The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-01-05

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had on Christmas. The parents are
grief stricken On account OF the con
duct OF their only child.-Clevela1d
Herald.
Mr.. Thomas Hadley, of Hadley's
township, met with a sudden and
shocking death on last Saturday. He
and his brother had cut down a tree
and were trimming off the limbs, when
in cutting away a limb from under the
body of the tree it suddenly turned and
fell to the ground, catching Mr.. Hadley
under it and crushing his head into q
jelly, causing instant death.
The late William T. Weld, of Boston,
lett an estate valued at 81, 600, OCO,
but his oldtine partner, Joseph w.
Green, a most energetic and industrious,
business man, died in poverty and u
grief at the Old Mems Home in Boston.
Fate Or luck?
Chatham Record: On Thursday last
a couple was married in this country
under peculiar circumstances. The
bride and groom sat in a buggy and
the Justice of the Peace, who Officiatcd
sat astride his mule during the mar
rage cereneny.-At 4 shooting
near Cane Creek factory, en- last Satur-
day, John Ferguson and Williams
Q~uackenbush became involved in a
/ quarrel whea the latter drew a pistol
and shot at the former, grazing bis
arm.
Reidsville Weekly: Gen. Scales by
invitation met with our manufacturers
one day last week for the purpose OF
having a frank and full conference as to
whether or not it would be for the best
interest of the county for him to press
the bill lately introduced by him in
Congress to repeal the entire revenue
laws of the United States. A very
large percentage of them are in
thorough sympathy with the move (;
while the country people with now and
then al exception are with him heart
and soul.
Winston Sentinel: For some reason
DR.. Mott resigned his position a. col
lector of the 9th district, and recon-
mcnded the appointment Of Mr.. T. n.
Cooper, but this did net suit ali the
faithful in that section, who wanted to
finger the salary attached to the posi-
tioa. Judga Furches wanted it, Henry
Cowles wanted it, Ex-TIeasurer David
A. Jenkins wanted it, DIR. j. G.. Ramsey
wanted it., and the consequence was a
bitter fight, with the Greensboro wing
of the Republican party, putting in
hack-handed ticks against Mott and
Cooper. The President did not know
,Eb.t +o do Matt to1l h,,, hn 80
chairman of the State Republican, Exc
cutive Committee and if the report
went abroad that he bad not enough
influence with the administration 10
name his oWn successor for the Cellec
toIship there would be no prospect to
Mahonise North Carolina, and there
would be nething left of his party but
factions, whose chief occupation would
be to cut each others Threats. We
learn that the President has determined
to stand by Mott, and las promised to
send the name Of Mr.. Cooper to the
Senate, as soon as it meets after the
holidays.
Steamer Grand Tower sunk on the
Mississippi river; three deck hands
lost their lives loss on boat $50, 900
Joe Boyd killed his uncle, Thos.
Boyd, at Sweetwater, Tenn, in a quar-
rell over a law suit.-Charles Golden
killed Melvin Murphy at Catoosa
Springs, Ca, because Murphy demand
ed a settlement for some grain he sold
the former. Ten. Joe Johnston
denies that he accused ex-President
Davis Of appropriating funds Of the
late Confederacy. -Fourteen men.
six women and four children massacred
by Indians in Sonora Mexican troops
are in pursuit of the hostiles. 1.-Two
men were caught 10 the machinery of
saw mill at Munice, Ind, and crushed
to death.-Richara III. Dana, Jr., a
prominent lawyer Of Boston, is dead.
Eight men and a boy were badly In
jured by a ire-damp explosion in a
Pennsylvania coal mine; one man is
missing and supposed to be dead
Forty three cases of smallpox found in
New York city last week the Presi-
dent of the Board of Health of Rich
mond, Va, reports y cases in the city
hospital and 90 in the city proper. -
Bismarck proposes a Congress of the
Powers for the purpose of making guar
antees for the Pope's independence; ar
rangements are said to be complete for
the departure of the Pope for Malta.
in case he finds it impossible to remain
in Russia.
Wilmington Star: Col. Walter
Ciark's reply in the Raleigh News Oh
serrer. to Governor Jarvis attack upon
him il one of his recent elaborate com
~nunications, is very pungent. A fel
low could extract comfort from the
crampcolic or a Shaking ague" as
essilv as the Governor can draw pleas
ure and satisfaction from the Colonel's
inci.ive answer. When the Governor
read that piece of writing" he must
have initiated a performance mentioned
by Artemus Ward-"erinpsd a shastiv
smile" and ~thought-'I wish | had
let that fellow Clark and Mud ca
alone" The Star never copied any oil
the Mud Cut" literature, nor discussed
it. We do not propose to 60 into the
matter at this late day. We merely
note, as one of the passing events of
the peculiar times, the temerity OF the
Governor in referring to it, and the un
wisdom Of making a g%ratuitous personal
fling at an able man in private sta
ton" The very skilful and effective
way in which CO.. Clark sharpens
afresh his prod and drives 1t home,
forcing his unwise adversary into a
somewhat ridiculous and sxcruciatins
position and pianing bin there, IS very