The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-22

The Editor leaves to day tor len
nessee, taking his first vacation in hall
a dozen years. The office will, howev-
er, remain open during the week, and
any Christmas and New Years presents
in the shape of paid-up subscriptions
can be handed to Mr.. Samuel Z. Hor-
ton who will have charge Of the books.
We shall be gratitied if our friends give
us a long list for our first Receipt Re
port" in the New Year, Jan. Sd.
1t would be wise if all subscribers
would pay for their papers, and store
accounts from LIST of January to LIST of
January; so that they may know each
year just how they stood.
The Masons Of Wilmington, and
their friends, will have a treat on st
Johns day, from the lecture of DR.
Eugene Grissom. He goes by joint ia
vitation of the several Lodges there.
Any one having an ameythist, OF
berry, Ia North Carolina gem, suitable
for the ornamentatiOn of a Bishops
cross, please write to the Editor of this
paper, with size, terms, etc.
Col. Milton Harding, a subscriber
of this paper, is the architect of Colds
boro Opera House, which Is said to be
the neatest in the State, unless Char
lotte's surpaSs ii.
Henderson COLI La,f reports thar
Mai. John &. Winder has RED aced the
rates on grain OF all kinds, from Ports
mouth to local stations from Weldon to
Hamlet. That's both wise and clever,
Major. Do it some more.
Henry e.. Hester and Robert c.
Kerr, Esq, have been reelected as
tendent of New Orleans Cotton Ex-
change, positions Of much trust and re
ians, VIC believe. Dir. Kerr i. a native
Of Mecklenbnrg.
"A great deal of fever mas prevailed
at Shaw University" (colored) in the
Southern part Of Raleigh. Four pupils
have died, (two girls and two boys, and
some seven or eight are quite i'll, We
hear. 1t is said the physicians will re-
commend the suspension of the school,
if the sickness spreads.
Mr.. F. B. Gibson, OF Gibson
Store, (postofhce at "Old Hundred, n.
CT four miles from Hamlet, In send
ing his renewal for the Farmer and
Mechanic, mentions that be wishes a
house servant one who understands
cooking, ironing, and general house
work. To any one who can give good
references as to competence and relia
bility, be will pay good wages. Oul
readers might do some Industrious We
man a service by passing this around.
Language would fail to picture the
hideous condition of the world if We
could stand on a cloud, am
see the actual occurrences of tn,
past ten days. 1t now appears tina.
while the eight hundred human being:
were burning t. death in Vienna thea
ire, more than three hundred other.
were drowning on the coast of China
by a Typhoon tidal wave, which over
flowed the low plantations; and so o
more were suffecating in mines unde
ground!
We are sorry to learn says tn
Statesville landmark that DIR. 4. NJ
Powell, of Catawba, has become insol
vent. The Catawba factory, once
fourishing institution conducted b
him, has suspended operations" Dl
Powell was at one time director of tn
Western n. G.. r. r., and a partner {
Mr.. Geo. w. Swepson in the Lime Ki
business.
The Northern Press, including tn
leading Republican papers of the bet
ter class, censure Mr.. Solicitor Gener:
Sam +. Phillips, formerly of Mort
CarOllna) In severe terms for his cours
In virtually attempting to shield til
Star Route thieves, by refusing to re
cognise the report of a trained GeteC
tive, {lawyer A. NJ. Gibson, who fu,
nished the New York Sur SO many c
its startling exposures during Frau
Hayes administrator on the pitifi
excuse that the detective (who was en-
ployed by Attorney General Ma
Weigh signed the report as-'actin
assistant Attorney"
We have a large number OF Clipping
from such papers as Harpe,'s WecL1t
the 1riJune, TIE Times, the Chicag
and st. Louis papers, all If thei
straight out Republican Journals, all G
them condemning Phillips: but q
Phillips acted very shametuily toward
the Editor of this paper, and his broth
er in 1871, while employed by the sea
lawags to aid JeffreyS Bond in dragon
ing North Cardinals electoral vote f.
Grant, We shall refrain from further re
mark, lest it be attributed TO our re,
yonal recoll .ctiOn.