The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-08-18

IN settit msnt Il the estates Of John
King. Root. Cros,an. ant tt b. Hayes
Toy jarvis has appointed Capt,
Harry Skinner, as an AIdc-de camp
with the rank of Colonel.
"A little daughter of Hon. w. i.
Caho. of Pamlico, who j. sumtnering a
N~organton, fell into a well. but hso
presence Of mind 20 cliDg TO the buckst
Till rescuef. As she is about one leal
old, this is very well.
/ Julian s. Carr. ESQ. writes L
Col Polk cordially favoriax the So
der. Re-Union at the Fair, and say
he will be on hand with a. much tobac
co a. the Veterans can smoke no mat
ter if the Pipe Of Peace be dupli
Gated 80, 900 strong.
The Rsci,tc tells about 4 big hOte
which i. 10 be built at the head OF tn
sound IL miles from Wilmington,
few M les from Fort Fisher. at a poin
where b.th Bay aud Ocean will be visl
bic. The sound will serve for SAFE
boating aud fishing; the beach FOR surf
and fancy undressing. A narrow guagt
railroad will be built.
At the big celebration in Oxfor,
Yesterday there was 3 mighty CROWD
anI much Notification. \ long caval
caie Of horsemen with the Dulhan
Brass Band blowing merrily, marche,
TO meet the heavily ladened train, am
| escorted the speakers to Taylor's Grove
| where a chorus Of fifty pretty youn!
ladies' sang The Old North State
Forever - Then came speeches b.
Mayor Winston, President A. II. vii
iiarns, Hon. 4 NJ. Waddell. w. IA. Z
jenkins, and others. 1t was a gala da.
for Oxford.
The storm on Saturday Afternoon
VAS a young tornado 1t swept acros
Wake county in q Northeast vardl,
direction AS far as Wake Forest, ant
several miles in breadth; washing tn
streets Of Raleigh in delightful fashion
Succeeding the storm of wster, came
fusilladc of hail, of large size, which
broke many panes of window glass, an
did much damage TO corn and cotton
A number of buildings were damaged
AIl MUSES. ~. DlCNtSDC = COIto1 III 6IN
mill was blown down; nearly smashin;
a little darksy. During the STERN
there were terrific blasts of lightning
! A bolt discarded on Hillsboro street
and pissed through the residence o
Samuel A. Brewer, ESQ, stunning an,
slightly scorching Mrs. Brewer
mother. Mrs. Felt, of Warrenton. VIII
was reclining on 4 sofa, a few feet from
the window. The OGserrer shys tn,
ball passed from the house to the street
and exploded with 4 loud report.
Poor Graut. His poverty is pi
liable Twenty years ago he was sEill
ing whiskey and p,aying-poker, as
common sub Lieutenant, In a Western
town. 4 little later he was hangin
around the sllmey watts, or summing him
| self on the tan bark, of a country tan
nerv ut Galena.
Whereas now he has got 50 low tina
he can hardly live without the gift Q
$3.50 900, made up for him by his oil
cronies of the corruption epoch. II
is so poor that the other day when h
drove cut with his SO, 900 team, Ii
swore he wouldn't think of payiDgsl0o
900 for IA house to live in. He FINAL
paid ga, 900 for it. The SIN says
Gen. Grant has bought the larg
double hous e at 3 East Sixty-si3t
street In this city. aud it is said that h
is to make New York his home in til
future. The house is new and ha
a brown stone front, bay windows, an
is four stories tall. 1t is thirty-seve
feet wide and eighty feet deep. Tn
house Is one door from Fifth avenu
and oyerlooks Central Park. TIL
whole region is covered with brown
stone houses