The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-23

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Charlotte Observer: Burke county
is holding meetings on the subject g..
the fence law to ascertain the sent
ment of the county relative thereto.
...... Both of the Lincolnton papr.
have raised then subscription ra,s,
from 81 per annum 10 81. Sensible
papers. The State Board of Heat.
will be in session at Raleigh this week
We understand that important legI>Ia-
ton Will be urged upon the body noa
in session at the capitol. Ihr,
North Carolina Congressmen-Mes,r
Yea.es, Waddell and Scales-were 1r,
tanned from their seats in the iIou,u
Wednesday by sickNess......Mrs Mar
Moon, the Quakeress r%evivalist, LA
arrived in the city and commence
revival in Calvary Mission Church..
Some of the sporting men of Chariot.
are speaking of attending the grra.
Interstate main between k|cntuca.
and Georgia, to be fought at New Or
leans on George WashIngton's birth
day, the 22d Of February.....Therr -
strong talk of arranging anotncr man
to be fought in this city before long
One side suggests the idea and tlr
~ 10 duIte i'i ~ " iAlA' 81
said that the prospects for the ma.
are good. "A cock fight going on H..
four days in the city and no Mil0r-
court In a week.
Morganton BLAZE: On New Yea
night, at the house of Jason Hunter o..
Linville river, George Corpening kI..e
Tom Corpening with a pocket-ku'tr
All the parties are colored. The ca.s
of the quarrel was that Tom trol o..
Georges 0 G during the course OF.
dance, held that night and III tia.
house. George assured Tom that h.
was the Wner of those partIcula.
toes, and that they were to be regard
ed as lnviolab,e by his (rom's) GOWN.
monitors. Tom proposed 10 maxi 81
things even by fighting il Out, ANA
with this end IN view took hold eli
George, who literally cut him to pee,
death resulting in a few minutes at,r
they locked horns. The slayer la
large at this writing.
GOldsboro Messenger: The succt--
full cultivation of tobacco N TIN, -'-
ton has induced others OF our ttruIe'
TO experiment this year, and the gra-
tlemen who cultivated the weed Le.
last year, Will do SO again the preset.
season, but on a large scale. Ar. III
mold Borden expects to plant az.
% 800 hills-tlfty acres. Last year
had only about 150,0 900, OF less th-
thirty acres, and made 20.00J Pouna'
of very choice tobacco, yielding h.-
handsome profit.
Monroe EnYaircr: We are inform
that the houses on the old James br-
ron ~ ., ,.,f,.- otI 4F .I-f 81 E
the Lawyer road, We're burned d'"-
on the night Of the All inst, by all -@
cendlary.....We regret to learn lib
the dwelling house Of Mr.. L. ;. llta
ness, a StOut's, on the {. {. H.,
road, was totally consumed by FIRE
the morning of the 10th inst. II W.
discovered to be on fire about the l.~
tue family were getting up about 3D..
light.
Rocky Mount correspondent Oh
arDoro SOuther1ler: Ont Of our t''--
men tells a good one on a yOuH- -'
VINO was married last fail am JOINS
the Methodist Church. | woHt .~
any names, but his sweetheart ll'-
1--we a thousand mines from lr--F
ance Hall, and at the receipt"
Misses Lewis and Burnett. ms N1'
to dance was SO great that he Wiz
IN a secluded spot and 1t the barns.
tor an hour.
Concord Register: The reslieAs.
Mrs Rosanna Hagier, OF Goose 1's.
Union county, twelve miles morn
Monroe, was burned last NedI'
morning. The house OF Eli O'''.[
OF Locust Level, Stan y connts
burned on the 18th. the bulLI'n-
a total loss, together with -
m oney which they fl led l. az