The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-03-05

startling announcements 4om quincy
and Rufe Shelton both have twins" We
are acquainted with neither Tom or Rute,
but they both have our sympathy.
-One-half the coffee supply of the
world is produced in Brazil, and one
third of the coffee product of the world is
consumed by the United States. The i'm
ports last year foot up,526,lO 0 40 pounds.
The landmark says the electric light
and it's handsome fixtures, in the dingy,
dilapidated Presbyterian Church at States
vile, has an effect something like that
of a diamond pin in the bosom of a dirty
shirt"
Col. Eugene Morehead, Of Durham
died in Savannah, Ca, Feb. 9th ult. He
was a son of the late Governor Morehead,
| and a native of Greensboro, but, for the
past ten years or more, he has peer a
resident of the city of Durham.
Georgetown College signalized the
close of its centennial celebration by con-
ferring the degree of LII D.. on Secretary
Bayard and others, and complimenting
President Cleveland, Cardinal Gibbons
and Historian Shea with gold medals.
DIR. w. H. Bailey, one of the eminent
lawyers of Western Carolina, has opened
a law school in the city Of Charlotte. He
has had great experience as a law teacher,
having taught with his father, the late
Judge Bailey, for several years before the
| war. 30 =t%
we learn from the Durham San that
N. M. Williamson, a leaf tobacco dealer
of Winston, a few days ago shipped four
car loads of leaf tobacco, billed through to
Europe. This is said to be the largest
foreign shipment ever made from that
point:
The Texas Gazette, on Monday the
25th ult., published reports from sixty-fve
counties on the condition Of winter wheat.
The general condition is good; ~ counties
report increased acreage of from 10 to 40
per cent; 5 the same as last year, and Is
a decrease.
Mr.. Burns, representative from Mis-
souri,, was reported to the Senate, Mon
day, Feb. 25th, as dead. The Senate ad-
journed after adopting a resolution of
sympathy for his family. G. F. Rocker,
| of Missouri, qualified as his successor in
the House.
The lower house of the 21st Legisla-
ture of Texas is composed of 81 farmers,
% lawyers, 6 merchants, 5 doctors, IL
editors, 6 stockmen, 2 schoolteachers, l
civil engineer, l blacksmith, l wool
grower, 1 land agent, l book keeper and
three gentlemen.
German hard-head cabbage is on sale
in the city of Winston, according to the,
Daily. There is no duty on vegetables
and the tiller of the soil has no ~"protec-'
tion." The Greensboro Workman says
the next thing will be turnip salad and
garlic from Egypt.
We hope the telegram sent by one:,of
our Senators to a railroad official at Wash
ington, in regard to the new commission
bill he thought would be offered Satur-.
day did not hasten his return to Raleigh,
since the gentleman who intended offer
ing the bill has changed his mind.
The Inauguration of President Har-
rison took place in Washington City yes
terday at noon, amid a grand display of
pageantry. The inevitable inaugural
ball, which took place last night, is said to
have been the most gigantic thing of the
kind ever witnessed on the American
continent.
The new hotel at Piedmont Springs
is approaching completion, and will be in.
readiness for the summer visitors. The
Post does not think the opening of this
hotel will damage the Danbury hotels in.
the least, but believes that greater hotel
accommodations will draw larger crowds
to the springs. -.
senator Palmer, from the committee
on agriculture and forestry, has reported
favorably a n amendment to the agricul-
tural appropriation bill, giving the secre-
tary of agriculture 100000 with which
to, continue the experiments in the pro-
duction and manufacture Of sugar from
sorghum cane and beets. !
The Danbury Reporter mentions the
fact that the hotel men of that town put
up some good ice a few days ago, and
says, although but two inches thick, it
was smooth and solid as a brick and had
been formed on the clear mountain stream
as pure as ice can be-" This must be a
rare quality of ice.