The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-03-11
THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
FOR A WEEK.

New. York had a $35o,oOO Gre on the
4th inst.
5Ex: Governor English, of NV Haven,
Conn, is dead.
Four persons were killed IN a'coliSi6n
on a railroad near London on the 4th.
The big smelling organizations of the
United States have formed q trust with q
C pital of S. 600, 1000.
Mr.. Wanamaker was again before the
House postofice committee explaining
his postal telegraph project.
The wine product of California is i'm
mense. In 1865 it was 1000, 900 gallons.
Last year it was 100000 gallons.
-Four persons were burned to death by
the wreck Of a freight train on the Fort
Wayne road near Lakeyille, Ohio, last
week.
Andrew Carnegie has given a $75O,Ooo
free library to Allegheny City, Pa, and
will give one costing 100000 to
Pittsburg.
It is said that Mr.. Cleveland's guaran-
teed income from the law firm with which
he is connected as special counsel is $685.
OO0a year. ~ .r.a:.
Sam Jones will move from Carriers
vile, Ca to his fine farm near Eminence,
KY. It is said that he wishes to rest for
for a few years.
A dime museum in Chicago advertises
a woman who has not been known to say
anything except eyes" and '-no" for
over three years.
Asheville is to entertain the General
Assembly of the Presbyterian church i'll
May. The meeting is called for May 10,
and will last ten days. So ~'
A bill has been introduced in the New
York Assembly fixing charges for all
telegraph messages at ten cents Tor ten
words for any distance.
1t is said that a Washington electrician
is at work on some improvements to make
electricity available for cooking, and with
good prospects of success.
Bernard O'Brien, awell known resident
of Pittston, Pa, aged forty years, was
kicked to death by a horse Tuesday. He
leaves a wife and twelve children.
The citizens of Macon, Ga, have taken
$4,000 worth of stock in the Davis land
company, which was organized for the
benefit of the family of the late Jefferson
Davis.
New York, March 6.-The San says
the Wholesale grocers OF the country have
entered into a combination to advance the
prices of sugar one-quarter of a cent per
pound.
A flood in the Hassayempa Valley
Arizona, broke a $3OO,OOO dam, causing a
loss of probably several million dollars
worth of property. Forty lives have been
reported to have been lost, possibly more.
The memorial favoring a repeal of the
18th amendment was voted on in Fthe
Mississippi House last Thursday, the result
being 80 nays, 20 yeas, but there being
no quorum. The matter will come up
again.
Bids were opened at the treasury De-
partment Tuesday for a copper roof for
the New Orleans Custom house. There
were fourteen bidders, John J. Harring-
ton, of Washington city, being the lowest
at $4,000.
The House Committee on Public Build
ings and Grounds has reported favorably
among other bills appropriating $50. 600
for a public building at Norfolk, Va, and
$4,000 for a public building at Reds
vile, N. G.
DIR. John J.. Crane, one of the wealthiest
and most prominent citizens of New
Haven died yesterday morning, aged
seventy. For many years he was in
charge of'one of the largest hospitals in
New York city.
A dispatch from Nashville, Tenn, a
few days ago, states that the sudden rise
in the Cumberland river has caused much
suffering. Nearly fifteen hundred people
have been compelled to abandon their
homes on the lowlands
Mrs. NJ. Newton, of s~cottsdale, Pa,
gave birth to four children. They are all
perfectly formed, and about forty dime
museums are after them. There have
been hudreds of visitors at the Newton
mansion to see the ~quartette.
The grand lodge of the Ancient Order
Of United Workingmen began it's seven
teenth annual session at Rochester yes
+ordov There were abOut $50 members