The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-05-07
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about nine hundred.
The Hickory Fair this year will begin
ON the oath of September,
Secretary Blaine is suffering from "
severe attack of rheumatism.
The date for the Cabarrus County
Fair has been set for October lst' Sd'
Sd and 4th.
Thomas Nelson Page, the Virginia
novelist. will sail for Europe some time
next month.
Business in North Carolina, SO the
drummers say, is good and healthy
throughout the State.
Ex, secretary Whitney and Mrs.
Whitney sailed in the Etruria for
Europe last Saturday. -"
The King of Holland will go abroad
on May 2, with hope of effecting COM
plete cure of his disease. i
It is said that nearly one hundred
neople were killed in the construction
of the Eifel Tower in Paris.
A French soldier has been sentenced
70 be shot for throwing a quid OF tcbac-
co in the face of his Colonel,
The people: of Florence S. c. will
celebrate the formation of their new CIV
county with a grand banquet, IL %!
$4,000 Of the $50, 600 has fbeenai4e-
cured for the capital of a national bank
to be established at Manning, s. C.:~"
Mr. A. D. Owen writes Us. renewing
his subscrip tion, but like many others,
.forgott to give US his postofice address,
Miss,Ellen, Governor Lees sixteen
veal old daughter, is the editor OF a
spicy society journal called the Outing
Rev, J, A. Smith, of Fair Bluff, will
preach the annual sermon of High Point
Female College, on the first Sunday. IN
June.
As high as So, 900 was offered for a
single Metropolitan Opera House box
for the Centennial celebration in New
York.
N. B. Broughton, Esq, will deliver the
annual address at the Commencement OF
Excelsior Institute, Apex, N. c., May
oath inst.
At Selma, Ala, on Tuesday, one OF
the gunners, firing a salute, was horri-
bly, mangled by the premature discharge
of the gun. o
The town council of Edinburg, Scot,
by a vote of eight to five, has decided
to confer the. freedom of the city upon
Nh. ParnelL ."'
The Nipsic, which was damaged in
the Samoan hurricane, will be brought
to Auckland by the United States
steamer Alert.
"The Farmers Delight what is it?
Read the attractive advertisement of "the
only genuine Alliance tobacco in the
world" on u sixth page.
A heavy rain in New York Thursday
night was very damaging to the centen-
NAL decorations, and many of them
were irretrievably ruined.
The Wilmington Star says 'a negro
was killed near Norfolk, Va, while
playing a ''White Cap" joke on another
negro" Served him right.
There is not q whiskey shop in Tyrell
county, N. G. The prison of the county
is empty, and there was not a State case
on the docket at the last court.
"A town has been laid off on the Nor.
folk and Carolina railroad, near Ahos.
ikie, in Hartford, and a public sale oil
lots took place on the 25th, ult.
A quarter of a million eplows were
turned out in Louisville lastgBear fol
ethe Southern.trade, and their menufac
ture. gave employment to 1000 men,
ri is said that the grand stand at the
Guitferd Battle Ground celebration
will be painted in the national colors.
Nothing could be moFe!appropriate.
What a mockery of a name is this.
The County Court of Culpeper has just
refused to grant a license TO seI liqoul
at Brandy Station. -RichasOaad S6&e.
The Gar of Russia recently celebrated
his torty-ffth birthday This isSa re,
markable fact when the record of plots
against his life is looked at.- Wor1G.
Work on locating the Wilmington &
0nslow Railroad has commenced in
earnest. Grading will begin as soon
as a sufficient length of line is located.
Anew gas well sunk in Ohio is yield.
. ing II, 600, 900 feet a day, and it is said
its owners are beginning to think they