The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-04-25
STATE SCRAPS.

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came near killing a man. Moral
leave your cartridges a. home.
Oxford Toro1isghf Robian-
s"ia : circus @A bang f-rus~i acruss
the Roanoke river on the 9Th inst. tn.
largest elephant became furiou~lv mad
AMI tore ups garden fence. scatter
ing rails IN every direction. \ little
negro boy attempted TO drive him in-
II the ferry boat. w~hereupun the el.-
phant caught him IN has Trunk and
sqdc, zri hum nearly - death. He
bTcatled a few seconds and then *
| ptred. We hear that on tie ur,t
Of next month there viii he 4 trial n
agricultural implements near SASH
fras Fork. Every farmer in the coun-
y l. invited. The house occupied
by Nr. Amos Dean and family a, Mr..
j. I. Coopers North Fork plantation
WAS consumed by fire on Friday even
ing last. he l2th inst. The nrc oc-
cured about two o'clock II. NJ. taklu.
It's start from an up stairs roon Ii
was accidental; no insurance. Mr..
Dean lost about half OF his property.
Charlotte OdSercer:-Saturday night.
al a gathering Of country people AT the
house of Mrs. Hefner, about SIX miles
from Cherry VILE, in Lincoln county.
q difficulty occurred between several
men. III which james ANTHONY. a
young man, Was shot down and kIil "a
instantly. Intelligence OF the ~unfort-
innate occurrence was received here
Yesterday afternoon. but very few Of
the particulars are known. Mr..
j. NJ. Eendrick will be the next chief
OF the fire department. He viii re-
celve the unanimous vote of four
| cOn1DanIpS - SnnIay n1rht tho
barn of Mr.. James G.. Rankin. who
lives about five miles north of Wood
lawn. AMI in Lincoln county, was
completely destroyed by fire. Two
mules and one horse were also burned
to death, the fire having been discov-
cred too late to rescue them. 1t Is
understood that an application will be
made to the Governor and Adj iuant
General for the use of one of the ar
tlllery guns in the State arsenal, To aid
in the proper celebration of the Goth
of May. Federal Court met at
Statesvillc OF Monday, Judge Dick
presiding. It was rumored on
on the streets yesterday that the
temperance people would run a candi-
late in the approaching municipal
electIor.
Robesonidn:-The Presbytery of FAY
etteville will convene at Ionia Church,
in this county, mex Thursday week.
25th inst. Prom every quarter
we hear of the ravages of the hail
storm. Some of the stones were
found by actual measurement to be
nine inches in circumference. -
The public exhibition of the colored
school, which took place in this town
on last Friday night, was considered
q Cl,nnnSC nv nj WI ntfnpln1 - tn.
speeches, dialogues, and singing were
very good, and especially the singing.
--Lumberton, the county seat of Rob
esOn county, is a town Of 1000 inhabi-
tants, situate or the Lumber river,
connected east and west by the Caro-
lima Central Railroad, and within six
ty-eight miles of Wilmington, the
principal seaport town in the State
1t has four churches, four school
houses, twenty-five stories, one buggy
and wagon establishment, one saddle
and harness manufacturv, two steam
saw mills, one beer pitch manufacto-
ry. and wool factory. The town is
growing very rapidly. The mail
on the Cape Fear river needs recon
structing in some way. There IS not
a post-office on the river of which
there is not more or less complaint.
4 FIELD DAY AMONG THE REVENUE
OFFICERS.-Mr. Edward Zoeller and
Capt. +. r. Page got up an extensive
overhauling and shaking among the
dry bones of tobacco blockaders last
week. Seven arrests were made in
Pitt and Beaufort counties.
Two young men named Bullock es-
capped. b. III. Marriott, Of Randolph.
for default of bail committed to Tar
boro Jail by L. S. Commissioner, b. J..
Keech. of Tarboro. Charge violation
of Revenue Law. Dennis c. Cox, Of
Randolph, for resisting officer and vio-
lation OF Revenue Law, in Tarboro
Jail: d. NJ. Roberts. of Granville, called
Boss" in Tarboro jail for resisting
officer and violation OF Revenue Law.
The following were bound over by
Commissioner keech to appear before
the Federal Court in Newborn next
week Gilbert Weeks. Of Randolph
county. violation of Rcvenae, j. VI.
Roberts. of Beaufort, violation of Rev
enue, II. A. Bullock, of Granville. re-
sistiNg officer. I. C. Lewis, of Caswell,
violation of Revenue. Commissioner
keech is a fair. impartial officer. and
does not bind over unless it IS a plain
case. --SOufherner.
Weldon correspondence Raleigh
-Ne,rs: Coroner f. u. Hicks returned
yesterday from the lower part of his
county, where he had been called 10
investigate the late homicide case. The
victim was John Young. about sixty
years of age, and his slayer is another
negro named Foster alas Savage. The
deed was committed last Wednesday,
the weapon used being a spade, and
the wounded man died the next day.
Asheyille correspondence Raleigh
-Netrs: A week or two ago G. +. Nc
Gimsey, a patent soap man hailing
from Memphis, Tenn, had a difficulty
with a negro. The case came up be-
fore the mayor, who fined McGimsey
pretty heavily. To-day McGimsey at
tackled a colored witness in said case,
by the narne Of Lowe Smith, accusing
him of swearing falsely. Insulting