The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-16

Mr.. II. W. Lasseter, .Jr.. and Miss
Lettie kjttrell were united in marriage
at Oxford, on the night Of thr 2nd inst.
Rev. Y. ". Shield performing the
ceremony.
Mr.. w. ]. Edwards has been appoin
ted constable for this township By the
County Commissioners, Nr. George
King, who was elected to the office,
having declined to give the bond.
The following il the official votes
cast for and against the Insane and
Public Debt amendments at the late
election For Insane Amendments,
s., I63 against Insane Amendments,
TO,459; majority for Ia. Amen'dt. To-
704 for Public Debt Amendment,
IL. 3SS against Public Debt Amend
ment, 5,45S; majority for, III, 1890.
Eieuton Gartop: Isaac Louther, a
colored man on ". Y. Warren's farm
adjoining Elenton, has raised nine 500
pound bales Of cotton, - barrels Of corn
AMI ID hogs, all within himself and his
children, having paid out only IS for
labor; / bales of cotton pays his rent,
leaving hun , bales OF cotton, 800 bush
els OF potatoes, = barrels Of corn and
Is hogs to live on for the year to come.
1t makes but little difference to Isaac
who's President.
By the death of David Miller, of
Edinburg, Scotland, the descendants of
James McEwen, Of lredell county, n.
c., inherit Sol, 900, 600. The establish
ment of their claim depended for a long
time upon the finding IF an old family
Bible. This Bible and the proofs it
contained were discovered IN Salisbury
some time ago, and an attorney has
proceeded to Scotland for the purpose
of establishing the claim and securing
the property. This is no hoax, but a
genuine windfall to 136 descendants of
a poor Scotch immigrant.
Booth Winter had been i'll for months
at Detroit, and the misfortune had re
duced his family to poverty. He was
not hopeful of recovery, and regarded
himself as d burden on his wife. Re
solving upon suicide, he gashed his
throat with "A knife. His wife disarnl-
ed him, and held the wound with her
hand. so that he could no. bleed to
death. He begged her to let him die,
using every Argument he could think
Of, and struggling TO free himself. Tho
resolute woman conquered but only
temporarily, for he died next day.
Two sisters were the olly eyewitness
in a homicide c9se st little Rock, Ar
kansas. One gave a truthful ccoun
of the tragedy and the other a false
one: but which was the perjurer was
so difficult to determine that the first
,,rr l;.a-raal and I'm ooonnl rnnAar
ed a compromise verdict of manslaugh-
ter. George Boyer was killed by Chas.
Lee. His wife and her sister were pres
ent. The wife swore that the deed was
entirely provok ed. Her sister, who
vas Lees sweetheart, swore that he
acted in self defence. Neither was
shaken by cross examination.
David ). Mauch attempted to muir
der his wife 1T Washington, ind. Steal
ing upon her in the night with an axe,
lie mauoled her in a horrible manner,
her. She lay for weeks betwixt life
and death, but finally recovered,
though in a fri5htfulIy disfigured IN
dition. The husband was not found
10y the apathet'c officials. \ few DAYS
ago Mrs. Maurh quietly set u to Join
him somewhere in the far West. Dave
was always fond ofme,' she said. and
| don't believe he really ment to take
nay life, Anyhow, | cant live away
from him
G|Ieenville Erp:ess: Early last Sat
urday morning. "a Mr. John A.
Adams was going to work as engineer
and machine list at Mr.. George Daniels
mill, near the wharf, he was waylaid by
William Harris, colored, and almost
beaten to death, the negro using a large
dogwood cart round to effect his hel
Iish purpose. Tr Adams was carried
home in a critical condition, with swo
gaming wounds on the front part of
his head. showing the skull in one
place. The negro has been jailed.
Pittsboro Recoroi.. We are pleased to
learn from julius \. Gray, Esq. PRESS
dent &c the Cape Fear x 1adkln Valley
Railroad Company, thai arrangements
have been made to have Il telegraph
line put up along this road from Fay
etteville to the Gulf. The contract
has been made and work will at OEc3
begin.--The new board of commits
slOne!s or this county. dt their nrst
meeting, last Monday, unanimously
adopted a resolution not to grant Ii
cense to any person to retail liquor.
-George sellars 4 colored man of
Baldwin township, has raised this year
IS bushels of oa1s, los bushels Of wheat,
lO4 bushels Of corn. 5 BALES OF cotton
and a quantity OF peas and pumpkins.
He worked only one mule aud had no
help but his wife. and used only five
sacks Of guano, that cost him 100 lbs.
of cotton. Besides he has made near
ly q thousand pounds of pork and 20
gallons of sorghum syrup.-Mr. l..
5. Burnett, of this county, has made
the best yield Of cotton that we have
yet heard of in Chatham. being 25t
bales, Of $50 pounds each, on % acres.