The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-07-03

Items from the Oxford Free Lance: II
was our pleasure. last w-ek TO shake by
the hand MIR j. w Dowd one of the pro-
prietors of that popular North Carolina
journal, the FARMER AND MECHANIC 1t is
a gratificat on learn hat the +. & NJ. is
steadily growing in pOpul r esteem aud
favOr.-It shou be mentioned to the
credit of Mr. S. O ho Wilson, owner Of a
Nursery at Raleigh. that he contributed
to the AS, lum $50 worth of fruit trees OF
all descriptions, to be delivered to the order
of the Superin. enden- The presence OF
the Raleigh Light Inf 'nt'y Band added
greatly to the IN crest of the day. and
every body regret ed toat they were c>m-
PEELED 20 leave so early in the af-e noon IN
order to make connection a II ndersou.
I'VE learn from private ie ter received
here on Tuesday last that the Rev. E +.
Winkler, ID. D.. lately elected Pr >ident OF
Wake Forest College. has declined the posi-
ton. 1t is supposed that tn Trn~tees of
the College will be called toge, her at al
ea'ly day, and the vac~n;y supplied.
Reidsville Times: A very dissatisfied
case of newly made m ttrimOny Is written
the Danville Netcs from Weldon, n c.. A
few weeks since Miss Ellen Palmer was
married TO Mr.. C. w. Whitehead. He ran
away wi h her The other morning she
arose and told her husband that she ''had
enough of married lif - and was going
ba tx to her mother, there stay. Friends
plead with her. but her answer to all was
mo more married life for me" Mr.
Whitehea Is spirits are said to b. al d"s>
perate ebb he raves and threatens to kill
himself and says be is ruin-d or life His
bride is b ok with her parents, and insists
she is sufficiently amused Whitehead 8
thought a very clever man Oh, dear, what
can the mat er be:
The following p ysicilns were elected
delegates by the North Car0in. Medical
Society, recently in sess on 1t Greensbnr,,
to the Am ricln Medical Ass CT ,tio',
which cynvenes in New York city in June
tree, C.arles Duffy, } n Mcdonald, Wal.
ter G. Murphy, II. NJ. Afford, Willis Ais on,
H. T. Bahsen. S. b t'ip er5, w. ! r VS.
ter. Walter D-bnam, 2. B. B4rringer
DR.. Thos. f. wool, of Wimingto". VS.
el cted delegate to the Anne ical Public
Health ASSOCIATE n. 81 " learn from the
North Carolina MedicM JOurn0J
Reidsvile Times: Mr john Durham
Scales died near Wentworth yesterd " OF
dropsy. Durham was Big heartsd man
and had no enemies The company near
Leaksvile struck fine vein of Co i last
S .turday evening on Mrs. Gief Nados
land three miles above the town. Jnab
Adkins from England is the n ming engi-
neer in charge. They are now over
hundred 1SeC uCuor Sfbuui IHtF nave
put sixty batteaux on d IN River and will
run ten day to Danviie shipping he c al.
making a week of the wIole trip. The
coal is anthracite.
Monroe Enquirer: On April 9TH, Mr..
Robt Morgan, young mar, 24 years of
age, who left Arson county several va
ago for Texas, in company with his mother.
Mrs Temperance Morgan. and another
brother, was killed by mob of eight men
while in the discharge of his d ity as Dep-
uty Sheriff of Titus county. Texa'. Mr.
Morgan has many relatives and friends in
Arson county, who have probably not
heard of his death, and therefore We pub
lish this notice.
The grading on the Wes tern n 'rth Ca o.
lima of the track which is 10 run by way of
Newton has been about completed, and
last week the overseer, convicts, mules,
&c, were sent to tue head of the road To
work on the line betwe. the SwanaEo1
tunnel and Asheville.