The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-03-20
NEWS ITEMS.


The town of Greensboro is making
another effort to organize a military COM
pany. ."r ..A 3.H
~-Anxiety.is again felt in London for
the safety of Stanley, the African ex-
plorer.
Farmers, read d. |. Forts stable adj
vertisement, to be found in this ssue of
our paper.
Henry Bergh, the friend of dumb
animals, died in New. York city, on Mon
day, the 18th inst.
One hundred thousand persons were
drowned by the recent overflow of the
Yellow River in China.
See Col. Norris, advertisement of
fine Percheron blooded and graded colts.
Col. Norris is thoroughly reliable.
The Torchlight says two or three large
tobacco manufactures are among the pos
sibilities of the near future in Oxford. :
The newspapers have given Mr.. Ram
udll ) new IdTlu Ull l1c GClC, n OlA
for the better protection of Trusts"
The residence and kitchen Of Mr.. J..
G. L. Harris were consumed by fire last
week. Loss, $1,000 He has our sincere
sympathy,
Sixty thousand Northerners have Wis.,
tied Florida during the winter just ended,
whereat the Floridian hotelists smileth
complacently.
Wilmington youth is wrestling with
the measles, all classes and conditions,
from the highest to the lowest, sharing
alike in the luxury.
In the 4th column, on our first page,
third paragraph from bottom, for "en-
deavoring to rice it." it should read ZEN
deavoring to kiu it"
Willie Chamberlain, a lad OF fifteen
summers, committed suicide at James,
town, N. J., because he had been sepa-
rated from his sweetheart.
We saw a pair of shad at the stall
of George N. Ives & Co., which weighed
over ten pounds. Our market is now
well supplied with fine fish.
The funeral ceremonies of the late
Emperor Willim, of Germany, will be OBJ
served throughout the "Fatherland" on
Thursday next, the 23d inst.
We are panied to learn that the ven
cradle DR.. J. M. Worth, ex-Treasurer OF
the State, is critically i'll at his residence
at Worthwhile, Randolph county, N. Q.
The Auburn Dramatic Society will
not give its proposed entertainment on
Easter, as contemplated, but it proposes
to have it soon thereafter. Notice will
be given.
The Charlotte Observer, under the
management of Col. Chas. R. Jones, again
makes regular visits to our sanctum. we
welcome it to the field again and wish for
it all manner of success.
Congress has, after a sickly fashion,
begun an Investigation into the trusts
which have been formed by many OF the
manufacturing interests Of the country to
keep up the price of commodities. q
Mr.. VIM. A. Caldwell, of Jackson,
Tenn, formerly of Greensboro, N. o.,
and a brother of Hon. d. F. Caldwell, OF
the latter city, died at his home in Ten
nessee on the 18th inst, of cancer -
Col. E. B. c.. Cash, of South Caro-
lima, died at hissresidence near Cash's De-
pot, on Saturday, March 10th, of appo-
plexy. So says the Charleston News and
Courier of. Saturday, February 18th.
Fred Douglass, who is making a tour
through the South, has had prudence
enough to leave his white wife at the
North. On bis arrival at Augusta, Ga, he
was met by the negro military and greeted
with the firing of annon .
Rev. J. G. Price, President of Living
ston College (colored), of Salisbury, n. c.,
is said to favor the. reelection OF MIR.
Cleveland to the Presidency, notwith-
standing he declined the Presidents .ap-
pointment to the Liberian Mission. &
AT Caps Hill, five miles from Char
lotte, "Bin" McGin, in anger, threw a
half pound stone at Leroy Elliott, which,
striking him in the breast, killed him in
stantly. Both white, and each recently
poarr;od hcGin made his escape.