The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-26
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II. II. libDie. ana AlhFft LAY.
well known former cotton brokers of
New bern and Go.Isboro. are dead.
-Thermometer at zero, "a low as
It Louis and Philadelphia. yesterday.
Collection Christ Church yes.er-
LAY for the Orphan Asylum.
-Wilming'o on ladies got up several
handsome boxes Of goodies, cloth
in-, toys. etc. for the Oxford Or
phars. What a jolly time the little
chaps and chapessss Will have.
BRO. Wade Harris OF the brilliant
Snn shone upon US pleasantly for q
brief period Tuesday Afternoon. lie
reports the Sun as growing III
.'warmrh," as they say down North,
ana we are pleased to hear 1T.
bankruptcy stares the old North
Srate squarely in the face. Last year
s!a paid, as the Auditors Report
Sh VS., $40 s. 5.13 for marriaGe censes;
a,d this year the disease goes ab"ut
liEe a wild roaming lion with the toot!-
ac1e. Its awful
Col. Robt. A. jenkins, Of Gran
We. the father of Mrs. Cicero lIa ris,
suffered the loss of his arm by mutlla-
1iay in cotton gin, one day last week
Ire amputation was skillfuIly per
formed by DR. Robt. j. Hicks. and 1t
is hoped no more serious result from
the shock will ensue.
Jew lry must be flying round
loosely III Charlotte. The ObSe'rer ha>
three advertisements on a sing lie morn
iag. calling for "a gold badge "a
,arl and silver PIN and "a gold
breast pin with three garrets." Look
not upon wine when it is red, and
s;vgth its. color outside the cup.
-Rabies are left on house porches
free. traits. for nothing. in w Inning
ton; q ehereas in Buffalo, New York,
they are worth $500 apiece. At all
events. that was the sum awarded by
the Jury against DIR. Fl. a. Foster for
causing the dece2se of Charles Siatcrs
baby by using impure virus III vaccln-
atingit.
Reports from Wilmington tell OF
large fire on Monday which destroyed
Southerland's livery stabl On Tues
day morning fire br'ke out on the
httr N "a nd
the Northeast : also a block of ten
warehouses on the wharf bounded by
Orange and Front StS. The loss VIII
a9aroach S1O0,C33.
The guests uf the Bonitz House "t
Gollshoro Will sympathize with
mime Host" Bonitz in the loss a.
his eldest son, William, on Friday OF
heart disease. lie was a kind anu
..antIe youth a cadet at Bingham
school,. until forced by illness to return
home: and several of the Bingham
hovs acted as his ball bearers.
Bro. McDiarm;d makes a fin
showing for his excellent papers !:
having added 200 subscribers during
the past wear. and completed the n
ting out of a first class Office. He has
purchased the Lumberton Times, and
will shor " begin the publicati n OF a
new serial story by Miss Sue Jss anime
Dixon, entitled ~ curse dna c oss.
Glad to hear OF your success.
You may have heard, even IL th'
remark has temporarily slipped your
mam,rv. that the Devil IS Dad
But .better late than never. So
tanks the Rev. Elias Brindle, OF
Franklin, chairman OF Macon county
commissioners. Three Sundays az"
Fro Brindle preached the 'Funcra
: ry,on of Judas Iscar u.' The ad
DR. ss. aS we learn from the RfpOrte',
wa previously announced. and drew a
larse CT >u of pei ons who had
"hca:d the history Of this "ntort""dtP
MN" We hope Bro. Brindle laid 1t
Oh we'll because it is getting hard 10
find twelve men now ad .ys Without
descendant of Judas among them.