The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-01

bronze color, had q horn on the end OF
his tail and q stinger ON the end of the
horn. When she struck his snakeship
he broke into four different pieces and
gave up the ghost.
A family Of four, hailing from
Wyoming, recently passed through
Morgantcu. They travelled in q two.
horse hack, and a ''parrie schooner
drawn by 8 horses. The schooner is,
in reality q house on wheels. The
party left Wyoming November 2, and
Pittsboro, N, O., is their destination.
Mr.. Ben Edwards, shoemaker here,
was arrested last Thursday morning
charged with stealing about ten gallons
Of whiskey, the property Of Mr.. J.
NICK. Tolar. The case was tried before
DR.. r. M. Norment and the evidence
was sufficient to bind Edwards over 10
court, says the Lumberton Robesonian.
The Asheville Citizen reports the
appearance Of another four.legged
chicken. 1t seemed perfectly healthy,
and its death was supposed to be acci-
dental. Not to be outdone, the Viii
mington Dispatch rises to remark that
the editor has just seen a two headed
chicken at MI. ii. L. Fentress' drug
store.
The people of Maxton have been sue
cessful in their efforts to get q new
passenger depot. The State Railroad
Commission last week ordered that
one be built. The new station will be
a union one, built jointly by the Caro-
lima Central and Cape Fear and Yad
kin Valley railroads, says the Lumber
ton R~obesonian.
A man named Will Rosser recently
employed in a saloon in Charlotte, but
who subsequently engaged in the
blockading business near Aspen Grove,
disagreed with one Pegram over the
possession of q barrel Of whiskey.
Pegram attempted to draw his pistol
but Rosser was quicker. Rosser fred
two bullets into Pegram's body and, it
is reported, fed.
Frank Paytt, a section hand living
near Marion was recently found dead
q few miles west OF there. His body
was lying within a few feet of the
Southern Railway. Il is thought that
while drunk he boarded the wrong
train, and upon discovering his mis-
take, jumped of. His face was badly
bruised and he had not apparently
moved from the position in which he
had fallen.
A grizzly, rough and gruf old time
moonshiner was on trial at Raleigh one
day last week.. For 81 years he has
been blockading in cool and quiet de
6ance of the law and officers Of the
law. His name is John L. Davis, and
he seems to be q typical wild, uncivil
lied man. For three years Marshall
CAROLS deputies have been attempting
to arrest him, but until recently he
fought them successfully.
A man in Weldon recently proved
that it is not always best to sleep while
being shaved. The gentleman in ques-
ton fell asleep, and became involved
in q difficulty with an imaginary foe.
Striking out right and left at his
dreamland enemy, he drove the keen
edge of the razor through the end OF
his nose, cutting off a small piece.
Upon awaking, he carried his bit Of
nose to a surgeon and had it sewed
back.
A dispatch from Norfolk, Va, states
that a little negro girl living neal
Union, Hartford county, attempted tc
poison the family of her employer.
Mr.. VIM. Horton, by putting Rough
on Rats in their food last Sunday
morning. Three of, the family were
made seriously sick, and Mrs. Horton
has not yet recovered. The girl says
she became tired of living with thC
family.
Monday afternoon a negro called OF
Mrs. David Downum, of Cabarrui
county, and demanded dinner and five
dollars in money. Mrs. Downun
stated that she would step in the room
and get the money but instead OF it
she produced revolver, pointed it a
the negroes head and ordered him *
leave. Meantime she called her hus
band and the disappointed negro wa
compelled to leave, nc fatter and NJ
richer.
According to Webster's Weekly
there was quite an exciting time a
MI. J. w. Peays' recently. Mr.. Jno
E. Lambeth a neighbor vas awakened