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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-08-21

all moneys for which ne may DC re-
sponsible Or anyIexpense incurred IN
collecting the same on his bond. The
Executive Committee. shall cause his
bond to be increased from time to
time, so as to cover the amounts placed
in his hands, and shall require him to
strengthen his bond at any time they
deem it necessary, to such all amount
as they deem sufficient, provided, that
no member. of the Executive Commit
tee shall be accepted as bondsman..
Sec. 9. Said Trustee may be re-
moved for cause, by a vote of the
State Alliance, and he may be sus-
pended until the meeting Of the State
Alliance by the Executive Committee,
approved by the President. In case OF
vacancy from suspension, removal,
death or any other"cause, the Execu-''
tive Committee, with approval of theI
President, shall FIJI such vacancy
until the next regular. meeting OF the,
State Alliance.
Sec. 10. The Secretary of each Sub,
Alliance shall collect all subscriptions
made by members Of their Alliance,
and forward to the Trustee, giving
name of contributor and amount con-
tributed by EACH The Trustee shall
notify the Secretary of the lame and
amounts who shall forward certificates
to the Secretary Of the: SURVEILLANCE
as provided in Section 4. The Secre-
tary and Treasurer shall turn over to
the Trustee all funds belonging to the
Fund upon his appointment. The
Secretary shall notify through the
Organ of the Alliance the Sub-Alli-
ances when the Trustees bond is &C
copied.
Sec. IL. The Trustee shall receive
an annual salary, to be fixed by the
Executive Committee, not to exceed
$1,000. to be paid quarterly out of
the profits received from said fund,
and shall be paid on approved warrant
of the President.
SEC. II. In case it shall become
necessary to use any of said fund in
the Business Agency, the Executive
Committee shall certify to the Presi-
dent the amount necessary and the
cause of the Indebtedness, and the
Executive Committee, with approval
Of the President, shall direct the Trus-
tee to collect sufficient amount and
| settle the Indebtedness.
Sec. Is. The Trustee shall collect
all interest or other profits on said
fund as 1t becomes due, and pay the
same into the treasury of the State
| Alliance.
Sec. IA. The Treasurer shall keep a
separate account Of it and shall pay
it out only to the salary of the Trus-
tee, and to the Executive Committee,
to be used in conducting the Business
Agency of the Alliance, on the war
rant approved by the President.
SEC. IS. The Trustee shall report to
each session of the Alliance how the
fund is invested and the vouchers for
the disposition made of profits received
on the fund. ?
SEC. l6. In cas- the North Carolina
Farmers Alliance should for any
cause cease. to exist, the money COM
posing this fund shall revert to those
contributing it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-08-21
TO

Again we want to say to our cores
pondents that they must give US their
real names if they expect us to publish
as a guarantee of good faith. And again,
we must ask our friends-all-to con-
dense what they have to say-boil it
down. We are anxious to give as great
variety as possible to our readers, and to
do this the articles should be short and to
the point.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-08-21
PLEASE NOTICE.

In writing to this Office to change. the
address of a paper, our subscribers will do
US a favor by stating the Office at which
the paper is received, as well as the one
to which it is desired to be sent. Failure
to do this puts us to a great deal of trouble
and the necessity of going through a long
list of names, involving not only much
work, but much loss of time, when time
is valuable.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-08-21

$50, u decrease of $4,000, 600 from
June of last year. The imports
amounted to $50, s33,1 62, making the
excess of imports over exports SIS.
FOG, $40. The exports of merchandise
for the past six months of 1888
amounted to. $3l1, 039,8lO, against
$3.50, 900, 900 for same period last
wear.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-08-21
NORTH CAROLINA ALLIANCE
BUSINESS AGENCY FUND.

