There are $50 cases on the docket. So
far % cases have been set for trial,
among them that of Henry Nathan,
who sues the Four C's Company for
damages. His case is set for Tuesday
next, says the Charlotte News.
Paul Means, colored, son of Eph.
Means, who died here some time ago,
got into a scrape at Shelby recently.
He is a barber and one legged. He
alienated the affections of the wife of a
colored minister of the gospel. The di
vine caught up the offenders wooden
leg, and beat him nearly to death with
it, says the Concord Times.
Mr.. T. M. Graham, familiarly known
in the Temple of Justice circle as
"Millikens," is to leave on January 1
for Southern Pines, where he is to en-
gage in fruit an grape culture He
will be missed like a newly knocked
out front tooth. However, the good
wishes of fat Billy, Scroggins, the
Squire and all the boys go with him.
MI. w. j. Archbell, living Q
Y~eatesville, besides making a fine crop
of corn, some of it reaching fifty bush
els to the acre, has raised this year six
teen biz bales of cotton On sixteen
acres. Beaufort county has some as
fine lands as any part of North Caro-
lima, and some of the best farmers in
the State, says the Washington Ca
zette.
Hickory Press: Mrs. Elizabeth J.
Setter, who on the night of November
oath, as she was returning home from
an entertainment at the Elliot Opera
house, fell and broke her right leg,
stumbling over a stump In the side
walk, has, through her attorneys, Col.
@. A. Cilley and Mr.. T. M. Huffman,
made demand of the city in the sum of
50, 900 damages.
Warrenton Record: Mr.. Q. D.
Harrington, of the Fork, lost his store,
dwelling and stock of goods by fire on
Thursday night of last week. The
fire occurred at about s o'clock before
any of the family bad retired and is
supposed to have resulted from the
ignition of matches by rats. His loss
was from s $4,000 to 81, 500, and he had
81, 200 insurance.
Oxford Orphans Friend: II all our
friends could have looked in upon the
children as they sat down to the good
things sent to them-turkeys from our
Oxford and Granville friends, apples
and rang from Wilmington and
Greensboro-they would have looked
upon as happy a lot of children as
could have been found on earth. Now
didn't they enjoy it?
James H. Barnhill, the young man
who came here from Bethel, Pitt
county, to attend the Conference, and
became violently insane while stopping
at Hotel Stewart, was much worse last
night and had to be hand cuffed and
tied, and two guards were kept watch
ing him all night. This morning he
was committed to jail for safe keeping
until the authorities of Pitt county
could he heard from, says the Durham
Sun.
Mr.. B. Swert had at his meat stall a
dressed young black bear weighing 175
pounds. He was killed on South river
by MI. Gilbert Hamilton. The animal
was in fine condition. the fat on him
being about two inches in thickness.
The bears are reported to have given
the farmers of that neighborhood
trouble by killing hogs, and they r
no doubt glad enough when they sue
coed in killing n of the bears, says
the New Berne Journal.
Lincolton Courier: Last Monday
night Taylor Means, and employee on
the Q. O. railroad, met with an awful
death. The freight train going West,
run by Engineer Hall, had just left
Grouse Station when Means started
from the engine to the ear end of the
train. Just after leaving the tender,
he fell between that and q fiat car
Thirteen cars passed over his body,
leaving the head and shoulders on one
side of the track and the remainder of
the body between the rails.