The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-04-28

died OF heart disease IN LOUISVILLE, n.y.,
last Thursday. He was the author of the
Conquered Banner and other charming
poems.
The first Bessemer steel made in the
South was made from ore taken from
the Cranberry Mine in this State, at
Chattanooga, Tenn, on the 10th inst. 1t
is said to have been of excellent quality,
standing all the tests applied.
Acknowledgement Garland says he
told Gen. Atkins when asked to take
stock in the Pan-Electric Telegraph
Company, hat he never undertook to
make money except by law and poker,
and that he always lost at poker, but
generally won at law.
Mexico is disposed to encourage
Chinese immigration, and has agreed to
give each Chinese immigrant twenty
acres of land. Arrangements have been
made with the six companies for the
importation of 100000 within a year.
1t is now said to be a settled fact
that President Cleveland is to marry Miss
Folsom, of Albany, next June. She is
% years old, and daughter of Mr.. Cleve-
lands former law partner. When her
father died years ago Mr.. Cleveland be-
came her guardian.
This from the Warrenton Gazette is
eminently correct: at is simply impossi-
BILE to have a prosperous community so
long as those who ought to make them,
buy their bread and meat. 1t admits of
no contradiction or argument"
Successful experiments We're made
last week with the telephone between
New York and Cleveland, Ohio, a dis
lance of $50 miles. The next expert
will be made between New York
and Chicago, a distance of LOO miles,
and the gentlemen interested are IN
guine of success.
Mr.. Turnbull, of Baltimore, an ex-
pert electrician, confidently claims that
by his system, conversations can be car
ried on between London and New York,
and that people may talk with each
other by wire no matter how far apart.
He proposes shortly to try the expert
between New York and London.
"A number of the largest cotton and
manufacturers IN New England
have effected an organization to protect
each other from strikes. They say they
are willing to arbitrate any differences
may occur between them and their
but will not be dictated to
by the Knights of Labor.
will not some of the breeders of fine
cattle give us notes of their fine cattle,
their products, &c. We would be very
glad also to receive cuts of blooded stock
the front page of our paper, and
would be happy to correspond with par
ties owning fine blooded, horses, sheep
and hogs. The PROGRESSIVE FARMER will
lend its best effort to cultivating this i'm
interest among our people.
We are under obligations to the
State Agricultural Department for a
of the Hand Book Of North Carroll
IA, recently published, which contains
much valuable information condensed
nto small space. 1t gives a descrip-
lion of the State, divided into three
divisions, geological formations, schools,
churches, &C., and a sketch of all the
with statistics of products, in
lustries, population, live stock, taxable
'eal estate, personal property and much
valuable information.
We are proud to learn that i'm many
If the cotton counties our farmers will
lot plant so largely of cotton. They
begin to see that they are growing poorer
Zach year, under this one crop idea, and
t would be we'll for our friends in the
belt to heed the lessons taught
heir cotton brethren. No people are
afe who will plant cotton or tobacco or
my other n crop to the exclusion of
'ther crops, with the vain hope of
money.
The first Jersey ever brought to
Raleigh, was offered as a premium and
vas awarded to Mr.. G. T. Stronach bv
he State Agricultural Society. 1t was
hen quite a calf. Lucky is now 13 years
I'D, the property of DIR. James Mckee,
If Raleigh, and is the mother of 13
,alves-the two youngest of which have