The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-01

moth warehouse.-W. L. Blackwell
& Co., have sold about 800, 900 lbs. o
smoking tobacco to be delivered or
and after the first of May.-Durhan
can boast Of as good a brass band al
can be produced in the State
Wednesday night the saw mill of VIM.
Mangum. on the Roxboro road, two
and a half miles this side of McCuwn's
mill was burned down.-The Dur
ham Light Infantry is making arrange
ments to visit the wild western scenes
of North Carolina, during the coming
summer. -The stamp tobacco tax in
this county for March last. amounts to
S22, 564, 50, a falling off of about So. O0O,
az compared with February, and as
compared with March of last year. $33,-
500. This difference is mainly attribu-
ted to the reduction Of the tax to IS
cents, to take effect May 1st.
Hickory Press: Since last Saturday
there has been a great deal Of excite
mcnt throughout this community,
caused by il mad dog. Two children,
II nine and the other eleven years,
sons of Mr.. @. Caldwell, were very Sc
verely bitten by the dog early Saturday
morning.-On Monday next the
trains on the w. n. c.. Railroad will
run to the east end Of the big tunnel,
and regularly every day thereafter. All
passengers. freight and mail for Ashe-
Vile will be delivered at that point.
This will save u great deal OF rough
travel and heavy hauling across the
mountain.
Wilmington Sua The rice fields on
the Cape Fear river. near Wilmington,
which have lain idle and grown up
with weeds since the war, have been
reclaimed and planted this season by
several energetic parties. who expect to
raise at least two hundred thousand
bushels OF rice in the next five years.
THE United States flag was dis
played at half mast. over the signal
office, yesterday, out OF respect for the
occasion OF General DiX's funeral
Governor Jarvis is a member of the
Order of knights Of Pythias, and
during his stay in Wilmington many of
the brethren paid their respects to him.
"A female, rep esenting herself to
be from Lynn, Mass, and aS crazy as Il
hed-bug that doesn't bite, was taken to
the guard house about IL O'Clock last
night. Who she IS. or what she Is, eX-
cept a poor l%unat;c, has not ~transpireI.
but the officers OF the city, all clever
men. pity her. and Will give her the
kindeSt attention until she is officially
of.--At the sl,ip-yard of
Aiessrs Cassidy & Ross yesterday
afternoon. a builder was knocked
from the scatfnld around the light-ship
was picked up iusensible. -Keg
a little Knot 81 grass in the
cape Fear, ten miles below the city, is
inhabited by two sturgeon fishermen,
who live without house or cover alto
very much on the order of
Robinson Crusoe.
Charlotte Wsercer: One OF the
most venerable and respected citizens
If the county, Maj. John IL. Caldwell,
lied yesterday morning at d O'Clock at
he residence of his brother, Nh. ID. A.
'aldwtil, in this city, at the age Of 80
caIs.--The Hornets Nest Riff men
will probably invite some of their lady
10 accompany them to Colam-
ia. Mrs. Maggie II. Audrey, wife
# Capt. Wn. +. Audrey, one of the
of the General Assembly
this county, died yesterday after
Don at the residence Of her husband
n Providence township, after an i'll
extending over several weeks
he citizens convention nominated
r. f. /. Osborne for the mayoralty.
a. II. G.. Jones has becn chosen as
.lief Marshal of the Both of May cele-
.ation. DR.. Murphy Mclean. Of
was thrown from his buggy,
is horse running away and had an arm
Concord SIM: Concord IS never be
ind. We are to have a walking
on May 18th. -There are
in the neigh6orhood OF iIeiligs
ill, Rowan county, who believe in
%itchcrait. Recently their COWS, &c, ,
been bewitched, and they have :
lid literally to have the spell re
owed. =,
Newbern AaixheN The wash room j
the Central hotel was fired by IN IN
Thursday morning, but the '
tempt to burn the building was frus- ]
The house OF Edney Whidbee j
colored woman, was set on fire, after y
been robbed. The citizens are
dread Of the fire bug. c
Winston Repubiican Daniel Kiser Z
Stokes County. was last week SEN !
need to the Penitcntiary for n year ;
d a day AMI tinel 5000 by the '
,deral col,t for blockading tobacco. .
Quoth the MurfreesbOrO nqhuer: r
county magistrates TO meet at i
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