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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-25

orrrcERs OF THE NATIONAL RANGE
,toster.-S. E. Adams, Monticello,
Ml 0,erseer.-J. j. Woodman, Paw Paw,
TTancturer-Mortimer Whitehead, Gin
%cinnati.
assistant Steacdrd.-Wm. Sims, of Kan
"Tyeasurer.-F. NJ. Mcdowell, Wayne,
cecretaru.-O. H. Kelley, Louisville, KY.
cate keeper.-O. Dinwiddie, Orchard
Grove, Ind.
Ceres.-Mrs. Adams.
P0mond.-Mrs. Woodman.
F7ord.-Mrs. Moore.
LIdu Asst. Steacard.-Miss C. A. Hall,
louisville. Ky.
COMMITTEE.
D. WYATT Aiken, Cokesbury, S. c..
Henley James, Marion, Ind.
s H. Ellis, Springsboro, Ohio.
Officers Of North Carolina State
Grange, p. of II.
Naster-W Cheek. of Warren.
Ovarseer-D A Montgomery, of Ala
Tacturer-D Z Sampson, of Guilford.
Steward-J A Harris, of Iredell.
Assistant Steward-H E King, of Ons-
Chaplain-Rev VIM Grant, of North
Treasurer-D w G. Benbow, of Guilford.
Secretary--Jos E Porter. of Edgecombe.
Gate Keeper-L W Reasons, Edges
combe.
Ceres-Mrs A NJ Cheek, of Warren.
Pomona-Mrs J E Somers. of Guilford.
Flora-Miss Eugenia Robinson, of Ca
barrus. =
Lady Asst. Steward-Mrs H E King, Of
OnSlow.
STATE COMMITTEE.
Col. William H. Cheek, Chairman, OF
Warrenton.
Can't. J. Z. Porter, Secretary, Tarboro.
Can't S. B. Alexander, Charlotte.
John King. Falkland. Pitt county.
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Growing Riches.

The Raleigh Observer publishes a tabu-
lar statement of the value Of the real and
personal property in the counties of David
son, Hartford, Rockingham, Montgomery,
Cabarrus and Mecklenburg, representative
counties, made up from the returns to the
State Auditor and showing a decided in
crease in all of them except Rockingham.
which has fallen off 1919, 5l4. The total in
crease in the six counties is $3.50, 75S, Neck
lenburg contributing to this by her increase
$66l $50. The Raleigh Observer, using
these figures as a basis, estimates the in
$lO,6 500, 542, and remarks that while the
new methods of assessment are more strin-
gent and exact the real estate increase in
value is a fact, and must prove gratifying to
everybody.
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FARMERS
Improve Your Stock.

We keep constantly on hand, at prices to suit the
times,
BERKSHIRE PIGS. English bred.)
SOUTH-DOWN LAMBS,
GRADE SHORT HORNS, OR DURHAM
half-and-half bred. Also a spendid full
blooded BULL.4 years Old, that would weigh
1900 pounds, if fully fat, which we will sell
low, as we have used him for three years.
He is a perfect specimen Of his kind, and without
flaw, and cost $50, when eleven months old.
All of our original stock comes from a frst-class
breeder in Canada, and for purity of blood, cannot be
excelled. j. F. CAIN & SON,
Aug. 14tf Hillsboro, N C.
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Niger Killing In North Carolina.

