The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-09-10
GENERAL NEWS 3

sixty.
Rhenish and westphafi IN miners have
formed a union against the mine owners.
union 40
Colonel Alfred Alyward, a noted Irish
American, died recently at West Little
ton, n. H. - -. s
1t has been found that 10000 books
have been written by women ine the
United States. j
Overforty bishops have accepted invi-
~tations to the Catholic hierarchy celebra-
ton in November.
The half century mark inthe priesthood
was reached by Monsignor McColgan, of
Philadelphia, Saturday.
The New York Worlds new building
is to be 1873 feet,o Ii stories high and is
to cost one million dollars.
During a public concert in Rome a
bomb was exploded near the Austrian
embassy. Eight people hurt.
Mrs. Maybrick is permitted by the
prison. authorities to take exercise in the
prison yard. Her health is improving.
The Connellsville, Pa, coke producers
contemplate getting rid of the Hungarians
by employing colored men intheT places.
Keep the pigs growing rapidly. The
cheaper the animal the less the cost of
each pound Of flesh made, generally speak
The corr crop is first rate, but we hear
complaints about the cotton. "A big yield
of corn will be great blessing to our
people, Oh s@91
Manuring in the hill is like heaping
manure about the stem of a fruit tree.
Better spreadit out as far as the roots
extend: \ a.
The atmosphere for miles around Port
land, Ore, is thick with smoke and cind-
ers5 and burning brands are falling in
showers. =
Alexander Dumas, the younger is rs
years old. He began writing at IL; and
at 26 produced the famous Dame aux
Camelas."
While Ex-Governor Robbie, of Maine,
was walking near his farm the other day
he was attacked with a whip by two
Frenchmen.
The great shoe factory of Coborn Sons
& Co., Hopkinton, Mass, was destroyed
by fire the other day, causing 100000
loss; fully insured.
Negotiations are in progress to pur-
chase the extensive wooden mills of James
Lee & Sons, of Bridgeport, Pa, by an
English syndicate.
The vicinity of Mammoth, Pa, has
been visited by a snow storm lately. The.
white flakes fell until the ground was
completely covered. Sd
Isabella Furnace, at Isabella, Chester
county, Pa, which was destroyed by fire
six months ago and then rebuilt, resumed
operations Saturday. s
The Atlanta Fair Association offers a
prize of $4,000 for the best drilled miliz
tary company in the United States. The
fair opens October z. So
A St. Louis man wants a divorce be-
cause his wife -snores, whistles, smokes
and swears. She evidently made a mis-
take in being a woman.
Sow two or three small boxes with
lettuce seed and set in the kitchen win
dow, to have green food for the early
fall and winter broods.
The resignation of the ruler of CASH
mere has been accepted by the Viceroy
of India and the country has been placed
under a native council.
Hon..~Welty Mccullough, of Green's
burg, Pa, ex-member of Congress for the
twenty-6rst district of Pennsylvania, died
/ SATURDAY.. aged 40 years.
when a man makes up his mind that
he,has got to economic, his first impulse
always is to begin by inquiring into his
wife's personal expenses. ..
sAbad break occurred ia the Erie canal
two miles east of MidAeport, MY, and
Enayigation was suspended, while sur.
rounding lands were flooded.
lWmaEmery, who was the Democratic
candidate for Congress against Thos. B.
Reed in the first Maine district last year,
died Saturday at Alfred, Me.
Jim Mccoy, the noted desperate of
Southwestern Texas was, hanged at San
Antonio recently for the murder of Sheriff
Mckinney on December 26s 1886;
Colonel R.EN. Hudson died Friday,
ageo ~ years at Ierre daute, INDIANA.
He had been prominent in public and po-
itical affairs in Indiana for forty years.
Eighty years ago Tennyson, Darwin,
Gladstone, Lincoln, Oliver Wendell
Holmes, Edgar Allen Poe and Lord
Houghton were born. 1909 was a great
year.
The latest society spoken of in Okla
homa is the "Pay Nothing" It is said
to be a%larmingly prosperous. The pass
word is, "Lend me a dollar; the response,
Broke"
A Brooklyn man has been sent to Jail
for kissing a girl good night. This should
teach Brooklyn young men to remain a
couple of hours longer, and kiss her good
morning.