The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-03-20

have been bitten. "O'Ae
The Journal learns from Postoos,o.
Clarke that he has been notified ~
Mr.. j. Lowrie Bell, Second Assiatont
postmaster General, that regular mail
service between New Berne and Wi,
mlngton will begin April I'd.
Among the country hams that cauo
IN yesterday was one of unusual size
One a thirty six pound from w, #
sutton near Kinston. The hog from
which 1t was taken weighed over 5OO
pounds, says the New Berne Journal
Last Saturday night some PARTY or
parties broke into the store room IF
Mr.. Alopzo Gee, near Milton. and stole
W sacks OF meal and twelve gallons
OF Whlskey. There is no clue as to
VINO dld the stealing, says the Milton
Chronicle.
Ashe5oro Courier: Deputy Marshal
Z. 9. Mof1tt and Deputy Collector q
V. Tate recently seized a blockade still
IN Brewer township near Pleasant
Grove church within the territory
prohibiting the sale and manufacture
of liquor.
Policeman Billiards. house was robhed
OF $50 last Thursday in broad davlipht
The money was in a bureau drawer
which the thief broke open A trunk
was ransacked but nothing exceDt the
money was missed, says the Kinston
Free Press.
Greensboro is in the clutches of a.
mad dog scare, SAYS the Charlotte
Observers correspondent. An ordi-
nance was promptly passed requiring
owners to muZzle or kill their dogs
The best time to kill dog is just before
he goes mad.
1t is learned that Capt. W. L. Ken
nedy, of Lenoir county, has a fine
Jersey COW which beats the record.
From the milk which she gives three
pounds and two ounces and a half of
butter are produced. That is the kind
Of COW to raise.
Wilkesboro News: Mr.. J. B Martin.
Of Brier Creek, has a cane that is 176
years old. 1t is made of sugar cane
and has an elephants tusk for a handle.
1t was made in 1918 by Mr.. Martins
REORGANIZATION and has been in the
family ever since.
1t is said that Professor Herman,
who married Christian Reid" (Miss
Fisher), the we'll known novelist, and
who has for many years lived in
Mexico, has sold his mining property
there for one million dollars and will
return to this State.
James W. Clements, 80 years of age,
of Durham, went home Saturday night,
under the influence Of drink, and beat
his wife. He was arrested and placed
in jail. On Sunday morning, while
seated at the breakfasttable, hedropped
dead from his chair.
Charlotte Observer: Mr.. A. H.
Moore is preparing to build a house on
the orner Of Stonewall and Mcdowell
streets. Yesterday one of his hands
employed in digging the foundation,
spaded up a watch and chain. How
came it there is the mystery.
Kinston Free Press: Mr.. Ephraim
Taylor died Saturday in Wocdington
township, aged 40 years. - A newly
born baby was found in Kinston Fri
day morning. Buzzards had picked it
to pieces so that it could not be told
whether it was white or black.
Minton Hodges, the IL year old son
of Mr.. j. Hodges, while hunting a few
days ago, shot several Of his toes max.
ing a painful wound, but the plucky
little man, who is good shot, killed one
or two birds after getting wounded
himself, says the Washington Gazette.
Will amston Sun: Mr.. Jas. B. Craw-
ley who killed Mr.. Richard Harris at
Bath some years ago has been captured
in Norfolk and was expected here last
night in custody of officer Barron.
We learn that he confesses the murder
but claims that it was committed in
self-defence.
Charlotte Observer: Mr.. Hamp Nc
Kinlev lives in Mallard Creek. Last
week fire broke out in his barn, and
before he and his hands, although it
was in the morning, could do any
thing, the building was In flames. He
lost all of his roughness, implements,
etc. There was no insurance.
The steamer New Berne, which has
been off about go days, is expected back
next week. She has been undergoing
repairs and will have, when she re-
turns, new deck and new bottom. She
has also been reprinted and the ma
chinery overhauled. She is in fine
order for the trucking season, says the
| New Berne Journal.
Durham Recorder: A mad dog was
killed here Monday. The dog bit three
persons-Mr. T. M. Hudgins, gate
keeper at the foot of Mangum street,
and his son, J. W. Hudgins, and a col
ored man. The dog was killed soon
afterwards on Fowler's Hill. All three
of the men went to Rev. A. Walker to
have the mad stone applied.
Last Saturday Mr.. John Moore Kirk
patrick sold 20 bales of cotton in Char
iotte. To day he sold another lot of 20
bales. The two lots were so evenly
matched in texture and weight that
there was but 81 cents difference be-
tween the price he received, to days
lot bringing21 cents more than the Sat-
urday's lot, says the Charlotte News.