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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-31
,VOL. VU.-NO. 23

Greensboro Yifrfof, Mr. VI G.. Dixon,
Of this CITY hal an acelden. TO befalt
him this morning. ii. ~as out rilln4
o,seback and fell from h.s holse.
His shoulder Was dtslocated but no -
rious iojury i Appreciated.
Rcid,vlile Tinpt. \ cow belong to
Mrs b \. Stokes recently gave birth
to two calves. I've hear that Judge
Settle has All orange grove IN fiorda
of two or three hundred trees. lttakes
from 1--WE to six years 10 bear he
ma dtrin i counted the finest orange.
One OF these trees has been known TO
Weld 66o fine oranges. which at cents
apiece, the shipper ; price, IS the nice
little sum of S2i to the tree.
4 Cnl. Staples. who has just returned
from Raleigh SASS the AiJutan: General
promises 10 furnish the Guilford Grc,s.
/ forthwith, with all the necessary arms,
= coutrem-nts aud military equipments
OF the latest approved fat'ern, and
that he can procure uniforms Tor the
company al from tiftcen 10 twenty i've
dollars each. so there * nothing to
prevent the immediate progress OF the
company to first class military organ
izntinn The company can look f"r
ward with almost certainty 10 being
part of the detail from the State
Guard, 10 attend the Yorktown Cele
nration. in October next Cd Sta
DIrs, beiHq a staff officer of The Goutraor,
c,H .rert himselfto hare The Grcys pres
ent on thar imporfnHf occnsi"n
Under a recent act Of the General
Assembly every military company -
a.
,ers Each mcml er thus elected I"
pay he sum OF ten dollars. a certiii
cate Of Honorary Membership "xe mpts
he holder from jury duty. Tins Will
tie not cnlya great convenience 10
many of our business men, who VIII
very teadily pay ten dollars per annum
to be exempted from jury duty, but
also source Of ms d.rablc revenue
10 the company; 10y which conSldera-
bic fund for contingent expenses may
he kept in the treasury. - Greensboro
Patriot.
The jealous friends Of the proposed
Danvile and IIlw River Railroad are
iuije sanguinc ot succe A meeting
vas held at Graham, on the i1th inst,
tnI much important business transac
icu Dul htit afp'''tN'
various places to open books OF sub
.cripti )n VIZ
At Bynum' Factory L. b. Bynnm,
X. j. Su.phen, james Pace.
Pittsboro r. j. Powell, w. l.. Lon
Ion, A J. Bynum.
Lockville-,J H. Wlssler, John W.
Scott, Glover Avent
Loves Mill-T j. Lamb, Henry
Love DE-. f. ID. Mann.
The books will be opened 18th of April;
and remain open forty days. As soon
as S25, 900 is subscribed and five per
cent paid in, the chairman, X j.
Powell is t. cal meeting Of the sub
,cribers, or stockholders, at Graham,
for the purpose Of organizing.
At the 7, cent meeting Maj. w j.
Sutherlin, OF Danville, made a speech
that greatly encouraged the friends Of
the proposed road. lie has much ex-
perience in railroad affairs for thirty
years and his views are entitled te great
weight. He advocated the building OF
a narrow guage" road, aud SAID such
a road could be buiit from Danville TO
Lock lille and thoroughly equipped for
$500 900, and he believed that stock IN
it would pay as large dividends as fac
tory stock Chatham record.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-31

Interesting new discoveries have been
made at Pompeii. In one district a
house has been excavated which was IN
the course of construction when the
terrible catastrophe befell the city, and
which differs materially from all other
Pompein houses in its plan. In another
house a large square piece of black
glass was found fixed into the wall
which when slightly moistened forms
the most perfect mirror. in a third
house various wall paintings were dis
covered, possessing an artistic rather
than scientific interest. That germs
of disease may live for long period
seems to be proven by recent expert
menlS under the direction Of NJ. Pas
teur. Seven sheep were led daily, for
a few hours. to piece of ground where
some animals that died of anthracoid
disease, or cHurJoa, had been buried
t,oelre gears previously. Two of them
caught the disease aud died. There
was no grass for the sheep to eat, ana
1T is thought those two must have
ceived the germs in the course OF sIn.- H.
ing about the ground
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-31

