The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-06-19
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

In full, 1t is Allen Cranberry Thur
mamie of the red bandana.
An all absorbing question now is:
whats the import tax on bandanas ?"
Georgia watermellons are on sale in
the city Of Raleigh with prices well up.
As for the sweet girl graduate, says
a exchange, she and the ho~neysuckle are
simultaneously abloom. = -a:' qza.l
A recent steamer from Dundee
brought loo tons of potatoes to New
York city as her cargo.
According to Bradstreets, 6,7S7 men
went out on strike in the United States
during the month of May. 80
The Ohio Legislature has passed an
act allowing ten cents a dozen for English
sparrows killed by any one,
AFTER the 4th of March next Secre-.
tary- Whitney and Acknowledgement
Garland will retire from the Cabinet.
Rev. W. T. Hall, D.. D., of Lynch
burg, Va, is prominently spoken of for.
the Presidency of Davidson College.
Col. Dockery has not yet signifed
his willingness to become the Republican
candidate for Governor of North Carolina.
Some colleges have discovered that
an easy way to get rid of a troublesome
editor is to make him a doctor of some
sort. -.
June 9th, c. S. Stuart caught in a
fish trap, in Second Broad river, in Cleve-
land county, a sturgeon weighing sixty
nine pounds. TERRI.
Prince Roland Bonaparte, grandson
of Lucien Bonaparte, brother of the
Emperor Napoleon /, arrived in Washing
ton Friday night.
The Protestant Methodist Church,
lately in session at Adrian, Mich, ad-
journed to meet in May, 1892, at West
minister, Maryland. -. .o.:s.
Wheat harvest is upon the farmers,
and they are having delightful weather
for it. Only about t%wo-thirds of a crop
has been made, however.
An eclipse of the moon is booked for
the I'D of July next, near midnight,
when the moon is high in the heavens.
Visible in North Carolina. T.
1T is said Mrs. Cleveland weighs one
hundred and seventy-fve pounds, and yet
the Greensboro Patriot refers to her as
"a plucky little woman"
Work was commenced on the east
ern end of the G. F. & Y. V. Railway
last week, and it is to be pushed forward
vigorously to Wilmington.
-Thos. Huntley, a young farmer of
Lenoir, N. c., committed suicide by shoot
ing himself through the head with a rife.
No cause is assigned for the deed.
"A license was issued at Charlottes-
vile, Va, on Tuesday last, for the mar
riage of Miss Amelia Rives, the authoress,
to John A. Chandler, of New York.
The first shipment of finished silk
ever made from the South, was made by
Geo. Singleton, Esq., OF the Wadesboro
Manufacturing Co., on Monday, 18th inst.
Secretary Endicott has awarded a
contract for 1000 army blankets to an
English firm whose bid was 80 cents
lower than that of an American manufac-
turer.
At a meeting Of the Senate Judiciary
Committee, June 18th, action on the
nomination of Mr.. Melville w. Fuller was
postponed until after the Chicago Con-
vention.
Swans of grasshoppers, of the
Rocky Mountain variety, which did great
damage some years ago, have appeared in
portions Of Minnesota, and great uneasi-
ness prevails.
Hon. Paul c.. Cameron having re-
signed the Presidency of the University
Alumni Association, because of impaired
hearing, has been succeeded by Col. Wal
ter L. Steele, of Richmond county.
-"Brookside Park" a northeastern
suburb of the city, reached by the street
railway, is attracting a great deal of atten-
ton Just now. 1t is a delightful place Of
resort and great crowds flock to it.
The Wilmington papers the
death of Mrs. Ed. Hall, of that city. In
his sad bereavement the Colonel has the
deep sympathy of the many members of
his old (46th) Regiment. scattered here