The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-01

4 few evenings ago judge jerry
Black presided AT a political meeting al
York, Penn. On taking the chair lie
said: Il hardly intended to be here To
night but | saw n a little newspaper that
Judge Black would now have 10 show his
hand in this campaign. There they are
and he gracefully held forward both hands
There Is no stain on them. They LEY
er held a bribe. y. / 7rtbuae.
Fayetteville Eraminer:. Col. Gardi-
ner and his corps OF engineers have re-
sumed the survey OF the Short Cut Inc
between Wilson and this town. They
are at work in the Black river country.
moving in this direction. The people
Of the section lying around Little River
Academy. in this county. are extremely
deslrou, OF having a route SURVEYED
which shall cross the Cape Fear river
below the mouth of Upper Little river.
and pass on TO Fayetteville on the west
side of the Cape Fear.
Gen. James Madison Leach, a Var
boro house general iunched and
punched with uncle Richard last Tues
day at kinston, and filled the hall of our
large court house with the roar Of a
voice of mighty sound AMI fury. He
received while here a telegraphic dead
head pass from the Richmond and
Danville railroad syndicate and now
- men may come and men may
90. but Leach goes on forever.'-El-
change.
Col. II. b. Short of Pennington, has
lust returned from a three weeks visit to
New York City and State. He was here
last evening to hearGov Vance speak and
we We're pleased To meet him. He tells US
that we of the South know but little of
the great political revolution which is
so surely swiftly sweeping through the
North. it would seen he says. as though
the bottom had at length really dropped
out.of the Republican tub he conversed
freely with a number of Republicans as
well as Democrats and the former concede
defeat. They say that their party has
become So corrupt that it must be purged.
Cleveland ; election in New York By a
very large majority seems to be thorough
ly settled and understood almost every
where. WI. Reriec.
Brooklyn Eugfe: While Gen. Arthur
was at Newport a Boston belle set her
cap to catch him. After several unsuc-
cessful she at myth accom-
plished her purpose, but, not knowing ex-
actly how to introduce The conversation.
tentatively observed. Il haze a cousin 10
the Postofhce Department at Washington.
General" Indeed, said the President,
n~ervously edging away, IF you have
anything to say please put it in writing
and send it to the Postmaster General. |
never interfere with his appoin ments.r
Later on somebody asked the fair
Bostonian. "What do you think of the
PRESIDENT" Il understand he i. a pref
ty good fisherman" she answered cool
i.
The advantage which Western far
mers have over Southern farmers. Rail-
road freight. Chicago To New York.
Per 100 lbs. Wheat, corn. rye. barley
and oats. > cents flour. per barrel 80
cents; corn. per bu>hel II cents oats.
per bushel 8 cents; pork. beef. lard. 80
cents; horses. mules. sheep cents beef
cattle 40 cents: live hogs 30 cents
dressed hogs "a cents lumber shingles.
lath> 80 cents; wool 50 cents: bailed
hay > cents Salt 30 cents tobacco 81!
cents. apples. pears. etc.
These prices are based on full car lotd
lots. Freight cars carry about 24.OOO
lbs. or II tons OF grain. Add ) cents
per 1000 lbs. for freight from Chicago to
Boston. and | cents per loo Ii. from
st. Louis To New YORK. Deduct from
indianapolis to New York. , cents Ter
loo lbs. from Cincinnati. I! cents from
Detroit or Toledo. ) cents from Clcv
land. o.. cents aud from DunI RI
pr Buffalo. 10 cents: per loo lbs. Fron
CHICAGO to Philadelphia. , cents. and 10
Baltimore. } cent> per loo lbs. less thal
to New York.
At the State Fair there was a contest
in workmanship for the State Flag. in
which the Fayetteville l~ndertndent
Light Infantry Company, the Durham
and Raleigh Companies participated.
The scores were respectively Fayetteville
S. out of a possible l25, Raleigh 90 and
Durham 81. Tie score, considering the
unfavorable wind was very good. The
Fayetteville boys were ahead by %
points.
4 go medal for the best individual
shooting was also awarded La the con
test for the medal f. /. Pemberton, Jr.,
and W. {. McDufhe, Jr. of I e Fayette-
vile team foremost. scoring IS out of a
possible % The tie between them was
off. Mr.. Pemberton being the win
ner. His score was 20 to Mr.. Med .fie's
l9 The reputation Of Fayetteville was
intrusted to the right hands. Our boys
have nohlv sustained t-Er1lutnS. /,