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

- Let the Farmer, tea- in MIND iha.
br aboIiShirr useless >alaric, they can SAVE
$1,000 IF the Fegt;lize. fund 10 paw for
FREE SCHOOLS. an! =, enjoy I'll the adyan.
taccs, whatever they are, OF the Fertilizer
Station and the Fish lIatchin- let The
people think ct it, There is every iu lication
the whole Department will be abolished an
less some change be effected
The Singer sewing machine agents hal
a big pow-wow in Richmond last ,7eck
There were present from North Carolina
james Miller, OF Charlotte; f. SEWERS.
Raleigh; y. II. Smith. Fayetteville \.
VI. Jones Winston; u. b. Armstrong.
Rocky Mount f. {. Gipe. Greensboro: J.
Berne: John J.. Dudley, Wilmington The
mean business
Some people think the newspapers
ought not to mention cases ofdiphtheria We
consider it wisest to give the whole truth.
tie .tuctS, IN all matters. Here is. for ex-
ample, l1n'or going the rounds OF the
press that 'Diphtheria is almost epidemic
In Raleigh whereas the truth is there ha:e
not been half dozen deaths in this city
from that disease III nearly that number . /
months.
Weldon Netcs: On Monday evening.
about sunset, an old colored woman by the
name of Lottie Williams, was burned to
death al Old Blakeley, about two miles
tom here, on the Northampton side Of the
river No one knows how the fire origina-
ed-The people of this section or rather
a few of them, awoke Friday M rning and
found frost on the ground d-The case OF
Parker against the W. q w. Railroad Com
pany for damages for killing Parker al En-
field some months ago, was tried at Halifax
last week, occupying two days. Many wit
nesses were examined and verdict rendered
by the jury in favor Of the railroad company
Warsaw Br;J' Nention. Rev W. NJ.
Kennedy, the pastor, IS conducting pro-
tracted meeting with his church at Magno-
la, with encouraging results Rev. DR..
Gilliland is with him.-Wc are informed
that a negro child, whose parents live in
Fai>on township, being alone in the yard,
fell into the well a few days ago and was
drowned. The cotton crop is turning out
badly. There will not be more than three
iourths OF q crop made. The corn crop IS
fine. Rice i vceE t..ir though the dry
weather has injured il some Peas average.
Potatoes good, but the crop Will be short
because of a scarcity Of seed ii the spring.
Goldsboro Nr1: Mr. So.pmon Kcaton
was stricken with paralysis on TUESDAY
morning. The attack, are glad to learn,
viii not prove fatal There are now two
trains hat come in from and go out to More
head City ulc the Atlantic Il North Caro-
lima Railroad. The mail arrives here at -
4. m, and leaves at $50 p. III. The freight
tram with passenger train attached, arrives
here at about ?. N, and leaves at 1880
a. m.--John W. Daniel lost by fire acci-
dentalIy, near Princeton, tobacco barn
flied with fine yellow tobacco.
Rcidsyillc Times: David Humphreys. Of
WeStworth, died IN the county poor house
last Saturday night He was u yer, old
man, nearly eighty we should think. Yet
it hasn been many years since he moved III
wealthy style, had the largest carriage fac
tory 1T Wentworth in all this country, rode
in Il splendid turnount, and spent hi, moncy
lavishly among his friends. He was from
New Haven, Conn, but had lived in this
county forty years or more.
vt the investigation Of the case u
t nited States Senator ingalls,, By the
Vance Committee iii Topeka, Kansas,
yesterday, Niss Lizzie Rudolph, Of Topeka,
testified that she had heard man on the
floor of the House say he had received 500
or $3.50 for his vote. but did not know how
how he voted. John \. Lay corroborated
her statement, and said the men sitting on
the seats from where he heard the talk were
Hamilton and Anderson.
Winston Sentinel Bailey Brothers, to-
bacco manufacturers of Statesville, have
rented the Winstead factory and will move
to our town for the purpose Of engaging in
the business of manufacturing. These
gentlemen are experienced manufacturers,
and will be acquisition to the trade Of
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