The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-01

Heavy rains Oh Sunday, Monday, and
tuesday reported from all parts of the
State. This Is excellent, though rather
late, as considerable portion of Cen
tral and Eastern Carolina was parched
like dry ashes.
-Messrs Simpson. Miller & Co, of
Wallingford, Connecticut, have dona-
ted twelve silver pieces, including
card and cake baskets, water coolers,
etc. valued at 800, as premiums for
/ the State Fair in October.
Rev. DIR. Pritchard, Rev. Messrs
! Glenn, Scarborough, and l. r. Mills.
and Messrs. w. IL. Pace, and J. c..
| Maroon delivered short addresses at
/ the Mt. Vernon Baptist Sunday School
/ picnic on Friday
| A good friend Of the FAKMtR AND
/ MECHANIC at Lenoir writes. = He will
/ be very apt to send You a lot of sui
scribers if it is as popular there as
here. Would send him mine, but am
too stingy with them
-Biddle University for Freedmen,
at Charlotte, y. c., which began ten
years ago, with forty students and
three teachers, now has four efficient
/ professors. four assistants, and one
hundred ana forty students.
All the members of the Noebling
family have changed their name to
Edelcing. This was cowardly in them
they were not responsible for the
attempted assassination, and the mere
change of name will not placate the
enmity aroused by it.
Died in Pleasant Grove, Alabama,
July %, Mrs. Maggie p, wife of Rev.
Isaac p Osborn, formerly of North
Carolina She was native of Halifax
coanty, and we'll known in Orange and
Granville Her husband and five
children survive her.
They have in England very in
genious, three wheeled, vehicle called
men and is propelled by them. One
sits on high seat in front to guide
the others use their arms like rowers III
a boat. On level road the speed reaches
- miles an hour.
A number of our young townsnen
of musical and dramatic tastes, have
organized Variety Concert Troupe
with Prof. b ker, of England, 1u
, structor, aud Mr.. G.. Ii. Lewellen
Manager. They design giving seyera
entertainments of a diversified pro
gramme this fall.
The time of the annual meeting:
of the Raleigh < CASTOR, and Augusta
II. r., has been changed to the Is
Wednesday in October. Directors
DIR. Hawkins, j. G. Cameron, Col
Walter Clark. j. b. Bachelor, j. NJ
Robinson. l.. w. Barringer and w. w
Chamberlayne. Officers reelected.
Over 30 voters were dislra lchiset
by conviction of infamous crimes IL
the Superior and inferior Courts o
Mecklenburg county since February
1877. If this may be assumed as any
thing near a criterion for the othe
93 counties OF the state, there must b
at the least 1000 voters less, this yea
than last.
Thanks to I. S. Consul \. Y
Dockery. OF Leeds, for papers, etc. |
Is rather unusual for FedC raj az
pointee in foreign countries to interes
himself in the agricultural, and mate
rial growth of his native land bu
Col. Dockery seems anxious to Ell
courage the Department of Agr:cultur
and its work.
We publish portion of a lon
"Interview with Grant. written b
a member of his suite), because it
we'll to put such utterances on record
There is, however, good reason to be
lieve the kindly tone of those remark.
in aIluding to Confederate officers,
: meant TO catch the good will Of tn
Southern people preparatory to tn
= Third Tern" project. We hay
heard men declare that they persona
: ly know that Grant has no kind fee
ing for our section, especially for prom
= nent Confederates. 1t is easy to st
I that, the famous smokist is bein
, :: worked-up" for the final race--th
saddest in the history of the Union.