The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-09-11


Read Bro. Strudwick's story of an
overcoat, as published in this issue of
The ,PRoGREss1vE FARMER. 1t will be
found exceedingly interesting, especially
to the laboring man. .a.+ .-r ..
The Wadesboro silk factory is a sue
cess. More than 1900 pounds of silk
have been shipped since July LIST. New
machinery is to be added and the mill
lighted by electricity.
Oats that have been cut in the milky
stage and well cured before being stored
in the barn, make excellent feed for
horses if the straw and heads be passed
through a fodder-cutter.
Besides it's substantial quality, there:
is another admirable feature about a1wire.
fence; the smoking tobacco and patent
medicine men can't paint, a legend upon,
it in regard to their wares. "
The Baltimore & Ohio Company is
having a heavy engine constructed, which.
will run from Washington to Baltimore,
a distance of forty miles, in forty minutes,
making three stops on the way. ....,.e
"A herd of blooded horses, >owned by
George-D. Rainsford, of Cheyenne, Wy
oming, the -well-known horse raiser, was
struck by lightning and eighteen animals,
valued at $780, 900 killed outright
The Republican State Convention of
New York has nominated ex-senator
Warner Miller for Governor by acclama-
ton, and Col. S. V. Cruger, of New
| York, was nominated for Lieut.. Governor.
The Commissioners of the town of
Durham have decided to require the prop
erty owners on Main street to pave the
sidewalk in front of their premises, and
notice to this effect is published in the
papers. . .,.. :: ae
Solomon has been forced to retire
from the Presidency of Hayti by a revo-
lutionary party and has taken refuge on
board Her Majesty's steamer Canada, and
General Legitime has been elected to sue
coed him. ~ .
| Three colored prisoners were taken
from the Oxford Jail and lynched, on Sun
day morning, the I'd inst. Lynching party
was composed of white and colored men.
The prisoners were charged with murder
and arson.
In his speech in Winston a few days
ago, Mr.. Sanderlin is reported by &c
Sentinel to have said: "The only lobjec-
ton I have to the Farmers Alliance is
that it didn't come into existence twenty
years ago."
A Nashville youth asked his mother
if it would hurt him to drink water. The
good mother advised her hopeful that the
moderate use of water was not harmful.
The family came from Kentucky, the blue
grass region. .r... .,. VI
MURPHY, Cherokee county, has opened
its doors and invited yellow fever refu-
gees from Jacksonville, to come in. This
is a m~agnanimous act, and will be at
tended by no danger to that town, as yell
low fever~cannot live in 50 high a latitude.
1.-THE organ was invented by one
Ctesibius, a barber of the city of Alexan-
dria, about 100 B. c." And so it is to
this old heather lather-slinger we are in-
debted for the grand instrumental volunl
taries they treat us to on Sunday morn
ing. /.
There are to be about 3, 700 pension
ers upon the State this year, OF 200 more
than last year, and they will only get
about So each. The number is very
greatly in excess of the estimates at first
made, and instead Of diminishing, IN
creases year by year. asu> $50
The paper money of Peru, says the
Cincinnati Enquirer, is ~valueless, and at
one time $4,000 a yard was charged for
calico in these DEPRECATED bills. You
pay $500 a day for board at the hotel.
Still the government tries to keep the
money in circulation. -. 800 .@t+ .
The Durham Recorder Of the 4th inst.
announces that Bro. w. G., Burkhead,
late editor of the Tobacco P1ant, has ac-
cepted the editorial management of the
new paper soon to be started in Durham
by the Third party: Mr.: s. +. Ashe sue
ceeds Mr.. Burkhead as editor of the
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