The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-04-23

knew what allied the worms.
It is announced that several iaunty
private steam yachts from New YorF.
Philadelphia and other points north
will be brought to Avoca OH the occasion
of the festivities there next week.
A fire at Monroe, Mich, on the 10th
inst, which originated in the Dakin.
Hotel came pretty near wiping out the.
town. As it was, some 35 residences
and business places were destroyed.
Pretty Mary Anderson, the Kentucky
actress, who is in England, is recover
ing from her recent illness and the an
nouncement is made that she is soon to.
wed a very respectable Englishman.
Work was resumed upon the Whining
ton a~rtesian we'll last week and is now
progressing finely. 1t had. reached a
depth of five hundred and sixteen feet
up TO six O'Clock Saturday evening last.
A Cleveland, Ohio paper says: 1t is
learned that when John D. Rockfeller's
daughtes Bessie was married a short
time ago to- Charles A. Strong, her
father presented her with 81. 900, 600 in
cash.
A State editor, who has investigated
the Bishops cure for insomnia, in a per-
%sonal, practical way, declares it is not
half SO sure q remedy as to have the
nurse sleep up in the attic, with the
baby.
Senator Stanford, of California, Of
fered $25, 900 for Kentucky Prince, and
this was the largest sum ever offered for
la horse, but it was refused. Two we'll
Edeveloped fools had met, but failed to
l3agree.
A Pennsylvania, by the name of
Miller, will ''sashaway" in ex-Minister
Jarvis's old slippers in Brazil during the
Harrison presidential term, unless the
villainous climate sends him back
earlier.
His Grace, the Duke of Sutherland,
has left his Florida estates in charge of
his servants and is on his way to New
York, whence he will sail for England.
Thus Florida's next season loses an at
traction.
Gen. Cullen A. Battle, of Newbern,
will deliver the Memorial address in
that city on the 10th prox.-hiss subject,
Nh ~ oOllo,acx,II Ho uyoC n "a oonk
soldier and will make a most admirable
address.
The Durham Sun says that the "Rev."
Mr.. Mundy, whom the Biblical Recorder
started on the Grounds of the papers a
few weeks ago has ''turned up on the
streets of Baltimore drunk, with his
throat cut"
John w. Fisher has been appointed
collector of customs at Richmond, Va. /;
he held the position of deputy collector
during,the last administration, notwith-
standing his earnest support of the Re-
publican party.
If we we're to choose, says the Spring
feM Union, the most appropriate sym
Dol of the feeting evanescent, the per.
ishable, the decaying, here-to-daY-and-
gone-to-morrow, perhaps it would be a
pair of boys boots. |
1t is rumored that an attempt on the
life Of the Gar was made On Sunday
last, and that His Majesty was wounded
by an exploding shell. The affair is
said to have been hushed up by the
Russian authorities.
The Durham Plant learns that Col. E.
D. Parrish has rendered his resignation
as Colonel of the Third Regiment of
the n, G. State Guard, on account of
trek Of time ia give attention to the
duties of the position.
Z The Roanoke NeUs says it is rumored
that the celebrated Ringwood Vineyard
has been sold to the Mann-Arrington
Gold Mine Co., for $4,000. This is
one of the largest and most valuable
vineyards in the South.
The death is announced of Miss Mary
Whately, daughter of the late Arch
bishop of Dublin. She was the author
Of Ragged Life in Egypt" and other
works. Miss Whately died in Egypt in
the Goth year of her age.
Herr Krupp's income is 1880, 900
marks; Baron Won Rothschild, of Frank
fort, 100000, while poor Herr Won
Bleischweber, the blind Berlin Banker,
has $500, 900. They are the three
richest men in Germany.
7 John s. Scott, a South Carolina cot
ton planter, has been appointed by the
Russian government superintendent