The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-22

E. s. Goodkjn, editor of the Hgeuing
Post at New York, was arrested on a
warrant charging him with libel, on the
complaint of Peter Mitchell. a lawyer.
Over two thousand persons have = ned
a petition for the pardon of the three
Bald Knobbers in prison at Ozark. Nc.
The wives of the men ale circulating it.
The Hon. Samuel j. Randall, who has
represented n of the Congressional dis
tricts in Pennsylvania for many years,
died in Washington City on the 18th in
slant.
There was a heavy frost over Knox
county, Tenn, on Friday morning last,
and considerable harm has come to vege-
tables, beans, peas and potatoes being
killed.
CHICAGO, April l6.-Au work was
stopped on a number of buildings yester-
day and all hand engaged o. chem thrown
into idleness on account OF the carpen-
terS' strike.
1t is reported from Fort Worth that
New Orleans will probably be the ship
ping point for the company that propose
to ship $1,000 beeves annually to Europe
and elsewhere.
CHICAGO, April 1.-THE industrial stu
alton IN this city is fast becoming critical.
Should the strike continue another week
its effect will be to throw 100000 men
out Of employment.
The negro laborers on the Norfolk &
Western road, near Wheeling, w. Va,
became riotous a few days ago, and it is
said that A. L Meyer was killed and FIVE
other white men seriously Injured.
SAN Francisco, April I5.-The steamer
San Juan, from Panama, reports the
severest earthquake shock ever expert
enced on the Isthmus since 1882, as &C.
curing recently. The shock lasted five
seconds.
A man was murdered at Copenhagen
and his body put in a mould Of plaster of
Paris and shipped to Racine, Wis. 1t has
been discovered and the murderer will in
all probability be found out. Murder
will out"
James Speed, one of the wealthiest
cattlemen of southwest Texas, was shot
and killed Friday event G, by John To-
morlin, at Moore station. Speed was a
relative of the late United States Attor-
ney General Speed.
On February 18th, Guatemala advices
were that the steamer Shakharah, bound
from San Jose for Hamburg, went to
pieces on the rocks near Acajalla. The
cargo, consisting Of $4,000 sacks Of coffee,
valued at 100000, was lost.
Two men attempted to whip an old
man by the name Of Holland, near Doni-
phan, Mo, on the night Of the 18th. His
son emptied the contents of a double
barrelled shot gun into them and they
were almost instantly killed.
1t is reported that a remarkable opera
ton for consumption has just been sue
cessfully made before the Surgical Con-
gress, sitting at Berlin. The patient is
doing well, and the congress declares
that this dread disease is now durable.
A convention of working girls was
held in New York last week. It now
looks like the girls are going to organize.
There is thing wrong about it, though.
They nave been working for rich manu-
ia 3turers and others at starvation wages
just like the rest Of US.
BLAIR, Nd, April 14.-Ex-State Treas
urer Archer was to-day admitted to bail
in the sum of $4,000. He will not
therefore appear before the court at An
napolis tomorrow as cited by the Gov
ernor. 1t is expected his successor will
be appointed tomorrow.
According to the Statistical Yearbook
of Germany for 1889, the latest data on
the religious s.. .tus of the country are
these: 20, 1863, 848 Evangelists, 1885,
1873 Catholics, 1868 other Christians,
500, 1872 Jews, I1Z78 professors of other
religions, or processing nc religions at all.
TERRIBLE WIND STORM