The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-10-20
STATE NEWS.

sl1|C.res and Tobacco Stems from the
oLI+n-StaIks of Corn and Grains Of
N,ybsst from the West-Peanuts
and CottonS Seed from the South
., last Thursday night the James
om saw mill at Bethel was destroy,
- Are. says the Washington Gazstte.
Marvin RING, who tried to poison his
.+bar. Dr.. Ring, at Eikin, several
Ha,,bs $50, was tried at Surry court
IDsr week. and sent to the penitentiary
49, FIVE years, says the WiIkesboro
Chronicle.
4 veritabIe curiosity OF a gourd
line containing 1862 gourds, is now
.roving il the garden Of Mr.. J c..
TToompson, in Fork township. It
measures 10 feet across, says the Colds
boro Headlight.
The Mooresville Record says that
Miles Graham, colored, Of Cabarrus
county. has been married four times
and twenty eight children have been
horn to hlm. He is now 63 years Of
ace and is able for good service.
Lee Mullis, the mail carrier on the
Tavioreville route rides a little bay
mare. which he says he has ridden
275 coo miles in the mail service, Mul
lis mas been in the mail service for
many years, says the Wiikesboro
C1rouiole.
Charlotte News: J G. Millerskaa,
Who brought some cherry and plum
blossoms to The News last month,
brought some Of the fruit this morn
ing. It is fully developed and ripe and
is qIite tempting. He says the trees
have nearly a full crop.
Ga last Thursday a ten year old boy,
SOL Of William Howard, c0lored, was
fooling with an empty pistol and shot
his eight year old sister in the eye, At
last accounts the girl was living but is
thought the wound will prove fatal,
a Y the Shelby Aurora.
s few weeks since an s year old
daughter Of Ell Patterson, COL, of No.
3 went to an old hollow tree, found a
bottle with Whiskey in it and drank
from it. She died shortly afterwards.
1t is supposed that poison was in it,
says the Concord Vestibule.
The horse of MI. E:dridge Lee ran
away with Mr.. j. Q. Clifford just 1t
dark last Friday night. Mr.. Clifford
was thrown from the buggy and was
quite badly hurt. The horse soon freed
himself of the buggy and ran On out of
town, a the Dunn Union.
Maxton Scottish Chief: Mt. Charles
Il. Tailaferro, who has for a number Of
years past been engaged in sawmilling
ingthis. county, notably at Red Springs
,utd Burt~- last Thursday at the
arrspital in Richmond, Va where he
had gone some three m }nths since to
be treated for rheumatism.
John Long, colored, died at Jones'
vile, Yadkin county, a few days ego.
1t is learned that he made a confession
before ne died of having helped murder
an ola colored woman in Y6Gkin sew
eral years ago. h was arrested at
the time CT murder, but as nothing
could be proved on him he was released.
Nj. Andrews Sink, who lives in the
upper part Of Davidson. near the For
EyCh line, has a COW that has six legs.
Two Of them are not long enough to
reach the ground, though they are well
formed. Two of L. kingdoms citizens
have seen this COW and say that it Is
an actual fact, says the Lexington Dis
pa.ca,
Nust have been a separation in Lin
clinton. The Damccrat says: Mr.. John
L Cobo, a prominent merchant in
Llncolnton, is now boarding at his
mothers with notice appending to the
door OF his residence ''forbiddIng any
one to enter It," Mrs John L Cobb Is
living with her father, Mel E. W.
Ward.
We regret to hear that about a week
ego Capt. VIM. T. Creole, of Goose
Creek Island, lost by fire his stables
and barn, with 50 barrels Of corn, tOd-
der, hay, oats, farming utensils, and a
huncred gallons of VINE. a neighbours
horse was burnt to death also. The
total loss was almost 81, 600, says the
Washington GezeGte.
Winston Sentinel: Dr.. Harrington
Is in receipt of a letter from his old
home, Faison, N. c., stating that "a
cotton gin, with thirteen bales of cot.
tn, was destroyed by fire on the Shell