The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-09

--Capt. lille CalH, VI iiiiioooio los
been elected Professor in Charleston Cit
adel Academy, under Col. John z.
Thomas.
A couple of fne horses were stolen
from Mr.. John Calling, at Morehead
City, and the thief was supposed to be
heading for Wilmington, the Star says.
A water spout swept along the Ohio
Central r. R., entirely wiping out the
railway for Is miles, and doing half d
million damage.
The advertisement of our neighbor,
the Raleigh NORTH Carolina Farmer
came too late for this week; will appear
next. Glad to hear that it il doing finely,
and will not be sold.
From DIR. NJ. l.. Fowler We learn
that on Sunday while Mr.. Burton Terrell,
of New Light, was at church, some god
less son of a gun broke into his pantry
and stole 200 lbs. of meat, a quantity OF
meal, etc. Too much of this sort OF
thing occurring in the State.
Col. Thos. s. kenan and Maj. Swift
Galloway are highly complimented for
their speeches at the kenansville meet
ing. Judge Bennett, Col. Wharton
j.. Green, and Gov. Jarvis spoke at
Smithfeld meeting. They also spoke in
Wilmington on returning to that city a
mass meeting having been arranged.
Many mill dams have been carried
away by the heavy rains of the past fort
night. Goldsboro Messenger says: The
freshet in Little River is still rising.
Hooks bridge is in danger Of being
washed away in spite Of precautions al
ready taken. About 80 feet of the new
Midland Road gave way yesterday. Wat
sons mill, in johnson county, is badly
damaged.
A merchant at Henderson, says VIII
son SiJtings, had a lot of cotton in a
Raleigh commission house. His agent
te~legraphed that cotton had reached los
per pound. By mistake of the operator
the telegram read l04; w%hereupon the
merchant ordered the cotton sold. 1t
was sold, and Melted a loss of $175 to the
owner, who brought suit. Judge Graves
decided that-'The plaintiff wasIentitled
to the amount paid for the telegram, 25
cents and cost" Appeal taken.
There is a family complication up in
Catawba county. The Hickory Cdrolin-
ian tells about it. The widow Wagner
had a good farm, and A. S. Eckerd mar
rled her. After the honeymoon had be-
gun to taste Of vinegar, they decided the
farm to young Wagner, her son by her
first husband, on condition that he should
support her. Young Wagner soon mar
ried Miss Cloninger. Then old man
Eckerd, feeling lonely without the
farm, eloped to Tennessee with young
Wagner's young wife and left the moth
er and son to have Things their own way.
Prof. c. w. White, a graduate of
Trinity College, was arrested at High
Point On charge of horse stealing. The
Landmark states that he has been teach
ing school at Trap Hill, Wilkes county,
and became engaged to Miss Mamie
Hoibrooks, one of his pupils. Recently
her uncle, Capt. Abe Bryant, insisted that
he should at ohcc marry her to protect
her name from shame. White agreed but
at the appointed hour was found in his
room, half dead with laudsnum. When
he recovered, he got his brother VIM.
White, to take an horse and buggy from
a p%eighbor, and the two levanted to
S~tatesvillc. Capt. Bryan and Will Wal
ker pursued, and caught Will White,
who confessed. c. W. White was taken
to Wilkes.
The State Government last week re-
covered pc session of Camp RUSSELL"
or the old Confederate Hospital, located
in East Raleigh, on one of the public
squares. 1t has been held by the FEEDER
ais tor II years, free of rent. Gov. Jar
Wis applied to the Secretary of Wa for its
restoration to the State, and limited that
a little rent money would not be offensive.
Secretary Lincoln sent word for the gar
solitary old sergeant, armed
with sundry dogs, cats, and lager beer
bottles-to evacuate the premises sinc
qua non, you know. T%hereupon Major
General Busbee, of the Governors Staff,
marched out to the camp, with banners
flying, and call the parapharnalia of
war; The garrison formed him
self in line of battle, gave a hitch to his
breaches, and with the a~pothegem-
1.-TWO pens can beat one sword, de
ployed to the rear-an Unconditional
surrender Nobody hurried!
The Daily .Jomndl is said to be the
of . new daily paper To appear in a
days at Charlotte, under the man
agenent of Wn. c. Wolfe, Esq, of the
Monroe Enquirer. and edited by Col.
NJ. Waddell. 1t lisa good strong
cam. Mr.. Wolfe, is one of the best
PRACTICAL publishers in the State, and
yol. Waddell, with the right start, ought
make one Of the most prominent jour
~,a,ist. of the South. He has a we'll fur
1isbed mind a graceful expression,
thorough training in politics, and unlim-
ted personal acquaintance. Both these
gentlemen have our sincere wishes for
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