SECTION l. The President of the
State Alliance shall procure a Charter
of incorporation under the laws of this
State for the North Carolina Farmers
State Alliance.
Sec. 2. In order to conduct the COM
mercial business of North Carolina
Farmers State Alliance and to protect
from loss those who may deal with the
Business Agent of the same, the North
Carolina Farmers State Alliance
Agency Fund is hereby inaugurated.
SEC. 8. The Business Fund shall
consist of not less than fifty thousand
nor more than two hundred thousand
dollars, divided into shares of five dol
lars each, and half shares of two and
a half dollars each, and one-ffth shares
of one dollar each.
Sec. 4. Each contributor shall re-
ceive from the Secretary of the State
Alliance a receipt, as follows:
NORTH CAROLINA BUSINESS AGENCY FUND
s' -, Raleigh, N.C.,..::. 1SS.
So..: Neo '1!.d dollars, for the North c nartdfee
Farmers State Alliance Business Agency Fund, and
IL = 10 ICICDy CuLlLIcu W dl TlSuS anu 1uG6TeSGS 10 De
derived from such contribution.
This certificate shall be transferable, provided
such transfer be made only to a member of the ALI
ance in good standing.
This. day
Gseai.l 't. g. ..~...
Secretary N: c. y: s. A.
Sec. 5. The Secretary shall keep in
a book provided for the purpose, a list
of the names of those contributing 20
the Fund, the number of the Alliance
to which they belong, and the amount
contributed. -ot
Sec. g. The Business Fund shall be
managed by the Executive Committee
of the State Alliance. No portion of
it shall be used in the business of the
Bushes Agency unless required to
settle the contracts of the Agent made
in conformity to regulations of the
Executive Committee, and when any
portion is so used all money received
from the cause of such use shall be re-
turned to the Fund. ~ t.. >
nj SEC. z. The fund shall be in the
keeping ola Trustee to be elected by
the State Alliance at this session TAU.
gust, 1889, who shall hold office for
five years. He shall invest not less
than twenty-five thousand dollars of
said fund in the bonds of the State Of
North Carolina OF. the United States,
and the remainder as he may deem
best. The profits arising from said
fund shall first be used to pay the
salary of Trustee and all other ex-
pense connected with said fund, and
any remainder shall be used by the
Executive Committee in defraying
the expenses Of the Business Agency.
SEC. g.. Said Trustee shall give a
justified bond in double the amount of
money supposed to pass through his
hands, for the faithful accounting for
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-08-21

A large number of Anarchist proc
lamations have been seized in Paris,
together with one thousand revolvers
which were secreted in the Labor Ex-
change. 10
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RALEIGH, n. c., AUG. 81, 1888,

CIH pdpey. entered as second class matter at the Post
- O6scei in Raleigh, N. CT -E. ,
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-12-13
One Oyster Shell for ALI Gus.
toners

On my way to Pier AZ it occurred to
me to refresh myself with an oyster
OH the half shell at one of the stands
along the sidewalk. l approached
man wearing one boot aud one shoe
and gave my order. He reached un-
der his counter and brought up an
oyster in half shell and pushed for
ward round bottle with long me-
tallic nozzle on it aud green label
reading pure Bay Rum" 1 asked
him if it was customary to give the
oyster shampoo as we'll as bay rum.
when he explained that the bottle con-
tanned vinegar. though it formerly
held bay rum. and he had not found
time to remove the label After max
the oysters toilet with the aid of the
bottle, swallowed it. The man took
back the shell and adjusted another
oyster in it and began looking for the
next customer. He said it was the on
ly shell he had, but he couldn't COM
plain. as business was pretty good He
had thought at first of getting in two
shells, but it didn seem to be neccss-
ary. He warned me against unscru-
pulous dealers who didn't have any
shell at all, but served their oysters
out of an iron spoon. and / made wav
for man with panorama of the bat
battle of Trafalgar on his arms.-Neso
York Tribune.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-12-13
Editing ExtraOrdinary

During the state fair at Elmira many
visitors from way back wended their
way into the newspaper printing off,
ces A very verdant specimen. Reu-
ben Snyder, from Potter county. Penn
sylvania, strolled into the telegram en-
gine room and said to the engineer:
BE you the editor?"
No" responded that official; you'll
find the editor in the next room" !
Snyder went as directed by the jok-
ing engineer and accosted the foreman
nf the press-room with:
''You be the editor. be you?''
yes said the printer of papers,
who understood the joke. !,
'.How long afore you're goin' to
edit some papers!' said Snyder.
''R ght now; look oulr' answered
the pressman, pushing the lever and
starting the lightning perfecring press
at the same time.
As the machine went to work turn
ing out the papers so rapidly that it
made the old man dizzy. he put his
hands on his knees, stuck out his ell
bows. opened wide his potato trap. and
yelled to his son. who stood in dis
tant part of the room:
'Great Scott John! come over here
and see this man edit papers!'
The suppressed laughter among the
press-room hands got vent after the
old fellow retired. and fairly shook the
building. g.-Erchange
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-12-13
Find ing COrpses In Chicago.

