The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-30

The Statewide Ldndndrk says. Il
might have been bette: if the Balti.
more q Ohio had succeeded n getting
absolute control of the Augusta &Knox-
vile Railroad, but its friends and it
should be entirely satisfied with Che
result of the negotiation. 1t has the
assurance that when it gets to Spartan
burg it will find an ally, and this is all
the inducement that it need require
to come across from Dsnville. That
it will come is no longer with US a
matter Of dout; and that it will come
very shortly we have full faith to be-
have the best of au-
thority for saying that Mr.. w. J. Best
has given the assurance that if he is
able to again secure control Of the
Western North Carolina Railroad and
perfect his SCENE for a through line
from Teunesses to tidewater at More
head City, he will work in harmony
with the North Carolina Midland Rail-
road-in regard to rates, &c.,-when
it is built across from Danville to tap
the Western road. We do not under
stand that he has agreed to discrimi-
nate in favor Of the North Carolina
Midland, but that he has certainly
given the very satisfactory assurance
above indicated. This is very impor-
tant intelligence and will have a ten
denco to enlist the sympathies of many
people with Mr.. Best in his efforts to
re possess himself of the Western road.
The missing link in the Midland North
Carolina system Qrom Salisbury to
INoIlebOrD &c non, Ininn orrroro1 ku
three different corps of engineers, and
we understand that one of these is
operating under the dictatorship of
Col. J. b. Yates, Of the North Caro-
lima Midland, surveying that part Of
the proposed line lying in Randolph
and Chatham counties"
Raleigh Ne,cs Observer: A singular
occurrence is reported by a gentleman
living in the northern part of the city
A we'll, which had furnished good wa
ter, needed cleaning, aud was cleaned.
The water now taken from the well
looks oily, and if suffered to stand for
half an hour, at least an eighth Of an
inch Of oil accumulates on top. Per
sons drinking the water have been made
deathly sick. An analysis will be made.
North Carolina ice sells here at one
cent a pound. Census notes by r
A. Feigh North Carolina stands IF
leenth on the list in production of corn,
and the increase is % per cent. over
1870. In the cereals she is reported "a
follows: Corn q $50, S94 bushels, wheat
3, 3s5,67O, barley 4,799, rye 2s4, 1898,
buckwheat IS. 209. In oats and rye
she is nineteenth in regular order of
production, barley thirty-eighth, rye
seventeenth and buckwheat eighteenth.
III 1879 North Carolina produced
l44, 935 bales in 1880. 3s0.5l6, an in
crease of244, ISL bales. or los per cent.
This is the greatest increase of any Of
the cotton States. The corrected state
ment now shows Wake county to have
80. Os9 bales. with a yield per acre OF
5O.2, md Richmond 800, or a half bale
to the acre. Wake, then, stands ahead
of any other county In number of bales,
and St. Mary's township, in said coun-
ty, is the banner township of the st tie,
3,429 bales being reported.
Elizabeth City Economist. w. j.
Munden, the wife s%tealer, has been ar
rested on the frontier of Texas, and IS
now held for a requisition from the
Governor of North Carolina tor his re
turn tie this State.