The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-08

Railroads. or 10 the Federal Govern
meni:
Query when & STATE Official Is cog
infant of wrong-doing on the part OF
subordinates Is il allowable for him 10
condone and conceal the guilt?
Rev. Or. b. Craven. Of Trinity COL
lege. died suddenly of heart disease, on
Wednesday.
Ii seems that We were misiniprmed
about Rov j. l.. Stewart of sampson
county. |, stead Of escaping uuhurt be
had his collar bone broken by the "a
from the buggy tho the horse was stop
ped by wrapping of the lines around the
wheel a. We heard II.
Jas. r. Anderson, the fellow who
helped Chandler and Grant 10 steal the
vote Of Louisiana and seat HAYES a.
President turned Democrat. and stUrt-
ed a paper called the Lcdicr M Eureka.
Nevada. He was killed 10y "A RcpuhlI-
can candidate for Congress last week.
The friends Of the gallant Col. Tew
(who fell at Sharpsburg) will lie interest
ed TO learn of the marriage of lis Young
est daughter, Miss Ella C.. Tew and
Mr.. Wilton r. Lindsay. in II. kudIcw'S
chapel. Mt. Pleasant, :. {. they have
made their rome in SPARTAN IL. Mrs.
Lindsay was al II time a teacher III It.
Mary'> school.
Mr.. TLos. +. DevercuN has given
many treats but tie biggest Was the
surprise to which he treated the public
in the fact that instead OF being II
weak sister" AS everybody expected. he
proved stronger than his party. thanks
To his Anti-prohibition sentiments and
his personal popularity. He lead Dock
ery at several boxes III Raleigh, and 3
votes at Marks Greek. 20 votes at swift
Creek. etc. He also carried Wake,
Vance by 80 mai. Warren. Granville.
and Durham. But Johnston, Nash.
and Chatham elect Gen. W. Il. Cox by
$50 maj.
The Newbern Jcurndi learns from a
telegram from w. j. Best that he sent
in his resignation as President ana Dircc-
tor of the Midland II, r., to the Nyndi-
ate Stockholders in Boston, Mass, last
week, but that they refused to accept
his resignation and allowed him four
months leave Of absence on the ground
of ill health. The Journal inters that
Mr.. Best's hackers propose to make a
firm fight Cn the courts, we suppose)
against the Whitford-Simmons-Jarvis
opposition. The Roads affairs certain
" appear to be in tangled condition.
n. B.-The GoIisboro Messenger says
The adjourned meeting of the stock
holders of the Atlantic Railroad will u
held in tins city on Friday, the l0h. w
learn the Midland Company has beei
reOryan'zsd and is now controll. d hy
new syndicate, some o. whom are TX
pected to ne present at the meeting. j
3 rumored that Mr.. Best will 90 on u
rip to Eurole. and the new syndicates
will elect a new president. Other changes
are contemplated.
There is an astonishing dis-respect
for the Laws among the truly loyal
up North. For example, here are a few
items taken from a single issue of a
Was hington daily, of Monday morning
last. Somebody stole the Presidents
dog.-Gcn. Hal Young, of Cincinnati,
a wealthy banker. was horsewhipped 10y
j. f. Foster, because he 0oung) pub
lished a s%candalous story accusing his
wife of intimacy with Foster."In the
same city, Henry Deter's, meeting his
I.-l I'll nj -. ..,- L.. -..-I /
ed it fiat upon Dale's head, and was
killed for his trouble.-In the same
city, Jas. Mccormick. coming out Of the
t:.eatre, accidentally trod upon a stran-
gers foot The stranger struck him a
furious blow, breaking his neck.-
Philip Mathews, of Bcllevillc, Illinois.
killed his sweetheart, Annie GER, be-
cause she refused to marry him unless
he would reform.-Mrs. Daniel Glas-
slit. a California miners wife, chopped
her baby's head off to stop it from cry
ing.-On Long Island, a farmer tool
N a starving tramp for who u his wife
fixed a good supper. When the farmer
came back from his barn he found his
wife. aged 90, lying on the floor in a
pool of blood, still holding one of the
pieces of bread she was getting for the
tramp.
Columbia, Tenn. Nor. 5.-Fore-
paugh's circus train was wrecked at
Lynnville last evening. One man was
injured. Immediately after {! e disaster
the ,JrrpS nlntlnyaS atfa.Eaf William, !
Russell. the conductor OF the train. and
fatally injured him. They then attack
ed and robbed several other railroad
employees. 1t is said that a mob i
making preparations to lynch the lead
ers OF the circus men.