The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-26

partanCc and interest. The project ct
creating a q operative mercantile =
tabll~hment III tALaTruS county Viii be
the leading feature. and viii L. thou
ouGhly discussed II that timr. aud Tie
nee S>ary machinery created IL put
the enterprise in 4 state oi efficiency
that w Ii test it merit and establish is
utility 10 the satisfaction of thc order.
Every Patron Is earnestly urged to IL
present on that occasion. III order To
give their substantial support amt IN
tluence 10 the mov~ment.-teHCofd
Register.
On THURSDAY, "A negro living mean
HAYWOOD. Chatham county. cut his
wife with a knife. H. also cut ancEro
girl. He was not satisfied with hls
work, and shot a negro woman, Kill
ing her instantly. lie next shot u
other Z woman. bat failed to Kill
her. lie is still II large. The negro
woman whom he killed had come To
see his wife. and as she was near Ia
house he, lying hid in the bushes. shot
her IN the head.
Charlotte Obygrr.r: ! note from
Davidson College brings the gratifying
intelligence that that institution open
td AliiN StNNitAI " = I'D'l
than Tor several years. Between forty
and fifty students have matricuiat,d
since the opening of the term. Ihos'.
with the old students, viii run the
| number on the roll up To at least ~
hundrel......Th champion pear WAS
raised by Mr.. Jack Stewart. of Long
| Creek Township. 1t pulled down tie
scales to one pound and ten ounces.
....Mr.G c. Williams and ID. Wat 3
yesterday offered, through Mayor
Smith. o go TO Memphis to nurs" the
yellow fever patients, provided they
could get free transportation.
Some Medical Colleges in the West
have had their secrets uncovered IN a
way that Will without doubt lnJufc
them in their several communities.
But a short time . the papers con-
tanned long accounts of the discovery
that the body of Mr.. Harrison, ason of
President Harrison had been found III
a Medical College, whether 1t had been
taken for professional purposes. Now
| Cleveland is indignant a finding out
that one of its Medical Colleges has
been robbing graves. Edwin French,
an old and highly respected citizen of
that place, had died, and was buried
on Monday afternoon. On Tuesday
morning it was discovered that his
BODY had been eXhumed. The de-
t~ectIves, who were at once set to work.,
found the body in a Medical College,
to which it had been taken, and where
it was concealed. The faculty, sew
erall students and the JanitOr were at
once put under arrest. The people of
| Cleveland are Of course incensed at
the outrage. and the whole matter
will be carefully sifted. \ thorough
investigation will no doubt bring
some startling facts to light.
Greensboro North State: Diphthe-
ria is still prevalent In our town, and
some Of our poorer people are suffer
ing ~drcadfully for the want Of proper
medical attention. We hear Of the
death of a small child of Q. ". Apple,
whose father is absent, in search Of
employment. We hear OF a family
named FARRELL, said to be newcomers
here. living on East street, beyond
the railroad, the mother and father
both being sick and in a helpless CON
dition, and their family around them
are suffering for the necessaries Of
life. We commend them to our char
itoble citizens...... Saturday evening,
about 6 o'clock, a. the material train
on the Saiam Branch Railroad was
coming towards and G kernersvillc,
it ran over a man named james Ben
son. of Concord, crushing and tearing
his BODY in a frightful manner, killing
him %instfntlv. Benson Is said to be 2
~di5sIpated man, and it IS supposed he
was under the influence Of liquor at
the time he laid down on the track.
StatesyilIe american: Through a
letter to Mr.. \. NJ. Nannoy. Of this
place. from his brother, we learn the
fre5het of last week was the most des-
tructiye ever known in Wilkes county.
Along the Iadkin and other streams
the loss Of property and crops has been
immenSe-estin-ated at 500. 00O. ...
Robert Deaton, a citizen Of Rowan
county. while working with 4 moving
6cythe. q few days ago had the misfor-
tune 70 let it fall upon his right arm
and cut it to the bone just below IL C
elbow. lie lost a great deal Of blood
before medical assistance could be
procured, and since that the artery
bursted and bled proFu5ely. Medical
aid being called in. they found il ne
cessary TO split the arm almost TO the
shoulder in order to take up the artery.
At last accounts he was in a critical
condition. .COwan's Ford items 3:
The underpining Of \. j. Derr's mill
gave way on the 18th inst, during the
recent freshet in the Catawba river.
and the mill wasLe away. Loss esti-
mated at 81 900. The dogs belonging
TO some fox hun ers, or other dog.
killed three sheep for +. G. Davidson.
which he valued 1t So. Kill the dogs.
The d~Iphtheria Is somewhat preva-
lent among the colored peol l., and
] clitls am png the whites.