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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-24

RAPID TRASstT. Six ream7 ofpaper,
for this week issue. We're started from
Philadelphia On Thursday last. We
received Oh Friday thc bill OF laling
from the steamer, aud felt assured Of
the arrival OF the paper on Saturday,
Dl,apnoinleI 10 this, we concluded to
deiay until Monday, "a We disilked to
send out another issue OH such flmscy
pare or rs We have been using for some
time past. But aS Monday brought no
tidiugs Of the missing bundle. are
forced to Use the thin straw paper
another week. We regret TIN, !; Oh
" more than 60 orr IL r'hHrS but
h~enceforth we shall have l better quail
ty.
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NICE CorSrKY 10 LIVE IS.-As our

NICE CorSrKY 10 LIVE IE.-As pur
Texas friends are trying to oak North
a. ,.ia5aa- down that way. We copy
{ ON Tie PIt1ot. Mr.. Chas. q. lat->
ar., view of a Uounti.ul Texan prp9uct.
iie writes:
I va suddenly called By the driver
sta0uinS the stage and saying hat he
say a ceatipelc run across the ROAD De
tween Ill, n0rSes, 50 = got oct and
went back 20 mutt the hated, poisonous,
rpeu aud after a short nun We
foam: aim Just outside OF the road In
the edge of the grass, and | asked and
was granted the privilege OF killing the
hiieous iooking thing. stoned hIn
until ne turned back into the road,
when a well directed blow with i tone
fixed him. The cenupede i a remark
able worm something on the order OF
our thousand ieg, as II Is called but
grows TO the length of 6 or 5 inches and
has a iorked tail. with long pronss or
horns ana it has just 80 legs (of nearly
an inch long) on each side making 10y
legs, hence its name, centlped or cent
pede. Upon each foot Is a nail, claw,
or little hand looking horn, which i
said to be very poisonous = man
Many stories are told Of It's dolng> :
some sly il does no; bite but If It craw!o
upon Que flesh II poisons him. O1hera
,.y ihi, is not -, but when craving
upon ones flesh i; piuchel or pressed
tie worm Clasps hnn-thus piercing
hilu with his claws which poison the
mau a. etiectuall. as ii bitten D. a rat.
tlesnake, and that the flesh sloughs off,.
aai the man dies-others say the poison
can be cured. | bought one OF the-e
a. customers + inches or more long
at Dallas, and had it put IN a bott'e q.
alcohol, and brought 1t to Prot. herr.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-24

LEGISLATIVE DoTS.-fhe House has
passed a reSolution-which the Senate
will adopt to adjourn on the 9TH of
March, at l. o'clock. two DAYS over the
constitutional Sixty. those days to be
devoted to signing bills, aud cleaning up
business. That Is u good arrangement:
but look out, Messrs. legislators. for a
5hower OF resolutions and small APP
preparations during the confusion, and
thin houses, of those latter days.
Members are usually intent upon pri-
vate matters about that time, and
many bills are pushed through by sim
pie reading of the titles. without debate.
or any knowledge Of the real purport of
the mea,ure.-The House is holding
night sessions. An appropriation of
5000 for a monument to Gov. Richard
Caswcll, the Revolutionary Patriot, who
sleeps under a tree near kinston with
80 little respect that there is already a
dispute as to the exact spot, has been
ordered 1t is a little late and sounds
qucerly in conjunction with the fact that
Il CT more of his grand children last
year were III the Orphan Asylum; but
better late than never. -" The
.Act 10 allDW uelcDdalCS III criminal cases
to testify in their own behalf passed
last week, and a negro named Oscar
Lewis was allowed to tell his tale before
Judge Schenk in Wake court, twelve
hours after it became a law.-The
receipt of petitions and bills in favor of
prohibition occupies nearly all the en-
tire morning hour A clerk to ar
range the prohibition memorials, etc..
was appointed last week, and Mr.. John
;. Hampton, of the Daily Star. we are
pleased to see, was chosen. Upwards
OF POO, 600 signatures to a petition for
prohibition have been sent in. Yet. as
we said last month, the millennium has
not yet arrived, and until it comes, we
shall not look for straight-out prohibit
ton. The decision will be left with the
people; and when the question enters
polltlcs-then we shall hear music ?,
One thing is plain: if an election be
ordered, 1T should occur at once, in or
der to allow time for patching up the
parties" and lowering the Temper
-atur before the next Legislature
be chosen. --Bill to allow Chatham
to build a new Court House has passed
the House.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-24

