The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-06-25

go years, died yesterday morning at his
home, in Lowell. He had been sick
only a short time, his relatives knowing
nothing of his illness until they received
a telegram announcing his death.
The Tarboro Bavsmer: The greatest
sufferer in this county from the recent
flood is w. D. Pittman, of No. Z town
ship. His crop, consisting of $50 acres
of cotton and 100 acres of corn and oats,
has been submerged. under water during
the past ten days.
The peasant Count Tolstoi's sol list
ems respectfully to his fathers views,
but shows no sign of adopting them in
his own mode of life, but one of Tolls
tots daughters works In the fields of
needy peasants and shares his own SIM
plicity of daily life.
Winston Ttcin City Daily: The meet
ing held last night in. Mr. r. B. Ker-
ner's Office in the interest Of a Building
and Loan Association, while not largely
attended, was composed Of some of our
best citizens, who manifested much in
terest in the enterprise.
It is not scientific doubt, not ath-
eism, not pantheism, not agnosticism,
that in our day and in this land Is like
ly to quench the light of the gospel.
It is a proud, sensuous, selfish, luxuri-
GUS, 'church-going. hollow-hearted pros
perity.-Bishop H1ntingtoa.
The Rev. g. T. Lopo, of Pomona,
Cal, has presented to that city a statue
of the Goddess Pomona It is a copy
of the Greek statue in Florence, where
it was made. It cost $1,000; and will
be admitted free of, duty by order OF
Secretary Window, it is said.
A bright lad, who has been INSOFAR
able from the Shah, has been discoY-
cred, say st. Petersburg correspondent.
to be the Persian rulers mascot, a
famous seer -Teheran having foretold
that nothing serious can happen to the
Shah while the boy is near to him.
We6stey's Weekly: Does it rain frogs?
Last Sunday evening, directly after the
rain, we were walking up Main street
and noticed that. the ground in some
places we're covered with little frogs
about the size of potato bugs. A per
son could not walk without stepping on
them.
Miss Fair, the daughter of Jas. G..
Fair, the millionaire ex-senator, is said
to be engaged to an assistant surgeon
in the navy whose fortune is limited to
his pay. Miss Fair has some $4,000
600. She is beautiful, with a cold,
statuesque face, almost devoid of ex-
preston.
At Jacksonville, Fla, fire destroyed
about sixty wooden buildings, for the
most part occupied by colored people.
The loss is estimated at 5000. 900. The
insurance is light. There will be one
advantage. Fire is a perfect disinfec-
tant. No one will ever take the fever
from those buildings.
Sir Charles Russell, the great Eng
lish lawyer, lives near Epson Downs,
and used to be n of the biggest and
most unlucky plungers on the turf.
His income is said to 925, 900 a year
and the bookmakers got it all until he
quit a short time ago, before he began
his defense of Mr.. Parnell.
The Rev. MI. Dixie, the Correspond
ing Secretary of the National Divorce
Reform League, proposes that Congress
should pass uniform laws on the sub
iect of marriage and divorce, applica-
BILE to all the Territories of the United
States. and to the District of Columbia.
It ought to have been done long ago.
A lawyer has been engaged to argue
an appeal in the case of William Kemm-
Ter, the New York murderer sentenced
to die by electricity. Thomas A. Edi-
son and others are to be summoned s
experts in regard to the manner of
punishment to which Kemmler has
been condemned. It is simply a farce
to secure a respite.
Great CONSERVATION has been created
among the farmers heal Marion, Ind,
by the appearance during the last day
or two of a small green bug o. parasite
that threatens to demolish the wheat,
oats and rye crop. The pests appear
every head by hundreds, and plant
ing themselves at the base of the grain
sap the life out of it.
The Sentinel, of Orlando, Florida,
says: "Watermelons and peaches are
abundant in this market now. The
are a little too expensive yet
for the average consumer, but the
peaches are sold at very reasonable
Cantaloupes are coming into
and the prospect for a good
crop is very hattering."
Atlanta, Ga, is to have a factory for
the manufacture of sewing machines.
The machinery for the factory has been
purchased, a building has been secured
and in three months the company will