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

Rev. DR.. Kid of New York, n a tenn
peraAce lecture said. that if all the
grog shops in New York, were placed
in a row, they would reach a distance
of eight miles, and that nearly as many
women as men were victims of intern
perance, in this Country.
A citizen Of this county informs us
that if any stock ~raisers will advertise
in this paper Southdown Sheep for sale,
he will buy one or two. A word to the
wise is sufficient; for there is a tendency
to improve the stock of this State and
stock ~raisers would find it to their ad
vantage to advertise their high grade
stock.-Lenoir Topic
One hand was thrust through the
hole into a theater ticket office at
Columbus, Ohio, and it held a cooked
pistol. Another hand reached in and
clutched a lot Of money. The dumb
founded treasurer made no cutlery, and
the audacious thief escaped with sos.
Kernersville Ne,os.: While two men
were cutting in a new ground some days
ago, they cut into a tree, from which.
after reaching the heart, a blaze of fire
came forth, burning all the chips and
leaves about the stump. We suppose
that gas had accumulated in the heart
ct the tree, and that when it came in
contact with the air it ignited.
One of the New York papers report
ed in a recent editorial that the South
had lost in cotton futures this season
in the neighborhood Of thirty-fve mil
-, &c \ a~l f.t rA.l
that the prices had now advanced,
which would cause purchases to be
increased, when they would again be
knocked down and the little margins
again be taken in.-Goldsboro MesSen,
ger.
Severe losses by speculations in Coz
ton Futures are reported from Char
lotte, Henderson, Statesville, and other
points. 1t is stated by the Observe,
that Mr.. J. H. Ross, of the Traders
National Bank of Charlotte lost ST., 900.
He has gone to Colorado, and Mr..
Thomas l.. Vail takes his place.
Allen Davis, white boy, has been ar.
rested and jailed for the murder of Allen
Merrick, colored 10y, near Fayetteville.
The Examiner says: Merrick went of
about that time in company with Ailer
Davis, a white boy about his own age,
to look for a COW which Davis claimed
to have lost. Merrick did not return,
but Davis reported to Merrick's father
that Merrick had run away. This report
was believed and matters went on for a
month without any suspicion of fou.
play. Recently, however, various facts
coming to the knowledge Of Merrick's
friends induced them to suspect that he
had been killed by Davis: He was
found partially buried in a thick swamp,
with one hand projecting.
MI. j. r. Randall, editorial cores
pendent of the Augusta Chronicle, says
of Vance, recent great speech: DE
mocratic Senators in hearty accord with
the speaker, gathered around him in
an admiring and delighted group. There
was a deal of laughter On the floor and
in the galleries, which was not suppress
ed. X y At the conclusion of his
speech, Senator Vance escaped the con-
CALCULATIONS of all his friends, except
Senator George, of Mississippi. whose
rugged face was aglow with delight and
satisfaction. He emerged from the
cloak room in hot haste, with hat and
overcoat, and beat a retreat SO precipl-
tate that the casual observer must have
supposed that the 'tocsin of the soul
the dinner bell'-had summoned him
away. He had earned his banquet, and
| hoped he enjoyed it, for whether right
or wrong about the tariff, no better or
more wholesouled public man steps in
shoe leather to-day"