The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-10-02

Mrs. Fuller, wife of the newsaChief
Justice, now IN w Washington, is said ODE
on active, energetic woman Of noticeable
beauty and remarkable.forc of character.
Hon. J.. L. M. Curry, DID, United
States Minister to Spain, on account of
poor health, has been, obliged ato. resign
his position and return to the United
States. Al. :
-Ap old and eminent physician of
Jacksonville says, Negroes will take
yellow fever as readily ais 'whitesJ but
they never die of,it unless they call in a
DOCTOR" ,-asi - ,,zs% "
A perfect circus of Fairs: next week.
Goldsboro, Durham. Warrenton, Bur
lington and Concord, and all the returns
may not be in. Wish. We could, attend
all of them. -
The cotton season has opened, and
with it THE PRoGREssIvE FARMER will
give latest quotations Of our leading
markets, every week, for the benefit of
our readers.sti'i' - 1 -"
-on the first Monday in November
there will be a colt show in Lenoir, Cald-
well county. There will be a prizesof 81
awarded to the best horse colt and s. to
the best mule colt. >
- ~ r--ay ri e.,
Rarely has snchaharvest been known
in Russia as that Of the present year. The
granaries are already filled to o%verfowlng,
and farmers are puzzled to know what to
do with the surplus j -.- .l~ ~. ~
John Tod, a Scotchman who has just
published in Edinburgh a book entitled
"Bits About America" says that Ameri-
can women have great power of express
ing what they mean.
Prof. Eugene G. Branson, formerly
of this city, now superintendent of the
public schools of Athens, Ca, was yes
terday united in marfiagerto Miss Lottie
Lanier, of West Point, Ga.
The New York Cotton Exchange re-
ceived a cable message from the Liverpool
Cotton Association on Monday saying,
"cotton baled with sheeting will be &C.
c.epted as a good delivery"
Read the double-column ADVERTISE
ment of Mr.. W. G. Separks in this issue
of our paper, and 60 and supply yourself
with winter clothing. dry goods, shoes
and millinery. See 9th page.
Mrs. Roger A. Pryor is at the head
of an association of ladies of distinguished
social position in New York to relieve
the yellow fever sufferers in Jacksonville,
which is meeting with great success.
Pennsylvania has some girls worth
having. In the haying season a gentle
man during a short drive counted nine
young women driving two-horse mowers,
and seventeen, managing horse rakes.
The Wilmington Star has entered
the twenty-second year of its existence:
1t ranks among the very foremost of our
Southern dailies, and The PROGRESSIVE
farmer wishes it all manner Of success.
The Elizabeth City Economist says:
Major Howard and Mr.. Pruden finished
their work and made their final report of
the survey of the boundary line of Vir-
ginia and North Carolina on Friday. They
are now functus od7scio.
IA Boston professor who has mar
ried a distinguished senior classic, pre-
sented his bride for a wedding gift with
the works of Plato, Sophocles and
DANTE How T. utterly, superlatively
utter, is the incompatible "hub."
The Charlotte Chronicle fails to come
to our table. We can't do without it for
the simple reason that The PROGRESSIVE
FARMER is determined to, keep fully
abreast with the times, and no paper can
do that in our State that does not read
the Daily Chronicle. 4...e 1s r.
The Asheville sewerage bonds,
amounting to one hundred thousand dol
lars, Were sold at par to Caldon Rhine,
Esq, of Augusta, Ga. Mr., R. is the same
party who purchased the water works
bonds, and his faith in Asheville paper
seems to be immense. .r..r r..
We learn from an exchange that the
unfortunate man, Craig, who was shot by
an escaping negro prisoner at Wadesboro
some time ago., is yet alive, but is com
pletely paralyzed-cannot help himself at