The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-06-03
THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
FOR A WEEK,

-N 1870 49, N'SSN"J
Jacob Page, ~colored, killed his wife
with a k life at Decatur, lit. last Wed,
nesday.
T e Supreme Court of the United
States on Friday ~adjourne until the Oc-
tober term.
John Quinla2 a young white man, was
killed in Galena, Ill, by Vincent Ross on
Wednesday night.
Three boys We're oadly injure4 oy The
explosion of a torpeto at Bradford, Pc n
s~ylvania, Wednes day.
L4URENBURG. KY, May pa chick
for $44, 647 has been stolen from Stamp
Deputy, " G. Patty.
, Col Ferrer, a Mexican, has challenge !
W. a. Suith, editor of the San Diego,
Cal, Sur, t fight a duel.
Tramps set fire to and destroyed every
house in tie town of Coo'ridge, New
Mexico, n da. last week.
KANSAS CITY, No, May PA short
age of $19,O26 has been found in the &C
counts of the city treasu er.
BERLIN, May 27.-By the falling of a
bolt of lightning upon a house a Sup
linger five persons were killed.
MoRRIsTowN, N. j., Nay 27.-Judge
Magic sentence J. Harvey Cole to twenty
years in states prison for wife murder.
BERLIN, May 27.-The emperor's in
jured foot is much swollen and his
physicians have ordered him to remain
quiet in his o for ten days.
WASHINGTON, May 37.-The president
signed the commissions of the worlds
fair commissioners appointed by the
governors of the several states.
SAVANNAH, Ga, May. 27.-Ben Myers,
catcher, of a colored base ball club, was
struck in the mouth by a ball thrown by
the pitcher AMI instantly killed.
AMERIcUs, Ga, May 28.-The Ander-
sonville prison stockade has been pur-
chased by the Georgia Encampment G..
A. R. acting TO the national body.
The dredge boat Mengo was burned at
New Orleans Wednesday. Five hundred
pounds of dynamite on the Dat exploded
with terrific force. No lives were lost.
PARIS, May 28.-Ex-E Empress Eugene
has given Emperor Frederick a medal
lion of great value, engraved with the
Monijo arms and containing a lock of
Eugenie's hair.
BERLIN, May 27.-The factories of
Dantzic have been obliged to stop work
in consequence Of the pieces which sup
ply them with water having become
choked with fish.
Three negro prisoners IN e New
Hanover county stockade grew refractory
and attempted to kill Mr.. King, the Su-
pe~rintendent. King fired on n of them,
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B1NGHAMPToN, N. Y, May 27.-In he
Judgment of leading citizens, there is a
shortage in the accounts of G. A. Thomp-
son, ca-hier of the Owego National Bank,
to the extent of $4,000.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, May "a. The Rev. Father
Stephen M. Barrett, of ST. Stephens Ro-
man Catholic church, who was shot yes
terday by a maniac named Patrick Ready,
died at 9 o'clock this morning.
BERLIN, May 27.-In an establishment
for the manufacture of artificial ice at
Barmen, Rhenish Prussia, an ammonia
steam pipe exploded, scalding three men
to death and seriously i%njuring severa,
others.
LONDON, May 27-The King of the
Belgians travelled all the way from Lou
do2 to Balmoral and returned, covering a
distance of 1900 miles, In order to pre-
sent a boquet to Queen Victoria On her
birthday.
Two thousand ammunition carts, bag
gage wagons and other military transport
vehicles, built in Warsaw, have been
shipped by the Russian war department
to Batoum. They are intended for Cen
trail Asia,
A. NJ. Kimball, an old and highly re-
spected citizen Of Jackson, Miss, was
waylaid and killed by unknown parties
near there last Monday night. 1t is
supposed that robbery was the object ol
his slayers.
WASHINGTON, May 27.-There is nc
foundation for the report telegraphed
from here last week that Civil Service
Commissioner Thompson is about to re-
sign to accept a business offer made him
in New York.
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