The removal of sidewalk in Chicago dis
closed body at the bottom of the we'll
shaped pit. Officers, who were at once
summoned from the station across the street.
were forced to use a blanket in getting at the
remains and lifting them into the patrol
wagon. Decomposition had rendered the
features indistinguishable, but the clothing
was quite well preserved. Apparently the
name of the ill-fated man was Frank p. Dick
erson. The natural conclusion, that the man
crawled under the sidewalk and died there, is
rendered improbable from the fact that
from the position of the body it must have
been pushed into the hole where it was found
The feet were uppermost and the body had
apparently been thrust down SO roughly be-
tween the iron pipe and the brick wall that
the head was bent to one side against the
bricks, and the legs were bent up against the
pipe. Later it was discovered that the body is
that of the man who murdered Charles Gun
derson last August. At that time the latter's
body was found by some boys within three
feet of the place in which Dickerson's body
was found, but strange to say the police
failed to discovered any other than Gunder-
sons, who, as an autopsy showed, had a
broken neck. Suspicion at once pointed to
foul play and search was begun for Dickerson,
who was Gunderson's roommate, and who
had been last seen with Gunderson when he
was alive. The search was terminated by
the discovery of Dickersons body. The
police theory is that Dickerson threw Gunder
son off the sidewalk into the open lot below,
and that the fall broke his neck. Dickerson,
seeing what he had done, at once dragged the
body as far under the sidewalk as he could
and that then, in q spirit of remorse for hav-
ing killed his best friend, placed himself nearly
alongside the body and plunged knife into
his own heart. Dickerson's alias was Light
ming" He was in the business of a street
fakir, and acquired the appellation because
of his rapidity of speech when he was Offering
his wares to the public.
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thrifty citizen, took poor, homeless German
named George Hacker into his employ,
and taught him the trade. Hacker
gradually developed into a full blown an.
archist and socialist, and when conversing on
the subject of anarchy, would grow excited
and abusive. Bruce is an ardent Republican
and every time he would mention the election
of Gen. Harrison and exhibit any gratifca-
tion over the result Hacker would become
violently enraged. He was tolerated about
the bakery, his i'll temper being regarded
with leniency.
On that morning, when Bruce entered the
bakery to mix the flour for his bread, Hacker,
who had concealed himself in the room,
sprang ON him with hatchet and a long
knife. He struck Bruce above the eye with
the sharp edge of the hatchet and on the
head With the blunt side Then he crowded
his dazed victim against the wall and delib-
erately plunged the dagger nine times into
Bruce's neck and face. The victim finally
cried out for his wife and the brave little
woman rnshed into the dimly lighted room
and grabbed the blood-bespattered anarchist
about the neck, dragging him away from
her husband just as he was lifting the
hatchet to brain him. A terrible struggle
archist then took place. He was wild with
murderous hate and holding his bloody knife
in hand, he rushed about the room endeavor-
ing to again get at the dying Bruce. He fin
ally did get by the wife and reached Bruce,
when the latter, who is of giant frame, strug-
gled to his feet. in q dying effort, and grabbed
q shovel, striking Hacker blow on the head
which made a coward of him, as he fed dodg-
ing the police ON the outside and is still at
large. Bruce is at the hospital with slim
hopes of living.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-12-13

