The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-12-20
H LATEST NEWS.
Sparks from the Wires--Most Important
Events Throughout the World
for a Week.

~ HHCCAS
LoEDoN, Dec. 13.-Lipmore 6 Co.,
tie merchants Of Dundee, have failed
with liabilities amounting to about &1,-
$50, 900.
ALBANY, Dec. 12.-Gov. Flower has
appointed Miss Susan B. Anthony as a
manager of the State Industrial School
at Rochester, to fill a vacancy.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 13-Gen. Henry
Gray, a member of the Confederate
Congress and a personal friend of JEFF
ferson Davis, died to-day at the age of
"a years.
PARIS, Dec. 13.-Premier Rovier re-
signed from the French Cabinet to-day
in connection with the Panama Canal
scandal Another Cabinet crisis is
imminent.
CHARLEsToN, S. O., Dec. 13.-Dr,
Joseph M. Meggett committed suicide
while temporarily insane. He was a
surgeon in the Confederate army.
KANSAS CITY, Dec. ia westbound
Santa Fe passenger train is reported to
have gone through a bridge forty miles
east of Kansas City. The baggage
master and several passengers are re-
ported killed.
IsHPEMING, Michigan, Dec. 13.-The
Ropes mine has closed down, the stock
holders having refused to furnish any
money to work the mine. Over $780,
900 assessments have been spent in the
attempt to make it a paying property.
COLUMBIA, S. O., Dec. 13.-The pro
hibition bill passed it's third reading in
the House. The general impression is
that the Senate will reject it. The bill
prohibits the sale of liquor save for
medicinal, scientific and sacramental
purposes
RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 13.-The bodies
Of James Mills and Judson Wilkinson,
supposed to have been drowned by
Philip Nicholas, have not been found.
It is thought they we're murdered and
the bodies thrown into some old coal
pit in the neighborhood.
WASHINGTON, Dec. - -Postmaster-
General Wanamaker today approved
the selected color Of the International
return postal care. It is a blush gray
and the cards are the same size as the
present card They will be put on sale
about January 1st. The price is four
cents.
MOBILE, Ala, Dec, - The north
bound passenger train On the Mobile
and Birmingham Road struck a box
car near Whatley, Ala, last night.
The LOCOMOTIVES made a complete sOmer-
sault. Engineer Peter Riser was buried
in the wreck, but escaped with but
slight injuries.
CHARLESTON, S. c., Dec, ia re
port reaches here that four Italian
miners, working in the Horseshoe phos
phate mine, near JonesbOro, were shot
and killed by a Padrone named An
dreas. An armed band of Italians,
headed by a trial jus ice, are in pursuit
of the murderer.
PITTsBURG, Pa Dec. 13.-An unusual
proceeding in the criminal court today
was the issuance of a process for the
arrest of a sister of charity. The de
PENDANT is Sister M. Julienne, a teacher
in the parOchial school at West Tar
rentum, and is charged with assault
and battery on Peter Dohman a six
year old boy.
.BUENos AYREs, Dec. 12.-The famous
one hundred and fifty thousand dollar
thOrough-b bred stallion Ormonde was
delivered to his new owner, William
McDonough, of California, yesterday.
He will be taken to England, where he
will serve several mares, leaving here
on December goth. He will then be
taken to the home of his owner in the
United States.