The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-01-07

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brick building at Norwich, Vt, e4used a
loss of 81, 900; insurance $4,000. The
postofice was burned.
join .Greenleaf Whittier, the venerable
Quaker poet, was 81 years old last Tues
day. He spent the day quietly with his
family at Amesburry, Mass.
The Rome & Decatur Railroad was sold
at auction on the floor of the Real Estate
Exchange, in New York, Wednesday, to
j.. B. Newcombe for $4,000.
The Roanoke Mea0s says that there is
10000 Woodworking, honest farmers in
Halifax county unable to carry on their
farming operations as heretofore.
On the 3lst of December the death rate
at New York City had increased 100 per
cent. La grippe is credited with being at
the bottom of the increased fatality. p
icemen to the number of 357 are on the
sick list.
An accident on the Ohio, Indiana and
Western Railroad, near Covington,
wrecked a train and killed Superintend-
n J. 81. Wilson and Train Dispatcher
Cummins.
The total wealth Of this county isnow
put down at SCI, 459, 900, 600, an increase
of $l8,OOO 900, 900, or ~ per cent. 1t
would be interesting to know who has all
this increase. g.
A. R. and>P. E. TORY, Of Charleston,
unearthed a copper pot containing $1,000
worth of gold dust, 1t was buried there
by Henry Hopkins, an uncle, who brought
it from California in 1849.
The candle works of Thomas Emory &
Sons, neal Cincinnati, was burned last
week. The loss is estimated at 800, 900.
The Emorys being large property holders,
carry their own insurance.
A dispatch from New York reports that
the proposed international salt trust has
been organized with a capital of $780,
600, 600, and Thursday it will be incor-
porated under the laws of the State.
Laura Hives, a seven-year-old girl, was
assaulted in the woods, near Cleaveladn,
Tenn, by a white man named Will. Har-
din. He was caught and identified by the
child and was taken to a field and hanged.
Mr.. John Foster, of Davie county, shot
a negro burglar in his house on Tuesday
of last week. The negro carried a pistol
while rumaging through the contents of
a bureau, but Mr.. Foster got the drop on
him.
An unkr own person has just given the
Presbyterian Hospital, of New York
City, which suffered a great loss by fire,
recently, $25O,OOO, provided an equal sum
shall be raised for the erection Of a new
building.
The building of a railroad from Eutaw-
vile, S. c., via. Darlington, to Monroe, N.
c., is one Of the probabilities Of the
future. Darlington has offered the pro-
~jectors 100000 provided the road is
built to Monroe.
The Wilmington Star says: "The
Kansas farmer sits by the cheerful light
of his corn fire, with corn at II cents per
bushel and thanks his Creator for the
blessings of a high protective tariff which
gave him a home market"
Owing to "hard times" at T~revorton,
Pa, a town which had a population of
5000 a month ago now has only 1000.
People have been leaving the place on
account Of actual hunger caused by a sus-
pension of work at the mines.
Goldsboro Jones, a young farmer, was
married to Mary Anne Shippers, at
Greenwood, Delaware, a few days ago.
The blushing bride, though in her 8Oth
year, insisted that the blinds be closed to
hide her bushes during the ceremony.
A distressing type of influenza, called
" the grip" has spread all owe the cont
nent of Europe as an epidemic and every
body has it. The disease has appeared
on this side of the water, also. Two
cases were reported in Raleigh this week.
An alleged expert claims that analysis
of the phosphate deposits in South Flor
ida show that they excel in quality the
celebrated phosphate deposits of South
Carolina. Preparations are being made
to ship large quantities of the phosphate
to Atlanta.
Minnesota and other Northwestern
States were visited by heavy TO- and
rain storms on the night of the 28th Of
December. Telegraph wires are down