The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-03-13
NEWS ITEMS.

tSHlenI OF a. H. DuAdloo aho Wlito I
him.
Thus far there have been upwards of
ten thousand bills introduced in the pres
ent Congress.
Mrs. w. H. Vanderbuilt, Of New
York, is, spending a season in Asheville,
N. c.
Days and nights will be equal O the
10Th inst, and spring commences in ear
nest on the Goth.
An old man, aged 70, was hanged for
.murder in New York, on last Thursday.
They shortened his life very little.
A sharp shock of earthquake was felt
at Los Angeles, Cal, on the 9TH inst, be-
ing the severest for Is years.
The ladies' of Greensboro have
adopted the custom of larger cities in Sc
lecting a day for receiving calls.
The State Convention of the Young
Mems Christian Association is to meet in
Charlotte, on April 10, 20, 81 and %.
The Herald says Salisbury is just now
having many real estate transactions, and
that things are lively.
Happy Mediuno, the great trotting
stallion, has just died on the farm of his
owner, Gen. T. J. Withers, near Licking
ton, KY.
Mr.. VIM. Carter, of Madison, N. c.,
one of Rockingham's oldest citizens, died
suddenly at his home Saturday, the Sd
inst.
A paper mill at Athens, Ga, made a
sheet of paper last week that was five
feet wide and six miles long without a
break in it.
Miss Julia G. Patton, of North Caro-
lima, in the General Land Office at Wash
ington, has been promoted from a 5000 to
a $1,000 position.
The Jury gave Miss NJ. E. Bowden,
of M~ecklenburg county, $500 damages
in her suit at Charlotte recently against
Mr.. Bales for SANDER.
Winston organized a Savings Bank
on the night of the 9th inst, with E. A.
Everett, President, and V. w. Long, Sec
rotary.
The House Committee reported favor
ably the bill to erect a statue to Gen.
Nathaniel Green on the battlefield of
Guilford Court House.
Cornelius Vanderbilt has just given
Vanderbilt University, at Nashville, Ten
nessee, an additional donation of $4,000
to enlarge the school of engineering.
A favorable report has been ordered
by the Senate committee in favor of ex-
tending the provisions of the eight-hour
law to the letter carriers.
1t is announced that Col. Chas. r.
Jones has purchased the material of the
Charlotte Hornet and will in a few days
revive the Charlotte Observer.
In the great divorce case of Sharon
rs. Searon, the Judge denied the petition
of the defendent for a rehearing, which
alimony.
In the death of VIM. Mex. Gatchell,
Secretary Of the National Prohibition
Bureau, the cause of Prohibition has lost
one of it's most energetic and successful
workers. . .
1t has been learned at the Navy
Department that not more than fifteen of
the twenty-five members of the class of
naval cadets which graduates in June next
will receive commissions in the navy.
AT Salisbury Superior Court last
week, the jury brought in a verdict OF
guilty in the case of William Keen for
the murder of William Murphy. Keen
took an appeal and is out on a $500 o
Mr.. Eugene G.. Harrell, one of our
most popular citizens, and already the
busiest maj in town, has been elected
Captain of that fine military organization,
the Governors Guard, and has accepted
the Office.
Mrs. Annie Dean, aged 80, swears
that ByrtserDean, of Babylon, L. l., aged
13, is her husband. He denies it. The |
courts will decide the question in a few
days. Meanwhile young Dean is with
his mother.
By the courtesy of Mr.. W. G.