The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-08
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Mary Dri>co.l, Oswego, fire, kero-
.cRe can. match, funeral! One fool,
the less.
Mr.. A. Branch. Of Wilson. has
gone To Norfolk 10 open a branch othce
of his firm. Branch, Hadley aud Far
mer. Air. j. j. Gay will have charge
Mai. Johu ". Moore went TO
Washington last week to IKE copies 81
ilpsortaut reports Connected with his
forthcoming Roster If Confederate
Veterans.
New York has just changed her
Code of Civil Procedure. A. our pres
eut carpetbar code consists IT patches
cut out Of the y. Y. Code, ought We
not 80 follow New Iork's new suit?
MAJ. J.. ". Wilson vi, in town
las, week, bringing hi, daughter, with
two daughters OF the IcE. }. VI. An
ier,on, anl Que or " other young Ia
! dies, to Peace last tgte.
judge Manning opened his Univer-
| sity Chair with a cl - OF 10. aud pro-
badly has Others by this date 1t is all
handsome start, for SO short previous
preparation. The University, we be
fieve, has a larger attendance than
usual; Notwithstanding the drouth.
Col. Thos. G.. Fuller was chosen
Vice President for North Carolina OF
the American Bar Association which
met at Saratoga a few days aGe. The
choice WAS well made. Col. Fuller is
not a seeker after public honorS; but
he has made himself very strong In the
estimation of the public.
Mr.. Thos. G. Harris, Engraver,
has gotten up a very neat tltle-page Tor
Moore's new School History Of North
Carolina. 1t has the States coat OF
arms AS a vignette. All Of the wood
cuts in the volume are from his graver.
"A crazy chap. named j. A. Neale,
started out in Chicago Il make a ensa-
ton. He made it. He ran along the
streets, popping his pistol at people 5
heads. Five were badly shot; two Of
them fatally Nesle was finally shot
himself, by a policeman.
Mr.. J. C. l.. Harris, former Solici-
tor of this Congressional District, and
now acting Solicitor, went to the Gov
errors office to copy some of the Rail
road correspondence for publication III
the New York Times. Jarvis made
offensive remarks, which aueered Har-
ris, and it is said the Times will be
almost as hot as the weather for
several days past.
Lets see it is about a year, isn't
it. since Messrs. Best and Caddagan
rolled through the streets of Newbern
tossing pennies from the rear end OF
their car to a crowd of followers, and
laughing heartily at the s~quabblc, pro
duced by them. Aud now 1t seems that
about that period Best gave up the Yves
tern y. c. r. Il. on the plea of not be
ing able to raise money
1t will be remembered hat last
Spring, harrington, Of Charlotte. killed
Fred Harper, railroad engineer, IN a
street affray, originating in IIarper's be-
travail Of F~arrington's sister. The trial
of the homicide occurred last week and
he was acquitted the bulk Of the evi
dence tending to show hat Harper
drew his pistol first, and fired first.
Gov. Vance, Judge Bynum, W. II.
Bailey and Frank [. Osborne, conduct
ed the defence Platt ID. Walker assist
ted Solicitor Montgomery.
The present number Of the Farmer
and Wechdntc Is largely taken up with
Railroad matters. to the exclusion OF
much miscellany, communications, etc,
prepared for 1t. But Railroad affairs
now progressing in the State are Of the
first importance, and may color the fu-
ture Of our commonwealth for a genera
ton, or dozen generations. And a
journal which aSplreS to record State
events must put these transactions upon
record. We can only regret lack Of
means to print a variety for all manner
OF readers.
Some nen get married as easy as
falling off a log. 1t is about a yeal
since We last saw Rev. DR.. j. b. Hart
we'll, the CHINA Missionary then
boarding at the National Hotel, with
his wife, and two or three or four very
interesting children. Ten days ago he
was married to Miss Charlotte L. Nor
ris, one of the ladies Of the Misses Nor
ris' Boarding School, in Baltimore.
She is said to be quite pretty, and az
compllshed; and there were plenty oil
handsome wedding presents. They gC
to the land of the Petticoat ana Pigtail
where the Celestial " is also a,
Heather Chines."
There have been few elections il
North Carolina so complicated, or 5,
significant. as the recent campaign fol
Prohibition. Our prediction that il
would result IN many surprises has beer
most abundantly fulfilled.
One of these surprising sequences wa.
the discovery that the negro ministers
instead Of leading the race a. was sup
posed, could not turn a thousand vote
10 the whole State, although the twt
Bishops Lomax and Hood the colore,
editors and school-teachcrs, and full
100 Lodges of colored Temperance SO
c%letles, Good SamaritanS,' ETC., len
their support to the clergy for Prohibi
ton. And the New England ~colore,
orators, Rev. DIR. Brown" ct al
are said to have Won more white votes
than colored votes, by their speeches
! Their own race wished TO mob them.
Another surprising fact is that, in
stead of the few white Leaders leao
mg the Republican party, they wer
unable 10 turn a wheel. Reflect a me
ment United States judges Bond
Brooks, and Dick, we're outspoken 70
Prohibition. Ex-Judges Reade. Bux
ton, Seymour, Henry, Russell, an
others were outspoken for it. Ex-Go,
, ernor Holden, ExLieut. Governo
Smith, tx Treasurer Jenkins, ct a
were dcttre for Prohibition. DistriC
Attorney Ball, Senators Bowman, Blai>