The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-18


SIXTEEN mIrie"S We're l~2irret.. several Of
whom are iu y pncr.trinuS condition.
John CorbE, who Wa umnug those in
Jured, died IN Il terrible agony nine
hours after the explosion. He was a
single man and his home was at Ok
ford, n. J.
TOPEKA, Kan, Aug. 7.-Alonzo War
dell. of Huron. $. D.. Il member Of the
National Committee of the Farmers
Alliance. arrived here last night. To
day in speaking of the Sub-TrcaSurv
agitation in the Alliance, Mr.. Wardell
sad IN the States Of North and South
Dakota, Wisconsin, Oregon, California
and Washington, which he had Just
visited, the S~ub-Treasury plan was
unanimously Endorsed.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Aug. 1O.-The
body of Miss Lula Bowling was found
saturday morning IN tie woods near
Bradville, in Cannon county. The
young wOman had been bitten in a
dozen places by a rattlesnake as was
shown by many discOlOred places on
her body which was badly swollen.
COiled up beside the body was the rep
tile which had caused the young wO-
mans death. 1t was killed.
ST. LOUIS, Mo, Aug. 1O.-At Alan
thus, Mo, last evening Frank Coffey
and several others quarreled over a
pint of Whlskey. \ free fOr-ail fight
took place in which eleven shots were
fired. Homer Mccullough, son of
Hon. J. l.. Mccullough, was shot in
the wrist, Frank COffey was killed and
Robert Stanley was cut 50 badly that
he will die. Some half dozen tough
characters took a hand in the fight.
COoPERsTOwN, N. Y, Aug. 8.-The
well known Cooper House, at COOperS
town, n. Y, caught fire in the kitchen
at 4 o'clock this morning, and before
s o'clock was burned completely to the
! ground. The firemen worked bravely,
but the hotel being a framed building
| the fire could not be controlled. Every
body got out III time, but some lost
their baggage. The loss is placed at
SIS, 1000; partly covered by insurance.
PITTsBURG, Pa, Aug. 10.-A special
| to the Times from Bedford, Pennsyl-
vania, says: John May, a prominent
farmer living eight miles from here
met with a terrible death last night.
May was subject to fits. He went into
his house with alantern, was vertaken
by q fit and falling to the floor his Ian
tern exploded, setting fire to the house
and burning the unfortunate nan to a
crisp with the house and all its con
tents.
CALUMET, Mich, Aug. 14.-At No. 2
shaft of the Tamarck mine, the n
| gineer, by mistake, pulled the cages
with fifteen miners to the top Of the
| shafthOuse. All were injured but none
| fatally. The wire hosting the cable
was broken but no damage was done
to the building or machinery. The
| M, -, ol+ ioYNon,nl hn+v-0O,o fhn p7Iiln
tim5ers or else would have dropped
with it's passengers 3 600 feet to the bot
tom of the shaft,
MEMPHIS. Tenn, Aug. 1O.-A des-
perate duel took place Saturday even
eight miles below here. Tho principals
were D. B, Wall, a man employed as
manager Of r. H. Shaw's plantation
and a negro named Reed, who had
been working on the place. Wall and
Reed had a dispute about the length of
time the negro had worked and falling
to agree Reed left the store carrying a
shot gun. Wall secured a revolver
and started after the negro, but as he
emerged from the store the negro shot
him in the right side, MORALLY wound
ing him.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Aug. 8.-A reign
of terror prevails in Bibb county.
Henry Smith, the principal witness in
asmurder ease against Jesse Miller, a
rich man, and who is believed to be
the leader Of a gang of criminals, was
found murdered a few weeks ago near
BlOctOn. Five arrests were made in
connection with the Smith murder.
The prisoners are to be tried in Centre
vile on Monday. The streets of Bloc
ton are being patrolled night n day
by v~igilantes. The witnesses for the
State are being kept under guard to
prevent their being murdered. The
citizens fear that an attempt will be
made to rescue the prisoners on Mon
day and have resolved to come fully
armed to prevent it.
New YORK, Aug. Sat $40 o'cloch
this morning three alarms Of fire were
sent OutfrOm West and Harated streets
for a fire in the siX-stOry brick building
Nos. 128, $50 and 1872 Jane street a tin
ware factory owned by JnO. D. Haas.
floors of the building were 70 presses
used for punching tinware. The floors
were burned through and the heavy
presses crushed down to the cellar,
Firemen had great difficulty in saving
adjoining buildings. Mr.. Haas esti-
mates the loss on stock at $25, 900; on
machinery at $25, 900; and on building
at $50, 900. He is insured for 500, 900.
He employed 100 hands. Loss by
water to Johnson Tallman & Co. is
about $500 and to the Columbia Re-
filming Co. about 81, 600.
NASHVILLE, Aug, A. Surrounded
by a few loving friends and relatives,
Mrs. James X. Polk, relict of the tenth
President of the United States, de-
parted this life at 7:3O o'clock this
morning. peacefully and QUIETLY in the