The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-01-19

Chottunooga, Jan. l0.-Jullan r.
Scott, Que Of the most conspicuous cltl-
zens of Scott county, East Tennessee
who was drowned on Saturday whlie at
tempting to ford the Emory River ID
this county, was the character from
which originated Mark Twain Col;
Sellers" He was schoolmate and
personal friend or Mr.. Clements, and
the latter visited him last summer.
Baltimore .Sun: The articles Of IN
corporation Of another railroad were Oh
Frid ~ recorded at the office OF the sec
retary of State of West Virginia. 1t Is
known ,.s the Cincinnati, Virginia and
Carolina Railway Company, and to
have the following route: From " AIDES
boro, n. c., running through Anson,
Stanlv. Cabarrus, Rowan, ID vie, Ire
dell, Wilke es and Ashe counties, IN that
State; Grayson, Smyth and Tazcwell
counties. Va, entering West Virginia
in Mcdowell or Mercer county, an !
thence through Wyoming and kanawha
counties to Charleston. The capital
stock is SIS, 900, 600, consisting of $50,
900 shares of 800 each. The lncor-
porators are Henry G. Hodgson, Charles
g. Wilson, G.. A. Burgess, Charles ;.
Williams, L. T. Underdonk and Thom
as Allcock, of New York, and D. w.
Wilmot, of Brooklyn.
Weldon Ne,cs: Scotland Neck is to
have an Opera House. The building
is being erected by Mr.. John G. Pitt
man, and the second story will be made
into a large hall, with stage, green
room and seats. Mr.. t. G. Hunter,
of Enfield, died last Saturday morning
after a few days sickness, in the eighty
fourth year Of his age. The Oldest res
ident Of the town. a gentleman llv-
ing in Scotland Neck, made crop OF
yellow tobacco, this year. which Is pro
nounced by experts to be as good, as
that raised in Granville. lie tired II
last wear as an experiment and found II
to be we'll adapted to the soil, and tins
wear his expectation were realized. be
recently shipped small quantity to
Henderson. One lot was sold TOR sixty
cents, and the other for one dollar and
twenty five cents per pound.
Durham Plant: Robt. g. Russell
of South Lowell, accidsntly killed d
/ fine horse with rock on Friday last
The horse was worth, and would have
sold anv day for four hundred dollars.
The horse attempted to pass hin and
be threw . small rsck to step him. 1t
struck at tender point and broke hiI
Skull. -OLe day last week Black
we'll & Co. received thirty one cal
loads of tobacco from Richmond, Va.
IL daring robbery was cen nAitted
at Morrisville on the mig sht of the l3th
of December. The front door of j. II.
I Pughs store was opened by clssin.
! the lcck and tie store robbed Of $500
worth of goods AID $50 Of mutllatsd
coin ---Ihc penitentestiary is 10 bs
connected with the city by telephone.
aad we learn that the In sns Asy un
will he similarly connected. THIS viii
be great convenience. MIR. j.
P. Council. Of Chatham, is q prord MAJ
and is the Nimrod Of that county. He
Ye,terdav had on exhibition at Tucker
store the skin Of sn enorneu. bear,
which he killed after firing SIX shots
into his carcass. The bear wei:hes
over 100 poaads -hr. ). Z. Holder,
the miller a. Afford mill, hfteea miles
southwest Of this city, was on Henda,
marnin. Knocked down and robbed of
300 The deed was de'eby a neg1s,
Addison Ut.s7, who il now usosr
arrest. Mr. Holders injuries are net
very serious.