The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-02-16
NEWS ITEMS.

is about to break outi n Michigan, >}'
Wake Forest College has now 2l3
students onits roll and is considered to
be in a very prosperous condition.
The preachers at Nashville have deci-
ded to publish no more church notices in
Sunday papers. No reason given. -
The Charlotte Hornet says a Mr..
Austin, of that town, has on exhibition
two beets that weigh sixteen pounds.
"A tree was cut recently in the neigh
borhood of Trinity College which yielded
$50 worth of slaves and eight cords of
wood.
The Governor of South Carolina has
accept the resignation of county Commits
sioner Perkins of "gr~een-goods' no
toriety. ",-
A special from Philadelphia reports
that three "tramp" steamers, which left
English ports in December last have not
since been heard of.
Secretary Fairchlld has ordered that
mysterious yacht Maria, which as been
cruising in the Caribbean Sea, be seized
on arrival at New York.
1T is reported that Mr.. Odell, of Con-
cord, and Mr.. J. S. Carr, of Durham, will
build a large cotton factory on Haw
River, in Chatham county.
1t turns out that the noted peach-blow
vase belongs to Mr.. Brayton Ives, a Wall
Street broker of great wealth. Mrs.
Morgan paid $4,000 for it.
The Tarboro Southerner thinks that
the sublimnity of cheek is attained when
a boy on a bicycle calls out for right Of
way to a man on the side walk.
The wonderful city of Fort Worth,
Texas, has no less than AS a~rtesian wells,
and a gentleman of that city informs us
that there is no better water anywhere.
On Friday last Senator Vest gave the
Senate his views on the unnecessary ex-
penses of furnishing members of Congress
with costly bound copies of public docu-
ments
The Statesville Christian Advocote
says that Evangelist Pearson did not
make an extreme, irrational or unphilo-
sophical statement when he said that
"hell was a philosophical necessity"
Portions of the West have been
flooded with counterfeit dollars made
of cast iron heavily plated with silver.
Ordinary acids fail to effect them and
they can only be detected by their ring.
A writer in the Lenoir Topic says he
knows men who have bought the title Of
D. D. from a Christian college, notwith-
standing He whom they call Lord and
Master said, "Be not called rabbi" Can
such things be?
Congressman DINGHY has introduced a
bill to authorize the investment in gov
eminent bond Of the fund held in the
Treasury for redemption of National Bank
notes, which he is trying to have called
up at an early day.
Mr.. NJ. H. Tuttle having resigned
the office of sheriff of Caldwell county,
the commissioners met on Monday the 9th
instant, and elected Mr.. HI. NJ. Kent his
successor. Mr.. futile resigned his Office to
90 into the Christian Ministry.
Prince Philippe, of Bourbon, son of
the Duke of Aquis, and nephew of the
Emperor of Brazil, has been sentenced by
default to thirteen months Imprisonment
and to pay 5000 francs damages for
swindling a priest in a jewelry transac-
ton.
. The Mormon Elders who recently
passed through Davidson and Davie coun-
ties, applied for permission to preach at
Reeds Cross Roads and at Shiloh, in the
latter county, but were refused at both
places. They have not been heard of
since.
Our thanks are due to our good
friend J. D. Sheets, of Palmerville, n. c.,
for another club of subscribers to The
PROGRESSIVE FARMER. He is a live, ener-
getic brother and has the cause we repre-
sent very much at heart. May he live
long and prosper.
The Topic says that the hair-lifting
ghost story sent out recently through the
press dispatches relative to the haunted