The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-17

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since, iDjuring his shoulder and arm
badly. He thinks the bone is fractured
but anyhow he managed to get over
here and put in a straight ticket for
I silver, says the DAnbury Reporter.
Mr. j. ID. Leach, formerly of Lex-
lngton, has been bounced" from his
position In the Internal Revenue
Bureau, at Washington, D. c., on &C.
count Of taking an active part in poll
tics. He had made no speeches but
had written much for the papers In
favor of Bryan.
Concord Standard: Stanly county
furnished Concord merchants with
100, GOO eggs during the month of Octo
Der, and then eggs were scarce. The
Cabsrrus crop was not so plentiful.
More eggs and chickens are shipped
from this city than any point on the
Southern's main line.
The Burlington News says that q
man representing himself as a drug
drummer put up at the Burlington no.
tel, spent a few days there, went out
on the street and bought a vaIise, filed
it with trash and rocks, and put it in
his Don and left town, leaving the
stuffed velise for his board bill.
Franklin Press: Last Wednesday
at Wayside, near the Graham county
line, Merritt, a son of John ID. Crisp.
became involved in G. quarrel with Glib,
a son of Adam Gable, when the former
shot the latter, lodging the ball in and
breaking an arm below the shoulder.
Fears are expressed that ampatation
will be necessary.
Ga last Saturday night ab3ut II
o'clock the gin of Mr.. David Womble,
on the old stage road about half way
between here and Sller City, was dis
covered to be on fire, which by hard
work was extinguished before very
much damage was done. Origin of
the fire unknown. LOSS about $75, and
no Insurance., says the Chatham Re
cord.
Some of the High Point people, says
the Enterprise, are wanting to find Mr..
John W. Minis, who recently began
business there as a commission mer
merchant, and sloped a day or two
ago. Following his departure there
was a shower of bogus checks on the
bank at High Point, which he had
passed on people in Lexington and
Aeheboro.
The Jonesboro Progress says: It is
a little remarkable that there are but
two ex,G Governors living-Curtis II,
Brogden and Thos. J.. Jarvis. The
former was a Republican, but now a
Populist. He was at the State con
vention, and sat very quietly on the
stage. Very few people knew him.
He is a farmer in Wayne county, is
we'll to do, and dresses 10 a style of 40
years ago.
Frank LIONS, colored, while out
hunting last week, in climbing over a
fence, placed the gun over first and in
getting over himself he knocked a rail
down which struck the hammer caus
ing the gun to go eff, tearing the ne
gro's left hand to pieces. This is the
first Of a series of hunting accidents
that we may now look for, as the hunt,
ing season is now en-, says tie MCcks-
vile Times.
The gentle warbling of a little birdlet
revealed to the Dispatch man the fact
that a popular young lady employee OF
a popular Market street dry goods
store is shortly to become the BRIDE of
q well known pressman on one OF the
morning pepars. Printers, like other
men, realizs that the edition (Of Wo.
mem is large and that every man
should have q copy, says the Whining
ton Dispatch.
On Thursday a colorad man giving
his name as Nollis Cobb was Offering
several pistols for sale in Bethel. PEG
pie over there had read in the Ref9c
tor about some Il breaking into the
store of J. L Starkey 6 Bro. here and
stealing a lot of pistols, and Constable
Bullock took the man in custody. The
man confessed that he broke in the
store. He was brought to Greenville
and placed in jail, says the Greenville
!, Reflector.
A negro tramp who beat his way to
Salisbury night before last was the
victim of several drunken white tramps
!, Just beyond the Vance cotton mills.