The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-07

the camp ground. The girls father
then stole her from her husband.
Later the husband again stole her
from the old man. The latter filed up
on blockade liquor and went in search
of them. He found them, but he could
not get the girl back.
Cleveland Star: Rev. r P. Elan Of
Kng's Mountain showed us some fine
samples OF anthracite and at coal from
the mountain mine last Friady. The
anthracite is a fine hard coal and con
tains from IS to 95 per cent. OF pure
carbon. The jet coal will receive a
high polish and is often used for sets
in jewelry. Several shafts have been
sunk and the result of the prospecting
has been most satisfactory.
Greensboro Record: The daughter
of MI. and Mrs. W. N. Wright. near
Gibsonville in this county, a young
lady of perhaps Is or Is years, will
never come to want if energy and in
dustry count for anything. This sum
mer and spring she sold 156 dozen
eggs at good prices, while the entire
family had all they wanted. Besides
this some 500 or GEO young chickens
were Matched out, a large number OF
which were sold on this market.
Morganton Herald: The Herald is
reliably informed that within the last
week or ten days a Mr.. Kreisher, with
shovel and pan, has taken out OF a pit
about four feet square and three feet
deep, over four hundred penny weights
of gold, at a mine belonging to Mr.. D.
McKinzie, Of Morganton, near the
famous Pax Hill mines, six or eight
miles north OF town. A nugget weigh
ing one hundred pepnyweights was
taken out last week. This nugget sold
for $50.
Washington correspondence Rich
mond Dispatch: Stephen G.. Worth Of
North Carolina, who has been for years
the eff 3ient chief clerk of the Fish
Commission, at the headquarters in
this city, has been transferred to Ir-
win, Tenn, where he is experimenting
the construction of a fish station. Ir
win is on the line OF the OHIO and
Charleston railroad between johnson
City and Unicoi Springs, When the
station is completed, Mr. Worth will
remain as the permanent superintend,
ent to operate it.
Alamsnce Cleaner: Saturday a week
ago Chic Darlington, manager of the
poultry departmental Alamance Farm,
left with g large exhibit Of poultry and
pet stock for the Eastern Circuit,
which embraces portions of Mary land,
Virginia, Delaware and Pennsylvania
The exhibit consisted of about 800 head
Of poultry, 800 pigeons, 100 guinea pigs,
80 rabbits, 10 geese and 90 ducks, and
contained fine specimens of nearly
every we'll known breed. Alamance
Farm has never failed to win many
prizes wherever shown and no dount
in the contests during the next few
weeks it will win new laurels.
Weldon correspondence Raleigh
News and Observer: III now C cps GU
that John D3e, alias Forest nj. Rivers,
the white convict who escaped some
days ago from the Northampton State
farm, vas aided by one Of the State
guards IN the promise Of $500. The
guard is J. E. Kennedy OF Davidson
county, and ] am told that Hon z b
Vance Wslaer recommended him. The
guard not only allowed Rivers to walk
off, but also gave him money, and there
is evidence that he (Kennedy) also fur
Dished hum with q pistol and several
rounds Of cartridges"
Seventeen counties in North CeroiiOa
have a frontage oD the ocean or tribu
tary s1unds and maiutain fisheries.
The total estimated value Of tbs fish
cries at Wilmington is $185, 600 During
the past year there have been 5, 600, OOO
mullets caught there, valued at 1925.
600. Osher fish taken we're: 5 OOO
pounds OF herring, $500 pounds Of blue
fish, 10000 pounds OF menhaden. %.
600 pounds Of perch. 81 600 pounds of
shad, IS, coo pounds Of rock dsb and
], 600, 90 Of ali other Kinds. IL addition
t. this, 500 GEO crGba were caught. 500
bushels OF s~hr'nps, 1000 turtles, 10. 500
bushels Of CLANS, 5000 bushels OF oys
tore and 1900 pcuods Of sturgeon, says
Southern States, Baltimore.
Concord Standard: Copper in
C8barrus is plentiful and the mires
are bslna oDerased So q eraaE nfoft-n