The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-07-06
"a erRDLK ROUND THz.woRLD."


Brief Items Picked Up Here and There
From the Tropics to the Pole.
Senator Pettigrew, o. South Da
kota, who was stricken with paralysis
OF the tongue while speaking in the
Senate June 26sh, is recovering.
The publishers of the city directory
of Chicago, now in press and to be
issued soon, have made what they
claim is a conservative estimate of the
population of the city. They put the
figures at one million, eight hundred
and twenty. eight thousand.
AT Nashville, June goth, by decree
Of the Chauncery Court, Polk Place, in
the center of the city, the home of
President James Polk, was sold for
distribution among the heirs, and
brought only SIS. 900. 1t is not probable
the sale will be confirmed, but that the
property will be again offered al pub
lie auction.
MONET, Mo June 29.-schwein,
furth, the So called Messiah, !" of Rock
ford, Ill, has returned from Benton
county, Ark, where it is reported he
has contracted for the purchase of
1000 acres of land of Senator Black
burn, with the view of removing his
proteges from Illinois and establishing
one Of his heavens there. The peo-
pie In that section are much wrought
up over the matter.
The American Railway Union,
made famous by Eugene V. Dsbs and
the great Chicago strike, has been dis
banded. Mr.. Debs will start a socialis-
tic organization as an experiment on
the Bellamy order. Will be located in
Washington State, and there will also
be branch head in every State.
The project will be started in atew
days.-Exchange.
The following big "gator" snake and
frog story is from Bronson, Fla A.
j. Lynn, Isaac Smith and A. W. Lynn
last week killed and caught fifty alli-
gators measuring from sixteen feet
down to two feet in length. They also
killed forty five moccasins, one of
which was six feet long and twelve
inches around the body. The snake
weighed between forty and forty five
pounds, and measured two inches be
tween-the eyes. Tbs hunters found a
family of 500 frogs in one pond, the
largest weighing ten pounds.
When an old trunk was opened in
the cellar Of Joseph Melton, near Bord
ley, in Union county, KY, the father
found his two little girls lying in it,
smothered. They were Laura, aged
seven years, and Jennie, aged five
years. While their parents were alb
sent the children had been playing
''hide and seek" with three other tots.
In searching for a good hiding place,
they evidently thought Of the trunk in
the cellar, crawled into it and closed
the lid. A spring lock made it an air,
tight prison.
The Rev. Walter Gardner, q Pro
testant Episcopal mission preacher,
talked to the congregation of the new
ST. Cornelius Church yesterday morn.
ing on the Importance of making the
everyday affairs of life as bright as
possible, says a recent issue of the N.
Y. Times. Smiles and kisses should
not be banished from the faces because
they are old, he said, and people should
not wait until their friends are dead
before giving them flowers. TO think
of pleasant things, the speaker said,
kept the features as well as the spirit
young. He knew of one amiable old
lady in her ninety. seventh year who
received an offer of marriage last week
because of the sweet and youthful ok
preston on her face.
"A recent dispatch from Pittsburg,
Pa, says: IAN order for a general
strike of coal miners in this entire n in
ing district has been given. The men
are to quit work Saturday, and %, 900,
600 me will be affected in the coal
mining contest of Ohio, Illinois, Indi
ana, West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
The strike was ordered today by
the officers of the Mine Workers
Union. The fight between the coal
mine owners and the miners will be
one of the greatest between labor and
capital in recent years. The strikers
are making extensive prep arations for
a long period of idleness, and say that
they will be prepared to stay out for
months. The mine owners say they do
not care If a strike is ordered, as they
have an immense supply of coal on