The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-22

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Wooten, killed all except three. and
by his instruction, Mr.. Harry, his son,
has taken revenge by killing all the
cats that come prowling around. So
far fifteen cats have been killed. If a
cat, as is said, possesses nine lives,
young Harry has destroyed 135 lives
recently.
Newbern Journal: Some sturgeon
fishermen captured bigger game than
usual yesterday. N. w. Byan and
three Of his men, all colored, were COM
ing up the Neuse river, and as they
got opposite Slocum's creek, they spied
a bear swimming across the creek.
They sailed the boat close to the bear
and one Of the men-dispatched him
with an axe The animal was a young
black bear, five feet in length, and was
brought to Newbern and sold.
Master Gus Rieger, Jr., II years old,
son OF Capt. A. W. R9iger, who resides
on his rice plantation, across the river
in Brunswick, while walking in the
front yard recently, observed ly ing on
the grass near his feet a huge rattle
snake, which gave the Usual warning.
With a cool head and steady nerve
Gus returned to the house, procured
his fathers gun, and dispatched the
snake, which measured nearly five feet,
and had eieven rattles and a button.
Charlotte Observer: Mr.. T. L. Ritch
went to his fern in Sugar Greek sew
eral days ago. His fine shepherd dog
went with him. On their way back,
Mr. Ritch's horse was attacked by a
mad dog. The shepherd dog, in turn
attacked the mad~dog, and they had a
sharp battle. The shepherd was brave,
but the mad dog bit him terribly.
Parties who were pursuing the mad
dog, came up, and killed the latter.
Mr.. Ritch, in turn, lad to kill his dog.
He valued him more than his horse, he
said.
A queer kind Of an explosion occur
red at Salisbury June Ash. A negro
passing along threw a lighted match
into the bung hole of a nearly empty
alcohol barrel. Another negro was
along with him, and the next thing
these gentlemen knew the barrel had
exploded. One of the negroes known
as "SnoW" was cut on the face and
arm and badly burned. The other
negro, Charleston Sumner, was pain.
fully burned about the face. The ex-
plosion created a good deal of excite,
ment.
Mr.. s.. Ohio Wilson, replying to
some of the malicious attacks made by
the editor of the News and Observer
on Prof. e. G. Butler, who was elected
as an assistant professor at the A. &
Ri. College, has this to say: The
most appropriate comparison I can
make between HIM prof. Butler) and
the editor Of the News and Observer is
this: The most immoral thought of z,
G. Butler is higher, rf6l@r and purer
than the highest dream OF purity or
honor that ever entered the breast Of
the editor Of the News and Observer"
Goldsboro correspondent Messenger:
Rev. MI. Werner, an apostle of sancti
fcation, who claims to hail from Lon
don, England, hired a horse from the
livery stables here yesterday to go to
Fremont, but he took another direc
tion after leaving town. He was soon
overtaken by the proprietor of the
team, to whom he confessed that he
was in hard luck and had started eff
with the intention of selling the turn
out. The proprietor gave him a lee
ture in the road and sent him on his
journey atoot.
CumberIand's high sheriff and Cross
Creeks constable are both under re.
quirement to apre for trial at the
next Criminal tJourt. The curious
thing about it is that they were both
arrested at the same time and at the
same place, 'Long John" serving a
warrant on the sheriff athereupon serv,
ing a warrant on Long John" both
for entirely separate alleged ofensee
committed while acting in their official
capacities. Their friends are having
much amusement over the matter,
says the Fayetteville Observer.
A recent issue of the Charlotte Oh
server contains an account of q horri'
BILE accident. Mr.. William Henry
Smith, father of Engineer Robert
Smith, was run over by train near
Harrisburg and killed. MI. Smith
lived ear Harrisburg. 1t is supposed
that in walking home he got tired and