The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-01

There is q poplar tree in Wilkes county
"a feet in circumference.
Over 5000, 900 have been subscribed to
the Greensboro steel works.
Elk Gov. ". w. Holden is suffering
from another stroke of paralysis.
Rev. Sam Jones will begin his meeting
at Cnarlot e on the 25:h of April.
AsheviIle is to have a new hotel. 1t
will cost $4,000 and have 400 rooms
Hayesv,IIe, Clay county, is shortly to
have a newspaper to be called the Head
light.
The Greenville Reflector says that corn
planting is in full b'ast down that way
now.
The authorities at Charlotte are to put
in ten new water hydraots says the
NeUs.
A SIS. 600 publishing house will be run
in Durham in connection with Trinity
College.
The peach crop in Piedmont, North
j Carolina, was killed by the late cold
weather.
A cotton factory is to be built at Har-
den, on the narrow gauge road between
LincoInton and Dallas.
The Elizabeth City CaroEntan says the
cold westhe has destroyed the truck and
fruit is badly damaged.
The Rev. Joiner, who tried hard to get
up a Southern outrage, LETT Greensboro
last week for Cincinnati.
DR.. w. j. Jones and Mr.. Robert Dur
ham, both prominent citizens Of Clayton,
died durir 6 the past week.
Six guests registered at the penitentiary
last Wednesday; three from New Hanover
and three from Allegheny.
Concord Presbytery has refused to dis
solve the relation between Rev. DR.. Wood
and the Statesville Church.
A ten-year-old daughter of the late
Rev. Martin Mcqueen was burned to
death mar Carthage a few days ago.
A special train carrying six coaches
filed with Northern capitalists, passed
through Charlotte one day last week.
A Young man was killed during a storm
near LAurin ourg last week by a tree fall
ing on him while he was driving a team.
The n. G. Conference of the Evangeli-
cal Luthern Church met at st. Johns
Church, Catawba county, on last Thurs
day.
The argus says that the Goldsboro
water works are being literally patron
lied by the people of that progressive
town.
Rev. n. NJ. Jurney and several others
went over to the Banks last week hunting,
and brought back three deer.-A&0aatc
Seaside.
Richmond Pearson has just purchased
eleven acres Ct property in the business
portion Of Asheville, for which he paid
$33,5OO.
Asheville Journal: Mrs. j. R. Patter-
son, wife of Clerk Patterson, of the
Criminal Court, died at Philadelphia yes
terday morning.
The Journal says that Miss Burdette,
sister of Robert J. Burdette, the famous
.humOrist, is in New Berne engaged in
missionary work.
Washington Gazette: A horse belong
ing to Nh. Jesse Griffin committed suicide
by jumping into the river at the market
one day last week.
The mercury fell to "A degrees in the
New Berne section Sunday morning. All
vegetables which escaped the previous
cold spell were killed.
The Directors of the Greensboro Cotton
Mills have purchased a site at the foot of
South Elm street and will soon begin
work on their factory.
Mt. Holly NeUs: What has become of
the fsh2 Only two shad and very few
red horse have been caught at the fisheries
below here this season.
Mrs. Barney, the Secretary of the
prison committee of the National Wo-
mems hristian Association, will lecture
n Raleigh on tee 10th of April.
The Greensboro North State says:
Men OF brain and great foresight estimate
that Greensboro will have 10000 inhabi-
yants within two years from The present
lime"
Goldsboro argus: The news reaches
Us that Mrs. Elizabeth Brown, aged about
90 years, died on the farm of w. B.
fort, Esq, near Pikeville, this county,
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