The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-05-20
THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
FOR A WEEK.

Seven men were arrested for gambling
in Atlanta one night last week.
A boiler exploded at Nashville, Tenn,
last Monday and ore nan was killed and
another injured.
Philadelphia capitalists propose to con-
struct a m~illion-dollar cotton factory in
Montgomery, Ala.
A. Robertson, an Atlanta drummer,
was arrested at Opelika, Ala, for passing
bogus checks last week.
A large portion of the business section
Of Madison, Ca, was burned last Mon
day. Loss about $4,000.
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston has consented
to unveil the equestrian statue of General
Robert E. Lee on May 18th
The large tube works at McKeesport,
Pa, work four thousand hands. They all
went on a strike one day last week.
At Warrior, Ala last week, Lee Nc
Coy shot Will Wright with a Winchester
rife. The men were railroad employee.
The centennial celebration of the Epis-
copal Diocese of South Carolina was held
in Charleston Wednesday in the presence
of 1000 people.
A negro burglar was hung in Georgia
Friday for killing a white man, and died
without expressing the usual hope of
reaching heaven.
Nj. II. G. Crowley, an Atlanta machin-
list, has invented a headlight for locomo-
tives which will throw light FIVE bundled
yards before the engine.
A Montgomery, Ala, dispatch says
Philadelphia capitalists will commence
Immediately the construction of a million
dollar cotton factory there.
A negro was hung at Union, S. c.,
Friday, for the murder Of a woman ofhis
own color; he made a full confession and
| expressed a willingness to die.
LONDON, May IA new cotton cor
ner is being formed in Lancashire. A
large quantity of American cotton is cor
nered and prices are advancing.
Leslie E. Mcleod, associate editor of
WaNace's Monthly, Of New York, has been
arrested on a charge of stealing $4,000
| from a relative Of his employer.
The strikers in Itor Valley, Bohemia,
have attacked a number of factories,
damaged the machinery and compelled
the weavers still at work to quit.
John Black was arrested at Columbia
on the 10th inst, charged with abducting
a fourteen-year-old girl, daughter of Mrs.
Julia Caswell, of Wrightsville, N. c.
A severe cyclone struck East Sandy,
Pa, last Monday. Four people were
killed and about twenty-five injured. The
destruction of property was very great.
BILBAO, Spain, May 14.-Nine thousand
miners in the Province Of Biscay have
gone out on a strike for an increase OF
pay and a decrease of the hours of labor
A woman has been convicted at Bor-
dentown, N. j., of administering crotor
oil to her son, with intent to kill him, in
order to secure the insurance money or
his life.
BERLIN, May l3.-The Germany expe-
dictionary force, under command Of Maj
Wissman, has bombarded and captured
the town of Indy, on the southern coast
Of Zadzabar.
CINCINNATI, May 12.-The strike OF
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad wa
settled this morning. The men resumed
work at ten hours per day, the conces'
sion demanded.
P~1rrsBURG, Pa, May 12.-Three thou.
sand employees Of the National Tube
Works Company, at McKeesport, wen
out on a strike this morning for a ten pc
cent. advance in wages.
Three burglars went through a hous'
in Atlanta one night last week. A lad,
discovered them. She was knocked dow
and a towel saturated with chloroform
tied over her face and head.
AUSTIN, Texas, May 13.-Governo
Ross left this morning for Washington t
see about the suit relative to the publ
domain known as Greer county, which i
claimed by the United States.
ALBANY, N. Y, May 13.-It is nov
stated that the amount embezzled b.
B~ook-keeper Whitney, Of the City Ma
tional, Bank, will reach 100000, $4,000
of which he gave to a woman with whOr
he boarded.
ALBANY, N. Y, May lot is state
here to-day that Geo. P. Whitney,
book-keeper in the Albany City bank ha