The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-09

was q week 3 G6E" III 6u6
county's history, there we're 121 cases
on the docket. The collectors fees
alone amounted to nearly $50, says the
Fayetteville Observer.
The chicken thieves paid MIR. A. T.
Clark a visit lest Friday night and
cleaned his coop, rooster and ell, As
MIR. CLARK has no further use for his
coop, guess it is for sale cheap, Gays
the Laurinburg Exchange.
Alamance Cleaner: Last Friday
morning Mr.. Alien Edwards, aged
about "a years, died at his home here.
He had grippe. About an hour latter
his son, Henry Edwards, aged about
60 years, died from dropsy.
Goldsboro Argus: The Try returned
q verdict of guilty against Jesse Cox,
who was charged with an assault upon
the person of Maggie Lane, and the
Judge sentenced him to twenty years
hard labor in the state prison.
Newbern Journal: Mr.. w. S. Blount,
who was in the city yesterday, told
The Journal that the farmers in his
section of Pitt county r actively
preparing their land for tobacco and
all are greatly interested in this crop.
The Charlotte spring bed company is
in operation in the rooms over Tester
Bros. on South College street. Tney
are already turning out installments Of
their improved spring beds, and 1t Is
spring with them even in the heart of
winter.
Durham San: Prof. M. H. Lock
wood, of the Department OF Physics in
Trinity College, has invented an ar
raugement for making multiple i'm
~preesions on a Photographic plate.
Those who know Say 1t is an ingenius
process and a splendid thing II is of
considerable interest.
GoIdsboro Argus: An old darkey by
the name of Isham Outlaw, claiming
to be 80 years of age. and living on the
lands of Mr., J. K. Rhodes in Indian
Springs township, tainted and fell in
the fire Sunday, a week ago yesterday,
and wes burned so badly that he died
last Saturday morning
Monroe Journal: Mrs Eliza Crook,
wife of AbrRm Crook, surely has the
record on soap and meat. She has
soap she made inst sixteen years ogo.
she also has q piece Of meat hanging
in her smoke house che killed seven
teen years ago, and now to clap the
climax, she Is going to use this piece OF
meat to make more soap.
Charlotte Observer: Mr.. Junius NJ.
Lee disd Sunday night at his home in
Providence township. Two weeks age
NJ. Lee fell into the fire while asleep
in a chair, and was very badly burned.
His injuries, although painful, were
not considered dangerous al first; in
fact he was improving when by I'M,
prudence he had a relapse, and lock
lw set in. He was conscious at the
time Of his death.
BurnsvilIe Eagle: John Webb and
Tom were brought to this place and
lodged in jail last Tuesday. 1t seems
that Mack Webb, who was sent to the
penitentiary from this county, was re
turning home, and as he came through
Madison county stole a gun and wal
pursued by officers, when John, hi
father, and Tom his brother, assisted
him / n getting away from the officers
So they were arrested and brought tt
jail.
Newbern Journal: To show tht
abundance of the tribe of bruin in GU.
section, L. 81. Banks, of Ccoatan, in
forms US that last year he went out tt
stand for deer, and that while on hi
stand near the swamp an old beal
came out of the woods with two half
grown cubs. Ali three started to clint
a large pine near him. He only had thu
two loads of buckshot in his gun anC
fired at the old bear and brought he,
down. He called and tried to get som,
one to come to his assistance but coulC
not. After awhile the other tive
bears started to come down the tree
He yelled and shook his gun at them
but they growled and came down. H
gave back and let them alone. Ate
smelling around the dead bear TO
awhile they went eff into the swamp
A WAVE OF MCKINLEY PROS
PERITY.