The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-07-09

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| mother "a years ago.
Yum! Yum! Mr.. John S. Covington
saws he will have about 1900 ripe
watermelons next week, says the
Rockingham Rocket.
The North Carolina Pharmaceutical
Association holds its sixteenth annual
meeting at Morehead City, July 10th,
opening at 10 o'clock a. m.
The Charlotte Observer says the
beautiful airship which hoaGed I'VE
Concord and so mys5ified 5eholders
was nothing but a balloon sent up by
some Charlotte boys.
Stanly Enterprise: The warehouse
at lobe Saunders distillery, contain
ing about seventy barrels of whiskey,
in Montgc mary county was destroyed
by fire Monday night.
The gin house of Mr.. Hardy L0ftin,
near KInston, was struck by lightning
forty bales of cotton were destroyed.
There was no insurance.
Shelby, the Aurora says, he's ''seven,
boys, all under Is years of age, whose
aggregate weight is 1914 pounds. The
heaviest weight 159 pounds, the light
est 1875. Who can beat itG'
The Wilkesboro Chronicle tells of an
accident to Nellie, little daughter of
Rev. Q. w. Robinson. While out at
the springs recently she so fell as to
knock out two of her teeth.
Marion Record: The fire seems al
ready to have proved q blessing rather
than a curse. We have never yet seen
a town build SO rapidly a. has Marion
within the last few months.
The Landmark says that the commits
siOners of Iredell are negotiatir g to sell
the county's railroad bonds, and it is
believed they can be sold for enough to
pay the county entirely out of debt.
Dillsboro correspondence Waynes
Vile Courier; Mr.. Weleher, a farmer
who lives near this place, caught a
nice salmon out of the river a few days
ago. 1t weighed 153 lbs" Salmon3
Guess not.
Mr.. T. w. Howard, of this county
had hogs killed by lightning last
week They were under a pine tree
seeking shelter from the storm, when
the tree was struck, says the Tarboro
SoUtherner.
The proposed action of our County
Commissioners to purchase blood
hounds, does not meet with the ap
proval of our people. They regard it
as a step backward, say the Colds
boro Headlight.
On many farms the crops are badly
''in the grass" because the ground has
been too wet to plow. The r q
orally is looking remarkably we'll and
promises an abundant crop, says the
Chatham Record.
The Charlotte and Newbern divi-
sions of the Naval Reserves and Com
pany f. Third Regiment, Of the State
Guard, have been disbanded by Adiu
tant General Cameron for failure to
comply with regulations.
Plenteous rains have been falling for
a week. Crops, especially cotton,
made rapid growth, and it has been q
long time since farmers were more
hopeful ola bounteous harvest, says
the Gastonia Gaz lite.
/ There is a lady in GreenviIle who
bought a paper Of pins Is years ago
and has never purchased one since and
has some of them on hand now They
do not rust, pull out or break eff, says
the Greenville Reflector.
The Taylorsville correspondent of the
Statesville Landmark says it is re-
ported that Mr.. Lii ney's fee for de
Tending Baxter ShemwelI, whose trial
for the murder of DR.. Paine has begun
In Lexington, will be 81, 900.
Mr.. Henezay of the Egypt Coal com
pany says that a large force of the
miners now work day and night get
ting out coal, and that just as soon as
it can be furnished the Seaboard Air
Line will take 200 ions a day.
HlIIzh4-1 A~oITC A. TNL- NF1N,,l
len, who lived ten miles from Mt.
from ambush, while at work in his
field with his brother on May Itch.
died at $50 o'clock Saturday after,
noon.
Hendersonville Times: TIE enter
prising and unselfish spirit of our fell
low townsman, M. T. Justus, is shown
improving q tract of land north of
town which is to be known hereafter
as Justus Park.
In Person county, Thursday, light
ming struck a carriage containing a
driver and a young lady and gentle
man. The horses attached to the We
hicle and the driver were instantly
killed, but the young couple, although
severely burned, will recover.
The Sampson Democrat says that
the confidence of ex Senator T. r.
Cooper is so strong in the strepgthofthe
free silver forces that he suggests that
| all the goldbugs colonies in one town
ship in order to stand a chance of
carrying something next time.
The Charlotte News had been trou-
| bled with rats for some time and they
were s. big that they whipped out the
cats. The rats suddenly disappeared
and on looking for the cause it was
| found that a big black snakehad made
| the Naws Office his headnuarters