The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-17
NEWS


Mrs Henry Nsyfe'l, of Norgan,on
has been stricken With paralysis
The Rcv. Daniel Norene was - b,~,
delivered = lecture before the Hi,torrsI
and Scientific Society Of Wilmington
last evening.
The congregation Of Rev. b +. Han
OF " llmlngton, loaded him down VII
gifts last Friday night, these CONSISTING
of >cKenty-uiAo Packages N al.
Al Fridays session Of Wilminr,,,
Prcsbytey , resolution was paSso.i tar,
nally disappearing of the preaching oe
students for the ministry before Their
llcenSure, after considerable discussion
The ~propEietors Of the Glen Alnirs
springs have secured the services NJ
DIR. John Hey wilkins. or philaiclrbis
a resident physician At that WATERING
place.
The Express says Gov. Vance has
Slgnlhed his willingness 10 deliver his
address, The Scattered Nation. IN
Monroe some time this year, for the
benefit Of the Presbyterian church.
job. Taylor, an old colored man Iiy.
lng near Oxford. left his house last
Wednesday morning Ia return IN I'll,
evening to find it IN ashes. Supposed
that the house was p~illaecd and then
burned.
Elizabeth City Carolinian judge
Avery insisted that ii was. and Is the
duty of the county commissioners r.
build a court house, to furnish plorer
accommodations for the courts and
county officers, and security for the
county records. He instructed the grand
jury TO lndict them for these omissions.
John Davis and Hill James. for the
murder of Henry McDufHe. in Bruins
wick county, in December last. we're
tired IN the Superior Court of that
county last week. James was acquitted
and Davis convicted and sentenced to
be hangnd on the 18th ofJuly next.
All the parties are colored. The above
Is learned from the Wilmington Sun.
The Christian Advocate learns from
a private ource that there is a fine in
hUence now al work at Chapel Hill. y.
e.. especially among the students. The
students are holding prayer meetings in
all the college buildings, and a fine re-
llglous influence pervadcs the whole
community. T~hirty-iive persons have
joined the Methodist church there and We
suppose the other churches in the place
have shared in the converts, who have
connected themselves with the church.
The Monroe Express says that Mr..
c. II. Austin, Of Union county, has
been eating Irish potatoes, of this
year growth, for two weeks. Last fall
he put his potatoes away in a rather
damp cellar, and to better protect them
threw a little loose dirt over them: di-
rectly after Christmas the potatoes com
menced sprouting and growing, those
which We're gathered maturing on top
Of the loose dirt. They were as tender
and sweet as if they had been planted in
the usual manner.
Monroe Express Wednesday morn
ing last, Mr.. JAS. Edwards, a respecta-
be citizen OF Arson county, who lives
about four miles from Oliver Branch.
IL this county, made an unsuccessful
attempt to commit suicide, b. cutting
bis throat. The deed was done with a
small pocket-knife, and although the
jugular vein was not severed, still a
wound was inflicted from which he came
near bleeding to death. Mr. Edwards
has been somewhat deranged for several
weeks, AMI once before made an at
to take his life.
Two herdsmen quarrelcd on a Ne
prairie, n each threatened 70
kill the other. Neither was armed, but
there was a gun In their hut, a mile
Both started for the weapon
md it was a race for life. for the man
who got 1t was certain 10 shoot his com
They had several fights Oh the
way; and were bruised and exhausted
they nearcd the goal; but they
an with desperation, and kept abreast
until close to the house. Then one
and fell, giving the other the
cad. The victor dashed into the build
ne, pulled the gun down from its
hooks, and mercilessly murdered his
allen foe.
Justice writes a. follows in the
Raleigh News Wake Is a very son
siderable county. There are ninety
our counties IN North Carolina. Wake
Jays one dollar in every nineteen Of the
axes paid into the State treasury. and
asts not far short Of one twentieth 81
he entire vote Of the State. Yet she
las but one Senator ont Of fifty, and
our members out Of 10 in the lower
louse. 1t Is probable that in the next
ppointment Wake will get two sena-
ors. Wake county pays a. State tax
; az much as the fifteen westcr-most
%ounties Of the State all put together.
hose fifteen counties have four ScRd-
oT5 and 5eyenty-fve members.