The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-14
Foot Tracks of the Devil.

There is not a bit of doubt that Old
Nick is unclaimed and skipping MP
and down the Universal Yankee Ma
ton with all of the blind agility of
a flea on an hot gridile! Glance vour
eye over any newspaper, and you will
lind a score OF reports showing where
his clOven foot has stirred the surface of
society. Here Is a long account IF a
delicate young girl. outraged on Sunday
night, IN a retired street of Phlladcl
phla. She hal walked with some lady
friends part of the block on their way
home from an evening visit. AS she ran
past an old building, four ruff ans sprang
out, seizal her and carried her, fainting,
IN the vacant lots Here is an ac-
II of George Muse, at West New
t"n. vino married a worthy girl, and
~ hours later clipped with her rival, a
Miss Pau! Sanity name for such dev-
iitry! -Rev. s. G. Scales, pastor
of the Baptist church, Mason CITY, La.
HI, become Involved in a scandal with
" spr'gltlv young widow. a mem
tier IF his Il 'ck and has been c ,rnoell-
Ell Ia Ic,ign add leave the place. He
leaves Il family behind him to suffer the
Disgrace -. his conduct. --The latest
>ensatiou IN Phil Idclphia is t, the eff
tect that cdili five weeks old was set
upon ny rats and literally eaten alive,
it, nosr bein. eaten off its face. neck.
arms and ears bein. gnawe. into
surcds The little thing died within
ten INITIATES alter the rats were driven
away. "A party of young clerks of a
New ok silk house, with 4 Young
lady friend. started to cruise along the
coast "t Long Island, stopping at the
numerous hotels at night. and resum-
in4 the trip next day. \ squall over set
the yacht, and five we're drowned -
".A>wc 20 to press We hear there were two
suicides III this county yesterday one near
tins town Fred Simpson, a coiored man,
well disposed, and liked by all, he was
ilnllor during the campaign of the
Hancock X Jarvis club room and voted
the ticket, but he took laudanum yes
ler'iay, they say, and made the voyage
The other Is old man Warren who drove
Black wagon IN Madison, he took three
wal u! %laudanum ard died yesterday
morning. Events are startling. The
comet l. climb ng. Hotter weather we
never felt. The thermometer in ths
shade yesterday was 100 and 80 last
uIght-tU day Is almost as bad, but a
little more breeze. Still We should keel
cool. nev.r mind The weather 81 we keel
hot drink out of Us. God will take care
eff the weather II We but half try to take
care of ourselves. -Reiisvllie Times.
The two suicides In Rockingham
do very we'll for ii single county: but
there We're probably fifty other .teto de
Sr'S in this country last week. We find
four in a single copy ofthe Phila. Daily
Recorc{. Mrs. Wealthy Hill Wilcox
Prltchard, aged 90, Il very deyout Meth
"di~t, at ended the services at Asbury
Pak, All came home with self des-
lrucrion N her mind. Carefully making
her preparations. with all the method
ct Jrln Wesley himself, she stretch
Ell several blankets on the floor, an,
arranged Il pail To catch the blood
t~uch il pity To spoil the carpets, yo;
know , she gashcd her arm with Il par
oi faithful scissors, and slowly bleeding
was happy and wanted to go Iigbl
home : perhaps she was wretche'l, and
san no Use, nor sense, in facing a drearN
old aye, which offer could no alienation
other despair. Now Edward Nolan,
Oi NcfdlliUit, Il tOIlili Iltu anu HoIClCS>
drunkard, '-probably telt that the best
services he couId couier upon his friends.
if he had any, would be to leave them ;
and his he accomplished with a gill OF
taudanum. - Very silly, though
miserable must have been Mike
~Krickenorfer, an industrious mechanic
of putsburg. tbs sweetheart, Kate
Smith was u ilirt. and winked at strange
m,.n. So Mike shot her through hel
vain little heart, and himself through
his foolish head. vi course. the wOrl,
is none the worse of their departure
under the green curtain, but th'
example they set is pernlcious
-On the same day these oc-
CURED, Mrs. Mary Schatt attempted
slicide by jumping into the canal a
Newark, New jersey She was res
cItd with great difficulty. aud said an'
that 5 re was ont of work, aud had
c;ippled soldier to support, lone OF tn
Uulnu Veterans and he beat her
and abused her. Poor thing! VIVA
had she To live for? But the mudd
water spoiled her dress. and she look
ed u rcrlect flight, and her one lcgge'
lord promised To do better; 50 she wen
home. and we pass TO something else
"A party of Railroad surveyors, run
ming the road from III Paso. soutiiwar
into Mexico, were attacked by "Grea
SER outlaws, and - were killed, be
sides SIX men in the mail coach wha
came along soon VIC
place TO picnic "A church tell
Mexico aud 90 pC~sons were killed.