The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-10-16

ing before Justice W. Il. Johnston. and
swearing a newly-born baby Ia Mr. Chas
fagg. a highly respected and esteemed citi-
zen OF this place. The case was tried on
eqnesday evening last be fore 'Squires W.
Is; Johnston, I I. Best and Martin Grocan.
ne result was that Mr.. Fagg was acquitted.
there being no evidence whatever TO sustain
the charges against him. The case was one
In which much of the deprayitv and sensu-
allty OF some of our young men were brought
out which must be very painful to their re
natives and friends a. it is certainly a stain
upon their moral character.
In the year. lS7S-'7g the peanut crop of
North Carolina was 9 5000 bushels that of
tennessee, $4,000; of Virginia. $4,000.
ne II7ce CuTrent. from which these figures
are taken by the Wilmington STIR. makes
the following comparison of crops fcr FIVE
years lS1S-..9. 10000 bushels: lS77-'-S.
100000; 1876. -, 125, 900: lS75~.16. 100.
900; lS14-15, 40, 900. The same authori-
y una the crop for lS79-'SO at l25.-
u0O bushels for North Carolina. 100000 for
tennessee, and loo, 900 for Virginia. To-
tai, ,'25,OOO, against total for lS7S-'-9 of
OF i,39o, 600: The increase in acreage in
North Carolina Is estimated at . per cent.
Statesville Landmarks: DR.. J. w. Ellis,
OF Eagle Mills township, has built a small
steamboat and launched it on Hunting
Creek. 1t is propelled BY a small SNYDER
engine, manufactured in New York. DR..
Ellis has tested its capacity sufficiently to be
satisfied that it can travel six miles an hour
up stream, with a cargo Of 800 pounds.
sealing the rapids where the water is not
more than y inches deep. Thus it is appa-
rent that even Hunting creek can be made
navlgable.
The Baroness Won Stoerck, Of Vienna.
while staying at Untervinti, in the Tvrol.
left her lodgings on the 18th and did not
return. In a drawer was found a paper
with the words, 'When you read these
lines | shall be no longer among the liv-
ing Her hat, shoes and umbrella were
picked up on the bank of the Rienz. and it
is feared that illness and melancholy led
her to commit suicide. She was only
tweuty-six years Of age.
Wilmington Perieu: We regret to learn
that Capt. A. w. Reiger lost by fire We'd
nesday night, on his plantation in Bruins
wick county, about three miles from the
city, his barn, with the machinery it con-
tanned, and some loco bushels of rice. The
loss is estimated at about 81 1000, Of which
the rice is estimated at $50 per bushel,
and the building and machinery at s., 900.
On this Capt. Reiger hos insurance for
1850.
All night long in the city of Wilmington,
with it II, OO4 inhabitants, the leading city of
the State, is heard the tinkling of COW bells,
and the believing of the thousand COWS that
are allowed to roam over It's streets, sleep on
the sidewalks of the leading thoroughfares,
and eat up the costly hower-gardens of its
helpless citizens.
Rockingham Bee: The Pee Dee Baptist |
Association will be held at Spring Hill
church, Richmond county, beginning on
Thursday, October 23rd, 1873. Vance has |
told the editor of the Robesonion that in
case Grant is nominated Settles chance for
the second place is good, and that Settle is
perhaps the most prominent Republican in
the South. Sing heigh no!
Wadesboro Herald: The commissary of
Messrs. Williams & Brockett, contractors on
the Cheraw & Wadesboro Railroad, was
broken into on Thursday night, ID inst,
and robbed Of about $50. A negro in their
employ, by the name of VIM. Stanford, was
and about $3.50 of the money found
on his person.
Lenoir Topic: Caldwell county now mourns
the loss Of one of her best citizens-Cap-
tain William A. Tuttle, who died at his res
idence in this county last Saturday evening
s o o'clock. Then the deceased there was
no better or more gallant soldier in the
Southern army. He enlisted under Captain
Jones (Pettigrew's Regiment.
Danbury Reporter: Burl East, residing
near Brown Mountain, had a barn of to
bacco burned on Monday, losing near 700
pounds of the golden leaf.-Mr. VIM.
Fagg, residing some miles to the northwest
this place, had a barn Of fue to-
,acco consumed by fire one day last week.
Pittsboro Record: There is a man in the
part of this county who some years
100 married the widow Of his own son, and
he was also his own niece. The woman has
lad children by both husbands. Now what
in are they? 1t presents about as mixed
as any case on record.
The many friends of Rev. l.. S. Burk-
,ead. D. d., will regret to learn Of the death, :
Friday morning, in Raleigh, of his sweet a
title daughter "Sudie." The parents have
he sympathies Of a host of friends. t
The Messenger regrets to hear a rumor f
hat. on account of feeble health, Rev. B.
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