The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-03

The ErDre<s say The cotton re
ceipt, at N,7r,. tor thu, season, T.
date, are l.,5ls 5alcs l. j eStl Aated
that We viii receive. for the entire Sea
son. less than 5000 ba e -proLatl i
more. The total receipts last season
were II, o22 bales
We have been informed that Mess
\. X " McQleen Will apply u the
Legislature to charter a railroad leaj
Ing from Shoe Heel to their store, 8
mile, north OF the place IN Robson
county which they propose to bud and
equip with their oSn private capital
bul!y for 4. i W. McQ,-Laminburg
knterprfse.
Oxford Ere. Lmce Capt. Balis VIII
lIass, contractor aud lessee Of @. \ III.
railroad, i, hard at work. Ties are be
Ing delivered all along the line.-With
Ia the short space Ot four weeks two eN-
teu>iye rides have been made. one upon
the smoke mouse o. Prof. Hobgooi anu
the other upon Tie harness OF tho
Orphan Asylum Saturday night this
same gam first affected al entrance nto
the ialry Of j II. Bryan an secured a
axe, with which they succeeded IN tore
ing open the door OF the meat house.
Archbishop Llmy, of Santa Fe, l.
in luck. The Macs Heric1n of the 9th
instant avs. Great excitement prevails
among mining men IN Santa Re caused
BY recent rich strikes 10 the New Pa
GERS Of free gold Assays run 10 $50,
900 per ton, and TWO bu-hctfuls Of ore
taken from the vein contained $1,000 III
gold. The vein is four inches wide,
wire gold showing throughout. At the
foot Of this mine, living in places IN the
ground. was taken Il nugget worth -,
600. The mine i . owned by Cath
Ole Archbishop Lamy, of Santa Fe.
Mt. Airy Neirs. We don't believe that
Gov. Jarvis woul recommend the sale
of States interest in the Cape Fear 4
Gadkin Valley railroad to i set OF
money-hawk,, and At the same time
knowing. Is he certainly does. that to
turn the road up the Gadkin leaving
VT. AIRY entirely out-would be coM-
hitting IA sbameiuld deed. one that would
follow him 10 his last reStIn. place.
The people - this section have worked
zealously for railroad facilities, have
made mrny sacrifices and are not wiling
Al this late day to give up to any ,ach
treatment.
Morsanton Biude: Col. r. V. Mich
ST.. aged about = years, died at
his residence on John river, Burke coun
ty, on the 10th inst.-Some gentle
from the North, IN connection with
Mr.. Jacob Newberger, Of New York
city. have commenced to develope some
OF the mineral Of Burke coun
ty. Ihey have discovered on the farm
OF Mr.. Adolphus Clark, within one mile
and 4 halt Of town, a vein OF white as
bestus OF a very superior quality, which
promises to yield an ineEhaustible sup
ply OF asbestus.
Miss f.. {. Arnold. has been seeking
adm ission into the Asylum for a long
while in VAN. Last week she was car
ried to Raleigh by Mrs. w. ii. West.
wife of one o. our county commission
ers, out as there was no place for her
in the Asylum, she was brought home
a%aaia. The relations Of the unfortu-
uzte woman complain bitterly of being
made to pay taxes every year for the
Insane ASYLUM, and that wlile plenty
of money Gao be bad to build the col
Ored Asylum the whites who paw the
part of the taxes are deblrred
any of the benefits. -kinston
Journal.
The Boston Ueruid independent Re
publican) thinks that the South and the
New England States may yet be COM
PEELED to unite In the defence of State
against the West, and that too,
in the rot distant future. The New
States IRE more interested in
the preservation Of State Rights than
the South. North Carolina is nearly
As large as England, which has to-day
more than twenty MILL IS of inhabi-
.ants aud our natural for the
support the human family excepting
hose of comm rec, which depend mainly
on good iarbors) are almost as great
Eruminer.
Elizabeth City Economist: The in.
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