The Asheville depot has been located
at Smiths bridge, and deed OF two
acres Of land had been made to the
railroad company. The track will be
completed to that point this week, and
the work of building the depot will be
commenced at once.
Raleigh Ne,cs- Observer: There are no
less than $50 grain (liquorl dlstilefies
in North Carolina. --This has been
the best season for theatricals Raleigh
ever saw. -Lieutenant Henry K.
Lemly, now or detail in charge Of a
military academy in Bolivia, has been
publicly complimented By that govern
ment for his services. At I o clock
last evening, as John Hubbard keepe
of the country work house, which l.
about six miles from the city, opened the
door of the building. there was rush
of the prisoners from the interior, and
in an instant he was Knocked down and
trampled on by the flying men Al
were negroes, the names OF thrse ne
both of Raleigh, and Leonard Rand.
The names Of the others were no. Ie'rn-
ed. Before the last man had 60: g
many yards from the door, Keeper
Hubbard, who is cne legged man
and was Confedera,e Soldier, recoV-
cred bis footing, and grasping ms sho :
gun. fred at Leonard RanG, he reai-
effect in the head and causing ln=t- ut
/ death The other fugitives escaped =
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-31

LABoF. SAvING-The demand Of the
eople for an easier method Of preparing
Kiincy-Wmt has induced the pr0prle
.Jrs. the well known wholesale Drug
lists, Wells, Richardson l. Co., Of Bur
Iiugton Vt, to prepare 1t for sale IN
.Iquid form a. well in dry form 1t
,lves all the labor of preparing, and aa
It is e,uaNy eMcien, il g preferred by
nanv persons. Kidney Wort always
{. d everywhere proves itself perfect
t.-uued - BuHJLo Nears-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-31

day and night; eat too much without
exercise work too hard without rest;
doctor all the time; take all the vile
nostrums advertised, and then you will
wan to know '.how to get we'll - w bich
is answered in three words-Take Hop
Bitters Soc other column Ad
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A safe and Sure means Of restoring
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When a low rate refundlng bill is
passed by Congress the out going Presi-
dent kills 1t with his little veto w by
Because the National bankers didI.' {
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BRUTAL MURDER.
A negro woman seventy years old
beaten to death.

! oSatSh W uNatas
1t seems that a revival meet.
ing has been going on for abou,
two months among the colored
Baptists at independence,
Among the regular attendants
was Mack Vickcrs, a negro
about twenty-five years of age,
who followed the occupation of
a laborer. Monday night he
went to church with a deck of
cards in his pocket and sore
finger, but left before church
was out; some one met him and
asked why he left church so
soon; he replied that, "the Mig
gers shouted and made so much
noise it hurt his sore finger and
that he intended to kill some
fool niger before morning"
Between eleven and twelve
o'clock as some of the colored
people were going home, they
heard a noise as if some one was
pounding something on the
floor of a cabin in the west end
of Independence, occupied by
aunt Emily Heard. aged about
seventy years. They went in
and striking a light found the
old woman on the floor with
Mack on top of her beating her
with a heavy rock; they at once
pulled him off and he run away,
but was arrested Tuesday morn
ing by constable Mayo, colored,
of the Independence beat. The
old woman died before morning.
An inquest was held by justice
Willie and it appears from a
post mortum examination that
the old woman's skull was
crushed and both of her arms
broken by the blows. The evil
dence against Vickers is direct
and positive. Justice Willie
committed him to jail without
bail. He was brought in Tues
day evening by constable Mayo
and locked up. 1t is said that
the old woman has raised Wick
ers and no cause is assigned for
the brutal and cowardly murder.
Vickers looks wild and refuses
to talk and is evidently trying
to play crazy though he was mad
enough to run away when he
found that he was discovered.
There was great excitement
over the affair at Independence
among both the whites and
blacks. 1t is said by a gentleman
who was there that there was
some talk Of making short work
of the murderer, better counsels
however prevailed.
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sherIn's Bond Made.

