The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-17

students at the University.
Near Milton. little Charlie. son of
Captain John VI. Lewis. was kicked
to death by a horse sunday evening.
The State sville American learns that
about five hundred hogs have died re
Gently III that portion of lredeH be-
tween Granite Hill anu Shergiirs Ford,
of cholera
Goldsboro "Mail": /. y. B Battle.
lack Bottoms and Charles Williams
escaped from Nashville Jail on Tues
day night, and were at large when our
lnforant wrote .. Mr.. Fred Dake was
thrown from an OK on Tuesday, re-
celylng a painful fracture Of the arm.
Last Sunday evening a week ago a
difficulty occurred at Miller grocery,
one mile from Rutherfordton. between
Harry Churchill of thatplace, ana v IN.
Elwood. in which Churchill had an
arm broken. a wrist sprained and
cut upon the forehead.
The Lenoir .Topic": There is said
to be convict at work on the &. q l..
Railroad Of unprepOs9essinG ebony
appearance, aged l. years Latin, Greek
German, French and English, without
difficulty, and never went to school
day in his life.
On the 11th inst. = University Day
was celebrated at Chapel Hill. 1t WAS
the annual celebration of the laying
of the corner stone of the laying of the
corner stone of the University of North
Carolina President Battle made an
instructive and interesting address.
Mr.. John w. Norwood, Of Uillsboro,
made brief talk.
Weldon News Robert Daniel q
respectable colored man, living about
tsoo miles from this place, had the
misfortune to lave his hand seriously
injured few days ago by being
caught in the gin of Mr.. j. H. McGee.
THE crops III this vicinity We're
never known to 9e better, and we are
really glad of it.
Greensboro Central Protestant ::
In the Presbyterian church last sun
day, the Rev Dr. Smith, after the SER
man. read from one of the city papers
an announcement that a tournament
and ball, We're to be given on Ger
tain day in Greensboro, for the bene-
tit of the yellow fever sufferers, and
expressed the hope that 10 one young
or Old, male OF female, connected with
his congregation, would have anything
to do with it.
Wilson Idgaace: The young ladies
in Granville go fox hunting. The
young gentlemen IN Nilson prefer
deer hunting. .-Eiwar Simms, su-
perintendent of the African Methodist
Sunday School, took UP a collection
To- 70, + Of ln f.,
sufferers. and realized quite snug
little sum.
Beaufort -4tlaHt6c y parry Of four
went out fishing few days since, and
after catching more than fifty blue
fish, finding that the wind was rather
light for that kind of sport, anchored
their boat and proceeded to fish for
drums. In less than an hour they
caught twenty-three, weighing from
fifteen to fifty pounds.
\ neighborhood correspondent Of
the Lemon Topic" in a communica
ton to that paper, says: LET me cor
rect a statement that has been made
in the paper concerning snake and
crazy girl. The truth of the story
is that the girl wanders around the
farm by hel self. One of her brothers
came to her while she was setting by
a large rattlesnake and had taken the
rattles from it. The snake did not
seem ill-disposed until it was inter
fered with by the brother.
Charlotte Observer: \ gentleman
who is Just from Greensboro brings
the intelligence that Col John r.
Winston, of Caswell the Greenback
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