The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-09-24

rraHcIScOT nome TOT girls out OF en-
ployment-was opened a few DAYS ago.
The building and site cost $50, 900, of
which Mrs. Croker gave $4,000.
The announcement of George N. Pull
mans $1,000 900 subscription was an event
in worlds fair circles last week. 1t was
conditional on four other Chicago mil
lionaires eonsenting to go and do like
wise. ,.
Herbert Spencer has returned to Lon
don with the completed manuscript of
his autobiography. 1t will not be pub
lished until after his death and will ap-
pear in England and America simultane-
ously.
Harrisonburg, Va, was visited by a
cloud burst recently, and parts of the
town were badly flooded. In Main street
boats could have been used for a time.
There was much damage from flooded
cellars, &c.
It is reported that the italian govern
ment will expel Kossuth from Italy on
a demand from Germany, because in an
address to Hungarians he protested
against Premier Tisza's TRADE against
France.
Princess Sophie is the best looking of
Emperor Frederick's daughters, but she
is MOI exactly pretty. She has a pleasing
face, however, and a soft, simple amer.
Victoria is decidedly German" Mar
garet is plain.
At Des Moines, Ia, the Union Labor
State Conventions nominated their State
ticket and resolved to! support J. B.
Weaver for United States Senator. s..
B. Downing, of Davie county, was nom
mated for Governor.
A tidal wave on the Atlantic coast ran
seventy feet. beyond previous high water
mark, drenching thousands Of pleasure
seekers at the summer resorts. Old Ocean.
occasionally demonstrates that he is some
thing besides a play-thing.
During twenty four hours last week
the thermometer fell thirty degrees, AZ
degrees being registered Thursday morn
ing at St. Paul, MINI. 1t has been quite
cold throughout the Northwest, with
heavy frost at Cheyenne, W. T.
At the fifth annual reunion of Mauls-
by's Battery, at Wheeling, W. Va, Sat
urday, John w. Mason, Commissioner of
Internal Revenue, declared himself in
favor of a service pension for every hon
orably discharged Union soldier.
On the lawn of the mansion Of Fl. S.
Hyde, at Springfield, Mass, Sarah E..
Hyde was married to Thomas H. Morgan,
of Atlanta, g., the ceremony being per-
formed before an altar of golden rod, and
shaded by a huge Japanese umbrella.
J. S. Amis and r. w. Winston. Com
~sioners, will offer for sale on Monday,
Oct. 7th, the good will, Subscription list,
type, presses, furniture and fixtures of
the old Orford Torchhght The material
can probably be purchased at a bargain.
On October 18th, prox., Mr.. II. E. See
man will begin, at Durham, the publica-
ton of The North State Artizan, a journal
devoted to the manufacturing, mining
and agricultural interests of the South.
The venture has our best wishes for
success.
Nothing is more charming, says the
London World, than to see the Prince of
Wales with the Queen. His manner is
so tender, so deferential and so affection
ate, and he watches over her with such
care, attending to her every want, and
suggesting anything that he thinks will
please her.
A terrible explosion occurred at the
mouth of st. Johns River in Florida,
blowing two men-R. T. Moore, son of
Captain Moore, and a colored man named
Powell-to atoms. The report was heard
for miles and caused an upheavel of water
and a tremor of the earth.
A Philadelphia young lady in the swim
who has tried all kinds says ordinarily
she prefers q fat man as an escort. Be-
sides being good-natured and jolly they
are always attentive and thoughtful.
"They are" she says, however, "too con-
spicuous for ball room purposes"
The Wilmington Star says, one of the
most beautiful traits in the character of
the late S. s. Cox, was his intense love
for his mother, who died shortly before
he went as Minister to Turkey. He wrote
to a friend then, that the death of his
mother was the greatest affection he ever
knew.
The new Baptist church is nearing
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