The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-02

Ina muQ puddle exclaimed. Bless re
Lord, Sc once more sot foot in Wilson.
Inc Iiodg q Hill gold mining property.
30 ne seven or eight MES Southwest IT
Gr.en-boro. i now being put IN condition
for working by Capt. Poneroy. a Northern
gentleman of means \ large engine and
boiler was sent from Greensboro 10 the
mi :, on Tuesday last.
The festival held under the AUSPICES Of
the ladies ard for the benefit Of the Episcu-
pal Church at Bogart ; Hall, on "Wednesday
evening of last week. was well attended.
The net proceeds amounted to about So
The ladies' in charge are thankful to the
citizens for the liberal patronage the. re
ceived. Greensboro North Stat.
LaycocK wishes to row with Hanlan for
the championship and 81 900 a side. --
One of the ~lunatics in the Minnesota Sta.e
Asylum says he fired the building. - The
Turks hold Duicigno for the Montenegr.n~
who will occupy the town under protectIoa
Of the international heet.-A Fteneh
steamer was sunk by collision In the Nedi
terranean over two hundred lives We're
lost.
We learn that a proposed Railroad from
Scotland Neck to Enfield i spoken OF We
sincerely trust that 1t may not be all talk, 1t
would add greatly to the business interest OF
this town, and our trade would increase at
least one third more than ii i at present.
1t would benefit the merchants Of Scotland
Neck as much a it would those Of this
town. Enfield Sentinel.
Newbern Nut Shell: A horrible fate be-
fell Melissa Willis, a fallen white woman
10 this city on Monday night. She had
been drinking freely and became intoxicated
to that degree that she was insensible to cold,
as well as the pains Of death, and in this
condition lay down where she was exposed
to the bitter weather and was frozen to
death.
Granville Free Lance. We are panied to
record the death Of John G.. Cannady, ell
dest son OF S. H.. Cannady, Esq. of this
county, which sad event took place on
Wednesday, November 80, of Diphtheria.
The deceased wa. about seventeen wears Of
age, and at the time of his death was a stu
dent of Wake Forest College. He was a
most promising young, man bright and in
telligent.
'.The dwelling house of Mr.. Jas. y. Wood
about two miles from Goldsboro, on the
snow Hill road, was totally destroyed by
fire Monday night. The fire was acciden-
tai. About 500. 90 in money, which Mr..
! Wood had stored away up ia the loft of the
building was also burns, and the furniture
more or less damaged. Loss partly covered
BIZ insurance" Messenger.
The recent storms have been very disas-
trous. A very large number Of vessels are
known to have been lost. The sinking of
the iron screw steamer Oncle Joseph, caus-
ed by a collision, with the drowning of two
hundred and fifty persons, IS a startling and
saddening visitation. We suppose many
hundreds have gone down into the deep sea
and found Wandering graves within the
last few days.-Wil- STIR.
Mr., Walter Parker. who has recently re
turned from a business trip to Nash and
Edgecombe, tells us of good crops an!
bright prospects for the farmer. Turner
Battle, Esq has picked six hundred bales
Of cotton from as many acres. Mr.. Elias
Carr made seventeen bags to the horse. A
Mr.. Avent, of Nash has picked twentv two
bales to the horse and will get more. Mr.
Parker SAYS that this is 70 exaegeration, and
the figures are accurate. The farmers in
that section have already raked up thous-
ands Of loads Of compost and fence corners
and will be ready in time for the new crop.
-WarrentOn Gdzette.
Kinston .Jouraak: j. NJ. F. Rhodes. of
Jones county, sends us an ear of corn onlv
81 inches long, with 1900 grains on it.
He has been carefully improving it for sew
eral years and now his corn will shell a
bushei to 20 ears. He seems to nave adop-
ted the plan followed by in Shute, Of
Jones, in getting a large number of rows to
the ear. The average ears of corn will have
IA. I6 or Is rows on them, but Mr.. Shute
had. by careful selection year after wear,
improved his seed corn until he has work
ed it up to 24, 26 and 2S rows and the
more rows on the ear the more corn would
~ Chol Tho n1an IS worth a1nntiom
Raleigh Ne,cs Obser rer: We learn that
the reason why Gen. Leach's vote is not 50
large as Mr.. Bushels is that the county of
Tvrrell ommitted the names of Messrs.
Leach and Everett in making up their re-
turns.-The coiored Grand Lodge of Masons
which meets in this city December IL. will
hold its sessions in the hall on the fourth
floor Of the Baglv building. More than
$50 delegates are looked for.-And We
concur with the Star. An editor ola daily
paper ought to he cOnversant with a great
many subjects before he begins his editorial
lie. because after he gets into harness his
opportunities for acquiring knowledge are
restricted.
instou Lender, Nov. %: The demand
for dwellings cannot be supplied In Winston.
-Mess s. F.. Il II. Fries are building a
three story brick cotton factory in Salem
3 opI'Nl'b 'iS yin '" INid'S W NV
THE prospect of the building of the
Midland railroad has advanced the price o.
real estate in Winston FORSYTH farmers
are posting their lands against hunters
Epizooty prevails among the horses, but il
a mild form.-H Henry county, Va, has
black Hercules who holds out a seventy five
pound weight at arms length The new
dwelling Of Maj. Brown now nearly com
pleted, will be the handsomest residence IL
I Winston The Winston Light Infantr,
Melted $500, at their fair last week.-N
John Griffith was accidentally shot By Mr.
George Lambeth while out bird hunting las
Friday, shot struck the face and hands, bL
will no, prove serious.
Monroe Enyi~er: RI seth birth da
of DR.. j. ). Kendall was celebrated at til
residence of his son, Rev. +. ". Kendall
yesterday. -W were shown by Mr.. }
G. Bates a few DAYS ago mice bar of gol'
which was taken from the Washington Mine
now being onerated by Mr.. Bates. The ba
!. referred to was the result Of only a few days
work and was worth some three hundre,
Ilol;orc No aouht tho larnact hN