The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-03

Jug Ao1 -tc Ia l44 . rec EoE
By u. Penn Club Of Pbila6slphia.
which sa,Iarge : 4~i;esded. and 81 =
Cause be vrotes me lvirR sl4udero-
novels shou. thc S1atL. o1ch i. fsne.
VII etIr.
Mr.. 4 = T31DseDd. 5 farmer jos;
oat Of tow. r.ised Is; year So hush-
=. Of tuTBIPs on ore acre n 40 &od
sold them for twenty-five cents per
bgshel. SIS from one acfs II ig-ulps
and yet souc ne ak of auti.ns /.
batter county II X ~ Crot ran.
Kinston Journal. S3ne o. be n-r
ried ladies' IN to~a are getting CD :
masked bal fsr FeJu.-y It'll.
William Carenab, near Richards
ODsIOw county. Slaughtered : hog this
winter - months old which wsighsd
40 pounds net.
Raleigh Star. T. II. Briggs. Sr.
Esq. is preparing a plan for tbe new
Court House The design = - adj
wings ~ - feet to TIE s4as thus cir
ing ! total r. snI4ge ST asysc = fest
The front = 10 ne drought out = : line
witt tie Pos,etice.
snow HI 4Iroc,s W have q
youpg man in town. not on, Of his pc.
~ticoat.. who can smoke three cioarS
before bre4kfast.-N9 II. Il. Eu.s
who lived nine mics from here AMI dis
tan, from Marlboro about tarse miles.
was found dead In tie woods a5aat
three huBired yards from uis house,
just after suarise Oh Tuesday morning
the 4tn p9ox. He rad Seen out gun
ming the day before and wastracked ~
the snow Dr.. Galloway beiug notih-.
fed, Went cut aud held AZ Inquest. Tha
jury rendered ! verdict Of death
from some unknown cause, supposed TO
be apopie1g.'
TIE Hudson River .Tunnel : slov
dragging along. and the promise 70 In
Isl 1t 10 three years. 1t Is twenty Zee;
under the Cay bottom Of ;ae river. aua
encounter. % rocks till nearly 81 the
Nsv YORK shore. The worknen a5e
kept alive o. COMPRISED ais. which
they like etter ,ht4 common -
only four u i've feeI OF sl-Cei an
made every da working gsugs f
twenty 10 twenty fYe men. ana work
ing al nigh.
Mars mi D.s>rrer: The number az
troops in me State GIarI az the FRS Of
Jan ary w+- , TT. We. armed. Iacre
are th-cc regiments ans. battalion y H. .
faLtry ana i~.tt4.ls no[ ar.i.ler,. uhifr +
and two D4t'aiia infantry c5.eTed.!
"A u the sac IS oea i ing II. Ii. Face, .
Esq, ATONE "a. law. gester IT. the
following prices @-sr reai.z Z; St8;e
bonds. ( pei cent. c5Es3is. - cents.
Releieh market bause. : per cents. ia:
Raleigh funded debr G per Gems g
cents. The proceeds 81 the safe an2.na-
ed TO SI2 800.
Mr.. \. f. BizzeJl, Of Laur;abarg.
give the Aars Dtsarr.r tie rgsu Is OH
his last yeas farming Iic cultivated
fifty acres in cotton. with three male.
has enriched the soil b. the use Of W cd
a>he, CAST year hae.iI- !; seventeen
miles. cotton see ald muck has u-el
but fifteen ,achs Of gUaap on ii slacs
1873. He gathered, the past season.
30.279 pounds Of lint cotton, o. sixty
bales, weighing 30 pounds each. Be-
sides this, he produced co. bushels o
corn, 200 bushels Of p5t= .a- and t.l0a
pounds Ct pork. IL could atr. rra
l.zea at low prices, On thee cr,f- ay.
over $1,000 III cash over $500 to
each mule.
Fayetteville Ec1o,iser: Mr. Allcr 7
Eicns or The A. ..o!e district in r ne
son county, MADE last year from q tares Il
crop eighty baie- OF cotton q SUI =.
icient grain for domestic Use after fat .
enough 70 last him half he year
On Tuesday morning. the 18th q
the boiler Of Nessrs. Cooaer d s.,
PrldseD's steam engine. located si2 81
niles cas-. OF Fayetteville. on the Clin-Ia
on road. used Tor driving a saw mill 1!
.Xplodcd. The engineer. a colored r,
nan, whose name we were unable to II
earn, was badly scalded. but Is getting \
better. The boiler was hurled from its )
into the air and fell end fore I.
most into a well not far off. The pecu %
nary loss is considerable. /
Snow Hill Ga=ete We counted n -
ess than eight young giants on ouI !
reefs Tuesday. The heay3e.' weigh '
d 500 pounds. and the lightesf 2l0. -.
height the taliest one was 5 feet ! ''
inches and the lowest ) feet 10 inches. I
they weighed 2D75 pounds. >
are now tryingt TO get up :
ram-way from Greenville to Snow =
I'LL. The pro position. as We under !
taud 1t, is for the people along the !,
to subscribe TO the amount Of =
10, 600. 90 and take a mortgage on the .
Dad equipments. &c. az security. that
mount being sufficient to launch the
way on a ecu career. We dc vi
.ot think the project feasible. or at
east We very much doubt It's being "a '
Convenience to our people. Nothing a
ess than a genuine railroad would =,
nswer. -
Snow Hill 4dr0cnfe: BIZ direction e
f the Government, NJ. Reid Whit Il
ord, an excellent engineer. ably assist =
4 by Capt. II. F. Price and Mr.. W. Il
/. Guion, commenced the survey Of K
Ioccasin River, better and more cor cf
ectly known as the Great Contcntnea. in
anuary 9th, and finished On Tuesday. \
he 18th inst. being engaged in the "a
FORK only nineteen days. He began nt
the mouth of the river and proceed ~
d as far as ~Stautonsburg. a distance II
{ seventy miles. 1t IS believed that 10
ur river can he cleared out and adjust tr
j, Of you'll allow tine expression and ;.
e made navigabIe for light. fat bottom #
.eamboats almost the entire wear. Il
oats are now built, which when load 90
/, only draw fifteen or sixteen inches VI
water. with q capacity of three or Va
,ur hundred bales Of cotton. Sc
The family Of Mr.. George Corbin Of G.