The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-08-06

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Warrenton Record: There are 313
hogs in the corporate limits of Warren.
ton. These hogs may safely be counted
upon weighing 200 pounds each, next
fall. Look out farmers, don't we town
folks will beat you raising meat.
Beaufort Herald: We have refrained
from publishing the sad news of the
drowning of Mr.. Thomas Chadwick of
this county, which occurred on Mobile
Bay some three weeks ago, IN account
of the ill health of Mrs. Moore, his
sister.
Danbury Reporter: Guess revenue
officials are f~eathering their nest pretty
well up this way, think there is a trial
here every two or three days on an
average, some r sen to jail, some
give security, bound over to the Fed
eral Court.
The High Point Enterprise says that
the young man Tucker, who shot and
killed a prisoner in Randolph county
a few weeks ago, is said to he in Cuba
among the insurgents. Tucker at one
time lived in this county, says the
Lexington Dispatch.
This morning Bill TIley, Rainey
Jones, J E. Ray, Bill Terrell and
Enoch Williams. who were sentenced
to Jail at the last term of the Federal
court for making and selling whiskey,
were released They had served their
time, says the Durham Sun.
White caps met with a serious re.
pulse in Caldwell county night before
last. They went to the house of James
Jenkins and called him out. He went
out, but had a shot gun with him, and
lost no time in shooting into the mob.
He badly wounded Columbus Jones
Gastonia Gaz tie: The narrow
gauge will put on parlor cars next
month. These cars are now in the
shops ready ard are said to be beau
ties. - Elaborate preparations are on
foot for q great meeting of the County
Bible society at Pisgah the 18th Au-
gust.
Wilson Mirror: Tobacco is being
cured in some parts of the country.
Don't time slip away2 It seems only a
little while ago that farmers yer com
planning about plants being scarce be-
cause of the killing frosts. Every indi.
cation now is that there will be abund
ant crops of every kind.
Roanoke Beacon: On Monday.
about 1 o'clock, Abe Nichols, aged
about 10 years, accidentally fell into
the river eff the wharf at the N. & S
depot and was drowned before help
could reach him The body was taken
from the water in a few minutes, but
all efforts to revive him were in vain.
There are eight weeks OF regular
z-- - Oy,-0-ID~ ,VrnN hold n-0V1o11-
in Richmond County, and often special
terms Of two weeks, and, with all these
terms of court, there are now on the
civil Issue docket about 175 cases To
attend these courts, requires the people
in this territory to lose n week in
six, speaking in round numbers.
The Wilkesboro Chronicle says:
Chas. Woods, of North Wilkesboro,
accompanied a young lady to church
Thursday night of last week, and when
returning tn his room was fred on from
ambush. He returned the fire. Next
morning Frank Blair and Dun Grayatt
were arrested, charged with the shoot
ing, but were discharged for lack of
evidence.
Henderson Times: Prof. w. E. Hid
den, a noted mineralogist and miner
from New jersey, who is stopping at
the Arlington, is making some inter
estiDg mineral surveys in this county.
He is reported as saying that Hender-
son county is the richest field for min
erals and precious stones that he has
examined, believes the half has not yet
been told.
New Berne Journal: Rev. W. Q. A.
Graham, presiding elder, passed
through Friday night en- route from
the western part of the State to his
home at Marshallberg Mr.. Graham's
business, as we stated when he left,
was to look into the matter of the loca-
ton of a college for the Northern Meth
odist church, he being a member of a
committee appointed for the purpose.
| Indications point to Columbus, Polk
county, as the place that will be
chosen.
New Berne Journal: Little Freddie
Jones, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel
Jones, Of this city, has accidentally
been discovered to possess an astOnish-
ing and unaccountable ''gift"-we will
call it that for the want of a better
| designation. He will tell correctly the
day of the week of any date mentioned.
Freddie is not yet S K years old, but at
a very early age he showed an aptitude
for learning the alphabet, and a dispo-
sition to pore over calendars as most
of children would over a picture book.
All inquiries as to how he accomplished
the result brought forth no satisfac,
tory response. His reply tosuch ques
tions was, Il learned myself" No one
we have heard of can offer any expla
nation Of the remarkable faculty, OF
guess at all as to how the little fellow
reaches his answers.
Wadesboro Observation-Disclosures
Mr.. q. B. Covington relates an anus.
ing incident, that happened at his