The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-07-19
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Mrs. Abraham Lincoln died on Sun
day night after lingering illness, accom-
panied by mental arrangement. Sh'
was a Miss Todd of Kentucky and had
two brothers in the Confederate Army
Capt. McRle who is surveying The
"Short Cut" from Wilson or GoldsborC
tn Florence, via Fayetteville, tells the
editor of the Examiner that he believe:
the cutoff will be built.
-Robt. Tsnnahill, Ex President of the
\. Y. Cotton Exchange, was one Of the
losers by the $500, 900 fire in New York
last week.
Our remarks on Lightning last week
have received fearful emphasis by occur.
FENCES since they appeared. A bolt struck
= new three story brick building at Tex
arkana, knocking it down upon a small
frame saloon. Thirty bodies have been
taken out and ID are still missing.
In 1885, q movement to erect q
statue to Chief Justice Marshall, to stand
in front of the National Capitolat Wash
ingten was begun by the Bar Association,
and S., 900 was raised; of which sum
Raleigh and Elizabeth City, n. c. gave
$3.50. The fund has grown, 10y interest,
ETC., until it now aggregates $50. 600,
and the famous sculptor Story is or his
way to this country TO begin the monu-
ment.
The number Of sudden deaths this
year is unparalleled. 1t probably arises
from the warm, damp, "muggy'-
weather which acts on the air holes in the
skin, closing them, and causing undue
internal heat. Any how, last week Mr..
Pierce died suddenly at Winston; Mrs.
Nancy Lee dropped in her kitchen in
Guilford; Mrs. Ishmael Garden dropped
near Hil,sboro, July 4th.
On Sunday afternoon, Bishop Ly-
man, Rev. Mr.. Rich, and a few ladies
and gentlemen interested, paid a visit tc
St. Johns Hospital, the %well-known Gov.
ernor Manly Mansion. After inspecting
the grounds, and lower floors, finding al
in excellent order and arrangement, the
party assembled to the female ward, where
the Bishop spoke words of encourage.
ment to the patients. and offered prayers
for them. Then the other visitors went
among the sufferers with words of sym.
pathy and good cheer, which were received
with much evidence of qualification.
1t is understood that the penitenti-
airy authorities have leased the Powell
farm near M:lburnie, for a term of ten
years, on shares, obligating themselves
TO work a large force of convict., make
100 bales of cotton, ditch and repair the
farm, etc, etc. 1t will be a good trade
for the owners of the land but also for
the prison, we suppose, as a considerable
number of cripples. women, and boys
can be made self-sustainiGg and furnish
the institution with vegetables, ETC., to
say nothing of the cotton.
"IuanN pClSouS III Wis stCtleu uoN
raise their crop Of cucumbers entirely by
the ''barrel method which requires but
little space, and is never injured by
drOuth. The plan is thus: TAXI an old
bsrrel-fill it half full of broken and ir-
regular pieces of rock then fill it nearly
to the top with stable-manure and rich
earth, well mixed. Plant seed all around
the edge of the barrel, and pour several
buckets of water; enough to fairy cover
the rocks, and allow the bottom of the
earth to be saturated. Shade the bare
q few days, and when the vines begin to
run, train them over the sides of the bar
rel. BY this method cucumbers can be
raised on the top of the house if the roof
be flat. A tub, or half barrel, is better
than a full barrel, AS there need not be
so much standing water.
The Holland Gasoline Locomotive is
no longer an experiment. We gave an
account of it last year, when tried on a
Long Island r. R.; Tut that was with an
old locomotive. A new engine has been
built; and the other day dragged the
regular passenger train from Patterson to
New York, at a cost of So 10 for 20 miles,
without sparks, smoke, or noise. The
engine has no smoke-stack, and is said to
be secure against fire, as there are no Gin
1ers, aud any accident stops the gas-fame
instantly.
Meantime, three new oil wells, spout
ing 5000 gallons of kerosene oil per day,
have been started in Penna., and the oil
now sells for 80 cts. per barrel. AT this
rate, it will not be very costly to run
trains.
War, in old times. was man to man ;
now it is gun to gun. In O.. times, every
soldier on one side faced every soldier on
the other; now only about one soldier in
ten of any army is lighting at any one
time. In old times, war advanced at the
rate of 90 miles a day, or as fast rs the
soldiers could march. Now, war goes by
steam and telegraph. For example; at
sunrise ON Thursday, the British ships
began to fire on the Egyptians. Ten
minutes later the fact was knownin Lon
don. An hour later it was known i'm
America. An hour later, the Egyptians
telegraphed the intelligence to the Sui
tan, at Constantinople, 800 miles distant.
An hour later he telegraphed 20 the
Government, 1000 mile. distant
to at once telegraph to the seat of war.