The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-06-17
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! Chatham take the lead in the most Womb
ful yield of wheat from one grain that ha-
yet been heard Of Mr. John :. Clark, If
! Hadley township, informs Us that one grain
! OF wheat sowed by him produced thirty
! elght heads, on which were lilo grains >
At this rate a farmer need only SOW
peek OF wheat 10 raise crop of over 25l
! bushels
4 cruel joke vas perpetratei At Gre,n
boro The Patriot says the steps leading to
| the lodge Of Good Samaritans were rem we'd
by some unknown perspn When the lodge
ended its session Mary Blcunt, col. Wa.
the first to reach the door and walkipr out
unconSciously stepped of into emp'y space.
The joke proved serious one While 10
bones were broken by the fall. the woman
sustained internal injuries, which may prove
fatal to her health FIR the rest Of her life
The New York .Sua says One other i'm
portant feature in the history Of Genera
Garfield in his re.ation to the De Golyer
has paving contract. One De Goiyer had
made contract with the Shepherd ring IN
Washington To pat down quantity Of pat
ent pavement. Gen. Garfield was chairman
OF the Committee on Appropriation ia the
House OF Representatives. In order to pay
Tor tins patent pavement an appropriation
was needed from Congress. The sum O.
% 900 was paid to General Garfield en- be
half Of De Golyer, and appro priations to the
amount Of millions Of dollars We're thereaf-
ter granted TO the Washington ring. the
appropriation for the De GoIyer p.vemen.
being included therein
Hisboro Recorder: Julian S. Carr. e.,
Lieut.. Governor. Orange has sDoken fyr
him Let him be heard. fyr besides per
sonal qualifications, be sta1ls forlh a
representative of class which has no;
heretofore had a mouthpiece He stand,
forth the representative Of the manuE,ctur-
ing interest And he stands forth be side
as the representative of that culture which
has been unrecognized In the past We do
not refer to sectarian proclivi,ies. and We
avoid them. But Mr.. Carr is catholic n
his devotion to the cause of religion and
education, and commands the consideration
OF ali the people of this District.
Monroe E..a'-c. saws: We were mncb
surprised, Hle - :. lei n. to hear O. TIE re-
slgnatoh of 60! !. l.. l'ok as Com. .,.i,,ion
er Of Agriculture. We inquired a. % the
cause al We're told the whole reason IN i
nutshell, as follows: Tnat his authority
or controlling powers in the Department
were not IN proportion to his resppa>bili
ties. In other words, were any tnis.a',,
made by the Department. Col Polk van.
receive the ccnsure, when in fat h. r,ul-
not be said to be properly rc>poa.ib0e bav.
ing little or 10 voice in marking ont tn,
plans of the Department.
Charlotte OJscyer Work has been com
menced on the Chester and l.cn0ir Narrow
Gauge Railroad between Dallas and SoI,th
Fork. The road BED, which has been gra-
ded, will be leyelled AMI refned and viii
soon be ready Tor cross ties. The police
report more tramps in Charlotte than bave
been seen here In two years. One of the
gang who refused to leave when ordered Will
have ball a1d chain attached to him tbi.
morning and put on the street-W Work
~ the Oates cotton factory is progressing SAT
sfactorlly. The boilers have been gotter
nto position and the immense smoke ,tart
; now being put up. The engine and part
i the other machinery is expe ted nex-
veek
Durham Recor,ler A negro uaut
1itchell was arrested on Frday nigh, l..
'oliceman Christian. He made resistant
nd was knocked down BY the arre.ror an
hen taken to the guard house. On Sundav
forming he was found dead, and corone,s
Try was summoned the verdict being thai
e died from natural causes, and not fro,.
ljuries Fifteen new convicts passed NJ
le road yesterday to the University and
hapel Hill Railroad. This road, We Learn.
i'll be completed by the first Of October.
a man by the name of Williams was ar
,sted some time SINCE charged with the
'bbery on Hunt & Hunt, Of this place. Il
as subsequently implicated as witness IL
le Ieasley burning, and on Monday after
?0n, while being taken back to the jails
lllsboro, jumped from the train abou. two