The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-04-09

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night, and several others have. received
warning, letters -. - 49, ~
The Norfolk Landmark advises the
President to send Albian W. Tourgee as
Minister to Liberia without the power to
return until another Democratic admins
tration. Let him go over there and make
bricks without straw"
Hon. w. II. Kitchin and another gen.
tleman from Scotland Neck We're in Tar
boro on Tuesday last examining the colt IN
factory with a view to purchasing the
same kinds of machinery for the use of
the mill at Scotland Neck.
Owing, to the failure of grain crops
in Orange county last year there is desti-
tuition and suffering, to relieve which Mr..
Julian s. Carr, of Durham, sent a car load
of meal to the county and had it dis
tributed among the most needy.
Russian officials have tested and re-
ported favorably upon the Russian inven-
ton for applying the revolver principle to
the barrels of. Berdan rifles. By this
arrangement a machine gun is obtained
which will fire 400 shots a minute.
Capt. G. M. Roberts has been re-
elected Keeper of the Capitol. He is a
worthy, wounded ex-Confederate soldier
and makes an efficient officer. Gle ought
to be retained in his present position as
long as he lives" says u neighbor, the
Chronicle.
General William r. Cox has &C.
cepted an invitation extended to him by
the ladies Memorial Association of Will
mington to deliver the annual address in
that city on the 10th of May next. His
theme will be From Petersburg to Apo
mattox."
Work on the new cotton factory,
which is being erected by the Rocky
Mount Mills, is progressing rapidly. Be-
tween fifty and seventy-fve rock and
brick masons are at work on it, and when
completed, it will be the largest in the
State, says the Phenir.
Mr.. William R. Pool, n of the
oldest and most highly respected citizens
of this city, died at his home in st. Mary's
township on Tuesday last, at about 2
o'clock, p. m. Mr.. Pool was born in
September of the year 1876, and conse-
quently was "a years of age.
Mr.. John Spellman, one of the oldest
and best known newspaper men of the
State, died at his residence in this city on
Tuesday morning last, in the 68th year
of his age. He edited and published the
State Journal and was Public Printer to
the State, during the war between the
States.
There is a maidstone in the city of
Durham, the property Of Mr.. Alex. Walker,
which has been used with entire success
in hundreds Of cases of mad-dog, snake,
and spider bites. The owner says he will
pay one hundred dollars for every case
this stone fails to cure, when applied be-
fore the patient goes into commissions.
$4,000 baskets will be required by
the Raleigh shippers, in which to market
their grapes to say nothing of Strawberries,
raspberries, peaches and other fruits. Be
sure to write Mr.. w. L. Baxter, Ridge
way, N. c., Agent for the South Side
Manufacturing Co., at Petersburg, Va, in
time and before you buy.
Rev. R. G.. Pearson, of Asheville,
will, at no distant day, publish a volume
of Bible reading and also q volume of
The title of the former will be
"Truth Applied" and of the latter,
+" Preaching the Word" Mr.. Pearson has
already secured the copyright on the man.
uscript of the above mentioned volumes.
So says the Citizen. IS
.. That trouble is brewing for somebody
is evident. The New .Berne, Journal
makes this significant announcement:
owe don't intend to grit our teeth Until
we are ready to strike; we don't propose
to strike until we cana3make eeur blew
~efectual."- There is "a calm, deliberate
cold bloodedness about this determination
that evidently " means business"
The New York. Commercial Adver-
ttser prints the following: To the editor
of the Sun: The expression, What
seems to them to actually occur WHICH
IS used in n Of your editorial articles to-
day, is very awkward and very bad. A
decent respect for u mother tongue.
should have prompted you to- write,
/" Whaoseens to them actually toJoccur."
-1t.as saidf4that the appointment as
postmaster at Lexington, Va, has been
rendered to. Mrs, T. J. jackson, the widow
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