The commissioners court
met yesterday afternoon for the
purpose of approving the new
bond of sheriff ]. H. Hutchin-
son The bond is for $4,000
and is signed by w. H. Vinson.
R. A. Harvin, Lyd. Smith, c. R.
Breedlove, RS. Neblett, all well
known. responsible citizens. The
! commissioners made a thorough
solvency of the sureties, sew
eral OF whom furnished affida-
Wits showing their assets to be
S47,II3 over and above all ex-
emptions and incumberances.
The bond may therefore be
classed as "gilt-edged." 1t was
accepted and an order was made
releasing Mr.. Hutchinson's old
bondsmen from all liability for
his acts from and after the &C
ceptance of the new bond.
Immediately after the accept
ttance of the bond Mr.. Hutchin-
son appointed Mr.. Walter N.
Norwood, of Washington pre-
cinct, as his head deputy. Mr..
N. made a bond in the sum of
$1,000 and will move to Bren-
ham and take charge of the Of
fee here. Mr.. N. is one of our
best known citizens and will
faithfully discharge his duties.
Mr.. Hutchinson requests the
BANNER to announce that all
appointments and authorities as
deputy sheriff are revoked, and
that no more appointments will
be made than are absolutely
necessary to discharge the du-
ties of the office.
The BANNER believes that the
abandonment of the brigade of
"six-shooter" deputies will meet
with the approval of all good,
peaceable and law-abiding citi-
zens.
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A Hog Case.

Last Saturday an enterprising
hog case was tried in the JUS
tees court of precinct No. 4. A
German named c. Cram had
taken up and impounded some
stray hogs that had been run
ming in his pasture, and had adj
vertised and sold the same as
the law directs. A negro named
VIM. Neal claimed the hogs and
wanted to take them from the
man who bought them at the
sale, claiming that the animals
had not been properly described.
Mr., Sam Kennedy appeared for
the colored claimer and Mr.. w.
w. Searcy for the defendent,
who won the case. Every
point in the law was closely
argued and a great deal Of elo-
quence was expended in the
case.
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Why ~ ear plastersl

They may relieve. but they
can't cure that lame back for
the kidneys are the trouble, and
you want a remedy to act di-
rectly on their secretions, to
purify and restore their healthy
condition. Kidney-Wort has
that specific action-and at the
same time 1t regulates the bow
els perfectly. DON'T wait to get
sick, but get package to-day
and cure yourself. Either
liquid or dry fer sale at the
druggists Binghampton Re
publican.
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NORMAL ScHooL.-An ex-
animation of applicants for adj
mission to the State Normal
school at Huntsville. took place
on Wednesday, the SYST ult.,
resulting in the appointment of
the following young ladies:
Miss Nettie Manning, of
Bellville.
Miss Josie Simpson, of Cald-
well.
Miss Eliza Baker, of Bren-
ham.
Miss Mary E. Gray, of Mil
Greek, Washington county.
There was no male appli-
cants and no young ladies ex-
cept those appointed, all OF
whom passed a highly satisiac-
tory examination. Miss Baker
has for the past two years been
a teacher in our public schools
and is a highly accomplished
young lady. Her appointment
to the Normal school will
create a vacancy in the public
schools.
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Capt. F. d. Wilkes, of Lam
| pasas, arrived on the noon
tain from Columbus for the
purpose OF addressing our citi-
zens on the university question;
he had dodgers distributed and
at the firing of anvils and
bondfre drew quite a crowd to
the court house square. Capt
Wilkes is a very fine speaker
being plain and concise IN his
language. When our reporter
arrived he was speaking of
Waco's claims for the universe
ty, saying that he did not think
that Waco was sincere in her
candidacy for the university
entire from the fact that her
committee had made overtures
to Galveston by which she was
to be the candidate for the liter
airy department and Galveston
for the medical. Galveston de-
clined, after which Waco an
nounced for the whole univer-
sity, claiming that she was a
healthy city but at the same
time saying she could furnish all
the subjects the medical stud
ents needed for carving. Said
a well attended medical college
would require about $50 sub
jects annually; these Waco pro-
posed to furnish from among
her citizens. Said that Waco
was located on the sickliest
stream in Texas and the advo-
cacy of it as healthy place
sounds like a huge joke. He |
described Tyler as dilapidated |
town devoid of energy or enter
prise and offering a schoolhouse
which is useless to them for the
university. Austin wanted the
university because she is the
capital of the state and fathers
of the republic had set aside
land for a university site. Aus
tin is an unhealthy town and the
bulk of its society is composed
of Office holders and fast men;
that there are gambling
hells and "nickel-plated" pala-
ces of vice, and in fact is wholly
unsuited for the education of
young men, unless it is intended
for them to be fast" and also
intriguing political dema-
gogues. The demagogues of
Austin attempt to bulldoze by
claiming that the location else
where would cause a division
of the state. Thorp's Springs
was reasonably healthy; has a
spring running stream about
as big as ones finger and is
some IS miles from railroad.
He claims central location
for Lampasas; railroads are
coming, also immigration; there
are fine, springs an abundance
of water and it is one of the
healthiest locations in the state,
and is entirely free from malaria.
Living is cheaper al Lampasas
than at any of the larger towns;
there is an abundance of build
ing material and plenty of tim
Der. His speech was atten-
lively listened to and frequent
ly applauded.
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Cnrcd Of prinking.

