The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-10-09

8S-t1 ~ liz ia tHt Eastern
baptist Association will convene with the
Ghurca at llney Grove. in Sampson county.
tuesday, the 1th OF October. The church
Is situated nine miles west of FaiSon'> on
the W. < v. X. R.-We regret To hear =
rulnor that, on account Of feeble health.
hev- IS r Narablc contemplates an early
resignation Of the paSlor>hip of the Prc>hv-
terrain church in this town.-Nai. Grant
had the misfortune 10 lose a tobacco barn.
together with about 500 pounds Of the
weed, by fire on Monday night last.-We
learn from a Pitt county correspondent that
the hey. !. l.. Nash has recently organized
a new NJ. +. Church near Taft'S Landing.
with thirty seven members. Thcv named
the new church Salem .-NIaior Grant CON
templates starting a tobacco factory soon IN
this town.-We are nained TO learn Of tbe
death OF DR.. Joseph Masters. which event
occurred at his residence. in Hoboken. on
the 10Th ult.-Green county Superior
court adjourned yesterday. owing 10 the
Tact that Judge Eure was compelled 10 ap-
pear as awltness in another court.-Epper
Nahunta items: We hoped, when the ugly
scandal OF Strickland notoriety had passed
on, that 1t would be the last of the kind. bur
before the community could be composed
from the shock another still worse is report
ed, VIZ: Isaac Cook is now accused of an at
tempt to outrage his daughter. The par
tlculars are unit for publication.
The rape was committed upon Miss Nc
Dutle some time last February; on the 10th
INST, or seven months and eleven DAYS sub
sequently, she was delivered of a colored
child. DR.. Shaw was the attending physi-
clan, and we understand that he reports that
the child was perfect 1t lived ten days and
dled-the result, as was charged, of starva-
ton or want OF nourishment. 1t was proved
that the girls father and mother had de
clared that she should not nurse the child,
but no marks of violence was found upon Its
body, nor was there any evidence produced
that the grand parents had carried their
threat into execution. The Jury therefore
rendered a verdict that the child came to its
death from some cause unknown to them.
All the witnesses in the case are white.
Miss McDufie is about 20 years old, and is
pronounced rather good looking. Two ne
groes We're arrested a short time after the
alleged raplng, who were thought to be the
guilty parties, but Miss McDuffie failed to
identify them.-Sp5rlt Of the South.
The Winston Lca7n. says that last We'd
nesday morning Mr.. Chas. Atwood, of
ing up" a barn Of tobacco. About 4 O'Clock
Mr.. J. w. Griffith, who was engaged at a
barn near by, discovered Mr.. AtwOod's
barn to be on fire and ran to his assistance.
When in about 20 PAGES he saw Mr.. At
wood plunge out of the barn door and fall.
bis clothing in a perfect blaze. He poured
water on him, wrapped him in a quilt, and
succeeded in extinguishing the flames, but
not until Mr.. Atwood was burnt in a horri-
bic Acknowledgment recognition. He was
carried home and fingered until | o'clock
the same day, when he died. He spoke
a few words before his death. Said he did
remember how he got into the barn, but the
first recollection he had he was in there and
had lost his course. He ran against the
sides of the barn once or twice. and when
he found the door, it was when Mr.. Grit
fifth saw him plunge out.
w. c.. Pearson. a young man living a few
milef from Chapel Hill, was badly injured
a dav or two ago. He had his lower Jaw
broken by a cane mill. He seems to have
escaped death narrowly.-Several Of the
students of Yadkin College have recently
professed faith in Christ.-Capt. Charles
Roberts, of Beaufort, died suddenly last
Sunday morning about ) o'clock.-Davie
items: The meeting at Elbaville closed
with eleven conversions. The meeting at
Shady Grove still continues; seven or eight
COilNCIlS UP " IdSC - -I LIN
are succeeding finely in curing their to-
bacco a fine yellow, and expect a harvest of
grecnbacks next spring. Hence they are
iubilant over their good fortune.
Atlanta has a young woman who lacks
consideration. On Wednesday last she met
a prominent young lawyer on the street and
presented bin a baby two weeks old. He
declined to receive it when she laid it on
the pavement at his feet. He walked away
when she picked up the child and walked
with it NV his side to his office. To say
that social circles at Atlanta are stirred to
their lowest depths but half expresses the
truth.-Brfiot0yr Gazeftc.
The bullion assays made in the United
States assay office in this city during the
Of September amounted in value to
SD. 1876. IS, which is much the largest made
since the branch mint was abolished. This
is an encouraging indication Of the pros
peritv Of the gold interest in the Atlantic
Gold Belt.-CHarlotte OJserrer.
Wilmil gton Star. Atwo-story dwelling
house on Middle Sound, at what is known