The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-07-15

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, July Yesterday
morning Will Kent shot his mistress,
Lizzie Hotcher, and then himself. Both
were dead when found, shot through the
breast. Kent leaves a widow and three
little children penniless. Whiskey was
the cause of his ruin.
LoNr ON, July 9.-The withdrawal of
the Gladstonians from the procedure
committee as a protest against the OBJ
'tlnancy and arrogance of the Tory
Unionist coalition has filed the latter
with dlSmay at the dismal outlook for the
success of their schemes.
NEw York, July 1.-Attired in a dress
of the deepest mourning which was I'M
relieved either a. throat or wrists, Miss
Winnie Davis, eldest and ~favorI,e dauob-
ter of the late Jefferson Davis, President
Of the C~onfederacy, landed from the
French steamer La B~retague yesterday.
WASHINGTON, D c., July 9-The Sun
dry civil! appropriation bill was reported
to the Senate to day by the commit ee on
appropriations. The bill carries an in-
creased appropriation Of over So, 1000 900.
An appropriation is add~d of $4,000 for
a light vessel at Frying Pan Shoals, N. c.
A sad Gaze, and one that appeals
strongly to oces sympathy, is hi of ex-
Senator and Ex-Governor Spraguue, of
Rhode Island. His home broken up his
property gone, growing old AID nearing
the great beyond, he earns his living by
ac'ing as chief of police at Narragansett
Pier.
New ORLEANS, L., July 8.-A Times
Democrat San Antonio, Texas, special
says: In Columbus, Colorado county,
yesterday City Marshal Pipe shot and
instantly k He'd Ed. Young and John and
Robert Stafford, sons of R. H. Stafford.
The fight occurred in l saloon and thirty
s lots were fired.
At Rome, Ga, while a horse was loose
in the stable one Of his hind feet got
ca1ght in his mouth. 1t is supposed that
the animal was rubbing the flies from his
nose with his hind foot, when by accident,
the loot passed into the mouth. After
he had struggled fearfully the owner
found him and got the foot out.
SAN FRASo1sCo, July 9.-By the capsiz-
ing of a sailing vessel, which was being
launched at Osaka, Japan, on June 18th,
ffty-nine people out of the n hundred
who were on board the vessel at the time
were drowned. The bodies of fifty FIVE
have been recovered. About twenty
persons wire more or less injured.
SAN FRANcIsoo, July 9.-The steamship
Gaelic, from Hong Kong, arrived to-day.
The Japan mail contains a report that
Russia had seized an island off the coast
of Corea and that British men of-war
London and Severn were under orders to
keep up steam and be ready to proceed
to sea a a moments notice if required.
SETTING July THE commandant of
the body guard of Prince Nicholas, of
Montenegro, and cousin of that ruler, Col.
Martinovits was to-day assassinated in
the market of this city. The crime was
i0spi ed by a desire for private vengeance.
The assassin was seized upon by the peo-
pie and lynched on the Eel Of the crime.
MACKINAw CRY, Mich, July 9,-This
section was visited bya terrible storm,
lasting from 10 o'clock until 7 o'clock
this morning. Lightning flashed. and
the dock, 400 feet long, belonging to the
ice company, was torn away and several
other local mishap5 occurred. tits feared
that disasters have occurred on the lake.
Hamilton, Ont, July Friday last,
at Mt. Hope, undertaken Joel Smith
hoisted the Stars and Stripes over his
resid. nee ia honor Of the "Fourth" A
deputation of neighbors, farmers) re-
quested it's removal, but Smith declined,
w~hereupon the flag was riddled with bull
lets and divided among the crowd A
second flag raj ed by Smith met a similar
fate.
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