The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-16

. yC0A ONA SOA VI mE. y. d hOuB Was
playing with matches, his clothes
caught fire, and he was almost con
sumed when discovered by his mother.
He suffered eZ?crucistipgly until death
released him.
Mr.. @. A. DimmetE, of Edwards
township, has a eve 4 years old that
has raised seven lambs. Last fall one
Of the lambs was killed at the age of
Is months. 1t weighed 132 pounds
gross and 70 net. IA pounds of tallow
were made from it, says the Wilkes.
boro Chronicle.
Fayetteville Observer: a gentleman
coming from Hope Mills this morning
says that he overlook Attorney z B.
Newton making his way to Fayette-
vile on a bicycle, and that on the back
Of his steel steed was hanging a rusty
horse shoe-'just to keep off the
hant," the popular attorney said.
News reaches us, from a reliable
source, that the o. r. Sc Q. R r Co,
has the steel rails and will begin at
once to locate the line from Blacksburg
to Spartanburg. The contracts for the
grading will be Jet as soon as the line
is located and the work will be pushed
20 completion, says the Shelby Aurora.
The current issue of the Bryson
City Times publishes its own obituary
notice: 1T dies without a struggle,
happy in the belief that there is nc
hereafter and that it will be dead q
long time. It leaves ali of it's earthly
possessions, except its good name, to
the Mountain Ranger, which will ap
pear next week"
We learn that a young man in Vir
GINA had been paying some attention
to a young lady In North Carolina.
Not many days ago he paid her a visit
AID urged an immediate marriage.
The young lady refused, whereupon
the young man took on some bug juice
and tried to procure a license and
preacher tt have a marriage anyway,
says the Greenville r, Hector.
At Chapel Hill Thursday night, at 10
o'clock, T. 8. Rays livery and feed
stables were burned to the ground. Ali
the horses and conveyances were
saved. The building is supposed to
have been set IN fire by ar incendiary.
1t was intimated that it was a negro,
who is an enemy to the owner of the
stable. The students of the University
did some very good work and saved
the new building connected with the
stables.
Fred. P. Rowland, the e policeman
of Wilmington, charged with setting
fire to the naval store yards, was bound
ever to court in the sum of 81, OOO, and
in default Of which he was placed in
Jail. The evidence is strong against
him. One witness testified to seeing
him strike matches and set the fire. A
man named Dixon has been arrested
and warrants are out for others. Indi
cations point to an organized gang OF
frebugs in Wilmington. 1t is to De
hoped that the guilty ones will not es-
cape punishment.
The Newbern Journal: Simon CroC m,
an aged colored citizen living uptown,
had his house almost destroyed yester
day by lightning. There were several
rather sharp flashes in succession be
fore the heaviest one struck the chin
ney OF the dwelling. The chimney was
tore Rsunder from the top down to the
second floor. There an explosion took
place in which the boards on the side
of the house were broken into frag
ments, the lightning crossing the room
made a large hole in the other side and
made it's exit through the side of the
house.
Last August a lady, while seated in a
car at the Atlantic Coast Line depot in
this city, had her hand bag containing
a gold watch and q fey other articles,
snatched cut of her hand by a colored
man, who jumped off the train and
made his escape. The thief was recog
nized as one John DobsoD, alias Cap
tain Darby, and a warrant was imme
diately issued for his arrest, but he
succeeded in getting out of the city,
closely followed by two detectives in
the employ of Bruce Williams, ESQ
attorney of the Atlantic Coast Line.
After staying away over six months
Dobson returned to the city, and was
promptly arrested by deputy sherif J.
P. Flynn and placed in jail, says the
Wilmington Star.
A DOUBLE PORKER.