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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-02-10

THE CAT o. NINE TAILS IN JAMAICA-A bill
has been introduced into the legislature of thp
Island OF Jamaica in which the cat nine tails
Is the punishment allotted for nearly every seri-
Gus oiiel>e, including libel. The bill Is likely TO
become "A law. The Jamaica government has
discovered wholesale and systematic system
OF smuggling by American fruit vessels putting
into Port Antonio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-02-10

IN THE tNDERBILT WILL case last Friday DR.
Gray testified that he didn't consider a desire 10
De ich as a necessary indication of insanity.
came rich
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TO THE PE0PLEI

To THE PEOPLEI
GREATEST MARK DOWN IN FINE
CLOTHING EYER KNORN.
shall close out IN the next thirty days my entire
s.ocA Of Winter Clothing at 3
TREMENDOUS SACRIFICE
ALL THE PRICE TICKETS HAVE BEEN MARRIED
Down FOR THIS GREAT SALE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-02-10

tONTESTING 4 SEAT IN CONGRESS- ay
animation OF witnesses In the contested cleo
ton case by sebastian Duffy. greenbacker.
against Joseph Mason, republican Representa-
i've IN congress from the OSWegO- Madison dis
lrict i'll New York, began at the court house in
it-WcgU. Friday -
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EMBARGO on AMERICAN CATTLE.-A diSnatch
Itteht tu III New y OH saturday, states that the
British government have issued an order for
bidding i've cattle from the United States TO
ana at the ports or the Kingdom after the 2sth
Instant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-02-10

TIE POSTAL SAVINGS Bill DEFEATED. TIL
House al 2oclOck this afern00n-by vote of
yeas - 10 nays 14-declined TO SllSnend the
ruleS and pass the Postal savings bill. The siG
nlhCance OF this vote is the poor showing Ii
made-not even securing decent SUPPORT
allhough 1t had been reported previously by the
banking and currency committee
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kilograms to The Star.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
P1eurO-PneumOnia Amouy English

LONDON, Feb. l0.-An outbreak OF pleuro-
pt,ila pnts,ulllohla mas occurred among cattle at Wig
ai'Hofpe' near Nation, county OF York
The Plague.
hoNE, teb. lo.-ReaSSurfng advfces have heen
received at the foreign ministry about the
plague; II Is believed that its spread win be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-02-10

SENATOR MCt REEEY made a speech OF one
houi duration III The Senate to-day iii favor OF
Ire proposed transfer OF the Indian bureau
from the Interior 10 the War department Tie
EdllclleS oi the senate were crowded with
listeners Among the spectators in the ladies'
galleries WAS Me, iiaNpS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-02-10

PERSoNN--Ilon. 4. NJ. Thomson. formerly
speahe OF the Wisconsin general assembly, and
now on the editorial stan OF the Chicago Tri-
Lpae. is in the city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-02-10

SUICIDE or YOUNG DRUG CLERK FOR LOVE
Louis MocrStein. age p, drug clerk at the store
OF j. {. Werner, No. i:9 Mini h avenue was fOun
uead In Oed AT o'clock this morning By his
side was found bottle OF pruSSic.a acid, which
had been nearly emptied, and two letters one
Was an apology TO Mr.. Werner for causing him
the trouble OF having his dead body in the house,
and the other was addressed 10 Frank BilhaH.
oi No. rs t0urtland street. 10 whom he present
ed ii cherished mandolin, and to whom he stated
that there was but one person who knew the
cause OF his suicide, and thai one would not
speak. There Is reason 10 believe that diSap-
polntment in love is the catlSe.-[NT. Nal, Sth.
Miss MAGGIE FITZGIBBoN was elected state
librarian OF Indiana by a joint convention Of
the two houses OF Legislature. diStancing her
two male opponents both OF whom urged tha
their services 10 the democratic party entitled
them 10 the position.
WAS THE GREAT BoGAKDUs SHOOTING tTCH
BoGUS"-The Spirit Of the Times makes the as
toniShiDg assertion that the neckS of many of
the glass balls shot at by Capt. BorgarduS in his
recent shooting match In Giimore'S Garden were
broken before the shooting began, and Ii de-
clafeS that many balls which were not struck
by shot were scored In the captains favor by
the referee because these necks were miss
ing. The reputation hitherto enjoyed by
Capt. B0gardus makes 1t difficult to believe that
he could have been c0gniZant OF such decep-
ton, even II it was practlsed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-02-10

