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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-01-27
ENGINES and Saw Mills

We offer the public this excellent lot
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in good working order, as we try every
machine before shipping. The small
engines are rugged for ginning and saw
ing and on skils.
3 IA H. P, Engines and Boilers at
$3.50 each.
4 70 H. P. Engines and Boilers at
1915 to $3.50 each.
! 10 H. P. Engines and Boilers at
$500 to 5000.
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/ II H. P. Engine ard Boiler 5000.
Is III. p. Engine and Boiler 5000,
nearly new.
/ New I II. P. Engine and Boiler on
wheels $3.50.
New 30 II. P. Engine and Boiler
1920.
As Fl. P. Boiler and % II. P. En-
CINE, $3.50.
Light Friction Saw Mill, 20-foot car
race screw head blocks and IS inch
Disston Saw, S215.
Heavy Fl lotion. Saw Mil, 25-foot
carriage screw head blocks and % inch
Disston Saw, 1919.
Ratchet Feed, $50 extra.
Our Jet Pump will raise water out OF
a well 80 feet deep.
Write for circular, giving dimensions
and prices.
New Engines and Boilers of any size
made to order.
TAPPEY & STEEL.
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ian 13-tf.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-01-27

Nj. Geo. j. Tate and family. from
Nisbech, England, have bought the
Malone property at this place, of
the most desirable IN Western North
Carolina conn anding "a i does, a hne
view of many noted peaks OF The sun
rounding mountains among which Is
Mitchells Peak the highest mountain
in America east OF the Rocky Noun
tainS. This property Is beautifully To-
Gated one half mile from Marion depot,
has a fine house of eight rooms, with
out houses, &c, with 80 acres OF land,
well adapted to the growth OF tobacco,
wheat. and vegetables. Thus Mr.. Tate
has secured a beautiful and comforta-
bic home. from which he can make a
support for his family, and all for the
small sum of $1,000; the axe on
which will not be more than SO or SIS
per year. We would gladly welcome al
sach people who Will come and make
their homes among us.
There are many farms IN this section
which can be bought low and on easy
terms; some as low as 500 and many
good ones for $500 and 5000. The
climate of this section IS unsurpassed
for healthfulness, while the soil Is adap-
ted to all Kinds of fruit Except the
tropicaD grains, vegetables, tobacco,
*. Such a thing as starving or freez
ing to death is not known. and every
man is protected in his rights OF person
and property. That Western Nortf
Carolina is destined to become densel.
populated through the inviting climate
and productive soil and her rich gol'
and other ores. is the conviction OF ever,
one that knows any thing Of it. W
publish a long article this week frou
the Fa,ner and Wechdnic, written by NJ
Shotwell, which gives many lnterestln
facts about our State. 1t contains muc
information and should be preserve
for reference byall who take an interes
in their own State. Marion Lamp
; Post.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-01-27
For the FARMER AND MECHANIC.
HARNETT, Jan. 20, 81.

Hr. Editor: Snow. slect and rain
The like was never seen in this com-
munity before. The water courses are
nearly all past fording and ferrying. |
have been planning to visit the City OF
Oaks" for weeks, and so have many
others, and to day was set apart to start
rain or shine" but Cape Fear is out
of the banks, and lain is pouring, so It's
no 20 yet awhile longer. Weddings
alone seem to flourish without hin
drance, amid such weather. For to-day
Mr.. Silas Davis and Miss Mary Mclean
are twain made one," for better OF
mot worse.) Also Neill McArtin, Esq.
to Miss Christian Davis, of Fayette-
vile.
We regret to record the death OF
Mrs. Lamb Byrd recently. Also Mr..
Geo. n. Rogers, Of Ellington, is very
low, not expected to live and DIR. n.
Mckay, ID. D., has been quite Ill.
Jno. Gallagher, an ex Federal soldier
drew $500 from the l. ). Treasury as
peusioner in the late war.
iIarnett has sent VI a number o
prohibition petitions, aud all we want Il
a chance to vote OF it. We will sinh
the sale and traffic Of ''daEnition b,
the drink" beyond the limits OF redemp
ton forever, and make thousands o
poor womcn's souls happy, who are nov
crushed beneath the weight and yoke
of squalls and brawls Of cold, hungr!
children. feorS and abuses of drunken
tJrutes) husbands.
BACHELOR.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-01-27

