The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-02-04
THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
FOR A WEEK.
Atlanta has the grip"


Brunswick, Ga, had a heavy fire recent
ly. :
An ice factory will be built at Atlanta
this spring.
There are seventeen men in the U. s.
Senate whose aggregate wealth foots up
$4,000, 900.
An old ship pilot was drowned at New
York last week.
Another trust has been formed. 1t is a
stove trust this time. 2
Herr John Most, the famous anarchist,
is again before the courts. :
Steamers just arrived at New York
report heavy storms at sea,
Twenty seven divorces were granted in
Philadelphia one day recently.
Six persons were killed by..an explosion
of natural gas, at Columbus, Ohio.
Mr.. Thomas,M Moore, of Thomas county,
Ga, was killed on the 9th ult., by .
negro.
Great floods are reported in California.
The damage is such that no estimate can
be made yet,
A Mrs. Weaver killed her father-in-
law, Andrew Weaver, at Bellefont, Pa,
on the 28th ult. "
Jessie Dean Reynolds, a beautiful young
actress, committed suicide, a few days
Jagoin New York. >. -
John Vanderbilt, a cousin of the late
commodore, died a few days ago at his
home in-New Jersey.
A Bohemian at New Bedford, Mass
shot his wife and then committed, suicide
by drowning himself. IT.: @aa
Nellie Bly's real name is Elizabeth
Pink Cochran. And she is a darling
newspaper man." too.
John Sullivan wants $25, 900 for punch
ing Pete Jackson's head. All right,
Johnny, hold your hat.
A seven story building valued at $780,
900 was burned in Cincinnati on the 9th
ult. Insured for SIS, 1000.
A case of smallpox was discovered at
Evansville, Ind, Saturday.
The g~lass-blowers' strike in the East is
settled. 1t was a fight over apprentices
and the strikers claim a victory
Three men were instantly killed and
four fatally injured by a blast while work
ing on a railroad in Pennsylvania.
Sol Turner, a noted negro burglar, was
captured at Atlanta a few days ago, and
a quantity of stolen goods recovered.
The whiskey trust, which has head
quarters at Peoria, Ills, is moving to be-
come a regularly incorporated Institution.
The total products of lumber in the
Northwest in 1889 was 3, 467, 436, 493 feet,
a falling off from 1888 of 756,4O1,7 us
feet.
A heavy earthquake.shock was felt at
Bellfoot Lake, Tenn. on the 18th of
January. The people were greatly fright
ened.
The Bedford Coal and Iron company,
of Bedford, has been chartered; capital,
$4,000 John Cessna is one of the d.
~rectors.
A jealous lover shot his sweetheart and
rival near Batesville, Arkansas, and then
shot himself IN the head. All of them
may die.
Geo. H. L~ounsberry, ~defauIting cashier
Of the New York post Office killed him.
self after he was sure that his gpilt was
established.
Gen. Lester B. Faulkner died at $50
o'clock Monday morning. The funeral
will take place at GAINESVILLE, n. Y, on
Thursday.
The Allan line steamer Prussian arrived
at Halifax Monday, six days overdue.
She encountered terrific weather during
her passage.
Hon. Talcott E. Wing, one of the most
widely known citizens Of Michigan, died
of apoplexy Saturday at Monroe, Mich,
in his 10th year. g..
George Gould has bought Furlough
lake, IN the Catakills, and will spend his
Summers there with his wife, his babes
and his trout rod.
There was III deaths in the city of
Philadelphia last week, and more than
300 of these are ascribed to "la grippe"
and its complications.
Miss Nellie Bly, completed her trip
around the world in p days six hours