The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-17


the next weeks paper, with date to which it pays.
We know the gentlemen comprising
the Southern Novelty Company at
Whitakers, and they will do what they
promise.
Several Raleighites just returned
from New York pronounce that viii
lage the biggest thing on ice" 1t is
a world in itself; and the Pit" pitch
ed in
~ Half a dozen communicationson
file for next week. We have only a
limited space at present; but hope ere
long to have g plenty of room for ali
manner of letters from the People.
The other half of the lucky lotte-
~ ticket No. 1876, which won 800
900 was held by George Branson, of
Camden New Jersey, a book-binder.
And now he is a digger man then ole
grant, among the J~arseyans.
1t was not a measure of much i'm
portance-merely consolidated all Of the
State Railroads in a lump-but unfor-
tunately somebody counted 'em and
there were only Is Senatorial noses
present.
Some months ago, in the height of
the prohibition excitement, the Farmer
and Mechanic remarked that the mil
lenlum was yet at a considerable dis
lance, from the State capitol, and the
Prohibition Act would-see Us later.
AS several persons took US to task for
our skepticism, we desire to invite their
nnngIHnrarInn To thrnrc nnT avIstanr
Virginia, like North Carolina, has
an ORANGE county, and likewise a pa
per at It's county seat called the Or
0nge OJserrer." Look to your head,
friend Harris By the by, Durham
ought to take the name of LEMON, not
so much because of needing Lemon
aide, but because she is trying to
squeeze herself in between an Orange
and a Pineapple, which last You can
call Wake or Chatham, as you please.
We understand that Hon. Jos. j.
Davis says there is nothing In the story
Of the Washington dead beat who says
Hon. Jesse j. Yeates agreed to give
him $500 to lobby with the committee,
etc. 1t seems this fellow had been In
the habit of acting as a kind of whip
perrin" or runner, to hunt up absent
Congressman when they were wanted to
vote on any bill. He performed some
such service in the contest case but
Mr.. Yeates says he made no bargain
with him, and that it is black mail.
"A brutal murder was committed in
Oberlin. a negro suburb of Raleigh.
Monday night. Rufus Fuller, colored.
has been making threats corncerning
Isaac Taylor, colored. They met at a
gathering, and Fuller advanced on
Taylor, who threw up his hands in de-
fence, but received a single fearful
slash across the neck that severed his
jugular vein, killing him insanity.
As Fuller ran off, he threw a pistol into
the bushes, showing he had armed him
self fully. He was arrested by the
colored bystanders, and is now in jail.
Hon. j. S. Blaisdell, of Perqu1m
mans, gave us a call yesterday to bring
a couple OF subscribers. He isa North
ern man, but has proven himself not a
"carpet-bagger" by entering into bust
ness, and identifying himself with the
State, before entering into politics.
His statement of the of East,
ern North Carolina, particularly in tim
Der, was surprising. ever to some of US
who have looked into the subject. A
single firm, by a single route, ship 3d.
OOO,O 900 feet per annum and have or
ders for 40, 1000, 900 now on hand. Mr..
Blaisdell is probably the ablsst Repub-
lican member of the House, and was
regarded as a leader, though often
voting independent of his party.
And now the Governor has re-
appointed his Board of Internal In
provement. 1t consists of Thomas J. !
Jarvis, Col. VIM. Johnson tfather-in-
law of Col. A. B. Andrews, of the
Richmond Il Danville r. r.: and
Maj. Henry A. Gillian, the Governors
intimate friend and counsellor. But
what can the Internal improvement"
improve-on the present position; par
ticularly as respects the Richmond &
Danville By the by, now that the
Richmond 6 Danville Railroad controls
500 miles of North Carolina track
nearly double its Virginia line, fought
it not to change its name and save our
feelings by adopting the title of NORTH
CdroLad and RtchmOnd Railroad ?"
What says Gov. Jarvis!