The murder of colored people in the
South is being constantly perpetrated, and
vet no knowledge of the fact is telegraphed
to the North; neither do the people there
communicate information Of that character
through the mails, for fear of being muir
dered for the offence. The National Re
publican Yesterday received a letter dated
WILLIAMSBURG, n. c., July %, 1879, and
which reached here yesterday by private
hands. This letter contains particulars OF
one attempted and one successful murder,
the first at Sassafras Fork, Granville coun-
". in that State, early in July, and the
other on the 18th of the same month, near
WILLIAMSBURG. The first was the attempted
murder of a coiored woman, Sarah Barnett,
who lived in the family Of a white man,
William Pines. 1t is stated that Pines
wife struck Sarah with Il stick, and she
struck back with her hands, whereupon
Pines seized his revolver and shot the col
ored woman through the shoulder, the ball
passing through and coming out on the
other side. Thus wounded and bathed IN
her own blood the woman was arrested and
taken to Oxford jail and there tried before
a magistrate, who fined her forty dollars
for striking a white woman. and as she
could not pay the fine she was sent to jail
Nothing, however, was done with the
white man for shooting her, nor to his wife
for beating her with a stick. The cOlOred
woman has been sent to the poor house in
her crippled condition, to work out her
term of Imprisonment, in the midft of suf-
fleming, and probably ut the expense OF her
life. This is North Carolina justice when
negro is in the case.
The other was a cold-blooded, deliberate
murder of a colored man near WILLIAMSBURG.
the following circumstances; Sam Valen-
tine, colored, entered a school house be-
tween WILLIAMSBURG and Midway, to shell
ter himself from a rain storm, and while
there fell asleep. Two men, named Ira
Hart add Jesse Kelly, discovered Valentine
sleeping there and entered the schoolhouse
ana shot him through the head, causing IN
slant death. 1t now appears that these
men had mistaken Valentine for another
colored man named Edward Yancey, whose
"lle hart taken possession Of. Yancey has
accused him of interfering with his do
neStlc affairs. Hart then seized his gun
aru went in pursuit of him, he having left.
WINE pursuing him, Valentine was dis
V1oNefed, and killed as described as above.
t"hcev dared not return to his home for
a OF being killed, knowing that the law
Iuooeo nm to protection. Hart was ia
boia 'eiore a magistrate, a mock trial was
tbat anu ne was acquitted, for the reason
ana. ne mad killed the wrong man. This IS
IN t T. instance of North Carolina justice
nH case OF numbering a negro. Is this a
|'iized country p Washington Repubh-
EoHo" Will the above do for an out and out
~ 100 false and false and foolish to ever
Iohtradlct? Read note from the Free
N""ce On another page.
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One of the pages in the United States
Senate gives ia crisp style his opinion OF
some of the members of that body, who are
courteously alluded to as statesmen. OF
Senator Thurman he says, "He is a good
man. He whirls a big bandana, and blows
his nose on schedule. He is the snuff Sen
ator. There is only one thing he likes bet
ter than Ramsey's jokes. and hat is casino.
Senator Bayard is a very fine gentleman,
and is good to the pages. His weakness is
good goers on the road. He is like Grant
and Bonner. Everybody likes Blaine. He
is just what you would suppose him to be
from the reports Of the newspapers. Hoar
is good-natured, but somehow the boys
don't hang to him. Jones is a brick. l
made $50 on one of his speeches. Always
got money, and trusts the boys with his err
rands; have known pages to have $1,000 of
his money at one time. Ransom, of North
Carolina, is as good as the best. Gordon
and Lamar are pleasant, and Ben Hill is
not a bad man. Wade Hampton is a fine
fellow. The pages get $75 a month. The
boy that gets the Presidents room is re-
warded with $1400 a year. The perquis-
ties for the pages are considerable. A good
one has no trouble in making 800 a month.
A complete book of the autographs of Con
gressmen and heads of departments brings
$50. n page made $500 out Of what was
known as the deadlock picture-a humor-
Gus sketch. While the Electoral Commits
sion was in session the boys had a good OPP
portunity to make something. They spec
ulated on the extra tickets the Congress
men shelled out. | knew a boy who made
$50 off the bier Of Charles Sumner. He
sold the flowers for $50. Normley paid
him SO for one bouquet. When the casket
was removed, he watched his opportunity,
and cut the fringe from the bier. He sold
it to the colored people for $50, dealing it
out in pieces. We pick up a good many
relics. | nave the inkstand President
Grant used in performing his last official
act And that is the way these pious lit
tie pages turn an honest penny.
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Wood from Straw.

