The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-02-13

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state Guard. = The grippe is quite
prevalent in Oxford just now, and
seVera! OF u good citizens have been
wrestling with it during the past week.
Two mules were stolen Saturday
night from Mr.. Alfred Forbes planta-
Glon In Beaver Dam township. Who
ever took the mules turned them loose
IN the vicinity of Earboro, and the
ANIMALS were making their way back
nome when found near Falkland Tues
Gay morning, says the Granville Re
A man of bad character named John
Brock, a resident of Wrightsville MUIR
1ered his wife Sunday by drowning
ner IN n sound and afterwards bury
ing her body in the sound on the shore.
me man ran away and is still at large.
His wifes body was found and an in
quest held. The verdict was according
to the above facts.
The Graham Cleaner gives the fol
lowing item: There is a prisoner in
the county jail whose conduct rather
OatHes the JallOr. The prisoner is Loula
lsely, colOrd, who is awaiting trial on
the charge of i~nfanticide. She refuses
to eat, drink or talk. It will be two
weeks tomorrow since she took any
nourishment of account.
Mr.. w. 7. Purnell, of Halifax, showed
the Democrat Monday a pair of heavy,
silver trimmed spectacles which were
used by his great great great grand
father in 1740. They have been used
all the way down by one of every
generation and are still good. The
glasses have been changed, says
the Scotland Neck Democrat.
Smithfield Herald: Mr.. Moses
Weaver, who lives near Troyville,
Harnett county, killed a hog not long
ago two and one-half years old which
weighed 769 pounds after being dressed,
Mr.. Henry Flowers. of near Kenly,
Johnston county, killed a hog on the
goth inst. which was 9 feet Il inches
long and weighed no pounds.
Shelby Review: We learn that fine
specimens of coal have been found
along the little Kings Mountain range
of mountains. The discovery is being
investigated in a quiet way. and we
are told the prospects are fine. The
discovery was made by the experts
engaged in locating the iron to which
we allude to in another column.
Greensboro Record: Judge Whitaker
adjourned Rockingham court yester-
day until Tuesday of next week, on
OF an important engagement his Honor
had in Raleigh. -T. B. Farlow, a
young man about Is years old, had his
hand caught between the Drawbacks of
two box cars this morning as he was
trying to couple them, MASKING it
severely.
One Of the most pitiable sights we
have seen in some time was a poor
fOrlOrn looking white with a
rny1r~ child CI%tinn ON tho 0NJ1~E h0V1Co
steps on last Friday morning begging
and e~ntreating to be given a place in
the poor house. We do no. know
whether she was a fit subject or not,
but she certainly looked 80, says the
Lexington Dispatch.
We recently had an item to effect
that Mr.. J. M. Patrick of Institute was
thought to be the oldest living citizen
of Lenoir county. Mr.. J. E. Patrick
noticing the item writes us that Mr..
Stephen Blizzard of the same place,
boasts of SO summers" He was
noticed last week breaking q young
OK with which to tend his crops, says
the New Berne Journal.
A shooting scrape occurred Sunday
afternoon at the home of William Cox,
a few miles northeast of Winston. His
two sons, Luther and Leon Cox, got
into a fight it appears and in the
fathers attempt to take a pistol away
from Leon it fired, the ball striking
the other son in the forhead, ranging
under the scalp to the back of the
head, where it is still located.
A Shelby Merchant, L. J. Pope, has
set an example in poultry raising. He
began last January, 1898, with eighteen
birds and has now forty-three birds in
his small yard, near the editors. He
has sold his fine and immense birds at
rs cents to 81 each and eggs at 25 cents
for Is. His total profit from these
sales is $18 As, besides an increased
number on hand, says the Shelby
Aurora.
Chatham Record: Mr.. James Hunter
Headen died at this place on last
Thursday, after a protracted sickness,
in the seventy fifth year of his age.
And thus has passed away one of Chat
hams most prominent citizens. He
graduated from the University of
North Carolina in 1889, and soon
afterwards began the practice of law,
in which profession he took a promi-
nent position.
Among the many new enterprises
springing up in Charlotte, is one for
hacking shucks" and shipping them
to distant manufactures for mattresses
and like purposes. The business is
done by E. NJ. Andrews, on South
College street, and on yesterday great
loads were seen going off to the depot
for shipment. 1t used to be "Oh,
shucks!" But now shucks count for
something, says the Charlotte News.
The Long mine in Union county,
under the supervision of Capt. Clarke,
shaft is fifty feet deep and supplies the
mill with an abundance of ore which