The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-01-27

Tuesday night
Several communications came TOO
late for this week. W. are poorly sup
nlied with type, and Cabot set aside
~, icles tn make space Tor new matter.
-Juspe Merrimon in advising n
LEGISLATURE to take the Liquor Bull ny
the horns. and pass a Prohibition Bill
noIeo, roLens. showed a moral courage
very rare in these days. 1t IS not many
men in public life who will face the
music in that style.
Judge Ralph p. Buxton, OF ray.
etteyille. spent several days In Raleigh
last week. He has the distinction OF
having come out of a long and heated
canvas as the Republican candidate for
Governor, with more friends, n more
of the public respect, than when ne en-
tered it.
Think of it! The United States
government recently paid to Canada hve
millions of dollars for the privilege OF
catching shad, herring, mullet, on the
New Foundland Coast, while here on
our Carolina Sounds and Rivers are
enormous quantities of the same hsh'
to be had for the catching!
The present Legislature almost IN
variably adopts the decision OF It's va,
| rious committees, on subjects referred
to them. The proposed charter OF a
new county 20 be called Durham Will be
heard in committee to day (Wednes.
day. The new county OF Vance will
be heard Feb. LIST.
The establishment of a shoe factory
with convict labor Is being discussed.
Messrs. Sample & Wetmore, of Thorn
@asville. did not establish their branch
factory at Columbia, S. Z. And a
| Boston company wish to contract for
$50 convicts. At Albany P~enitentlary
a Boston company pays 40 cents day
10 hours) for the labor OF the convlcts,
and the trade is very profitable, both
for the company. and the prison. We
suppose the railroad needs of the State
will interfere with the factory projects.
A very fancy Ball was given by
Mrs. Gov. Jarvis at the Marlborough
House, on Friday night, complimentary
to Miss Keitt, daughter of Hon. Lau-
renee S. Keitt, of South Carolina, de-
ceased, somewhat famous for his frey
~'s.pats'' with the Northern members.
The incident here noted is significant of
the changes which the war, and the
wears, have wrought. In the old fire
eater DAYS there was little social ex-
change between Columbia add Raleigh,
the strip o land 'twixt two States.
By the by, our young people have en-
loved of late a reinforcement OF youth,
beauty, and gaisty in the visits of a
number Of fair demoiselles from Fay
~etteville, Warrenton, Louisburg, Nir,
ginia, and elsewhere.
A big fight is going on in Pennsyl
vania Legislature. The Cameron
crowd who have run the Republican
party in that State ever since the war,
nominated a Pittsburg iron monger
named Oliver, for Senator. You know
old man Cameron always did like Oil
vers. though his suit to the widow
of that name, finally got him into 4
breach ofpromise suit. Now, the anti
Cameron crowd organized a bolt"
from the caucus, and put up that fossil
lied old fanatic, Galusha A. Grow, as
their Roland to his Oliver Forty
sbolters' back Grow, and so ''Regu-
lars stand by Oliver. The Democrats
cast about 20 for Wallace. Thus for
six days the fight has gone on.
herd on Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 4th,
by Rev. E. r. Rich, Capt. Thos HI.
Hau.hton, of Charlotte, and Miss Ella
H. Andrews. The attendants were
Capt. Phil H. Andrews aud Miss Mag
gle Haughton Mr.. Will H~aughton
and Miss Bette Hawkins Mr. Ed.
Haughton and Miss Mamie Clarke !;
Mr.. Tom Hill and Miss Eliza Mckee.
Mr.. +. IL. Lee and 4. w. Haywood
acted as ushers. After a brief trip
North, the welded pair will return to
reside at Charlotte, where Capt. Haugh
ton has a successful Assurance Agency.
We suppose he has forgotten various
bets of hats, boots, coat, and other
small matters, in relation to matrimony;
but he is excusable, for at that time he
had not met his charming young bride.
who leaves an host of friends in Raleigh.
Another terrible accident, and FIVE
men burned to death. 1t was on the
New York aud Elmira Railroad. As
the train whirled along at So miles an
hour, the driving-wheel split in frag
ments. There was no embankment !;
but the shock threw several cars on
their sides, and broke the oil lamps in
the one in which the four postal clerks
were at work. All persisted Henry
c. Brewer, messenger, was in the ex
press car. Efforts were at once made
to relieve him by breaking a hole in the
window. He managed to ct his head
through this hole, but the doomed
mans legs were fastened inside by the
piled up express matter. The train
men made every effort to pull him out,
but the flames drove them away and he
persisted.
Good again /! There is undoubted.
ly some "life in the old land yet !" We
have received numerous letters from
various parts of the State. (~including
among the writer's at least three public
spirited ladies' asking for copies of our
recent article on the Resources of
North Carolina" to be sent to parties
at the North, and in Europe. Unfor-
tunately we could not supply them
many extra copies as We had already
incurred the expense of a number OF
dollars, besides time and trouble, in
preparing the article. To-day, ho-ev-
er, comes 2 letter with S. from a liberal
minded citizen to pay for several hun
dred copies of the article to be sent to
Northern Editors. We also desire to
make Acknowledgements to the Boston
Herald, Philadelphia Times, Chicago
Times, Wilmington Star, Marion LamD.
Post, Elizabeth City Falcon, and pos