The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-04-30

Bro, RFodEieks Of Morganton, asks JUS to
e that he has sold the corn advertised
10 oar papeE. ~ 4soa u
$50 nailless horseshoe, that is held in
place by pressure upon the edge of the
hoof, has been successfully used in Eng
land.
Claus Spreckels denies the report
that he has joined the sugar trust, He
says he is not in the trust and never
will be.
Ex-President Cleveland caught nine
ty-four pound tarpoon in L.aconhatchee
Greek, in the Indian River region of
Florida.
Mormonism is making inroads in our
State. Only quite recently 100 persons
are said to have left Mitchell county
for Utah.. ~ "a
ALeipzic firm wishes to ''buy old
pianos no less than 100 years Of age,
v e if unfit to be played or cast aside
as useless" AL "a
A white elm tree in Sonth Armenia,
Dutchesscounty,N N. Y. measured nineteen
feet and three inches in girth five feet
from the ground.
Prof. Thomas Hume of the State Uni
versity will deliver the address at the
commencement of Kinston College,
Thursday, May Both.
The Atlantic Hotel will be conducted
this season by tho company with Mr.,
r. B. Raaey, of the Marlboro House Of
this city, as manager.
The, Charlotte District Sunday School
| Conference will be held at Wadesboro,
On Friday. Saturday and Sunday, May
the 9th, 10th and 18th. t.,
The London Times says: "Emin,"
which ought to be pronounced "Emeen"
or eel Emeen," means "faithful" or
Trustworthy" in Arabic.
The burnt district at Smithfeld,
Johnson county, is to be rebuilt at once.
Brick and granite will be the building
material principally used.
Senator Vance will deliver the open
ing address at the next session of the
State Teachers Assembly. ee~nataencing
at Morehead City on June 16.
The Minneapolis Mimi ~street-car
strike has extended to st. Paul, and all
the men in the latter city except those
on the cable Tine have gone out.
A LADY, her two daughters and a hired
man we're drowned near Carthage, Mo-,
Friday evening, while attempting to
ford a swollen creek in a wagon.
New York received 2 1000 quarts of
strawberries by one steamer last Satur-
day. The berries sold that day for
fprime full quarts at so cents retail.
The first box of peas was shipped
from Newbern on the 10Th inst. The
first box in 1888 was shipped on the
18th of April and On the 18th in 1887.
The resolution for a prohibition
amendment to the Constitution was de-
feated Wednesday in the illinois House
-79 to 49-not the necessary two-thirds
vote.
Atlanta Missouri is the name given to
the girl child born on board the steamer
Missouri to Mrs. Linnie. n of the res
.eued passengers of the Inflated Dan
mark.
Gall aboard for High Point - is what
the ASHORE people will say about the
25th of next month. Col. Andrews is
the champion railroad builder of the
South.
The North State says: A post-ofice
has been established at Laurel Bluff,
Surry county, 8 miles west of MI. Airy,
with Alexander J. Thompson as post
master.
The Figaro says a novelty in q time.
piece is a silver dog. The clock is sci
in his side, a red tongue wags in his
fopen mouth and his tail ticks off the
seconds.
The finest single sapphire in this
country is owned by Mrs. William Astor,
and her necklace of emeralds and dia'
monds is among the costliest jewels in
| America p
The pcstofice at Mineral Point, Col,
2,o0o feet above the sea level, is the
highest p~ostoffce in the country. But
the postmaster says his salary is about
the loweskeos
The New York Star says: Colonel
Elliott F. Shepard says that public
Office is q public muzzle. Do, please,
give the Colonel an Office, President