The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-10-14

OA~1 W. Ts-DIICuhl Is
said to be at last beginning to realize his
impending fate, and to be showing slight
>igns of seriou> ness. Mrs. BirchalIs
IS now able to leave her bed. She has
not seer her husband since sentence was
passed on him.
TE1PsrC, Get, "A great sensation was
caused here at daybreak this morning bv
the discovery of a child in the suburbs of
the city in a msngled condition. 1t has
been learned that last night it was lured
away from its home and butchered near
the place where it was found. The work
appears like that of Jack thu Ripper.
Sr. LOUIS, Oct. GA man about 46
years of age took morphine and died at
a low lodging house in this city yesterday
morning. Papers found on him showed
that he was a cousin of the Postmaster
General. He left a letter saying that he
committed suicide because drink and do
nestle trouble had made life a burden to
him.
LONDON, Oct. 4-Castioni the Radical
who shot and killed Councillor Rossi at
Bellinzona, Canton of Ticino, Switzerland,
curing the recent revolt there, was ar
rested to day at the house in Chelsea in
which he had secured lodgings He will
be arraigned ia Bow street Police cour
where application for his extradition will
be made.
RoME, Ga, Oct. 4.-There is great x
element here to night over the discovery
of the poisoning of Mrs. NJ. A. Wimple by
her friend and neighbor, Mrs. Doss Nc
Kee. Money was the cause of the act.
Mrs. Wimple lies at the point of death
and a warrant has been issued for the ar
rest of Mrs. Mckee, who has LETT here,
and the sheriff has been unable to locate
her.
New YORK, Oct. 1.-The weekly state
ment of the a~ssociat d banks shows the
following changes: Reserve decrease,
81 564. 200; loans increase, $1,000, 500;
<pecie increase, $4O1, 900; legal tenders
dc. rease, $l,42O, go; deposits increase
Sc, 177,2OO; circulation increase $25, 700.
The banks now hold $ll,51l2 200 in ex-
cess of the requirements of the % per
cent. rate.
DEs MONIES, Iowa, Oct. 5-Fire was
dis covered in the Health oatmeal mill,
l)cafed near the centre of the city, shortly
after II o'clock this morning, and it was
well under Roadway before an alarm was
sent i. The loss on the mill and machin-
cry will be $50, 900; on the storage build
ing $4,000 and on the stock $50, 900.
The total insurance on both buildings and
stocks is about 100000.
BARRYvILLE, Pa, Oct. 3.--Two dis
charged c lored farm hands OF John Han
non, a well-to-do farmer of this place,
kidnapped his daugeter, Julia, aged
tweaty, last Monday week, took her to a
a hut in a ravine and kept her there until
TUESDAY noon, assaulting he; repeatedly
and forcing whiskey down her throat.
Then they left her. The fends names are
Samuel Johnson and Jack Williams.
TOLEDO, Ohio, Oct. "A Blade special
from Gary, Ohio, gives an account of a
bold train robbery this morning on the
Cincinnati, Sandusky and Cleveland Rail-
road between that place and Urbana.
Immediately after the train left Urbsna,
two masked men with cooked reviewers
entered the express car, and compelled
the Adams Express messenger, A L..
Scudder, to throw up his hands. They
then tied him securely, robbed the safe Of
packages containing several thousand dol
lars and other valuabIes.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, Oct. 4-This
vicinity is on the verge of an oil excite
ment that will probably rival that of any
of the other fields in this State. For
months parties have been around taking
leases, and large tracts have been secured
at several places, wells have Deer put
down and two of them, located in the
Elk River Valley, a short distance above
Charleston, it is said. have struck oil. 1t
is understood here that the well at Win
field, Putnam county, has come in, and
been plugged up to await piping.
BERLIN, Oct. 4-Terri6c storms are
reported in Schleswig and other provinces.
Hail ruined crops and smashed thousands
of windows at Elm horn, which was
+ flooded by the sea. Numerous houses
were ~unroofed, and mauy of the inhabit-
ants were injured. At Neustas a man
was blown into a we'll and drowned. In
the same town the tent and paraphernalia
of a circus was DESTROYED by the storm.