The Raleigh Noes Observer has this to
saw of the visit of General Imboden
and Mr.. Hyndman to that city, and the
object of the same:
tWe had tho pleasure Of meeting last
evening Gen. J. ID. Imboden. OF Vir-
ginia, and Mr.. f. X. Hyndman, of
PENNSYLVANIA. These gentlemen are here
for the purpose Of procuring a charter
from the legislature entitled the South
Atlantic & Ohio Railroad Company 1t
is proposed by this company to build a
railroad from their coal mines in Wise
county, Virginia, to S~mithville, below
Wilmington, in this State. They wish to
utilize the Carolina Central and Cape
Fear & Yadkin Valley railroads, build
ing the gaps between all points where
there are no railroads along their pro-
posed route. The distance between
the mines and the terminIs at Smith
vile is about 404 miles. This coal
mine is owned by the company The
coal fields are said to contain one
thousand million tons of coal. The
qualities of coal are known as canal,
bituminus and splint. This company
say they want nothing but q charter
they ask for no appropriation. 1t vii
require only about 100 miles of new
road to be built.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-01-27

A CHASTITY TALE FROM BEAUMONT
.CoU>Tr.-Jrn. 2-Pssssngers on the
Charleston bound train tonight have
given ne the following facts ~ coming
from a relishle gentleman who saw tho
bodies OF the victims when they wers
landed
Yesterday morning. after the severe
slect storm. which during The night
before ragged along the coast, steam
launch belonging To . revenue cutter,
Stationed hear Beaufort. while proceed
ing 10 Port ROYAL, picked up a Hat
adrir, OF Bay Point. The crew Goa
sisted Of eight negro men, lying stark
and dead. she.ihed in the ice which
covered their vessel. Il was ascertain
Ed that they hsd been drinking heavily
the evening before on their trip from
ST. Helen. 20 Por. Royal. and 1t WAS
inferred that while under the Influence
OF liquor they had fallen into a sleep
which was destined % bs their last
Y. e.. e.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-01-27

E.T.rtEoT PRxMlcN If noae 81
thea %; AVA. Mr.. Michael Hazzard.o
Muntrcei,o, Pratt ouuutv. H.. l. clearly
entitled 81 a iarre size PREMIUM By
Them" we rr.er I o his I'VE babies,
which were born Sept Is. 1880, aud
are still alive and kicking. Mike sent a
photograph OF his brood to the Bal
timorraD wlfh this note:
The wife wa born at Little York,
Indiana. Giay =, 1914. Michael Haz-
gard was born az Vienna, Indiana, Dee.
:. 1871; married October /, 1868
Enlisted in Company T. Thru,
eight Regiment Indiana Volunteers,
August 20. 1861. and wa shot tnrnu-n
the right shoulder at P-rryvIi.e, ny,
Oct. 3, 1862. DISCHARGED December
81. and move - iyu.leeliO Az 1850.
Boil Ancrcau,.
The Baitimorean remarks:
Tue prolific power, u some lndivld-
ua,s among manNinI ale very e%xtraordi-
nary. Instances have beer found where
children to the nunbe. Of six. sever,
eight. nine. and sometimes sixteen,
have been b.ough; forth at Que bir,h.
The wife OF Emanuel GagU. a labOrer
near Naiiaiolid, Sa, delivered the lfth
of June. 1899, of i've girls. The cele-
biated Talsin was brought TO bed at
Argentine. Paris, 18th OF July, i7.9,
OF three boys, each fourteen and a half
inches long, and Of a girl thirteen inch
es. They were ali baptized, but did
not live twenty four hours. L. June,
1879, ore Maria Ruiz, Of Llcena, in
Andalusia, was successfully delivered Of
sixteen boys, without any girls. Seven
of them we're alive on the 10th Of Al
gust following.
In 1885. a Muscovite peasant,
named james kyriof, and his wife
were presented TO the Empress OF Rus
STA. This peasant had been twice mar
lied, and was then seventy years OF
ace. HIS first wife was brought 20 bed
twenty-ope times, namely, tour time
Of four children each time, seven times
Of three. and ten times of two. making
in ali fity-seveu children, who were
then aliyc. His second wife, who &c
c%ompanicd him, had been delivered
seven { me, once of three children, and
six times twins. Thus he hau seventy
two children by histwo marriages.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-01-27
NIUSI q I..- yUttA'
II. +. HUERARD.
Go FROM HON

