The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-01-08

district, for the position of Public Printer
at Washington, D. G.
Mrs. Sarah J. Hale relic of the late
E. J.. Hale, ST., died at Long Branch, N.
j., during the latter part of December, in
the 10Th year of her age. ,
The Lexington Dispatch says it is
now certain that the area ysown in wheat
is larger than in years past. The grain,
thanks to admirable weather, looks par
t~icularly we'll.
At the close Of the fiscal year end
ing Nov. Both, 1888, there was found to
be a balance remaining in the public
treasury of the State Of North Carolina
of $73,O32.2l.
President Cleveland has nominated
E. Hartridge, of Jacksonville, Fla, to
fill the vacancy in the U. S. Circuit Court
of Florida, caused by the death of the
late lamented Judge Thomas Settle.
"A Western editor says if his sub
scribers do not pay up. he will be forced
to run, not only a "patent outside" for his
paper, but he will lave to furnish his wife
and children with patent insides."
The neat little story printed on the
9Th page of to-days PROGRESSIVE FARMER
taken from the New York Story Paper,
contains a wholesome mor0le which we
trust will not be entirely lost ever upon
the casual reader.
The Salisbury Herald, always one of
our most valued exchanges, comes to US
this week very much improved in general
appearance, under its new editor and
manager, Mr.. J. R. Wichard
w. A. Blakenship, of Richmond, Va,
has made an assignment. His liabilities
are about $4,000, mostly due to Rich
mond firms. This is the first failure
among tobacco men Richmond has had
during the past year.
The Philadelphia Times says: There
are as many as four different types Of
blends in Philadelphia-the ash, the
chataigne or chestnut, the blondes dorees
or golden blondes, and the " strawberry"
the latter by the way, quite numerous.
Gov. Scales and Judge Fowle nav
ing consulted together concerning the
date of the Inauguration, have mutually
agreed upon January 18th as the date,
and Gov. Scales will recommend that day
to the Legislature as the date Of the in
auguration.
The jury in the HAYES murder case,
the recent Birmingham tragedy, rendered
a verdict that both the woman and the
girl, May HAYES. came to their death at
the hands of R. R. Halves, and that Fan
ME Bryant and Albert Patterson were
a~ccomplices.
BRO. A. W. Thompson, Morrlsville,
wants us to have a "pumpkin-pie," and
brings US one of the 800 which he raised
on one eighth of an acre, and which aver
aged Is pounds each. We will tell our
readers how he made this remarkable crop
at an early day.
"A building in Chicago which weighs
$1,000 tons and is six stories high is being
lifted up six feet five inches. Several
thousand screw jacks are used and it
takes three hundred men to work them.
The average lift is one foot per day. The
cost will be $40, 900.
The latest trust" reported is the
combine of all hog-packing interests Of
the West. We doubt the truth of the
report. The sale of the East St. Louis
Packing Company's plant, with a daily
capacity of $500 head, to Crossman &
Savage, said to represent the trust, was
the basis for the story.
The Executive Committee of the
North Carolina Teachers Assembly has
formulated an arrangement for the COM
ing annual session. The time set is from
June 18th to July I'd inclusive, and the
place Morehead city. Ten special days
are set apart, on which the Governor and
; tate officers will be present.
The Christian San the
decision of the authorities to remove
Graham College from Graham to Mill
Point, five miles west of Burlington, on
the Y. C. r. R. The name of Mill Point
will be changed to the name of the col
leee, which is not yet determined, and
new and handsome buildings are to be
erected at ono