"a young friend of rhine was
cured of an Unsuitable thirst for
liquor, which had SO prostrat-
ed him that he was unable to do
any business. He was entirely
cured by the use OF Hop Bitters.
1t allayed all that burning thirst;
it took away the appetite for
liquor; made his nerves steady,
and he has remained sober
and steady man for more than
two years, and has no desire to
return for his cups. l know of
a number of others that have
been cured of drinking by it"
from a leading R. r. official,
Chicago, Ills.
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Freight Trains Wrecked.

About 1880 or I o'clock
Thursday, No. IS, south bound
freight train on Santa Fe road,
pulled out without orders, the
conductor and engineer being
of the opinion that they could
make Kenney, the first station
below, before meeting No. IS,
the up bound freight, which was
behind time. This supposition
was not well founded, as in
curve and cut, and on a down
grade about three miles below
town, No. is was met, putting
and pulling up grade. The en-
gineers discovered each other
about the same time, both vrhis-
ting and reversing their en-
gines. The up bound train came
to a halt and was on the eve of
backing when the engine of No
IA ran into the other engine,
partially raising her from the
track, and damaging it very
badly. The engine of No. IS
was able to back up to Brennan.
In addition to damaging the en-
gines, both of which are nearly
new, two freight cars were
wrecked. The engineer of No.
IS thoughtit safer on the prairie,
and jumped off, as did the FIRE
man also; the engineer and fire
man Of No. IS also jumped
The only persons injured by
the accident were fireman and
brakeman, who were somewhat
bruised, but not disabled. The
up train was two hours and a
half behind time. 1t is said
that no blame is attached to any
one but the south bound con-
ductor. All of this information
was gathered on the outside, as
the officials at the depot aver
that there has been no collision.
run off, or smash up on the
road.
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COMMISSIONS Court:


August tsrm.-Wesley Wash
iugton placed on pauper rolls
and allowed S6per month from
August I till able to be remov-
ed to pauper farm. B. Pack
ingham placed on pauper roll
aud ordered removed to poor
farm.
At meeting held on Satur-
day August 27th the bond OF
j. H. Hutchinson, sheriff, in the
sum OF $40, 900 was approved.
II was ordered by the court
that the lists of the assets and
i,acumberances therein of the
several sureties on the bond of
the sheriff, together with the
af6davits thereto, this day had
thu. examination of the bond of
LII. Hutchinson, sheriff be FL
ed with the papers of this court.
VIM. Gillespie was ordered
to purchase lumber to build a
corn crib on the poor farm.
The commissioners were al
lowed So day eacn fer three
days attendance on court; and
the sheriff So per day for three
days.