The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-08

aged n. were united in the bonds OF
matrimony by E quire l. j. Norman:
Tbs old man hobbled into the u
house on two sticks when he called Ior
his license. This is colored couple.
SAYS the High Point Enterprise;
"Mr' Glasscock, who lives upln DAVld-
son. has a Young calf which is attract
ing considerable attention. 1t was born
without a tail and other necessary
members of the body which makes 1t
quite a curiosity. Mr.. GlasscOck thinks
Gnat the calf will live and if it does will
find its way into a menagerie."
Capt. L @. Lawrence tells US that he
rails d this year, 128 bushels OF BLACK
peas On five eighths Of an acre. rms
is about twenty bushels to the acre. he
says he does not know whether TINS
should be considered a largo yield or
not. because he does not know the aver
age yield, but he wants to know VINO
can beat it, says the MurtreesOoro
Index.
The dry kilns and $500 feet of lum
Der at Brown & Rumley Lumber COS
mill, Jardan's Creek, were burnt on
| Saturday. by an accidentalspark from
| the boiler. The loss is $4,000, with no
insurance. The entire public sympa
thize with these enterprising young
men in their loss. The kilns will prob
ably be rebuilt, says the Washington
! Gazette.
Newbern Journal: Mr.. Amos Wills.
of Beaufort, died at KinstOE at 4:l5
o'clock in the morning OF Thursday,
September 26. It will be remembered
that Mr.. Willis was severely injured
by a pile driver falling over and strik-
ing him on September oh at the A, &
N. @. r r bridge ever Neuse river,
near Kjnstcu. Mr.. Willis was foreman
of the bridge force.
Last Friday, near Gibsonville, Ben
SCckwell and his son in law Albert
Foust, both colored, became involved
in a dispute over a cane mill owned be
tween them, when the latter struck the
former on the head with a wash board
and killed him. Fous fed. Both were
regarded as fighters and it is thought
that Foust struck in self defence, says
the Alamance Cleaner.
Some one made a raid on the S nth
ern Express Office at this point last Fri
day night and stole packages to the
amount of about 500. They got the
money drawer but it was empty.
Among other things they got a fine suit
OfclOthes that was shipped to Mr., j. P.
Wade. Toere is no clue TO the thief,
says the r )xboro Courier.
Mr.. Thomas Hasty, of Hasty, N. G
was the victim of a very unfortunate
accident near Johns Station Sunday
night. In going home from church,
be was violently thrown from a mule
that stumbled and fell with him In
the fall his shoulder struck the ground
first. DR.. Blue was called, and after
examining him, pronounced his collar
bone broken, says the L~aurinbUrg Elk
change
The north bound vestibule train Of
the Southern rail way ran over q I egrO
man at Bess9mer City, in CASTOR, last
Friday night. AS the train was pass
ing Bessemer, the negro tried to run
caught him and hurled his body about
forty feet in the air. HIS Uranium was
crushed, arms, legs and body were
broken, and death was instantaneous,
says the Shelby Aurora.
Greensboro Record: T. Stroud, who
stopped the U. S mail wagon the other
day during a parade of the Royal
Knights of Kjg David, was arrested
and had a hearing this morning before
U. S. Commissioner TrOgden. He
made no defense, except that he did
Mt know it was wrong, and was bound
over in a bond of 5000, failing to give
he was sent to Jail, the Commissioner
having no jurisdiction in the case.
Greensboro Times: Yesterday, in
Rock Creek township, near Gibson
vile, Ben. Sockwell and Albert FOust,
both colOred, were making sorghum,
when they got into a dispute over some
trivial matter. Hot words were passed
which terminated in a pretty lively
fight. FOust, who is a sOn-in-law of
SOckwell, seeing that the old man was
about to get the better of him, took
advantage of Sockwell, and struck
him a heavy blow across the head
with a board. He died in a short while
Warrenton Gazette: The only case
Of geneTsl interest tried at this court
was the will case of the late John A
Williams. He died last winter, leav
ing some SIS. 900 to a few of his rela-
tives and nothing to many others. The
The latter endeav0red to upset the
will on the ground that Mr.. Williams
did not have the capacity to will his
property. The trial began Thursday
of last week and ended yesterday
morning. The jury after being out
twelve hours returned a verdict sus-
tanning the will.
Charlotte Observer: The large cot
ton mill at Mayodan, Rockingham
county, is rapidly going up and will
soon be completed. The capital and
stock of company is $500, 600. The mill
will have Is, 900 spindles. Mr.. E.
Motz, Of the Brewer mine. was up yes
terday and brought with him a brick
of gold which he had assayed at the
mint. 1t weighed 60 cdd ounces
Good ore is being gotten from the
Frazier mine. Mr.. Mcdowell was IN
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