The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-05-07

corn. Last fall some one StOIo AEOI
Mr.. Moore about s bushels Oh SEED
wheat. There is said to be a cue as 20
who the guilty party Is. IL Is InOusuC
that the corn went to a dlstllIery' says
the Lenoir Topic.
Mr.. W. ". Phifer is in the cattle
feeding business, his pens being 10
Gated at Taurora farm, to h 8 o
the city. This morning he mace
shipment of a car load OF 20 WI
mington, as hisfrst venture IN MS me:
Experts say that it was he nesG ioIol
cattle yet shipped out or CharIOIUe'
says the Charlotte News.
A freight train on the Cape Fear and
Yadkin Valley railroad was deralled
and wrecked near Collision last Inurs
day. Six car loaded with
disc we're demolished. A train hand
named Montgomery was dangerously
hurt. 1t is supposed the heavy rams
caused the track to spread and bring
about the accident, says the SANFORD
Express.
Charlotte News: Will Stowe, aged
81, a SON of Mr.. w. I. Stowe, of Kings
Mountain, was killed under a freight
train at Cowpens last night. No n
on the train knew of the accident. 1t
appears that the young man wanted to
reach his home in Kings Mountain and
attempted to board a passing freight
train as it moved slowly by Cowpens.
He fell under the wheels and was
ground to pieces.
There is an over production of coun
terfeit small change right here in
GastOna. Within the last ten days
we have had to turn down several
pewter nickels and dimes. If the
merchants and other t~radespeople will
watch this thing closely and concer
tedly they will catch these free coin
age of pewter fellows quick. They
should be caught and punished, says
the Gastonia Gazette.
On Sunday night about 9 o'clock
when train No. 40, known as the ''Shoo
Fly" reached FaisOn. going north on
the Wilmington and Weldon railroad,
q young man by the name of Ben
Powell jumped from the train and was
killed. He RI sided at Fais0n and it
is supposed that in order to save a
walk his intention was to jump off be
fore the train reached the depot, says
the Wilmington Messenger.
Some days ago Mrs. E B. Riggs lost
the diamond set out of a very hand
some ring that she wore. Diligent
search was made for the sat but 1t
could not be found. Later Mrs. Higgs
was grinding coffee and noticing some
shining particles mixed in the coffee
an investigation was made revealing
the fact that the diamond had been
literally ground to fragments in the
mill, says the Greenville RI fector.
Mr. F. @. Hodges of Graywood farm
got off the first shipment Of cabbage
yesterday to northern markets. They
were of good size and we'll headed.
Mr.. Hodges also got off the first peas
yesterday that have left New Berne
this year. He had seventy boxes of
the cabbage and thirty of the peas. A
colored man named Chris Hargett of
James city, also got off four boxes
peas, says the New Berne Journal.
Asheboro Courier: We state upon
authority that another large furniture
factory will be erected at Asheboro in
the near future. The affair has been
kept quite a secret, and is not now
known by three men outside of those
interested. There is still another
talked of, and will probably be built at
no distant day. 1t is also said that a
knitting mill will be organized soon,
andthat operations will begin in July.
Charlotte News: One peculiar result
of the establishment of the cattle feed
ing ranches south of Charlotte is an
epidemic of doves. The farms of @.
Gresham and John A. Orr are literally
covered with these birds. They fly
about in great hocks of thousands to
the flock, and the sight is remarkable
one. Mr.. Walter Brem went out yes
terday to investigate and he says that
the number Of doves to be see is be-
yond belief.
"Owney," the celebrated postoffce
dog, made his appearance in Charlotte
to day. He is in from a trip to San
Francisco and bears labels galore on
his collar. This remarkable dog has
been all over the United States. When
the train reaches a terminal point, he
follows the mail clerks to the postoffce
and stays about town until he gets
tired, then he hops into the mail car of
an outgoing train and continues his
journey. Postal clerks are very proud
of him, says the Charlotte News.
Murfreesboro Gazette: Gross swim
dies in the way of grave yard insur-
ance have been unearthed at the town
of Beaufort. Two firms and a radical
examiner are involved, In some cases
persons almost at the point of death
were insured, and in one case this was
done after the insured positively refused
to be a party to the fraud. Toe con
spirators offered the widow 50, 600 to
participate in the suit against the COM
panies. In some ceses the insurance
was obtained by means of impersona-
tions, sound men representing them
selves as the insured, when really the
latter nearly dead. There are
fourteen of these frauds already dis
covered.