The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-11-26

MIN over TO Sn0F)1 HOPES. 4ayLO
had escaped from an officer in this
county s7metime since.
On Saturday a team of horses be-
| longing to Mr.. Haub we're coming from
PactoIus, and when at ScOvilIs corner
one of them fell from a severe case OF
collie. In the fall a cross tree was
driven into the side of the other horse,
and 80 severely hurting him that he
had to be shot. Both d1ed. 1t was a
fine carriage team valued al $3.50, says
the Washington Gazette.
Last epring a negro named Will Tay-
Tor, broke into and robbed the store of
Lambeth Bros, at Lockville, and es
capped. Some time ago he was reported
as being at Darlington, s. @, and a
reuuieition for him having been OBJ,
tanned from GOV. Carr. Sheriff Jen-
kiDs went for him last Saturday, and
brought him here to Jail yesterday
saws the Chatham Record.
u. @. Cowen VS.. Thomas J.. With
row"-a long and costly suit about q
tract Of land in Rutherford county
sold under a mortgage and bought by
| Cowen, was again on that civil docket
of Rutherford court. This was the re
newal of a legal battle that has been
fought ably and tenacionaly for many
| wears, before several different iuries
and in the Supreme Court of North
| Carolina five times, says the Shelby
| Aurora.
While paying Lima Hargrave some
money Saturday night, Sam Penn
laid a five dollar bill down on the
table. Bird Hairston, of Yadkin Col
lPge, who vas standing near, grabbed
the money and ran out Of the house.
Penn Immediately came up town and
got out a warrant for Barriston's ar
rest, but when the officer arrived on
the scene be was not to be found, says
the Lexington Dispatch.
Wiley RudisiIl, who lives near the
Atherton Mills, was arraigned in the
city court this morning on charge of
selling wine on Sur day. The mayor
bound him ove in the sum of 800. A
colored boy named Walter Huntley
was arraigned on charge of attempt
ing to assault a colored girl named
May Franklin. He was sent to the
Criminal court under 800 bond, says
the Charlotte News.
Charlotte News: Yesterday morn
ing, a United States deputy from Sa
vanah, GA, passed through the city
with four prisoners for the ~penitentiary
at Columbus, Ohio. Three we're color
ed and one white. The white man was
named Ethredge and was formerly of
this State, being located at Raleigh as
a lawyer. He went to Savannah sew
eral years ago, and has now gone to
the penitentlary to remain two years
for sending obscene literature through
the mails.
Mr.. Dave L9fevers met a horrible
death last Saturday evening. He vas
working at the saw mill of Mr.. Lum
Priesthood and, for some reason, went
under the saw. While he was there
he raised his head high enough to come
in contact with the saw, splitting his
head 80 that it fell open and scattering
his brains all over the floor. He lived
in this condition about one hour, when
death ended his sufferiDgs, says the
LenCir Topic.
Lincoln Democrat: Col. w. FL
Mo'z informs us that he raised 80
bushels of wheat on one acre this year.
He also cut four loads of hay off this
same acre. and then rented the use of
the acre lot to Hunting g circus for so.
The tr8mping over it by the circus, he
says, did not iDjure his grass as the lot
still has a fine stand of clover on it. 1t
Is interesting to hear the Colonel talk
about farming and what can be done
by a man who applies intelligence to
agriculture.
That is something that has not been
seen in Charlotte in years." said Col.
j. 7. Anthony to a News reporter this
morning, as he pointed to a a on the
side track by his warehouse in the
Southern freight yard. The car had
just Eeen sealed and a shifting engine
was pulling it out to put it in an
outward bound freight train. The car
was loaded with wheat grown by
Mecklenburg farmers and marketed in
Charlotte. 1T has been a long time"
continued Col. Anthony, ''since wheat
was shipped from Charlotte"
Smithfeld Herald: Mr.. J. G.. Beas-
ley, of near Bentonsville, relates a very
strange incident which happened to
Mr.. A. Wellon's little boy. The child
is only about eight months old. A few
days ago, while Mrs. WelloDs was out
of the house, the child found a snake,
and by some means managed to get
hold of the snakes head and tail with
it's hands. When Mrs. Wellons came
In the child had bitten the snake near
the throat and had nearly killed it.
The mother, of course, was frightened,
and as o O as she could get the snake
away from the child gave it something
for poison, fearing it had been bitten.
But the child has shown no signs of
being poisoned since.
Gastonia Gazette: It ia said that the
capture of Charley Huffstettler, alias
Williams, in the burglary of last week
broke into a regular Lest of tough g
who have been for man months
operating around Gastonia and Kings
Mountain, and probably other towns.
HuffstettIer, after going to jail, con,
fessed to several other irregularities,
imnlicasing six or seven a6VanturerS