The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-11-09
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Brief Items Picked Up Here and There
From the Tropics to the Pole.
It is said that 60, 900 people have died
died of starvation in Cuba since the
war began.
Gold diggings which yielded 1888 600
in sixty days are said to have been
found on the American side OF the
Alaskan border.
A son was born to ex President and
Mrs, Grover Cleveland at their home
in Princeton, N. J., Thursday, He will
be named Grover Cleveland, Jr.
We learn that In conse quenee of the
disastrous news from the Arctic whsl
ing feet whalebone has raisen to 81 a
pound in the New Bedford market.
SLEPT FIVE Days
BURLINGTON, N. J., Nov. Mrs.
Thomas Candy died this morning after
sleeping since Sunday. Ali efforts Of
the physicians to arouse her failed.
A blizzard ragged last week in parts
Of Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Nebras
ka, Kansas and South Dakota, doing
more than. 800. 600 damage in Denver
alone.
Counterfeit silver dollars of greater
weight and fneness than those turned
out from Uncle Sans mints are the
latest in the coinacker's art, They are
being circulated in ST. L0uis.-Ex.
A young wife who lost her husband
by death, autographed the sad tidings to
her father in these succinct words:
Dear John died this morning. Loss
fully covered by insurance. lex.
SCRANTON, Pa ,O3t 3O.-Five miners,
part of the night shift in the Vonstorch
Slope of the Delaware and Hudson
Goal Co., in the northern part of this
city, were killed to-day by fire in.the
main gangWsy.
It is believed, says an exchange, that
the Georgia legislature will pass a law
making the playing of football in that
State a misdemeanor in view of the
fatal injury of r. V. Cannon, a Uni
versity of Georgia player, while taking
part in a game.
CHICAGO, Nov. Mrs. Celia Wal
lace, a childless widow residing at the
Auditorium, has taken a fancy to Miss
Cisneros and has offered to adopt her
and make her heir to five million dol
lars. The consent of the young lady's
father has been asked.
oS MORE PIE.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5-The following
North Carolina postmasters we're ap-
pointed to day:
Falkland, James f. Parker; Good
will, Moses N. Wicker; Houstonville,
Bette E Smith; Plyter, ". J. Mason
Yadkin Valley, Mrs NJ N. Patterson.
WILL COURT MARTIAL WEYLER.
MADRID, Nov. 5.-The Spanish Gov
ernment, as a result of the delibera
tions of the ministers over the utter
ances of General Weyler, the former
Captain General Of Cuba, has come to
the decision to try him by court mar
tiaI, no matter where he lands, if he
confirms the accuracy of the press re-
ports of his utterances.
Men exposed to the rigors Of the Al
aska winter wear mustaches
They wear full boards to protect the
throat and face, but keep the upper Lip
clean shaven. The moisture from the
breath congeals SO quickly that a mus
tache becomes imbedded in a solid
cake Of ice and the face is fro Z9n be
fore a man knows it. Atlanta Journal
SALOONS N LIQUOR IN CHICAGO
The annual drink bill of Chicago is
estimated at $40, 600 600; of this sum
$34, OOO, 600 is paid for beer, which cost
at wholesale S15, 600, 600, The city re
ceives from licenses, at $500 each, So,
355, 900. Brewing companies own n
per cent. of the bonds for licenses
They also own saloon rights and prop
erty. One brewery has $50 saloons re