The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-02-26

OIEOAV4 WAS OUru0u GOWN friday
morning. 1t accidentally caught from
q stove tue. The furniture was saved.
The loss was about 81, 600, says the
New Berne Journal.
The Morehead and Beaufort fisher
men caught about 81, 600 worth of fish
n Newport river near here last Thurs.
day. Mr.. w. L. Arendell, of this
place, bought q large quantity, says
the Beaufort Herald.
Mr.. Anderson Gates, of Bingham
township, Is IS years old. yet he is as
active as most young men. He is a
good worker and car stand fat
footed and jump upon his horse, says
the Hillsboro Observer.
Cards are out announcing the mar
r1age OF Miss Lena Thompson, of Sails.
bury, to DR.. r. L. Ramsay, of the
same place. The event will occur on
the evening of the 9th. instant, in the
Lutheran church at Salisbury.
The Newton Enterprise says that
Mr., Calvin Wilfong, of Catawba, was
huntli 8 rabbits Friday of last week,
when he fell in the snow: He was
carried into a house and placed by the
fire, where he died soon afterwards.
Mr. w P. Bachelor, of Raleigh, who
sold~a half interest in the famous trot-
ting stallion, Pamlico, to r j. and E
D Spur, of Lexington, Ky, a little
over a year ago, has brought suit
against them for the recovery Of So. 600
due on the purchase.
Mr.. J. II. Gamble, Supt. of Sawyer
Gold Mine, Yves here one day this
week. He carried in his pocket a
brick of gold that would fairly make
l -@11a HO0Va%A 4A~- Ill., G@--A~ -
taking out several of these bricks Of
late, says the High Point Enterprise.
Goldsboro Argus: Many of the
truckers of this city and vincinity who
planted peas in the latter days of
January, and which have. therefore,
undergone all the subsequent bad
have to plOW up and plant over again.
Henderson Gold Leaf: Mr.. Walter
Freeman. railroad agent and operator
at Creedmoor, went out rabbit hunting
Tuesday and Wednesday and sue
ceeded in killing forty-1ve of the
"varmints" as the result of his two
days hunt-23 Tuesday and % yester
day.
The Greenville r fector says the
Office of the Caro1lnIan, at Elizabeth
City, was destroy ed by fire ast Sunday
night and all of the printing outfit but
one small job press lost. There was
little insurance. A new outfit was
ordered and the paper will be o
tinued.
Wadesboro Messenger Intelligencer:
The fouryear old son of MI. J. ID.
Jones, of McFarlan, while playing
near a fire in the field last Sunday had
his clothing caught in flames and was
so badly burned that he died the same
evening in spite Of the best medical at
tentiOn-
Franklin Press: On Friday morn
ing at Highlands the mercury went
down to II degrees below zero by the
government thermometer. At a point
west of Highlands it is reported to
have gone down to 81 below. The
wind blew a gale which made 1t terri
BILE to bear.
On yesterday afternoon, between
Cary and Apex, the South bound mail
on the s A. L. ran into q wagon,
drawn by two mules, containing John
and Sam Dunlap Sam sustained
severe injuries on the head, but John
and the mules escaped unhurt, says
the Carthage Blade.
Gastonia Gazette: Mrs. J. A. Ratch-
ford died suddenly last Friday night,
it is not known how or when. She
was found dead in bed early Saturday
morning. She was in her usual health
the day before. 1t is supposed she had
heart disease. She was the mother of
Rev M. M. Ratchford.
Charlotte News: DR.. J. B. Nc
Combs gold mine is panningout hand
somely. The assay of the ore made at
the mint here shows that it is worth
$97 per ton. He now has 200 tons on
the dumps at the mine, and 100 IONS In
sight in the shaft. This is arich mine,
and may be regarded as a sample of
the mines in this section.
Southport Leader: Numbers of
stone crabs were picked up on CaswelI
beach last week. These crabs are usu-
ally found in this section on the beach
after severe storms or during cold
spells. The cold weather seems to
numb them and they wash ashore
without any disposition Or ability to
get back into the ocean.
J. T. Gates, who lives in Person
county, went out recently on a rab-
bit hunt. He wanted rabbits, but he
wasn't far from the precincts of Hur-
dies Mills the dogs bounced out q fox.
Rabbits we're nowhere then. The fox
was caught. Then there was a deer
chase which lasted for five hours. It
was an exciting run; the deer was
captured also.
Some children in Charlotte had a
narrow escape from death Wednesday
night. They were or the railroad
trestle when the shifting engine bore
down them. With much presence of
mind they swung down underneath
the cross ties, instead of trying to run,
and the engine yasse d over them. One