The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-22
VOL VINO. 6
GENER NEWS.


The revival at Newbern is on the
Increases
Miss Josephine n. Shaw, of Louis
burg, is dead.
BUSINESS was suspended in S'a.esville
yesterday the 20th.
Judge Dick is to speak at Salisbury
In favor of Prohibition.
Newbern is to have a Young Mems
Christian Association.
Moore's School History of North
carolina has been published.
Newbeen has long>eared man who
walked D miles in As minutes, and
still he Is unhappy.
hon: John NJ. Moring is to deliver
the Literary address at Suffolk Nal
Female Institute Commencement
Abe Ward was waylaid and mur-
dered by Joshua Ea'man in Wilson
county-both colcred Eatman !. at
large.
Twenty thousand quarts of straw
berries have been shipped from Jack.
sonville, Fla, to New York this
season.
Mark Coleman and Daniel Sheriff.
each about 90 years old. died in Swain
recently. Daniel Bryson, 90, and Jas.
Crosby, 81, still live.
A negro root and herb doctor is in
Meek lenburg j,il on a charge of kill.
ing three of his children by dosing
them with his decoctions.
The next annual meeting OF tbs
North Carolina Press Association will
be he'd at Beaufort, on Wednesday
the 10th day of July, 1879.
Wilson Adoance: Mr.. Wiley Didsy.
an aged and respected citizen of Pitt
died suddenly one day last week. 1t
is thought that he died Of apoplexy.
Miscreants entered the blacksmith
shop of John McAdoo & Co. OF
Greensboro, and cut the leather por-
tons OF three pairs of bellows all to
pl ce;.
Representatives from the Board of
Commissioners of the various counties
through which the Carolina Central
Hallway passes, are to meet in Char.
lotte on the 18th of June to equalize
taxes on said road.
Items from the Hillsboro Recor-
der: Bishop Lyman confirmed nine
persons at Ghapel Hill; some of whom
were Students. We learn from the
Ledyer that there will be an entertain
ment given by the members of the
College who do not take part iu the
ball. The campus will be Illuminated
and everything made lovely. Mr..
wilson Mccullough, a worthy citizen
OF Person county, was very seriously
hurt one morning last week. He was
on his way to Durham with load Of
tobacco, and camped near Oak Grove
Church. STOPPING to disengage
tangled line, one Of the horfes kicked
out with both hind feet. He was
struck in the face, knocking out sew
eral teeth, and also on the right shoul-
der, which was terribly shattered, the
fractured bones protruding from the
flesh.
WarrentOn 6uzette Capt. T. L.
White, an aged and much esteemed
citizen of Ridgeway, dropped dead
last Griday evening 1t is supposed
be had heart disease Our wheat,
where seeded early and on good or
improved land, is looking remarkably
we'll Fruit: no plums, no cherries,
no damsOns, few peaches, a very
good crop of apples. Before the war
Warren was the largest tobacco grow
ing county in the State, and it may
become SO again. No county in the
State excels it in fertility of soil ard
few are its equals. In 1860 the value
Of the real estate Of Warren exceeded
that of Wake, although the latter was
twice the area of this county, and
contains the seat of government Of the
State We learn that very recently
\ nugget of the value of seventy-fve
20 one hundred dollars was found at
he old Ports Mines (Which is partly
n this county, or in that vicinity;
and that the results of recent washipgs
nave been eminenlly satisfactory. The
recently found lump of gold is by no
means the first, or the largest. Twenty
7ears ago one was found in the same
worth seeeraI hundred dollars.