Gov. Holden friends clam for him
that he, III conjunction with Judge
Rufin, and Jim Boyd, draptcd the Act
OF State Amnesty-whateyer that
amounted TO. He asserts, also, that he
has 0 intrigued for action III respect
to his disabilities and that he never
speaks Of the matter unless directly ad-
dressed in relation thereto. We I'm
understood the judiciary Committee
decided hat their precedent for re
pealing an Act OF Impeachment.
He is all over town the man with
IAN awful ba' cod Where three
people meet, there are two bad colds,
at the least, and the price Of haniker-
chiefs has gone up something less than
999 per cent. Unfortunately the cold
does moi always snuff itself out. We
hear of a good deal of sickness. a
young son of DR.. Iount, Of Catawba,
recently chosen a page in the House,
lies quite i'll at the National. Capt. S.
A. Harrington has been very low at the
residence Of Col. S. Z. Horton. Mai.
4. ". Lewis has been indisposed. Col.
FL Graham Haywood is convalescing
from several week. illness.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-24

80 TAR this year there are Que h~IaIn-
and thlrty-two names Oh the clta.Jt-'
Of st. Mary school, Rlleigh, oevea
ty-two are boarders.
-Reidsvills Ttmes: We arc tod ....
Nr. n. &. Thompson, our clever ri.
o agent, was eating OYSTER At h"i-
nodle's when he felt something ia BIS
mouth like a buckshot; he spit t.l
the floor and picking mp found ittoa'
q pearl valued at about 80. I1'
that plate of oysters.-Mr. CHs,h
Price, the son of Mr.. Lem Price Q.
La~sonville, and employed "a .as
farm Of a Mr.. Paschel, 2bouttHo Ias'
from here, was going last Ertia.
the new grounds where cutting ~
was to take place, and while stopp.1.
for drink Of water at the branch, '9H'
one cried, out Look OUT but %.
ate g falling tree struck him, bcsaK.as
both OF his arms, Knocking our
front teeth and smashing nIs hsadttnf
fully. He died in ten minute.
Some people never know when t-.
have a good thing. This wa- the -'s
with a Staten Island man the otla
day when he resisted the ctiDgt7 10
lady to kiss him. This is certainly ,
very unusal sort Of a man, and 1t l-i.s
bable that another such ch4ractcr
not lived III the present century. III
attempts to get away from the eu1e'
prlslng lady were made a question d., .
suit and taken into court, whe!e all --
natural jury acquitted him. luIle'
tlonably this man is a disgrace to ~
sex. No rightminded man would tH'lA
OF interfering with the healthiuI Az
pleasant practice ct kissing, and he ""s
discourages a lady IN the pursuit Of AZ
innocent pleasure like that deserve III.
seyerest condemnation. kissing ne'',
killed anybody, and unless 1t Is dol.
in al unpardonably awkward way IL
avery nice thing to do. A man VIZ
won't allow a lady to kiss him shows
lamentable ignorance Of human Ti.H"
conferred by the Constitution.
Times.
Amen
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-24

OUR WIcKEDEsr WoN>N.- ia.
week the commissioners OF Waa. I.
charged from jail u womau Waa Vs..
considered too corrupt to remain 81
other prisoners, aud for the ~ae.
morality, was once more turned
upon Raleigh. This vas "a str4u2.
ceediDg with a strange woman L.. vi.
look at her history. Her tathcr ....
when she was small, and her mutHy.. b..
lowed her to do a. she pleased, aI! ,.
from small beginnings, waxed nor.
and worse, till she became "A mul,na e 10
Raleigh, Bud the mayor WISHED t.g
opportunity to send her away. tsr
soon it came. She Wa arre-.r4.
stealing "A wash bowl and tJa.. s
JuIg- Watts sent her to the -i..
ti1ry for three years. She had ner.
attended Sunday School, lr day -cla
and could not read. 4 man tou.t.
good book, and seLt 1t To her bat
could not use 1t, and gave it .Eo..
could not read the laws Of her aoIa..-,
nor the Commandments Of her Make
Her country neglected her when she ~,
a girl. When She became d wous..
she compelled the government lo .j.
port her, and give her constant a...
ton. She has been i burden 10
friends, to the city, to the cuonf... .
To the State. A Tree schoD, i.u ta.
children could have been supIo.,e. p.
several years on what she ha- cost. s..
is a fearful illustration Of the folly
those who save their money by ue.
ing their childrel /. The L.34
drowned all the children Iluu.-aa.
they were) rather than ALLOW ,.aH
grow up without proper training Il
much better for tins Woman t..
her couutIy, If shc had been ..s...
III her childhood | Alas, >hs a.e-
moral strench wherever she GOO
good men rs brethren Nanguu. Ha,.
and others We're sorry To &C a ssh
oma IN a penltentTary, aud gael
petition to shorten her %seutcu.e. an.
The Governor discharged her Al the s.-
OF the second year but kIndu.,- FL.
too late. She is still An unbranded
curse to any community. On. aa.
thing remains to be done with her. all.
that is to send her to Alaska. aud 10
her keep cool and consider her *a.-
TIL we can open a house Of cJrIct-
to reform those who are too mean
the penltentlary.- OypAdns FJt~sL
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-24