The so-called split in the Grand Army o
the Republic, which originated at Indianapo-
lis, continues an uppermost theme in veteran
circles and with the local press. That the
movement has been greatly exaggerated by
the Eastern press, is admitted on all sides.
The Indianapolis, Qnd.) News says:
The organization of Democratic soldiers is
SO far less Importance than it has been made
to appear, and charges that the reports re-
garding it are based upon information en-
anating from adjutant general Koontz. In
Quiries among Democrats who belong to the
G. A. r. demonstrates that very few of them
are in sympathy with the movement, and do
endorse the assertions of Gen. Koontz in say
ing that politics have been introduced in the
order. Maj. Irwin Robins, one of the ex-com-
manders Of the Gen. Thomas post, who was
probably more prominent in organizing
Democratic soldiers during the campaign
than any other man in the party, is not a
member of the association formed by Adj
Gen. Koontz, having declined to join it,
There are many other Democratic ex-soldiers
of prominence who do not belong to the or
ganization, among them Gov. Gray, Col
Zollinger, Maj Mitchell, who is a prominent
Democratic and prosecuting attorney for
this (Marion) )county, speaking of the matter
said: AS a member of the G. A. R., / can
say that during all the time have belonged
to George H. Thomas Post politics never at
any time, in any shape, in any manner or
form entered in the work of the post, any
more than politics may be intoduced in
church organizations. 1t cannot be made
any more Of q political organization
than the order of Masons Odd Fellows
or Knights of Pythias.'
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-12-13
Record of CauSaltieS.

While two children of Antoine Demomie
were at play on u raft of logs in Bad river,
Wis, Odanah, one fell in the water and the
other attempted rescue, but both were
drowned. The bodies were recovered.
At Summer Hill, Pa, Harry Paul and two
other young men named Orr and Patterson,
were walking home on the Pennsylvania
ran over them. The men lived at Sum mer
Hill, and worked in coal mines.
While gang of Italian laborers were dig
ging trench for sewer in Philadelphia the
bank caved in and six of the men were buried
John Lumbon was dead when taken out, and
Dominic Dieble was SO badly crushed that he
was not expected to recover. The Others
escaped with broken arms and legs. The
injured were taken to the hospital for treat
ment
A fire broke out in Philadelphia in the
room of Cavalry Post No. 35, G. A. r.,
and the contents, consisting OF large col
lection of old battle flags. relics of the battle
fields and portraits of eminent military men
were entirely destroyed. The loss on the
building is $10,O00 on contents Of the post
room $4,000, and on other lodge rooms in
the building 80 500 more, partially covered
by insurance.
Frank Volley, a woodsman was undoubtly
burned to death at Flambeau Station, Wis.
He left Bruce, where he was employed, in an
intoxicated state and was going towards
Flambeau. That night Fritz Duccomun's s
barn was burned, and in the morning human
bones were found in the ruins. Volley has
not been seen since, and it is believed that he
set the fire while lighting pipe. Duccomun
lost forty tons of hay and farm machinery.
Timothy Hannifn, a switchman in the en-
ploy of the Northern Pacific railway at West
Superior, Wis, got his foot caught i'll a frog
while walking on the track in the Connor s
Point yards and was run over by u freight
train. His right arm and right leg were SO
badly crushed that amputation will be neces-
sary and surgeons say there is little hope of
saving his life. He is young man and a
resident of Superior, and has wealthy parents
residing there
While B. 0. Woods, Miss Edna Woods and
Miss Lillian Knott were out riding at Sauk
Center, Mimi, the horse became frightened,
and after running for a little way up Second
street, turned from the road where there was
a high grade, All three occupants were
thrown out and the buggy was badly broken.
Miss Woods received serious Injuries and re-
! mained unconscious several hours, and when
she was revived it was only to be delirious.
The doctors now think that she will recover,
unless there are more serious internal injuries
than are yet known.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-12-13
Hardwoods.

A writer on cabinet woods says: IA
handler of veneers thinks that birch
is not appreciated at its real merit
For veneers he considers birch ncarly.
and he can almost say quite, as good
as cherry. Birch is coming to be more
highly appreciated than it was. and
may not be surprised to see a boom in
it before long. When birch becomes
fashionable everybody will want it.
''In the foreign-wood trade prima
vera, the fashionable light mahogany.
is very scarce all over the country.
The principal foreign-wood house in
Chicago has a stock of only 5000 feet
on hand. and out of this New York
orders are being supplied with the
prospect that shortly not plank will
be left in the sheds. It is q curious
fact that mahogany is being shipped
from the depository In Chicago to New
York right along. when the same stock
was brought from the same seaboard
CITY. A carload Of mahogany was
lately shipped from that city to Ger.
many.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-12-13
A Missouri Scandal.

