The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-27
Baptist State Convention vii

"A letter 10 tue ODSSTCST Gays
drunken row among negroes resulted II
the death of one. and the stabbing 0
two Others, by a negro who was beln
assailed by the others.
President Arthur nominated ex Coy
Edwin ID. Morgan for Secretary Of til
Treasury, and the Senate promptly con
frmed the nomination. This dispose
of Hole -in-the sky Boutwell,.
The friends Of Sampson count
Fair are bent upon making a success
Ii opens Nov. I6, and continues 4 days
q. w. Hobbs IS president; o l.. Chest
nut secretary. +. w. Kerr Chief Ma
shall. Gov. Wade Hampton and Col
L. l.. Polk are expected to address tn
people. 1t will be worth going t
hear.
Prof. King and Mr.. j. g. Hasha
gen formerly of Wilmington an1
C~harlotte) who left Chicago in a balloon
and were not heard from during tn
whole last week turned u , on Saturday
they assembled nearly seven miles above
terra tirma, and.drifted intothe wilds o
Wisconsin, s. miles from anywhere:
md had a big time e%ettin. out Of "A
swaunp in which they landed.
Items from the Durham Phunt.
County Treasury re. Tilley, ofOrange,
lost a tobacco barn by fire last week.
Prot. e j.. Wilson is arranging to open
a steam laundry. The n. {. Confer,
ence will convene at Durham Nov. 221,
Mr.. VIM. Cole is dead, aged 90. Also
d young child of Mrs. J. W. Bynum.
while visiting friends in Pitt,boro. The
cLn-y commissioners have purchased
two farms near McCown's mill Tor a
Poor hous;.
As we stated last week, it is as
GOOD as settled hat the Cape Fear and
Yadkin r. h. will pass into the hands
IF a wealthy syndicate, chiefly Of New
Workers, who will pay the $55,0 600 for
he State stock contemplated by the
Imboden Bill. The Observer Of yester-
lay adds that the syndicate propose to
build a direct line from Wilmington to
Jincinnati, and that Presdt. julius 4.
Tray favors their scheme.
DR.. Lewis Harrell, of WilkeJ, a
worthy gentleman, and IA director in
he company. tells the Statewide L0nd
mark that there is little doubt of the
acceptance OF the prefer when formally
MADE.
What a cheerful thing is the first
fire on the first October evening that is
deemed ''cool enough for fire." The
fullest and dreariest Of Old bachelor
quarters takes IA CHEEKY, comfortable
hue, under the novel influence Of a good
bright blaze on the hearth Hail to
Thee, Lightwood! Thou art truly typi-
cal of conservative old Carolina. A
rough knot, but sound at the heart !.
rough-grained, and tenacious, bat all
~'fatness,' when properly melted.
HarG-headcd and unmaDageable under
some circumstances, but always ready to
light up, and blaze and glow till all the
world is illumined by the glare of thy
glory,-yea, old ':Tarheel, thou art
the true Lightwood of American forests !
Long mayst thou shine Rich be thy
fairness Bright be thy spirits !"
rirmly-stuck thy ''Tar"-stick
And thy lovely daughters, may they
ever be
''Only won by Southern boys, true
sons of liberty"
So far as W. can judge, land our
sympathies are not apt 20 be with one
who enjoys Office as the reward for de-
the Democratic party.) Mr..
Geo. b. Everett, of the 9Th Collection
District is making an honest officer.
The Winston Republican, which advo-
Gates keogh & Co., or the Greensboro
Wing of the Republican party versus
The Mett-Cannady wing, says:-''We
see from the Ledderthat John II. Shultz,
Of the Revenue office, has been
Ito step down and out" He
was certainly the most devoted friend
h eritt had, and we might say the only
one, unless there has been a great
change"
Well does not this argue an honest
purposes The severest trial to a young
msn on coming in office is to deny to
his friends the places they clamor for,
and insist upon having regardless of
The State Historical Society reports
through the Educational Journal re
Of the following gifts: Col. VIM.
i erdDeRossett, of Wilmington, presents
of Ms vo!um of c, rrepondence between
t. v. Tryon and Earl of HiIsboro
the troubles Of the Regulation,
by his brother, the late Louis
II. DeROsse:., from the originals in
London. 1t must contain much mat
ter of value. Col. T. Brown Vena
Oxford Copies of the North Car
Gazette, printed at Halifax la
1898. Mr.. James + Scott of Alanance,
~ ancient fax wheel complete. Also
one Of tie earliest settlers. From Col.
| hos. NJ. Holt acol!ection of Confeder-
ate bonds and notes, and some Cent
money. From Jsmes S. Battle,
Esq: A collection Of Confederate Bonds
and notes and North Carolina (war)
money.
G Of news for the trans montana
country! At the Knoxville meeting
last week the three railroad companies
KIN as Clayton r. r. lin Georgia,
the "Rabun Gap Short Line" Tin
Cardinal and the Knoxville 4
Augusta Tin Tennessee) united under
the name of 1.-The Rabun Gap Route
thereby insuring the rapid completion
IF the road. Where will it run? Well,
there are ~ miles of track already built,
Knoxville to M~arysville, Tenn.
Thence the route ONE eastward
through Macon county, crossing the
route a few miles north Of
Franklin, the home of Lieut.. Gov. Rob
inson. who, by the by, has been pow
quiet of late. From Franklin
the road turns Southeast to Clayton,
Ga; from which town the route is
graded to Toccoa City. a growing sta
ton ON the Charlotte and Atlanta Air
Line Read, the point where the mem
49, e tho T.rlotura fam N,on,