The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-09-17

Wheat from the
and ottonS Seed from the South
Charles Trimble, at one time a citi
| zen of this place, was accidentally
killed by an engine in Hartford, Conn.
last Saturday. He will be buried in
our town cemetery, says the Laurln-
burg Exchange.
The store of Mr.. ]. D. Kennedy at
| Seventh and Red Gross streets was
broken into and the money drawer
robbed yesterday morning about IL
o'clock while he was absent, says the
Wilmington Dispatch.
Our tobacco market, though already
very large, is rapidly growing in
strength and effectiveness. Quite a
number of new faces are seen among
the employees, buyers ETC., says the
Rocky Mount Phoenix.
To Mrs. Quincy Price in Duncan's
Greek township Rutherford county
was born last Friday night a male
child with n we'll developed tooth, it
has another tooth almost visible. In
that section we're recently born fifteen
children and all are males, says the
Shelby Aurora.
The hunters from Charlotte, after
several days hunting about Ellerbe
Springs. returned home last Saturday.
They had a most successful hunt. Re
suit: 6 foxes, 8 cOOns and 20 squirrels.
AS there is plenty more such game in
old Richmond, we invite them to C Ome
again, says the Rockingham Rocket.
Mr.. Uriah Miller, of this county, who
invented a hitching attachment some
time ago, has received a patent on it,
and has given Messrs. Long and Work
man the contract for making a hun
dred set. The attachment is very sim
pie and does away with hitching the
horse, and at the same time prevents
him from moving, says the Salisbury
World.
Salisbury World: Mr.. Morris, liv-
ing at the Tebe Saunders mine in
Montgomery county. was awakened
from slumber n night last week by a
curious noise. He c0uid not discern
from whence the sound animated but
next morning to his horror he found
in his bed a huge rattlesnake. Twenty
rattles we're found on the snake when
it was killed.
Essex Heath, the negro who fell eff
the excursion train from Columbia
several days ago and who was badly
cut up about head and, who has been
in the colored hospital since, wGs able
to resume his homeward Journey this
morning. Heath does not attempt to
explain under what circumstancf s he
was hurt-simply says he does not
know anything about it, says the
Charlotte News.
From q telegram it is learned that
the California Supreme court last week
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William Walkerly, who died in Oak
land several years ago. The decision
virtually makes the widow the sole
Mrs. Walkerly is now the wife of VIM
+. Burbank, formerly OF Winston, and
founder of the Los Angeles Record"
says the Winston Sentinel.
About s o'clock Monday night a shot
from a pistol was heard in the north
Prn part Of town on Main street. On
investigation it was found that some
one had shot at Elk Sheriff Grifith's
house from the street, the ball passing
through the glass In the front door
and lodging in the stairway. Mrs.
Griffith had just passed by the door
aud was badly frightened. A vigilant
search was made for the person who
fired the shot, but without success,
says the Lexington Dispatch.
Mr. S. J. Barnett had quite a tuesle
with what he termed a mad dog Mon
day evening. Just in front of the
| Pioneer Warehouse he was attacked
by a dog, and having nothing to de
fend himself with he commenced kick
ing, and in the scufle the dog got on
tOp-Or rather would if he had not
run off. When Mr.. Barnett got upon
his feet he vigorously gave the alarm
of mad dog" but the crowd that
started in pursuit did not succeed in
killing him, says the RoxOoro Courier.
The II year-old son of Mr.. Daniel
Hopkins, of No 6 township, met with
a serious accident this "wednesday
afternoon about 1:3O o'clock, while at
tending to his fathers mule team in
the lot at Corl's livery stables. The
little fellow, with a brother about the
same size, brought a load of wood tC
town and after unloading, went to the
lot to feed, By a%cciientlly coming in
close contact with the animals heels
one mule kicked a hole about an inch
long through the boys forehead. The
little fellow vas knocked unconcious
but was soon brought to, says the
Concord Standard.
Last Saturday night the quietude O
our town was disturbed by the firing
of a gun and the screaming of a wo
man just south Ct the court house
Policeman Fowler and others hurried
to the scene at once. They found tina
Mary Street, a coIored woman who
cooks for Mr.. Spence Taylor, and har
charge of the premises in his absence
discovered that some one was trying
TO break into the granary, ran ou
with the gun and in attempting to sc
the gun down with the muzzle on tn,
ground, set it on her foot. The gun
accidentally fred, driving the entir'
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