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

Davidson common ement TINS week.
Rev. Will Lacy delivered an address yester-
day afternoon.
Married in Halifax, on Wednesday Of
last week, Mr.. L. \. Harrison and Miss
Daisy Faucette. 4 Hop was given the
happy pair by the young people OF the
The Misses Howard daughters Of Judge
Howard. of Tarboro, visiting their sister,
Mrs. E. R. Stamps last week received q
great many calls from our young people.
The Neus learns hat DR.. VIM Royal
has accepted the chair of Modern Languages
in Wake Forest College and Mr.. w: l..
Poteat the Assistant Professorship of Physl-
cal Science.
John Bragg's Daily Ecening Press. at
Charlotte, deserves to be double its size,
and twice as profitable. For it neither
knuckles nor truckles; and tho We frequent
" don't agree with its notions, we very often
do.
The exercises of South Lowell Academy,
in Orange county, passed off nicely. Bro.
Caleb B. Green delivered a capital address.
Miss Alice Cannady was awarded the First
Honor for her Essay. Capt. A. w. era
ham was called out for a speech, and ac-
Quilted himself handsomely.
The storm on Saturday afternoon was
quite general in Eastern Carolina. At
New Bern it prevailed almOsG as an hurri-
cane. A negro girl was blown off the rail
road bridge and drowned. A blood-red
glow colored the sky, causing no less than
four alarms of fire. So saith the Mt Shell.
Visitors to the Convention who desire a
quiet stopping place, at moderate rates,
should 60 to the Osborne House formerly
Cookies Hotel) one block east of the Court
House, and right in the heart of the city.
Good fare, good rooms, good beds, at only
$I.5O per day, or 81 per week. This is no
paid puff. Go and see.
We are indebted to our Askeyille
friends for a ticket of invitation to a grand
ball to be given at the Opera House, July
lst, at 9 .. m. Messrs. Jordan Stone, +.
i. Holmes, w. NJ. Nichols, Richmond
Pearson, j. G. Martin, and others, compose
the committee of invitation.
Rev. Will. L.. Lacy. in an interesting
account Of Peace Institute commencement,
tells the Presbyterian that Miss Linda
Rumple, whose playing and wonderful ac-
complishment won such universal admlra
ton. is to be an assistant to Prof. Baumann
in the school of music connected with
Peace"
The Baltmorean has this paragraph
-~'Suspected," the new play, by Miss Min
ME Cummings, will be produced IN New
York during August, with Miss Cumming:
as the heroine, under the management O.
Mr.. Paul Nicholson. Mr.. Louis IL. Hay
wood, a nephew Of ex-senator Haywood, o
| North Carolina, will make his debut Ia this
play.
There is one name whose appropriate
| ness as a successor to Col. Polk, as Com
missioner of Agriculture, will occur to ever
| reader. He was reared on a farm, educated
in Scientific pursuits, and is widely know,
as a chemist Young, active, and popular
Prof. A. f. Redd would fill the place excel
lentlv. We believe, however, that he vii
not permit his name to be used.
Mr.. r.. B. Brickell and Miss Irene V.
daughter Of Capt. r. f. Moseley, were re
Gently united in marriage at Sylvan Hill
near Weldon, y. c.. The Rev. Mr.. Bouie
quite a number Of guests witnessed the il
teresting ceremony. The attendants wer
J. II Gooch and Miss Florence Simmons
L. VI. Long and Miss Sallie Lockhart, j. I
Gooch and Miss Emily Long, S. VI. Gar
and Miss Lizzie Campbell, r. ~. Mosele
and Miss Otey Simmons.
The Hillsboro Mail gives a long accoun
of the marriage at St. Mathews Church, 0
Tuesday morning, of Mr.. f. S. Latimer, {
Wilmington, and Miss Anna Giles Huskt
The arrangements were in English fashion
The bridesmaids we're Miss Lizzie Husks
Miss Mamie DeRossett, Miss Bessie Cair
Miss Belle Norwood, Miss Ellenor Webb
and Miss Mamie Ruf6n. The bride,
beautiful brocade silk, was given away
her grandfather, Hon. J. w. Norwood
The young couple go to Saratoga.
The commencement at st. Mary's W;
considered unusually interesting this yea
The Alumna meeting resulted in a regul;
organization with Mrs. Gen. w. r. Co,
President; Misses Fanny Johnson and Eli,
Mckee, Vice-Presidents Mrs. Rufus
Tucker, Treasurer Miss McKimmon, Sc
rotary. The first Honor was awarded
Miss Gabrielle DeRossett, Miss Janet Hal
and Miss Janet Whitfield. To Miss MINI
Albertson was awarded First Honor
literary composition.