The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-02-27

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init suicide in KInston last Thursday
by drinking laudanum. He was under
the influence of liquor. He drank too
much laudanum, which caused him to
vomlt. The balance was pumped out
OF him 1t is said ne drank nine bottles
or laudanum, says the Free Press.
We had a Soap, Liniment, Herb and
o Doctor with us last week that
gave us afternoon and evening con
certs but failed to sell much of his
ware. The Doctor after staying here
about three days left disguised. Our
people have about finished their educa-
ton on this line after paying a dear
tuition, saye the Laurinburg EXCHANGE.
Greensboro Record: This afternoon
about 2 80 o'clock as the Madison train
was near Stokesdale coming this way
Supervisor III. D. Knights car, at
tached to the train, jumped the track.
Capt. Knight, who was standing up at
the time, was thrown across the back
OF n of the seats, breaking N of his
ribs and shaking him up generally.
George Barger, our young typo,
whose foot was badly damaged by one
OF our job presses, about W. weeks
ago, Is mending rapidly, and in a few
days will again take his case in this
Office. 1t was not necessary to ampu-
tate his toes, although at one time his
physicians feared such action might
become necessary, Gays the Hickory
Press. 4
Concord Standard: In 1854 when
the gold fever was so high, Mr.. H. B.
White, who was raised south of Con-
cord, decided to go West and make his
fortune. He did go West and he did
make his fortune. He went into the
gold hunting business, he found large
nuggets and traded around until his
last gold mine last fall made him a
millionaire.
Shelby Review: They say that the
question of the removal of the court
house of Rutherford county from Ruth
erfordtOn to Forest City, is to De made
an issue in the campaign of that county
this year. - The dwelling house and
all it's contents of Hosea Haines, in No.
z township, were destroyed by fire Fri
day night. The family was absent and
nothing was saved.
Mr.. A. G.. Austin, Goose Creek,
Union county, was in the city to day
with O load of cotton some of which
was three year old. Mr.. Austin is a
very large man, and weighs 248 pounds,
OnO VI HIS SOA6 10 III AaSbll vi III
county, and another is lawyer Austin,
of Albemarle. He has four daughters,
each of whom weighs $50 pounds, says
the Charlotte News.
Charlotte Observer: Mr.. G. H.
Cheek, who came here several weeks
ago from Florida to bring his sons re
mains for re-Interment, was yesterday
brought here q corpse himself. After
burying his son he went from here to
Rockingham where his wife lives. He
started drinking, and it is said drank
five gallons OF whiskey in two weeks.
Death was the result.
The negro atwelI, who killed Dan
Gibson, cOlored, near Poplar Tent, on
Christmas and made his escape, and
for whom q reward of $50 was offered
by Governor Carr, was captured at
Tirzah, S, c., Saturday by Deputy
Sheriff Will Johnston, of Cabbarrus.
He passed through this city Saturday
night on his way to the Concord jail,
says the Charlotte News.
A sad accident occurred in Raleigh
Feb. 21st. While on her way to school
a little twelve year old daughter Of L
N. White fell from a wagon, striking
her head On the pavement. She vas
taken to the home OF her grand parents,
where she o died from conclusion
of the brain. One of the saddes~t features
of the accident was that the parents
we're absent from the city.
Eugene Parks, who was tried Satur-
day for handling counterfeit money,
was sent to jail in default of a $500
bond. He will go to the federal Court.
Will Holder was tried this afternoon
on the same offence. COfer's trial will
come up to morrow. The case against
these men was worked up by Deputy
Marshal Ford and policeman Ebert,
says the Winston Sentinel.
Lawson Howard, colored, who MUIR
dered O. D. Jones, a prominent farmer
of Cleveland county, a short while
since, was arrested in Asheville last
week and was taken to Shelby for trial.
Howard is a giant in size, being fully
six and a half feet high, and is very
insolent. Threats of lynching were
made, but wiser cOunsels seem to have
prevailed, and it is believed the people
will wait for the law to take it's course.
The Odd Fellows are moving things
in Charlotte. The Mecklenburg Dec
laration Lodge will have a grand rally
at an early date. A committee repre-
senting the Lodge has been appointed
to arrange a meeting of all Odd Eel
lows in this city and the public, whether
Odd Fellows or not. Col. John Il.
Bruton, Past Grand Master Of North
Carolina, has consented to deliver an
address on that occasion, says the
Charlotte News.
e.. G.. Vestal, the mail carrier who
was arrested, Tuesday of last week, on
the charge of robbing the mail, had a
hearing before United States COmDis-
sioner Fl. Q. Cowles last Thursday and
was discharged. He proved that he
was not on the route between States