The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-09-30
THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
FOR A WEEK.
Sparks from the Wires.

were drowned.
PARIS, Sept. 23.-Railway traffic has
been stopped between Mines and Alaio
by the foods and landslide.
JAS Glodson and his son were killed by
an eugIue GA the East Tennessee ROAD,
near Nashville one day last week.
The business portion of Whitehall,
Michigan, has been swept away by an in
cendlary ire, causing a loss of 500 O0J
A Turkish man of war was foundered
at sea, causing the loss of 500 lives, in
Guiding two Pashas, ENJOYS to the En-
peror of Japan.
A health officer of Philadelphia fed
from the dreadful malaria Of that afflicted
city, but failed to leave $17,O 600 behind to
pay for his shortage"
PARIS, Sept. 23.-Eight thousand lace
makers are idle in Calais and rioting is
feared. An extra regiment of troops has
been ordered to the spot.
GALVESTON, Tex, Sept. 23.-Panama
adviees state that Aspinwall is being de
stroyed by fire, and that a large portion
Of the town has succumbed to the flames,
GREENsBURe. Pa, Sept, pa wreck
occurred at the Derry yard of the Penn
sylvia railroad last night, in which five
trainmen were injured, and two of them
may die.
A party Of ten Turks and their bears
on their way South were o%veraowed by
a food in Arkansas, resulting In the
drowning of seven of the Turks and all Of
the bears.
SCHENECTADY, N. Y, Sept. pa col
lision between freight trains on the New
York Central occurredher to-day, wreck
ing ten cars and the engine, causing $l5,
900 damage.
GLASGOW, Sept. 22.-The Scotch fur
nacemen have struck for higher wages.
The furnaces are bling blown out. The
iron market here is excited in consequence
of the strike.
New YORK, Sept. 22.-Julius Schott,
one of the members of the Astoria police
force was killed early this morning by all
ex policeman. The fight was over a
strange woman.
A bad wreck occurred near Reading,
Pa, a few days ago. A passenger train
was thrown IF the track and rolled down
an embankment. Several people were
killed and many injured.
CORPUS CHRISTI Texas, Sept. 23.-Yes-
terday afternoon a cyclone swept over
the town of Dresden. The tornado de-
vastated a strip of county Gfty yards wide
and three miles in length.
COLUMBIA, S. c., Sept 23.-Six distinct
shocks of earthquake occurred here about
3 o'clock this morning. They appeared
to come from the south and the last shock
lasted for nearly a minute.
CHICAGO, Ill, Sept 23.-Millie Pilgrim,
aged %, died at noon to-day, making the
sixth fatality resulting from last nights
collision between the Illinois Central and
Chicago and Burlington trains.
On Monday night last while James
Pefner and wife, residing near Boyles-
town, Pa, were on their way home, they
were attacked and MI. Pefner killed. His
wife was not harmed. He was robbed OF
$500.
LONDON, Sept. 22.-Later advices from
Goa, India, state that eighteen persons
were killed and fifty wounded in the cleo
ton riot at that place by the Portuguese
troops, who fred upon a crowd of Re.
publicans.
LONDON, Sept. 23.-The two ~sluggers
Slsvin and McAulife, who were to have
an international prize fight in Scotland
and who were arrested here yesterday
have been placed under a ore thousand
pound bond.
New ORLEANS, Sept. 23.-The anti
Lottery bill passed by Congress has hat
wonderful effects On the New Orleans
~postofice and its business has decreased
so that a large reduction in force has be
come necessary.
BERNE, Sept. 22.-The village of Ruth
in Caution Of st. Gale, is on fire. Three
hundred houses are already destroyed. a
loss Of one life is reported. All t e PEG
pie whose houses are burned are in a des
titute condition.
CATTLETTsBURG, KY, Sept. 20.-Th'
Brewer, Dempsey and Baisden war brok,
out again in Logan county, West Virginia
Wednesday. At the mouth of Pigeon
creek, in a general fight between the TIVE
factions, Sames Dempsey shot and kile'