The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-27
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+ Burroughs was a young man Of indus
trious habits and good character an5
lived In Stanly county. Some a.x.
ago he Was at work IN the wood. on
plantation which bel rngs 10 Mr IL,
Heathcock. OF that county. vgh.., !.
tree Tell ou him, CAUSING snstant death
\ wife and three child en- mourn hl.
loss.
Lum berton kobesonian Rev /
\. Allison of Monroe. La, has b,.n
elected stated supply By the Presb
t7r.an churches OF Genre and Sh4.
Heel. Ii he accepts he is TO preach in
the morning and evening at each
church on alternate Snnd AVS and re-
celve a salary, OF $3.50. Mr.. ALISON
formerly practiced law i'm Concord
N. &.
HIllsboro Recorder SANDY Hob
son, charged with the murder OF Fos-
Ter Davis, whose case was removed
from this county 10 Alamance and
whose case was continued for two sue
cessive terms, was tried last week a
verdict of mansl tughter being agreed
TO and a sentence OF nine Years IN tn.
penltentiary the esult lis health j.
Very bad.
Thursday afternoon a spark from a
passing engine alighted on a bale of
cot on on the platform adj pininp the
W wilmington compress The fire spread
the alarm was gwen, and before thu
flames could be extin 5uished twenty
eig bales had been blacke he
lot was consigned, the Sun SAYS. To-
Ca9t. ). W. EIck, and was fully in
sured
DR.. Or ssoms report to the commit
tee of the Legislature shows that the
were supported at a cost OF i sni,is,, i,
per day. and yet number of the gems
tlemen wish to cut 1wn the expenses
of the Institution Another move in
that direction would reduce the asy
lum TO poor house. B spsist Recor.
der
Ga the internal revenue bill. con-
tanning the tobacco tax reduction.
every Democratic and e even RcpublI
can Senators voted IN the atfir alive.
au1 all of the remaining RepubE ctn
no other tax reduction could reach 80
large a proportion Of the p opIe as
this one 1t takes from 80. 900 .OO) to
Sl3 01O 600 per year from III, burden
of taxation upon the peoples sh'
ders. And the Treasury. with an idle
coin reserve of $40 600, 900, will Mt be
materially weakened by this loss OF
revenue.
Charlotte Observer Frank Laslies
Illustrated Newspaper for March lst.
contains engravings of Senators Vance
and Voorhees,, with sketches Of their
lives. The picture of Senator Vance
is very excellent. Voorhees, looks
like Gen. Leach. DIR. ID. w. Flow
yesterday brought to the city the
lump of gold weighing fourteen
ounces, recently picked up on the
plantation of Mr.. James Erwin, in
township No. /, Cabarrus county
The lump is oblong in shape, and is
perfectly pure. At the usual price
for gold it is worth 1852, but will of
course bring more than this az a sp>ci-
men, being the largest lump found ia
North Carolina for many years.
Charlotte Observer Mr.. r. II
Morrison, Colporteur Of the Concord
Presbytery, was thrown from his
horse in Salisbury and had a wrist
In November last two
tenants on toe farm OF the late Judx
Pearson. in Iadkin county, COM
meaced a race In catching rabbits and
killing SQUIRRELS, and at Christmas tse
excitement ran SO high there seemed
to be some danger of SUIT for tres
pass, and perhaps, Of assault and bat
terry between the parties, VIZ +; I. and
L. Last week the score stood: c.,
2JO rabbits and 10 squirrels r., 2l0
rabbits and $50 squirrels. A Georgia
paper speaks tenderly Of the thrh-
ling serial known as the Supreme
Court decisions" We have given this
Lhr ling serial the go-by this year.
Our readers would rather have the
same space devoted 70 good jokes.