The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-11-19

IL is nOG every Q8y GuaG S0CA bEaueES
are made. says the Lincoln Democrat.
Mr.. Elisha Neal wes badly kicked in
the face last Monday by a mule. Mr..
! Neal had fed the mule and went into
the stable to drive cut a chicken when
the mule kicked him very severely
/ breaking the bone in his nose says the
1 Chatham Citizen.
The Mt. Airy News says that Mr..
Daniel Mari0n's old tobacco factory,
with a large lot of manufactured to
baccO, at Pilot Mountain, was destroy.
ed by fire last Tuesday night. lnsur-
enca on stock, sc. 900; on building,
$500 LOSS not known.
Carthage Blade: Taylor Fields,
charged with the murder of George w
Crabtrea, surrendered to the sheriff
last Friday and was put in jail. He
was tried yesterday before Judge Nc
liver, under a writ Of haOe6s corpus,
and was admitted to bail.
The farmers of the Turn Pike neigh.
borhood have of late lost several OF
their hogs. They could not account
for it until several traps were found.
The clue furnished them they were not
long in running down the rOgues, says
the Laurinburg Exchange.
We have just heard Of sad news
from LincolntOn. Mr.. Calvin Shrum
while driving a colt which ran away,
was thrown from his cart and his neck
broken. Mr.. Shrum was a good, kind
man and we are sorry TO hear OF his
sad death, says the Hickory Press.
Hack Morris, who was tried before
Squire Heitman last Wednesday,
charged with larceny, Yves bound over
to court. A large number of witnesses
we're summoned and the trial took up
several hours. Morris gave bond and
was released, says the Lexington Dis
patch.
We learn that a little tussel occur
red last week between Mr.. Linney,
editor of the Marion Record, and Law
yer Bird, of the same place. No dam
age done, for to the delight of the be-
ligrants, friends %interposed and sepa
rated them, says the Morganton Pop
ulist.
Mr.. II Presslar reports that a few
nights ago minks got into his chicken
hou Q at his farm q few miles south of
town, and killed fourteen chickens.
The chickens were not dead when
found and as they were not mangled
they went to pot, says the Monroe En-
quirer.
Salisbury World: An insane man
named Reed, living ear Grogansville,
Rockingham county, attacked one of
his daughters last Friday with a knife,
cutting her throat almost from ear to
ear. He then seized an axe and buried
the blade of it in her body, killing her
instantly.
James Church is having luck on his
fish trap. just below town He brought
in about 500 cells at once last Monday.
There was a lot of other fish in the
bunch too, and among them a red horse
that weighd 8 pounds. just think of
500 cells at once, Gays the WIkesboro
Chronicle.
Joe Altman saws he does not know
what Miles EdmonsOn and PnOns
ClOniz will DO since he quit farming,
as it has been their custom for two or
three years past % borrow corn of him
allsummer, = the Morganton Herald.
This sort of stuff may result in a suit
for damages.
Concord Presby terry has aided II
men during the year and. supplied II
churches; raised for Presbyterial mis-
eiOns 81, Additions to the church
1872; chuI ches erected 2 There are 3
day schools, with SONS $50 pupils, sup
ported by this Presbytery, says the
Concord Times.
Tom Mckay, col, was brought here
Saturday night and placed in charge
of Sheriff McLaurin. Mckay is &C
cused Of a crime which seems to grow
more common and one which every
body should stand eff from and let the
law takeitsfulI course, says the Laurin-
burg Exchange.
Five men with two queer covered
wagons passed through Newton Wed
nesday. They were from Mitchell,
OHIO, and will visit the Exposition at
Atlanta, spend the winter in Florida,
return home next summer. They were
making pictures of all noted scenery
on their line of travel.
] Lum0erton Robesonian: Two weeks
ago last Sunday night the cotton stor-
/ age house of Mr.. William Stubbs. a
prosperous farmer of the A~lfordsviIle
section, was destroyed by fire. The
loss is Estimated at g. 500 which in
cludes twenty bales Of cotton, cotton
seed and other articles.
Henry Chavis, colored, who has been
in jail for some time for violating the
revenue laws, ave bond yesterday
and was released. While he was in
all there were two cases of bastardy
brought against him and to night he
will wed the woman that preferred the
charges, says the Durham Sun.
There has been great complaint at
the failure Of the Northern and West,
ern Carolina trains to make connec-
tlon at Salisbury. It has been brought
to the attention Of the railroad com.
mission, which is looking into The
matter. The commission will within
lev days orange for close connection
Tue Supreme court has affirmed the
Judgem mt OF the Superior c1I,~t Of