The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-07

-Ihe 6rand Lodge knights OF ~
/ thi2s meets i'm this city ON Tuesday
/ next. The brethren are clever feiio'Fs.
/ and VIII be we'll taken care of.
The vote on preliminary resotu-
ton. shows that nearly two thirds of
4 the lower house Of Congress, are in
favor of tax on incomes.
K Hickory is some pumpkins Of a
! place. 800 lbs. of seed of that favor
ite New England pie-truck We're ship
ped from it one day last eek.
Cotton receipts at Raleigh. betw cen
September lst and February lst. 35, 107
bales, being 624 bales less than last
year III same period.
Married men will be glad 10 learn
that the Northern broom manufactur-
ers have resolved to advance the price
OF brooms from ID TO 25 per cent.
The First Quarterly Meeting of
Person Street NJ. F. Church was d
on Sunday-Presiding Elder Y. II. ID.
Wilson conducting.
Rev. Il. b. Sutton, of Pittsboro,
preached in ChIist Church Sunday
morning, and at the Good Shepherd
at night. #
We regret to learn of the loss by
fire of our friend f. James Powell
Touring mills IN Chatham county.
Powell was one of the most popular
members of the last legislature.
She riff Satchwell. of Beaufort
county, brought nine negroes TO the
Penitentiary last week for stealing.
One for 10. three for ), and the rest for
,, years.
The house Of section master W.
A. Green, on the f. & G. Railroad, was
burglarizeG and fixed TO burn. by
tramps on Friday, in broad daylight,
in Green's absence.
The State Agricultural Society is
preparing fer Il new deal. Secretary
benson has removed his office to the
room over Ba lie & Mordecai's office.
1t is rot much, but sill it counts
IL. The teller of the Bank of North
America is .' irregular " to the amount
o. 100000.
Between Sept. 1st and Jan 1st, H.
800 bales of cotton were shipped by
the Richmond & Danville r. r. from
this city; how many were carried by
the other roads is not known.
A delegation of young ladies from
Peace Institute visited the Graded
School. Gov. Vance, Col. kenan and
the Wake commissioners called rext
dav.
Grange OF schedule: Western
'rs.in passes Greensboro at 1910 A. NJ;
reaches Raleigh at 3:2S leaves at $40:
arrives at Goldsboro at S:33. Return
ing, leaves g. at 7:30 A. NJ: reaches r.
1T 1925. .-.... ....
The Metropolitan Methodist
Church project, originated by DR..
Burkhead, and for which $4,000 was
subscribed at the Centenary" is be-
ginning to take shape. Geo. I. Cooke.
Esq, on Tuesday night, notified the
stewards of Edenton Street Church
that he would donate 100, 600 brick for
the building.
A ten pound mulat.o baby was
found on East street, near New bern
Avenue, on Sunday morning with its
skull crushed The verdict of the in
quest was. murder most foul lis
brains had been Gas ed out against the
fence.
-RoDt. 7. Pelham. who died in the
Lunaeic Asylum, Jan q, was at the
time OF his arrangement regarded as
Using young men of Granville, says the
Free Lance.
Senator Withers telegraphed to
w. E. Tanner of Richmond, member
of the legislature. Go TO hear Miss
Emma Thursby. She is a trump"
Now, Withers, you hear us; you'll wear
wig next day after you return home
DR.. Warren E. Short. a promis-
ing young gentleman, second son of
Col. II. P. Short of Columbus. died at
Lake Waccamaw. on the 4th inst. af-
ter weeks illness. He was about 20
years of age and graduated at Prin-
ceton College in the class with the
brother of the editor of this paper