The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-10-28

OLD Nick UNCHAINED.-Wc all are
hopeful Of political Regeneration when
Hancock comes to the helm but be that as
it may, there are some splendid signs Of a
Universal Moral Millennium in the near flu
ture. At all events, if the 'unloosing' of
Satan ''for a thousand years to waltz up
and down creation seeking whom he may
devour, be the fore-runner of the Blessed
Period there can be but little doubt that we
have arrived at the Beginning of the End"
Any one who reads, as We do, 200 newspa-
pers from every quarter Of the country,
every week, it Is impossible to avoid the
conclusion that never in the worlds history
was there SO much genuine, unadulterated,
super6ne, and double-distilled Human Dew
iltry under the sun, as at the present epoch,
Ammo Domini. Liquor, Lucre, Lore. Lies,
Last, Laziness, these half a dozen LIS are
making one great l. of the Earth
We condense a small lot of samples,
cleaned at random.
Moses Kane, Of Meekville, Pa, was
neither meek, nor in any other way worthy
of his first name; though he attempted to
play "Old CAIN in wholesale ~yillainy.
Kane who was a brakeman on the Phila-
delphia and Erie r. r., had a grudge
against the engineer of his train. At
Cory, the train rolled out on a side track.
~ dllOW IuC DdllluIOlC OyotCl tIdlu w pass
Kane turned loose the switch, SO that when
the down train came it crashed into the one
on the switch, and killed two or three men
but not the engineer. Nose will swing.
At San Francisco, Geo. A. Wheeler
some years ago outraged his wife's younger
sister, and continued to live with both of
the women, who were afraid to divulge the
deed. Recently the younger sister had an
offer of marriage, and wished to accept.
| Wheeler grew Jealous, and determined TO
kill her. Pulling her down on his lap he
coolly choKeG her to death with his hands.
George will, also, swing. -Harry Bruno.
the actor, was assaulted and fatally stabbed
in open day IN the streets of New York by
an unknown man, for unknown CAUSE
A. q. Hodges, aged ga, Treasurer of the
Kentucky Grand Lodge, has defaulted With
$1,000 Of the Lodge funds. --Eliza
mitted suicide. -Mrs. Anna Stiles had
two neighbors, at South Windsor, Conn,
whom she hated, and sent them two pack
ages Of poisoned candy by mail. Two fami-
lies were made dangerously i'll, but only one
life was lost. Mrs. Stiles was arrested, but
before the time for her trial she became in
ane.Mr Belknap and Mrs. Greene
eloped together, at Melrose, Wis. They
drove a good horse rapidly, but had not
gone more than ten miles before they heard
a clatter Of hoofs behind Greene had
hastily mounted and started in pursuit.
The race was long and exciting but the
husband at length rode alongside the pair,
cooked a pistol, and commanded a halt.
Belknap was abject with terror. "You
may have your wife, Mr.. Greene" he said.
Il don't want her." Greene replied you
don't think I've chased you like mad to
get her back? Oh, no. But I'll take my
do lar and a half that she's got in her peck
ct. The money was given up, and the
elopement proceeded quietly.-Luke
Walton, who murdered his daughter in
River Falls, Wis, September %, has been
captured, and is now in Jail at Ellsworth.
He confesses killing his daughter, and. until
arrested, supposed he had killed both of
them.