The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-19
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Mr.. Robert Strudwick has removed
to Durham to practice law.

W Dul W PiNS
1t is said DR.. Pride Jones will b.
the new clerk of Orange; the late clerk
Geo. Laws, recommending him.
Judge Merrimon speaks on Prohi
bition at Wadesboro to morrow, Ma.
Goth.
Treasurer Neathery has sold SD,
600 of Wake Court House bonds a
par. They u 10 years at o per cent
Rev. j B. Cheshire, Jr., Of Chap
ell Hill, has accepted a call to the Epis
copal parish ofCharlotte.
The Supreme court will adjourn
this week: but will return Il few day:
next month to examine applicants 70
license.
Mrs. Maj. John w. Moore ha:
been quite ill for the past fortnight.
Her daughters arrived on Monda,
night; but it is hoped the worst is over
With much regret we note in the
RoJesoaian that a little daughter o
Hon. Van v. Richardson, Of White
vile, Columbus county, was very badly
burned og Sunday night of last week
her dress i%gniting at the fire.
Capt. w. l. DePass, of Camden,
the partner of the late Colonel Shan
non, and the chief actor in the earlier
stages of the controversy which resulted
in the fatal duel with Col Cash, tel
dead of heart disease last week. Cash
and son still hold the fort.
Frank Walworth, of New York,
whose murder of his father, Chancellor
Walworth, some years ago created SO
great a sensation has been released from
the asylum. and recently successfully
nassed examination for license to prac
tice law.
The Odd Fellows had a fine Grand
Lodge meeting at Goldsboro, and were
handsomely entertained by the citizens.
Chas. NJ. Busbee, Esq, was elected
Grand Master for the new year; j.. j.
Litchford, Secretary; Rev. y. NJ. Jur-
ney, delegate to the Worlds Lodge.
Forty three Lodges were represented,
with 1889 members.
New Workers ought to come down
to North Carolina in search of cool
weather. One day last week a brigade
of the National guard attempted to
parade at Prospect Park. In a few
hours the ground was covered with
smitten men, and looked like a real bat
tlefeld. The Sun says one colonel, two
captains, and a men were stricken
down by the heat fourteen of them
being dangerously "sun-struck." One
or more died.
The Wilkeson surgical chair, one of
which NAV be seen in DIR D. E. Eyeritt's
Dental office, is a splendid inven-
ton, and we are glad that to Southern
brains belongs the credit of it. The
chair is so fashioned that the operator
may raise, lower, turn, tilt back, or
otherwise change the attitude of the
sitter by 4 mere pressure Of certain
levers with his foot, without interrupt
ing his handiwork. 1t costs upward of
5000 when fully furnished.
The funeral of Alderman lack w.
Gill, from the lst Methodist church,
on Sunday evening, was larger than
any we have seen in a long time; due
partly to the deceased's connection with
the Odd Fellows, AMI Other civic socie-
ties, and partly to his popularity as a
man. He was widely known. and had
a great deal of tact, as was evidenced
by the fact that many persons OF every
grade of society drank at his bar, with
rarely a disturbance. He made quite q
snug fortune; and we hear bequeath-
ed ten thousand dollars of it to his
ueice.
The Star tgleaning from the South
Carolina journals remarks tnat Cow
pens battlefield is four miles from the
North Carolina line. Our recollection
is that it is less than one mile; and
would be in North Carolina if the line
were properly drawn. 1t may not be
generally known that South Carolina
holds a strip of territory some two miles
wide which according to Prof Kerr, and
other geometricians, belongs to North
Carolina. A commission to decide the
true line is to be appointed, We believe.
The big Barbecue at Henderson
drew four or five thousand people, and
there was enough enthusiasm to carry
the new county" with a rush, If that
sort of voting were allowed. Raleigh
loaned a Brass Band, and Messrs. Bus
bee, Badger, Bledsoe, and Young, as
orators. Stewart Ellison, Jim Jones,
Jim O'Hara, and others also grated.
The Barbecue tables were 800 feet long,
and well filled. In short, Henderson
ad-'Nanced'' her best foot foremost on
the occasion.
The fact that there are two news
papers in Raleigh, two in Goldsboro,
one or two in Wilmington, and else
where, published by negroes, is indica-
tive of the march of the schoolmaster
among the Freedmen. And We arc
pleased to state that In every instance,
SO far as our observation extends, the
editorial remarks, advice, etc, of these
journals are in moral toue all that couiC
be asked of the most Intelligent writer
among the whites. We do not r~ecollec
reading an embittered, or abusive, o.
complaining line. 1t Is true thes,
journals generally are in support o
some special project for which til,
whites are expected to contribute
Nevertheless they should have credi
for doing the best they know how.
Christ Church will be packeo
this morning, and will doubtless pre-
sent a very striking aspect. 1t is sup
posed that above 100 Of the clergy vii
follow Bishop Lyman in the Process
sion al entree. St. Mary's and Peac
Institute, will occupy the galleries, ex
cept one reserved for the sable sons O
St. Augustine Seminary. The Me
mortal Sermon for Bishop Atkinson
preached by Bishop Lay, of Pa.
will of itself draw a large assemblage
We hear that one hospitable roof, op
posite ST. Marys, will house some 3
nersons.-eleven of them delegates t.