The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-07

gold at the Ingram mine, and it is
thought that a rich vein has BEEN
struck at the Thompson mine. The
ore at the latter is said to be worth $50
per ton. 5
We are very sorry to learn that
Sidney Clark, son of Mrs. Hattie Clark
who lives about three miles from Will
son, fell off the banisters, sticking a
piece of board in his side about two
inches long. We learn this morning
that he is getting along very we'll. The
accident happened Sunday, says the
Wilson Advance.
The tin trunk which contained the
important paper and money that were
stolen from Guy s. Lanes store last
Sunday night was accidently found a
few hundred yards from the store, hid
den among some bushes. The money
was all gone but the papers, checks
ETC., were all there so far as r~ecollected,
says the New Berne Journal.
W. have just gotten the particulars
of the fire which destroyed Mr.. Geo.
Joyner's barns, g., a short time ago.
He tells us that his barn, stables, mule,
harness, wagons, fodder, a lot of wheat,
farming tools, &C., we're all destroyed,
1t falls very heavily upon Mr. Joyner.
He thinks the fire originated from rats
and a match, says the Louisburg
Times.
Shelby Review: Mrs. Ann McCarter,
who lives near Kings Mountain Battle
Ground, was burned to death last
Thursday morning. Mrs. McCarter
had got up in the morning to cook
breakfast and was found shortly after
burned to death. She was lying nea
the stove, and no one knows how it
happened. She was about sixty years
of age.
Aunt Sallie Palmer, colored, one of
the oldest persons in the county, died
at her home here Wednesday night,
aged 92~years. She had been in this
section for years and so remarkable
was her memory she could tell the date
of the birth Of all the older people here
in this vicinity. Ten children and fifty
grand children survive her, says the
High Point Enterprise.
Mr.. Robert Benfeld, wife and two
children were coming to town Tuesday
in a buggy. When reaching the fatal
hill beyond Buffalo creek, his horse
took fright and in running away, col,
lided with a wagon. All YER thrown.
Mrs. Benfeld fell nearly Is feet in a
deep ditch, falling upon one of her
children. Mrs. Benfield's collar bone
was broken and the children consider
ably bruised, says the Concord Stan
dard.
Ashville Citizen: Incredible as it may
appear, the bronze monument erected
several years ago on Mitchell's peak, to
the memory of Professor Elisha Mitchell
who lost his life in the exploration of
Black Mountain, has been brutality de
secrated, and the nature of the van
dalist shows the act to have been COM
mitted by persons who desire notoriety
at the expense of the proprieties accord
ed by civilization to the sanctities of the
grave.
Burglars seem to be rampant these
warm nights. Two dwellings near the
corner of front and Mulberry streets
were entered early Sunday morning
and money and other valuables were
found missing. The store of Mr.. w.
P. Woodcock, corner Of Fourth and
Swami streets, was entered about three
o'clock the same morning and relieved
of some small change and about six
dollars WorGh of provisions, says the
Wilmington Star.
Winston Sentinel: A serious diff
Il Guilty. OCCuII0O OdGuIOdJ AASuU dOOuU
IL o'clock in the northeastern part of
Winston, on what is known as 1.-The
Knob" James Martin, a son of DR..
Samuel Martin, was either struck on
the head by a brick bat or rock. The
skull was badly shattered on the left
side. Cecil Heggie, the 10 year old son
of Mr.. Arch Heggie, of East Winston,
has been placed in jail, charged with
committing the deed.
AshviIle Citizen: A case ofbrutality of
a mother to her child came to light this
morning, when Myra Higgins, colored,
was brought before Justice Frank Car
ter for trial. Yesterday the woman
sent her child, who is only four years
old, to do some shopping. Upon the
child's return the mother was dissatis
iedwith whats she had done and knocked
her down, breaking one of the child
arms. The woman was sent up on a
5000 bond for the attention Of the Grim
inal Court,
Mr.. William Walker, a worthy
! farmer of the loves section, shot and
painfully wounded Will Simpson, a
young negro, who had been at work on
his farm, last Saturday night. Slmp,
son was trying to force an entrance
into the bed room of a little daughter
of Mr.. Walker about midnight, when
| Mr.. Walker fired upon him with his
shot gun. The load tore up the mis-
creant's face badly and put out one
eye. DR.. D W. Courts, of this place,
dressed his wounds and he was car
ried to jail Sunday, says Webster's
Weekly.
Rockingham Superior Court is in
session this week. His Honor Judge
Battle on the bench and Solicitor Bar
Der prosecuting. Judg Battle is giving
we're disposed of Tuesday while we
we're in attendance. Thos. Malloy, a
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