The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1877-11-08


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The real estate of the late DIR. Nc
kee on the corner of Wilmington
and Martin Streets, this city. sold at
auction for over S24, 600.
Edgar Vaughan. son of Mr.. Harris
Vaughan, while gathering walnuts in
the country, tried to fire a pistol with
a match. 1t went off too quick, and
Edgars fore finger and thumb-nail
went with the ball. The wound is
quite painful.
Oakley Hall of New York has re-
turned-'all Ok. He says when
he LETT he was mot himself - only |
a little 'hight-y' on the brain, we |
SUPPOSE but that he did, mt steal a dol
lar, and will prove Tweed a liar. Now,
Mr.. Tweedle-dum, it is your Tweed |
ledee!
Aside from any political view of |
it, we are pleased to note the appoint |
ment to the Chairmanship of |
the Congressional committee ON
Postal affairs, of Hon. Alfred NJ. |
Waddell. a thorough North Carolinian,
and we'll acquainted with our needs.
AS Congress alone can order new
postal routes, and as Congress leaves
all postal matters to the committees
dye see: Now is the time to get up
petitions for post offices.
The Christian AdrOcate thinks
that Mrs. Diana Bruton, now in her
SSth wear and for ever e years i
l.smhyr PC the Methodist church b
1tstr. tga5n agy cognrv.
! Tic Sta,e. one is the daughter of capt
| Joseph Parsons, of Gen Marion's dra-
| goons III the Revolution. Of her II
children, the youngest is Rev. d. r.
Bruton presiding elder of Salisbury
| conference.
| The Biblical Recorder has an ar
ticle on the work Of the year, in which
| it saws. '.our condition was never more
| blessed; our future never more hope
| full. and the Convention at Durham
| will meet under very favorable au-
spices We notice by the way that col
/ lectiOns for missions, educati ION and
sunday schools, are greater for this
year, by $4,000, than last year, which
| is in contrast with several other
churches which have fallen off about
the same figure.
=. The whirligig of time"-says an
old couplet-'' brings many changes
round" The historian will note it as
singular fact that Vorhees and Val
| andigham, the two most prominent
Western Congressman in 1860, after
sixteen years Of comparative obscurlty
come to the front with the flow OF
reconciliation which wipes out the
war, and simultaneously take their
seats in the Senate. 1t is now conced-
ed that Gov. Williams will appoint Vor-
hees to replace Morton. while Naland-
igham will succeed Stanley Matthews.
What is the matter, friends? We
receive no copies OF the STIR, ReoieU.
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Times. Durham Plant. Goldsboro
Messenger, Wdtcimdn, and one or tive
other State papers to whom we send
this paper. We suppose 1t an over
sight, or it may be supposed we see
the exchanges Of the daily press. There
IS no sort of connection between the
FARMER AND MECHANIC and any other
paper. and all exchanges must be AL
dressed To 1t. to reach US. Papers sent
to the Department of Agriculture
are not seen by us.
Richard Granger. enrolling clerb
of the last Legislature. and a faithful
industrious gentleman has obtained
an appointment in the Postal service
of the House of Representatives al
Washington Mr.. John B. Hussey
reading clerk of the last House ol
commons. late of the Statesville Land
mark, has also procured $1,000 sltua
ton as Hall Librarian of the House o.
Representative at Washington. whith
er he went with the expectation - be
coming a newspaper correspondent
; John is lucky fellow And by tbs
, way. North Carolina is securing mum
, bers of comfortable offices. WASH
| Hardy, Maj Gales, Hussey, Granger
and others are all North Carolinians