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

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site of the Atlantic House. which DEPARTS
into the bosom ofthe Atlantic a few month
AGO. will be erected by a stock company, an'
will be frst-class in all respects. Inc pia'
embraces a two story edifice, covering sever
al acres. with broad yerandahs on all sides
and a strong wall of masonry, a snort us
lance towards the east to break the force .
the tide. There will be t~rap-doors IN tn
lower floors to scuttle the building IN cas-
of extraordinary peril. 1t is SAID tn
former edifce might have been saved, hat
the floors been broken up, as three or lou
feet of water on the interior would nav
served to ueight 1t domn. The new hotei
however, will be built upon IRON taouial
piles, such as support the railway p a
Morehead, which withstood the storm. IKE
blocks of granite, even after the aoJaceh
track was washed away.
Raleigh Ners: A gin house, belonging tt
C. Nj. add NJ. j. Hawkins, of Rldgeway
both known in this city. was burned n1gh'
before last-Franklinton item: Mr.. Ar
thurT Fuller fell down yesterday, knock
ed out one eye and bursted his cheek all &C
pieces. His horse escaped and on reaching
home frightened his wife almost to death.
who thought that the horse had thrown ano
killed him-AsheviIle items: The mar
High, whom [ reported las: week as shot
through just below the heart, has a pros
pect Of recovery. ALL the preachers o.
the Holston Conference. Methodist Episco-
pal Church South, located in Western Car
DINA, are on the eve of starting to Confer
ence which meets in Abingdon, Virginia,
including next Sunday--Bishop Wight
man preached in the Methodist church OF
this place yesterday to a large and attentive
audience---The Baptist Convention con-
vened in Hendersonville on Thursday last
and quite q number from this county were
in attendance, all Of whom are now water
bound.
Durham Recorder: Died in Hillsboro on
the 18th instant, after a lingering illness.
Mrs. Susan, wife of Isaac Reid, ESQ.,, and
eldest daughter Of the late Hon. Frederick
Nash, in the 74th year of hear age.-We
learn that in Person county the cures OF
bright tobacco are regarded as the best
ever known in the history of the industry;
and bright yellow bears an unusually large
proportion to the crop.-Granville county
items: Oxford is a beautiful town, with its
broad, we'll shaded streets, it's handsome and
c%ommodious mansions, retired with impress
sive dignity back from the streets, embower-
ed in foliage and adorned with %shrubbery,
its clean gray soil and its prettily undula-
llHS SuIldCC, anu Will us Cu1tlNdlCuI CSl
dents must make it a very attractive place.
The destruction of barns by fire curing has
been very great this fall. 1t is thought that
at least one hundred barns have been burn
ed in the county.
Men make a terrible mistake when they
marry for beauty, for style, or for accom-
pllshments. The best and dearest wives are
those who possess the magic and rare secret of
being agreeable under all circumstances If
her heart is light, if she is agreeable because
it is natural for her to be so, she will be
happy and will make her husband happy,
no matter how dark the streams of life, or
now u%npropitious the circumstances She
will look on the bright side Of things, and
her spirits will not rise and fall like the mer-
curry in the thermometer. Her continual
cheerfulness will put sunshine in her hus-
bands heart, and make his burdens more
easy to bear. She is not only agreeable
herself, but her example makes other SO too.
Raleigh Erening Tsitor:: w. E. Dupree,
ten miles South Of this city, had his store
and contents entirely consumed by fire on
Tuesday night last, barely escaping with
his W life. Covered by -.
We are glad to learn that Rev. Bennett
Smedes and lady, who received injuries
from a fall out of their buggy last Saturday
'oALhS, - lhhpIONluS and expect to be out
in a few days.Mr T. c. Williams.
the G. w: G. t. of the Independent Order
OF Good Templars of this State, lost a
grown son yesterday with typhoid fever at
his home in Warrenton.
Our Greenville frienos are happy that an
other steamer, the 'Greenville,'' has been
placed on the river between that point and
Washington. The Ecpress saws tba
"Greenville' is a handsome steamer. liz
long, o feet wide, with a 4S horse bower
engine and carrying capacity OF about 800
eales OF cotton and excellent accommodations
water, aud Capt. Styron claims that sbo :.
that she IS the lightcst draught propeller in
America, and can make ten knots Der hon.
Her cost is s., 900. 49,
Madame Ristori is mentioned bv The
world. OF London, as having twice saved .
NE. Inc first time was in a Spanish thea
wen ne great actress seeing Marshall
NarVaeZ SOftened bv har adr;oL1