The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-04-17

ASVOu saturday morning
1eaVlhg eYera creditors to mourn their
eHss anu MS gain, says the Winston
Every effort has been made To And
Mr.. y. Z. C~rabtree, but up to the nreS.
nothing has been heard from him
his sudden disappearance is indeed a
mystery. His family and friends have
ABOUT gwen up all hopes of ever seeing
Shelby Review: Our friend Mr. T
M. Wilson, of Double Shoals was in
town Monday, presenting a somewhat
0attered-up appearance about the head
he was kicked in the head bv a mule
last week and had a narrow escane
from death.
Charlotte Observer: One of the most
respected young women of McAdens-
Vile, Miss Marietta Petty, committed
suicide by drowning herself in the
river some time during last night. Her
body was found lodged near the dam
this morning.
Mt. Holly and Kings Mountain both
have newspapers less than a month
old: Mr.. John A. Anderson is editor
and proprietor of the Mt. Holly News
and Mr.. L. B. Mangum flies his name
at the masthead of the Kings Noun
tain Progress.
Charlotte News: The Charlotte
broom factory is now in full blast and
on the start is turning out thirty dozen
brooms a day. The work is of such
superior quality and the material SO
far above the average that the orders
can hardly be kept up with.
The window breaking thief tried his
hand again Tuesday night and bv
smashing a hole through one of the
large glass in j. B. Holland & Co.'S
front window, he succeeded in extract
ing three pairs of mems shoes. Heleft
no trace behind, says the New Berne
Journal.
A few days ago Mr.. Eli Hinson. of
Clear Creek, fell from q scaffold around
a chimney in course of erection and
was badly hurt. He was not able to
be out until to day, when he came to
this city with his son, Mr.. Martin Hin
son. He is yet quite feeble, says the
Charlotte News.
An old colored woman, wife of Isreal
Harris, who lived in Biddleville, went
to Biddle Institute yesterday afternoon
to perform some work. Just as she
entered the building, she dropped dead.
Heart disease was the cause. She came
here from Cabbarrus county, says the
Charlotte News.
Two weeks more, with fair weather,
will about complete the laying of the
pipe for the water works. Only five
or six more streets remain to be laid
and they are comparatively short
Hancock street is the longest n on
whT0h T& hoe ~N% hO0w1 n~~~%~.oA -
the New Berne Journal.
Word was brought to the city yes
terday that the body of Mr.. Will Gala
han, of Chesapeake City, Md, who
was drowned Sunday. April I'd, about
four miles below View Berne, had just
been found near We scene of the acci
dent, by a colored man named Griffin,
says the New Berne Journal.
Morganton Herald: @. J. Cowles,
o fthis county, has brought suit against
the State of North Carolina in the
Supreme Court, in which he asks that
so, 900 of repudiated bonds held by
him be declared valid. Other suits
will be brought, the amount of the
bonds repudiated outstanding being
$3.50, 600.
A curious phenomenon was noticed
in north Hickory Sunday evening
The air was literally filled with lady
bugs flying east. They were probably
fleeing from the cold wave which
struck us Monday morning. We are
not able to conjecture whence this
enormous swarm came, says the Hick-
DRY Mercury.
Lexington Dispatch: Farmers who
we're in town Monday attending the
meeting of the county commissioners,
talked freely in regard to the damage
resulting from the freeze last week
Some say that the wheat crop is in
iured fifty per cent, while others think
1t will revive and make somea approach
toward an average crop.
Durham Sun: 1t has finally been set
tied that the Dental Society will meet
here the second Tuesday in May, the
9Th. Charlotte has reduced the
cigarette tax from 5000 to $40, and the
young cigarette smoker is happy. -
The Charlotte Observer thinks it has
found a case of small pOx near Pine
vile, Mecklenburg county.
This morning Tom Johnson, colored,
of Cleveland county, who was convicted
of retailing whiskey without license
and sentenced to three months In jail,
and a fine of 800, took the oath pre-
scribed for poor convicts, and was re-
leased He has gone back to his noun
tain haunts, and if he takes to block
ing'' again he will be yanked up.
The Davie Times learns from a re-
liable source that the parties who
lynched Daniel Slaughter in Allegheny
county and escaped the vigilance of
the sheriff, were sent to a point in the
far West via the Norfolk & Western
Railroad. They took the train In Vlr
GINA. They have made ARRANGEMENTS
for their families to follow them later.
Hillshnrn Recnrder: VIII DeZern.