The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-24

oA4 80 tHi~ county bTou-ht 20 town,
last Tuesday. something a little extra
ordinary in the wav II poultry. Tn.
fowl. although only about * months
old. IS a. large a. a small. turkey and
api ears 10 be half -iin.a and half
chicken. having thu head ~ an orli-
nary hen. while the body and legs Re-
semble those .! a guinea
Newborn .Nut .SleIi. Information
reached this city YESTERDAY If the ln-
by IRE 4 the cotton gin. and building
and stables, Of Mr.. John billiard. al
Croatan. IN TINS county. The fire wa>
caused BY matches which had been
dropped IN the loose cotton and were
lgnl.ed by passing through the gin
There were also eighty-three bale. OF
cotton stored in the building, which
We're destroyed.
Raleigh Ntrs Governor Hendricks
has been invited 10 the Weldon Fair
n II Is thought Will attend. Major
Evans, of Fayetteville. and Mr.. Ed.
tngeIhard, OF this city, made the best
scores on yesterday. both scoring
twenty balls u OF twenty-five shot
at....The suit Of Balser and lacks
against the Raleigh x Augusta and
the Raleigh < Castor Railroad Com
panles Is set for trial. before Judge
BOND. at Greensboro today. This is
an important case, 500. 900 beng in
| volyed.
The Seventh Annual Fair OF the
New Garden Agricultural Society will
be held at New Garden, Guilford
county, thursday, October oath. The
premium list is a very liberal and at
tractlye one. All indications point to
a very credltable exhibition. The Of
hcers OF the Society are hard at work
| 70 make the Fair in every particular
successful. ID. w. G.. BeDbow is Pres
ident; J. +. Cox, Vice-PreSident: Wal
ter Hobbs, Secretary: +. r. Williams,
Assistant Secretary; II. Wakefield.
Treasurer.
The march of Improvement is still
| going on IN our town. Five new
two>story brick buildings are in the
course of construction on Walnut
street. two of these by MI. Harris
Crawford, two by Colonel Humphrey
and one by II. +. Granger. ESQ. the
last TO be used for LAWYERS offices.
The Messrs. II. We'll q Bros. are also
charging one of their brick buildings
on East Center street, and other inn
provements are IN progress in various
parts of the town.-UeSsenger.
JIM LaXtOn, who hasbeen closely on
fined in jail atStatesville for some time,
and was sentenced to be hanged on the
Goth inst, escaped tonight (Oct. =.
Three other prisoners broke jail at the
same time. Since the above was in
type We learn that LaxtOn was cap
tured next day, being unable to travel.
1t is not thought that he was con
cerne | IN the breaking out. but on'y
availed himself of the opportunity.
Machinery on the farm means a good
deal, remarks the Scientific Farmer. 1t
mean that the farmer has invested
much capital in a way that is saving
him much hard work. IL means short
days for you and the hired man. 1t
means going to bed later and getting
up later. 1t means less WEAKNESS and
more opportunity for mind culture.
Thus progress in agriculture not only
lean more and cheaper food and
clothing, but 1T means greater oppOr-
tunity for development of manhood.
Let us welcome it, then, for the
stomach's sake, the body's sake, and
the minds.
Charlotte Observer Col. Myers has
found several blades of the celebrated
cocoanut grass growing in his yard,
and informs us that it is appearing in
several parts of the county. The CO
coanut grass is the avowed enemy Of
farmers further South. The first
frost of the season in this city fell
Sunday morning. Though very per-
ceptlble, it vas not heavy enough to
| kill vegetation. The receipts OF cot
ton in this market last week were o.
| 500 bales. Fay TempletOn was so i'll
in Fayetteville that the company
couldn't perform. Her condition, how
ever, is not dangerous.
Day before yesterday, two of the
convicts engaged on the work at the
head of the Western North Carolina
Railroad. escaped from the Lig Log
stockade, and though chased by dogs
effected their escape. Yesterday
morning when the excursion train
from Henry's to Charlotte stopped at
Bridgewater station, a brakeman dis
covered one of them laid up on the
trucks of the baggage-car. and the en-
gineer pulled him out. He was car
ried on to Catawba station and turned
over to the guard in charge of the con-
victs at work on the material rain
Charlotte Observer, 10Th, ms.
The Wilmington Reriew says: Since
the warehouse of the W. & w. Rail
road at Magnolia was burned down
about six years ago there has been no
depot at hat place, and the only stor-
age accommodations for freight has
been a couple Of freight cars convent
emily placed on a side track. The
company has now commenced the
foundation for a new and commodious
depot and warehouse which will De
rapidly pushed to completion. The
structure Will rest on a solid stonH
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