The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-02-19

COL. John F. Hnke, the lea'iing lawyer
of I incolnton. is in town: stopping with his
brother. GIN r. +. Hnkc.
The orphan asylum. says Prof. Mills. is
rot responsible for any exhibition given by IA
man who calls himself PROT. Harris, OF the
Holy Land
Three car loads of Raleighites went to
Wake Forest on Friday afternoon, and
found a large assemblage at the college,
packing the chapel like a sardlne box.
A fire in Wilmington Tuesday morning
destrove! the residence Of JOIN K. Brown,
Y. O. Bunting, and Geo. II. Kelley. Other
buildings were saved with difficulty.
He wuuldn't commit himself on the
Gubernatorial question because be expects
Gov. JARVIS to appoint hlm to the Supreme
Bench in Csc of a vacancy.
-Liohtfont, the bogus Indian Doctor
said that Raleigh and Charlotte were the
most easily ynlled towns be ever swindled,
or words to that effect.
Another attempt to make a new Gar
for Russia. An explosion under the main
guard room of the winter palace killed s
soldie. s and wounded Al.
john Bragg's Erening Press at Char
lotte, wishes to know if Col. Dick Badger,
who went to Washington last week to tes-
thy before the exodus committee, will ex-
PLAIN his old lecture about the darkcy hay
ing no soul, nor bone in his nose.
Col. Wharton Green will deliver his
Lecture in aid Of the Lee statue fund, at
Fayetteville to morrow, friday night.
The receiI,s IL Oxford were $50, a large
sum for a town OF its size.
Died at the residence Of Mr.. Foster Ut
lev, Chapel Hill, Feb. 8. Mrs. Susan G.
Davis, aged SO, a most exemplary christian
woman. ID Salem, Caroline, daughter of
Jefferson Fisher.
Hereafter the wise young man will fore
go the use of all handkerchiets: except bor-
rowed ones remembering the fate OF
"Othello, the Moor of Venice" and sundry
later troubles of 'Montagu and Capulet.'
Fayetteville Preslytery will meet at
Laurell Hill church, Richmond county,
April Dist. at II a. in. Orange Preshytery
will meet at Washington. March Goth.
Mecklenl'urg Presbytery will meet at Dallas,
March 10Th.
The camels are coming, heigho
heieho !'-warbled a rosy pair of lips one
day last week, as the omnibusses rolled past
What she meant, Of course, was that two
''deaiies' had just arrived on the
train.
At a meeting of the N. C. Agl.-S Elk.
Com. it was de .ided to begin the next fail
Oct. Is. and do things in style. AS some
$4,000 have been paid on the debt, the cred
1t OF the Society is greatly improved.
-Aspirant: for the End District cadet
ship. the Messenger SAYS. must report on the
18th Of April, at Enfield for examination
by a committee, consisting of DR.. w. r
Wood, L.. w. Bagley, and Spier Whitaker
An Halifax farmer says it will hardl,
do to say the $500 fertilizer tax does moi
come out of the pockets of the people wher
he has to give so lbs, of cotton more. pe1
ton of fertilizers, than before the tax wa:
laid.
More than 40, 900 strangers attended
MaId Grus. Next day the out going trains
ran in sections, and on one road ten loco.
motives, with a long string of coaches t.
each, started, one after another. The de-
scriptiOn of the pageant fills seventeen broae
columns of the New Orleans Democrat.
Nearly 700 deeds for lands sold by tn,
sheriff s for non-payment of taxes nave al
ready come into the Auditors Office thi!
year. Yet, it appears the taxes are no
high enough. and there will be a deficit O
nearly $24O, O0D for the next Legislature tf
meet! That is Treasurer Worth's state
nlent. and he is not the man to handle
words recklessly. And with this $24O, 600 O.
deficit, for which special taxes must be laid
IS it any wonder he remarked-''No Legis
lature will ever again make such appropria
tions to build railroads and support con
victs."