The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-02-05

not 'hink oi entering the contest but de-
| si'es To serve III the afAcity IN which the
people have SO unanimously placed him
Moore county Miec
Hickory is still ngitated on the mad dog
! question. several have been seen i'm rhe
nelghb"rhood recently. and one killed in
the town last Wednesday.
Rockingham Spirit: The steam saw mill
or Nr. {. NJ. Cheek. 81 ustsd tn ec miles
southeast OF this place on the railroad wa,
consumed by fire night before last about II
O'Clock
Burke BhLde: The Rev. J. p. Simson of
lhe N"rih Carolina conference. viii was
appointed ID. Wilson to the Alexander cir.
cult, has declined to 90 to IN, aun,int
ment. and it is understood here that he bas
surrendered his credentials AS IA minister
a tanning company has been formed for
the purpose of erecting large tannnery at
Hickory. The Press saws the comn,nv b..
purchased thirtcen acres of land in a half
mile OF the town, which is being r,pidIv
cleared preparatory t, putting up the nee
essary buildings.
Burke Bt,Ie: One night last week the
private house Of Gen. j. #. Wilder. who
keeps hotel on top of Roam Mountain. in
Mltcheii county, was entered by thicvc.
ana robbed OF about $500 worth Of
goods. Among other things taken Vac,
cook stove
The Press says a tobacco association WAC
organized in Hickory last Wednesday tbc
ohJect OF winch is to bring about concert
OF action among the different warehouse and
leaf dealers, and to dev'sc plans LOOKING 10
the tobacco trade in thai place.
Wilmington Sfnr: 1t may not ocner,uv
'e kn"wn tn the Cape Fer ArtIllcr, com
pany OF this city has already ,lisban lei and
their splendid battery been turned over Inv
Capt. McR,e t, Col. Fl,nner. The oroan.
zation has been kept Up since ls75. MANLY
1t the expense of the off GERS Of the com
pany. Including Col Flanncr all of whom
nave spent great deal Of money for this
Durpt
The Charlotte Ojserrer gives this account
II recent mysterious burial: Some month,
go there was a very quiet burial of AN in
ant IN Elmwood Cemetery There were
MY three or four persons present when the
OHM lowered into the grave One of them
'as woman apparently young quite hand
Omeiy dressed. and SO closely yelled tb,,
er features could not be distinguished She
lone OF the party displayed any signs of sor.
W. NO questions were asked and nothing
ehnlte was ever found out as to who she
as but 1t was afterwards reported thar she
at
he lnterment.
The King of the Belgians has confer
"a the Leopold Cross on Rosa Bonbeur
e arfIst.-The New York State Re-
lhlican Convention meets at Utica on the
fh OF February. FIX Senator McCrarv,s
sldence at Owensboro KY, was burned Fri
y; loss $4,000 Il rowing race at
cksonville, Fla, three and half miles
900, was won by Frenchy Johnson. -
the case OF Jennie r. Smith and Covert
Bennett. charged with the murder Of
husband of the former, at Jersey City.
jury found verdict of not guilty YES
day.--The Sheriff of Greencastle, Ind.
tl1ed before the Senate Exodus Commit
yesterday that one Of the objects SOUGHT
the promoters of the scheme was to de
ase the representation IN North Carolina
that OF Indians Labor disputes in
English Cotton Mills are still threaten.
, but general strike is improbable.
English steamer laden with coal, foun-
ed IN the Mediterranean and thirteen