Go FROM HOME To IlEAg II NEWS.
About nee week We find IN GU!
Northern exchanges All absurd lie, 81
two, to the disCrcdit Of NoIth Carolin-
ma and the thought arises, where dc
thee come from 2 Are they hatched bl
the Washington correspondents to add
spice TO their letters, or arc they palm
ed off upon the Northern editors 10y
some rascal here in the State who Is
making m3n@y by tradacing Us?
" all events we Gnd in a reputable
Journal like the SIN. last week, the fol
lowing items; neither of winch have
one particle of foundation IN facts =
'.Abbie Howard was driven from home
in Pende" county, \. c., with hel
her baby in her arms. She wandered
ten miles that day, and at night was
permitted hy a farmer to sleep on the
bare floor of an clubhouse, bat he wonld
give her nothing to eat, and drove hel
away in the mornIn. On the second
evening she staggered into a house
where Il religious meeting was being
held, and begged the worshippers to
pray for her. She had killed icrchild
being unable to iced t."-'lsober
Smith, a North Carolina farmer who
had been annoyed by thieves, shot ant
Killed & man who entered bis orchard
The intruder proved to b. an homes
stranger, with no intent to steal. SmltI
was convicted of murder IL the tirsI
degree, and sentenced to be hanged
His neighbors s~ympathized with him
and, failing to get executive clemancy
forcibly released him from Jail. and sen
him secretly out of tie State
Next
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-01-27

Congress man Newberry is the Pres
ident Of 50 mining and manufacturing
concerns.
Mrs. Gen. Mcdowell is known to be
worth $1,000, 600.
Mrs. Kate Sprague is AZ, and looks a
little oldec Of course. but is really pretty
as a peach.
1t is said that Secretary Schurz will
marry soon after the 4th OF March, and
settle in the West.
Hickory Press: The longest rabbit
tale we ever heard Of 800 rabbits were
caught in ne space Of ore square mile
on the ia.m Of Mr.. Suttlemyre. near
this place.
Warren Ne,cs: Mr.. ". B. Check
slore house, with goods, was burnt yes
terday morning about 5 o'clock. lie
thinks it caught from the stove pipe.
We learn that there was some lnsur-
ance.
Warrenton Guzette:: The Raleigh x
CASTOR railroad has reduced its passen-
ger fare to 81 cents per mile, trst-class,
and 3 cents per mile for second class
fare. when return tickets are bought.
Miss Elenor Calhoun. a grand daugh-
ter of the great John Z. Calhoun, won
a splendid triumph in Washington last
week. The Htrdld said But there
is. above all, about Miss Calhoun that
spell of youth aud freshness that must
saptivate even the jaded theatre-goer
and make him know what enthusiasm
means once more. There is a young
girl who has come to US out OF the
Wes;. though with the credentlal o. an
old South Carolina name, and We think
we may fairly say that she has taker
the town by storm.
The Metropolitan hotel. at New
York, was damaged by fire Sunda,
morning.-The New Orleans Cotton
Exchange will erect q new building a
{ a cost Of $50, coo. a colored wo
nan was murdered in her house nea'
). Atlanta. GA. Sa.urday.-Ihe whea
, crop is pronounced a failure IN parts o
illinois and Indiana.-FIve inches o
snow fell at Mobile, Ala. Sunda,
right: at New Orleans it was three t
four inches deep.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-01-27

The Marctal & Smith Organ Co..
have so perfected the production OF
their Is Stop Organs that they are able
now to extend their low offer indeh-
nitely. Thousands of their 500 Organs
have been sold since they first offered
them. and their production IN such i'm
mense quantities has enabled the man
u;acturers to perfect and economist
their production. Taking all the res
possibility t themselves, they propose
to send their beautifully perfected IN
at .umcnts, combining pOwef, compass,
tone, va:lety and finish, at the extreme
lv low price of sixty dollars. And not
only that, but they send it to you to Try
thoroughly at your own home for lit
teen DAYS. and il not found per fectly
satisfactory thev refund the money and
p1y freight both ways, thus asking the
purchaser to take no responsibility
whatever.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-01-27

There is a fence-law movement IN
New Hanover that promises 10 result
ia positive good to the people A dol
lar saved is a dollar made. We have
seen several petitions to the Legislature
signed by the leadibg land owners IN
the several townships. They pray the
Legislature to change the present law
as TO a legal fence-to compel persons
owning stock to fence it instead OF
fencing in the plantations. We learn
that owing to the leculiar situation OF
New Hanover, it being 50 bounded by
rivers and the ocean, a fence nine miles
long will completely fence it IN. The
cost of such fence is a mere tribe COM
pared with the expense entalled upon
the farmers by the present unwlse and
UNEQUAL fence law. We suppose the
Legislature will give due attention to
what the petitioners say. We under
stand that Col. b. r. Moore, prosecu-
ting attorney of the Criminal court,
leaves tomorrow for Raleigh. having
in charge the memorials which he will
cause to be presented to the Leglsla'
ture. Star.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-01-27
INSTITUTE
For Young Ladies,
cOlDSBORO, WAYNE CO., N. c.
REV. DR.. r. II. CHAPMAN, p,