Mr.. S. H. Hamilton, of Bushnell. ILL.,.
has discovered a process for making hard
wood lumber out of common wheat straw.
with all the effects and polish which is OBJ
tainable on the hardest of black walnut and
mahogany, at as little cost as clear pine
lumber can be manufactured for. The pro-
cess of manufacture, as explained by Mr..
Hamilton, is as follows:
Ordinary straw board, such as is manu-
1actured at any paper mill, is used for the
purpose. As many sheets are taken as are
required to make the thickness of lumber
desired. These sheets are passed through
a chemical solution, which thoroughly soft
ems up the fibre and completely saturates it.
The whole is then passed through a success
sion Of rollers, dried and hardened during
the passage, as we'll as polished, and comes
out of the other end of the machine hard,
dry lumber, ready for use. 1t is claimed
that the chemical properties, hardening in
the fibre, entirely prevent the water-soak-
ing, and render the lumber combustible
only in a very hot fire. The samples ex-
hibited could hardly be told from hard wood
lumber, and in saving the difference could
not be detected. 1t is susceptible of very
high polish, and samples Of imitation of
marble, mahogany, etc, were shown, which
might have deceived the most experienced
eye. Not only does Mr.. Hamilton claim q
substitute for lumber in sash, doors and
blinds, and finishing stuff, but also as a
substitute for black walnut and other woods
in the manufacture of all kinds of furni-
ture, collins, ETC., and also an excellent
substitute tor marble-top tables, mantel-
pieces, bureaus, etc. He claims that it will
not warp in the least.-Homestedd.
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Special attention given to fhe sale OF
North Carolina Real Es'ate. No charge
made until a sale is effected. All property
placed in our hands for s,le will be adver-
tised in the popular work. The South
Illustrated free Of expense.
The Charleston News and Courier says:
Everybody has heard of Geo. II. Chapin's
farm agency, and few are unacquainted
with the success which has attended its OPP.
eratiops."
The New England Farmer says: Geo.
81. Chaplin has advertised bis farms TO the
amount Of $50 900 during the past year.
We commend him to our readers"
The Aiken IS c. Review says: "No one
has done mere than Geo. II. Chaplin in the
cause of Southern immigration. Our wills
lage is thronged with Northern people in
search of Southern homes, and good sales
are being made. The South Illustrated
is doing a great work for u.s."
The New York Tribune, the Boston Her
aid, Journal, Traveller, Globe, and Adverti-
ser, speak in the highest terms Of Chapin's
Farm Agency.
are wanted at once. E- ~Office-Fisher
Building. [Aug If
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Aug. 14-tf
CANAL St., FROM 9th to 9TH

VA.
Engines, portable and stationary, Saw Mills, Grist-
Mills, Boilers, Castings Of Brass and Iron, Forgings,
sc. Machinery for Gold and Coal Mines, Blast Fur
naces, &c.
We call special attention to our Improved Portable
Engine, for agricultural and other purposes. The
Boilers of our Agricultural Engines are provided with
our Patent Premium Spark Arresters, a device by which
the Sparks are forced to pass downward over a reser-
voir of water and e1fectually extinguished without the
use of wire gauze. Our is the only arrangement of this
kind which affords free access to the boiler tubes for
cleaning from each end. Also to our new styles small
Locomotives for hauling lumber and other articles upon
sramways and narrow gauge railways.
The best Planters regard our Ginning Engines supe-
rior to any in use. Send for illustrated catalogue free.
Other things being equal encourage Southern institu-
lions.
Repair work solicited and promptly done.
Shaftings, Pnlleys, &C., for Gin Houses.
"Manufacturers of Jones' patent Tobacco Bump Ma
chimes to work by hand or power
WIN. E. N & C o
K. r. Rich Square, n. c., GeneraI
Agent in Eastern North Carolina.
GEN. j. j. WHITEHEAD, Agent,
RALEIGH. No.
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NOTICE..

A dividend of 3 per cent. on the capital
stock of the Raleigh & Castor Railroad
Co., has been declared by the President
and Board of Directors Of said Company,
payable at the office of the Company, on
and after October 1, 1879.
The transfer books will be closed until
Oct. I'd, next. w. w. FASO,
sep II I'm Treasurer & Secy.
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H4LE'.S WEEKLY,

