The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-09-29

trelght train at the MorgantOn depot,
fell on the track and his right foot was
caught by the a wheel and cut off.
He died a few hours later.
Our handsome court house was &C.
cepted by the county commissioners
Saturday. We claim the prettiest
temple of justice in North Carolina.
Insurance to the amount of $40, 900 has
been taken out or the building for five
years at acost of $6OO.-Murphy Scout.
The annual colored camp meeting
came off at Vestibul last Sunday. A
large crowd attended and we are in
formed that the usual gang of rowdys
appeared and had their annual fight.
One negro was shot in the leg; but no
serious damage done, says the Shelby
Aurora.
A certain man in town, who was not
a Bryan man, saw it stated in the pa
per the day before Bryan came that he
always brought rain. He swore that
it Bryan brought rain to Charlotte he
would vote for him. That afternoon it
poured down. He says he'll keep his
swear. Charlotte Observer.
Fayetteville Observer: Four tramps
we're found in an A. @. L. box car on
the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley road
Last night by Mr.. Murchison Farley
and the yard force. They had broken
the seal to the car end were opening a
case of freight when discovered. They
were taken to the guard house and
locked up.
S:atesville Landmark: Alex Brown
a young colorcd man who lived at
George Morrison's, about three miles
from town, was killed by lightning
Friday afternc IN. He was in Nor
rison's yard when the lightning struck
a small trc3 near him. The shock
threw him to the ground, and death
followed in a few minutes.
Goldsboro Headlight: While en-,
gagged in cutting down a trco on his
plantation in Johnston county, Satur-
day morning, Mr.. Gibson S. Peterson,
aged 70, was struck by a heavy limb
on the left side of bis head, just as he
jumped tO ave q water bucket from
being crushed, receiving injuries from
which he died early Monday morning.
Goldsboro Argus: The jury in the
trial of the negro Charles Manly for
attempt to wreck the ''shco fly" on the
night Of the 29Sh of last November
could not e2ree and mistrial resulted.
The C2Ce went owe ID the next term of
the Superior court and Manly was put
under a $500 bond, in default of Which
he was lodged in jail to secure his ap,
pearance.
We hear that two negroes, Lewis
Walser aud Alex. Hairston became en-
gagged in a row at EverharG's factory
one day last week. Hairston started
towards Walser with an open razor
the latter picked up a brick bat and
threw it, hitting H8irston and '1juring
him so badly he died the next day.
Walser escaped, says the Lexington
Dispatch.
Ananias Harrington, who stands in
dicSed for the Wilful murder of RufIs
Hackney in this county about the 1st
of August, 1896, Yves captured on Wed
nesday of last week by Constable
Knight, of Aberdeen, at Florence, S.
G, where Harrington had a job of
work on a railroad. He was sick when
captured, and IS still very unwell, says
the Carthage Blade.
The extension of the Narrow Guage
railroad from Collettsville to Gran
bury, which is now strongly talked of,
will be a good thing for Hickory, and
the subject should be encouraged by
our business men and capitalists. The
shops and general Offices of the mar,
row gu9ge system ought to be located
in Hickory, and we believe they will
some time soon, says the Mercury.
Rutherford Democrat: Sebe Camp,
colored, aged 10, was brought to his
home here Wednesday from Saluda,
and buried. He ives killed at Saluda
Monday evening in a singular way. He
went out to a we'll to get a bucket OF
water, lest his balance and fell in head,
foremost. His neck was broken and
death was instantaneous. It was some
time after he fell in before the accident
was discovered. Another report is that
Camp was killed and thrown into the
well.
Greenville Reflector: A murder oc-
c,,rred at Rocky Mount, Friday after