The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-01

More than SCI, 900 Valentines were
nailed iu New York on Valentines
Day, We say more than," because
here were that number of recognizable
valentines; to say nothing of simple
The survey of the railroad projec
ted by the Richmond & Danville Rail
road Company, from Keysville, Va,
to Raleigh has been completed. II
has aroused great interest all along the
route but is suspected of being-main-
ly on paper; for bluff purposes.
The Tarboro theatre-goers were
Disguised with Robinson's "Humpty-
Dumpty," and some of the boys ''seren.
AIDED" Robinson Unjust be of the
same blood as that old bumbug "Old
John Robinsou''), and would have
warmed" him still hotter. but for the
interference of the police.
A good man gone! On Friday, in
.glancing over a Charleston paper we
noted the 18th ANIMAL contribution OF
500, to the Confederate Home" il
that city, by Gen. A.sC. Niven of Mon
ticello. Picking up another paper we
noted the death of Gen. Niven. at his
home, after lingering illness. He was
a noble old man. He stood for the
South when to do SO was to risk both
life and estate. His nephew, now Rev.
t. NJ. Niven, was in the Southern
Army, we believe.
A letter to the DAVE Times say'
the village of Harrington is fourishing,
The Hethodists and Baptists both have
new churches--the former costing $500
There are two tobacco factories; anc
two large saw mills-one owned by +
NJ. Johnston & Co., who also has 8
grist mill, and a store. Hon. +. M
Johnston who Represented Davie in the
Legislature in 1877, is public spirited
and popular, and a subscriber Of the
Farmer and Mechanic. He and DR.
Wiseman, and others have built new
residences. The latter recently sold 14(
acres forS 1850 to Dir. S. G. Rich.
Blaine delivered his eulogy on Gar
field, in the House of Representative.
on Monday, in the presence of both
Houses, and an immense audience. Tie
was listened to, with intense interest, ano
received a storm of applause, followed
by a vote of thanks, at the close.
Nospeciic allusion to the party SQUAD
bles which killed Garfield was made;
further han a very emphatic state
ment that Garfield took his stand from
conscientious motives, and to the last
hour Of his life was resolute in his belief
that he had done right.
The heading ''Dodeed," as applied
to the action of Congress on the Liquor
question has been supposed by some
persons to refer to. Messrs. Cox and
Shackleford of the N. c. delegation,
who were paired" and did not vote.
Such was not the meaning of the title
to the paragraph. 1t referred to the 50
members Zone third of the house, who
were present, but silent" Gen. Cox,
of this 4th) district, announced that he
should vote against the proposed ''Li-
quor commissions" (appointing a Ma
tional Committee of 81 if he were not
paired.
Charlotte Daily Observer, of yester-
day prints Blaine's speech in full. 1t
also has the following
Washington, Feb. 27.-Col. Octavius
Coke, of Raleigh, and Gen. w. P. Rob
erts, of Gates county, arrived here to-
day. Tonight a conference was had at
Maj. Dowd's room, as to advising Gov.
Jarvis to call together the Legislature
fer the purpose of passing an apportion-
ment bill. There were present the
gentlemen named and Senators Vance
and Ransom, and Congressman Arm
field, Dowd, Vance, Cox, Latham,
Shackeltord and Scales. The confer
ence lasted three hours and adjourned
without result at ii tonight. Another
conference tomorrow.
The worst blow the Temperance
Cause has received is about to befall it.
True 1t managed to survive ever the
championship of Neal Dow, and others
of his ilk. But 1t will get a severe
wrench if the following from the Ma
tonal Republican be correct -
Senator John A. Logan is about to
begin a vigorous crusade in favor of
temperance. General Logan will D
pose both the reduction and repeal of
internal revenue taxes, but urge most
energetically that the proceeds of the
manufacture and sale Of liquor be de-
voted to bearing the expense of the
great system of free schools, and thus
relieve the people of that burden. He
has been collecting statistics on the sub
ject, and says hat they show that the
expense Of carrying on the school sys-
tenn of the States and Territories does
exceed S75, 900, 600, which is just
the sum that it is estimated will be re-
ceived from the tax on liquor during
the present fiscal year"