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

Simmonds has been Obliged 10 resign
from the Faculty Of the University.
judge of Probate, Chas. d., Up
church has appointed Geo. v. Perry.
Justice oftbe Peace IN Oak Grove town
ship, vice II. Durham, resigned.
Capt. Robt. Lee. a son of Gen.
Fitz Lee, and nephew Of Uncle Rob
ert,' is ass isting to survey the =. e.
Midland X. K.
-Mes-rs. j. II. Renfrow. A. W.
Traps. J. II. SorreIi, Thos. Wiike1.
and Geo. Tonnofshi, are tic hxecl
tive Committee of the Liquor Dealers
Association for Wake.
Mr.. II. Bishop Short, Of Fleming
ton. and Miss Mary Allan Meare-, Of
Wilmington. were united in marriage
on Thu sday last. No cards.
The Btude learns Of a premature
blast explosion on the railroad now
building to Cranberry Iron Mines, winch
killed > men, aud badly wounded five.
Mr.. Robert II. Pender, who was
killed BY the kick Of a horse last week,
was 4 well known merchant Of IarbO c.
who some mouths ago purchased the
Peter Il. Davis plantation IN Warren
county.
The sharp crack of tightening on
Saturday night ratified II bricks
down from a chimney Of Tupper :
church, or school. Another bolt rived
a tree On the lawn of Maj. Devereux.
Capt. J. C. Ellington, of Clayton.
gave US a call on Monday en- route for
Tor eka, Kansas, to attend the National
Grand Lodge of Good Templars. lie
thinks, if Mai. VIM. A. Smith takes the
stump for Prohibitions, is reported he
will do, johnston county will 90 dry.
"A Lawn Tennis Club i. being or
yanized. A mltter- of-tact twelve
year-oid, seeing the stretched net In
a private yard, announced that Bishop
LYMAN had been out all night, fishing,
for thee was the seine. hanged up to
dry"
The storm on Sunday ratified
things very lively in Charlotte. blowing
down the beethoven, tearing the tin
from the Methodist church, and Gemol
ishing awnings, trees, and fences.
The last number of the North Gar
oIaa .JurnaI Of Education, organ OF
the State Teachers Association, Is
greatly improved in manner and matter,
If each Teacher In the State were a sub
scriber, the enterprise would stand like
a rock. Address the Rev. j.. +. Heit
man, Chapel Hill.
A lawyer named j. G.. Barron, at
t1.. .a,,l 70 fnnr ~ ~ = ~
the penitentiary for perjury. And
another lawyer named D. VI. Smith, OF
Conway, Ark, outraged the person of
his twelve year old cousin. 1t is to the
credit Of the legal profession that these
two instances are the more noticeable
because Of their rarity.
1t is announced that Iron for the
Cape Fear Il. II. has been shipped from
London, and will shortly reach Viii
mingtoA. Good Heavens! What a
stigma upon North Carolina There
are no less than twenty excellent iron
mines within forty miles of the line
of the road. Yet the road finds it nee
essary to go three thousand miles across
the ocean. and pay the import duties
in the bargain, to get rails.
DR.. =. 2. Peace has given to the
Historical Society the books Of his
grandsircs who were merchants III
Raleigh before the century was born.
By the by, President Battle has had
a letter from the editor of the New
York .JOpraul Of Commerce who Il Y
Il can fad 40 description of such a PTS
& -. -, ,,y- xuprl- On ,p,nH or,,, ma
''it must have been made to order"
Mr.. Battle adds in a note to Farmer
and Nechantc-''In the light OF your
valuable notice | feel sure that nv pistol
belonged to n of Teach's ('Black
Beard } pirate crew.
The Examining Board Rev. Ben
net Smeles, DIR. A. w. Knox, ard
Capt. w. 5. Roulhac) appointed by
Gen. Cox to examine applicants for the
West Point. were in session two days
and examined l3 applicants. They we're
above the average. We hear that young
of Granville, made a fine run.
The position was, however. unanimous
" voted to Will. II. Wilder, son of
sIaj. Castor Wilder, of Wake county.
He is about Is years old, and a student
of Prot. Hugh Morson's Academy.
Gen. Cox gave a supper to the young
applicants.
We are in receipt of a letter signed
Tn. Y. J%asmund, stating hat he is TIE
editor of the Or0HtIH, and that Mr..
Jas. IL. Hornef lis IN no way connected
with the Periodical, and Mr.. jerome
80. Horner, although proprietor, has
transferred to me the entire manage
"'ment and responsibility"
We are pleased to learn of it. The
periodical has always been spoken of "a
"HornerS, aud the frequent illusions
to brass buttoned schools, ETC., etc.
have been plainly understood by those
who saw them to be filings at another
Boys Scaool-so widely known, and so
successful, as 'Binghams'
Ii Is, therefore, we repeat. a pleasure
to learn that the Messrs. Horner ,of
whom we have more than once spoken
in high terms, through this paper, aud
the Charlotte Soutdcrn Home, are not
the authors Of the Germanic froth
which has emenated from the Ocontua.
We do not know who "Th. V. Jas
MUM j., OUT we confess 10 some stu
pidity in not rejecting that the Messrs.
Horner could not be guilty of employ,
ing the first Tor was it the second y
number of their publication in grossly
asSailing some Of the most respectable
Journals of the State, Journals to whom
they were indebted for favors,- and of
which they had a fortnight previous re
quested exchange, and the printing of
their Prospectus. We think, too, the
MeSsrs. Horner are too true Souther-
ners to establish a naner to sshinnv OF