The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-08-04

week the lookup in Littleton was
burned and a colored boy named Isham
was burned with it. 1t was thought
that he fired the lock up himself in the
hope Of burning off the lock to make
his escape.
Miss Maggie Bess, of Lincoln county,
created a sensation in Lincolnton last
week by trying to commit suicide in a
hotel there. She came to town and
tried to force a young man, D. E De,
Lane, to marry her. He declined and
then she tried to poison herself but
was prevented.
Winston Sentinel: Mr.. Junius Ne
roney died at his home in Mocksville
yesterday afternoon at the age of about
Is years. Cigarettes, it is said, was
the direct cause of his death. He was
an incessant smoker and after his death
his throat was said to be black as far
down as one could see.
Mr.. D. P. Sartin's store, at Cool
Spring, was broken into Sunday night
and about $25 worth of goods stolen.
At last accounts there was no clue to
the robb RS. Some weeks ago Mr.
Sartin's store was robbed. The parties
were arrested and are now in Jail here,
says the Statesville Landmark.
Oae of the boldest thieves that we
have heard of was the negro who re
Gently stole twelve head of cattle near
Spout Springs, in Harnett county, and
drove them in broad daylight on the
public roads to Greensboro, where he
sold them, pocketed the money and
escaped before the owners of the cattle
could overtake him.
Gceenvilie R-fsctor, 25Gh: Late
yesterday afternoon, on the plantation
of Mr.. J. W. Allen, three miles from
Greenville, Willis Johnson, a colored
man living on the place, was handling
a Ut when it accidentally went off,
the load striking a coIored woman,
named Alkaline Barnes, in the face,
killing her. She lived about five min
utes.
Newbern Journal: The schooner
Jane Berry turned over at Ocracoke,
and a lady who was sitting on the
cabin of the boat was thrown over,
board. While she was clinging to the
side of the boat, the water barrel slip
ped from its cradle and striking her
hand cut n of her fingers off The
boat righted itself and the oma was
rescued.
Concord Sun: The tw~elve-year old
son of Mr.. Henry Pants, of Cannon
vile is a great sufferer. He is a mill
employee, and while carrying WASTE
from the factory to the waste house,
several boys that had c~ongregated at
Miller's store, engaged in chunking
stones at him, one striking the little
fellow on the forehead, INJECTING a SO
we're and painful wound.
Mr.. B Frank Jones told us Of a re
mRrkable occurrence on his place.
Ole of his tenants, Mr.. Save Coward,
had a hen setting in the edge of the
woods. a partridge had a nest near
by and stole three eggs from the hens
nest. The partridge Matched one OF
the hen eggs and the little chicken fol
lowed the partridge in tie woods u I'll
it was caught, says the KiDston Free
Press.
A case came up in Wake Superior
court last week involving the power OF
a justice Of the peace to imprison g
man for a longer period than 80 days.
A Wake justice had sentenced a negro
to the workhousa for twelve months
Judge Boykin held that the constitu
ton limited the jurisdiction of a justice
of the peace to an imprisonment of sc
days and ordered the defendant dis
charged.
Charlotte News: Work at the Rudi
sill gold mine is to be resumed by 6
company of Northern capitalists. Thit
means a revival in the gold mining
business of this section that will be fell
through all the chain of smaller mines
The Rudisill has produced million'
in gold and contains millions more
The work of pumping the water out Of
the shaft and tunnels will require
about three months.
Jonesboro Progress: A few days age
during a rainstorm, Mr.. II B. God
frey saw twenty seven strange looking
TO wis fly over his house, not far from
town. He got his gun and followed
them. He had one of the birds on ex
hibition OF u streets, and it created
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