The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-11-04
THE iRo< TIf8Hw Y Stockholders
WI r Mal L Il nj WlmIngfnu

THE ieo> HIsHw> y Stockholders
meeting. vii. & Vel. r. R. at Wilmington,
,oy. 10th * ). Finch has been ap-
,ointei agent 81 the Carolina Contra X K.
! ~ i. I. Smith displaced For con.
yentence of business, aud prompt connection
With the other branches of the Richmond
< Danviile Railroad. the company offices
/ e.-Secretary's, Treasurer :, AMI Aui-
,or's. of the late Western y. I. Il
sill be removed To Salisbury We hear. Capt
\. B. Andrews now holds a o YER neser
before welded by aay railroad man Ia
North Carolina. He Is general Supervls n
# the Atlantic ROAD. 95 miles from More
head CITY to Goldsboro General Manager
nj fhe y. &. X. K 22U miles from Colds
norD 10 Charlotte. and Receiver Genersi OF
he Western y. C.'-I40 odd miles from
Salisbury 10 Asheville besides the Salem
Branch miles from Greensboro To MN
,ton. On the 1T inst, We hear. the thirty
thousand dollars OF interest due on the lst
mortgage bond. OF the late w estern y. Y
f. r. was paid into the Treasury, o. his
direction The North Carolina RtIIroai i
afflicted. For some reason many drunken meu
Gem 70 consider It's track A most eligible
Sleeping place; while persons who are dear
and dumb. or blind, or deeply engros>ed IN
newSpaper> seem 10 consider II a most de
sirable place for promenade about tram tune.
4 deaf mute darkey named Las>lteT, WA, XIII
ed near Durham last week. In this respect.
however, the NOR Il. has little advantage
over the other roads, as fully 2Ootth untortu-
nate lass who nave our genuine sympa
thies. Notwithstanding their propensity for
placing themselves precisely IN the path oI
the Iron Leviathan, whose jaws would be
powerless at halt a step to right or left
have been hashed IN pieces by railroads III
North Carolina during the past i've years, -
beginning with the brilliant Edward Con
niogland. And ere Is an item from the
VISITOR: A the passenger train on the
Z. Railroad bound west was near Princeton
this morning a negro man was discovered
living across the track. Air breaks were put
on and the engine reversed. The engine
stopped IN three feet of the negro. he was
approached By engineer Swan and woke up.
The first question he asked was where l.
NV bundle ?" He didnt have enough gen
crosby in his heart to thank the engineer
for stopping the engine In time TO save his
te.--The Golisboro Messenger says, Mr.
John Wesley Cameron. "A well known mil
wright. and a resident OF New Hope town
ship, this county, was ran over and Killed
near LaGrange by the east bound train on
the Atlantic s. \. G.. Railroad Wednesday
evening. 1t is thought that he fell asleep
on the track while III an intoxicated condI
ton. The body was not discovered unti
the follow morning. Deceased was a good
mechanic
Warsaw Bret Mention: A white man by
the nance of Joe Johnson. VINO was accust0m
"a to being intoxicated. was Killed Satur
dav night by the northern bound II O'Clock
passenger tain. near this place, as he was
goIng home. The train did not stop, nor
was anything said by the conductor or en-
gineeI at tins place about it, and no one
knew il until Sunday morning, when bis
horribly mufilated body was found lying Cd
the road bed about one below the village
The train passed over him. f~earfully BRAS
ing and cutting him. One arm could not
be found, and not a thread of clothing was
left upon him..