The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-29

dren. and IS REORGANIZATION.
-Barnum's famous show must be
shaping in this direction a. We have re-
ceived a marked copy Of lengthy des-
cription of the latest Greatest &c.
With regret we announce the decease
of that venerable and estimable citizen,
Richard ii. Battle, Sr. aged 20. lie
passed away, about 10 a. III. on Tuesday,
after lingering illness.
"A young lady Of Durham county is anN-
I0us 10 obtain a situation, either as teach
er, h~ouse-keeper, or assistant to an ci-
serly lady. The address can be obtained
from the editor of this paper.
Architect Thos. IL. Briggs will
have an handsome certificate of hi.
ability rom the new facade Of Wake
court louise, directly opposite Gen.
Blacan&ll's Headquarters for States
men.
Rev. G. n. Maraw formerly of Me-
bane. vie, has locate at Huntsville, Ten
nessee. Mort Caro-. "a has sent 8 or 10
Pres ytcrian ministers into other States
dur g the past year.
-Irand Jury of .he Federal court,
now IN session r. w. Wynne, foreman,
Z. j.. Harri.., Job Osborne, Joseph
Blake, VIM Simpson, Geo. W. Atkin-
son, b. F. Park, b. +. Temple, VIM.
Buffalo, John Armstrong, Calvin kel
ley, and several colored men.
To the deaths Of Mr.. Henry Lily,
DR.. Craven, Mr.. Henry London and Mr..
Richard Battle ST., must he added Nr.
L. G.. Fuller, as another distinguished
son whom the State has lost within a
few days past. We have as yet no par
t~iculars.
Lieut.. Hopkins served in the navy
30 years, and at last got promotion to a
captaincy. Thirty days later he was
cashiered and dismissed the service for
deserving his post at Pensacola, to run
away from the yellow fever.
-Messrs. Cozart and Moore, of Gran
vile, Mr.. ]. A. Cheek of Orange. Mr..
Walter z. Williamson of Tarboro, Mr..
w. ]. Fitzgerald of Rocky Mount Re
porter, from which We frequently borrow
news itemsl and quite a number of we'll
known gentlemen from a distance, are
in the city, and gave the +. & NJ. a call.
The remark, last month. that sever
al OF Raleigh's clergymen could order a
ton OF coal before christmas on the
strength of the matrimonial fever, was
too mlld.-a decided underestimate.
There isn't a minister in the city who
cannot fill his coal cellar before he's a
month older. The Coalition Move
ment' is sweeping the town. Tbs Butch
er, the Baker, the Wedding Ring Maker,
and Jolly Tom Pence Che always gets
first notice by the token of incoming
trunks OF hnery) are all busy as bees.
A lady residing some distance from
Raleigh, remarks in a letter to the editor
OF the +. Il M.-"If you have oppor-
'tunlty, please mention to Messrs. Year
gan, Petty Il Co., of your city the great
satisfaction We have in dealing with
them. They are prompt and liberal in
"hl!lng Observation-Disclosures
1t is SO very satisfactory Wish our
trade Tas worth giving them"
We Invent time to call upon these
gentlemen, bat as t,.ey are regular ad-
vertlser in tn Fu asr and Acchaaic, we
h&nG the rote III type.
Most birGs leave their nests in The
SprI 3, but al whole family of Chatham
cour y Wren's scattered from the home
nest ON the 10th inst. On that dav. Miss
jennie Wrenn became Mrs. j. c. Olive,
OF axe; Miss Loula Belle Wrenn be-
came Mrs. e. z. jenkins of Carthage:
and Ar. +. IL. Wrenn captured Miss
Dora Patterson, daughter of J.. A. J..
PATTERSON, Esq. Mr.. jenkins. one of
the lucky Bennedicts is Clerk of Moore
county Court. This remind. us of the
Gastonla GaSette's story about a candi-
cate III that county who felt so sure ofbe-
ING elected he lay chuckling in bed until
alter midnight on the morning of cleo
uon, then awoke his wife, saving
N1urn over darling, and kiss the new
Register Of Deeds." She turned. but
the COMPOUNDED Democrats turned also.
and election went ~contrariyise.
The Republican editors at the North
are trying to get as much fun as posi-
bic out OF the avalanche of maiorities
under which they have been buried.
one paper admits that the Party has
been sent Up Salt River;' but describes
the scenery alun. the banks of that his
torc stream as being entirely occupied
py democratic Graveyards, the colonies
that have been "sent up year after
year Tor a quarter of a century. The
spectacle was such as mortal eye hath
seIdom seen. The skeleton of the de-
Iunct Democrats had all come out of
Their graves and squatted Oh their tomb
stones to see the Radical procession sail
past. Sammy Tilden and many of the
Old Line Democrats were even bold
enough to walk about, and put on airs
as II they had never been underground.
They were all whispering to each other.
Can this be SO? Can this news really
be true 20
FIRE AT CAMERoN--As the Angus.
Ia y AIRLINE train passed Cameron
Monday night, between 9 and 10 O'Clock,
the Old Muse hotel and tho nou drou