-Four Of the prisoners con fined in the
Jail at this place made their escape
Wednesday night. All were United
States prisoners. names and counties
as follows: Amos A. Hudson and Nm.
Taylor, of Burke, Norman Hines, Of
Alexander, and Hugh Rednan, Of Ire
dell. OF these Redman is colorei: the
Other. white. The prisoners were 0
confined in a cell but were loose upon
the floor of the Jail. Overhead is .
stove-pipe hole running through the
ceiling. Taking down the stove pine
they made their way through this hoe,
though it Is not larger than 10 inche.
or a foot square. while the ceiling is
quite II ie>t high .Stotcsr,We Lmd-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-24
hence their desperate atte-,.

hence their desperate attempta,
frames Nlcaaelson and
fIarlques, two beautiful c.r.-
chester, New York, were a-.... '
room with John Fritz aged
whom the two had Jointly elui..4
girls ~ cloud burst m H..
Valley. Pa, washed away ~.
heavy Railroad embankment
Cincinnati, o., February H. -3
gram from Winchester. Ten,
sents that troops We're pre,cn.
protection OF the alleged Lapra5.
derers. on trial there, aud thu.
gave a parade IN the court hon.
yesterday before dark. After
furious thunderstorm came GA and
fear OF the prisoners being @lynca~4,..
vanished, and a night session a..
to finish the trial. Judge S,.-.
his charge to the jury. after Win
sheriff proceeded with the r-
James Higgins, Lock Mallarv
Theveatt, Robert Theyeatt, ani .I.
Elder to Jail. \ mob OF abag.
hundred pressed upon the ,herF
the prisoners, closed the our
and its grounds, stationed A
picket guard around them, and.
hung the i've negro prisoners tr.r
second story windows of the court
The onset of the mcb was from s..
out, and was so sudden and ho,,,e-s..
accompanied By the firing IF p.,
and guns into the air, asto tcrr+f,
spectators in court, who jumped '
the windows and FASTENED from -,
scene. Murphy and Duffy, tnetua ~
groes charged with oomplicIty lr 81.
murder, hvalng been released on TIM.
day, had returned TO their old stsmn,-.
ground, which Is thought 10
pfecipitated the action OF tie v.
The mob are after them, ana IL l.
lieved they will bs lynched not m
than TO night. The mob nnmberel "a.
hundred we'll armed men. vNar.-.
from four directions Ca hororha.. ...
dispersed in the same manner. .
did not shoot or mutilute the u-.
ers, but left them hanging N.e.
sursd they were dead. The as.....
is silent a to what the State mir.
were dom. all this while.
NdShci3e, FEB l9.-The State Ssgs,
this morning unanimously adoy....
resolution coudemning the sclloa gt...
mob al Springfield in taking THE Dr..
oners from the cuStoday. Of The r...
and putting them to death, and d~eea-
ing that the mob must be suppres,..
if it takes the whole power OF the >ta
The resolution call upon the tf4y..
to use all means for the arrest and y.
ishmcnt of the perpetrators ~ ..
crime, and promising the active a..
ration Of the Legislator.
1t is reported that Duff and Mura..
tie Lapradc ~muiderers who tatar
STATE evidence, were found hang.
1, a tree near Guthrie, keut9..
this morning.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-24

Congress has decided not to make
the Commissioners Of Agriculture 4
Cabinet offer. The advocates of such
2 course held that it would add dig
nifty to the calling Of farming. 1t
would only add ,.GigBity'' t. the Com
missioner and every package Of tobsc-
co seed sent u from the Department
would be tied up with red tape.-Lc-
noir Topic.
We agree with the Topic that the
scheme was more in the interest Of a
few Salary Grabbers'' than the real
farmers
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-24

