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

srleve with e1-President Davis IN the
loss OF his son, Jefferson Davis. n
OF yellow ever. H was only 2ivsarS
o age Gov. Nichols. Of Louisiana,
hes also lost a son tt the scaur-e.
CIV Vance i ,~xI~cted II partlc.-
pat~ N the south Carolina campaign.
Grn. u " tary told the Ei.,held
advertiser. a feN isvs ago. thar IL.
Coy Vance and others w,re expected
t. sp-ak 81 Ch-ra~ lar NJ Ia. last nf
the present mon d..
Gen. Humphreys. chi.t engineer -
the JnIt~t states service. has submit
ted a report recommending approprl4-
tons for various streams, hsrbcr ard
bar Improvements. among these. SO
900 for the Cape Fear river.
\ woman was sitting ~ tie break
fast table the other morning when an
almost hreathle>s n-ighbor came in
and informed her that her husband
was dead. She calmly remarked
Wait until ] am through breakfast
and then youn hear bowling
Twelve thousand different worA.
nave been published III regard 10 the
American war. \ good deal Of this
war literature first saw the light IN
Europe, but the bulk appeared III the
United States.
Here Is news injccd. The Concord
N. - Register SAYS a colorcI gentle
man named Sam Harris. raised by the
family OF cN Sheriff K :. Harris. Of
CabarruS, as black Is the ace OF SPADES
and as sharp "a a steel trap. is the Re
publican candidate for Congress in one
Of the districts OF kcntucky.-LouiN-
rtNe courier J1HIHuL.
There was a decided downward ten
dency throughout last week in the
wheat markets. In Baltimore western
red sold at from o. down To % cents
for October; from 9e. down To 81
bentS for November. and 100 down
to 994 cents for December. In Sep
TENDER the sales for October delivery
amounted to l.50o, 900 bushels. at from
1924 down to los cents.
Chowan correspondent OF the Eliza
beth City Carolinian. 1t is proposed to
submit the question OF voting $40. 600
to the Suffolk & Albemarle Sound
Railroad to the people at the Novem-
Der election. Oh Saturday night
of Court week a thief broke into Solic-
itor Grandy room and stole his
overcoat. A mulatto named Wilson
was arrested on suspicion the follow
ing Monday and lodged in jail.
Blue Ridge Blade: Mr.John 4. Dick
son. secretary and treasurer of the
Western Asylum for the Insane. met
with a most serious accident asst week
on his way from Hickory to his home
in this place. His mule threw him,
dragged him some distance. and but
ior a rptten saddle girth would have
caused a vacancy in the office he now
SO acceptably fills.
On and after November 10. trains
carrying the mails will leave New
York at 10 z. NJ. and 10 4. NJ. the for
mer arriving at Baltimore at 4 20 next
morning. and the latter at , 40 in the
afternoon, and at Washington respec-
lively at $50 A. NJ. and 4.12 p. NJ.
This arrangement Will give close and
direct connection by rail with all parts
of the South.
The latest novelty is a '.ba. ometer
handkerchief The design printed
on it represents a man with an UNI
brella. In fine weather the umbrella
is blue. in changeable weather gray,
and in rainy weather white. The Sc
cret lies in printing this design in
chloride of cobalt but the first wash
ing remOve his sensitive chemical.
and destroys the barometric proper
ties.
Two Genoese recently fought a duel
in small boats on the high sea, Just
outside of their native port. Without
witnesses, they fought with knives till
one of them. the lover of the others
wife, was killed. and sunk to the bot
tom with a weight around his neck,
tied by the ferocious victor. The lat
ter then came into port and gave him-
self up.
Hathaway. the Fall River defaulter,
has received notice of ten years free
lodging in Massachusetts State prison.
The Judge hath a way about him that
must be unpleasant, to say the least.
Defaulters Of the highest one are not
used to such common treatment as
BELTS the vulgar purloiner of a loaf of
bread some specimen New York
justice would have suited Mr.. Uatha-
ways aristocratic tastes much better.
Two sculptors lately had a quarrel in
the forum of Trojan in Rome, and
agreed to fight duel in the locality
known as the Macao. They blazed
away at each other with ~revOlvers,
and both tumbled to the earth with
wounds in the legs. Havingno seconds
nor witnesses, they lay there until
some one passed from whom they
could ask assistance, and were then
carried home in the same carriage.
A sleight-of-hand performer. named
Wyman mot the original Wyman).
astonished the people of Waco by his
clever feats. He did many wonderful
things, making things appear and dis
appear in mysterious ways but his
greatest trick was not known until