The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-10-30

| Encouraging letters from our patron
by every mail. We regret not being abb
to fill out all our orders last W *.
Col John A. Mcdonald has an auto
graph letter from Col Sherman, and tn
boom it boOmeth.
Mr.. j. D. Holland, O. Newberc, has in
| vented an automatic car-coupler Of which
the Denaocrat speaks in i;ylest terms.
A respectable young girl, near Graham
was married a few weeks ago to man, VIII,
had come to the neighborhood some tim,
previous She had $50, or more The
came to the fair: he got her money, and base
ly fed. This is as we hear it.
The wife ard daughter of Agent Meek
er, with the other women carried off by the
ute's have been surrendered to the Indian:
and are in safety 1t now appears the Rec
Men had better grounds for going to wal
than before stated.
Bethany College, West Virginia, was
burned the other day. 1t was founded by
Alexander Campbell, founder of the Camp
bellite religion. 1t was the first college t.
allow a -pin-alley in connection with its
gymnasium, and had two little Indians to
serve the balls. We several times visited it,
as achild, and were quite awed by the big
buildings
In Greensboro, Oct 20, by Rev. DIR.
Wilson, Robert G. Glenn and tliss Helen,
-econd daughter Of Rev. T. NJ Jones. The
Methodist Church was beautifully decorated
with evergleens and roses, besides the
adornment OF a rustling throng of friends
and acquaintances. Among the twenty
eight attendants we notice the names of t.
III. McGee, and Miss Eliza Mial
Grant is moving Eastward, and his
in ho
out for fierce excitement and trouble next
summer We purpose to give in our ar
ticles a full statement of the horrible tor
lures endured by Southern prisoners in
Fort Delaware, and other Northern prisons
during the war together with the atroci-
ties Of Grantism in North Carolina in 1870
IL, and -, as recorded in our notes at
the time
Married at a. NJ on Tuesday, by Rev.
DIR. Skinner, at the residence of 5. Steph-
enson Esq, Mr. Robert +. Lumsden and
Miss Fisher Harton. The attendants were
DR.. Frank Ii. Heartt and Miss +. Horton;
Mr.. John Duke and Miss Emma Lumsden,
W. Ii. Goodwin and Miss Emma Parish,
w. H. Price and Miss Minnie Bonner. The
bride received several handsome presents.
The young couple are making a trip to Vir-
glnia.
-'Christian Reid will begin in Cooley S
Lady Book for January a new serial, en-
titled '-RosIyn's Fortune" which the pub
fishers announce us 'one Of the best serial
stories ever printed III an American maga-
zine" THIS feature will make the Lady
Book of special interest to North Carolin-
ians, aside from the merit OF the magazine,
which is probably the best OF all the North
ern periodicals iUr Southern readers. Price
81 or with this paper SIS. %.
Thanks to Col. Walter Clarke for the
NORTH CHna Gazette, which, though prin-
ted in the land of the almond-eyed, pig
tailed, 'Celestials', has familiar English
look. Strange to say it contains an extract
from the FARMER AND MECHANIC, "a paper
apparently in good standing at aeigh
North Carolina, United States Of America,
which arouses It's ire. The squib referred
to was one relating to Talmagcs circus per
formances In London. 1t is likely, therefore,
that some son of Brooklyn S pious Tabernacle
has followed the wings Of the morning to the
cline of the ''heathern Chince.
The North Carolina Railroad will need
to wake up if the proposed Danvlile, VIM
ston. and Moorcsville road be built, as 1t
would run parallel to the former road from
from one border of the State to the, other,
and would be apt to monopollze through
freiehts from the South. We see it stated
that Mai. Jas Q. Moore is in consultation
with the engineer of the new route with IN,
tent to offer the use of the Winston and
Moe Mooresville o line, IS miles of which are al
ready graded The charter for the new
route was obtained in 1868, and was instru-
mental in bringing about the lease to the
Richmond and Danville r. K. Maj. Blll
Smith tried to get the charter repealed, but
failed.