The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-17

CLAIMS 10 posses the Oldest gander in
Lhe state. He was Matched in the
spring OF the year of Gen. Lees sur
render, N be is still living. He had
a partner, which was Matched at the
same time, and which also lived up to
last Spring, when he died.
Governor Carr r~eappoints the old
Board of Directors of the North Coro-
INA hallway on the part of the State.
These are ". F. Kornegay, President
J. j. Young, F. S. Spruill, g. W. John
son, 4. L. Reid, Lee s. Overman. J. p
Allison, w. @. Maxwell. V. E. Turner
Is reappointed States proxy.
Mount Airy News: Mr.. Enoch Creed
OF White Plains, will be eightv-six
years old on the 18th of this month,
and he has in his possession a grain
cradle which has been in actual use
Tor htty-two years, and in all that
time 1t has never once been repaired,
not even to one of its fingers.
This seems to be q season for typhoid
fever. T~aylorsville is UNDERGOING a
scourge of it, and letters from Davie
county to friends here say that there
Is a number of cases in that county
So far, there has not been many cases
In Wilkes. but we are not out of danger,
says the Wilkesboro Chronicle.
Charlotte Observer: Lincolnton, July
8,-Yesterday afternoon Robt. Mich
aels, accompanied by q negro driver,
was on the way from Lincolnton to
Maiden, when the horse became fright
ened, and ran away, thowing both out
and bruising Michael severely, while
the negro was seriously injured.
The Oxford Orphans Friend says:
Joe Gordon, Is years old, dark hair,
dark eyes, and dark complexion, ran
away from the Asylum, last Thursday
evening. Any information of his
whereabouts will be greatly appre
ciated by the management of this
Asylum. Exchanges please copy.
This immediate section needs rain.
1t is rather remarkable that the sur
rounding country, four or five miles
out, has had plenty of rain, while we
have been left high and dry, compare
lively. We hear the ground was too
wet to pillow in the Wentworth section
last week, says Webster's Weekly.
Warrenton Record: We regret to
hear of the death of the wife of our
esteemed friend, MI. James Hendrich,
of Palmer Springs, which occurred last
Tuesday night. - Mr.. Alfred Thomp
son, one of the eldest men in the
county, died of paralysis on Saturday
last, at the residence of his grand sen
at Graystone.
Mr.. J. A. Mckay, while making some
repairs on the elevator at Pee Dee mills
onsMonday, had his hand badly mashed
In the machinery. He had his hand
in among the gearing when some one,
without giving him warning, attempted
to start the elevator, with the result Of
badly fracturing the bone and inficting
a painful wound, says tbs Rockingham
Rocket.
Mrs. VIM. Shields, near T~obaccoville,
has a hen that recently began to lay
blue eggs. w. w. Orrender favored
The Sentinel with n of them last
evening Heretofore her eggs have
been of the usual color. The old hen
laid nine blue ones and is now engaged
in the tedious task Of changing her
prodigious into ''chicks," says the
Winston Sentinel.
Northampton county is the first in
the State to make a Democratic nomi
nation for Representative in the Legis-
lature. Capt. r. B. PEBBLES is the
nominee, and while an anti Admins
tratiOn man on the financial question,
he is said to favor the re election of
Senator Ransom. So, speaking after
the manner of men," this is first
blood" for Ransom.
The Raleigh correspondent of the
Wilmington Messenger says that Mr..
George Vanderbilt, the owner of ''Blt-
more" is very proud of this State and
notifies Secretary Aver that he Will
make a large exhibit at the State Fair.
Great progress is always being made
in the arrangements for the fair, which
will certainly lead anything in that
line ever seen in this State.
Mr.. James Amos presented us yester
day with five Irish potatoes which he
raised from one hill that surpass any.
thing of the kind yet heard of. They
weighed 4 pounds and 2 ounces, there
being eight smaller ones, of fair size
taken from the same hill, that Mr..
Amos did not weigh. They wer OF
the Beauty of Hebron variety and very
fine, says the Henderson Gold Leaf.
On Thursday night of last week Mr..
J r Warren, near Falkland, lost his
dwelling house and kitchen by fire.
| When first discovered between IL and
1 o'clock, one corner and the roof Of
the kitchen were burning rapidly and
could not be extinguished. From the
kitchen the fire was quickly com
municated to the dwelling house and
both destroyed, says the Greenville
Reflector.
Raleigh Visitor: Early Friday morn
ing Deputy collectors Taylor, Craw
ford, Jones and Ferguson made a raid
in the eastern part of Wake and besides
Selling two illicit distilleries, captured
two mOonshiners named Bray and
| Robbins, who we're asleep near n OF
the stills. They were brought here
this afternoon by the deputies anC
! oiven a hearing before U. s. Commits