The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-04-11

A horned rattlesnake Is a Mcdowell
county curiosity.
\ new po-t-offire has been sStab-
,ished below JoneaOoro, called Brad
way.
The Cadetso % TIE Can" Fear Military
Academy purpose giving an entertain
msnt a tn,. NIimIa.tpi opera House
on Monday the 22nd inst.
Ben Nc Mister. cn!ored. convicted
j.. Il besan court of man,'aI-nt",
,arget with murder OF Nr. Benjamin
Smith of CoiGmhu, county.
Jefferson Davis and wife are visit
ing Mexic They " re- al tie Mex
c a capita. on the 29tn o. March anna
called upon President Dla/.
Miss Matte Frazure. of Somerset.
XIV. was married the other day. >nc
is not quite thirteen. Her present adj
dress is Mrs. l. \. Wilson.
In the University elections recently
held tine debater's medal was awarded
TIA. ID. Jones. Cary, Wake county.
y. & the declaimer's medal to j.. NJ.
Leach, Jr., Lexington, y. {.
ON the night Of the 2Sth OF March.
1873. in the absence of John Oliver.
living i'm Lower Creek township. his
house was consumed by fire, ant only
bv a special Providence, his two chll
drcn were saved from burning ia it
M~orgdaton Blade.
In the case OF Samuel Robinson.
coloreG, charged with the murder In
Wilmington, on the 9th ulr.. of Lewis
Davis. colored, Yer 1T rendered Fri
day of manslaughter. Sentenced To
fn-r vnars III the ~penitentiary. APP
pealed.
Goldsboro Messenger: The Gallows
on which the negro Shal,mgton alias
Chalton is to eXpiate his crime on Fri
day next at Snow Hill, has been erect
ell within the enclosure temporarily
put up around one end of the Jail. The
negro positive y refuses to confess his
guilt, but there is no doubt of Il.
NEW YORK. April s.-Ex-Gov
Franklin J.. Moses. Jr., of South Caro-
lima. was arrested on Broadway last
night and lOcked up. He Is charged
with having forged the name of j.
Woodruff for three hundred and six
teen dollars and passing the same
upon James Allen. Moses will be
taken to Charleston i'll a few days.
The hatchery at Avoca, BERTHE coun-
tv. at the head of Aibemarle sound. al
the junction of the Chowan and Roam
oke rivers. is now fairly started, with
every prospect of perfect success. a
letter has been received from Prof.
Miner. one of those ill charge, stating
that shad are leing Matched in great
numbers. This hatchery is owned
Jointly by Maryland, Virginia and cur
own.-Rllei.h NeUS.
CORNING, \. Y. April S.-An insane
building connected with Steuben
county poor-house was fired by a lu-
matte, who. with fourteen others. were |
burned to death. The IRON grating to
the windows prevented the escape Cf
the victims. There were sixty or
seventy inmates. The details are
blood-curdling- One man was badly |
injured. over forty were rescued: !
and several escaped. The scene pre-
Sentcd by the charred main and
debris is sickening in the extreme.
We learn from the Monroe Eagutrey
that about midnight of the 9th ult..
an attempt was made to burn the gin
house of Mr.. Joseph K. Hudson, in
Lady Ridge Township. The fire was
discovered and eXtinguished. On the
night of the lst inst, Wesley Chapel.
llCt WI. uuSo -, anu the SclOOl- /
house near by, were found to be on
fire. The church was burned, and the
s~chool-house saved. The fire-fiend is
evidently abroad III that community.
The ladies of the Wilmington Me
mortal Association asked Mrs. Marga-
ret j. Preston to epa a Psalm and
an Ode for the annual celebration on
10th of May. That gifted and patri-
otto lady has furnished them. The
Psalm will appear in the South Allan
tic for May, and the ode in the June
number OF that periodical. both pro
tected by copyright, the arrangement
for Memorial poetry having been mi
tiated by the magazine.
Monroe Enquirer: The heirs of Com.
Stockton. through their ATTORNEYS.
Messrs. Covington and Nann. viii
bring suit at the ensuing term of Court
for the recovery of the lands in this
county, belonging to the Stockton
estate. On some of these lands are
situated the Howle and WASHINGTON
mines, which are of considerable ya,ue
aIu IL continued and stubborn suit
may be looked for.
Charlotte Observer: Mr.. Worth of
tn. State Agricultural Department.
arrived III the city yesterday afternoon
with $40 land-locked salmon. which
were distributed between Phifer's
pond and that on the plantation of
Capt. S. b. Alexander. These fish were
Matched in the Baltimore hatchery.
The Agricultural Department pur-
chased from the hatchery about 40. 900
eggs, but only about 5000 fish were
Matched from them. They have been
distributed in the ponds and rivers of
Western North Carolina.
The river and harbor bill has been
printed. 1t contains the following an
preparations for North Carolina-Cape
Fear river, $50, 60O: Roanoke. $1,000.
Neuse river, 100000; Currituck sound
and North river bar, $40, 900; Scupper-
nong river, $1,000; Edenton harbor.
81. OOO Among the rivers. etc nraarod