TIE DAVENPORT INVESTIGATION committee
has finished taking testimony In New York, and
viii meet in this city Tomorrow.
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F~ FOR COUGHS. COLDS, BRONCHITIS,
VS &c, use the GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY,
kEATlNG'S
COUGH
LOZENGES.
Tested for over 80 years Relief speedy and certain
Sold By all druggists. Price so cents.
E FOUGERA 4 co, AGENTS.
ocfdUwf,m,6m New York
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-02-10

The PATENT OFFICE INvE ESFIGATI0N-The sub
I ihlAlttee OF the House committee on eNpendi-
lures in the Interior department. which was 10
nave mel AZ 4 lie department to-day for he Dur
pose OF investigating certain accounts In the
Ia'eht Office. postponed their meeting until
wednesday on account Of the absence of Rep
rfsenIatNe lockwood
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NAVAL ORnERS.-1ieut. T. y Norris to the
photographic office. 18th inst Commander NJ.
L. Johnson, from OTdnam'e duty at the navy
yaId. Portsmouth. y. H., aud placed on waiting
orders. Prof j. T.. Nourse from duty at the
naval observatory. and granted six weeks
leave, and on its expiration ordered 10 special
duty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-02-10

r. SOVEREIGNS CO-OPf RATIvE SUPPLY
Il ASSOCIATION meets at 1923 IT. ST NV
THIS Monday EVENING at 30 o'clock. Bos-
tiess of special Importance 1t.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-17

FROM SALIsBURY.-Extract from {
letter from Prof. w. III. MI an
more than pleased with the FARMEF
AND MECHANIC, and | can say without
other motive than strict truth, and
wish to acknowledge true merit, tina,
for all classes of people | have seen nc
journal of its kind at all comparable
with yours: And it will not only give
me pleasure, but [ shall feel as a bene-
factor to those | speak to, in doing all
in my power to extend its circulation"
This is the way to talk. If every one
of our present subscribers would secure
a single other one, the result would be
to insure as near ten thousand readers
in North Carolina.
FROM ANSON AND ALAMANCE.-'!As
long as Capt. r. A.. Shotwell keeps the
paper as good as it is now you may
count on me as a regular subscriber.
Respectfully, G. c. MOORE,
Cedar Cliff.
Il am greatly pleased with the FAR
TER AND MECHANIC, and wish you may
succeed in getting it in the home Of
every North Carolina farmer"
H.. w. LEDBErTER, Wadesboro.
Too MUCH.-The Farmer and Me-
chanic, published at Raleigh, is the
best agricultural journal in the State.
Shotwell shoots well on that line. Give
him patronage-Spirit Of the South.
We are much Obliged to our Rock
ingham contemporary for his kind ex-
pressions. but the comparisons is per-
haps unjust to the three other agricul-
tural journals in the State, which in
some respects have no superior and
furthermore, occupy a different field,
from our own. They are printed
monthly, and chiefly devoted to farm
intelligence. Whereas our paper is de
signed to be a Weekly, Family Visitor,
giving the latest news, and the current
items of interest and value for the field,
and the fireside; in fact for all the home
folks, whether they wear %petticoats or
P~antaloons, or Both,-as sometimes
happens.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-17
Carolina Clippings.

Robesonian Coal has been discov-
cred in the upper end of this county.
1t is supposed to be a continuation of
the Egypt vein,
A weekly mail, between this place
and Madison, via. Red Shoals and
Prestonville, has been petitioncd and
granted. 1t will be Supplied with a
carrier at an early day.
Thus saith the last number of Bro.
Green's Durham Tobacco Plant ::
Every farmer ought to subscribe to
the Farmer f Mechanic. Address Shot
well & Dowd, Raleigh, n. c. A most
excellent agricultural journal.
What the Spirit calls the ''Sunday
Serrice' has been abolished in Rocking
ham Methodist church by formal vote
of the congregation. A move to reject
the crgan was squashed.- Salem
Press: Salem and Winston support
four beef markets. Judge Cloud is
back again from Florida. brick
pavements and more to be laid in u
sister town, Winston. -Sulry County
court this week with a goodly number
of the local bar attending. Rev. A.
l.. Oertee and family departed on Thurs
day last, for Bethlehem. Pa, he to
take charge of the Moravian newspaper.
The bell which swings in the Mo
ravian Church belfry, is one of the clear
est and purest of tone in the State. 1t
has been heard at distances of ) and 6
miles for upwards OF 20 years.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-17

