The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-09-22

clothes pins per annum. EF
-Tramps playing the role of earth
quake sufferers are putting in frequent
appearance in Wilmington.
"A sure and simple remedy for q
felon: AS soon as the felon can Relocated
roast an onion and bind it on, as warm
as it can be borne. Repeat every foul
hours until relieved.
There was a terrible wreck caused
by the a collision between a passenger
and a freight train OF the Nickel Plate
road at Silver Creek, in New York, last
WEDNESDAY, by which nineteen persons
were killed.
AS an evidence of the terrific force
of the earthquake which shook Charles
ton, it is stated that a large guano shed
400 feet long and 60 feet wide, with
1900 tons of guano in it, was moved s
feet 81 inches towards the south west.
Capt. Fagg, of Buncombe county,
raised sev~enty-two and one-half bushels
of wheat on two acres this year. Consid-
ering the fact that this has not been a
favorable wheat year the Captain did
very well. liz
"A Convention of Antl-Saloon Repub-
licans met in Chicago on 18th inst. to
form a e party, whose fundamental
plank is opposition to the liquor traffic.
They propose to work within the Repub-
lican party, "to encourage it to grapple
with that question"
The Committee appointed by For
syth County Farmers Club, to prepare
and publish an Address to the farmers
of the State, will meet in Winston, on
Saturday, the 25th inst, at 2 o'clock p.
1t is important that each member
be present.
By request of the chairman.
The Southern Pacific Railroad Com
pany has planted out on its lands in
Kansas 100000 of trees, alianthus,
catalpa, and white ashe, from which to
draw a supply Of railroad ties in future.
The first of these trees planted are now
twenty-five feet high and all are flourish
ing.
Col. A. HI. Belo, a native of Salem,
but since the wal a resident of Texas,
who, report said, was appointed minister
to Austria, says he would rather be editor
of his two papers than be minister to
any country. Col. Belo is one of the most
successful newspaper men in the South,
and is a remarkably leyel-headed man.
We regret to learn that Miss Mamie
Hatchett has been compelled to suspend
publication of the Southern Woman. She
welded a gifted pen and many things
she wrote would do credit to an older
head. She had an originality of thought
and a boldness of expression that we
liked. We regret that she did not meet
with that success which her merits
deserved.
Mr.. P. S. Early, of Mana, Yadkin
county, writes us that he lost his fine
Devon COW last week, and that Mr..
Blackwell Of the same place lost his two
fine Jerseys-all with bloody murrain.
This is a serious loss. We saw the COW
of Mr.. Early, she was a magnificent ami
NAL. This gentleman has a splendid
farm. He showed us one acre of the
tobacco we have ever seen. Some
of the leaves measured 28x36 inches.
August Spies, of the convicted
Chicago anarchists, says hat he has
had a presentiment that he was
born to be hanged, and says he "would
be hanged tomorrow than to have
the begging hat passed around among my
to ave my neck" referring to
the efforts to raise money to carry their
case to the Supreme Court if a new trial
is denied, to which he is opposed.
Robert L. Taylor and A. A. Taylor,
brothers and rival candidates for the gov
ernorship Of Tennessee, the first Demo-
crat and the other Republican, are accom-
fiddlers, and that goes a long
way in Tennessee. At the Read House
in Chattanooga, n night last week,
they roomed together, and were called
upon by a large number of friends, Dem
ocrats and Republicans. A couple of
fddles were brought in and the two can
didates played a number of pieces to the
satisfaction of their callers. &