Rev. DR.; R; II; cHArMAs, Prin's
The entire expense of Boarding pu~
pills at this School, for English Course,
Latin. French, Singing in Class, French
Calisthenicks, Board. Washing, fuel,
lights. and servants. for school year,
ne hundred and eighty $3.50 dollars,
i. e. twenty dollars per month.
The instruction in Vocal and Instru-
mental Musick, Ancient and Modem
7 languages. Calisthenicks. &c fully up
to the requirements of the largest city
Schools. The Mu ical Director. Dir.
Henry Schwerin, graduate Of tie Uni
yersity of Berlin, and of the Musical
Conservatory of Paris, ~ from
the American and Foreign School
Agency. n. Y, and is endorsed by DR.
Damrosch of the same city.
Pupils received at any time, and
charged from date of entrance to close
of Sc sion. Apply for circular to Rev.
DR.. Chapman, Goldsboro. Wayne Co,
\. G.. Jan 13-tf.
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Perry, the Excduster.

In his annual messenger, Gov. Jafyi-
thus IT: rs % the rcqai-itlou ne made
Tor this "Rey,' HypocrIticai Rascal:
After some delay. the warrant wa
issued by tie executive officer of the
ilstnct, Ii the arrest Was maze but
Perry was at once taken III charge by
The marshal, under d wrlt Vi hnbe1Is
OrUgas Issued by Judge yile. DIR.
Bagby en- .oyed good counsel u repre-
sunL .u ctatc. Inc trial ASSUMED the
aspect o. "a political Iaquisitlon against
the State oi North Carolina. Instead
of try ing the case upon the papers be-
fore him the judge proceeded To try the
State upon he testimony OF the defen-
dant, his wife aud mother, as to wheth-
er the man could get a fair trial If he
should deliver him up t o the State >
agent. / doubt if any judge has ever
done the like before. Perry, of course.
was released, and the attorneys for the
State appealed TO the general term The
Hon. X. I. Merrick and K. ,. Davis,
Esq, are the attorneys that represent
the State, and they have agreed 10
prosecute the appeal without further
charge"
1t thus appears that Perry has a
vile In Washington cay. lhe rascal
has IA wife here aud a lot of helpless
children, all in u suffering condition.
lie let here three Vi t,ur years ago
under the pretcXt OF soliciting contrlbu
tion. 10 bu,ld ii church for him to preach
IN, (havug succeeded In dividing the
African church, The colored men had
but iittle fancy Tor him, but many OF the
sisters tied to him, and although he had
previously been abroad on tins mission
and after collecting enough to build a
church had lost 1t ali while returning
home b. crossing a swolen creek that
washed him and his carpet bag down
stream the sisters boo hood d little
over his narrow escape from a watery
grave, and dressing him up Che hau
his clothes , they started him out
again, and he has not shown himself
here since. About SIX moths or a
year after mission number ,, a mulatto
woman he brought heic with HIN, got q
fifteen dollar postal order from him,
with the request that she meet him III
Washington; and this oma is no
doubC wife No. 2.-Nlilton Chronicle.
Note.-Perry has a 5000 office in one
Of the Washington Departments. 1t is
such things that keep the South
solid"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-01-27

GATHERINGS FROM THE STATE PA
pERs. Gen. j. d. Imboden, of Vir-
GINA, and Mr.. +. X. Hyndman, OF
Pennsylvania, were in Wilmington
Monday for the purpose of examining
the facilities of that port as an outlet
for the immense coal post OF South
western Virginia and the iron of Mitch
ell county, North Carolina. The Star
says: They met a number of the mem
bers of the Chamber of Commerce and
Produce Exchange. at the rooms of the
latter body. Gen. Imboden stated that
the parties mainly interested are now
engaged in the construction of a narrow
gauge railroad, connecting the ron and
coal mines above alluded to, which
| road they expect to connect with the
Uape Fear < Yadkin Valley Railroad,
in this State, and also connect with the
Ohio Valley AMI the system of railroads
extending thence to the great lakes.
lie spoke of both the iron and coal as
being the finest quality known any
where, and almost inexhaustable III
quantity. To give some idea Of the
~immensity of the coal deposits, he said
/ at the rate oftwo thousand tons per day
it would probably take five hundred
years to exhaust the supply. Then as
to the cost ofthe manufacture of what
is known as the Bessamer pig iron he
stated that in Pennsylvania it would
amount to S2S per ton, while in North
Carolina it would only cost about ST.
per ton, showing a difference in favor o.
our State of Sl3 per ton. In fact, he
thought that the advantages were SC
great in favor Of our State that it woulC
result in a transfer Of the Bessamer PIE
iron manufactures from Pennsylvania
to Western North Carolina
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-01-27

