The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-06-17

Montreal harbor is lit up bv electr icity
and it is found that ships can be loaded
and unloaded there as easy by night as by
day. The lamps are placed on the tops Of
telegraph poles every three hundred yards
apart. This is great step in advance, as
much Of the cost of freight arises from de-
lays in port
The Chatham Record is cheered by good
accounts of the wheat crop, which for
few years past has been bad The Concord
Sua says that Cabarrtss Will make a splen-
did wheat crop, the dry weather helping and
not hurting the farms of that country. The
Hickory Press says that the dry weather
has checked the rust, and that Catawba 5
wheat crop will be good its farmers are
through first ploughng of corn and cotton,
and the crops generally have a good stand
and are growing finely The Danbury Re
porter says that the wheat in most places in
StOkes continues TO look promising, though
some fields have been entirely destroyed bv
rust, and many farmers fear that the crop
will be a failure. The Surry iIs;tol com
plains OF rust, and fears the crop of wheat
will be very short. The Burke Blode says
that rust there has not yet done serious
damage -Reidsville Times
Some parties in Siam having molested
the Christians there and attempted 10 com
pei them to observe the old religious Gus
toms of that country, and complaint was
made and signed by Rev d. McGiIvarv
and DIR NJ Cheek against the parties SC
m0iestlng. and they caused a complaint to
be laid before his Majesty the Supreme
King Of Siam by the foreign minister. The
king caused Phya Tape Phra Ckune. his
royal representative, to make immedate pro
clalnatIon granting prompt immunity and
rellef to the Christians who were lnterfered
with. The Dr. \. NJ Cheek referred
to IS d promising young physicians residing
III Siam, native of Orange county. North
Carolina, and son of Mr.. A. W. Cheek.
now resident Of that county OJsercer.
Kinston Jouruol: During the thunder
storm on Monday, the lightning struck the |
barn and stables of Mr.. A. Nicol of this |
place. 1t splintered up the door frame and |
door OF the upper story, and then the lower
door as if a strong man had been at work
on it with an axe. 4 bundle of fodder
caught fire and burned halfup and was put
out by the beating rain. Kin Hay, sew
enteen year old boy, near Bynum 4 Jenkins
store IN Jones county, killed bear on Satur-
lay, June 5, weighing 254 pounds Henry
Ba. Der, colored man, while out hunting
umped him Robbers are very daring in
Duplin county, and occasion much alarm.
EllZaDetn ClLy EcOHOH1tSt: IN Frlday, at
y 0 clock, Robert Outerbride, who was con
7icted of the murder of Peter Freeman, was
brought out from BERTHE jail under guard
nd placed upon the scaffold of the galows
After prayer by attending minister he was
to make any statement he might
vlsh to make before his execution He re- ,
lied that he had nothing at all to say. For
cveral days before he was executed be had
positively denied being the murderer of I
freeman. The friends of the Dismal '
swamp Canal seem little respondent Of t
: future 1t was the germ of the early !
prosperity of Elizabeth City, and we should /
realty regret its further decline. !