SHELTERING MANURE.-My expert
ence in sheltering manure has been that
of your correspondent G. +. Z. | tried
it under the barn, and in three weeks it
was fired, and portions of it had become
white and light as ashes. next placed
a heap under a shed, n side OF which
was open to the barnyard. The result
was the same, only taking a little longer
to fire. | now spread it Over the barn
yard. The teachings from rainfalls run
into a well twelve feet square under the
shed, at the side of the heap, When
an addition of fresh manure is made to
the heap, | Gov the well, draw with
a bucket, and saturate the heap. When
hauling out | throw several buckettuls
on each load it takes but few minutes.
The effect upon the land is better than
any other fertilizer [ have ever used. l
might absorb the teachings with road
dust, as your correspondent l.. F; Scott
collects the gases, but that would add
greatly to the cost. Why does l.. f..
Scott use the road dnst when his anu
does not heat? u. w.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-17

France produced, in the year end
ing September last, the enormous
amount of over 800, 900, 900 pounds of
beet root sugar.
The third of the new fire c~isterns is
being built at the corner of Harrington
and Hillsboro streets. 1t is to have a
capacity of 5000 gallons, and will be
filled by rainfall on the roofs of adjacent
houses.
A trial before a justice of the peace
at Newton became very interesting, ac-
cording to the Enterprise, when an old
colored aunty, a witness, yoked the JUS
tice around the neck to show how the
principals had pummeled each other.
Within the past week four horses
have narrowly escaped falling through
the covered bridge over Crabtree Greek.
One came lear being killed there yes
terday. The County Commissioners
have taken steps to have the bridge re-
paired.
The jury in the case of Conigland's
administrator VS.. the w, & w. X. r.,
tried at Northampton court, returned a
verdict yesterday against the Company
for $4,000. Our readers will remem-
Der the horrible death of Mr.. Conigland
on the road.
A Mrs. Rosa threateed to shot Judge
Meyer, in Clearfied, Penn, last week,
because the overseers of the poor bound
one of her children to a farmer. Her
husband mas deserted her, and the poor
creatures reason has fled. She sat in
court with a loaded revolver in her lap,
waiting for the Judge, but was disarm-
ed by the Sheriff before she had done
any damage.
DIR, James Z. Cain had some fine
specimens of sheep,-ewes and lambs,
OF the Cotswold breed, on exhibition in
the Court House square last week; and
also some beautiful Berkshire pigs, just
taken from the woods, and therefore not
as fat as they might have been; but still
fine enough to demonstrate the differ
ence between good and poor Breeds
HiUsJVro Rtcorder.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-17

RALEIGH OBSERVER.-A white man
named Terrell, living near Eagle Rock,
in this county, was arrested last week
for cruelty whipping and ~ill-treating his
wife's brother, a lad Of IL, who had run
away on account of illusage. The boy
is said to have received 800 lashes, and
afterwards forced to run up and down a
long stretch of road.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-17
immigration Items.

Rufus Morgan, the bee-man, who
married a daughter of Judge w. f..
Clarke, writes from California as fol-
lows:-"O Outside of the honey business
| see but little inducement for anv one
to come here, though to tell the truth
every one seems more prosperous here
than In North Carolina. especially in
Pan Diego. Farm hands can generally
be had at 81 per day and board them.
put the laborer here is very indepen-
dent, and you can boss as with YOU
most always furnishing his own bedding
and "buinking" in an clubhouse.
though they get high wages. | don't
think they are treated with as much
consideration as with us in North Caro-
INA. As servants are out of the aues-
tson here. many do their W cooking.
and might say all with entire truth. |
thlnk, many their own washing. Its a
lonely life. A few nights ago, a lynky
cleaned out our hen roost, took
every chicken we had (I0l except on old
setting hen. Quail, cats, birds new to
me, hawks, squirrels, gophers, skunks
-.annumerotte, hat is, it seems to me.
al more OF less Inherent from ours.
Ants very numerous and troublesome
= W. Lang writes from Maine to
the New York Hus6dndman 1.-The
hard times have struck Maine fearfullv.
Business is unprecedently dull and
wages low. Thousands of able bodied
men from farms, mills and workshops
are leaving for other States and terrific
oIes, Colorado getting the lions share.
Hundreds are seeking a more genial
chime to remove to. Some are thinking
OF North Carolina, with it's fertile soil
and salubrious climate, its short, mild
winters, and long delightful summers.
A colony is waiting for location. Next
autumn will see many removals thither
where peach trees come into bearing
three years from the seed, and where
every. product, except tropical ones, can
be raised in the greatest Perfection
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-17

