The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-09

Anegro named Armstrong, who in
April was appointed postmaster at Tar
boro. has failed to give his $16,0O 0
bond and another appointment will
have to he made.
Harvest has begun. and such a har-
vest. Many farmers declare that the
wheat crop is the finest they ever saw,
and very few if any, claim to have ever
seen better crops.
The Argentine Republic is growing
alarmed over the great influx of Italians
of the poorest class and the government
has issued orders limiting the arrivals
to 200 per month. !
Major Phillips, the engineer in charge
at Johnstown, says there are hundreds
of tons of wire in the bed of the river
above the bridge, all of which must
be removed by dynamite.
A case of yellow fever has appeared
in Brooklyn, which was removed to
quarantine Thursday. The patient is
surgeon of a Pacific mail steamship.
which arrived on June 14th.
One thousand people were in attend
ance at the Teachers Assembly at
Morehead City, and Professor Henry
Louis Smith, of Davidson College, was
elected President of the body.
A cave has been discovered near Los
Cruces, New Mexico, the interior of
which is lined with veins of almost pure
silver; it is said to exceed in richness
the famous Bridal Chamber cave.
A number of the rolling mill firms in
the Schuylkill Valley, Penn, have adj
vanced the wages of puddlers from S.
to 1926 per ton, which is due to a bet
ter tone prevailing in the iron market.
/. The Chicago Times is pungent as well
as witty and truthful when it replies to
the assertion that the President is a
great fish eater, by saying: "That
knocks the PHOSPHORUS theory sky
high"
A strange story comes from Indiana
of an old woman who, under religious
excitement, confessed to the killing Of
her husband in November of last
year. It was thought he committed
suicide.
Rev. Joseph McAden, who died
recently in Brunswick county, Va, was
the oldest Methodist minister in the
South. He vas ninety-fve years old
and had been in the ministry seventy
five years.
Cardinal Manning has not only re-
covered from what was 80 recently re
garded as a critical illness, but, though
more than so years of age, is seen about
London, as active as at any time for
many years.
In Chicago the grand jury indicted
Martin Burke, Patrick Cooney, John
F. Beggs, Daniel Conghlin, Patrick
O'Sullivan, Frank Kurz and Frank
Woodruff for completely in the murder
of DR.. Cronin.
The real ''deserted village: A bust
ness mar at Portland, Me-, lost a 500
gold piece while on the way to his
Office, and on his way home found the
coin on the pavement, where it had laid
unnoticed all day.
Gov. Briggs. of Delaware, owns 3d.
900 peach trees. Why should the
leading industry of a State furnish the
Governor? In our great agricultural
States we ought to have more farmers
in the executive chair.
The largest island in the world
which is also regarded as a continent
is Australia. It is $500 miles in length
from east to west, and measures 1850
miles from north to south. Its area is
2, 1894, 287 square miles.
The weekly bank statement shows an
increase of 1929, 800 in loans, and a de-
crease of 81, 6O9, 700 in specie, So, 163, 700
in deposits, and 81, 6S8, 275 in the re-
serve. The banks now hold So, 1914, $50
in excess of the % per cent. rule.
A fragment of a meteor which recent
ly fell in Chicago was analysed and
found to contain seventy-three per cent.
of iron, twenty-one of nickel, two of
manganese and small quantities of
aluminium, cobalt, tin, copper, arsenic,
sc.
Martin Hodgens, city marshal of
Uniontown, KY, entered a barber shop
in that town ON Friday last and seized
a razor; then he ran out in the street,
exclaiming, "I1l do the job myself"
and cut his own throat, dying on the
street.
Judge johnson, in the circuit court of