The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-20
present number i gotten on

recess on Monday until Friday, to at
end the Yorktown CELEBRATION.
Col w II Crows card in another
column will have interest for Life In
~surance folk.
Senators Vance, Ransom, Lamar,
Wade Hampton, and Joseph f Blown,
board at the Metropolitan Hotel in
Washington.
At the fair, Mr.. Charles Kerr took
premiums 10 the amount Of seventy five
dollars. Robert Scott took %severa
premiums on farm products.
-Guiteau has been brought into
court, and plead mot guilty" His &C
tions aud demeanor plainly indicated
that be vas demented.
Capt Ashe writes from Washing
ton that the troubles Of Messrs. Win
stead 4 Tuck, distillers of Person, viii
be compromised. They are keeping
mn est, until the matter be arranged.
-r..e Wilmington & Weldon r. r.
has finally been ordered to pay s. 900
fnr the killing of Hon. Edward Con
ningland. The Goidsboro Messenger
says that after the first trial the compa-
ny offered to pay 81, 800.
Our young friend. Samuel T Mich
olson. Of Whitakers, sent to Atlanta
Exposition heads of oats raised by
him, measuring % and "a inches
three times the usual length. See adj
yertisement elsewhere. 1t must be q
rare article.
A gold headed cane was yesterday
presented to Mr. VIM J Best, by the
adde's of G~oldsboro who enjoyed his
hospitality during the recent excur-
sion TO Beaufort, says the Messenger.
The Nowbern Nercs reports three mites
# track graded to the west of Colds
puiO.
julius Setter. of Charlotte, went
to sleep with his door open, and was
robbed Of Si75. Heavy penalty for
carclessness. The Observer of that
says Charlotte has more bur
g!tries than any town of its size in the
world.
There are Public. or Free, school
Buildings at the North which cost more
than the Capitol of North CAROLYN.
There are Free School teachers who GET
rom $4,000 to $1,000 a year salary.
The Free school tax in Boston IS 50 per
capita. In North Carolina 1t is %
cents; which tco cents a MONTH the gear
fOHad!
,A young lady residing in the
central portion of the state would like
to hear or a situation as Housekeeper,
maid, ladies' companion, or
almost any similar position IN which
an honorable, christian oma can
make herself useful, and exchange her
services for q reasonable support. A
country home preferred, but it is not
material. The young lady is said (by
ii lady. who informs us) to be amiable
and intelligent, with a knack Of look
ing after domestic or household duties.
Families needing such an assistant Il
get the name by writing to this Office.
At the meeting of Directors of the
Fear and Yadkin Valley r. r., on
Thu sday, no definite action was taken
as to the sale Of the Road. But we IN
derstand it is now as good as settled
that the road Will pass into the hands
OF q wealthy syndicate, who will finish it
at a rapid rate, Its now stated that the
explanation of the sale of the English
IRON TO Florida Railroad after its ar
rival ;t Wilmington, was due to some
Dissatisfaction on the part of the I'm
glish parties who had agreed to furnish
the iron, and accept the bonds Of
the company in lieu Of cash. They de-
clincd to take the Bonds, and the trade
fell through.
A call from Col. Wharton Green
and Is A. C~apeheart, Esq, of kittrells,
led TO some interesting fish talk"
Both of these gentlemen take interest
in the finny tribe. Col. Green's Carp
nond was stocked about four months
ago. During that time his German
Carp have grown from 2-inch minnows
to handsome table fish, Is inches long,
and 5 in breadth. This is rapid growth.
But we believe Col. Roger 0. Gregory
reports some of his carp as doing quite
rs well, or better.
Mr.. Gapehcart has not yet stocked
his r,nd but he is an old fisherman"
having formerly owned "Avoca,' on
the Chowan, the nome of DIR. VIM.
II. Capeheart, and reputed as n Of
the loveliest, il not the most So, of
homcsteads in Eastern Carolina. 1t
seems incredible to hear these gentle
men speak of catching 5000 shad at
one haul. and nearly half a million her
ring in one day. But Mr.. Capeheart
says it is not uncommon with the lar
ger fisheries which are operated by
steam, to take 300, 900 fish at one haul
A terrible affair in Union county.
Edmund Davis, an ~cX-convict, not long
out Of the Penitentiary, went to the
house of Messrs. Goodfray, a respecta-
bic widow lady, ten miles South of
Monroe, and ravished her daughter.
The mother heard the struggle going Cd
in her daughters room; but was too
old and feeble TO bring assistance in
time, The negro escaped, but was
captured ere night, The officers hid
him i'll the woods, and crowd of reven-
gers hunted all night for them.
about sunrise on Monday they were
found. and the negro made to confess.
Then he was hanged. Many egro,s
took part, and wanted to burn him.
ut we're not permitted. We get these
particulars from the Charlotte Observer.
The prevalence of rape renders it
necessary to warn parents to be Oh
their guard at all times. ~
acknowledgements to the officers
Of the Sd Annual Exhibition of the
North Carolina industrial Association
coiored for IA complimentary ticket.
John o Kelley is President; John Ii
Williamson. Secretary.
The editor OF the farn3cr and Me-
chanic lost three years OF the bloom of
his life through false charges of violence