The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-11-06

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Martha King, on Maiden Lane, Sun
day afternoon. Mrs. Mckay, who
was IN her S7th year, was the widow
OF Archibald Mckay of McKay's Mills,
this county
The second and third fingers of NJ.
M. d. Dryers left hand were cut off,
by a buzz planer, at the Coffin factory,
last Thursday. DR.. Wilson chIorC-
formed the patient and soon had the
wounds dressed. Mr.. Dwyer says he
has had a ~distressingly painful expert
ence, but otherwise the wounds are do
ing well, says the Gastonia Gazette
Dunn Times: We are panied to an
nounce the sudden death of Mr.. J.
Archibald Parker, of Little River
Academy, N. O., which occurred last
Saturday night. He was out riding
that day and was taken with some
thing like a conjestive chill, and stop
ped In at the residence of Mr.. BENZ.
Hobbs where he remained until death
came.
Word was broughtto the city just
at night yesterday that the body of
Mr.. Howard Gaskill had been found
floating near where he was drowned at
Bairds creek by Mr.. Meekins. A boat
was at once dispatched to bring the re
mains to the city. The funeral service
will be held at the grave at ten o'clock,
this morning, says the New Berne
Journal.
Mr.. Andrew Mahaffey (white) was
run over and killed on Mulberry tres
tie, three miles this side of North
Wukesboro. about z o'clock Saturday
evening. Mr.. Mahafey, it is said, was
drinking and vas lying down on the
t~restle. Engineer league did not see
him IN time to stop the train. The
deceased leaves a wife and seven chill
dren, says the Winston Sentinel.
Rev. Mr.. Price, pastor of st. Mar
tins Lutheran church i'm Cabarrus
county, is a fine gourd raiser, judging
from one vine which trailed along his
garden palings this year. The vine is
an extraordinarily long and healthy
one, and this year bore even 200
gOurds. The fruit was all we'll devel
Oped and ripened off before the frost
caught them, says the Charlotte
News.
On Friday evening last while return
ing from Forest City, pair of mules
driven by Mr.. Will Hardin were
frightened by the Southbouud train on
the 3Cs and run into Mr.. Matt Nc
Brayer's buggy, tearing two wheels to
DAOSCS d1lO GI1O"2DS MI MUD . OuV
spraining his knee from the effects of
which he has been confined to his
room since, says the Rutherfordton
Herald.
Mr.. w. W. Wilhelm, one of the
prominent Populists of No. 10 town
ship was town Friday with cotton.
He is such a bitter enemy to the Cleve
land administration that he actually
refused to be paid for his cotton in
gold, o would he receive silver coin
made since the Inauguration of the
present National administration. He
demanded greenback, and Mr.. @. G..
Montgomery, who purchased his cot
ton paid it to him, Says the Concord
Standard.
Reidsville Review: There is a tree
on Gen. James d. Glenn's farm, in the
Meadows, that measures twenty feet
in circumference and shades an acre of
ground when it's foliage is full. An
other tree on the place bears the name
of VIM. Byrd and the year 1882, cut
by Byrd himself. Both trees are oak.
The Generals farm is a part of the
Royal grant to VIM. Byrd, who sur
veyed the Land of Eden" Gen.
Farley won it from the noted surveyor
in a game of poker, and sold it to
William Brodnax, the father of DR.,
Brodnax.
DR.. w. E. Benbow showed the Yad
kin Ripple a mal-formed infant last
Monday. 1t has a well formed and
matured head sitting straight up on it's
shoulders, but with so short a neck
that it's chin rests on the breast. Pro
ceeding from the back of this neck is
another neck to which is attached
what DR.. Benbow calls a homeless head
as large as the natural head. Both
heads have natural hair on them and
the extra one has places for eyes and a
piece of grissle where n a ought to
be. This boy was born last week to
Mrs. Speer, nea East Bend, and is
living.
Greensboro Christian Advocate:
Some of our readers may be interested
to know the church utilization with some
of our State officials. Affiliating with
and members of the Protestant EpiscO
pal church are Governor Carr, Secre
tary of State Coke, Chief Justice Shep
herd. Associate Justice MacRae. The
| Presbyterians have Treasurer Tate,
Associate Justices Avery and Burwell,
and Attorney General Osborne. The
Baptists have Superintendent of Pub
lie instruction Scarboro. The Method
ist have Associate Juetice Clark, Lieu
tenant Governor Doughton, and Au-
ditor Furman.
The Raleigh correspondent of the
Richmond Dispatch says: An inter
esting trial ia in progress in the Su-
perior Court here. T. w. Haynes, of
this city, who married a daughter Of
Chang Bunker. n of the Siamese
twins, sues the Raleigh Gas and Elec-
trio Light Company for SIC, 900 dam
ages for the killing of his young son, a
newspaper carrier, who was killed here
one morning two years ago, while car,