The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-07-03
NEWS ITEMS.

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-To-be, or not ,to-be-Scott, or not
Scott? Aye, there's the rub.
1t is said that lightning can be seen
by reflection a distance of 200 miles.
The ex-Empress Eugene has devel-
oped a tendency toward spiritualism.
The Elizabeth City Normal School
Commences its next session on July 9th
inst.
The Trotting Breeders Association
will hold a meeting in this city on the 4th
inst.
Read President Kemp P. Battles
notice in this issue relating to the State
University.
Rev. J. L. White has received a call
to the pastorate of the Baptist Church at
Elizabeth City. II
1t is now unlawful in Iowa to sell to-
bacco to minors. The law went into
effect June LIST. .. {
will some kind friend in the various
counties give US the outlook for crops
in their section? !
There is a clump of thirty orange
trees near Lakeland, Fla, that annually
yields oyer loo, 900 oranges.
Some unknown but very kind friend
has placed us under obligations for a crate
of very fine peaches. We return thanks.
-Queep Victoria has sent to the Glas-
gov exhibition two table napkins manu-
featured from yarn spun by her majesty.
The Georgia State Farmers Alliance
met in the city of Atlanta on Thursday
last, June 2Sth, and was largely attended.
The Commissioners of Mecklenburg
county have assessed the Charlotte, Col
umbia and Augusta Railroad at $4,449.1O
per mile.
Those who wish to purchase Berk-
shire pigs should communicate with Mr..
W. G. Stronach of this city at once. See
notice in another place.
1t is estimated that to collect one
pound of honey, $4,000 heads of clover
must be deprived of their nectar, n~ecessi-
tating 3,75O,OO visits from bees.
In another column will be found a
notice from the authorities of the Univer-
sity of North Carolina announcing the
dropping of some special studies.
Mrs. Shaw, the American whistling
woman has made a great success in Lon
don. She.has whistled for the Prince of
Wales, and of course whistling is the pre-
vailing craze.
The Economist says Elizabeth City
has produced a head of cabbage that
weighs eighteen pounds and measures
four feet across, and intimates that it was
grown by a lawyer.
For reasons which to them seemed
good, the Executive Committee of the
Horticultural Society have changed the
dates for holding the State Fruit Fair to
August 18th and 18th.
Miss Agnes Ramsey, daughter of a
Scotch baronet, has beaten all the stu
dents in classics this year at Oxford
(England) college, and was the only one
to pass in that division.
-Belva Lockwood, since her nomina-
ton for the presidency, has bought a
stunning bonnet. A cunningly on
structed artificial bee is made to hover
among the flowers that adorn its crown.
The Tai1er Of Nashville Tenn, and
the official organ of the Alliance and
Wheel of that progressive State, comes to
us much improved in its make up. We
congratulate Brother Mcdowell on his
success.
We are glad to learn that Mr.. 7. K.
Bruner, Secretary of the Agricultural De-
partment, is recovering from his recent
severe attack of fever, and it is hoped he
will soon be able to appear at the depart
ment again.
Senator John Fl. Reagan, of Texas,
in response to our invitation, will address
the Interstate Farmers Association in
this city during it's session on the subject:
Interstate Transportation-Its Rela-
ton to Agriculture"
The editor of the Lenoir Topic is able
to sleep on this statement: "There is in
this offce.a bunch of A stalks of common
winter oats raised from n seed by