GoLDsBoRo MESSENGER ITEMS
Rev. j. W. Laramour, of the Episco-
pal church, has resigned to take part
as Assistant at Trinity Cathedral, Eas-
ton, Pa, whittier he goes by appoint
ment of Bishop Lay.-The Colds
boro Presbyterian ladies gave a Martha
Washington Tea Party lin costumes of
1866 on tuesday evening. Washing
tons birthday. ~ change has ia
ken place in the schedule of the Viii
mington & Weldon r. r.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-24

ECEuPEAN.-It will show the close
connection growing up between the
Old World, and the New. when We
mention that last week five foreign
letters reached this Office. within two
weeks from date, although was
from Italy. and another from Asia
Minor, u days tr0rc! on tie c1ps beyond
ConstantInopIe! The latter letter,
though from a lady, mentions with
pride a dinner given by the Turkish
Minister Of Marine to General Long
street an | some p American officers.
Gen. j.. drank to the health of the Sui
tan; and Rassim Pasha proposed Hayes
health, whereat the Turkish Band
played Yankee Doodle" Longstreet's
health was then drank and the Yankee
Navae officers cbsered him.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-24

RALEIGH RACQUET.-Mrs Grow. Jar
lis read the long poem from Maj.
Moore's ''iieirs Of st. hiida," at the
Episcopal sociable at Mrs. George W.
Mordecai's last week. She is a Pres
byterian, we believe, and the Governor
a Methodist but both visit other
churches, as the spirit moves. Maj. VI.
has bought Is pounds of shot, and gone
gunning among the duck OF Currituck
or Hartford. Nobody Hury'-for Z!
There won be an Heir o en- kt1dci-
ia! Thai Is, unless he should return
and murder us in cold lm-pun-ity -
Between Presbyterian, and Episcopal,
and Catholic scciables; and The big re
vival; and the theatres, the young folks
can 90 out every night nowadays,
and the preachers can reasonably count
on 5000 In wedding fees between now
and next Christmas.-Dr. Thomas ID.
Hogg will attend Mardi Gras at New
Orleans. Miss Lulu McCraw. of
Warrenton, is visiting Mrs Capt.
Thomas, and making agreeable acquain-
lance with the Raleigh oik.--The
Light Infantry, under Capt. Ferrall,
paraded very handsomely yesterday.
The Catholic Ladies are holding
a fair at Metropolitan Hall.-The
Baptist's observed Tuesday az a Fast.
The Revival gave a thin house to kati e
Putnam.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-24

DEATHs.-In Granville, Mr.. Thos.
Chandler, aged 70.-Rev. J. $. Err
vim, of Lenoir, died suddenly at Kings
Mountain last week. We extend sin
cere synpathies to Bro. Erwin of the
Topic. Neuse Paper Mills,
hIr. Joseph Upchurch, aged 34-
In Raleigh, Mrs. Ann Devereu1, wife
Of the late Thomas p. Devereux, aged
85.-In Raleigh, of paralysis, Mr..
w. w. Wooddell, aged 81.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-24

JoURNALIsTIC.-Mr. r. +. Blakey,
formerly of the Lenoir Topic, is about
to Start an Evening Daily at Peters
burg. --The L%ouisburg 1iD>s has
an original novelette, by Miss Mamie
Lee. -Several new g~rsenback rat
holes are about to open.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-24
MARRIAGEs.-In Black Creek town

