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Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-04-27
The Leyine Nnse,

The Levine case is still occupying the
attention of Judge Mckinley and jury,
and yesterday several witnesses were ex-
amined for the prosecution. Mr.. L. Mes
mer testified that Levine had
told him, when he paid hii
last rent, that he would have
to sell out to the insurance
company. Other witnesses testified to
the finding of the candles, straw, rags
and coal oil can under the counter. One
of the witnesses testified that he thought
from the appearance of the ceiling, coal
oil had been thrown on it, for it was
blistered, in spots, from one end to the
other. The trial will last. several days
more
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-04-27
HE TOOK THE WRONG MEDICINE.

Robert Stewart of Petaluma recently had a
queer experience. He writes:
"Carbuncles and boils afflicted my face and
neck for weeks Finally procured a bottle of
one of the leading sarsaparillas. To my sur
prise it made matters worse This made me
lose faith in sarsaparillas, but seeing state
ment that joys Vegetable sarsaparilla dried up
boils and face eruptions instead of forcing more
out as the potash sa-saparillas do, bought a
bottle. The effect was astonishing. The car
buncles and boils began to dry up, and in two
weeks my face was as well and smooth as ever
My brother also took a bottle with the same
benefit. ROBERT STEWART,
"Petaluma, Cal"
Explanatory Note The mineral iodde of
potash, which is the basis of nearly all other
sarsaparillas, attacks the blood direct, hence
forces impurities through the skin, creating
more boils and pimples. joys Vegetable sar-
saparilla acts oppositely. Its vegetable altera-
lives stimulate the various secretive organs and
thus eliminate all impurities through the nat
ural channels, hence dries up pimples and skin
eruptions at once. The above testimonial is
case in point
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-04-27
Eva,s Attempt ON her Life.

On Thursday evening Miss Eva Will
bur attempted to shoot herself. She had
been receiving the attentions of mar.
ried man named Alger, to whom her par
ents objected. The girl persisted in re.
ceiving the attentions OF Alger even after
she discovered that he was married, and
in opposition to her mothers wishes.
The cause of her attempt at suicide is
said to have been her inability to meet
Alger on the evening in question. She
did not point the revolver right and was
not injured,
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-04-27
A Ghost story.

The perennial ghost story bobs up
again, this time in regard to house over
in East Los Angeles, on the corner of Le-
convreur and Hoff streets, 1t has been
vacant since last Tuesday night, at which
time DR.. Roth, Methodist Minister, and
all his family, except one son, left for
Nevada. This young man with two
others staid in the house last Tuesday
night, and they report that they heard a
variety of strange sounds, and saw NOV
ing shadows of a sort for which they
could not account. Roth declared that q
number of odd incidents had been hap
pening in the house, but that his father
had ordered them to pay no attention tc
them.
Several other people now come forward
and substantiate the statement that there
is something very queer about the house.
An effort was made to find out some de.
cent reason why the place should be
haunted, but the nearest approach to il
was that one of the former owners OF the
land died violent death in Yuma. An
ex-policeman named O'Brien stayed in
the house Thursday night, and tells a
surprising tale about the things he saw.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-04-27
Furniture at Auction.

John C. Bell, the auctioneer, will sell fine
lot of furniture on Monday April Goth, at the
junction of New and Old Main street, nearly
opposite the Pico House and Plaza. Chamber
laurel, elegantly ,llished; range and kitchen
utensils. Ladies and gentlemen are cordially
invited to attend the sale at 10 O'Clock. Also
a Steinway piano of New York.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-04-27
Cure FOR Piles.

