The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-03-19

by the Governor and confirmed by the
Senate, are DR.. Fl. T. Bahnson, of Forsyth,
vice W., Yates, of Mecklenburg deceased,
and Gen. E. R. Hampson, of Jackson, and
DR.. Geo. Fl. P. Cole, of Henderson, vice
J. P. Sawyer, of Buncombe, and E. A.
Perkins, of Burke, terms expired.
The rumor which was current upon
the streets last Thursday to the effect
that Congressman John Nichols of this
city had been appointed Public Printer at
Washington had not been confirmed up to
the hour of going to press, yet it is be-
lieved he has the inside track and stands
a fair chance of being the coming man.
No other man was ever so lucky as lie.
The Rutherford Banner says MI.
Thomas Fawcett, an intelligent gentleman
and experienced miner, who is nov work
ing a mine on the Atkins place in this
county, says that in the Piedmont belt of
North Carolina may be found almost every
known mineral, from the finest to the
basest, and the most of it may be obtained
in paying quantities if properly worked.
The Asheville Citizen learns from au-
thentic sources that the western North
Carolina Medical College" will be estab-
lished in that city at an early date. The
leading spirits in the movement are Drs.
S. w. Battle, F. 7. Meriwether and J. A.
Watson, and the college will be conduct
ed upon the same rules governing, etc,
as those of other colleges of similar charac7
ter.
A Greensboro lady as a real estate
dealer: The Workman says, "three months
ago Mrs. Maggie NJ. Emerson (nee Hous-
tom purchased a house and lot in Rich
mond, Va, paying $3.50. She received
$42 rent, and this week sold the property
for So, 1852. so, making a clear profit of
$554.5O. We are always glad to hear of
our people doing we'll, as in the above in
stance.
The Roanoke Ne,Os says: "Under a
decision of the Supreme Court in the case
of Jones against Britain, heard at the
present term, a holder of a homestead
cannot sell or cut timber from the land,
and if he does a creditor can stop such
"waste" by injunction, and this rule holds
good whether the property is in possess
sion Of the original homestead or a pur-
chaser"
"A dispatch dated Reading, Pa, March
18th, says the locomotive of the freight
train on the Mahoney Division of the
Reading Railroad, ran off the track at St.
Nicholas yesterday. The engine and
twelve cars were wrecked. Benjamin
Walker, fireman, was instantly killed and
Conductor John Gilkner has since died
from his injuries. A brakeman had his
shoulder broken.
The Winston Sentinel says n Of the
most pleasant social events of the season
occurred at the residence of Col. J.. A.
Biting on Tuesday afternoon, the occa-
sion being the marriage of MI. Will Rey-
nolds, one of the firm Of R. J. Reynolds
& Co., to Miss Kate, the charming and
popular daughter of Col. J. A. Biting.
The handsome parlors were graced by
relatives of the bride and groom and a
few Of their special friends.
Capt. F. W. Dawson, editor Of the
Charleston News and Courier, was killed
in that city on Tuesday evening last by
DR.. F. B. Mellow, in the Office of the
latter. The Doctor had been paying undue
attentions to a Swedish servant girl in
the employ of Dawson and the latter had
called upon the Doctor to demonstrate.
No one witnessed the murder, the Doctor
himself reporting to the police that Mr..
Dawson was dead in his Office, declining
to make explanation or to give details.
You are invited to attend the Worlds
Sunday School Convention in London
England July I'd, Sd, 4th and 9TH, 1889.
Round-trip tickets on Cunard Steamer
from New York June 10Th to Liverpool
and return, fare by rail from Liverpool to
London and return and board while in
London at the midland Grand Hotel"
and necessary expenses included, for
thirty-one to thirty-three days only $3.50.
Address all letters to w. n. Hartshorn,
chairman of transportation committee,
.Bromfield ST., Boston, Mass.
President Harrison sent the follow
ing nominations to the Senate: Thos. w.
Palmer, of Michigan, to be minister to
Spain; John F. Swift, of California, min
lister to Japan; John D. Washburn, of
Massachusetts,, consul general to Switzer-
land; Geo. G. Tichenor, of Illinois, and
Geo. L. Bachelor, of New York, Assist
ant Secretaries of the Treasury; A. G..
Porter, of Indiana, minister to Italy John
A. Enander, of Illinois, minister to Den
mark; also a number of postmasters and
territorial appointments.
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