The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-04-17
NEWS ITEMS.

The yong men OF hOcky MOUNT are
moving for a military company.
Jacob Sharpe, the aged New York
boodler, died at $40 p. M. on the 9TH inst.
The peaches are not all killed as first
supposed, and the prospects for a good
fruit crop are very promising.
See the notice in this issue Of the
Secretary of the Wake County Alliance
and make it a point to meet him.
-Reidsville has contracted for electric
lights, with the Thompson-Houston Com
pany. Light to be turned on June LIST.
The City Council of Roanoke, Va,
nave granted the right of way to the
Roanoke and Southern railroad along its
streets.
Mr.. Levi Houston, a prominent bust
ness man of Greensboro, died in that
towh, on Tuesday night, 10th inst, aged
As years.
More than 5000, 900 of capital is said
to have been invested within the last
twelve months in Southern enterprises
and lands.
-Messrs. White and Cross, contrary to
expectation, were unable to give the
SIS, 900 bail, and are still in the custody
of the officers.
Hon. Roscoe Conkling, ex-senator of
New York, who has been critically i'll for
some weeks past, is said to be rapidly
improving.
Reports from every direction are to
the effect that small grain crops never
looked better, at this season of the year,
than they do now.
The latest advices are to the effect
that Emperor Frederick's throat is in a
more favorable condition than it has been
for a considerable time.
The U. S. Senate has passed the bill
appropriating $4,000 for a monument to
Gen. Lee Davidson, who fell at Cowan's
Ford, in February, 1871.
-Asheville has a new military COM
a organized last week. We are glad
to note the martial spirit that seems to
have taken hold of the young men of the
State.
Judge Clarke has written a letter to
DIR. w. R. Woods, of Halifax, declining
to allow his name to be presented as a
candidate for Governor before the State
Convention.
The North Carolina Teacher for the
month of March has been received at this
Office. The selections and editorials are
unusually fine, and it is fully equal to any
previous number.
The daily Chronicle of Charlotte has
commenced a new volume. The editoria
and local departments are ably conducted
and the paper continues to rank with the
best dailies of the State.
The North Carolina Grand Lodge OF
Odd Fellows meets this year in Green's
boro on the second Tuesday in May, ano
not in this city, as has been enormously
stated by some exchanges.
Senator Gray, of Delaware, is said t.
be favored by a majority of the domo
cratic Senators for the Chief Justiceship
and Judge Field is said to be the choice
of six of his colleagues on the Suprem'
bench.
The damage sustained to the Swedisl
bark Lima by collision with the Unite
States man-of-war Richmond, at Ke.
West. has. been estimated at $4,000. AID
miral Luce has also called a Board Q
Survey. e 5
The House of Representatives ha
passed a bill to authorize the issue
fractional paper currency in denomlna
tions of 10, Is, and 25 cents, when dc
handed from the Secretary OF tn
Treasury.
Alliance men, the Durham Bull Eel
tilizer Company address you through tn
columns of The PROGRESSIVE FARMER tn
week. Read what they have to sa,
They are frst-class people and will tres
you right.
The experienced editor of the Phils
delphia Record says a WORKOUT soclet
belle is like old maple sugar. 1t has
certain sort of sweetness, but has to b
laid on the shelf when the new Gro
comes out.
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