MARRIAGES. In Black Creek town
chip, Mr. John l.. Bel TO Miss Della
Aycock ~ the residence Of the
brides father, Mr.. Thomas High to
Miss Ella Drau-hn. Elder p. ID. Gold
officiating. - night, DIR.
Walter Cook, Of Franklin, aud Mis-,
Mary W. Vines, Of E~lscconbe, were
united in marriage, Rev. j. II. Arnold,
Of TarboTo, officiating. --In Edge
coinbe, Wednesday night, Mr.. George
p. SuSg vas married to Miss Cattle
P.tt.-in Foisnot, Welnes lay night,
II. john Bailey, ais enterpcising anl
PROSPEROUS voulg merchant II ToisnUt
AMI Wilson, IL Sis II. Z. Draswall, a
beautiful And accomplished young lady
Of fJiSuot.
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Lord | lay me down to die,
| pray my soul to Heaven may hy.
He left another paper b~equeathinx
Mr.. Pendleton AL | leave behind me
to pay the expense | have been aud NAV
be to him" y Coronor's inquest was
held and the body was inferred il the
Baptist burying ground. "A son Of
+. }. Aston was slightly stabbed by a
school mate at Asheville, last week.
The Goldsboro Messenger mea-
tions the death Of the infant daughters
OF Mr. b +. humphrey. It seems that
sirs. humphrey had put the baby ia a
cradle, and having occasion to leave the
room, cautioned the c~olored servant
who was n an adjoining room to occa
s%lonally watch the sleeping child. Short
" after they were attracted by the
smoke and smell of burning clothing,
and on looking into the room, they
found to their horror that the cradle
was all enveloped in fame and the lit
tie II stif1ed to death by the smoke.
HE terrible affair appears to have been
caused by sparks from the fire place.
GahreSton. FEB. IA special from
Fl Paso says this morning seven Ameri-
can prisoners, IN jail at Prosa Delnorte,
Mexico, made a break, shooting one Of
the guards IN the head and running to-
wards the American line. They were
o!eItaken, however, by the guards,
Sno tired upon them. The prisoners
o5!ng armed returned the fire. Three
prIsosers were killed and the others
surrendered. Two Of the guards were
seriously wounded. The prisoner.
heard last night that they were to be
taken to Chihuahua to day, which they
believed meant to be shot on the road,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-24

SO far this year there are Que hIa.-.
and thlrty-two IN Oh the cltaJt-'
Of st. Mary's school, Rlleigh. Seven
ty-two are boarders.
New-York tribune., 1881-09-05
THE MARQUIS OF BLANDFORD WvrUpRAWs
THE IRISH STATE PRISONERS.

LONDON, Sept. 4.-The ObserUe,'s dispatch from
Dublin, dated yesterday, says:
Mr.. Sexton, NJ. r., visited John Redngton, p. j.
sheridan and j. H. Walshc, suspects confined In Kms m
ham JAIL to-day All three ia the nirmary Sheri-
dan Is suffering FROM affection of the eyes. Walshe,
who is recovering from Rce dyspepsia Ia In prccarous
health II Is stated that Minster Lowell has asked Lord
Granville for special medical examination case
OF Walshe who has been Imprisoned six months.
Archbishop Croke aud the Bishop of Ross, who
are III London, about to visit Mr.. Davitt.
Bishop Nuty, of Meath, has written to Fir. Par
nell, stat tn NJ although the Land bill is incou,-
plete it ought TO have fair trial. The Ashop adj
yises the electors of Tyrone County 10 reject Mr.
Dickson, the Wing candidate for member OF Parla-
ment.
4 conflict has taken place at Limerick between the
police and the public caused by soldiers max
ing insulting remarks about the Pope. The police
fired upon some persons who were throwing STONES
and fifteen were wounded. some dangerously.
Ihe Standards Dublin correspondent reports that
the protested exhibition of Irish manufactures ~
generally supported. All classes are subscribing
therefor. The Marquis of Waterford has given
E1oO. Excellent weather during tho past week
leads 10 the expectation that the harvest will be
good.
Bonfres were lighted over large portion of the
North of Ireland on Saturday night, as a mark OF
gratitude 10 Mr.. Gladstone for the Land act
Mr.. Patrick Egan who has been in London during
the past few day has declined TO become parlin-
mcntary candidate for the present.
New-York tribune., 1881-09-05
4 BOY DETECTIVE SHOT.

Thomas Mcconnell, fourteen years old, Of
Police-Detective Mcconnell, of the Twentieth Pre-
cinct shot and dangerously wounded last night
by Michael McAdams, a laborer, of No. 543 West
Thirty-seventh-st. The shooting took place
about ten o'clock in front of the tenement house
where McAdams lived. Several boys, McCon-
nell among the number, were playing in front of
the building and McAdams, raising window. or
dered them away AS they did not go Immediately
he took pistol and fired shot at random intend
ing to frighten them.
McAdams under the influence of hquor at the
time. The bullet struck young Mcconnell in the
breast, near the left shoulder, and passed through
his body perforang the upper lobe of the left lung
The shooting heard at the police station, only
block distant, and officers
soon hand. The injured boy taken to
the Roosevelt Hospital. The surgeons were unable
to check the internal bleeding from the lung and it
was believed that the boy would die. McAdams
arrested. Young Mcconnell the boy who
recently detected two burglars in the act of rob
bing jewelry store in Eighth-ave., and, after
frightening them away, followed them and caused
the arrest of one of them. His home was at No 336
West Thirty y-seventh-st.