The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-07-17

reduction Of t. bscco on the or. und that i
would cripple tt Revs NUS (and ,lus leave
fewer m ll1uns to steaD. whe,, as the re-
ports show an Increase Cf three millions o
dolar ON the pts Of the past quarter.
About two mil inr thr. e hundred thou
sand dollars. Of old Bonds have been con
sumed i'm DIR. W orhs fire place They
were exchanged for new bonds at 40. 9.
and 10 per cent. So you can see where the
State makes it's little Jacques :,y the ex-
change.
Prof. Hobgood'o advertisement should
be read In addition to the improvements
last week referred to. we note that he has
reduced the price of boarding from $15 tC
$12 per m Onth. To us. this seems extrs me.
~ low for the advantages Of such a school
in a city Ike Raleigh.
The new tax law is working well. Our
local assessors have fl und nearly two hun
dred thousand dollars worth of property
that has heretof escaped taxation
through reg'ect or fraud And though the
valuation is lower than last year, tie ag-
gregate will be higher.
Died near Chapel Hill, NJ. Thomas L
Norwood, worthy vourg farmer-At
Morehead City. July T. Miss Eula Dennis.
Paralysis. DR. Adam Empie Wright In
Raleigh. Mr.. Terrell Gill. aged 20 IN
Pittsboro July 18th, Miss Sarah c. Headeu
The Norfolkians, having learned the
tick from Richmond. will give grand
Excursion to tie Tar Heel Business
men sometime in August. All right
North Carolina belongs to her sister States,
anyway. and all she asks is a free ride.
some cheap liquor, ard pier ty Of soft
sawder."
TIE city council has ordered the open
ing Of new street to the Fair Grounds.
running in front of Maj Devereux's. and
Col. John w. Hinsdale's The proposal of
Prof. Fairchild TO put Nash Square in a
state Of high orname ntation with arbOrs.
hot house flowers. etc. meets with gene raj
approval. so far we hear. He a. ks or lv
ten wears rental. Such place of res rt is
much nee ded.
The Charlotte Observer saws Col Walter
L Steele is under promise not to run next
time for Congress. We hear the same in
regard to Gen r B Vance Folks are won-
dering if it be true that Hon Jas L Robinson
and Gen Vance are to exchange chances that
is the former go to Congress. and the latter
run for Cove rnOr, no, Lieut-Governor. Or
but we've got the sentences mixed, and it S
too hot to even try to unravel it.
Capt Appleton Oaksmith is son of
Seba Smith, the well known major Jack
Downing" of Andrew JacksOns admins
tration. He was born in Maine. He was
twice imp, isOned once for having some
interest in a vessel charged with being
slave-trader, and once for blockade run-
ming during the war. By strange fate,
his eldest daughter narrowly escaped
drowr ing in infantcy. Capt Oaksmith's
account Of the catastrophe at aufort re
fleets intense pride in the heroism of his
daughters
As we mentioned last week, Judge
Eure granted the manddmus requiring
Speaker Robinson and MOring TO sign the
Sc5ool Bill. But an appeal was taken to
the Supreme court. which will ecide the
case this term. Had we been in the shoes
of the gentlemen aforesaid, we should have
Jumped at the mandamus as an open door
out of perplexirg position, and aligned the
Bill. 1t is a great improvement on the old
law and no man would lose political Opu-
larity ny signing tat the order OF ,hs
Col. w. II. Cheek. Grand Master of the
State Grange, was in Raleigh yesterday at
tending the meeting Of the Board OF Agrl-
culture. He bears some marks of his re-
cent accident. 1t seems he had travelled
until almost broken down, and while stop
ping at a creek. near midnight. to water
his horse. fell asleep, and dropped his um>
brella. Tho frightened horse ran away,
kicking over the light sulky as he ran.
Col. Cheek was thrown into rock Pile,
and lost q couple of teeth, besides suffer-
inc painful bruises. 1t was a narrow es-
cape. and we are glad was no worse.