The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-21
fVOL VINO. 10

Warren county has abolished her Infe-
rior Court.
Mr.. Henry II. jenkins, Of Granville
county, is dead.
Revenue collecsions in Fourth District
last week $l7, 267.37.
Glen Alpine Springs Is to have "a grand
mask bail'' on the 2Oth
Raleigh has a new Cotton and Grocers Ex-
change, VIM. H. Dodd President.
Miss julia Holman, tho operatic actress,
died in London or Sunday.
Judge Kerr's health is improving at
Buffalo Lithia Springs
There are more visitors in Hickory this
summer than during any previous season.
The Saratoga races failed to come off yes
terday on account Of the rain.
G.. W. Stanton, of Wilson. raised five
watermelons that weighed 200 pounds.
Good.
for murder committed in Robun county,
Ca, in 1871.
The Wilson Adrance fays Nicholas White,
of Franklin, is feet Z! inches high This
beats the Alabama man inch. Next.
Austin V. Wilson. Of Sampson county,
arrested and jailed at Fayetteville for
counterfeiting U. S. coin.
An attempt was made to break into Mr.
Walter Turner's house, in Mecklenburg
The intruder was fred At He returned the
fire.
A Naples despatch states that a stream OF
lava flowed from Mount Vesuvius. Friday,
for l,aca of lint fhnr
was no eruption.
One hundred deaths from yellow fever
occurred in Havana last week. being an in
crease of seven compared with those Of
the previous week
Forley RipsOn Sweet, merchant Of Sa-
vannal, die1 in New York, on Sunday last,
after short illness His body will be sent
home for burial
In difficulty at Centrevile La, Satur-
day, George Parish a ward constable was
shot and instantly killed by Louis Wandul.
The murderer was jailed
The Graz d Lodge Of Good Templars, in
session at Winston last week, decided 10
hold its next session on the second Tuesday
of August, 1880, at Charlotte.
The Wilmington Star says Carolina
Lodge. Knights OF Honor, OF that city,
paid over to Mrs. J. N. Hinton the SUN Of
S2 600, being the amount Of her late hus
bands policy.
The Raleigh OJserrer says 81 900 Wes-
tern North Carolina Railroad first mortgage
bonds bearing per cent. interest, was sold
at public auction in Raleigh Friday for
81, ,Ol1.OO.
Mr. F. E. Alfred former sheriff of Pam
leo county, WAS thrown from his buggy
asst Thursday, by his horse running away.
and his injuries were of so serious nature
as to have resulted in his death.
Cotton receipts in Raleigh from the lst of
September last to Saturday last, As, 378;
receipts for the same period last year,
Is 1872 bales; increase in receipts this year
@ date, 1,256 bales. These statistics from
he Ne,cs.
A fire, early Sunday morning, in Mem
ohs, destroyed the large brick building in
b. rear Of Howsrd's Row. formerly used
10 an ice house. The property was valued
It So, ,OOO The fire was of incendiary ori-
yin
The Rock Spring tLincoln county camp
Meeting closed last Wednesday. The New
on Enterprise says good order was OBJ
erved generally, but that one young man
I. who appeared on the grounds in a coma
ose state was scoeped in and assessed
80.
The Erpress says mineral spring has
,een discovered about one and half miles
northeast Of Monroe. on the right bank of
Bear Skin creek. The water has been ex-
lmined by physician who pronounces it
% contain iron and magnesia and possibly
,ther minerals.