The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-10-07

A@N iiFE sLE~"a
Senator vance has oeea called abr
important business.
Winston At a cost Of : 5000 WILL
water works. The first town IN N.
Lemon juice will cure small f-,t.
caused By the bites OF musgui,oe. ana ga
William Parker, charged with -.
der of Gen. Grimes, after a pref
trial, was committed. as .e learn f-o
raleigh Ns1cs and Obscrrer.
senator Wade Hampton, seekin,
ton al Dagger Springs, Va. VA.
from his horse last week while dcert.
and considerably bruised.
Greensboro Putrtot Miss Luev Oh
Hillsboro, died last night about =,
the residence of DR.. d A. Rob.
this city, Of maAarial fever
kilograms received yesterday from N
roe and Shelby on the CaroIna C.
Railroad, report frost on ThurSiav .t.
those places. Persons from York.
Baden county, also report tro,, I'm -h..
ton yesterday morning.--Wn. .V.,~ d..
The BiIkcal Recorder thinks tina,
year for a newspaper will neither ma
publisher nor the subscriber. and
cor{cr is correct. In our judscmes,
the most foolish of al foolish ib.r.
undertake TO publish q cheap nam
will be worth re.iing.-AktLfutl n,
Mr.. John 7. Patrick has sold ,he w..
Hcrud TO Mr.. X. II. Cowan. Nh
change the name TO the Arson lime,
STARS best wishes 10 both. Can, p...
hopes to return 70 the pres, Nh.r
health improves, and VT trust ia m.
do SO.
The Augusta Nrtc> says: \ hor-l'.
dent occurred ut Spartsnburg. :
last Saturday evening, The western h...
| train for Atlanta on :he Air Line when r..
ing that place, ran over aud Instant. A.#..
Will Abbot. He was about Is Year, s.
printer by trade, and was evldeutI. .,-
drunk on the track when the a|ecii,g. D
Cured.
In an editorial comment on advert.
schemes a contemporary truthfuIly ~4..
There are men who would rather ,.,.s
$40 or $50 in the railcard aud board
nuisances, which may be seen by a few h...
dred people, than To expend the saline ...
in their home papers, where tens of ,aun.
ands of eyes would see their card every I..
This - an age OF newspaper reading
We understand that an atIr2y oceu..e.
on Tuesday at Kings Mountain tt,ur..
f.. A. McNinch, Esq. of this city aud a
McGinnis. Of the former place. The tE
Is reported to have been II rough affair aa.
MEG have been terribly beaten an I gol.a.
During the ogress ri the rough and t.r
bic sone outsider also struck AlCG 4u.
yesterday he was IN a prcCarlous condition
being entirely UNCONSCIOUS. Mr.. NcG.aa.
was che of the intended centennial police
mcn.-Charlotte Press.
Greensville correspondent Of the RAIr.
Netcs and OiSerfer. Col. Long the agent
this State OF the Postotice Dcpartmcu, N.
been here looking into the condition alt.,
postotfice, and finds the poetmaster. II.
Nelson, "A defaulter to the amount oln.ars
81 900. A pretty good steal for o -na
office. He has absqaatulatcf, leaving .-
bondsmen 10 pay.--Chapel Illl It,a.
Things are Frightening up for our u.'r
town. Chapel Hill IS just coming ont of
her dcSolatiOn. --Ihcrc are morc-'.
dents here now than at any other prct,o..
session at It's beginning. The Uuiyrr..
is complete in all departments -Iu.
University Railroad is graded within mI.e
Of the corporate limits Of the town. .ua
will be pushed to completion as rapidly
possible .-- The crops in this county arr
good. Corn is abundant and Gotten Is 'Nu
in rapidly. 1t will soon be all open '#.
crop is good. There is also a fair irull cr..
--HGlifax dot. The handsome 0r
house belonging TO Maj. NJ A. Iiom.'..
within three miles Of this place. was 0ur..
on Saturday it is now a mass Of ruins.
Tarboro South A man in Tat..-
has been found bold enough to Uc.
against $50 on Garfield IT. G.. EthtrIl-
of Coleraine, BERTHE county, good mao. H
dead, -The farmers Of Edgecombe 40.
Pitt counties have organized a socIety ar
are determined to hold an Agucu.-,.
Fair on the 18th of November at Tenn
ance Hall Grange, McKendreevillc, E.g
combe county. This is the way TO start
ON the 18th of November (Thur.3l.
Capt. James r. Thigpen will deliver ar 81.
dress pertinent to the occasion, and l.
John l.. Bridgers will entertain the cr.
With an Historical and practical css.
farming Joshua Taylor. a 60"
citizen, died at his home in Williamson. "
the 2lst inst, of consumptien.--k"ra
Mount c~ontemplates constructing "a Mgs-l".
airy Baptist church.-Tbcre are
present more %musquitoes than were et'
seen in Tarboro. w are sorry ~ .e..
that Mr.. w. f.. Best, d good man H'l-
near Hamilton, in Martin county, pa-
himself on Saturday by takiug m9rH.
through mistake for quinine, from '.r
fects Of which he died on Sunday Nr
had purchased from a merchant in Han
ton, named Hoffman, on Friday. "aa. .
supposed to be quinine, AZ both m''i
and quinine are put up in The same SOFT
small phials.
Charlotte Observer. The funeral ..f..-
which followed to the cemetery yee'"
afternoon the remains Of John hllt
keeper of the animals in Robinson a".
whose tragic death we recorded ye-,s.'-
morning, was a somewhat remarkao.e
ticle. The body lay in a nagnIilcebl C'.A
and was carried to the graveyard 10 fl L.-
to which was attached four nandsomt
horses. Close uron the hearae ioII'".'
two pet elephants Of the dean Hs's
MARY" and THE Boy, " who's -'A'e.E
IN perfect time with the djrge VINCE
band played, seemed to indicate ia-. ...
telligent animals fell the -oIemH'..,
occasion. --"How did you get .a-'
mess, anyhow Mr.. Lowlow Ms
"Well you see there were five oi -- .
Savannah-that's where | Wa born
they couldn't do anything with u.s.
the old folks concluded to send MS 't' --