The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-08-12

Isaac HlrScnDurS Oh SatuTuay alteiucou-
Bound to court.
Fayetteville has organized q Rifle Club
composed Of some Of her best young men,
and they have challenged the Raleigh Club.
The matter is still under consideration.
n. B.-Raleigh accepts Tor September.
-"Al is not gold that glitters,' nor are
'sall things what they SEEM else the
cheek of certain budding statesmen would
run great risk in passing a brass foundry.
Our Durham letter came a day late.
We note that Mr.. Donnell has been called
to the Pres. ch. The Lt.-infantry :e-elec-
gier and G.. Z. Webb.
We have received from Gen. d. II.
Hill a catalogue of Arkansas Industrial
University showing 62S pupils. 1t is
superb institution; embracing agriculture,
chemistry machines. medicines, etc: estab-
lished By the Public Land Fund.
A letter from Wakefield, Wake county,
in the Journal Of Industry, a paper printed
by colored men, in this city, gives an &C
count of the shootlng-"seven times with a
revolver OF Burton Hicks by Wiley Bach
elor, colored, a tenant of the former. The
affair occurred July %. Bachelor fed ,
Hicks is recovering.
Mr.. Geo. Brockenborough and Miss Nir-
ginie McAden were spinning around a cor
ner ia Charlotte when the buggy wheel
| came oft and both were pitched out. Miss
McAden, the Obse1rer states, received a Sc
we're cut under the eye, and painful bruises.
She is a grand neice of Geo. W. owepson,
and graduated from Peace Institute at last
session.
The Charlotte Obserrer reports that
Iudra Rypup, and wifo r yicitinr of tho
North that Senator Vance and lady received
many calls at the Central, before leaving on
Thursday for Asheville; and that a North
erner is about to buy CatawDa Springs; also
that the Warm Springs stage upset and
Earnest Young was a little bruised
Gov. Vance will speak at M~organton on
Saturday.
We have received the n. c.. Medical
Journal, with DR.. Eugene Gri-som's ad
dress, on "Medical Science in opposition to
Materialism," wherein he not only defends
the profession from the charge of leaning
towards infidelity but shows that it would
be hard for a true physician to be an inf
del. Church people ought to print the ad
dress as a tract.
The Visitor learns that Benz. Upchurch
a well-to-do farmer Of Nash county gave
chase to Young Styles who was clipping Will
his daughter. Styles took to the bushes
but the peppeTy parent banged with hi
shot gun at EXum Wester, who was assis.
ting the clippers. Wester received sixteer
shot, and was left for dead. The young bride
was carried home by the old man. The
Charlotte Obserrer has two runawa,
matches; J. w. Hasty (son of Sheriff Hasty
Of Mnnroe, with Miss Bruner, and Henri,
Hunter with Miss Anna Williams. Its al
owing to the weather.
-s'Agricela,'' at Fair Haven, Moore
county, writes that Harris Tysor is a candi
date for Congress in the Sd District. Also
that after a dry summer, and poor croI
prospects, the rains of the past three week
have put a new face on nature: and now cot
cotton excellent. Unfortunately Deep Rive
and the creeks have overhowed many hun
dreds of acres of low-land corn. ''Agrico
la continues :--"Archie Shields, a goo,
old citizen, dying Of cancer, had a vision
the other night in which he saw the Hol
| City with its pearly gates, golden streets
and throngs of women and children. II
also saw ZIG political preachers knocking a
the gate for admittance, but were all turne,
aside except one; he wos JrandeI! We al
like the Farmer and Nechaaic very much
and hope to see more of them come to GU
office. It is the best family newspaper W,
get, and we think all farmers should tax
it. We like your style of handling politica
questions and especially the principle 0
showing up ? dishonest Democrat as tho
he were a vile Rad"