The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-01-20

nun, - IL always maze votes When n
had tue reply.
Nj. Crudup had the most logical an,
philosophical mIDi OF any minister y,
have eve known in this State. II,
was i man Of wealth, OF profound piety
Of the highest character. he wa no.
ambitious, and after being in Congress
oae term. he never eutcrel politlca
life again Wilmington STIR.
Fred Shaw, 4 coiored Democrat II
.Columbus county, was ku kluxcd and
badly injured, 1t WhitevIlIe, a few
days ago.
The 7orch1;ght says an old c~olorci
woman in going from her house to her
n%eighbors on Thursday night lost her
way and died from cold.
We learn from the Erogrfss, that at
Fason's store, Nash county, on We'd
nesday, Spencer Harper got into adis-
turbance and was seriously stabbed in
five places.
DR.. n. l.. Savage, member from
Halifax, has introduced into the House,
a bill giving convicts to build the Scot
land Neck branch of the w. 4 w.
Railroad.
Mr.. Vanderbilt, it is cstimated, will
be worth two hundred and fifty nil
lions if he lives twenty years longer.
His bonds and stocks, at 4 per cent,
will be doubled in twenty years, ever
at four per cent. interest.
Mrs. Bruce, the wife Of the co!ord
Senator from Mississippi. was among
the best looking ladies present at the
White House on New Years day. She
wore a reception toilet from Worths',
Of violet colored silk and satin, trimmed
with white lace and diamond orna-
ments.
Rev. Edward Crowley, convicted Of
cruelty to little children in the shep-
herd, ager, and sentenced to the pen
itentiary fol one year and fined $3.50,
was released on Monday last.
The Committee appoited by the Grand
Lodge of MasOns to select "a site for an
Orphan House for boys, met in Raleigh
on the 9th ult., aad after a long and
exhaustive discussion of the object,
decided to build on the present prem
Uses in Oxford.
Buford, the man who shot and killed
Judge Elliot, of Kentucky, prefacing
the act with an invitation to the Judge
ito 60 snipe shooting" is having a new
trial now. He pleads insanity, has
grown old and haggard, and his hair is
as white as snow.
Hickory Cdrohaian The Catawba
Manufacturing Company, situated near
this place, engaged in the manufacture
of plaids or checks, commonly called
"Alamance," have recently increased
their machinery about one third more
which enables them to increase their
capacity Of work. They are now max
ing every day 200 yards Of Alamance
cloth-l2, 600 yards a week-52, 0OG
yards a month-624, 900 a year. At 9
cents per yard would amount to the
snug little sum of $50, $50 a year.
Our good friend, Rev. George W.
Sanderlin, of Lenoir, is a very intelli-
gent gentleman and a practical farmer.
He " ns a plantation six miles from
Eligabeth City, in Pasquotank coun-
ty. Some thousand or more acres
of swamp land have been reclaimed and
is very rich. He caused his manager
to put in cultivation between thirteen
and fifteen acres of this a~lluvial land and
SOW it in rice. On Friday last he sold
to Messrs DeRosset s Co., of this city
col bushels as the product of this expe.
riment, receiving St.o5 per bushel
total 1916. 05. This will do. He
was offered $l.I5 for the same rice in
Charleston. This beats cotton. it IS not
as nuch trouble to cultivate. Mr.. Sam
deriin says it is more trouble than corn
and less trouble than cotton.-Star.
The announcement Of the consolida-
ton Of the Western Union, American
Union and Atlantic and Pacific tele-
graph companies excited much com
ment here yesterday. 1t was about an
even thing whether Jay Gould had
bought out the Western Union and
would make Eckert president of both.
or whether it was the. other way. The
hopes Of continued cheap rates in tele-
graphing, however, have been wonder
fully dampenei. 1t looks as though it
was impossible for serious competition
in t~eiegraphing to exist in America.
Gold~boro Messenger: The jail Of
Pamlico county is now without an in.
mate. The negro left in jail untried at
the recent term of the Superior Court
has succeeded in making his escape by
burning u The relatives of DR..
W. j. Starbuck, in this community.
have received the painful intelligence Of
his sudden death Of CONSUMPTION in
Georgia, where he has been for several
months hoping to recruit his health.
DR.. Stalbuck was formerly engaged in
the drug business. here.-The special
term of Sampson Superior Court con
venes on Monday next, for the trial of
civil causes only. Our Pamlico cor
respondent says: We are having and
have had as severe a spell of weather as
the Oldest inhabitants ever heard Of.
Bay River and its tributaries have been
frozen 30 as to impede navigation. The
boats belonging here have just this day
been thawed out. The schooner J. J.
Woltenden was cap-ized in Ray River,
at the mouth of Trent Creek. last Sat
urday night, and is there still nobody
hurt"