The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-22

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say that there VIII lie no rain for two
weeks, on account of the S ock Law
gong into cifec. next VI )nday."
We found little hoquet on our
table one morning list week, and
twas swee. enough to hive come
from Fdirciiilds conservato Y. One
again.
Memorial Day iu Salem and Winston
was observed by most interest ng Ger
emonies. Col. j. L. Seal. S, OF CIR ems.
boco, delivered the address Two hun
dred and twenty old Confederate SOL
diers We're IN line il thn procession.
-Depu y Sheriff II. y. Barber, one
Of our Leachburg patrors was convey
ing a darkey 10 Jail, when the later,
who sat hy the side of the deputy,
seiz q his pistol .and shot Ba Der
through the arm, after which he sue
ceed d III N liking his escape. Reward
offered.
Gov. JAWS, Judge F vile, Speakers
Rob nson and Morinr, Col. L. L. Polk,
pit Andrews, Seventeen Golonels.
and twenty doctors, all went West~
ward by the Monday afternoons train.
Coils. I. NJ. Holt and J. n. S.apl
We're expected to join the party before
eaching Gha,lotte.
Bro. Dossey Battle, of the South.
erHer, gave Us a pleasant G III yesterday,
and be sure we were pie. sed to ",iine-
hands with him. He visits the city
rs counsel for the negro Jones, to plead
fer IA communication to life-imprison-
ment and In view of the endorse
ment Of Judge Seymour. S lie tor
Collins, and the foreman of the Jury.
we suppose the GovernQ: VIII cons der
the application carefully.
Raleigh loaned to Charlotte sew
eral of her most charming iir ones
for the centennial, and the ball yes er
day evening. Misses Margaret and
Matte fow ie were the guests of Mrs.
Dr.. Tom Moore. Miss Maggie Tucker
Is visiting Miss Annie JoLes. The
Raleigh young folk always come back
delighted with both Charlotte and
A lumber of young
beauN also went up, armed wi h spike
tailed coats.
Tile Rcidsvile Times learns tha
Mr.. Montford McGehee still enter: aims
the idea Of settling in Greensboro to
practice his profession. Also, that
the report that Nc. McGehe3 had
s4, coo in newspaper s ocls was incOr-
ect, The loan was made by a WE'LL
known citizen Of Raleigh, througl
Mr. McGehee's agency, for special roa-
sons. A gentlem ans private affairs
do not concein n the public, but as we
nadver emily copied the former report
We give this.
The hearts OF strangers as we'll as
If acduaint lnCe and friends were deep |
V touch q on learning of the Cal am.ty |
which befel. Mr. j. IL. Pool, auditor of |
he II. s. G r. II. about the sunset |
lour on Monday. His two sons, Hew-
Ill and Paul, aged u and $, respac
i, ely, had gone TO bathe IN Mordecals
oond They We're brought home IN d
heet, both stark and cold. Ihsy had
yaded out two far, and suddenly ip-
ed into a deep ditch IN the pond.
Young Bradley Johnston Saunders,
Who was playing near by, heard Hew-
lis cries, and bravely ran IN to his as
istance, but without avail. Mr..
<in. sley and sou, of Kingsley y Ash
eys, tried to recover the bodies, but
lid not succeed, until Mr.. Johnston,
i, watchman, had made repeated at
empts amid the slime OF the dark
hannel. Mr.. Pool was quite over
ome ON hearing the sad intellige ace;
md the symt athy of the entire CONS
nunitY is with him. The funeral on
Tue day afternoon was attended oy
early six hundred childre n who tire"
my boquets into the grave.