4 North Cdrolina Democratic Newspaper.
These four words convey all that a col-
umn of Prospectus could tell the good OF
the State the success of the PARTY which
is the life of the State and tho country !;
the publication of all the news: these tho
objects proposed. That be can 90 the last
and contribute to the first a-d second, tho
subscriber does not affect TO doubt. The
People have set their seal Of approval upon
his past and he does not doubt the future.
HALE's WEEKLY will be printed from
new and beautiful type and on fair white
paper. The price will be 50 per annum.
No name will 90 upon it's books without
payment and no paper will be sent after
expil alton Of the time paid for.
p. n. HALE.
Raleigh ept. h, 1879.
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Secretary Sherman spoke recently to TO-
600 people on the college grounds at Wa
terville, Maine. While he was speaking
Senator Blaine was moving around among
the crowd, sitting under the trees with the
farmers. and loungin9 in their wagons with
them. One Of his more intimate friends
brought up a bashful farmer. Senator"
said he, Il want to make you acquainted
with Mr.. Fergeson, of such and such a
township" "Why!' exclaimed Blaine,
jumping up and grasping the farmer by the
hand, L don't need to be introduced to
Mr.. Fergeson, unless he has forgotten me.
The last time l saw yeu," he continued,
squirting his eyes up at the farmer in a
way that is peculiar to him, ''you drove me
with your team across fl ON Albion to Wa
terville, and a mighty good team you had.
Did you ever break that off horse of jump
ing? Let's see, that was in 1869. I'll
never forget that ride. How are Mrs. Fer
geson and the girls Did that boy of yours
ever make out anything with his patent q
And that is the way he ''gets down, down
in Maine.
FAYETTEVILLE Gazette: Col. L. G.. Jones,
Chief Engineer Of the Cape Fear y Valley
Railway, informs us that the gap to Ore
Hill was closed on Tuesday night, and the
grading to that point is now finished. by
the lst of November the Chief Engineer
feels assured that he will be able to COM
plete 6 miles beyond Ore Hill in grading.
One of the ewestf ancies in iewelry is the
sold oaken bucket set in solid gold; the
earrings are tiny golden buckets, and the pin
is a nerfect little MINDLESS, with rope coiled
around it, from the end of which the bucket
lis suspended.
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%, 1879
Vbe Grange.

1ader this head uiU be .tound the cJtcial Pa
aers of the Grand Master, and also. all
Communication from members Of the North
Coro7ina Patrons of Husbandry.
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Goose FEATHERS. Will you inform me
as to the market price Of goose feathers,
and also how they are cured? c. F. F.
Cashiers Valley, ". G.. The dealers in
this city pay so cents per pound for good,
steam cured feathers. They will not pay
nearly SO much for those dried without
steaming. TO cure them properly they are
put into a box into which dry steam is ad-
mitted, and by suitable machinery the
feathers are kept continually stirring until
they are thoroughly dried. When thus
cured there is never any bad odor generated
by the decay of the animal matter at the
base of the quilts. -AUony Gentleman.
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furniture Furniture
WHOLESALE And RETiILt

On hand a full and complete stock OF FURNITURE
= or uescFiPuons' from the most reliable maaufzctl-
rers East and West; also OF my own make. Psries !,
"an' VIII not be doing justice 10 themselves without
liberal discount 10 the trade.
orders 10y mail promptly attended TO.
WILLIAM Afro
lass Main street.
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Hala'S Weekly.

On TUESDAY, the 7th day Of OCTOBER,
1879. and in the City Of Raleigh, the un-
derxigned W ill N h publication OF
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WILL YOU SELL THE FARM

CHAPIN'S FARM AGENCY,
RALEIGH, n. {.
DR.. A. B. CHAPLIN, Manager.
North Carolina Brarch Of George II. Cha
pins Farm Agency, B0ston. Mass.
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The Western Farm and Lire Stock Jour-
nal says that the country needs more women
of physical and mental vigor, and with this
object IN view, Michigan sets an example by
appropriating $I2, 600 to establish a school
where girls may learn certain branches of
the pursuits of agriculture. In Germany,
particular attention is given to lnstructing
girls III matters appertaining to the dairy.
The leading course of studies proposed at
the Michigan institution are the making OF
butter, cheese and bread, rearing OF poultry
and the cultivation of small fruits and vege-
tables. Such studies are practicable and
useful to ambitious end industrious girls,
but should be made a part Of the education
of all.
All of the important Zulu chiefs have sub
mitted "A circular issued bv a number
of leading Republicans in New York advises
the support of the Saratoga ticket, emitting
the names of Cornell for Governor and Soule
for Canal Commissioner. -The English
cotton mills are closing, one after the other,
and thousands OF employees are being thrown
out of work.
Mrs. Julia Jackson, a daughter of Stone
wall jackson, is going to school In Baltimore.
She IS about Is years old, tall, slender, and
graceful. She is a blonde, with fresh color
anu lar nalr. her eyes are OF exquisite
clear gray, large and expressive. Her man
ners are gentle but not shy or reserved.
Among the many coquetttish accessions
to the toilet are the p%rettiest imaginable lit
lie side saches of lace, muslin or Grape de
chene. These are lined with some delicate
ly tinted satin or silk, perhaps white, and
there is always a little cluster of flowers set
on one side.
Doubtless the South has her faults. Her
people don't claim holiness as a general
characteristic But it will almost invariably
be found that the evils which prevail in that
section are equally prevalent in the North.
= Washington Post.
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CARPETS. CARPETS. I.
| offer for sale, on Very reasonable terms, a lot Of Very
fine three-ply Extra Superfne and Superfne. Also,
some Cotton Chains from the very best mills i'll the
country. Not having room, l viii sell very cheap
Please call and examine. Also, Rugs. Mating and Win
dow Shades. WILLIAM Afro
1883 Main Street.
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NEW YORK.
Hutchkiss g. Proud,

