The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-20

Address: X. j. Mitchell, Oxford, y. I.
Gold and rainy.
Half inch of snow OF sunday night.
-Tillerv. Halifax county, is a new
and thriving r. X. station and town.
Maj. Bingham will make a popular
and progressive Grand Master for the
State.
Twelve thousand skaters were ont
on the Schuylkill at Philadelphia on Sun
day.
We are indebted to Senator Vance
for the Daily Congressional Record. In
return, We send the Farmer and -Hechdn-
&c during the session.
If .~'cleanliness be next to Goodness,
some of the Brethren arc nine-and-half
miles out IF the paths to Kingdom
Como.
Gen Il Is Vance and Gen \ NJ Scales
both have bills to abolish Revenue on
tobacco and distilled fruits. The latter
reduces tax on whiskey OF so cts per
gallon, All the \ { Congressman ia
vor abolition of Revenue officers
Cotton in Raleigh, Dec. 90 -
Good middling .! Il % Low middling
81: In New York, Dec I9:--Uplands
los. Wilmin. ton: d. Norfolk q.
Naval stores i'll Wilmington: Turp.
As; Rosin l.35 a 40; Tar l.S0; Yellow
dips $3.50.
Accidentally. We learned the other
day that the very SUI, error school for
young ladies at Hillsboro. was O late in
most prosperous cond ton. This is
well. The Misses Nash and kollocA
hand YOU their card in another column.
MAJ. Glenn. Dowds law office was
flooded with water during the recent fire
i'll the Sims i Dowd building at Char
lotte. The genial NJ. C.. of the six Dist.
can now testify that too much ''coid-
water" is nearly as bad as "Anti-Pro"
in politics.
The wine supper, boquets. and other
furry at he Meade House, over the
Duke of New Castle" prove to have
beer what Shakespeare termed Mac Ado
about Nothing" The handsome and
naughty young luke turns out to be q
Drummer from Brass-burg, otherwise
called Atlanta.
Col r. T. Bennett is in Baltimore.
that is, his good looking head-piece is
in the Baltimoredn this week. DR..
Mott is the National Republican. a full
column, telling how the State might
have been saved, if only the stall
warts could have been .held'-up to
the rack. fodder or no fodder"
Mrs. Lsngtry plays-'As You Like
lt"-on the stage, aud acts As Like
It. in private life. However, it is pro-
babe she has been slaudered In regard e..
Gebhard. Old Mrs. Laboucherie rolls
her eyes as if she feit-'',hocked"-but
the fact that all Yankeedom has run crazy
over the plucked Lily would accouLt for
aialG amount Of virtuous Indignation.
The number of 81 ocking accidents.
Of late, is unparalleled. 4 boiler of the
C.nton, Ohio. agricultural works ex-
ploded. and killed eight men. A steam
tug near New Orleans exploded, caus-
ing the loss OF % lives. A bridge on
the International Railway in Texas
(Which run from San Antonio to Mon
terey. and on into the hear of Mexico)
Tell while a large number of workme,.
were upon it. Nine were killed out
right. and a number wounded.
The Halifax Communicable come,
do~r heavily rppn Go,. Jarvis for hi,
cUnrse IN relation t, the young men tried
In the Federal Court, and further says
that not . single pal e in t e State
spuke a v rd In their behalf, or to de-
ncuac. thue Who were p~rosecutins.
Thu, is q nix axe so far as concerns oue
raie-.T Tn Fcrmer md Mechnnic liain y
ard aatly dclounc the whole affair;
AID that, to-, Stlourh tie ;,cn.d
wo-e strapgss, AID although their action
had hclred tc ,!,ace in cf;cc men who
were or c2emics.
-Gov. Jarvis, Hr. Worth. Col. A. Is.
Andrews. and Cne or two Raleigh law
yers, went weSt.-n Col Andrews
palace car,-to inspect" the Western
n. &. X. Rat so per mile. Vance
could not leave Washington. One
wonders why the "suspe, ton" wasn't
done while earl;er.--during the months
while Senator Vance was at Morganton
and A.heville, near the spot. We shall
probably learn all about it when the
meets. Jarvis goes at a
time when lie will sec the road at its
worst, covered with snow and mud. HIS
uiH help Legislation.
We are in receipt Of Bingham
School Catalogue for 1882, Despite the
drought Of lat year and the fire Of Thu,
the numbers are maintained at o5S Tor
she year, and the number Of new st
den,s, 81, for the session just ended, is
the largest in the history Of the school
The catalogue claims that T.; e bui;diny>
(which are lighted with gas) are much
better than before the fire of May last.
ard that the GYMNASIUM, a new feature
in the South. has the largest main floor
are in proportion to numbers in the Uui-
ted States. By February lst arrange
ments for hot and cold taths will be
made. VIZ are glad TO see a North Car
DINA enterprise so successful. See adv.
There are some rare birdsn in ex-
Htence. One of them is darnipg-
nopdIAS fnol ar,n,,ph RI uurita !. l.