The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-04-24

y COUNTY Ior the alleged muir.
DER OF MS two months old child. and
Tor such brutal treatment of his wife
Miss Tincey Smith.
A few night since Messrs T n
Helms, w. E.. Helms and e. A. Helms
had their corn cribs raided by thieves
and q lot of corn taken. The corn
ralseE mas SO a avoided capture, saws
the Monroe Enquirer.
Master Geo. Henderson met with a
distressing accident yesterday. He fell
from the steps of the belfry at the
collegiate Institute about eight feet,
and Drokeh his left arm below the elbow
says the New Berne Journal.
The Beaufort Herald tells that Mr..
II. w. Stewart near there has an
orange tree that is two years old and
three feet high that has borne Is
oranges this year, n of them meas
urlng 3 inches in circumference.
We have not yet gotten a report
from Catawba county Alliance, but
from those who attended it, we learn
n a 1t was n of the most interesting.
enthusiastic and harmonious meetings
aver held IN the county, says the
Hickory Mercury.
The North Carolina Press Conven-
ton Executive Committee has has de-
clded to hold the next annual conven-
ton In Morganton, May 90 and "a
Morganton, Is a beautiful, hourishing
and wide awake town, and will extend
the editors a hearty welcome.
Mr.. w. @. Davis, of Cove, was in
the city Friday informs us that he and
his brother, Mr.. e z r Davis, were
the victims of sheep-killing dogs the
two previous nights, they had eight or
little lambs, says the New Berne
Journal,
Charlotte News: The farmers all say
that there will be an unusually large
number of quail in this part of the
country by the time the next season
opens. They give as a reason for it,
less hunting last winter than in former
years, larger grain crops and fewer
bird dogs.
j. ROmminger, from Zionville, says
that Ransom Eggars, of that place,
raised 81 bushels and a peck of corn
last year On a half acre lot. This
comes in rather late, but it tells what
the lands IN Watauga can do, when
properly cultivated, says the Boone
Democrat.
Prisoners in Sampson county jail are
a playful and festive lot. They have
all the fun of girls in a boarding school
and play all kinds of pranks on one
another. Whenever q freshman"
m~atriculates at the Jail he is hazed at
once and that in the most approved
Yale style.
More fires have been raging in the
mountains this year than we have ever
known before. For the last month
clouds of smoke could be seen almost
daily in some direction from Lenoir.
A large amount of timber is destroyed
annually by these forest fires, says the
Lenoir Topic.
Newton Enterprise: Maj. w. A
examination of an abandoned gold
mine on his premises. He shipped
nineteen IONS of ore to Pittsburg, Pa,
and realized a profit of $3.50 per ton.
His success has raised the gold fever to
a white heat.
The Mercury says the municipal
election in Hickory which is usually
fought out on liquor lines will this
F'drys'' will wear white ones and the
VETS red ones. The "wets" have
Just made an order for several hundred
red paper roses.
The man Woody, charged with be-
ing, for whom there was a reward of
$500, has been captured, says the
Wilkesboro Chronicle. acquisitions
have been sent to Virginia for all in
that State who are said to have taken
part in the lynching.
A gentleman walked into our Office
Monday and looking at our last issue
saw his house and lot advertised for
sale for taxes. He quietly remarked
well. now, just let them sell It'll If
they can sell 1t they can do o than
/ can, and I've been trying for two
years" says the Hickory Press.
Mays Boyles, the eight ear old son
of VIM. Boyles in Lincoln county,
severely mashed his thumb between
two cog WHEELS of a feeding machine.
The wound was so severe that DIR. 0. P.
Thompson's surgical skill was invoked
and he removed the first joint of the
thumb and the child is doing well.
Beware of lightning rod peddlers
wso wish to sell the farmer a SO
lightning rod with bright ornaments
for the small sum of $50 on one and
two years credit. Listen not to his
siren voice, but call the dogs. He
talks sweetly, only to ensnare and get
your money, says the Shelby Aurora.
Mr.. John Meier, a Swiss gentleman,
who has been for the past two years
superintendent of the Oates Hosiery
Mills in Charlotte, has given up his
position and is coming to Valdese to
establish a hosiery mill of his own.
Mr.. Meier has already contracted for
his machinery, says the Morganton
| Herald.