The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-07

been slngularly unfortunate with his
sons. Joseph III. fell from the piazza
of the Executive Mansion in Richmond
during the war and was killed; Viii
liam died Of diptheria at Memphis in
1913, and jefferson, the only surviv
ing one, has died in Memphis of the
yellow fever
"A ool-headed citizen, who keeps
a pair of eyes for use, says there IS
more land offered for sale in North
Carolina, and at lower terms, than any
time since the wa And this is due,
not to doubt of the future, but be
cause money is SO scarce, and is not
to be obtained in any other way than
by selling some of the surplus lands.
The elegant Brymer Grand Piano,
offered for competition by the State
Fair, has been donated to the Misses
Burr and James school of Wilmington;
the society agreeing to waive the rule
requiring three schools to enter which
otherwise would have barred the award
as only one school entered. st. Mary's
and the Baptist Female Seminary will
be given testimonials for their exhibits
though not entered.
DR.. w. a. Hammond, of New York
whose scalp was SO deftly raised
by DR.. GriSsom, has sued DR.. John
ID Erny nhI of hn 4
journal Of Insanity, for libel in
publishing DR.. Grissoms ARTICLE
entitled True and False Experts"
Hammond lays the damages done to
hi. good name at $50 900. Isn't that
pretty high figure, considering the ar
ticle damaged:
Died suddenly at Wilmington, on
Friday, about noon, Mrs. Maggie S.
Bernard, daughter of n. A. Steadman
Esq of Fayetteville, wife of Mr.. w,
Ii. Bernard, of the Wilmington Star.
She was an estimable lady; in the tes-
timony of those who knew her. 'an
admirable hostess, devoted wife, an
atfectionate mother"
A telegram from Fort Lincoln,
Dakota territory, brings the following
queer story: Mrs. Sergeant Noonan,
who died last night, turns out to be a
man. Mrs. Noonan was a laundress
midwife. She had been married
three times and was one of the widows
of the Custer massacre. Her husband
is member of the Seventh cavalry,
now in the field. There is no explain
alton of the unnatural nnion, except
that the supposed Mexican woman
was worth $4,000 and was able to
buy her husbands silence. She had
been with the Seventh cavalry nine
years.
Mrs. Augusta Evans Wilson. who
perpetrated the jaw-cracking sem
tences of ''St Elmo and "Buelah, is
visiting the hopeful @ Bill Vanderbilt
in New York. and on Thursday went
upon the witness stand (nice adver-
tisement, but not exactly the place for
a southern LADY, 10 testify in favor of
the fellow who, rather than give his
own brother a single one of the nine
ty-tive millions left him by his dotard
father, has allowed a deluge of the
foulest slime and scandal, mixed with
disgusting truths, to flow all over the
family name. and the memory Of his
dead parents.
AT the Weldon Tournament. Sir
Knight Z. 4. Potts, of Northampton
tilted the others out of their saddles,
and laid his blushing honors at the feet
of Miss NJ j. Lewis, daughter OF DR.. Viii
lis Lewis, of Granville, who was there
upon acknowledged with acclaim,
amid the rattling Of shields, and hut-
tering of lance pennons, the lovely
Queen of Love and Beauty. At the
Coronation Ball, Maj Anderson, of
Va, made the presentation speech, to
which the Queen replied appropriately.
Miss Lena Williams, of Warrenton,
Miss Carrie Carr of Durham, and Miss
Minnie Haywood of Raleigh were the
maids of Honor.