Itching piles are known by moisture like
perspiration, producing very disagreeable
itching after getting wsrm. This form as well
SIS blind, bleeding aud protruding piles yield at
once to the application of Dr. Bosanko's Pile
Remedy, which acts directly upon the parts
affected, absorbing the tumors, allaying the
intense itching and effecting permanent cure.
SO cents. Sold by G. H. Hanee 79 North
Spring street.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-04-27
PLUMBER STORE.
Our Factory .Ss and 80 walker
street. New York.

street, New York.
SPECIAL BARGAINS JUST RECEIVED.
Boys oregon cashmere knee pants, so cents
regular price, 81
Boys school suits, 81 rs; regular price,
So. .25.
Boys fancy dress suits, So so; regular price.
$5,
Boys jersey suits, $50; regular price, $4. so.
Boys long pants, 75 cents; regular price,
Boys fine long pants, $1.5O; regular price,
1915.
Boys long pants suits. So; regular price,
SIS. 10.
Mems fancy cottonade pants. rs cents;
regular price 81 so.
/ Mems light cashmere pants, 81 SO; regular
price, 81. so.
Mems English corduroy pants, 81; regular
price, So,
Mems stylish business suits, So; regular
price, So.
Mems fancy worsted suits, 81 so; regular
price $12,
Mems blue pilot cloth suits, $3.50; regular
price, $3.50.
Mems black dress suits, $12; regular price.
11S.
Our prices guaranteed the lowest; call and
convince yourself. PLUMBER STORE,
10 North Man street
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-04-27
.s8roWn,s saloon,

At the last regular meeting of the Po-
lice Commission, the Chief reported that
the saloon at the corner of Marchessault
and New High streets, known as "Nigger
Browns" was a disorderly house, and
should be closed. He also stated that
the present proprietor was under arrest.
In justice to Mr.. Brown, who for nerly
owned the saloon, it ought to be stated
that he is not at present its proprietor,
and that he is not under arrest.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-04-27
Eye. Ear and Throat Diseases.

celebrated DR.. Sadler, is now located at No.
800 South Main street, "Moro Castle" Deaf
ness, noises in the ears, discharges from the
fully treated. Operations on the eye skillfully
performed. Free consultation from IL N. to
5 P. NJ; evenings, 8 to o; Sundsys,9A. NJ. to
2P,M, ~
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-04-27

When Baby was SICK we gave her Castoria,
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she clung to Casto-ia,
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-04-27
Snnrrinr Gands.

Cal ut Sportsmen Headquarters for your Ash
ing goods on hand. Goods guaranteed or money
refunded. All work neatly dore and guarap-
teed. H. Slotterbeck, Ill North Main street,
Temple block.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-04-27

Ladies never have any dyspepsia after wine
glass of Angostura Bitters, the genuine of Dr.,
j. G. B. Siegert d Sons. Ask your druggist.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-04-27
The Centennial CeIebration.

The following programme has been
arranged for the celebration of the CEN
tennial anniversary of the inauguration
of George Wash ington as President Of
the United States, at the First Presbyte-
rian Church, on Tuesday morning at 8
O'Clock:
Organ voluntary.
Invocation-Rev. J. S. Gilfillan.
HYMN S26 Presbyterian Hymnal)-
Choir and congregation.
Scriptural selection = Rev. E. R,
Brainerd.
Prayer-Rev. A. G. Williams, D.D.
sol9-"The Star Spangled Banner
Miss Jennie Winston.
Centennial address-Judge William A.
Cheney.
hymn America" Choir and
congregation.
Benediction-Rev. W. w. Tinker.
Rev. G. W. Heisler and Major E. W.
Jones will preside.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-04-27
Consult mrs. DR.. Wells.

Uterine aud rectal diseases treated with skill
by her new painless method. City references
from hopeless oakes cured. 400 Fort street,
corner Fifth.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-08-20
PAUPER

Most of the evils with which this
country is now cursed and those with
which it is threatened are from the
over-running of the land with pauper
and criminal immigration. Let this
go on for the next twenty years as it
has for the past twenty, and the result
would be ruin beyond remedy. The
cities groan under the load of pauper
and police-bills, prisons and asylums
are packed with the wicked and the
incapable, and the country is swarmed
with miserable, homeless wanderers,
who prey upon the land, and shock
the sense of communities with their
crimes. What was the first thing
needed after the Johnstown disaster
was made known? Forces of police,
bands of citizens, to watch and to
hunt the gangs of prowling pariahs
who were on the spot, robbing and
mutilating the bodies of the dead.
The pitiful horror that called out the
sympathy and help of every decent
man, woman and child, was only an
opportunity for these foreign-hatched
vultures to rob. They furnished
only one more illustration Of the
danger threatening America from the
washing of European scum upon these
shores. How terribly the standard
Of America is lowered year after year
by the incessant drift hither of pau.
perism and vice, is a great confront
ing fact which it is ruin to ignore. 1t
is exhausting the national resources,
polluting the national character, lower
ing and endangering the country more
and more every year, and it is time it
was stopped. If the United States
can exclude the Chinese, it can exclude
the swarms from the European slums
which are ten times NOR dangerous,
and ten times worse.-Farm and
Home.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-08-20
THE ORDER IN VIRGINIA.
CENTREvILLE ALLIANCE, No. 80,
Fentry's P. O., Norfolk Co., Va.
A77~ 1+b g