Two RASH VIRGINIA DoCTORS.-
RtchmOnd, Ia, Jan. 10 We lost two
OF our most enthusiastic sporUsulen on
the 10Th inst. under the most shocking
circumstances. DR.. james Vest aud
Dir. Charles Morrison (of the drug firm
Of Morrison & Co.. President OF the
Bachelors Sporting Club, left the city
for Wilcux's wharf. for a three days
bird hunt. On reaching the wharf,
about II O'Clock, the snow-storm was
so severe that they gave up the bird
hunt, and determined to take a small
boat for Herring Greek, four miles up
the river, aud try the ducks. Every
body around the place entre'ted then
not to make the attempt us the boa.
was a frail one, and the weather veEy
u~ntavorable. Finally they succeeded II
getting a negro man named Randolph
to take them up. rs they left th'
wharf an old sailor walked to the end .
the landing and implored them not L
make the attempt, but they kept on
Since then nothing has been heard Q
them. The boat was found on tn
shore next day, bottom upwards, witt
marks on its side, made with their fin
ger-naiIs, showing what a fearful strug
gle the poor fellows made for thel
lives.
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A SWEEPING Insurance BILL IN
Process OF INCUBATION \ THE SENATE
INSURANCE COMMITTEE In the week
ly New York GaierUriter we find the
following =
..Raleigh, ". c., jan. 1.-TWO
more insurance bills have been intro
duced i'll the Senate. Both were at
once referred t the chairman of the
insurance committee who will not show
them to anyone. | was able to-day to
gather some Information in regard 10
the status of affairs. No meeting Of
1.-The insurance committee OF either
House has yet been had, but the Senate
committee is called for Friday next.
A quiet under standing has been arrived
at between both committees. The
three bills already introduced in tie
Senate. together with at least five ore
now being Matched In the brains Of
other members of that body. are to be
grouped by the committee which viii
select the salient points of each pro
posed bill and incorporate such as they
fancy, or deem proper, in one complete
and sweeping bill.
"Mr Nicholson, of the committee q
the House, says he does not 0 THAI
that he will introduce his bill, Of whcs'
character [ have already informed you
as its objects will be attained in thu
general bill proposed.
the Senate committee is now being
aided by an eminent lawyer, possibl.
two OF them, of this city. Tbs bill
which it will have before it at its meet
ing on Friday. will be the n draw
by this attorney, with, as | SAID above
the prominent features Of all the othe
bills incorporated in it. 1t will be
sweeping bill, with the 500, O0
deposit clause; the thirty-day paymen
clause; also with a clause foibiddiu;
compromises by companies with IN
suress. Some companies in the State
by seeking after compromises, hav
incurred the wrath of several of tn
members. This becomes evident upo
conversing with them. | am led to bt
Iieve that the Secretary Of State, VIII
is really insurance commissioner, Is IL
terested in the preparation Of the bill.
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FOR SALE.

will sell at Public Auction at the
Court House in Smithfield, on Satur-
p,y, Feb. u, 1881. my mills, and one
hundred acres of land, on Black Creek,
g. miles South Of ~Smithtield; about 80
a res of which are now in cultivation.
Good dwelling house with five rooms,
and all necessary out-houses. Good
orchard. Circular saw mill, flour and
corn mill, cottOn-g,n, etc, with never
failing water-power. Healthy ioca-
ton, good neighborhood, good water.
Terms: One third cash one third pay
able Jan /, 1888. Balance Jan: !,
1884. With approved security. Title
perfect. For further particulars apply
to WILLIE A. SMITH,
Smithfeld, Johnston Co n. &.
Ian 2O-lm.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-01-27

LIFE AT WASHINGTON. YESTERDAY
Representatives Tillman, Of s. c., said
to Mr.. Scales, of n. c.: "Say, Scales,
haven't you got one of my shoes on?'
Il don't know" said Scales; but he
raised his pedal ~extrenities and found
that he had one shoe with buttons and
one that tied. ''Weil. [ declare, >
SAID Scales; Il thought my right shoe
burt a little" An examination devel-
oped that Tillman was likewise ODDLY
shod. How tire feet gear of these
statesmen became ''brtter cupped" is
nobodv's business, but it was proba.
bly, done in the bath room of the
H~ouse.-Washington Star