The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-04

lie dDatrsoia s@ys Nes.rs. Corpcning
am Walton, Of Statesville. during i've hours
on Monday and seven OH tuesday, killed orr
hundred TWO paItridges.
The ErprsSS says the new Bartis, churrl
IN Monroe will IL dedicated on the first Sab.
bath IN December. Rev. Or. Prcharl.
president Of " axe Forest Coiie.e. ha> nr,m-
lsed TO attend and conduct the >t7yi,e ola
the occasion.
Mr. Daniel CLARK, OF .Juue>boro tovu>hip.
has hal Two o. his fingers cut of AMI In,
hand badly lacerliet II h, cotton yin.
This makes four casualties Of this KIND
have had Ia report this ear.
The Enquirer Ielrns TIA; the residence Of
Ar. Jno. Skies, near owe Is anch. Union
county, Was entered last saturday night. A
week ago, while the family were At >uppc-
III an adjoining house. an abol @}l va,
tax n from a tlunl.
Died in Upper Little River to ynship very
suddenly on the night Of the nh instant.
Mrs. Eliza :. wife Of Hugh N.L4an. Ia
Jonesboro township, Moore .auty. on the
night of the eth inst, Mrs h.rletra, wife
OF Griffin Thomas N paralysis,
The late Mrs. Angelina Grinke VII left
a paper in which she said Il hasc pur-
posely selected my old clothes to BE- buried
IN, that my good ones may be given to the
poor, that they may do them good after |
AIN gone.
New gloves are beautifully finished by
kid lace top, so called because the finest
quality kid is skilfully cut to resemble Val.
encicnnes lace. The deception is SO per
feet that one hardly realizes that it is not a
lace. Sometimes the kid lace is OF a uni
form color with the glove, or again We sec
tasteful contrasts. The width is about three
inches.
Ladies who wear the new scarf ovcr-slirts
draped high on one side must never walk
fast, unless they wish every masculine be-
holder to believe that they have made a
mistake In dressing. The man will hold his
tongue and pass on IN grinning silence, but
the good tor-nothing small boy will cry.
Say. missis, yer overskirt's hitched up
And then, oh vha, will she do?
\ little boy was saying his prayers the
other night, when his little brother teased
him. The boy struggled between his sense
of duty and lis inclination for a time, but
finally compromised by saying: ''Plcase,
Lord, excuse me while | punch my brother
Johnnie's head" Johnnie's head having
been duly punched the prayer was finished.
TIL Roanoke Nc,cs gives an account OF
the burning of an old negro named II. ].
Pope, who was an hundred wears old: He
had a quantity of hay in his cabin on which
he usually slept. During the night it is
supposed this hay caught fire and burned
the cabin and the old man to ashes. Next
morning only a heap Of ashes and cinders
we've found where the house stood the even
ing before.
A row occurred in Mecklenburg among
some negroes. Knives and razors were free
ly used. One negro had his lip cut, anoth-
- -x - - H. lal
were bruised, whilst Joe Dodd, says the
Charlotte Observer, the bully, was wallow-
ing in his own blood before the battle was
over. He was ~fearfully cut with a razor. Tie
keen blade of the weapon had penetrated to
his backbone, and thence ian around his
body, severeing the mucles Of his back, and
and laying bare the %entrails. The cash is
eight inches long, and extended into the
cavity at every point.
Charlotte Democrat: Two new papers in
Charlottesville Mercury. tri-weekly, by Mr..
Mooring "a printer, and the Ereaing Press.
daily, by Mr.. John Bragg-There is said
to be a scarcity Of small dwelling houses in
the city, such as cottages or places for small
families.-Judge A. A.. McKoy, on bid
ding adieu to the officers Of Person county
Superior Court, recently, declared that un-
der no circumstances would he be = candi-
date for re election as Judge-that he pre-
ferred private life for the future. McKoy
has made a good Judge.-In this State
the attachment process has been tried,
and proved a failure. we think, in almost
every instance.
Goldsboro Mcsseuger: We learn from a
correspondent at Enfield that a negro named
Cary Aston had his left arm SO terribly lac
Grated in the cotton gin of Moseley's, near
that town, that a%mrutation had to be re-
sorted to.-We regret to learn from Mrl
Speight Sauls, of Sauls' \ Roads, that their
gin house, with three cotton gins and some
five bales Of cotton, also press, corn and
-four mills, were destroyed by fire last Sat
urday evening, involving a loss to them Of
fully 81, 900, with no insurance:-A meet
ing Of the incorporators of the Harnett Rail
way Company is to be held in this town on
Thursday, the 4th inst. A full attendance
is rcouested.-We learn from Mr.. James
IT Garric that wild nipeOns were never more