ABOUT FINDING FAULT.-It is the
easist thing in the world to find fault.
1t is easy to say that nobody is honest
but it is not easy to look on the best
side. to see that there are thousands of
honest sincere men and women, count
less acts, of Justice, charity and human
ty which outweigh all the grumbling of
all the grumblers, SO that it is really
only the finest dust in the balance. Let
us be fair and cheerful. The world is
not a wrong. Everybody is not a ras-
cal. Cur neighbOrs are hot trying to
cheat us. Even the grumblers are not
half as di~sagreeable as they SEEM.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-17

The Supreme Court which add
.journed Thursday filed II hundred and
thirty-four opinions, of which Chief
Justice Smith rendered ftty-fve, JUS
tice billiard forty-six, and Justice Ashe
thirty-three. The Court is recognized
as an able one.
T. J.. Wigs, for Little River
Township, resigned his position and
Eugene T. Jones has been appointed to
fill the vacancy.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-17

Goldsboro Mail: One hundred and
fifty crates of strawberries passed here
on Tuesday last. by express from Dhar-.
leston,-T The trial for the murder of
James X. Butts, charged with the Kill
ling O Jack Smith is set for Tuesday
next. and that of Duncan johnson, for
~manslaughter on Monday:
teen colored persons were baptIsed III
Neuse river last Sunday.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-17

The following horses have arrived
"nlico Ra~ce-course near Baltimore.
W. r"'l. IN the May meeting Medinger's
',FSI chance Gafney's Dalgaisian,
~ D"fsoo; Burch's Gov. Hampton,
'',ce and Dick Sasser Tom Dosweh's
"na'ah, and Bushwhacker; Nc
u ""lels Lillian, Fawn, and others !;
p 'i'okS' Maidstone, speculation, Ella
anu others. Also, the Lorrillard
tables, and many others.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-17

HALIFAX.-Dr. G.. f. NJ. writes to
the Observer :-"'There has been ice
an inch thick this week, and early vege-
tables, fruit, &C., is thought to have
been more or less hurt. A few day
will develop the extent of the injury to
the fruit. More attention will be paid
to the grasses, chufas and cereals by
our farmers, and [ think less CONNER
cial fertilizers used than for several
years, though about the same area will
be put in cotton.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-17

CRIMES Sam Faison, colored, was
brought to Wilmington from Pender
county on Wednesday evening and
lodged in the county jail to await "a
hearing at the next term of the Supe-
rlOr Court of Fender on the charge of
rape.
A telegram to the Observer SAYS
that ID. j. Williams, a merchant of
Laurinburgh, was shot in the back of
the head and instantly killed, while
locking his store late on Saturday night.
The assassin was II. Oglesby, an ex-jai'
bird. He was captured.
A correspondent of the Wilmington
Star writes from Pitt county that in
Swift Greek township ex-Sherif j. F.
HELEN was shot in his right arm and
breast with a navy revolver in the
hands of Calvin Cox, ex-Superior Court
clerk, ex-United States commissioner.
and a practicing attorney. The report
comes that HELEN is dying, and that
Cox shot in selfdefence. They quar-
relied about a ditch that HELEN had
nlleu up on COX S II
The Hillsboro Recorder ays:-Flor-
ence Hopson, colored, indicted originally
Jointly with her husband, Sandy Hop
son, for the murder of Isham Davis,
brother OF Florence, was put on trial,
and through her counsel, Messrs. Ora
ham and Rufin, submitted to a verdict
of manSlaughter without argument or
the hearing of testimony, and was SEN
fenced to six years in the p%enitentiary.
She has already been in jail for nearly
two years. Her husband had previously
submitted to the same verdict in Ala
nance Court, and was sentenced to
nine years. Will am Baldwin, white,
for the larceny of $3.50, was sentenced
to 3 years, and Henry Mcneil, colored,
also for larceny of money, to 3 years in
the penitentiary.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-17