Deputy United States Marshal Willis ar
rived in Springfield, Mo-, with George w
Scott of Pierce City, arrested on a warrant
for obtaining letter from the mail by fraud
and opening the same. Scott is one of the
most prominent citizens of Pierce City, and
his arrest created a great sensation. The
story is full of interest and quite romantic
Last June young Scott, who is quite well off
went to Bentonville, Ark, and opened a hotel
In July Miss May Brascombe of Kentucky
and her mother arrived there to spend the
summer. Miss Brascombe was nineteen years
of age, beautiful. fascinating and an acknow-
lodged society belle of Kentucky. In two
weeks Scott had fallen a victim to her charms
and married her. Then followed wild
amusements and lavish use of money.
ending in bankruptcy. The young wife
was the center of attraction at
tendant of Mrs. Scott was L. j. Schick, Jr,
Kansas City travelling man. The husband
expostulated in vain Finally he took his
wife to Pierce City, where they lived quietly
for month or two. Mrs. Scott, however,
kept up correspondence with Schick, and
one day the husband secured letter from
the postofice addressed by his wife to Mrs
Jennie Henderson, Kansas City, He opened
it and found enclosed letter to Schick ex-
posing it is said, a conspiracy between his
wife and Schick to mulet him ofhis prosperity
He upbraided his wife, and that night she
left for Kansas City. Schick is a married
man with an interesting family. Young
Scott's parents are very rich, and he has al
ready secured bail, and, it is said, can have
81 900, 900 to back him in his troubles. A
writ has been issued upon which the wife will
be brought to Springfield.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-12-13

Tho government directors of the Union
Pacific, in their annual report to the secre-
tary of the Interior, say data now furnished
by the commissioner of railroads contain all
the information that il obtainable in regard
to the financial condition of the road. They
content themselves with making recon-
mendations and drawing conclusions from
former reports.
The Union Pacific railroad, the report
says, is not now and will not when the
money advanced as a subsidy is due the
government, be in a condition to pay it.
Should not some adjustment of its indebted
ness be effected, the government will be COM
PEELED to take possession of the road, re-
suit So full of dangers that it should not even
enter into tho discussion, Rather than the
government should act as a common car
rier, it would be better to lose every dollar
Of ita debt and execute a release to the COM
pany,
The directors, after discussion of the un
certainty which exists about the future of the
road, and which they say retards it's pro-
grpss and lessons its value. conclude that the
report of the majority OF the commission APP
pointed under the act of March 3, 1887 enn.
bodies q fair and equitable adjustment of the
differences. and they commend their conclu-
sions ns sound, judicious and practical. The
directors endorse the passage Of the act
which the majority report of the commission
is signed by A. c. Haskell, M. A. Hanna, n,
r. Coudert, Franklin McVeagh, j. w.
Savage.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-12-13
A OuadrupIe Murderer Lynched.

Canon City, Colorado, telegram says:
20 armed men succeeded in efferting an en-,
trance to the Jail, and overpowered the sher-
iff and tore down the steel cage in which
Whitherell was confined. The prisoner broke
mp his bed and with portion of the frame
knocked several of the mob down. Three
shots were then fired by members of the party
and Witherel fell on the floor with his
shoulder shattered. He was Immediately
carried short distance from the jail and
strungup to telegraph pole, without resist
ance and his body left hanging until day.
light. Witherell never said word after be-
ing wounded, and appeared most Indifferent
IS to his fate. Harry Perdue, another mur-
lerer confined in the jail. was not molested.
The crimes which Witherell was accused of
are four in number. In 1872 he murdered
lis employer, a sheep man named Wallliving
n Ebert county. He was arrested and
sentenced for life, but was pardoned q year
ago. In September he started from IRON
on, small town In the southern part of
,nces Witherell arrived at Silverton with
he teams belonging to these men, but the
nen were never seen or heard OF. There was
10 evidence to convict him of killing the men
md he was never arrested, Witherell went
ON there to Pueblo, sold the horses. and
subsequently became acquainted with man
AIMED Charles Mccain The two started
ON Pueblo for Canon City in October last
it'll two teams belonging to Mccain for the
urpose of hauling ore. Witherell appeared
4 Denver, where he attempted to sell the
cams that belonged to Mccain. He was
rrested McCain's body was found a week
tier between Canon City aud Pueblo buried
n the sand.