The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-04-05

learning.
0-it is relegraphed that after
protracted cabinet meeting the Pres
dent decided to veto the Chinese Bill
d G. Mangum Esq. nominated t
retain the Durham posfoffice.
tx Gov. Holden had a slight attac
OF paraly sis Sunday and as we go t,
press is critically ill.
Hon. Chas, NJ. Coake. Can't. r. Z
Graham. L. NJ. Pittman. Esq, of Char
lotte, were in the city last week attend
ing the Baptist Convention. Col. W
FL. Cheek, Of Henderson, also.
Hon. Geo. V. Strong, and Geo. N
Snedes, Esq, have formed a legal part
nership. Wisdom, learning, good looks
and popularity, are a good stock In trad
to start with.
-Cawker's American Flour Mill Di,
rectory for 1882 puts the whole humble
of Flour Mills in the Union at 81, $50
of which North Carolina has $50 Vir-
gina 4O4.
THAT milk's right from the spring
house i"-said the old gentleman in but
ternut, sitting down his soda glass, al
Pescud, Lee & Co.. fountain. Then he
added :-''IfI had the COW that gives
that stuff money shouldn't buy hel j.
n. B.-This STORY requires Charley Nc
Donald, and a event stamp, to pass 1t
Although not a judge of feminine
fnery, we observe that Mrs. Beasley
makes a fine presentation of her stock
of goods for ladies and children, fresh-
ly selected in New York, aud to be
seen in one of the most convenient To-
cations in the city. She invites the
ladies to come and examine them.
MIR. Herbert Thompson shot Rich
ard Cause, in an affray In Wilmington,
on Sunday, at a private residence. The
RevieU has the folio wing:-''The par
ties are young men, both natives, and
are of families of the highest respecta>
bilfty. The shooting was the result Of
a demand made for reparation of a foul
done to a relative of one of the
which reparation being refused,
hence the shooting. The wounded
party is not dangerously injured. I'm
the aggrieved party was tho
person who was shot,"
Thompson was bailed in 81, 900 as
Cause may ecover.
Rose Eytinge, who played in Raj
eigh last year, without arousing any
interest until she got into a loud
quarrel behind the scenes in re-
gard to SIS rent for the hall, has set an
example of the s~lap-dash rapidity with
which the Northern woman of the
a change her bed and
board" On Friday, of last week,
Rose was known In law as Mrs. Col.
Geo. Butler her husband being the
of "Old Spoons" the murderer
If Vim. B. Mumford. On Saturday,
Rose got a divorce. On Sunday she
vas courted by Cyril Se%arle,' social
ID. On Monday she married him. On
night the sweet couple sailed
or Europe. She will doubtless be sick
If Cyril, and open for a new engage
nent ere 1.-The cold, chilly wynds of
Decemb'r'r'r," watt her once more in
earch ofSouthern silver.
The New Bern DAILY, (also, the
Journal is at hand. and we con-
;ratulate Bros. Harper & Num- in
making a sensible start, in Size. Style,
nd Salutatory. The latter expresses
'ur idea for daily newspaper; viz
'lenty of news, in paragraphs, with edi-
Orlal comments, but not, or very rarely,
ong editorial. Moreover to have deci-
ed views in politics, but not allow them
D do injustice to the opposition.
The Journal says: Mrs. Henry R.
ryan Sent in the first box of peas on
thursday. That's right. Since the days
f Adam ladies have taken the lead in
ardening. On yesterday Thos. Red
lond brought in to Mr.. E. 81. Madows
boxes: One box was shipped on the
lldland road the others by the steamer
,ew Berne. -Geo. Allen s. Co.
lipped 8 bales of Hay, raised on their
raven county farms. -Mr. w. j.
est is in New Berne, and held a con-
l~ltation with the Committee from Jones
'unty who are working up the Trenton
;. R.The interest in the Metho-
st trivial is undated. DR.. Burke
cad preached to a crowded house last
ght and many responded to an invita-
on to kneel at the altar - The
cam tug, Blanche, employed to draw
6 on the Goldbringer at Beaufort har
,r, a into the anchor Of the latter
'ssel yesterday punching a hole in her
'ttom. She was run ashore to prevent
We find a jolly little item in the /;
oxboro Herald. That paper is in
that the Richmond and Dan !.
lie K: r.: operating through Messrs. t
:. & c. Watkins, of Milton, has pur-
lased Mai. w. t. Sutherlin's interest I:
the Milton Narrow Guage r. R., !:
hlch runs some II miles SOUTHEAST !
ON Sutherlin Station on the Z. 4 d. :
r. to Milton. VIA. nf .ha.2 1
Wei, NE suppose there is some long !,
'aded fellow 10 the K. & d. manage '
ent who forsees the day when the nee I
stiles OF the country will force the :
OF a Railroad through Per :
n county to Durham, or Hillsboro d
It US suppose the Milton Road should :,
ism on and connect with the Chanel =
Ill K r., and drive on Southwark :
rough the centre of Chatham to Fay-00
and Florence, piercing the :
hest agricultural and mineral region =
Central Carolina Suppose the q
al should make a bes-line from Mil. !
n to Raleigh, with an eye to the ulti-S
surrender of the n. G.. Lease, and =
20 taking revenge on Robinson lines =
affordlng a direct route North ? You !,
Mt hardly most generally tell what =
csc Railroads are up to. q
1t Is asserted, as a fact, that the :
rglnia Legislature positively refused :
charter a single one of the half dozen u
llroads projected to run from points :,
that State into North Carolina; not :.
ceptlng the important extension of =
e Cape Fear aud Yadkin r. r., and y
e Caldwell county N. G. r. R., both =
which aimed to pass through South =