The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-10-20

ROANOKE, Va, Oct. Reconsider
able interest in excited here by the
discovery of a large vein Of zine in the
mines at BOnsacks. The vein was
found in the 90 foot level and is nine
feet wide, thirty feet deep. and extends
indefinitely in line with the main ore
body.
CHARLESTON, S. c., Oct. 4.-Them muir
der policeman caves, by policeman
Quinlivan, in the public street last
night, caused quite a sensation here.
All men were on duty; Quinlivan and
another policeman named Duggan were
drunk. The murdered man was sober,
and was killed while attempting to
arrest them.
RADFORD, Va, Oct. 14.-Another ac-
cident occurred on the switch east Of
Montgomery this morning, in which
the real sleeper was derailed and dam
aged and caused a delay to the trains
for a few hours. The passengers were
very badly shaken up. This is the
second accident to sleepers there with
in fifteen hours.
ST. LOUIS, No, Oct. 14.-The city of
St Louis has finally decided to estab-
lish twenty three miles of boulevards
from 100 to 200 feet wide, Ornamented
on the Partisan plan. Necessary State
legislation was obtained last spring
and arrangements have now been made
for raising the money. The cost is
estimated at from S., 900, 600 to $1O,-
600, 900.
In Liverpool last night a man named
Tom Brown upset an ignited paraffin
lamp and both he and his infant son
were burned to death. His wife, terror
stricken, threw her baby through a
window and the child was smashed to
pieces on the pavement below. She
then jumped through the window her
self, and though not killed is dying at
a hospital.
BOsCOBEL, Wis, Oct. II, 1851
About eleven o'clock last might burglars
broke into the St. Paul depot at Wau-
| zeka and rifed the express and mail
sacks. 1t is said the thieves knew
there were valuable packages, but the
amount Of their plumber is not known.
A stranger passing the depot, who was
probably mistaken for an officer, was
Shot by the burglars and is in a critical
condition.
Mt. STERLING, KY, Oct. 14-George
Capps last night shot and instantly
killed George and James Howard,
brothers, who lived in Bath county.
The Towards were the leaders of a
gang of masked men who went to
Capps' house for the purpose of doing
him bodily injury. The others of the
party left the scene in a hurry after
their leader fell. A woman with whom
Capps was keeping company is said to
be at the bottom of trouble.
Fort WAYNE, Ind. Oct. IA dis
patch from Auburn reports an acct
dent to the B. & O. fast express east
bound, near Hicksville. Ohio. The
train left the rails, killing three per
sons and injuring fifty others, ten prob
ably fatally. dispatch from Garrett,
Ind, division headquarters of the B. &
0. Railroad. says the private a of
EmmOns Blaine, son of Hon. James G.
| Blaine, was in the wreck. Young
Blaine was slightly injured.
NEW YORK, Oct. lathe fearful
storm which ragged in this vicinity since
Sunday has wrought immense damage
along the Long Island coast. At Rock
away waves nearly thirty feet high are
flashing the beach, blowing far into the
sand and washing buildings and boats
out to sea. Many pleasure crafts have
been missing since Sunday and it is
feared that they have been lost with
all on board. George White, Alfred
Kane, Mark Thursby and Alden Little,
for a days fishing. They have not
since been seen, but one of the boats
has been picked up and there is hardly
a doubt but all four men have been
drowned.