The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-28
GENERAL NEWS.

resigned as Concord policeman.
The stock law was defeated at the election
IN Davle by a large majority.
Three prisoners escaped from Johnston
county jail last Tuesday night.
Some of the Raleigh ladies were consider
ably bruised up in the Beaufort blow.
The work of grading the Oxford & Hen
derson Railroad will commence in a few
days.
Judge Kerr Is again quite sick at Buffalo
Llthla Springs, and his wife has gone TO
be with him.
The vestry of St. Paurs Episcopal church
OF Winston have called the Rev. W.. S.
Bynum to take charge of the church.
Mr.. B. H. Cozart has resigned his posi-
ton as Director of the Oxford and Hender-
son Railroad.
Mr.. j. G. Cooper, Jr., has given up his
home in New York and c~ontemplates locat-
ing at Henderson for the purpose of buying
cotton.
The Chatham Record has a timely ringing
editorial on Mormonism. 1t strikes a feel
ing that is growing in interest every day.
DIR. Jeff Scales has successfully removed a
cancer from the breast of Mrs. Hill, of Reds
vile.
The Methodist Conference has determined
to pay off the debt of the Greensboro Female
College.
Mr.. j. NJ. Tesh's jewelry house, at Reds
vile, was robbed last Saturday night of ten
watches and $40 in cash.
A lot has been bought in Greensboro, saws
the Reidsville Times, for a Second Presbyte-
rian church. Work will begin next month.
A young son of Mr.. West Fitzgerald of
Rufin, Rockingham county, fell from a
hOrse-block, says the Reidsville Times, and
broke an arm.
In the case of E. r. Meadows and Emily
Carter, on trial In Buncombe court on the
charge of killing the child of the latter the
jury returned a verdict of not guilty.
Wm. G. Black, Esq, aged IA years, died
last Sunday morning at his residence at
Black Station, York county, S. G.. He wa a
prominent and useful citizen, and was sever
al times a member of the Legislature.
Kinston Journal: Sheriff Morley, of
Jones county, had about 800 acres Of land
sold on the first Monday in this month for
taxes. There were about thirty different
tracts, and with two or three exceptions all
bid in for the State.
The Goldsboro Mail informs us that Mr..
Charles. II. Beasley, who invented the Beas-
ly cotton press when a boy not above four
teen years of age, is now an employee of
Messrs. w. F. Kornegay & Co., in their ex-
tensive machine works here.
Last Thursday the corner stone of the
new Evangelical Lutheran church to be
erected at company shops was laid. Rev. w.
Kimball, Of Gibsonville, was master of cere-
monies; and Rev. Mr.. Lutz, of Winston de-
livered the address. There was a large con
gregatlon present.
The New York SIN, states editorially,
that on Friday last, at Block Island, Asso-
ciate Justice Miller, of the United States
Supreme Court, speaking of Mr.. Tilden in
the presence of several gentlemen well
known to the country, said: He was elected
in Louisiana; that is, he got eight or ten
thousand more actual votes that Hayes
Greensboro Patriot: Diptheria has made
its appearance again, and a few violent cases
amongst children have been reported. Fruit
has been remarkably cheap in this market
this season. Fine peaches from fifty to sixty
cents a bushel, apples twenty-five cents, and
other fruits in proportion. Melons are sold
at any price offered.
Polkton Argus: On Thursday afternoon
the WIG VI AII. cduIC N Wiz INCS
about two miles from this place, was killed
by lightning. She was sitting on the floor
near the fireplace, when the lightning struck
the top of the chimney, running down on
the side where she was sitting and killing her
instantly. One Of her little children was
asleep on the floor and did not even awake.
Graham Cleaner: Mrs. Mary Roney and
Mrs. Katy Wyatt, both of the northern por-
ton of the county, died last week. They
were both very old women Mrs. Roney be-
ing about eighty, and Mrs. Wyatt, as we are
informed having completed her hundredth
year last December. We understand that
the fact of her remarkable age is authenti-
Gated.
Washington Press: The storm yesterday
was the most severe known IN this section
for wears. As evidence of its severity, the
| shade trees of our town bear testimony OF It's
visitation the streets were made almost I'M
passable In every direction, besides blowing
down several houses. Among them the
front of the livery stable of S. I. Carrew,
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