POTATO PIE.-As many potatoes
washed and sliced as will fill a pie-dish,
a little salt and pepper, a sprlnkling OF
finely-chOpped onions, a teacuptul OF
Ct cam, (Or good milk a bit of butter the
size of a walnut cover with a meat-pie
crust, and bake till the potatoes a. e
thoroughly done. If crust is not APP
proved it is good without.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-17
Agricultural.
Board of Agriculture, lmmigra-
ton aud Statistics.

y JARVIS. Governor and ex OfficiO Chair
M e KERR. state Geologist and ex officiO
member of the Board.
rnfIeaa and eX officio member OF the Board.
y II. Holt, President State Agricultural
society and ex OficiO member OF the Board.
w III. CHEEK, Master State Grange, +.
ond OK otficio member Ofthe Board.
u u R'THIGPEN, of Edgecombe county.
IoTATHAN EVANS, OF Cumberland county.
GPPoYIpAs /. POLK. Commissioners.
TiIoS i ROBINSON, Secretary and Treas
urer. prigos, Rui1dinp
Raleigh, y. Z.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-17

plon @hSL Easley, while
conn near Dan river in Stokes
a ,s, found the body ofIsham Davis,
"ozen to death.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-11-07
next summer

Passumpsic.
The Passumpsic Railroad is raising
the roof of the bridge just below the
mouth of the "Water Endrick,n to con-
form with the state law. We under
stand this is one of the last bridges to
be raised, nearly all the others on the
line having been elevated so as to clear
the heads of the brakemen when stand
ing on freight cars.
The Passumpsic Railroad has also
laid side track to gravel pit just
below this village, and the understand
ing is that the bad wash-out by the
bridge in this village, is to be filled from
this gravel bank-sometime, though
perhaps not until another year. Every
train comes to a slow speed at this
trestle, and permanent fill is the only
remedy.
The last of the union meetings here
for the present, will be held at usual
place next Sunday, by Rev. B. M. Til
lotson. Rev. H. W. Jones preached
last Sabbath for the first time.
1t will be noticed on consulting ad-
veTtising columns, that Ora Bishop has
become installed in the old Ide store,
and ready for business.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-11-07
Arrest of Thieves.

A despatch was received from Water
town, Conn.,, last evening, that Nelson
F. Downs and Geo. H. Miles were
wanted, having stolen team there and
left with two women not their wives.
Sheriff Sulloway being absent, the mat
ter was put III the hands of Constable
n. NJ. johnson, and before bedtime he
arrested one of these men at the old
Trudell house on Maple street, and af-
ter vigorous search, brought the other
out OF Frank Guyer's hay-mOw Both
were lodged in Jail. They are young
men, Miles being only II, and Downs
%. They claim to have snapped theil
Connecticut team in East Thetford, VT,
with one Slack, and this latter team
Guyer has sold. Guyer says this morn
ing that he shall produce the horse the
wagon and harness are already found.
These men say they are not married,
but they have been living in this place
with these women some three weeks.
Further proceedings will await orders
from Connecticut.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-11-07
Entertainments Next Week.

The entertainment gotten up by the
young ladies in behalf of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, will be
given next week on Monday and Tues
day evenings. The program will in
clude an original play-"The Genteel
Boarding School"-beautifu tableaux +;
vocal and instrumental music, in which
may be mentioned a very pleasing glee
by Misses Matthews and Brown, and
Messrs. Herrick and Dodge; the Fan
Drill, for which the young ladies have
gotten up very rich and elaborate cos
tunes, which will add greatly to the
effect. The play is most laughably
grotesque affair, set forth in a striking
way. The entertainment promises to
be u success.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-11-07

Tyler Streeter, of Stanstead, P. O.,
an employs at the box factory, had
three fingers badly sawed last Thurs
day.
The masquerade party at the Semi
nary last Thursday evening, was large
ly attended. About fifty persons mask
ed. The proceeds will be used in
re-furnishing the Seminary.
j. D. Harvey has moved into his new
house at the Centre.
w. II. Fletcher has bought the build
ing lot between Young's store and
Chesley's block, and will build block
next summer.