The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-07-21

A~AAOOA az C4OOA thursday. O1ru6E
was looking at the freshet in Roanoke
river, and Laffoon was ninety yards
away on a hill, and shot at a rabbit.
The ball struck Garner, with fatal eff
feet.
Roanoke Beacon: John White,
colored, for years a familiar figure on
our streets, a kind and i~noffensive old
man, and the faithful sexton of Grace
church, walked into MI. L. B. Bowen's
saloon Wednesday morning, where he
was taken with a fit and fell. a physi-
clan was called but before he arrived
the old man was dead.
Marion Messenger: J. S. Elliott, our
townsman, accidentally shot himself
last week. He had, unknown to him
self, a cartridge in his pants pocket.
In carrying a plow through his yard it
struck the cartridge, ~discharging it in
his pocket. The powder burned aud
lacerated the sur q of the flesh pain
fully, but he will soon recover.
WaynesviIle Courier: Capt. T. B.
Edmonston of Retreat, was in town
yesterday and reports great damage to
the crops along Pigeon river. He says
they are apparently worse damaged
over there tnan on this side of the
mountain. Around Waynesville the
corn is thrown fat, oa5 crops are al
most destroyed, wheat and hay are
greatly damaged.
On last Saturday night Will Rous-
seau was cut up pretty badly by Will
Walker. Several gashes were left
about his head anu shoulders. They
were at tho Widow Walkers and were
drinking. They fell out something
about working the crop. Walkers are
renters of Rousseau. 1t is not thought
that the wounds will prove fatal, says
the Wilkesboro Chronicle.
A cyclone passed over Spring Hill, a
small village IN Halifax county, Wed
nesday with fatal results. Several
houses were wrecked and many trees
were blown down. Mrs. Harding was
caught by q falling tree and Instantly
killed. 1t is learned that one or two
other people were killed. The storm
struck the town with terrible force and
the damage is considerable.
Gastonia Gaz9tte: The remarkable
longevity Of the common goose has
found another illustration here close
at home. Ga the third of this month a
goose belonging to Mrs. Harriet Groner
of Belmont, N. O., died at the ripe old
age of 81 years, four months and four
days. She was raised by Mrs. Groner.
who knows we'll when she was Matched
az a gosling. The go-se died apparently
of old age.
Goldsboro Argus: Late Saturday
afternoon the sad intelligence reached
Wilson that Mr.. J. T. s Young had
been drowned in Contentnea creek,
about four miles south of Wilson, near
Rountree's bridge, while in bathing.
Frinds and relatives Immediately left
for the fated place and search was in
stituted for the recovery Of the body.
1t was not recovered, however, until
yesterday afternoon. Mr.. Young was
one of Wilson's oldest inhabitants, be-
ing IS years of age.
We were shown an old brass watch
the other day that was found recently
at the old Williams mill, about 6 miles
from Klnston, by Sam Kornegay. 1t
was found on the bank among the
sand thrown aside in cleaning out the
mill run. 1t is supposed to be the
watch of John Cost0n, an oyster1nan
from Onslow county, who was muir
dered while on his way home from
Kinston, after having sold oysters here
during court week, in 1862. He was
murdered for his money, of which he
had $27, by three Brinkley brothers
and a man named Mitchell, They tied
his body under the water in the u Of
the creek below the dam to some cy-
prees knees, where the body was dis
! covered. Mitchell ard one Of the
Brinkleys escaped. Tom and Jim
Brinkley were convicted. Tom was
hanged in Kinston. jim, the younger
one of the Brinkleys, was pardoned by
Gov. Holden, says the K!nston Free
Press.
Municipal ownership thould receive
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