The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-08
"a c1RDLE ROUND THE wdRLD."

taken before the middle of July. The
sugar schedule is proving very trouble
some.
james Webster of Eldora, Iowa,
buried $50, 900 all he had-in cash q
few years ago. A few months ego he
became insane, forgot where he buried
his money and is likely to die in the
poor houses
John Smith, the first colored can-
didate for the NavalAcademy Annapo
lis, has failed in the English branches
of his examination. Under the rules
of the Academy he was allowed re-
examination.
"A nephew of Russell Sage, the
millionaire, died recently in a poor
house. Russell did not notice the ap-
peals made to him to help his ~unfortu-
nate nephew, who was a consumptive.
MANS inhumanity to man." etc.
Russell Sage is not very popular
just now. He loaned his poor brother
$50 and took a mortgage for it. Their
efforts to pay the. sum drove them
nearly to the verge of starvation, and
caused the wife to attempt suicide.
W. J. Knott, who has been on a
debauch, endeavored to drown himself
in a fountain south of the State capitol
in Richmond. The water, be .esyer, is
only three feet deep, and the dr. ZEN
man failed to 'shu file off this mor6kl
coil"
-. Senator B. r. Tillman is using his
pitchfork again. There. have been
charges that some Senators were specu-
lating in sugar stock while the finance
committee were at work IN the tariff.
It is probable that the proposed investi-
CATION will be made.
The Senate has passed the resolu,
ton recognizing the Cubans as bellig
erents. The situation remains I'm.
changed on the island, but Spain a
not stand a long delay. The mainten.
ance Of such an army is beginning to
tell on her depleted treasury.
AT New York, Last week, a little
girl, of six years, fell into North River
and was drowned. Her mother jumped
into the river after her and, being un-
able to swim, was also drowned. The
dead child's golden hair was found
twisted about her mothers fingers.
The Board of Education of New
York will spend ten million dollars in
the next two years in charging and
improving the school accommodations
of the city. But poor careless North
Carolina spends her dollars for other
things and let's schools go.
"A wild negro has been captured
ten miles north of Brenton, Ala. He
is about 80 years old, and it is believed
that he has lived iRe the Alabama
swamps ever since the wal. He will
be held and tanned. He does not seem
at all used to the ways of civilization.
"A bicyclist of New Jersey named
Crane sued another bicyclist named
Hetfeld for damages received while
cycling on Sunday. Justice Collins,
in Westfeld, dismissed the case be-
cause Crane by cycling on Sunday
was breaking an old blue law Of the
State.
-May IA, 1890, financial reverses
caused Mr.. Charles II. Smith of De-
troit to leave that place. June, 1890,
his estate was probated and he was de.
clared legally dead. Now he has been
heard from. He has travelled in South
America and China, but says he shall
never return to Detroit.
Every wharf at Alexandria, Va,
was destroyed by fire June 3rd, and
much more damage done. The entire
loss by the confagration is estimated
at $3.50, 900. On the same day, the
colored murderer was hanged at Nor
ristown, N. J.. He chopped his wife's
head eff last June.
Indian Agent J. Thomas Olive
committed suicide at st. George. Utah,
by shooting himself through the head.
No cause assigned. He vas a promi-
nent Georgian and had won fame as a
legislator. Until recently he held q
paying position in the Indian service.
There are some indications Of insanity
in his recent letters to his family.
"A dispatch from London this week
serves to illustrate the fact that young
sters are trying to keep up with the
times. The dispatch says the Daily
News has received a telegram from
Berlin stating that a ten year old boy
there had committed suicide. But he
had a grievance-We must not forget