The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-02-12

-csrnered silk handkcrchiefs are
popular for neck wear.
Wild ibbou ss.hes will be much worn
during the coming season.
-Brist~w has been socially lionizsd in
Boston and grows fat.
Deep gauntlet cuffs reaching almost to
the elbow nave been revived this season.
-Presbytery Of Mecklenburg will meet
ut Dallas, Friday, March 70, 1880 al ! p.
m.
A new continuance for holding cut flow
ers is Of frosted glass, and represents an
open prssoi suspended by little chsins
in the window. or from the chandelier of the
drawing room.
The wife of United States Senator Hill,
Of Georgia. before she returned TO Wash
ington, was thrown from a carriage and
badly burt. and a few days ago she tripped
in getting out Of bed and fell, dislocating
her shoulder.
Senator Wade Hampton, who is in i'll
health, the loss of his son and nsmesake
having caused him to be very much de-
pressed, has gone to Natchez, Mississippi.
The Rev. Mr.. Taylor, of Richmond,
Ind, undertook to escort q young lady from
his church to her home, In order to protect
her from the attentions of a sutton, who Vas
disliked bv her parents; but the sutton way
laid the clergyman, whipped him sAvsgely,
and eloped with the young lady.
Come wealth or want, come good or i'll,
Let young and old accept their part,
And bow before the sovereign will
And bear it with an honest heart,
Who misses or who wins the prize.
Go, lose or cOnque:, as ysu can;
But il you fall or If you rise,
Be each, pray God, a gentleman"
The Durham Recorder. Concord Regis-
ter, and one or two papers in the First Con-
grcssional District, openly favor the renom-
nation of Gov. Jarvis. The Asbeville citi-
zen and one or two others, prefer Jarvis,
though with . contingent proviso. The
most of the State papers are either nom
%committal, or altogether silent.
The Reformed Episcopal Church has
now 9, 44S communicates, an increase Of g.
$40 for the past year, . larger gain than any
previous year except, probably, the first:
There are 5000 children in the Sabbath
schools, and 1000 ministers. Fifteen new
congregations were added last year, and six
new church buildings were eppensd.-Ek-
change.
"A Chinese wash house was burned in
San Francisco, Cal. the bodies often Chi
Bamen have been recoved from the ruins.
Tho court house ut Dallas county, Tex
~, has been destroyed by fire with many
valuable papers. Two men a woman and
six children, all c,lored, persisted ia the
flames of burning honse near Cnlnmbia,
S. c., Tuesday night.-Specie in ths
Bank Of France increased over five million
francs the past week -Pensacols, Fla.
is elated over the extension of the Louis
vile & Nashville Railway system to that
place.
Capt. Randolph Shotwell, Of the North
Carolina FARMER AND MECHANIC, the best
agricultural paper in the South, is publista
ing an interesting series of the sketches of
''Ihree Years IN Battle and Three IN Prs.
on" We presume they will be published
in book form, and they will make a valua-
ble addition to the minor history of the late
big misunderstanding. Block ILLS (Dake-
ia Pioneer.
1.-The greater portion Of this gain we take
to result from the completion of the Raleigh
Augusta Line. But it will be wise to pre-
pare for a falling off when the Wadesbsro
s. Cheraw Railroad opens for traffic, as it
will ere the next cotton season. True, our
buyers may underbid Charleston, but will
they Y"-Fdrner and Mechanic. If they
will grade like Charleston they may hold
their own.-Wilmington Star.
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