The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-07-01
3NOL. Vino. IL,

| The Constitution says sIr y. /. Robinson
| OF Lincoln. was thrown from Wagon last
! week nd rereiy e. le1ug,es t.aa ~ = Ls
/ has since died.
Nr. J Van Liadlely. Of G1i..orI, wax
! elected one Of the wee presidents of the
| American Association OF Nur>crymyu At its
recent convention IN Chicago.
| We learn through private source that
| the geological Laboratory Of Johns Hopkins
| [ University Will be conducted A Beaufort,
\. c., this summer. Two Japanese stu
dents Will be in attendance. The nWerSlty
offers twenty sch olarohips anuuaily - Young
men from Maryland, Virginia, all North
Carolina -SoatItera H0He.
The druggists Of the State will have a
meeting at Raleigh on | lth August for the
purpose of forming a State Pharmaceutical
Association. Their idea is 10 pcltectSan
organization. and adopt petition to the
Legislature to establish II board Of examl-
ners for drsggist we have now for phys
icians
As we were coming out of Raleigh We
had occasion to hear great many jarvis
delegates express their opinion of Judge
Fowle's speech before the convention. They
greatly regretted that Judge Fowle was not
nominated, and that he could get their vote
hereafter for ANYTHING he wantcd.-Lln-
colnton Constellation.
-Four negre children, left AT home alone
while the parents went to church, about
half mile off, were burned to death IN
Burk's Garden, Sunday night last. The
oldest child was about SIX years OF age and
It is presumed that all four were asleep.
When the door was burst open the flames
had made such headw as to render rescue
impossible. = WytheciUe Enterprise.
Goldsboro Messenger We are requested
to state that Mr. T. T. Boykin, of Clinton.
will deliver an address before the Sampson
county agricultural society, on the first Sun
day in July, at Clinton. When Senator
Ransom wants anything in Congress for his
people he generally gets it. He has toe
confidence and enjoys the esteem of a. Ais
associates in the Senate. &c. W. X ooaoe,
Of Jones county, is appointed suo-e' .ec.or,in
place Of Col. BENZ. Askew, resigne d.
Salisbury Watchm,on TheS am Christian
mine comes to the front ags IN. Ar. Hig-
gins who is operating the mine feEa north
ern company, shipped fr .m this point, last
week nugget weigh 4ng four pounds apd
two ounces, worth fetween nina hundred
and one thousand '4oliars Our. readers re-
member that sew eral nuggeos-of. enormous
SihC A0NC UCOH AkCu ITOtu tAlS niuo, "SA
is considered among the richest in this sec :
tion>
Hender son Reotco: We regret to an
nsunce Chat ON Saturday last about 10
o'clock A. M. the dwellsng Of Mr.. NJ. j.
Stone, on west Garrett, was entirely con
sumed by fire Said to huve caught from
the pipe of = cooking stove. Every article
Of furniture and clothing was lost. Ne in
fhpoo nod
out the same day and raised about $500 for
the relief of the unfortunate family.
Last Monday morning Ezekiel Austin,
| Of Grassy Creek township killed Tilman
| Vance at Mt Vernon church. The parties
had fallen out previously, about a bounda-
! ~ line and it is supposed that the quarrel
was renewed which resulted in the homi-
] eide. No ore present one Austin
| own statement is the only proof against
! him He says that Vance cursed and
| abused him aud hit him with "A rock Aus
| tin then he fired at HIM with 4 shOt gun,
killing him Instant y.-R It N,tatuta Re
| publican.
| The enormous sums received by popular
| actors are thus stated E A. Sothern gets
every year $l50,OO0 as Lord Dundreary.
and John T.. OoWens plays thirty weeks an
nually fer 800, ,OGO: Joe jefferson pavs forty
weeks AS Rip Van Wrinkle and earns S12O,-
600, and Maggie Mitchell earns from $50
900 to $50 ,OOO Dion Boucicault has lust
finished season As ''Shaughran, ETC., at
So, 600 week, and his managers scold him
IN the public prints because he would not
play longer at the same price, Miss Nelson
makes over $1,000 a year. while Fanny
Davenport earns 81, 900 week ev,ry week
she plays