The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-21
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Geo.. Graham McRee, a young man
in Charlotte, drowned himself in PHI
fer's pond, while d~eranged,
Ensign Geo. NJ. Stoncy, of Char
lotte, is to take out supplies to the
Greeley Polar Party.
"A great deal of matter, original and
communicated. prepared for this issue,
must stand over until next week.
Capt Benjamin Bates, the COMPANY
of Lewis II. BLAIR & Co., of Richmond.
shot himself through the heart. He
was an ex Confederate, aud popular
with all who knew him.
Bids for contract to grade and track
Law the Point Caswell-Clinton K. r.,
will be received by Capt.R. P.Pad!.son,
at Point Caswell, up to April 18th.
Jacob and Peter Voorhees,, and Mr..
Bodine, all well-to-do citizens were
crossing a Railway track near Newark,
n. J.. The engine killed the entire
party.
-Messrs. Julius Lewis & Co., having
more frontage than they needed for their
9 building adjoining Alderman Lums-
den's store, sold to the latter three feet
for 81 900. Land at 1888. 90 per foot is
worth having about the house
The Legislature having adjourned,
Gov. Jarvis re-appointed Prof. w. C..
Kerr to his old post as State Geologist.
The Professor is, We suppose, about
the only instance in the State of one
person holding the same office for twen-
ty years, through all changes of parties,
and of men. He also holds an appoint
ment under the Federal survey. and, as
we note from his letter to a Virginia pa
per will resume work on the latter in
May. A scientific education pays
nowadays.
-Fenimore Cooper, the first Ameri-
can author of distinction, aud who
wrote almost as many books as he
had years in his life, was a Flooding
farmer, with a family of five daughters,
before he scratched the first line for
print. This should be encouraging to
many persons who think themselves
unified to WELD the pen. Coop
er began life by getting himself ex-
PEELED from college, and ended his life
amid more ''hot water,'' political, per-
sonal and literary, than any author ever
stirred up before or since. A public
meeting of his W townspeople solemn
ly voted him a scallawag, and had hi.
books taken out of the town library. and
burned in the street.
The so-called Irish 'Patriots" have
perpetrated another of those foolish ln-
fractions of law by which so-called
'ku klux" used to bring shame upon
the "White Brotherhood" klans, You
are aware that ten years ago, a number
of New York Irishmen began to collect
money for the purpose of waging secret
warfare in behalf of down-trodden Ire
land. The idea soon became popular,
and even the poor Irish sci wants and
working girls gladly contributed, until
the Skirmishing Fund.-" as it was call
ed, ran up to 5000 600. But none of the
promised assaults on Old England took
place. Years went by, and last year
the fact came out that nearly all the
money had been loaned to variou.
Patriots" who forgot to return it.
This stopped subscriptions. Something
must be done to revive the pocket
Smelling spirit. So n day last week a
canister of dynamite was exploded near
one Of the public offices in LONDON. 1t
tore out a wall. and did a good deal of
damage to the window glass in the
neighborhood, but did not harm a soul.
nor have any effect except one-to in-
lure Ireland. Nay, it may revive the
contributions :" for the beer-yuzzling
O'DOnavaI Ross-cals seem to consider
it a great feat, the firing of a clock
work can outside of a public building!
Yet there was neither danger. honor,
nor profit in the affair.
The Governor, and Lieutenant
Governor, and others, spent last week
in Norfolk, and were the recipients of
a brass-gun salute, and other comtesies.
Col. Marshall Parks and the Norfolk
ians are elated at the prospect of getting
much business from North Carolina.
now the Legislature has just given them
the States interest in the North Caro-
lima canal. Col Parks has started a
company for a grand summer resort on
the line Of his property near the city.
It looks as if every scheme to drain
the Old North State into other markets.
Richmond, Norfolk, Charleston, etc,
finds abundant support; whereas every
plan to bring people and capital into t.,
State has to drag its weary way along
mo money in tips the key, sup
pose.
Col. Marshall Parks presented Mrs.
Gov. Jarvis a splendid set of cream
colored China, in Morocco cases, hand.
painted, and quite unique. 1t was made
Of kaolin, or pipe clay, sent from North
Carolina and worked up to exhibit to the
Tariff Commission as an argument why
North Carolinians ought to favor tie
high Tariff. We suppose the farmers
and mechanics of North Carolina. who
comprise four-fifths of our population.
(and many of them suffering from the
hard times) would rather have cheap
clothing, cheap goods and utensils,