The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-05-21

KY, and was Overtaken and shot Dy
friends of the Judge. The girls father
attempted to SMOOTHER and himself.
Asa Matthews. of Illinois, has been
appointed first comptroller of the treas
ury, F. c. Loveland pension agent at
New York, in place of Gen. Sigel, aud
N. J. Patterson, of Pennsylvania. gen
eral superintendent of repairs of public
buildings.
A young girl near Aliens, Tenn is
reported to have hydrophobia, contracted
not from the bite of a dog, but from
helping to take care of some cattle that
had been bitten by a mad dog. She has
had several paroxysms, and her physician
~pronounces it hydrophobia.
The Elizabeth City Cdroliminn sug-
gests: If you want to pay your taxas,
the mortgage on the farm, and prosper
generally, go into partnership with the
hen, the COW the hog and the horse.
They are the partners which will enable
you to make money.
Greensboro is to nave a new Presby-
terian church to cost $3.50 0 Each Of
the following named agree to give
81, 900: Gov. Scales. Judge John A.
| Gilmer, MI. Julius A. Gray. Hon. F. d.
Caldwell and Mrs. A. l.. Wright.
| Several will give $500 each.
The noble, self-sacrifcing Jack Mills,
| the friend of the fatherless. made an
appeal to q Wilmington audience on
Sunday last in behalf of the orphans,
which was literally responded to. The
value of such men is rarely appreciated
until they are called from their labors.
The Boston Transcript inquiries: "Of
what use has been Washington's exam
pie of truthfulness when we find in a
morning newspaper, Immediately fol-
lowing g poetic tribute to the brave,
good and wise soldier and statesman,
the story of the catching of a twenty
one pound trout"
The Agricultural Department has been
making analyses of butter from cows fed
on cotton seed meal. The analysis showed
a p~henomenally high melting point. This
is of importance, as showing that mixing
cotton seed with the feed of COWS in the
South will tend to raise the melting point
of butter, thus rendering it more suitable
for hot climates.
The North Carolina Dental Associa.
ton meets this year at Greensboro on
June 18th. During the session of the
Association, which will continue three
days. a dental infrmarY will be opened
at which a corps of c~linicle experts of
this State and distinguished prediction
ers from New York, Philadelphia and
Baltimore will place their skill at the
disposal of such patients as may attend.
The republican majority and the
democratic minority of the committee
of the New York legislature on trusts
submitted reports on Thursday last, the
republicans advancing the proposition
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excessive competition and will regulate
themselves, while the democrats pro.
nounce them destrUyers of competition
which should be subject to governmental
control.
North Carolina Alliance men seem to
occupy prominent positions in all inter
State meetings of the Farmers Alliance.
MeSsrs. Carr and Polk at the Bi-ming-
ham Convention appear to be in the lead,
whereat we are greatly pleased for the
name and reputation of the State. We
imagine that the order Of the Alliance
stands nowhere higher than in North
Carolina WI. Messenger.
The Berlin correspondent Of the Lon
don DAILY Ne1CS says that the Samoan
conference has agreed that a neutral zone
shall be created at Apia, and that equal
rights shall be granted to all the powers
with regard to customs. The correspond
ent also says that Germany has as yet
made no claim for indemnity for the kill
ing of Germans by natives in Samoa. The
next sitting of the conference will be on
Wednesday.
DR.. Caroline B. Winslow delivered
an address at Washington City Sunday
night before the Women's Christian
Temperance Union department of mar
cotics. The use of narcotics in general
was severely condemned, but the lee
turer's efforts were especially directed
against the cigarette which was de-
nounced as causing more decay of the
manhood of the nation than all the al
cohollc liquor consumed.
The South Carolina Diocesan Con
vention of the Protestant Episcopal
Church at Aiken, on the 9th inst,
adopted an amendment to the constitu-