The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-08-11

40 PIoy AbS havoc W1GQ OgS IN G06 SIC
ton a few miles West of AshevilIe. 1t
is estimated that Is 600 pounds of pork
have been lost by farmers during the
past two months.
Morganton Herald: Mr.. John Stamey
Of Lovelady township, who, in his day,
has found 35 bee trees, made on last
Saturday the best find he aver made.
He found a tree with 65 pounds of very
fine honey, the comb being 81 feet long.
How is this for honey3
Burnsville Eagle: Jeff Lewis, who
lives at Green Mountain when he is at
home, tells US of a phenomenon which
he witnessed in the Northern sky at 9
o'clock on last Wednesday evening.
1t was a beautiful rainbow, perfect in
colOring and graceful curve.
The Wlikesboro Chronicle says that
Robert Pearson, of Boomer, who is
about IS years old, has a hen egg,
! seven inches in length and seven inches
in circumference. He broke the shell
off this egg and found another c-m
plete egg inside of the large one.
Train NJ. %, freight end passenger,
was wrecked and burned 2milcs from
Durham on the Oxford road early Sun
day morning. Nobody badly hurg,
although the engine and cars fell alb Ut
Is feet. The engine was a complete
wreck, says the Hlllsboro Observer.
Sanford Express: Deputy Collector
Troy recently made a raid through
Cumberland, Moore and Randolph
counties. On his raids he captured one
large copper still complete, thirteen
barrels Of corn whiskey, a very fine
two horse team and wagon and one
pistol.
Charlotte News: While on his re-
cent visit to the Petersburg battlefelds
Mr.. J. Q. Mclean, of Shopton, this
county, found an interesting relic in
the shape of poison bullet. The shaft
and cap were still attached to it,
though the bullet was flttened as if 1t
had come in contact with a rock.
w. F. Carrigan, of Cabarrus county,
lie 50 years old, hale and hearty, and
has plowed this summer, making a r &
ular hand. He has a grain cradle and
scylhe made the same year he was
born and has been in use 50 years. 1t
was made by Mr.. Hamilton, who be-
came master of his trade in PennsyI
vanja.
Charlotte News: The Elliott Furni
ture factory was sold again today.
The property was bought by Capt.
John Wilkes for 81, 600. Receiver
Cochrane will recommend that this
sale be confirmed, ard it is more than
likely that his winds up the business,
and that the factory will pass into the
hands Of Capt. Wilkes.
Last Thursday afternoon ab.ut half
past 2 o'clock there was quite a heavy
rain here accompanied by considerable
thunder and lightning. Out at Oneida
Mills lightning struck a persimmon
tree, under which we're a COW and some
shOats. a shoaG belonging to Charley
Rue was killed and the COW YVES stun,
ned, says the Alamance Cleaner.
TIE Asheville Citz9n says: R. NJ
Stevens, O. Gashe's Creek, takes the
blue ribbon for Irish potatoes, with a
good, long lead. He brought to the
Citizen 90 day an Early Roee that
turned the scales at two pounds eight
ounces. It bears a strong facial re,
semblarc3 to Il Hung Chang, the Chi
nose statesman who is soon to CINE to
America.
Fayetteville Observer: Hr. Robert
Furmidge, well known in this city,
was killed lass Thursday near Lum-
Der Bridge. He was engaged III meas
uring a tree which had just been cut
down, when one Of it's limbs, which
had been broken eff during the decent
and lodged In a tree over the spot, fell
and striking him on the head, killed
him Instantly.
Salisbury World: w. Murpby's
grainery was visited by some one Wed
nesday night and yesterday morning,
he missed about ten bushels wheat.
The visitor Of Wednesday night bored
an anger hole in the floor of the grain
cry, from which he got all the wheat
he wanted and then closed up the hole
and departed, leaving no clue by which
he could be tracked.
Greenville R, fector: The first sale
cnminr ON Nor dav- the weather heing