The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-17
RALEIGH, \. G, THURSDAY, OCTOBER II. 1873

Last week Mr.. George Bowman. of
( LenoIr, lost one q his children by
! death from diphtheria. Two days later
another one was bitten by a snake.
and death resulted almost immediate
ly. Both of the children were inter
esting little girls
Mr.. Jas. Thompson. says the Monroe
Enquirer, writes US that he will fur
1lon the necessary water at the old
Massey mill site, on Twelve mile creek,
to run any machinery. and will adj
vance one thousand dollars besides, for
the purpose of building a cotton fac
tory at that point. Who will join him
III this laudable enterprise:
Raleigh Observer: The Governor
reached the city yesterday evening.
We regret exceedingly to learn from
hlm that Mrs. ance'o condition grows
worse, aud that she is III desperate
health. He is III receipt OF large
number of invitations to speak at Ag-
ricultural Fairs and political meetings,
and TO deliver addresses on various
subjects before different bodies, all of
which he las been compelled to de-
elise. Nightly NEE ings of the North
Carolina Agricultural Society Will be
held in the Hall of the House of Rep
resen atives at the Capitol, Col. Thos.
Nj. Holt, President, during Eair week.
Thefollowing distinguished gentlemen
Will deliver essays and addresses: Hon.
Kemp z. Battle, President of the Uni
versity of North Carolina Rev. DR..
b. Craven, President of Trioity Co..
lege; Prof. \. b. Webster, DR.. \. r.
LedouX, University of North Carolina
Prof. B. b. Phillips, DR.. w. B. Sal
mon, I. 5. Commissioner on Diseases
of Stock Col. l.. l.. Polk, Commits
loner of Agriculture, and other dis
slnguished gentlemeL.
Charlotte OJ@eyUer: As business
grows active change seems to go out
Of the channels of trade. There was
the greatest demand for it yesterday
and the utmost difficulty IN obtaining
it. Clerks and trades-peOple would at
times take the town, street by street,
in the vain effort to get change for
- bill. The First National Bank
lifted the pressure to a great extent
by paying out, during the day, great
many gold dollars in the way OF
change. Many of the sovereigns were
surprised . y Gesterday morning well
educated woman, a native OF TINS State
and of respectable parentage, arrived
in this city from Raleigh, and sent Tor
Rev. Father O'Connell, of the Catholic
Church. She informed the priest that
she had come here for information
concerning house OF refuge for fallen
women. Father O'ConneI explained
to her that there We're such houses in
several of the Northern cities, and yes
terday afternoon shelefJ for Baltimore
to enter the Magdalen's Home there.
-. Sergeant O'Donoghue, in charge
of the newly established I. 5. Signal
Office in this city, has SO far perfected
the arrangement cfhis apparatus that
he Will be able to send out observations
this morning. 1t Is pleasure to state
that the next time the doors Of the
Opera House are thrown open, 1t VIII
be to receive one of Charlottes great
est favorites, Katie Putnam. She is to
appear on the lst and 2d of November.
On the Sth of the same month Hunt
ley's company will be here, and on the
11th Miss Louise Pomeroy Will make
her second appearance IN Charlotte.
Charlotte Observer: Railroad travel
holds up first-rate. The Richmond X
Danville noon train yesterday gave the
Charlotte, Columbia d Augusta train
twenty-four through passengers. The
two hindmost coaches of an excursion
train from Salisbury to Henry's. on the
Western North Carolina Railroad,
Jumped the track at point between
Third Creek station and Statesville, and
rolled down small embankment,
completely upsetting. One of the
coaches was dragged some distance on
its side Both were badly injured;
many of the seats and nearly all of the
window glasses being broken, besides
other damage. Fortunately there were
only eight or ten passengers on board.
including two ladies and one child, and
almost all escaped uninjured. One of
the men received a slight wound IN
the side, and the face of another was
bruised a little The Davidson Col
lege volunteers held meeting last
Saturday and elected the following
officers for the ensuing term: Captain,
d. Ii. Hill. il, 1St Lieutenant. IL. Cope,
2nd Lieutenant. J. J. Dunlap. Adiutant,
j. l.. Scott, jr...... Four or five engi-
neers of the L. 5. Survey Corps came
t. Statesville Thursday. on their way
to Wilkesboro, from which point they
will begin the survey of the Gadhin
river, with the view of ascerraining if
the idea of making it navigable is a
practicable one.
The tobacco crop IN Granville WIS
injured considerably Iy the rains.
Tobacco curing progresses well.