Fentry's 2. o., Norfolk Co., Va,
Aug. 4th, 1889.
Mr.. ED1ToR:-In acknowledging
the samples of your excellent paper
sent for distribution, [ wish also to
send a few remarks for publication
concerning the work our noble frater-
nifty is doing in this county. This
Alliance has now 81 members in good
standing, all fully united and seem
ingly determined to do their utmost
for the progress and good of the order.
Through a committee appointed for
the purpose, we have secured mer-
chants in the adjoining city who agree
to sell to members of this Alliance at
Jobber's prices, but have not succeed
ed as yet in securing Is many as we
wish. At the last meeting of the
County Alliance it was ordered that
the six Sub Alliances in this county
should each appoint a business agent,
who, with the business agent of the
County Alliance, would form a board.
or committee to secure merchants who
would sell us upon the best terms,
and that the whole county organiza
ton should agree to deal with them
exclusively.
The matter of advertising in the
newspapers for the best terms is still
an open question with us, since some
of our brethren were members of the
Grange, and they say that such ad-
vertising was the prime cause of the
Grange failure here; that the mer-
chants would not agree. to sell to the
organization. But still others hold
that there r rising young men in
business with pluck and energy WHO
will when properly presented with the
intentions of the order, Immediately
grasp the magnitude of the business
thus centered and will meet us with
such terms as will at once gain III
respect and confidence. VIZ have also
had in contemplation a cooperative
store, to be started by the individual
members of the order taking stock,
but this plan also had its many disad-
vantages, one main n being its loca-
tion, but recognizing the great fact
that farming, merchandising and
manufacturing are each so entirely
distinct, that we have at last come to
the conclusion to secure merchants as
above named. Hoping you will ap-
preciate and publish this, our first at
tempt, we remain
F~raternally,
WILLIS HUTcHINGs, Sec.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-08-20
LONE STAR

SANS SoUCI, N. @.
Mr.. EDIToR:-I have been carefully
s~crutinizing the columns of The Pro
GREssIvE FARMER, hoping some com.
munication would appear concerning
our Alliance, No. 1852, but as yet
our scrutiny has been in vain.
Our Alliance was organized last
winter, by Bro. Sewell, with eighteen
members; it has since increased until
it numbers forty-four of the most in.
fuential citizens of our community.
The ladies have at last awakened to a
realization of our condition and re-
cognize the Importance of connecting
with the Alliance, so we had the pleas
r of initiating fourteen at our last
two meetings.
While our Alliance does not rank
in numbers with many others, we are
sure that the material of which it is
composed is as good as any in the
State.
At the meeting previous to last we
elected officers for the ensuing year or
re elected old officers with the excep.
ton of two, thus showing them our
appreciation of their faithful services
in the past.
We have contributed thirty dollars
to the business agency fund.
The crops in our neighborhood are
not in as fourishing a condition as we
would like, owing to the prevalence
of heavy rains.
We would like to urge upon the
members of the Alliance the impor.
lance of subscribing for our official
organs, both State and National, for
we cannot keep posted without them.
For fear of intruding on your valu'
able space, we will close, wishing
much success to The Progressive
FARMER and it's talented editor.
Yours faithfully,
SAM AND SUSAN.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-08-20

