The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-11-25

Very cold weather reported IN the Wc..,
Is degrees below zero at Cheyenne a
railroad accident occurred III Texls. several
laborcrs were killed and wounded. ---
Two robbers in Texas robbed eleven far
mers they were pursued, one killed md tho
other escaped badly wounded.
New York city has eleven men lying in
one prison. awaiting trial or execution fo-
murder Maine averages murder a mouth
AMI Missouri one day. And yet they tell
I US yankcedoodle is christian. Paganism
could hardly he much worse.
4 Oxford TorchHgt: Mr.. Willis Harpc,
/ of Bras9fells, has the largest hog in the
county, Of its age. II is only tourteea
/ months old and weighs six hun ired pounds
Y Aud Mr.. Rufn Holmes, Of the same neigh
I borhood, has an older one that will weigh
/ over seven hundred pounds.
! Capt. f. T. BzzeIl, of Bentonvlle town
sh ip Johnston county, raised a stalk of cot
ton this year, not quite as large a. that If
Mr.. bennington 5, menlOned by Us few
weeks ago. but beating 1t III the way Of pro
duction. 1t has produced and maturcd 303
perfect bols Of cotton, yielding five pounds
of lint Who can beat it, Messenger.
\ William Lesseps got jealous, sho. Ia,
4 wife and one Reid, both Of whom djsap5ear-
ed Lasseps next day went in pursuit,
found his wife hid in the woods, CAV her
sound thrashing and then went 10 work.
Next day he and Reid had n sctto, an he
made the latter sing ont enough All this
in Union county, accor Ting to the Charlotte
Obserter.
I The recent election IN Georgia, an the
more recent election Of Gov. Brown u the
! United States Senate shows how loosely
Ipn. ra- IN ba D.npsra atC C,tt : H..
pire State Mr. Brown voted for Gen.
Grant both times that he was a clnililt+
for the presidency, IN lS12 was a delegate To
the Republican convention that nominated
him. Verify, we live in a fast political
aye.
Some years before the war, while the
''coll fever was raging in tins county. a
valuable farm near Egypt know "a Farm
vile, was bought by Northern ca Ditali.ts I. r
its mineral wealth, but they never worked
it much, and since the war it has been rented
out as a cotton plantation. On last Sion
day, Mr. Thos. Morrow, Of Albany, y Y.
was here and sold the property to Nes>r.
Robt Patton, f. i Tysor and William So
groves. for the sum Of =, ,5O). -Pit,sboIo
Record
\ telegram from Wytheyille. Va -ats
Hon. Fayette Mcmillan. in attempting 10
cross the railroad track ut tha. place on
Monday night. Nov 9Th. was struck by an
Express train. receiving injuries from whirh
&c died Wednesday. The deceased was
tbont seventy years Of age. He also renrc-
sented Virginia in Congress several terms
before the war AMI was appoin'ei bv Pres
dent Bl~hanan as first Governor ot Wash
lngton Territory He was also a IN .nber
IF the Confederate Congress
Kn,toD JJarDut: 4 D. P.rrott's fire
i,li Of corn has just been housed arI turn
"a | II barrels from II acres Miss Julia
Butler of Craven county. n:ar VI 4pie Cy-
Dress bad the honor last wcel; Of killing a
Ieer. without gun or pistol or any such
deadly weapon. the dogs had ru1 fine
buck near her house. and he ran direct, by
the Young iaIy who seized fence III and
Knocked hln down The deer jumped up.
male detour of the fld and c,mc back
again 20 the scene Of first encul1. er AMI
was knocked down agarn by VI s. Butler
and finally killed.
We learn OF an attempt to poison Nr q.
B Brdgeman, at Aurora A you Il man
by the name Of Taylor AMI Mr.. Bridge.n an
were cerking for Mr.. Robbins, anl i, Is
supposed that TO supplant Ir- Bril- conan
and secure permanent position resort tn
poison HDutu De rue SdIc-t dDI Suft-t means.
50 one morning while Mr.. b. was ont feed
ing the hogs, young Taylor GOES mo the
; back room where the breakfast table a.,
set and dropped strychnine into NJ Is >
cup, but fortunately in turning the emp up
e some noise was made which attracted tine
S attention Of Mr. Bridgeman an on Going
r into the room and examining the dishes q
4 quantity of strychnne was found in the cup
:. usually used by Mr.. B. Taylor has left for
parts unknown. ashington Press.