The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-04-08
VOL. N.-\O %.

John Merritt indicated for the mu der
Of f. " Hicks wa, in the same cell oot
would not avail himself Of the opp riun,ty
To escape
Charlotte Press \ negre man was ilasA
at the McGinn gold mae. Sax m.ss frs1
this city, saturday. ny peiaI struck on ,hs
head by \ windIass.
Lewis Taylor. negro confined in tAs
Halifax Jail under indictment for hurn,Ak
>the house OF Mr. w. +. Purncil, made hts
escape hy filing in bar of iron ss4
crawling out through drain.
Mr.. l. A. Scrog.ss writes intei'igHltiy
ab-ut th- Al stsnc il the Len'or F,psA
Tie SAYS there is no su.h one. bu- tl.1
three k'u Is reDltel t. bn. III stFs.
1T is greatly 10 he regretted ~ II any
person should rely upon such foolish "a
p-r-titisus nonsense rs the app,i1 tins
Of piece nf pIn,.. II e ,rlc " -.
oar stone, to cure the consequences - he
bites of a rapi animal naIth n of wlip tD
any more goad than piece Of brtctt
Oxford Orpbaas F,ieaw Il is repor,el
that Senator Vance Will some d " i4SsnA
3 lue Grass Belle, and rope her away -
her 'Oid Kentucky II 'm- No ~ ies
he wants the Railroad finished Toy
school bill was not passed i'y the |. - A.
turc and never Will be while il .nmmrnIs
text books aui - make, the lnb lrS me
battle grounds nf the drummers If punlish-
ing houses They can alw tys either XII .
ilIl IN ccmmi te or have it slain in us pe-
rious journey through the hands Of cerkI
and speakers
The Chatham Record SAYS Ooe nighl
last week Deputy Collector l. B Pen
ton made raid near Prosperity po,toii e,
in the Northern part OF Moore county. aud
captured two illicit stills. one of then III he
smoke house OF James keelan. Oh Ea>
ter Moniay, while the family We're .b-ent
the residences Of Rev +. y. Joynes and
Capt & B benson were broken into aud
several articles stolen. Among the things
stn.en TO u Mr.. Joyncrs was about $40,
that had been collected IN church the day
before - The peach crop Is seriously datD
aged by the lac col sIla,.
Lenior Tape: 4 correspondent writes
US from MITCHELL that n,,n in that cour,-
~ got 81 beastly intoxic-.-i that just hs-
fore night he Ii town IN IA old saws bed
hy lie roadside and fell s,rep Arput
night the SOW and her lIttIe pigs returned
and found their bed occupied. Mrs. SOW,
however, soan began 10 root out the iIyad-
der. who parulv awakened and tluught
that he was at home III bed with his pws
wife. whom h" addressed in in Iearing terms
and requested her to put mo.e cover on The
bed, ani SAID he w getting col /.
Chapel Hill Ledyer: The next session Of
the NormL School, will begin the 24tA
Of June and enc on the 29;h of July next
Prof Fl, nry +. Shepherd has been chos-s
Su Jcrintendent Prof Shepherd is
North Carolinan. His father was that
most estima"le man and learned Judge I.s-
Sc g. Shepherd OF Faycttcv.c The
State University Rtirsad surveyors have
reached here with the located hne. Cap
tain Frv chief engineer Of Richmond y
Danville R,iroad has conducted the sur
vey with much skill and exp .diercy.
Carl ,.te OIs,rr-r. DAVID. college
has a matriculttlon promise this term pl H.
ing the students not 20 drink and to report
10 the faculty if they know Of any liquor
within the College precints Judge Sh'pn
is spoken of as a candidate of Mayor We
work on the cotton factor, il ..viu- p1~a a
forward rapidly The wall Of the main
building is nearly half finished, and 70
wing will be begun Eight tenement nous-
es for the hands are being framed NJ
C. H. DeJIrnette of Carrdbu is in Ia, 81 :
with a drawing Of his proposed sli-sp.-
tanning motor. He wishes 0 su ,,Il;l iha
design To a select committee of citizen,
quainted with the laws of motion, end IL
it meets with their approved he will attemp:
to get up join stock company for its IN
tr ,duction. The plan Of Mr. DeJarnstte is
very ingenious. \ spiral tuoe i wrapped
around an inclined cylinder Balls are au-
tomaticaliy placed in the III pcs. and by the
arrangement OF the spiral around the cylin-
der they roll down 4 continuously inclined
plane until they reach the lower end Of taa
spiral when they are again automatically
taken up and inserted above.