The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-07-19
THE LATEST NEWS.
Sparks from the Wires--MOst Important
Events Throughout the World
for a Week.


Events Throughout the World
for a Week.
PARIS, July 1.-THE distinguished
scientist, DIR. Pasteur, is suffering from
the cholera, prevalent in this city. The
attack is said to be a mild one.
LOUISVILLE, July ia fierce fire
ragged for several hours yesterday
morning in the tannery of Wedding
& Bros, involving a loss of 5000, 900.
MIDDLETowN, N. Y, July ia
freight train on the Ontario & Western
Railroad struck a wagon containing
ten persons returning from a picnic at
$50 this morning and killed four per
sons. Three others were injured.
ST. LOUIS, July 13.-The Central dis
tilling company today announced a
reduction in the price of whiskey from
$1.15 to 81 10. The company not being
a member of the trust, claim they can
afford to sell at the reduced price.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, July 11.-WiIliam
Harry, the bridge carpenter, murdered
Annie Goodwin yesterday in the pres
ence of a col of people who were
powerless to interfere to save the wo-
mans life. Harry locked the woman
in a room and beat her to death with a
| club.
WnKEsBARRE, Pa July 13.-Terence
| Obrien, 70 years old, a footman in the
Gaylor shaft at Plymouth, was found
by a searching party last night. He
was lost in the mine for ffty-two hours,
during which time he was without
food. It is feared that he will go crazy
from the terrible strain upon his mind.
DANvILLE, Va, July IA young
negro named William Grant was shot
and instantly to night on Lynn s rect
by a young Hebrew named Aaron
Frankfurter. Particulars are unob-
tainable, but FrankfUrter was cut in
several places, and it is claimed the
shooting was in self-defence. Frank
furter was arrested, but bailed.
CITY OF MEXICO, July 11.-Yellow
fever is raging in Vera Cruz, and many
deaths from the dread scourge are
daily reported. It is feared that this
year, owing to the exceptional heat and
dryness of the season, many of the
native families, who, as a rule, are not
subject to the infection, have moved
to the City Of Mexico and other places.
WASHINGTON, July l2.-Gen FlaegIer,
chief of the ordinance bureau war de-
partment, has received an informal re
port from Capt. Heath in command of
the proving grounds at Sandy Hook of
the sinking of a vessel while testing a
disappearing gun The officer says all
the usual precautions we're observed
and that no vessel vas within a mile of
the line of fire.
BANGOR, Me-, July 12.-The elephant
Charley" of the Washburn show
broke away Monday night in Bucks
port when being taken to the train and
escaped a mounted keeper by climbing
Mount Olive. Going down the opposite
side he crossed fields and pastures and
hid in an extensive swamp. Fires
we're built about this and in the morn
ing he was captured.
HALIFAX, July ia dispatch from
St. Johns says: All from Dyer's cove
east, except the Roman Catholic cath
edral and Union bank and Devenrew-
fare, are gone. The fire made a clean
sweep of everything else. Later ad-
vices says the fire is under control, but
danger is feared from a forest fire in
the west end. Fourteen thousand per-
sons have been rendered homeless.
PADUCAH, July 12.-Three hundred
negroes armed with rifles ~cOngregated
il the vicinity of the jail at nine o'clock
last night prepared for an attack. The
Mayor at once asked the Governor to
order out Company @ of the State
Guard, located here. The Sheriff or
ganized a posse composed of fifty or
seventy five men, armed with shOtguns
and revolvers, procured from the vari-
GUS hardware stores.
NEW YORK, July 13.-WhiIe Mrs.
| Carr, aged so, and her two little girls,
aged respectively six and four years,
were walking on the tracks of the West
Shore Railroad, lear the West Haver-
straw station yesterday, they were
struck by an express train, which in
stantly killed the woman and one of
the children and fatally injured the
other. The tragedy was witnessed by
many Mortified people.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, July ia
special to the Journal from Spokane
says that the strikers blew up the rail
road bridge at Mullane early this morn
ing to prevent the troops from Missouri
effecting an entrance. It is reported
that ali the Occur D'AIene mines are
filled with explosives preparatory to a
general destruction of the property.
The strikers will have trouble if they
do this and plan to escape, as the State
and Federal troops hold practically all
the passages of egress.
SPRINGFIELD, O., July 13.-At II 80
o'clock a cyclone struck the city, com
ing from the southwest and literally
demolished almost the entire south end
of the city, leveling many houses almost
to the ground. The loss will foot up,
it is estimated, about $2O, ZOO. 1t is
miraculous that nobody was instantly
killed. The electric light, telegraph
and telephone wires are down, the
str cts were filled with fallen trees, and
getting about town is attended with
not only difficulty but dangers.