The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-19

from the effects OF an accidental gun
shot, while hunting near Selma, John
ston county, on 18th INST.
At the Baptist Convention in Mont
gomery, Ala, on 18th, a report was
adopted pledging the members of the
Convention to work for the suppression
of the liquor traffic.
Pluck will tell. Z. S. Senator Ken
ma, of West, Va, the youngest and one
of the most brilliant of the Senators, be-
gan life working in the coal mines of the
Kanawa at IS cents a day.
Correspondents must bear in mind
that to secure any attention for their
communications they must let us have
their real names-not for publication,
but simply as a guarantee of good faith
on their part. E.r5E0EGc is
AT the late Conference of the M. E.
Church, South, at Richmond, the propo-
sition to eliminate the word South from
the title of the church, which has been
under consideration for some years, was
rejected.
We have within the past few days
mailed, upon application, form of Con-
stitution and Bylaws for the organiza-
ton of Farmers Clubs, to farmers in
Johnston, Cleveland, Henderson, Cas-
we'll, Surry and Person counties.
"A terrific hurricane swept over a
portion of Spain on 18th inst, doing i'm
mense destruction. In the city Of Ma
drid the damage will exceed $1,22O,O0O
while 80 persons were killed and 62O
injured.
Rev. Sam Jones is said t. be getting
rich preaching. He owns the costliest
house in Gainesville, Ga, his wife airs
herselfin a fine new carriage drawn by a
dashing span OF horses, and he has recent
ly purchased several farms in Georgia.
During the late riot in Chicago the
anarchists broke into and sacked a drug
store. They helped themselves to all the
liquor they could find and drank a quan-
tity of liquid poison, which they supposed
to be liquor, from which eightare known
to have died.
The Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
met at Goldsboro Tuesday of last week
and adjourned Thursday. The following
are the newly-elected officers: G.. NJ,
C. B. Edwards, Raleigh D. G.. NJ, w. A.
Bobbitt, Oxford; grand warden, Rev. j.
III. Garden, S~tatesville; G. S., B. H..
Woodell, Raleigh; G. r., R. j. Jones,
Wilmington; grand representative to
sovereign grand lodge, Junius Slocumb.
The next meeting will be at Raleigh.
Chicago had a shower of dead birds
one night last week. In the morning
thousands of them were found lying upon
the sidewalks, embracing hundreds of
varieties, of all sizes and of varied plum
age. 1t is accounted for on the theory
that the birds were migrating northward,
were attracted by the electric light on
the Board of Trade tower and were
killed the moment they touched it. The
roof of the building was covered with
them, and each of the lamps having
birds, some seven or eight in them.
"A singular story comes from Little
Rock, Arkansas. A cow belonging to a
farmer was bitten by a mad dog, but for
some time showed no signs of being
affected, but a week later rabies symp-
toms were manifested. At the same time
two of the farmers children who had
been nourished on the cows milk
showed similar symptoms and suffered
terrible agonies. Others of the family
were also ill. The case of the children
was considered hopeless, but it was
thought the others might recover
Some correspondence published in
Webster's Weekly, at R%eidsville, a couple
weeks ago, rejecting upon the integrity
of Hon. JAS. w. Reid, while treasurer Of
Rockingham county, led to an a~lterca-
ton between Fletcher Reid, a younger
brother of Mr.. Reid, and Mr.. Webster,
in the Arlington hotel, in Danville, Mon
day 10th inst, in which MI. F. Reid
assaulted Mr.. Webster with a heavy
stick, striking him several severe blows
the head, and the latter using a pistol
wounding his assailant in the arm.
On Sunday morning, the 9th inst,
William Sydney Tomlinson, of Bush
Hill, while engaged in his duties as Sab
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