The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-03-05
STATE NEWS.

~North-StaIks Of Corn and Grains of
Wheat from the W~est-Peanuts
and COttonS Seed from the South
a Winston blacksmith has put shoes
on a William goat.
Mr.. G.. W. Redfearn has q double
headed kitten. 1t is living and Is do
ing well, says the Monroe Enquirer.
The Bell company has reduced the
annual rental of the telephones in Raj
eigh to $40 for business use and $50 for
private use.
An employee of this Office has to use
a section of a stove-pipe for a pillow
case. He is q hard case" himself, says
the Milton Times.
The Marion Recordreports the death,
by freezing, of two very old ladies In
Dy~sartville, Mcdowell county, during
the late cold sweep.
Mr.. j. L. Rose, general merchant OF
Clinton, has made an assignment. Mr..
Rose is q native of Johnston county,
says the Smithfield Herald.
Nicholas Ell. Coils, from near Mays.
vile, was arrested and brought to New
Berne on the 9th, for illicit distilling,
says the New Berne Journal.
Street, an old colored man, died last
Saturday. His exact age is not known
but he was believed to be not less than
100, says the Columbus News.
The Evening Star. the daily paper
recently started at Elizabeth City, has
suspended, having not received a suh
Gent patronage to continue its publ,
cation.
A man on Mr.. Will Gwyn's land
killed five wild turkeys and wounded
the sixth, at one shot. That was pretty
good shooting, says the Wilkesboro
Chronicle.
A bulletin received by the agricul-
tural department gives notice that
there is splenetic fever in Cherokee,
Clay, jackson, Macon and Transyl-
vania counties.
Mr.. Jas. A. Bryan's thousand pound
Spanish jack is a noteworthy animal.
Mr.. L. IA. Broome of Aurora also had q
very good one on exhibition, says the
New Berne Journal.
In the case of John Farlow VS.. the
town of High Point the jury brought
in a verdict in favor Of Farlow for two
hundred and fifty dollars, says the
High Point Enterprise.
Squire John P. Hunter is arranging
to have some furniture made from a
walnut tree which was planted by Gen.
Jackson during the revolutionary war,
says the Charlotte Times.
A lot of cotton on the PLATFORM of the
Burlington depot caught on fire Sun
day. About 10 bales were badly
damaged. The origin of the fire is not
known, says the Graham Cleaner.
Mrs. /. lei. Ingram, living three miles
from KernersviIle jumped into a well
one day last week. No serious damage
resulted. She had been delirious for
some time, says the High Point Enter
prise
The investigation in the Martin.
Lockhart contest commenced in Rock
ingham Thursday. The Index thinks
that it will continue more than q week
as q good many witnesses are to be ex-
amined.
Parties up from Matthews Friday re-
port q shooting acrape a day or so ago
near that place. One negro shot an
other in the leg. The cause and names
of the parties could not be learned,
says the Charlotte Times.
Rev. Mr. Church, a Baptist minister
of S~tatesville, preached on the streets
of that town last week and q letter in
the Landmark commends his action,
saying that the gospel reaches people
who will not attend church.
It is said that Evangelist W. P
Fife, q native OF our county, will soon
associate himself with Evangelist
Jenkins, of Winston, in the publication
of q no~n-sectarion religious journal,
says the Lexington Dispatch.
At Newton court last week DIR.
Crowell was tried for seduction and
was found guilty. The Judge SEN
fenced him to five years in the peni-
Tertiary and to pay a fine of So, 900.
He took an appeal to the Supreme
Court.
Mr.. ]. j. Belk, of jackson township,
lost his smoke house by fire on the
night of the 10Th inst. The burning is
thought to be the work of an incendi-
airy. About one thousand pounds of
meat was burned, says the Monroe En-
quirer.
Kinston had a $3.50, 600 fire last week,
the two mainNbusiness blocks and a
number Of residences being destroyed.
The fire started in a livery stable and
is said to have been caused by q boy
carlessly throwing away a cigarette
stump.
We learn that quite serious cutting
ARRAY occurred at Eagle Springs, this
county, Tuesday last. We failed to
learn the particulars, but were m
formed that an officer and several
other persons wer seriously cut, says
the Carthage Free Press.
The boss horse trade of the season
was made here Friday evening. A
boy from the country brought q sorry
looking specimen Of q pony to town
and traded the animal to Dick Kinion
for a 80 cent pocket knife, says the
Greenville Reflector.