The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-29

front porch and had a baby in his arms
at the time. The baby was not injured.
A Washington dispatch says the
Japanese minister has fled with the
Secretary of StateR formal statement
Of the position Of his governments with
to the proposed annexation Of
the Hawaiian islands by the United
States. Although it is officially denied
that Japan has protested against the
annexation treaty, it is admitted that
the government has represented in the
strongest terms its expectation that it's
rights in Hawaii shall be fully
respected in a Of an annexation.
Estimates for the number of stamps
needed in the next fiscal year ending
Both, 1892, are as follows: Ordi-
nary stamps, 3,444. 1872, 600; newspaper
and periodical stamps, 6.462, 600; post
age due stamps, 81, 168. coo. OF the or.
binary stamps two and a half millions
OF the 2 cent denomination, and five
millions r of the 10 cent special de-
livery series. AS compared with the
requirements of the present year, these
estimates are an increase Of about $685.
0O0, 900 in the number of ordinary
stamps; an increase of F7O, 600 in the
delivery; and 962, OO8 in the
newspaper and periodicals, and a de-
crease of 49,, 900 in the postage due
series.
"A dispatch from Auburn, N. Y,
says that John Gallery, of Syracuse,
charged with burglary, is -atlarge-
through the bIunder of Edwin Robin.
son, jailer of the Cayuga county jail.
He was ordered to release a prisoner
named Murphy, but went to Cafery's
cell instead. When he opened the cell
door he saidA 'Come, Murphy, your
time is out" Ceffery concealed his as
tonishment and answered: All right. ~
The jailer accompanied the willy
Cafrey to the street door and gave him
a few words of advice, for which
Cefery thanked him aad hurried away,
Murphy, who occupied the ad 0infng
cell, kept quiet until Gallery had got a
start, when he sent for the iailer and
demanded to be let out. Murphy was
released and Gallery is still at large.
Virginia Provencher, an orphan, %
years old, who had been a silk weaver
in Lowell, Mass, went to Brooklyn in
search of employment. She was search
ing for a house in Keap street on the
night Of June 1, when, overtaken by q
heavy rainstorm, she got dripping wet
and entered Otto Nils barber shop on
Union Avenue, lear Scholes street and
asked for shelter uRtil the storm passed.
Mill was a WidoWer, and was attracted
by the young woman's appearance, says
the New York Times. 1t proved that
it was a cas of love at fret sight on
both sides, for after exchanging their
personal history, Mill Immediately pro-
posed marriage and was accepted. Mil
called several friends, and he led the
young woman to the home of the Rev.
James G. Ditmars, pastor of the Hope
Baptist Church, of which he is a mem.
Der, and there they were married.
Their meeting and marriage were done
in half an hour. Since then the couple
have been living at - Scholes street,
and she has taken to the care of Nill's
two small children as if she were their
own mother. Mrs. Nils father was a.
French missionary, and preached in
the Indian SCHOOL, Pennsylvania. Her
mother was an Indian squaw.
"A New York paper says thatGapt.
Lampe, of the steamship Leon, which
arrived there last week with fruit from
Jamaican ports, tells a story of a re-
markable electric storm encountered
last Monday, while his vessel was eff
Cape Hatteras. The steamer, accord
ing to the shippers story, was blowing
along through a smooth sea, with clear
weather overhead, when suddenly,
with scarcely any barometic warning,
jet black clouds gathered on the hori-
zon, and with almost incredible swift
ness mounted into the heavens, accom-
panied by the constant and terrific
booming of thunder and flashes Of
lightning. The three women passengers
On the steamer were almost hysterical
from fright. For almost five hours the
little vessel CROPPED her way along. All
the time the sea was rs smooth as glass.
The climax Of the storm occurred 1en
a great bolt Of lightning shot over the
bow Of the Leon and struck the waser
fifty yards away with terrific force.
An immense volume of water We
thrown into the air to q height of fly