out three hundred yards per day
easily and it is perfectly safe to say
that it can be manufactured for less
than one cent a yard. Alliance men
WILL O BELIEVE NEWSPAPER REPORTS
of a short supply and other rumors
calculated to discourage them in their
determination to stick to cotton.
There is absolutely no use of ping up
the bagging before it is needed, and
there will be no trouble in securing
cotton bagging with which to wrap
the crop as fast as it is gathered"
This closed the authorized state
ment made exclusively to the Consti-
tuition by the President of the National
Alliance, and it will bring cheer and
hope to the Preside of every farmer in
the South to learn that cool heads
and steady hands have already moved
them into the haven of success. But
four weeks more and the cotton fields
of the South will be white. At that
supreme moment the trial of strength
will be made. The tramp of determ-
med men is already heard, and when
the face of nature is cotton-white in
September the farmers will stand up
as the victors in a cause both righteous
and patriotic. And the slogan which
shall lead them to victory will be the
resolution passed today by the Ala
bama Alliance, thus:
Resolved, That the members of the
Farmers Alliance of Alabama reiter.
ate their determination to use cotton
bagging for wrapping cotton, and will
I'm der no circumstances use jute, and
that this resolution be transmitted to
the Convention of the agricultural
commissioners of the Southern States,
to meet in the city of New York on
the 9th inst, and by that body be
presented to the New York Cotton
Exchange.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-08-20
FROM UNION COUNTY
PRICE SCHOOL HOUSE ALLIANCE,
No. 1914, Loves Level, N. c.,
- - ~. - A,n < 100

Aug. 5, 'S9.
Mr.. demonstrating been appoint
ed Corresponding Secretary of our
Alliance at our last meeting, | have
concluded to drop you a few lines. 1t
has been raining for twelve days in
succession. Our crops on low lands
are badly injured and the cotton and
grass are having a tight race to see
which shall gain the day.
As our meeting in June we elected
H. L. Crowell, President; Fl. L.. Aus.
Tin, Vice-President; Henry Dry, Sec
rotary; Thos. E. Long, Treasurer, and
A. J. Austin, Esq, for Trade Agent.
[ have no comment to make in par
ticular on our new set of officers.
They are all good Alliance men and
will no doubt do all they can to adj
vance the cause of the Alliancei in this
vicinity. Our Trade Agent, A. J.
Austin, is a large, portly a of
about 800 lbs. avoirdupois, who
started after the war with less than
40 acres and a mule and now owns
more than one thousand acres of good
real estate, with fine buildings, in
Guiding steam engine, saw and grist
mills, cotton gins, &C., all of which
has been the result of hard work and
good management of business, and
we are expecting him to be a great
help to us in the management of the
agents business.
Our. Alliance has been in the back
ground this summer. [ fear some
came in on the 40 acre and mule idea,
but I hope since ONE of them heard
Bro. Tracy speak about 4 hours at
Monroe last Tuesday these weak knees
will get strong and they will come out
like men and pay up their dues to the
Alliance. Our Alliance deposited
with w. A. Graham $50 TO State
agency fund sometime last spring,
and I have never seen anything said
about it in The PROGRESSIVE FARMER.
I want to say in conclusion that ]
noticed at our last county meeting
that a great many of our Alliance men
were very deficient in the way of in
formation as regards the workings OF
the Alliance, and I want to urge
upon every Alliance man, that posi-.
bly, can, to subscribe for The Pro.
GREssIVE FARMER and inform them.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-08-20

selves of the workings of our Ali,
ance, and by SO doing we will be able
to vote on matters of Importance
which may come before the Alliance
without any hesitancy. The Secretary
had to take up considerable time in
reading The PROGRESSIVE FARMER to
the delegates before they were salts
fed to vote on some important ques-
tions. l will close by promising you
that if this does not find it's way to
the waste basket l will try to do bet
ter in my next.
Fraternally yours,
HENRY DRY.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-08-20
FROM MARTIN COUNTY.

