The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-11-18

* Gov. Seymour i recovering f-om !
severe illness.
1t Is said that the Prince Of Wales recent.
~ won some $4,000 at the horse races in
Cambridge, England
The Baptist State Convention meets in
the Baptist church in Goldsboro 10 dsy
Wednesday. DR.. Graves OF China, will at
tend the Convention, and spesk on Foreign
Missions.
Greensboro Pdt1ot Mr.. J. F.. Button,
First Lieutenant Of the Bingham School,
and . son Of the Rev. d. r Bruton. of this
city, was awarded a gold medal ia the
kallsthenic Society Hall, on FRIDAY night,
Oct. 20. for the bes, debate.
Wilson AirdRoe: The case OF State vs..
". B. Paramour charged with attempting
TO poison the well Of Mr.. j. j. Laughin-
house, was removed 10 Wilson county for
trial. upon Pararnour and others making
sfhdavit that he could not get q fair trial in
Pitt.
The vote in Person for the House va. a
tie between Capt Jas. Holeman, dem, and
C.. ). WIns.ead, republican. 4 meeting
Of the County Commissioners on the 9th
inst, il wa. decided in favor OF Colonel
Winstead. All this, mind you, by a dem
ocratic Board of County Commissioners.
Greensboro Patriot: Two enterpriSins
tobacco manufacturers living in the Pied
mout section of North Carolina propose
starting a tobacco factory in Greensboro.
Peter Wagconer. Of Guilford
county, brought to the Pftrlot office on Sat
urday last, two turnips weighing Il pounds
and > ounces; the heaviest Of the two
weighed ! pounds.
Winston Sentinel The epizootic has
made It's appearance In Winston. and a
strange feature of the disease is that it
spread. among horses that never come 10
contact with animals suffering from it
Two %conyicts at work on the Z. T. ( Y. Y.
r. r., near Summarized, Gullford county,
made their escape last week.
Rockingham Spirt: 4 difficulty occurred
at a corn shocking, on Morrison Hill, in the
upper part of this county, one night last
week, between a white man and a negro,
and a Mr.. Laudermilk was accidentally stab
bed in the jaw by the white man whilst en-
deavoring to cut the darkey. The darkey
escaped unhurt.
Salem Press: One of the inmates Of a
house of i'll repute died on last Saturday
delivered by herself.-Mr. Prairie is
III a. WIN ou liC bIChoiS tilIDCI, otLIt
four or five m les south Of town. The
Greensboro spoke and handle factory cannot
fill orders as promptly as desired, SO great is
the demand for North Carolina spokes and
handles.
Durham Plant. Mr.. John Knox Hughes,
independent candidate for sheriff, received
9O7 votes more than the regular Democratic
nominee. Mr. Hughes will make an keel
ent sheriff. In days gone by, Chapel Hill
was notorious for immortality and vice. II
is to-day one Of the most moral and best
regulated towns in our State. The reve-
nue. collected from manufactured tobacco
alone in Orange county during October
amounted to $62, 343, 90. Thi. tax is main
~ paid by the manufacturers at Durham.
Charlotte Obserrer:: Tn man Parker who
was shot in Union county last week by some
one hid in the bushes on his premises, was
at last accounts improving, and it was hop
ed that be would recover. II is said
that Lincoln people are uneasy on accoun
Of a proposition to change the present line
Of the Chester & Lenoir Narrow Guage Rail
road bv which the interests OF that town will
be materially affected.--The Evangeli
cal Lutheran Synod OF North Carolina met
Oh Thursday, at St. Pauls Church, near
'Conover' Catawba county. Go. Arm
u . III SpiS iN'|
ional District was 1923. Furches, his p
nent, carried Ashe, Davic. Wilkes and Yad-
kin counties, but his combined majority in
these four counties was only 479. HIS ma
joritv in Ashe county was only five. -
Judge Seymour will hold Chambers Court
in this city on the Gath inst. Among other
matters to be heard by him is a habeas cor
Dus case, a cross suit between j. II. Max
we'll and his wife lately divorced, for the
possession and custody Of their children.
There were $40 bales of cotton
weighed in Salisbury within the past three
! weeks, besides the amoun stored, which is
said to be considerable. --Bring re
turns; 81, 900 fine and six months impris,
onment for failure" This little piece of in
formation caused the registrar Of Enech
vile township, in Rowan county, to ride
II miles in two hours in order to be in on
time