The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-12-24

It cost $40, coo; no insurance.
All the records and furniture was
saved. The fire caught from a hue
upstairs. The building was erected
four years ago.
Rutherford Democrat: Deputy Col
lector Justice on Saturday last seized
the large distillery and about 400 gal
Ions OF CORE whiskey belonging to w.
B. Peeler. near Mooresboro, Cleveland
county for alleged violations OF the
internal revenue laws.
Smithf1eld Herald: We hear of 8
man In Banner township who raised
last year IS barrels of corn, 8 bales Of
cotton, 81 gallons of syrup, 200 bushels
peas and potatoes and "a head of hegp.
all with n mule and with the use Of
only six bags of fertilizers.
Hickory Press: The cotton factory as
~Morganton, which cost about $50 600
and was bought at auction by Col.
sam { for $25, 900, will be put in
operation In a few days. A new com
pany was formed and we understand
mat some OF the Hollis are interested
In it.
Morganton Herald: Mr.. Fletcher
Walker tells us that early last March
one of his boys split open a hollow tree
and found IA dead blue birds, and that
81 were found in a similar way by a
son of W. M. Winters. The blue birds
were all frozen last winter and seem to
have gone off in sevens.
Nj. Jno. M. Morgan owns a guitar
that for age wins the palm. 1t has been
In tie family for over one hundred
years and was first owned by his
mothers great grand mother. It is an
instrument of very sweet tone and rs
none the worse for the wear and years
through which it has passed, says the
Salisbury World.
The artesian well, up to yesterday
evening, has been bored 80 feet. About
80 feet from the surface O gum log was
struck, and about 35 feet a live cypress
tree was bored through. This is eVk
dence of the fact that Windsor is located
on made land; that ages ago il was g.
swamp like those surrounding it, says
the Windsor Ledger.
Sid. Tarpley, a colored man, aged
about so years, was found dead about
a mile south of Burlingtonla last Sunday.
He had been missing since Thursday
before. When found a flask partially
filed with liquor was found on his
person. 1t is supposed that he got
drunk and down and froze to death,
says the Graham Cleaner.
Hon. J. E. Moore tells us he received
a letter from home stating that q very
serious fire occurred at Williamson
early Thursday morning. The fire
started about 2 o'clock and destroyed
the old hotel building and several office
buildings near it. We did not learn
the cause of the fire or the amount OF
loss sustained, says the Greenville Re
fector.
Up to last Friday MI. Geo. Filing
ton had killed ZIG hogs for Reidsville
people. He has killed several since
then, but we do not know the number.
1t is estimated that about 400 have
been slaughtered at J.. III. Walker s.
Co.'S yard. A great number have been
t.illed by parties who have not report
ed. We think that ReidsvilIe has
raised about 200, 900 pounds of pork
this season, says the Reidsville Weekly.
A very distressing death occurred in
Coleburg Friday afternoon about A
o'clock. Caroline Barrier, a feeble col
ored woman 70 years of age, with two
small children, were gathered around
the freside, when q spark popped out
and set fire to the old Woman's clothes.
and while the children ran out and
screamed for assistance, the poor old
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died within two hours ~afterWard, says
the Concord Standard. 4
A fish in an oyster shell! This is
something unusual; but we were shown
one this morning and it is said to be e
cod fish. The shell contained nothing
but the fish, which is about n and 8
half inches in length. by which it is
supposed the oyster had been devoured.
The curiosity came from q Of DUE
popular oysteNroasting houses where
you may get feb and oysters On the
half shell, if you so choose, says the
Wilmington Dispatch.
Gastonia Gazette: Last Friday after
noon Mr.. Dooly LYDIA was found dead
in his buggy near GameWell Gantt's,
not far from Long Greek gold mine.
His unusual posture in the buggy as
the horse walked quietly along at
tracted the attention of s0me persons
who on examination found him dead.
Dr.. J, II. Jenkins found no marks OK
violence on the body and thinks death
resulted from q form of heart trouble,
as he was seen alive not many minutes
before.
WhitevilIe News: A very sad, nm
usual calamity happened on the planG
alton of Mr.. A. @. Oliver, Of Robson,
g lew Gays age. a COLOE0u WOmdA 1915
two small children in the yard ad.
iacent to the house and went of for q
few moments, and during her absence
q hog came in the yard and caught one
of the children, aged II months, and
dragged it all around the yard, eating
off one of it's hands and arms and 30
injuring its head that it died in a few
hours.
Mr.. J. @. Bates, of New York, who
won the big suit over the famous Aspin