The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-09-02

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Capt. 4. Ii. Williams speak at Wilton on
Saturday prox.
Col. Walter Clark, and Fabius III. Bus
bee. areinvited to speak at Newton Grove
Sampson county, on Saturday.
Hon. Kemp =. Battle addressed, By in
y~itation. a large audience at the Opera
House, Spartanburg, ;. {. on the Gath ult.
Love and hot water seem to have a fine
effect on some constitutions. One OF our
popular dentists is back from W arm Springs
20 pounds better looking.
Capt. Dick Casey, Of Company Shops,
and Miss Annie McGowan, will be married
at St. Johns Church this, Wednesday, even
ing.
Capt. ID. S. Watt, VI. T. Norris, W.
c.. Stronach. Mrs. Oettinrcr, and Others
from Raleigh are at the North, buying
goods.
The Reidsville Weekly says Judge Tom
Settle came back from Florida yellow with
iaundice, and weighing only Id lbs. er-
lily, virtue has its reward.
The speaking at Henderson on Satul-
day was attended by about 300 persons.
Gov. Jarvis, Capt. Jos. j. Davis, and Col.
w. +. Green made forcible speeches.
The Fruit Fair has been postponed
until the State Fair. DIR. G.. X. Faust had
a splendid assortment OF apples, pears,
reaches, and grapes on exhibition ut Ala
rlance court.
Capt. Armstcad Burwell the new Sena-
tor from Mecklenburg, is a son OF Rev.
Robert Burwell. Of Peace Institute and was
formerly a law partner of Gov. Vance. tie
is a brother-in-law of DIR. John IL. McAden
having married Miss Jenkins of Salisbury.
The oldsboro Messenger has a dreadful
local item about two editors who sat and
watched a circus woman, descend a rope
with feet towards the tent roof. Shocking T.
But maybe the Messenger men were near
sighted? Let us make all possible allowance.
Ger. Cox and Capting Bledsoe will
cross-fre at Durham Oh Tuesday. Moses
ought to nave the advantages III that local.
ty, as he began life among the bull
rushcs; that is, if it be true that he i in
deed the same meek little lnjun who led the
way out of Egypt, some five thousand years
ago. We don't much believe the story, be
cause Moses is now on the Ethiopian side.
A gentleman from kinston reports
typhoid lever as largely prevalent there
abouts a single physician having more than
two dozen cases under his care. We note
the fact, Just as in another paragraph rela-
tive to Raleigh, not to alarm anybody, but
| 10 WdTH I'LL III u Ii dilu WI y ~
their PREMISES In clearly condition. Pure
air is a natural antidote to typhus in mos
Gifts forms.
A small convention of Greenbackers at
Wilmington last week nominated H.. Il. kOr
pepav. of Duplin, for Congress, and Capt.
Frank Nj. Wooten for Elector. Kornegay
is said to have been con the fence 10
some time, but with a decided leaning to
wards the Republican side. Two years ago
Daniel l.. Russell held the same attitude
received a similar nomination, and after tn
election, ~''fopped' completely over on tn
* Radical camp-ground.
DR.. w. j. Hawkins , 1000 palace
nearly opposite Col. J. NJ. Heck's magniti
cent mansion, was set on fire about clever
D. M, Monday night. \ band OF sleep
numbering brass serenaders had Just com
plimented Col. Heck and Col. \. b. An
drews, when the alarm sounded so mos
people were awake to hear the first tap o
the bell. The fire was on the third floor
under the mansard roof. But the new CIT
water tank had been located exactly at tn
place to be emptied IN the fire, 50 tn
building was saved with only four or tv
thousand dollars damage.
The Statesville .4n,ertcun says the Demo
, Gratis will take to their bosoms John Poo
Forney, and others whom they have bee
d~enouncing, now that these persons hay
: Topped over, and are hurrahing for Han
: cock. Here is one who will not. We hav
forgiven, and forgotten, many g%rlevous an
irreparable injuries inflicted upon curse
} Individually: but we shall never condone tn
, outrages aud villainies practiced upon OF
helpless people for base partlzan and pc
, sonal ends by ~renegadeS like John Pool, an
professional politicians like John Forney,-
> during the twelve years of Southern Recon
struction. Men who could fatten upon til
n miseries and humiliation of their mothe
land are not to be trusted; or at least NJ
b until they publicly confess their fault,
q these men do not.
h -"W. X. X" of Harnett, en- route
Niagara spent several days in Washingto
City, and writes us-''To tell you how Ell
thu,iastic is the National Capital for Ger
Hancock. visited the grand clrc'
Tuesday night, and the clown on one occ
. sion remarked to the ring master, "d"d "f
riU be- err ncrt Ire>iient?' At that IN
II ment shouts by hundreds came from Il
crowd saying '~'IIancoch! Wo8coh! Hd
cochr while only Il few weak voices @iscarc
IL a dozen murmered family Gar c Held
" | have not been so pleased in all my ti
g That one circumstance showed the rciatl'
!: strength Of the two men among the vote
" of the city of Washington, though the CT
is almost entirely controlled by Repub
can office holders. | find that at least t.
thirds of the people | meet are ''llanco'
men, and | am much pleased, for imagin
lie the reverse All my Northern lady irien
lie are for Hancock"
NJ From the advertisements of John Ro
a inson's circus in the Virginia papers we co
II clude it is a one-horse affair, in no Wi
,e equal to Coup's. There is the same Z
m picture of Robinson in his big hat the SAL
old crocidiles and other ''Fishy" storit
But perhaps the best sign of one-horse she
NJ is the attempt to Jew" the press. ,
n man in the show business owes more to t
ut Southern press than John Robinson.
ne its aid, he has reaped millions from t
We Southern field. And he doubtless fanci
&c he can run another trip on his past reput
es ton. We Judge this from the contempt
he Gus manner in which his agents, (accol