The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-08-05

b inbred feet in the air and trees torn up.
Two Piute Indians and a u Der of ami
mails were killed.
PARIS, July 3O.-Pelissier pit, at St.
Etienne, in which an explosion # fire
damp occurred yesterday, has been
cleared. F~ifty-nine persons were rescued
alive from the pit, and ninety-eight dead
bodies nave been taken out.
DANvILLE, Va, July 25.-At Martins
vile to day Thomas Wilson, co!ored. was
hanged for the murder of jim Davis. He
and Davis qnarreled about a w man, when
Wills N drew a pistol and shot his antag-
onist through the heart. The execution
was private.
WASHINGTON, July 29.-Mr. Farquhar,
of New York, introduced in the House
to-day a bill to create the United States
Commission of the Worlds Congress of
Labor of nine members, who shall lake
preparation for converting at some point
in the United States a congress of labor.
SPOKANE FALLS, July 28.-News reached
here last evening that the town of Wal
lace, Idaho, the great mining camp of the
Couer d'Alene Mining district, has been
complete destroyed by fire. The loss will
aggregate more than a half a million of
dollars and five hundred people are home
less.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, July 26.-Henry
Stebbins, nearly ninety years of age,
vigorous, hale and hearty, living near
here, cut his W throat and killed him
self day before yesterday. The cause was
that he dreaded the discomforts which
the infrmities of old age would bring
him.
LOUISVILLE, KY, July 29.-Incendiaries
set fire to the residence of Rev. David
Plumb, at Coles, Ind, a short distance
across the river from here, at an early
hour this morning. Mrs. Plumb and
three children were burned to death, and
Mr.. Plumb was so badly burned that he
cannot live.
MERIDIAN, Miss, July psf. NJ. B.
Cook, the ~well-known Republican poll
:ician, was shot and killed near Mount
Zion, Jasper county, yesterday, by I'M
known parties. He was a candidate for
the congressional convent n and made
an incendiary speech during the day on
the force bill.
HARLEM, Ca, July 26.-At the Alliance
picnic at Oliver, S -reven county, y~ester-
day, a difficulty occurred between Geo.
w. Clary and his son John, and John G.,
Harris, in which two lives were lost
Harris shot John Clary and then Geo. w,
CIary shot Harris. Tea or more shots
were exchanged.
WASHINGTON, July 29.-Mr. Oates. of
Alabama, offered in the House to, day a
resolution reciting the charge made by
the Farmers Alliance that m lions had
been spent in lobbying the silver bill
through Congress, and calling for an in
~vestigation. The resolution was with
drawn temporarily.
BUENos AYREs, Monday, 2:2O p. NJ
Announce that the Instruction has been
completely subdued. The president of
the republic and the national labend are
giving orders from the national govern
ment house. The finance minister has
been set at liberty.
(Signed) "JUAN GARCIA"
New YORK, July o. Over a million
and a quarter ounce of S liver bullion was
shipped to L0ndol last week, and this
week nearly as much has been ordered
for shipment. This has given rise to
much comment, because it has been pre-
dicted that as soon as the silver bill was
passed this country would be fo~d ed
with the silver Of foreign countries.
PHILADELPHIA, July pa dispatch
received at the Maritime exchange here
says that the Norwegian steamer Signe,
from Port Antonio for this pot, has been
off Abaco, Bahama Islands. No p~articu-
lars are yet known. The Signe left Port
Antonio July 10th, having on board a.
900 lunches Of bananas and six hundred
bales Of c~ocoanuts consigned to the Balti-
more Fruit Company. She carried a
crew Of twenty men.
New YORK, July 29.-The Times Port
land, Me-, special says that a gentleman
formerly prominent in two Republican
administrations, and who is now at Bar
Harbor, intimates that the United States
is likely to annex Haytl or Saint Domin-
go, and that Mr.. Blaine's views on sugar
duties have a bearing on this point. A
dominion statesman recently paid a hur-
ried visit to Mr.. Blame. Minister Doug
lass return from Hayti MAJ have some