The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-11-04

LOUISE montague, the former Fore
paugh 1910, 900 beauty has created a
decided sensation in religious circles in
San Francisc, joining the church an / de-
voting herself entirely to works of piety
and charity.
New ORLEANS, Oct Or. E. Belts
yesterday made % and so nile records on
a safety wheel. The 25 miles was GOV
cred in l hour, 80 minutes, II seconds.
and the 80 miles in 3 aours, u minutes
AID 46 seconds.
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 28.-On Sunday.
ten miles below town, at a cotton plauta-
Il n, four Mexicar gamblers fell out e a
mou'e game, When oue II trrm drew his
pistol and shot and k lied the other three.
the murder has not been arrested.
LONDON, Oct. 28.-A colony Of Russian
Gentlemen and ladies' has been formed at
Vl,hnee, Olotchok, a large town on the
river Tsna, IN the governm. Mt of Tver,
with the object of practiciag the sexual
tenets of the novelist Tolsto. The col
onists are al 20 .ng
CINCINNATI, o, Oci. 28.-The fire IN
the George Weideman Brewing Com
papy's establishment in Newport, Ky,
last night, destroyed a large warehouse
containing lO0,O 900 bushels of barley and
malt. The loss is estimated at 800 20,
with insurance covering the loss.
READING, Pa, Oct. 25.-Rev. Martin L.
Fritich, for 25 years a respected minister
of the Reformed denomination, during
which time he was pastor of some of the
largest congregations in Berks county,
was sentenced he}e his afternoon to three
months in Jail aud to pay $40 fac, and
costs amounting to $3.50 for stealing.
Earnest G. Row, a young newspaper
man of New Haven, Conn, arrived il
San Francisco Tuesday night with a safety
bicycle, which he had ridden clear across
the American continent, as far as Ogden,
with The exception of about 700 miles
ONSA q W. gu dlLlOSA IOduICSS COUNTY,,
when e walked. The journey was com
menced August 18th.
EUREKA SPRINGS, Ark, Oct. 28-Fire
stated in II. @. Collins jewelry store in
he Perry House on Spring street yester-
day afternoon and con >umed property
valued at 5000, 900. There was no loss
of life, The Perry House, Springfield
House, Ohio House, and 35 OF er business
and dwelling houses were destroyed. The
total insurance is about 81, 1000.
READING Pa, Oct. 25.-EarIy this
morning two masked men entered the
residence Of Mrs. Amanda Doebler a
wealthy Viii W residing on the outskirts
Of Lebanon county and demanded her
money. Sas refused, when they set
upon her with a knife, and brutally
stabbed her in ten places on her head,
besides cutting her on her body and rms
HoUsToN, Texas, Oct. 27.-Early yes
terday morning an unknown negro pas
senger boarded Conductor MarshalPs train
on the Houston and Texas Central Road
at NavaSota. He refused to pay the fare
and had a few words with a colored
,Orter. The conductor threatened to put
aim off the train, when he drew a revolver
and fred three shots into the porter, kill
ing him.
P1TTsBURG, Pa, Oct. 28.-Andover, a
town with a population of about l,50O,
located on the Oil City branch of the Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad,
was wiped out by fire yesterday. About
twenty buildings, including the town hall
and pcstofice, were burned. Temporary
relief has been given the inhabitants.
Loss, $4,000; pretty well covered by
insu1 ance.
BALTIMORE, Nd, Oct. 28.-Fire was
discovered in St. Francis colored school
yesterday afternoon, and when the cry
Of fire went up there was a panic among
the 200 pupils in the school, ranging from
6 to Is years Of age. Katie Smith. aged
10, leaped from a third-story window
and received fatal injuries. The fire,
which was but a triAing affair, was ex-
~tinguished and the panic allayed.
ATLANTA, GA, Oct. 27.-Joseph Gibson,
a prominent citizen of Hiawasse, Ca, was
found dead yesterday morning about a
mile from town, near the house of a man
canned N. L. Amans, who is suspected Of
killing him Gibson, it seems saw Amans
beating his wife and demonstrated with
him, at which be became very angry,
Amans fed during the night and lynching
parties nave been formed to hunt for him.
Henry Gilman, United States Consul
at Jerusalem, has informed The State De-