The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-27
Aaleieb ano Roundabout.

Gen Glingman lectured before the
Normal School yesterday.
Wake Superior Court opened on
Monday with Judge Seymour upon the
Bench.
Another clerk ARE sted in the New
York city Post Office for stealing reg
i,tercd letters.
The Johnston County Democratic
Convention declared for Gen. w. r.
COX for Congress.
Associate Justice Miller, of the L.
s. Supreme Court, is lying dangerously
lll from IA surgical operation.
There is more scheming among
local politicians now-a-dass than ever
was known in this region before.
Col. Polk has accepted an invita-
tion to address the people of Pender
at Burgaw on the 9th prox., on agri-
cultural topics.
MIR. Moses A. Bledsoe, Of this
county. is currently reported To be
"out" as an independent candidate for
he State Senate.
The Petersburg papers speak of
eleven hundred crates of North Caro-
lima peaches passing through that
town III one day.
Mr., job Osborne slipped chunck
of cooling-stuff into our water bucket
In the hottest slice OF yesterday, and
il amt thawed ys I. maybe.
Rev j. Is. VIII t. of the Catholic
Church in this city is visiting the
North He recently started subScrip-
tiuns for u chapel ut Company Shops.
Simmons Il. Jones. of Charlotte
has successfully graduated at the
Medical School OF the Virginia Uni
versity, after an only twelve months S
course.
Gov. Vance returned from Char
latte yesterday and will go to Wilson
TO-DAY, we suppose, to deliver the ad-
dress of Prof Hassell's Collegiate In
stitute
1t is now pretty generally ad-
mitted. by Northern men as we'll as
Southerners, that Mrs. Suiratt was
wrongfulIv and wickedly hanged to
gr;ttify Ssanton's malice.
Three Repul lican Commissioners
in Bertie having resigned, the follow
ing Democrats were appointed by Gov
Vance Massrs. j. w. Balance, r. X.
\ kew Etherton Wilson.
Hon. r. r. Armfeld was nomina
ted for Congress at the WilkesborC
Convention ON first ballot. receiving
= votes 10 for Hon. VIM. NJ. Rof-
fms. and | J for Chas. Price.
& ,tawb3, Anson, RObeson. Rich
mond. Stanls and Montgomery coun-
Ties having endorsed Col. Walter H.
Steele. his nomination for Congress is
lui- rably certain. though Johnston is
a. t. active.
Mr. Julian : Carr has offered a
reward OF $luO in gold for the appre-
heHsion of the rascal who entered the
house Of Mrs. Herndon. in Chape
Hill. one night recently. and SO nearl,
murdered that lady.
Much interest il felt b. the young
men of the city in the Young Men:
Christian Association Nearly fifty
LANES have been presented for mem
hershjp sill ce Mr. Cree's frs. visit her,
on Tuesday, 18th in t.
-kero. enc again Negro. At
tempted to ill the lamp while lighted
women can't help doing these thing
ii they should even try to- ana Wa
badly burned. Child will die. Ii
Wilmington.
5 elatOr Merrimon was serenade,
on Friday night, by his friends at tn
office of Merrimon. Fuller and Ashe
lie was too weak to make an eNtende
address but the crowd called on
Mess. Fuller. Clingman, Russ. ct a
We Invite the attention of citizen
"t kaieigA. and other large towns, t
an article by Professor Cain. o. Char
lott Military Institute, on Sanitar
IRE ;autiOns, &c. There is much goo
sen Sc III 1T: and the recommendation
ae''rve prompt adoption.