The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-24

North.
Gov. Vance won the hearts of the
S%ampsonians by his Railroad talk, apd
his advocacy ofthe Point Caswell r. R.
VIM. Lynch, employed BY Mr..
Henry G. Olive, at Apex, lost an arm
in a cotton gin las week.
DR.. Chas. f. Deem has been offer
| Cd the Chaucellorship OF the University
OF New YORK a position that pays big
wages.
The ".Joneses' are wanted at New
bern. Letters for Beauregard, Winnie
ford. Nclliar, Rachel, VIM. Iniiana,
and Betsy JOKES are advertised at that
office.
He that is born to be hanged can
not be shot. But Guiteau says that the
failure Of McGill, and Mason, and
Jones, to shoot him was due to Pfovi
dcnce.
Mr.. Best tells the Observer that
ATr. Lewis Coleman's connection with
the Boston broken bank will not affect
his syndicate at ali. And that the Mid
land will be running to Smithfeld by
lst Of January.
The old Rock Island factory at
Charlotte is at last about to be sold.
The Vine Hill property. or wilberforce
Episcopal College, at Morganton, was
bought at auction (''bought in" We
suppose by Maj. Jas. w. Wilson last
Monday.
WIN. Brandeth's "Old North
State" mining company propose to
build a Railroad from Jefferson TO
Wadesboro, via Salisbury. If this
road, ard Mr. Best's, be ever built,
Salisbury will Phenix.
Shameful The young man Max
we'll. whose arrest was described last
week, was taken from court in open day
and hanged to a tree. And a negro who
ravished Mrs. Davis at Athens, Ohio,
was taken from jail, and hanged to a
bridge. All these in the land of
Northern Civilization" with courts In
full play!
Thanks to Gen. r. B. Vance for
Agricultural Reports. We are always
glad to get Books. No matter how old
or young, fat or lean, noted or obscure,
any book is welcome for an editors
library needs to embrace the whole al
phabet of printed knowledge, from
Alpha to Omega, or alb C to see-a-bee.
So see this see, my friend, whoever you
Bee, If you have any intention of com
hitting Jelo-de Sc, Sthop long enough
to make your will, and leave your
library to the F. 4 N.
A letter from Washington to Sails
bury Hdtchn,nn says a lively fight fortte
Tarboro Postmastsrship (salary 81, 1907
is in progress. The appointment will
have to be made by Dec. l. Po.tna.-
ter Shaw the present incumbent. has
had it for ~ years, but doesn't care to
be an u come bent as yet; and his
cause is backed by a large number Of
the business men Of the place. But
State Senator Walter P. Williamson
also fancies the office, and has a pigeon
hole full / Of strong testimonial on file.
Mis-. Tannahill, Of New York, and
Wsrrenton, is visiting Miss Bessie
Grimes; and An hop was given them on
Tuesday evening. Miss Mary Jones
snd Mary Tannahill were bridesmaids
of Mis-. Mary Hayes IN Tuesday OF last
week, when the latter was married to
Maj. Ties. r. Blaeknall, Of Kittrells.
There is a lovely window in Grace
church dedicated to The Three
Malys."
Col. T. B. Ksogh. of Greensboro,
got = place AZ messenger in the War
Department for an old man named
"Gen1' r. r.. Lynch, who was leader
in the Fenian Raid on Canada. and was
captured, kept five years in q Cannuck
penitentiary. He had been a flourish
ing merchant in Milwaukee before the
war, but entered Keogh's command /;
End got demorsli1ed, and is poor as
srab grass.
MIR. P. A. Tatum, of Reidsville,
made a $4,000 kick last week. The
Dollar Weekly says he kicked aud kill
ed, accidentally" a fine Irish setter,
valued at $500, which, with other
bird dogs, was being trained for North
ern hunters by a man named Martin.
By the by. it is becoming quite con-
mon to send valuable dogs to North
Carolina to be trained. A dog breeder
at Wilmington, Delaware, has a large
number of ''purps," valued from 800
to 81, 600 and sends his trainers to
Iredell, Rockingham, and other points,
each season, ID teach the pointers to
set standin G.
The evening Tribune, Of Green's
boro. tells Of a romantic marriage on
Saturday morning. Mr.. Russell Bur
rows Of Richmond, came to Greensboro,
and registered as "R Smith, n. Y"
At 7:30p m, the Raleigh train brought
: young lady who registered as Miss
II. Bruce, S. G." Smith" was at
hand with a carriage, and be with his
friends, and Miss Bruce repaired to
the residence Of Rev. d. r. Bruton,
where Mr. Burrows and Miss Elizabeth
B. Gwyn. of Hillsbo-o, were made one.
Next morning. Mrs. Burrows returned
home, and Mr.. Burrows returned to
Richmond. The Tribune remarks that
both are highly connected socially.
Before the war there was a man
named "Picayune" Butler. During
the wal he behaved so shamefulIy that
all the world named him ''the Beast"
Since the war he has won wide reputa-
ton for impudence, aud is called ''old
Cock-Eyed Butler by reason of his
~insolent leer.
Before the wal there was a long haired
Southerner, called the Fire Eater"
HE rabid speeches did a great deal to
excite the North. He was continually
quarrelling; and We believe fought some
duels. When Fort Sumpter fell he wa,
the FIRST man inside the fort.
After the wal he went North, and is
cheek by jowl with ''Picayune." The