The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-07-24

Prof Altx. McIver Of Greensboro.
Aug. 4. will ex'mnr applicants for the
Scholarship from Guilford "a the Univer-
Ity.
B O. Caleb b Green will address the
third a"nual Convention # Amateur edi-
tors at Gold -bOro on Monday, and will do
Il well: n that you may depend.
The fling at the ..Old Tobs Geo barn
College will benefit the nstitu i n land will
not hurt the Rev. +. F. Long the vii age
Insurance agent. who last year was can
di'ate for Congress but p trio ically gave
way to Kitchen.
-Lieut. Wll.M. Russ. says the f. &
Vi. " Nine 3. B. Club. have ac-
cepted a chalpnga from the s'Swift
foots" Of Wilson and will 90 down to
that jolly little burg in a few davs to con
test for the champ onship We bet on both
sides particularly our side.
The best friends of the Department. of
Agriculture must admit that II i falling
short of its proper. and possible. plane of
usefulness. We feel sure the public would
be surprised if they knew precisely how
matters and. Next week we purpose
taking look at things as they sand
Maj. Jno w. Moore, has taken up
quarters at the National and will proceed
10 issua a new edition of his school History
Of North Carol ina the first edition having
been disposed of. we understand. Undoubt-
edy ;he revision is 10 be desired after
which the work will be all t. a. is IL sirable,
for is purpose.
Bad news from Warrenton. 4 little
after midnight on Sunday. an ncendiary
fred the store of j. j. aughlin. which was
burned with three other tu ldipgs nth Of
the Court House. thp flames being checked
bv No"wood's brick stole. 4 dwelling. and
tho office cf the WarrPnton N6rs, are re-
ported among the losses.
Tt anks to some friend fer an invita>
ton to attend pic-nlc, to be given in En-
field. N. c.. July gath. 1879 Committee
of Arrangements Mrs F. T. Branch Mrs
J. I. A'sop, Mrs. r. B. R,itt Mrs J J.
Robertson. Miss Minnie Whitaker. Com
rittee of Invitations @. w. Hunter. j. J.
Paris, +. II. Robertson. Jr.
Col. Chas r. Jones, of the Chario te
Obserrer, in felicitating himself upon the
well-earred success Of bis journal. takes
occasion to say that for the ability. good
Judgment, and journalistic enterprise of
the paper much credit is due to Messrs
JOS p. Caldwell and j. l.. Chambers.
Whosoever sees the O5sercer will join 10 al
this, and more abundantly.'
We shall shortly pint in response 70
the Greensboro North Suites (Registrar in
Bankruptcy Keogh's organ) assertion that
Gov. Nance's abuse of Northern men drove
immigrants from the State lengthy ex-
tact from Gov Vance official circular ad-
dressed to Northern home seekers 10000
copies printed in the Farmer dt .Ucch0nic)
soliciting them to come among us and as
suring them of protection for every pe
teal or other right and privilege. Means
while we int elsewhere notices of the
purchase of property by immigrants at
Gree nsbOrO (within sight Of the StUte office
at Salisbury in Davidson. and in Moore
coun les, all within 100 miles of Green's
bOro."
The Babies are having good time, in
the present Ammo Domini. When James
Gordon Bennett, of the New York Her0ld
became an uncle (by the aid of bis sister.
Mrs. Ike BelD he walked to the cradle of
his new nephew. and laid down 100 green
slirs Of paper Each was $1,000 bond 1t
isn't every newspaper man can give cool
hundred thousand even to his own baby,
but we don't mean to bother about It,
until we get-the-the aforesaid. Mrs
Can't. Pagets baby. of England, (she was |
the daughter of a New York hotel keeper. |
whose millions bought her an aristOcratic |
husband) has had the honor of being the |
first American mothered youngster who
has Royal Godfather. The Prince of
Wales stood sponsor to the puddgy dump
ling W hen it was christened, recently. And
now the rest of the shoddy American tuft-
hunters might as well shut up shop. as it
we're, unless they can get the Car: or
Kaiser. or King Cetewayo to give their
baby name"