The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-02-23

Sparks from the Wires--Most Important
Events Throughout the World
for a Week.

United Kingdom continue. In some
places, the snow is eight inches deep.
New YORK, Feb. 17.-No deathsfrom
typhus fever are reported to day. Two
ship loads Of emigrants were detained
this morning.
BELFAST, Ireland, Feb. 17.-Lady
Montague was arrested this morning
charged with strangling her three year
old daughter to death.
NASHVILLE, Feb. 1.-THE National
Real Estate Convention, opened here
tins morning, Gov. Buchanan and
Mayor Guild made addresses of vel
come.
KNOXVILLE, Feb. Feb 13.-The troops
at Coal Creek have been fired upon
again by parties thought to be miners
The miners are having a mass-meeting
to day.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Feb. 10
Trouble is still brewing at Coal Creek.
On Monday night dynamite bombs
were hurled at the pickets but nc dam
age was done.
ROME, Feb IA strong shock of
earthquake has been felt at Zaffarabo,
a market town in Sicily, twelve mites
north Of Cataria, on the eastern decliv-
ity of Mt. Htna.
MLDDLEBoRO, KY, Feb. 19:-Berry
wounded here yesterday while attempt
ing to : ape capture. He was then
captured and hanged by his captors,
DULUTH, Mimi, February 17.-At
z o'clock the report of the weather
station last evening placed the mer-
curry at 6 degrees below zero, and
| growing rapidly colder. The lake is
| frozen Ove
CHICAGO. Ill, Feb. ia New Or
leans dispatch says the lottery officials
were placed under arrest to day under
an indictment found by a Boston grand
| jury charging violation of the anti
lottery postal law.
Boston. Mass, Feb. 18-The United
| Brotherhood of Carpenters throughout
| the country will, on May LIST, demand
/ that eight hours constitute a days
work. They will strike where the cor
| Cessi0n is not made.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 The Ways
| and means committee today agreed
to make its report on the wool bill t.
the House one week from tomorrow
by which time the minority viii have
| their report prepared.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Feb. 15-The
steamship Sir Walter Raleigh, from
Philadelphia, February goth, for Fal-
| mouth, for whose safety fears were en-
tertained, has arrived at Bantry Bay
with her shaft broken in two places.
DWIGHT, Ill Feb. 18.-The conven
| ton Of reformed druukards has ad
| journed after changing the name Of
the organization to the associated
! LToo1. =; .allDn1JC Ne rxOll - Nh - proT.o1
| clubs will be formed all over the world.
4 $16. 500. 900 tunnel from Hackel
[ soevK meadows, i'll e Jersey, unGtY
| the Hudson river and under Fourteenth
| street to East river is the last project
in New York. 1t is said that nearly
all the arrangements have been made
to begin the work.
POTTSVILOE, Pa, Feb. 15.-The Potts
vile Iron and Steel Company will make
a sweeping reduction in wages of 10
| per cent, at their Fishback plant to
take effect on Thursday. The company
| employs 600 men. A repetition of the
strike Of last summer is feared.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Feb. 15.-Henry
II. Yard was TO day indicted by the
grand jury in the United States Dis
| trict Court on the charge of aiding and
abetting Gideon w. Marsh, President
of the Keystone National Bank in en-
bezzling the funds Of that institution.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Feb. 17.-Fire at
80 this morning did about $40, 600
damage to the stock of Mrs. A. K.
Sloan's millinery establishment on
Main street. Mrs. Sloan, her mother.
and young son were rescued with diff
Guilty from the third floor of the build
ing.
LAUREL, Del, Feb. 16.-Capt. Elvey
Insley, who halls from this port and
sails between Philadelphia and Rich
mond, died at his home, in. Bethel,
Del, last night of pulmonary consump-
ton. Capt. Insley was about 25 years
old, and commanded his first vessel at
II years of age.
NEW York, Feb. 19-The business
failures during the past eve days, as
reported by r. G.. Dun & Co., number
for the United States PSI, Canada 48;
total 299, as compared with 276 last
week, 319 the week previous to the
last, and 300 for the corresponding
week of last.year,
AsHBURY PARK, n. ], Feb. II
Judge Conover to-day sentenced ThOs.
Timothy, at Freehold, to four years
Imprisonment at hard labor for at
tempting to kill Miss Ella Petrovia with
paris green after betraying her. The
sentence has caused considerable com
ment because Of it's lightness.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Feb. 18-E. B.
Turpin, a wealthy Gallatin lawyer,
who shot and killed VIM. Carter at
that place yesterday, was brought
here and jailed last night because of
the rapidly growing sentiment in favor
of lynching him. He was indicted
yesterday for murder in the first de-
gree.
ST, LOUIS, Feb. ia Republican
special from Texarkana, Ark, says:
While Henry Jewell, living near BIS
cay, was absent from his home, anegrO