The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-06-26

6apGlst church for the past sixteen
months, rendered his resignation at
q monthly conference last Monday
night, which was very reluctantly
accepted.
salisbury Watchman: About two
weeks ago, Mr. Espy Smoot, a young
man ABOUT 2lyears, old, and who lived
near Miranda postoffice, this county,
received a sever cut on his foot which
necessltated the amputation of a toe.
atter which lock jaw set in and from
d effects Of which he died last Mon
DAY. Nh. Smoot was the only son of
Mrs. Anganetta Smoot, a widow lady,
and his was indeed a sad death.
New Berne Journal: Inquiry was
made In Saturdays Journal as to who
Mrs. Elizabeth Bell, the C~entenarian
buried In Cedar Grove cemetery near
n family vault of Mr. J. L. Rhem
was. transcription nthe tomb simply
shows that she was born in the county
In 1876 and died in New Berne in 1886,
In the Tooth year of her age, and that
she was for fifty years a faithful mem
@ OF the Methodist Episcopal church.
Albemarle News: We learn that
some Stanly county Democrats say
they will refuse to support the Demo
cratic party in the future because of
h internal revenue laws by Demo
cratic revenue officers - Two more
big pieces of gold were found at the
w. 5. Ingram mine last Saturday, one
weighing 40 dwt. and the other 149
dWt. Several other small pieces were
found, in all about $50 dwt. in one
day.
Wilmington had q severe storm of
wind, hail and lightning Wednesday.
The weather signal pole was struck by
lightning and shattered and at another
point a horse was killed. At Wrights-
vile the lightning was terrific, and the
beach along there was covered with
hail for some time after the storm. At
Scott's Hill lightning set as old field on
IRE but the rain put it out before dam.
age resulted, says the New Berne
Journal.
New Berne Journal: Rev. N. M
Jurney, of MI. Olive, makes a remark
ably good showing on a little patch of
Irish potatoes-Ouly q quarter of an
acre which he planted at his home.
The quarter of al re.gave him a yield
OF 80 barrels and after paying all ex
penses of the crop Mr.. Jurney found
he had $76 IS left as net profit. This
yield is at the rate of 132 barrels to the
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per acre.
Julius Grow, who some time ago so
brutally cut Mr.. ]. s, Squires, as every
nothing was heard of his whereabouts
till a few days ago, when his wife was
known to have received letters from
Baltimore. Officers went in search of
him there and he was soon picked up.
He was brought here here through the
country from Pineville on Sunday
morning and lodged in jail, says the
Monroe Journal.
There were but three golden bananas
on the bunch at Garrason's yesterday,
but lurking beneath them was death
enough for twenty men in the ugly
body of a Mexican tarantula a large as
the biggest crawfsh. Capt. Garrason's
unsuspicicious hand was within two
inches of the poisonous monster, but a
pair of tongs landed it in a jar of alco-
hol, and there it lies to excite a shudder
of horror in every passer by, says the
! Fayetteville Observer.
It has been reported that the Sea-
board Air Line will remove its cotton
compress and ''round house, from
Hamlet to Monroe, in which event it is
proposed that Hamlet be moved to
Rockingham and given a place on the
public square. We must say, how
ever, there is no evidence of such con
templated move on the part Of the
Seaboard Air Line, as work still pro-
crosses on their round house at Hamlet,
says the Rockingham Rocket.
While working on a house under
course of erection on East Fourth
street for Mr.. John P. Long this mor
ing, Mr.. James Tomlin fell from the
scaffold and broke his left arm between
the wrist and elbow. The break is at
the same place that the same arm was
broken twice before. When Mr.. Tom
lin was picked up by his fellow-work-
men it was found that his hand was
doubled back and the broken arm had
ploughed deep into the ground, says
the Charlotte News.
The Greenville Index gets off the fol
lowing: "Mr. Ben Sheppard was tell
ing of a lady, in Greene county, who
last week found four of her turkeys
dead. She picked all the feathers of
them, thinking to save that much, and
had them carried to the woods. That
evening she was astonished to see four
~featherless turkeysin the yard gobbllng
for grub. 1t was found that the tur-
KEYS had overturned a Jar of brandy
cherries that morning and got dead
drunk on them, and 20 lost their teath,
ers and were lucky to save their necks."
Six or seven of the Clayton boys, and
Mr.. R. O. Cotter, of this place, are go
ing to take a trip down Neuse river to
New Berne about the 18th of next
month. They will have a nice boat
25x6 feet with cushion seats on each
side, canvass cover, and apartments 1 n
which to keep a cook stove, provisions,
etc. The boat will be run by a crank
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