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

nephew Of President Harrison, died of
consumption at Asheville, aged 35 years,
The remains were taken to Cincinnati
for interment.
There are are 1916, $50 soldiers graves
|'inthe eighty-ive National cemeteries of
this country. Unknown" is inscribed
Oh the headstones which mark 14S, 1913
of these graves.
Talk of the marriage of Prince Albert
Victor and Princess Victoria, of Teck,
exercises many a tongue in England.
The Queen is said to. view the proposed
union with disfavor.
A remarkable s~ubterranean waterway
has been discovered at Salamonie Stone
Qnarries, twelve miles. north of Hart
ford City, Ind, and is thought to, be
the outlet, of a a
Miss Catharine g. Waugh, IN attorney
OF Rockford, ILL.,, represents the feminine
defendant in a suit for divorce. " This is
probably the. first instance Of the kind in
the courts of the country.
/ The General Assembly of the Presby-
terrain Church at Toronto, Canada, has
expelled a small body of Presbyterians
at Gait who are believers in the doc
trlne of sinless perfection.
Amasa Sprague, Of Rhode Island,
elder brother of the late Governor VIII
liam Sprague, and once worth $40, OO0,-
600 is a sheriff in that State at a
salary of about $4OO a year.
franklin Press: Pulaski Howard,
Esq, caught the biggest fish in his trap
last week that we ever heard of being
caught in the Tennessee. It was a sal
mon and weighed 49, pounds. =
Two of the larges individual owners of
sheep and cattle live in Texas and are
women. One of them the widow Gala
han, owns about $4,000 sheep. The other,
Mrs. Rogers, is worth 100000.
A man. named Martin Burke has been
arrested at Winnipeg, Manitoba, who is
wanted for completely in the Cronin
murder. The Chicago chief of police
says it is a very important arrest.
The last issue of the Henderson Gold
Leaf announces that the paper, it's good
will and splendid outfit of material is
for sale, the proprietor having deter
mined to move to a distant State.
Newton Enterprise: At old Fort the
Second Adventist preachers have a large
tent and are holding meetings every
night. The leading preacher is Rev.
Bagby, a native of Iredell county.
Of the 396J855 disabled men on the
pension roll more han 100000 receive
from three to fourteen cents per day,
and the remainder from fourteen to
twenty-six and two-third cents a day.
Hon. Jefferson Davis, who was eighty
one years old last week, was seen in
a New Orleans street a Friday clad in
a suit of Confederate Gray, apparently
in the enjoyment of excellent health.
It is announced that Rev. G. M. Toll
son has resigned his position as pastor of
Brooklyn Baptist church, which he has
filed for the last two years. His resig-
nation is to take effect September next.
Secretary Rusk says he is engaged in
writing a book treating of the common
diseases of horses and cattle. 81 pre-
sumo the veterinary surgeon will jump
on me-" he says, "but I can stand
that"
The resolution for independence was
offered in Congress June 7, 1776, was
taken up for consideration and adopted
July 2, and the reasons therefore were
set forth in that grand declaration
July 4.
Adolphus Andreas, the inventor of
the American jack screw, died in New
York on Friday, aged 80 years. He was
the oldest Mason in the State, and one
of the original founders of the Mechan-
les Institute.
A large tank in the oil yard of the
National Docks Storage Company at
Caven, N. J., was struck by lightning
Saturday. Two hundred thousand gal
Ions of crude petroleum were set afre.
Loss $25, 900.
The announcement of the big cut in
rates by the Eastern Minnesota Railway
caused something of a CONSERVATION in
railroad circles. It is intimated that
the rates will be met by many of the
competing lines.
The secret ballot bill was vetoed on
Friday by Governor Buckley. of Con-
necticut. The House passed the meas
ure over the veto, but later r~econsidered