Nh. EDIToR:-It seems to fall upon
myself to write a few lines for publ
cation through The PROGRESSIVE
FARMER in regard to the Beaver Dam
Alliance, No. I,O1O. This Lodge was
organized with only eight members on
July 81, 1888, and Notwithstanding
we had a good desl of opposition at
that time, we now number SO good
farmers and SO farmers wives and
daughters who push the driving
wheel with every shoulder and with
uplifted hands, for the glorious cause
of farmers. | think I can safely say
that there is no lodge in the county
of Martin at work any harder for the
welfare of the country than this. Our
regular meeting is held once a month
and all of the members seem to attend
regularly and take more interest in
the organization than any that has
ever yet been originated in this broad
universe; and / will say further,
brothers, friends and countrymen, we
have all got to come together as one
united body and fight this battle
which has been so near at hand for
several years. You all know that we
have been travelling on the dark road
to destruction which we soon would
have reached, but thank God, the ALI
wise, has given us light to see our
way clear to the end, I hope.
Brothers, when the Advise made man
He made their brain pretty near
alike; the difference is, our brain is
not cultivated, and I think it is the
duty of every Alliance man to sub
scribe for The PRoGREssIvE FARMER SO
as we may be more able to educate
ourselves in this great cause. Success
to Col. Polk and The Progressive
FARMER. Fraternally,
JOHN r. MOLLY, Sec'y.
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-08-20
THE NEW YORK Nj
AWAKE.

In an address published recently
by the State Farmers Union of New
York, it is said that "the farming
lands of the State have actually de-
creased in value in the last ten years
more than Is per cent, largely in CON
sequence of increased and unjust
taxation, while personal property has
actually increased faster during
that time than in any
other period of our history,
and to-day far exceeds in value real
estate, and that at least one-third Of
the farms and houses of the working
people are mortgaged for half their
value" The report of the State as
SCISSORS confirms this statement. The
assessors found, they say, that agri-
cultural property has been steadily
and rapidly d~epreciating in spite of
the rapid growth of the commercial
centres and in spite Of the enormous
advance in the scientific knowledge
of farming, in the convenience of
agricultural implements, and in the
facilities of transportation.
The farmers of the State have been
so far impressed with these statements
and their own knowledge of their con-
dition that a convention of the Farm
ers' Union has been called, to be held
at Syracuse on August 6, and all agri-
cultural societies, farmers clubs,
oranges and workingmen's organiza-
tions are requested to send delegates,
and all farmers are invited to attend.
One of the purposes mentioned in the
call is to take such action on the sub
ject of taxation as the exigency
of the case demands, and
while it is asserted that the convention
is to be in no wise a political one, the
politicians will watch its proceedings
with profound interest. The State
taxes have been greatly increased this
year, and the address issued by the
Union refers directly to the burdens
imposed by the trusts, in increasing
the price of the necessaries and COM
forts of life, and declares truly that
"these indirect taxes are as oppressive
and grievous as the direct taxes, and
affect a larger number of people,"
1t is seen, therefore, that the New
York farmers have really learned
something as to their condition and
its causes, and are now quite as
strongly disposed to try to help them
selves as their more intelligent fellow
agriculturists in other States were
eight months ago. The singular fea-
ture of their conduct is that they
should have voted overwhelmingly at
the polls in November for a party and
a policy which is founded on the
principle that taxation is a public
benefit, and depended on holding con
ventions and passing resolutions a few
months later to remedy their stupid
and hurtful blunder. It is never too
late to learn, however, and it may
reasonably be hoped that the rural
New Workers will profit hereafter by
the lesson which they appear to have
learned so thoroughly well, at last,
that "these indirect taxes are as op-
pressive and grievous IS the direct
taxes, affect a larger number of peo-
ple," and affect the farmers more
hurtfully than any other class
Charleston Meas and Courier.
-l Z
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-08-20

Last Monday in Richmond county,
Enoch Wallace, a young white man
was arrested on the charge of disturb
ing religious services Sunday. He
said when taken into custody that it
would kill his mother to learn of his
trouble. Upon trial the young man
was acquitted, ~whereupon his mother
learning of his acquittal, became over
joyed and fell dead.-Erchonge.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-08-20

Words are spiritual forces, angels
of blessing or cursing. Unuttered,
we control them; uttered, they con-
troll us.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-08-20

1t is wise not to seek a secret and
honest not to reveal it.