The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-18

burn. Of Mulberry township %ona
IL EEIeo last week. Whitley is about
% years Old and this is the third wife
ne mas < to himself. He undonbt-
eoIy DelleYes In the marriage
says the Wilkesboro Chronicle.
me Lumberton fair gounds are being
rapidly put In order. Floral Hall. q
mammoth structure about 45x11O is
Q completed, the stalls are ready
ana the top dressing is being put on
Gne race track. Special premiums are
also coming in, says the Lumberton
R~obesonian.
Winston Sentinel: An attempt was
mace FRIDAY night by three prisoners,
VINO are III IN the same cell in
the Gulltord county jail, to escape. It
seems an outsider had Furnished h
prisoners with saw blades and acids
They were detected, however, before
they got away.
United States Marshal, J. J. Rogers,
yesterday afternoon pulled William
Buffalo. a colored man upon the charge
OF retailing liquor without license. 1t
seems that he had been dispensing the
ardent In the locality near Durham
known as Little Washington" says
the Durham Sun.
j. L. Moretz relates to us that on last
Saturday on Elk Knob and on the head
of Meat Camp the hail that fell in the
severe storm exceeded anything aver
known there. Hail stones as large as
ones fist came down. The greater
amount was as large as hen eggs The
corn crop was badly damaged, saws
the Boone Democrat.
High Point Enterprise: We saw a
sample of Hickory King corn raised on
Capt. Shows place this year. This
corn runs two quarts more to the
bushel when measured on the ear than
any other. Four years ago Capt.
Snow had only four grains of it. This
year there is at least %, 900 bushels of
it raised in this section.
Last Monday Mr.. J. w. Green, who
lives with Mr.. B. r. Jones while out
squirrel hunting on Swift Creek found
a large sturgeon. He returned home
and secured help togo and capture the
sturgeon. Her length was u feet and
weight was 285 pounds. They took
from her over a half bu4hel of eggs,
says the Smithfield Herald.
We are told that A. Ct. Cox has
bought three fourths interest in Chris
tian's mill, six miles from Durham,
and it is to be greatly improved. The
dam is being cemented and made as
strong as possible. 1t is Mr.. Cox's in
tention to put in roller machinery for
the purpose of making -four of the best
grades, says the Durham Sun.
Raleigh Visitor: The largest vine
yards in the State are now at Southern
Pines. Two miles the other side of
that thriving place DR.. Mcneil, of New
York, who recently purchased a large
tract of land there, now has 200 men
at work clearing off the pine timber,
stumps, SC, and getting ground in
shape for the planting of vines.
On Ocean View beach yesterday, a
school of about two acres of mullets
were spied a short distance out to sea,
and a fishing crew Immediately put out
and cast q sein into the midst of them.
They made such a big haul that the
sein broke and all the fish were lost
with the exception of about twenty,
says the Wilmington Messenger.
Rockingham Rocket: Wat McKinzie,
colored, who lives out nea Mr.. Euclid
Covington's, has chicken four months
old that has four well developed legs.
The two extra legs are on the left side
and are Joined together by a ligament
of skin like appearance, but are per
fectly formed and natural looking.
The monstrocity is alive and thriving.
Liberty Herald: A serious accident
happened at Siler's Mill, near here, last
Saturday. A little girl who was play,
ing about the mill went too near the
shafting and her dress caught in the
shafting and she was dashed against
the framework of the mill. The mill
was stopped at once, but not until she
was badly crushed and several bones
broken.
Capt. Sandy Smith, of Concord, is
the city today in the interest of the
Bost gold mine in Cabarrus county.
He lis negotiating with a New York
gentleman for the property. The mine
ia located on Anderson's Greek, near
Rocky River, and is said to be exceed
ingly rich. Its present owners are
Messrs. Pete and Allen Bost, says the
| Charlotte News.
Young Aleck Pinnix, on Ramseur
street, is somewhat of a chicken raiser.
He had a fine start on Bantams and
Cochins and a nice gang of young
guineas. This morning about 5 o'clock
his whole hennery was cleaned by a
darkeY, who went not one hundred
yards from the house and sold them to
a merchant who keeps a little store
near the railroad crossing, says the
Durham Sun.
The Wilmington Messenger says that
the cases against the directors of the
suspended Bank of New Hanover have
been moved from Duplin Superior
| Court to Lenoir Superior Court for
trial, and will be heard at the Novem
Der term. The court granted the change
of venue upon motion of the counsel
for the defendants. A mol pros was
entered against Mr.. Clayton Giles, one
of the defendant directors.