The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-13

W~,7uua1ton, y. C., Oa. L. b i y
steamship Bsrnssmors sailsi from thu
port to day for Liverpool with = cargo
Or cotton and laval stores valued A.
$3Ol. 90. She 10 the hrs, steamer clear
ed from Wilmington for n foreign port
mace the war, but il is expected other
steamers will follow her with . pro.
poet Of . regular line between this
place aad Liverpool ere long.
Nearly three hundred "a. cooking
stoves have been placed IN operation
during the past Eli months Ia Bin
bingham. England. and there i more
or less progress in the same direction in
other British cities and towns. Oac
reason why the experiment i ~attsniei
With 20 much succe~ 10 Birmingham 4.
that the gas there l. controlled ~ ;se
city government and j. cheaper than 10
some other pssts II the kIuSd m The
Argument Is advanced that II ga could
be substituted for coai IN l. adpn a
good result would b. 10 materially IN
prove the atmosphere Of the British
metropolis.
George Snidsr. white. al escaped >rn-
itsotisry convict from North Cur,fiuz
vas arrested II GreeusiIlc OF Su.ia,
last. The crime OF which he Nts con
victed n North Carolina 5 horse steal
ing Nearly Two year. ago he : u :
stolen horse 10 Mr.. Henry : ia ga
Grssnv!lle, and finding himself holly
pursued left without get * the mvu.
ey for the horse, and vac captured IA
tbs. county. HIS sentence IS ten ,ear.
Ard DC With several other eonvic's
made their escape from a cham ssng
near Asheville some time sgo.
Richmond, Oct. 7.-Special telegram.
to the Dispatch report that the sudden
and severe frost of "Wednesday nigh
was very general throughout; tie State,
and did incalculsble damage. particular
J u tie tobacco crop. The reports,
,hich cover almost the eutlre tobacco
-ection II the State, ~ very distress
lny, aud show that at ut one half Of
the standing crop has . N destroyed !,
aud In some cases IT l. e en- worse. But
tie OF the crop had been cut ami
housed One farmer = reported a.
.raving lost so, 900 plants. while the
l,lnt loss Of two others Is estimated al
What would fill sixty barns.
Charlotte Obscrre7 Gov. Vance has
been invited by the executive committee
# the Atlanta Exposition to deliver the
address of welcome tor the South on the
occa,ion of tn. opening exercises on the
3ri OF October. He has accepted the
Invited Senator ioorhees, of Indiana,
responds for West.-lt l. learned with
regret that the favorable reports of
Capt. S. s. kirdland's rs, ID recover,
from the effects OF the accident b. which
his leg was broken some weeks ago.
were rather premature. 1t became nee
essary last Saturday to anputate his
leg above the knee. He is sill IN Ruth
erfordton.
Washington. October o. 1t II an
nounced that President Arthur will re
side at the house of Senator Jones, Of
Nevada, until the adjournment of
the Senate extra s~ession, after which he
will probably live at the Soldiers Home
until the repairs to the W hite House
are completed. At present he receives
the heads of the different departments
every day. excepting Saturday, betweer
one and two o clock. ami other visitors
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.
The first Cabinet meeting of the neH
administration will be held next Tues
dav, by which time it is expected all the
members Of the Cabinet viii have re
turned TO Washington. ihe President
positively declines. - hear any appli-
csnts for public Office, and think that
the minor Offices now vacant should he
filled by the heads of the various de
partments.
The Erening StGr says: PresIdeit
Arthur will be present at Yorktown du'
ring nearly all. if not the who'll of the
ceremonies. II i. not known yet who
will accompany him.
AL Of the $50. 900 appropriated BY
Congress for the Yorktown C~entennia'
has been expended. There will be a
deficiency, which Congress will be asked
to made good.