The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-22
ID. 4. Davis, tho Cd bank man of

IOptc-
in &c Merrimon has been invited
to de!iy,r IN address "a . people -!
Pender.
Til Western train now laa.e- th
.eirh, 2 IN. West. at 1 -. H.. Reaches
Greensl.o ro at 7.j5. Passengers going
South cf that point wait T. hour.
Col. John j. Norcbea1, Eugene
Noreheld. Esq, Col. John y. Staples,
Fix SEP ,tor York. and othcr>, were ="
the city Yesterday.
tot John ". PIummrr. aRobesoa
~coup.v subscriber OF hi. paper. wei
KNOW sud esteemed. lost his fl'hsT
recently 1T Faribalt, Minnesota, hy the
runnin- away IL buggy team As ne
learn lpm the Star.
"A statement furnished the ObSerrer
show. hat the conyIcts oil the e,fern
| Il. Il. lave earned sore $4,000 more
| than their keep. Tue fact that the
! p~ayine4ts are made directly Ia the penI
tentiar. Instead Of 10 the Treasurer,
accoun , Tor the absence Of a fall credit
in the auiitor's report.
One Hundred and Fifty Thousand
copies Of 'Helsn's Babies, have al
ready cen printed xad sold, at &c
xcnan Ter il continues Sc lively aseV-
er. Il IS a book that AL ssouhi read,
old am! Young. 1t is published hy /.
B petrrsoa 4 Brothers Phlladclphla,
| price fly cents in paper c"-er, or ore
dollar n cloth.
D.. CYRUS l.. Hunter. the sou OF
Rev. Eumphrev Hunter. VINO helped
10 draft the Mecklenb1rg Declaration OF
independence, and the ouiy living son
| Of an .tOr in those memorable scenes,
! so far - we know, fell from his horse
one day last week, and Wa ,elzed with
a paralytic stroke. which will probably
soon end his DAYS. lie was a rare
specimen of mauhool. physically, men
tally, aud periodically, His cabinet ot
minerals i perhaps the finest IN the
State. II:s knowledge of Revolution
airy events was unequaled by any man
in the State.
-Just space to call attention to the
advert semcnt ofthe we'll known Ilorner
School, at Oxford. 1t will open January
2nd. AID having now secured an outht
of rifle formerly issued to the Eiender-
son H. antry which recently dIsbauded)
the cadet feature will no doubt add TO
its popularity and effectiveness. We
know If no better location for a school
than Oxford, aud the Messrs. Horner
have a we'll established reputation tor
thorough teaching Write to Prots. j.
IL. & Jerome {. Homer, Oxford, ior
details.
A our printing Office is half a mile
from our Editorial office, it happens
sometimes that villainous errors occur,
through either mistake of the compost
tor, or the accidental displacement of
type,-which errors are not seen until
too late 10 correct. If our friends viii
bear with us, this shall be obviated ere
long. Last week we wrote speaking
Of d rather rapid young ladyI-"We
husbaud!. The types made Us say
We enjoy her Paramount which was
shocking!
The legal card OF iTessrs. Fowls &
Snow: in another column, speaks for
itself. Judge Daniel G. Fowlc is among
the three or four best known men in
the State, and Aas acquired an emf
nence in his profession, equal If not
superior to his political prominence.
Mr. Geo Il. Snow is AMONG the most
successful OF the younger practitioners
in the State, and has demonstrated his
popularity By going to the State Sen
ate from the big county of Wake,
when Republicaas elected the remain
dor Of the ticket.
Gov. Jarvis has recently commuted
the sentences of death in the cases Of
the following criminals to imprisonment
for life, mot counting pardons and
escapes viz Jim Greeniee, of Asheville,
the old negro who raped a Young white
girl, In her own bed at midnight,
despite her struggles and screams for
help; W. II. Eann. Of Hartford, who
murdered hr. Gatiin; and Sarah
| Swami, of Pitteboro, who drowned her
baby. 1t may be there were circum-
stances allowing this c!emency Of the
Governor; and on the presumption that
such extenuation exists We shall not
~cenSure him.
Mr.. c. L. Freeman, of Henderson
county: who secured a place in the Cap
%ito!ine Police, at WASHINGTON, through
the influence Of Hon. + 3 Vance figures
In the National R~epuJhcna as an accu-
ser of his wife. &c. w. H-"-writes
to the Guldsboro Messenger that =
He testified yesterday that be discov-
cred a bitter taste in coffee last Sunday
morning st breakfast, and testing that in
his wite's cup found that it was impure.
He carried the coffee in his own cup to
a drug store, Afterward the city chem
lists analysed it and found that there
was seven ounces Of the liquid of which
4. 95..vas morphia Two little girls, their
children, tie stitied to the conversation
at the table. Mrs Freeman was repre-
scented by w. 2. Williamson. She was
sent to jail in default OF a $500 bond.
The scene in the courtroom between
the mother and children was affecting.
To day Freeman called 30 withdraw pro
ceedings and release his wife for hu-
manity's sake" but vas informed that as
the matter had gore to the grand jury be
should see Judge Cox.
We said recently that the South
has great need OF more newspapers to
enable her to catch UP with the twenty
!. years she has fallen behind the world
IN consequence Of the war, and the ff
teen years Of Reconstruction, worse
{ than war. Az illustration occurs to US.
! How many of our readers ever heard OF
i Loyds Lopdon Newspaper? Yet that
paper had coo, 900 subscribers last year,
and probably has 700, 00G at this mo-
. ment. Think of it There are IOC
! weekly papers in North Carolina Vet
their united circulation would no,
e amount to 50, 900 copies! Loyds Ne,cs
e paper has ftur presses which print 50.