The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-01-07

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in the heads of the whiskey barrels
and emptied 800 gallons at McNaley,s
saloon at Morganton, has been arrested.
His name s s.. B. Pearson, and he has
to give $500 bail.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. s. Giles. of New
York, who are visiting at Havelock,
Craven county, went out on q bear
hunt Monday morning early, and Mrs.
Giles, vt 30 PAGES, killed one that
weighed 255 pounds.
The colored man Jacob Shields, who
was so badly burned near Palmyra a
few DAYS ago. was brought to Scotland
Neck for treatment, and has since died
from the effects of the burn, says the
Scotland Neck Democrat.
The new wing of the colored insane
ASYLUM at GoIdsbero is nearly finished.
It's towers are lofty and ornamental
and the addition much resembles that
built last year at the colOred deaf mute
and blind institution here.
In the ten years of DR.. Hoge's pas
torate at the Wilmington First Presby-
terrain church, $145 342 81 has been
| collected for all purposes. Of this
amount half, $72 545 "a. has been ex
pended for it's own expenses.
Marion Record: J. e. Grant and J.
| Q. McCurry, received last Thursday
sion, 1000 California trout, and Mr..
| Grant placed them in the noted
stream, Buck Creek, Friday.
Mt. Airy News: The sale of fine
mountain buckwheet -four is increas-
already shipped this eason over 5 600
1 ~o,,nAn In VonIn q ChInnOnnt %Hic
week as far south as New Orleans.
The village of Liberty, about 80
miles from Greensboro, was almost OBJ
liberated Thursday night by fire.
Every store in town and q number of
dwelling houses and a livery stable
were burned. There was little insur
ance.
The Mt. Airy News says that John
T. Cook, of Surry county, is 46 years
old and is the father of Is children.
The Morganton Herald says that Hay
wood Poteet, of Burke county, is as
yea S old and is the father of 10 chill
dren.
During the past year 206 marriage
licenses we're issued In this county. of
which 124 were to whites and 80 to
black. This is not quite 50 large a
Ia GO ia OO3 Al ANO yO0A L
licenses were issued, says the Chat
ham Record.
There are intimations that the fight
between the Seabosrd Air Line and
other railways in this part of the
country has only just begun. There is
a rumor out that the Baltimore and
Ohio and the Southern are on the point
of joining forces.
A team of mules belonging to Kelly
Woods were drowned at w. A. Bailey's
ferry on the Yadkin river, in Davie
county. The animals looks fright from
the master following for the ferryman.
They dashed in the river and were
drowned in a few minutes.
Mr.. G. L Abernethy, editor of the
Beaufort Herald, and Miss Minnie
May, of Speight's Bridge, Greene
county, were married last Thursday at
the homo of the brides parents, Rev.
J 7. Abernethy, father of the groom,
oficiating.-Kinston Free Press.
A representative of a New York
house has been in Winston several
days with a view of establishing a
bucket shop. Application was made
to Mayor Gray for license, but his
honor declined to grant it, citing the
State law against such business.
During the past year in this Rev
enue District no less than 298 illicit
distilleries were destroy ed or seized,
and 80 seizures of property, such as
whiskey, wagons, parts of stills, etc.
were made. 1t was a busy year for
the revenue men, says the HillsborJ
Observer.
The Leaksville Gazette says that the
acetylene gas works at Spray, Rock,
ingham county, still attract capitalists
and scientists from all over the world.
Last week two prominent men one
from South America and the other
from Canada, YER among the visiting
investigators.
On last Friday Mr.. Fl. A. Pittman
fell or was pushed from Mr.. r B. Pc
| terson's bar and broke his thigh. He
was taken to the hotel and proper
medical attention was given him. The
hurt is a serious and will doubtless
3 confine him for several weeks, says the
Scotland Neck Democrat.
| The faculty of the Agricultural and
Mechanical college has expelled several
students, two of them for making 6
bon fire out of materials owned by 6
q contractor The fire was made as G
? mark OF d~isapproval of the action Of
faculty in prohibiting games of foot
ball eff the college grounds
Concord Times: Mr.. W. M. Widen
r house of Georgeville, passed through
D Concord Monday morning. He had
200 ~pennyweight nugget of gold in hi
, pocket, which he was taking to tht
/ Charlotte mint. The nugget was worth
about $3.50. and the gold was all found
on Mr.. WidenhouFe's place.
At Haw River Christmas q lot O
I. cotton mill operatives got on a trair