The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-19

Col. Walter Clark of Raleigh, has
been chosen = delegate to the Ecumes-
ical Conference Of the Nj. F. Church.
70 he held in London; beginning on
September. next, and ~eDding Gu the
2pth.
Here is the wav North Carolina TO
bacco sells In Virginia. The Milton
Chronicle saws: '.Ne learn from the
DInville T,nics Of last week tn c the
Star Warehouse ID one twl horse load
Of tobacco 81 - for !. b War
ren. OF Prospect nlii, tor : - -. O3e
load Of l.0SG lbs. for J. o Braisher. O..
Bushy Fork, IN Person county. for 500
One load Of 400 To- for Noses Amber
son. If Prospect Hill. for Sos AMI So
per hundred John Long. Of RIDE
vile, one load at $40 80 average.
Peof. !. ". Price of the Atlanta
University is a full f,l,oiei neer,. He
lareiy returned from visit /, Virgin
il with ! hanlson young white wifi.
and took refuge with ! ncignhor. She
said that she had No recollection of
marrying Price, or of coming with hun
TO ATLANTA that she Was Isabella Hill
the possesSor Of SO, 900; that miscege
nation was utterly repugnant to her.
and she could only have tuken a black
husband while temporarily insane
PnCe maintains that She IS an Octor
Don but say that he has no desire to
bold her to the marriage against her
will, and now has no doubt OF her oc-
clsiOnal INSANITY.
At q paper mandatory At
Pil=sn, Ia Bohemia, some work
men were engaged in cleaning
out the boiler and oven. One of
them fatigued with the long end ar
duous work, laid down in the tube IN
dsrneath the oven in order to rest a few
moments. Nobody saw him 90 in,
And mason. came to raise the new
wall, closing up the tube. The sleep
er did o awake. The engineer came
and lit the fire and set the boiler 60
ing. After . time the man was missed,
and, and search for him remaining
fruitless, some men having been en-
gagged with him in the cleaning of the
boiler remembered the tube having
been open. The fire was put out i'm
ms6iately aud the newly erected wall
removed, when they drew forth a skel
ston.
Speaking of DR.. Capeharts fisheries
near Avoca. The AD,fh Corotcaim
saws: "Steam is the motive power now
used in operating them. This new
departure was first made by the veie-
ran fisherman p. NJ. Warren, in 1869
substituting engines for the horse pow
or windlass in drawing in the seins.
He also conceived the idea that instead
of the old method Of paying out the
seine by row-boat. little steamers, spec
tally constructed for the purpose, could
be successfully and protitably used.
There were skeptics and doubterS, rs
there always IS, hut he tried 1t and
demonstrated is practical utility, and
now the larger fisheries have adopted
1t. The run this year was late. but
during the past ten days the hauls Of
herring have been large, reaching from
80, coo to 1870, 900 at each haul. One
of these is "a sight to sce!'
Since Capt. ID. r. Murchison assum-
ed control of the affairs as President, a
liberal but vigorous ana progressing
policy has been adopted that is already
showing splendid results and reflects
the greatest credit on his wisdom and
ability as a railroad manager. The
Presidents efforts have been ably sec
onicd by Capt. Y. q. johnson, Gener-
al Superintendent; Mr. +. w. Clark,
General Freight and Passenger Agent,
and Passenger Agent, and the other
officials OF the company and they, too,
have just cause to be proud of the
splendid showing of their last years.
business -Stdr.
Glad to hear it. They are courteous
to the Press a change for the better
GA that road
Oxford Free Lance: From the Bop-
Use Year Book we learn that there are
1873 Missionary Baptist churches in
in North Car lima. White members
O. 0U2. colored members so, 765 total
membership 1868; baptisns during
1880, 10. 29I. - On Weines lay last
the work OF laying down the ties com
menced at Henderson, and Il force OF
about % hands is 0 busily engaged
at that labor. The iron III daily expec
ted, and it is trusted that no further
delay will take place, -Mr. n. w.
Nenable, who for sometimes past has
been connected with the 1~orchhght, has
retired from that position, and his place
has been filed by Major \. \. Gregory.
Mr. Venable was an easy, fluent writer,
and made the columns of our neighbor
very spicy. Major Gregory Is an accom-
pliShed gentleman, and viii, no doubt,
til the editorial chair with much ac
ceptability to his lcaderS,- Dutch
Vile items: The flies are playing sad
havoc with tobacco plants Many far
had.-Mr. VIM. Bullock's sou, who
was recently kicked by a horse on his
forehead aud was painfully aud danger
ously hurt, is 10Y merry well.
Weldon Neecx:: About five miles
below Seaboard, in Nortlamr5pn coun-
ty, there are thirteen cases ots:nall-pox.
The disease was brought from Ports
mouth by a colored man L short time
since. --M \, J. ~Joyner and
j. L. Pope left Monday tor Baltimore,
taking with them the IA , horses Kate
Long, Russell and Gov. Vance, to be
entered at the Spring races. We hope
they will win the races they enter and
will take heavy pools. NJ. VIM
Wyche has also taken Salamanca to
Baltimore to compete. --On Friday
morning we learn that Mr. Il Il. Pen
der, of Edgecomhe, while in Warren
county, was kicked by a horse, the hoof
striking his head aud f~racturing the
skull, from the effects Of which he died
on Monday morning. His body was
taken to Edgecomecynbe Oh Tuesday
fnr hnrinl - II, R,tnhlnr