The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-07-15
THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
FOR A WEEK,
Sparks from the Wires.

Elizabeth White died yesterday, aged U
years.
New York, July 9,-Four cases of sun
stroke were reported here to two o'clock
this afternoon.
New York, June Insurance under
writers estimate the losses by 4th of July
fires at ten millions of dollars.
The valuation Of railroad prope ty in
Alabama for the present year is $48. 600
OOj. In 1879 it was 5000, 90.
Internal revenue receipts for eleven
molths of this fiscal year greatly exceed
those of the same period last year.
A statue Of Gen. Grant, tc cost $780,
O0O, is to be given to Galena, Ill, the
generals name, by H. H. Kolsart, a citi-
zen of the town.
Ninety FIVE cremations have taken place
in the crematory at Cincinnati, the latest
n last week. The crematory has been
built only two years,
LONDON, J1Iy IA telegram from
Athens says at the King of Greece Las
decided to abdicate in favor Of the Duke
of Sparta in November.
SHELBY, N. G.. July 7-R. G. G llins
has been arrested here charged with being
accessory TO the murder of his wife at
their home in Plainville, Ca, two weeks
ago.
VERGENNEs, Vt, July "a terrible
wind, rain and thunder storm passed over
V~ergennes last night, doing great dam
age. Hundreds of trees were blown
down.
QUEBEC, July 9-The two hundred
passengers of the steamer Buenos Ayres,
most Of whom are ~IcelanderS, were de-
tanned at Crosse Isle this morning to be
Vaccinated.
Mr.. Joe Gray, a former engineer on
the Charlotte, Columbis & Augusta road,
dropped dead in Columbia, S. c., last
Saturday. He was foreman of the rail
road shops there.
BALTIMORE, July 7.-Ex-S State Treas
urer Archer this morning pleaded guilty
to the charge of embezzling $132,COO of
the States flu Ids and was sentenced to
five years in the penitentiary.
BATON ROUGE, La, July 9.-The Senate
by a vote If % to II postponed action
on the lottery bill and veto until II
o'clock as a special order, one
of the pro-senators being absent.
BELFoRD, Me, July "a tornado
swept over Waldo county last evening.
l. was most violent at Thorndike, where
the railroad station was moved from its
foundation, and other buildings damaged.
New YORK, July 9-General Clinton
B. Fisk died at his residence in this city
this morning, aged 60, from a second at
tack of the grip. He was the presidential
candidate of the prohibition party at the
last election.
INDIANAPOLIS, July "a wind storm
one of the most severe Of the season,
swept over central and western Indiana
Yesterday afternoon. The wind was very
strong and considerable damage has been
done to property and crops.
LONDON, July THE Gar is repre-
sented in a dispatch from St. Petersburg
as growing more and more furious over
the open defiance of Russia by Prince
Ferdinand and some action in the direc,
ton of Bulgaria is daily looked for.
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, July ..9.-Arthul
Boo~inger, aged 20, while getting hay il
out of the rain last night, was struck anC
instantly killed by lightning. A hole
large enough to bury a d. zen men in wa
knocked in the ground at his feet.
Owing to constant emigration to Can
ada and the United States Ireland il
gradually becoming depopulated 1t i
estimated that this year the exodus vii
amount to 10000 which is nearly one
quarter of the population of the island.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, July ga specia
to the Eventng Wisconsin, from Yves
Superior, says the striking dock laborer
attempted to prevent all work in the cit,
this afternoon. A riot ensued. TIVE
men were fatally shot and others wounded
LOUISVILLE, KY, July 9.-All tn
Louisville and Nashville switchmen ant
the freight brakemen On the Short line
went on a strike last night. The pas
seDger trainmen took no part in the
trouble and the trains went out as usual
TORONTO, Ont, July "A special agen'
of the Customs department is here inves.
! 4;oo4;o- r;-o1F;o Pra,11 oF Covoro1 vyao-