The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-04
THE LATEST NEWS.
Sparks from the Wires--Most Important
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ton of the COuberoie murderers. One
fought like a demon.
Springfield, o., July 25.-The White
ley Reaper Works, the largest in
America, were sold to-day to a syndi-
cate of Chicago, Cleveland and New
York capitalists.
A member of Blaine's family says
that recent reports that Blaine is seri-
ously i'll and likely to retire perma-
nently from public life, are entirely
without foundation.
BAYoNNE, N. j., July GA warrant
is out for William McNullen, who is
charged with forging a check and pass
ing it upon Peter Brady, a s~torekeeeper
on Avenue D. McMullen has fed.
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio, July 25.-Capt.
John Killen, an old steamboat man of
South Portsmouth, Ky, was struck
down and beaten by his negro servant,
whom he reproved for negligence,
The Pensacola, which sailed from
Callao about three weeks ago, arrived
at Acapulco, Mexico, on Sunday. No
mention was made of the loss of one Of
her launches and death of five men, as
reported from CallaO,
The first bale of the new crop of
Georgia cotton, claS8ed about strict
low middling, raised in Dougherty
county, was sold at public auction in
front of the n. Y. Cotton Exchange at
seven cents per pound,
CINCINNATI, July 20.-The Boston
Safe Deposit and Trust Company, Of
Boston, filed in the United States Court
at Covington, Ky, yesterday a suit
against the Charleston, Cincinnati and
Chicago Railroad for 81, 345, 900.
SEVEN ISLANDS, Quebec, July 20
Seven children were drowned here yes
terday by the overturning of a boat.
They were Alfred, Josepth, Marie,
Louise and Cecil z. Montigny, and
Marmed and Marguerite Penras.
New YORK, July 2S.-Dr. Henry J.
Humboldt, the famous buchu man,
who is said to have made $40 600, 600
from the sale of patent medicines, was
taken from his home, at Long Branch,
last Friday, to an insane asylum at
Trenton, n. J.
At jackson, Tenn, John Brown, a
negro who shot and mortally wounded
John Gardner, an Illinois Central
switchman Saturday last, was taken
from jail by a mob of five hundred
masked men and hanged to a tree in
the court house yard.
1t is reported that as a result of re
peated displays of mutinOus conduct
upon the part of the Foot Guards all
t~ime-expired men belonging to the bat
TALON of Grenadier Guards now on it's
a home from Bermuda will be dis
charged and will not be allowed to re
enlist.
FAIRBURY, Ill, July "a determ-
med fight is going on in the Circuit
Court of this county between the lib
eral and radical wings of the United
Brethren Church, which promises to
be the longest and one of the most i'm
portant cases in the history of Living
ston county.
Professor Koch has not resigned his
official positions on account of the fail
ure of tu~berculine or KOchism, but
because he is upon the point of accept
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the Institute of Infectious Diseases,
which has been organized by the Ger
man Government.
The Grand Duke Alexis will enter
tain Admiral Gervais, commander of
the visiting French squadron, and the
officers Of the feet at CrOnstadt,
on board the Russian cruiser Asia. On
Tuesday next the French officers will
be entertained by the Gar at the i'm
perial palace at Peterhef.
GENEVA, July 25,-Mr. Henry NJ.
Stanley, the explorer, has met with a
serious accident. According to infor-
nation received here from Muerren,
where Mr.. Stanley is staying with his
wife, the explorer has fractured his
left lower thigh-bone by accidentally
slipping while mountain climbing.
SAN JOSE, Cal, July, 25.-The noun
tain fire that has been raging near the
Lick Observatory has been materially
checked, and at 10 o'clock last night
no further danger to the observatory
or environs was apprehended, A large
force Of fighters succeeded, by digging
a ditch in changing the course of the