The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-16
We bear that Can't. NJ. G.. S. Noble

inc several days at ''Tokay," 1.-THE guest OF
Col. Wharton Green.
James Madison Leach, Jr., son OF
General j. Mad, is said to lake no STOCK
in his fathers change of base.
Judge Fowle prints a card fatty DE-
nying the published reports that ne oe-
SIGNED Withdrawing from the Democratic
party. He will support the ticket.
S. p. Arlington & Son bought the
ssW eldon Canal etc., for $l9.525. IL
is said Senator Malone will nave an In
terest in the development of the water
power.
At Christ Church, at $40 this morn
ing will occur the wedding OF Mr.. Haw-
kins and Miss Janet Hogg, for whom
a multitude OF friends extend the KIND
Hest wishes.
Pleased to note that Rev. E. Woot-
ten of BERTHE, and Mr.. Jas. Murray, OF
Wilson, have been reelected County
Supt. of Public Instruction In their re-
spective counties.
IT was a mistake. Mr.. w. w. Huske
will return to Fayetteville this fall, but
the shoe factory viii remain at Ihomas-
Vile: Messrs. Wetmore & Co., having
bought it.
MEMOIRS stock as a prophet is quite
elevated. His guess hit July and Au-
pust square on the head, as he predicted
for them continuous thunder-storms,
and unusual rain fall" He says October
will be full of cold rains.
Capt. Geo. A. Latham, editor OF the
Neac5e,nian, published a card lest week
denouncing in very hottest terms MIR. W.
A. B. Branch, for some remarks reject
ing on his political course. The latter
ia a son of the late Gen. Branch, we be-
lieve.
With three political conventions,
two circuses, a cattle show, and a he
venue Ring, in Raleigh this season., the
fellow that can't locate himself pohtl-
cally must be a queer kind of cat, or
want an whole menagerie of cir cusses ID
his own back yard.
The marriage of Mr.. j. g. Holmes
of kernersville and Miss Lou Dodson
occurred four months ago, but has beer
kept a secret until last week when the
editor of the Neus found the Register Ger
tifcate. That kind of murder viii
out,"-ere many moons.
Glad to hear that DIR. Seawell, who
was shot in the difficulty at Sever
Springs, after the Jarvis bal" is re
covering. The Messenger says MIR. Atlas
Uzzell was fined SO for assisting his
brother 0. K. Uzzell in the fray. We
have not learned who was really at fault
In the matter.
The Republicans in Mississippi have
formally adopted for Congress Gen.
Chalmers, the fre-eating Democrat, ku'
Klux. and Fort Pillow''-ite, whom they
so often denounced. This beats the
adoption of Horace Greeley as a Demo
cratic candidate.
The Liberal Republicans have plenty
Of money, and are spending it Literally
Tens of thousands of specimen copies Of
their are scattered broadcast
over the State; and some of them being
ably lifted make hundreds of votes. We
could mention facts to justify these re-
marks, but cui bono?
-Tarboro Southerner will find its an
swer in last weeks +. & NJ. We con-
dense all clippings, because We have
readers In 100 or more counties, and "a
States, to cater for, and they do not care
for all the details that may interest the
immediate neighborhood. In the case
in question, we had an old~fashioned
Southern dislike to parading the fact that
a North Carolina white woman died
drunk, in the woods.
Tomorrow night, at Franklinton,
"Cheatham's Hail." the new building,
will be a beautiful scene, and a scene with
lots of beauty in it. Our thanks for
an invitation to the bali Messrs. B. w.
Ballard, r. H. Davis, j. H. Marlboro, j.
A. Vapn, R. U. Hicks, ]. I. Moss, and
H. S. Lowery, committee. Messrs. w.
NJ. Person, Jr., j.. A. Henley, G. G.
Moore, aud J. C. Harris, floor managers.
Messrs. Jos. j. Davis, G. Perry, Maj. j.
NJ. Crenshaw, DR.. Harvil Harris, Capt.
W. Ii. Ballard, Maj. B. f. Bullock, Jr.,
Hon. T. T. Mitchell, and others, honor
airy managers.
In coming to Raleigh, no one who sells
goods, or has need of them, should fail to
call upon Yeargan, Petty 6 Co., 1.-THE
handsome three-story establishment on
the main street of the city, nearly oppo.
site this office , because, in the first place,
they invite you to call and look around,
and enjoy the sight of their many beauti'
full lines Of goods and novelties, even il
you do not care to buy a penny's worth
and End, because if you do want any thing
now is the time for bargains, as Col
Yeargan is bent upon getting room fol
the vast trade that our splendid crops
predict for the fall and winter. Remem,
Der the place when you come to the city,
on ''circus week"
On Coney Island, the Lungs of New
York, where the sweaty ''sovereigns''