The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-10

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Esq, a forner citizen - Rdrj1a, Ii
IN Johnston county on S%unIas Is;
aged - years.
Most of the coiored "oyo ,u,s y
who, a year ago, left the Me~srs. ; |
l. &. ). Wooten. rear LrGrange. 10
Indiana, have returned 70 them.
Mr.. John J. Rose. Of Meadow town
which measured 29I inches in circum
ference aud weighed ~ pounds.
Eugene V~erboeckoven, the Belgi4r
artist. recently deceased, painted til,
Head of a Cow which sold 20.
$500. If-hs could have painted the
hind leg of a cow reaching for a milk
pail, he could have sold the canvas fol
twice the money a. an insuantaneou
sketch or a stroke Of chain lightning
Nc'C Hrn Register.
DanDury Reporter: G.. NJ. France, OF
stokes county. went down In his well
ioclean it out, recently, when the foun-
dation gave way, burying Mr. Franc.
underneath After ten hours hard
work he was rescued more dead than
allve.-A colorcd woman fell of a
foot log into Town Fork river and was
drowned.-A cripple convict made hi,
escape from the &. +. Il \. V. railroad,
enc day last week.
Arson Times Our townsman, Mr..
\. Frederick, showed us a curiosity the
other day in the shape of a flask pre-
sented him by General Grant. Mr..
Frederick was proprietor Of the Caro-
lima Hotel IN Wilmington ust after the
war, and Grant stopped with him On
his way to Charleston, where the Dicta-
tor of North Carolina, Candy, then
lived. Grant was accompanied by SIX
armed aides, but so mentally disturbed
was he, that he insisted on sleeping in
the same bed with Dir. f. aud presented
him with S25 in gold and this flask.
The flask holds a pint, has a leather top
and a britannia cup on the bottom half.
On the cup part is cut in small writing
letters, General L. S. Grant" which
GRAFT told him he did himself, and that
he had carried it all through the war
with him. 1t is needless to say it's a
whiskey flask.
Freeman z. Ray, a boy only nineteen
years old, died at Denver. Co.. recently
from the affects OF the bullet wound in
the head inflicted some fifteen months
before. One day in September, 1879.
young Ray, who was employed on cat
tie ranch, about forty five miles north
of the White River agency, was at
tackled by a band Of twenty Indian.
and was driven for shelter to a large
wagon. Here he maintained his position
single handed against the Indians, bat
his ammunition finally gave out and
while attempting to get more he fell
pierce1 with two bullets. He sue
ceeded in getting his ammunition, how
ever, and from behind the breastwork
Of bags Of -four and beans he maintained
the unequal contest until the Indians
gave up the fight in disgust. AS they left
they fired a final volley, ono of the rifle
striking young Ray in the right eye
and coming out under the left ear.
He 50 far recovered from his wound.
that in July last be was giving charge
Of the Union stock yards at Denver.
Louisburg Times: In our last issue
we made mention of a serious cutting
affair, which took place at David Wei
don's about 10 miles from Louisburg,
on the night of January 10Th. in which
Henry and George Mangum, brothers.
and Nj. ID. Fitz and James Johnecan.
Jr., all white, took part. From what
we can gather, it seems that a number
of persons were invited to Mr.. Weldon's
to a party given to a newly married
couple, Thos. Lassiter and Miss Mittie
Edwards. The four men named were
there, and the difficulty occurred in the
yard. Fitz and Johnecan were badly
cut by the two Manguns, the former
seriously, as he died from the wound.
on the following Monday. Johnecan
received only a very painful cut in
the back, and from last accounts. he
was improving. Coroner Dean, held
an inquest, and the verdict Of the jury
was that Fitz came TO his death as above
stated-by the wounds received of a
knife or knives in the hands Of Henry
and George Mangum. The Mangums
fled, and up to this writing have not
beer heard from.
Some of the best, most prudent and
conservative men in the State stand a.
ghast when they see two and three roads
chartered to run parallel with each
other from Goldsboro to Salisbury.
and all in a few miles of each other.
Also from Danville directly across
the State. While this wild wreck
~lessness granting these Hnlitless and unre-
stricted Railroad charters, is it not
strange to see the same parties behind
curtains, that are having hurried
through these Railroad charters. feeling
the ablest men in the State, crowding
the halls with active and persistent
agents induce the Legislature to carry
carry out the proposition made by the
syndicates of bondholdcrs. bankers and
spectators to the Commissioners APP
pointed by the Governor to sell the out
standing Construction bonds of the
North Carolina Railroad Company. if
the ring managers to carry through all
measures, then may we surrender all
hope Of ever seeing our people relieved
Of their present burdens ortheir mental
or physical constitution improved to
any e1test in the future and Ichabod
may be written in glaring capitals over
all our material interests. This is a
gloomy but | am far from believing it
is a dream IN two colors. -'OM0." IN
Greensboro Patriot.
The latest development of ingenuity
in stealing corpses may pave the way
for a revolution in the supply Of medi-
cal colleges with subjects for dissection.
Heretofore it has been customary for
people who wanted corrses to steal
them after burial. This involves being
out late at night, as well as many other
inconvenience. Besides. it is against
the law. As a corpse has no money
ralue thera Is no hu anainSt ;cL;n