The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-10
The sheriff elect Of Perquiman- ooun-

The sheriff elect of Perquiman. ooun
II failed 10 give his bond.
The -run- term of Rutherford Col
leee opened With 100 students.
Eighty two buildings are nos beins
erected in the thriving town Of Hicl
Point P,friot.
Trinity College has opened It's spring
session with 10 students and prospects
for more yet to come.
A notable feature OF emigration stat
lstIcs for 1850 i. the great numbsr 81
English people who have reached Gas
tie Garden. Germany and ireland head
the list, a. usual, and Sweeisn follows
but the English immigrant. number
more than those from Austria. Hungary.
Russia, France and tails combined.
No wonder the late Prime Minister Of
England felt called upon 20 belittl.
the United States in wonderfully
imaginative agricultural address.
TIE four Vanderbilt houses now
building Al New York arc TO he the
finest Of anything III the country. ana
II VIII be Two years before asy Of them
are ready 10 occupy. Although the ar
chltect has bad slJdraughtsmen work
ing for a year upon The plau,e OF W. K.
NanderbiltS house. thu details OF the
inside have not Vet been considered.
IEs sculptors and art workers are all
brought from Europe. ana interruptions
constantly occur for want OF some work
man who caLnot lie found IN the CITY
On W. III. Nanderbilts. house the TIL
ling OF the ground floor and tie halls
had to be made bv the poet decorator,
Morris, in England, at an expense Of
$50, 200, and Morris takes his time.
Our young and respected townsman,
MIR. ,. Is. Walker, was married ye>tcr
day to Miss Ada TIlley, daughter Of Mr.
Dennis Tilley, the celebrated grower Of
fine tobacco. Rev. j. L Gibbs Off
eiated. and the marriage took place at
the residence Of the BRIDE father in
the presence of large company. The
following /. a list Of attendants Luciu.
lilly aud Miss Anna Walker. Roht.
Walker and Miss Mary Luusfori, Lee
Lun>ford and Mis-. EVE Halliburton.
\ B. Cox and Miss Annie Lunsford
Thomas Wilkerson and Mis-. Fila Luns-
ford. /. ID. Walker and Miss Lula
Lunsford, Benz. Halliburton and Miss
Anna lilly, A. ". lilly and Miss Lucy
Rcams, Lewis Purye,r and Miss Willie
Wilker.on. The wedding party return
ed to Durham in the afternoon, and
were received at the residence of Mr..
Robt. Burton Durham Plant.
qarboro Southerner: Policeman Win
born shot a negro in Capt. Browns
warehouse on Tuesday night stealing
meat. Caleb Etheridge thc cham
pion turkey hunter Of Whitakers, kill
ed Eve at one shot on last Wednesday.
writes II. j. Wheless.-Jas 4. Har-
rison and YIN. II. Moore. living in the
Battlcboro section of Nash count
have departed to make their homes in
Texas. -Sqpire W. W. Parker.
EXPRESS Agent, at Rocky Mount, loss
5000 last week. No clue up to Mon
The FIRST National Bank Of
Wilson did $I,77O. O61 .04 amount OF
bushes. in 1873 and 81 800, q62. - in
l8-9-Col. Sebrcll, aged - years,
of Martin county, was paralized on
Friday of last week aud fell on the
wood pile. He died on the Tuesday
yin SlllS. 5O VIC dit IfIOI I1Su DIV III.
Sherrod.-A. III. Kicks. ). r. Hill
li.rd and A. c. Thomas, of Whitaker.
Thownship in Nash county, ware car
ried last before United State. Com
missioner at Raleigh, charged with oh.
ssructing the polls at the late elections
they being judges. Chas. T.. Scar.
lodged the information, but WAS rout-
ed ''herse. foot and d~ragoons," by the
testimony and the defendants, who de-
.ervedly stand high IN the esteem 81
the community 1--WE know them alb
were promptly discharged. Sears ought
to be made to pay the costs.
The Grange passed a general fence
law to be voted on by counties, town
ships, or sections, wherever a majority
Of the qualified voters in either petit
toned the county commissioners They
wished an agricultural board to be ap
pointed by the Legislature, with a man
each for cotton, tobacco, stock raising
and grazing, horticulture, manufactur-
in. and mining, and this board to elect
the commissioner. They wished the
land scrip from Congress to be applied
exclusively to establi-hin. sn agricul
tural college in or near Raleigh. This
subject was spoken to by Colonel Win
ston, DR.. Benbow, Mr.. Williams and
Worthy Master Cheek, of the Grange
COMMITTEES. They said it was the
sentiment with but one dissenting
voice, and that was Mr.. Thigpen's.
Mr.. Thigpen said he was opposed
to taking it from the University. In
stead of Agricultural college in Raj
eigh, if necessary let the college he
added to Chapel Hill. H." wished it
understood that he never was in col
lege ball-had worked hard ali his life.
But ne wanted his children at some
other college than = mere agricultural
school; he could teach them agricul-
ture ia the field. Gel. Winston argued
that the United States government
might at any time demand of the State
to refund this appropriation because Of
its being misapplied, a. was the case
in California under similar circum-
stances. 1t was taken fromtheuniver-
sity and put in an agricultural college
to anticipate aud guard against sue,
a contingency.--CEGr. Observer.
MONROE EXPRESS ITFuS last