On THE EUROPEAN PLAN.
The restaurant. cafe and lunch room attached, are M
surpassed for cheapncss and excellence Of service
Rooms so cents to g. per day; s. ~ 30 per week.
Convenient 20 all ferries and city railroads.
NEW FURNITURE. New MANAGEMEST.
Apr lily
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~ Z r n l p : E L ID
A fresh lot of NEW CROP TURNIP SEED in bulk or
paper. Orders by mail promptly attended to. Address,
f. II. HEARrT, Druggist, Fayetteville St., OPP. Market,
Raleigh, NC. july Palm
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w EMALE INSTITUTE,
STANTON, VIRGINIA..
Opens its Both Session September 18th. 1879. One of
the first schools for young ladies in the United states.
Climate unsurpassed. surroundings beautiful. Al
tended by pupils from Seventeen States. S;rctest econo-
my required. Among the lowest terms in theUnion.
Pupils received at any time during summer months.
TERMS:-BoARD, WASHING, LIGHTS, ENGLISH
COURSE, LATIN, FRENCH FOR EACH HALF OF THE
SCHOLASTIC YEAR, SlI5.
ALL EXTRAS VERY Low. For catalogue, address
Rev. WM. a. HARRIS, j.. D., President.
july 24-tfl stanton, Virginia
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Among others who use il with success. 49, rtts- IS The
action ot one IN NXth@ county. Va September 3~1~.
After many TRIALS and a thorough Investigation. Arau-
mittee OF three OF the mos: Intelligent AuI lraettcsl
farmers IN the county Were named 20 select tht bsst ~ Z
cheapest FERTILIZER FOR their lands. After . lea.
and exhaustive report, the Grange II session in NEtAr
Vile, unanimously PASSED tAs following rtsatu;aout
RESOLVED, That the able report q. the Con sftee
on Fertilizers bc received, and thAs IL be- vubll-' 4 II
the = Patrons OF Hu~bAndry. az Richmond. ~. AMI
that We recommend the adoption and general use 4, tas
order OF the HONE FEgIILIzEa, aul that TIE q 4a.e
Agency Toe authorized TO make ARRANGEMENTS 18th
McsSrs. BoYkIS. GARNER & Co., 10 furnish Gar farm
ers with their pure chemicals. = raa. enable rAt.~
MAJ. IHO~. JAS. ETNNIf, OA-Ma.
augli-2m. l.. \. SNOW, *, Committee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-19

old and a native Of Connecticut She
had a husband said to be living at Cairo.
She had often said that death was prefer
ableto the life Of a prostitute.
a fire occurred last Right at the corner
Of Third and Commerce streets, in Mrs.
Burns grocery. 1t was the work Of an
incendiary, and was discovered in time to
prevent any but a trifing loss. A person
passing by gave the alarm. There have
been three incendiary fires since Sunday
morning, n on South street and the old
ice-house. The rascas who do this sort of
work viii be roughly handled if caught.
General w. J.. Smith has been appoint
ed special inspector to rigidly isolate all
dwellings where cases of yellow fever
prevail. Guards are to be posted, streets
closed and travel as well as intercourse
interdicted. Privies are to be disinfected.
houses cleaned. nuisances abated, beds
and fabrics burned or boiled, bedbups
killed and people fumigated. 1t will be
nice employment, but it is better than
doing nothing,
The citizens committee yesterday APP
pointed Messrs. Langstaff and johnson to
look after infected bedding and to prevent
removal from place to place. Messrs.
Porter and Smith were appointed to pre-
vent people strolling about the highways
after ten o'clock at night, and DR.. Porter
was authorized to see that yellow flags
remain where placed until the doctor in
pronounees the sick person under
their protection out of danger.