The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-11
Joseph S. Turl e%ntine, Of Orange, CO..
IL daad aped "a

Joseph S. Turl e%ntine, Of Orange, CO.,
is dead, aged "A
The matter with the outlook in North
Carolina is that there has been too
much of policy and not enough of prin-
ciple in the a cment. Tilden's
nearly $4,000 majority has been whitfield
down to a very few hundred.-Wil.
Star. Add seltishness and intrigue.
We e IN that the young man, Graves
who kiied "a negro in a difficulty at acorn
shocking last fall in Yadkin county was
tried last week and sentenced 10 the pen
itentiary for four years. 1t Is also re-
ported that thu father Of the young mans
wife was killed while returning home
from court by a morse DAVE Times.
"He's not Just what YOU call hand
some" said the Major, beaming through
his glasses o. an utter h~ideously baby,
as it lay peacefully bowling in its mothers
arms But j s the kind of face that
grows on you 1T n)t the kind Ct
face that ever grow m you, was the in
dignant repy of tie maternal being;
you'd he letter looking if it had
EN-Scnator David Davis has long OWL
ed The i aiding theatcr in Bloomington,
ILL.,, hut has lei il ruI down Till its dinYy
APPEARANCE ha> di>g us,ed the town, an.
a movement has been stared to build a
new o~pera-house. This has stirred up
the portly senator, and as soon as he re
turns from his wedding trip it is under
stood that he will build the finest theater
in the West and run it himself.-Ec.
Il. I. Gibbs committed suicide at
L ~. Nh f., AI.
Johnson, a woman of the town, refused
to marry him. He made his quietu>
with a decoction Of loudlnum, arsenic,
morphine and sulphate of zinc. VIM.
=. Kayuer. a sou of the Solicitor of the
United States Treasury. killed a Fort
Worth gambler in a fight over the same
woman about a year ago.
Tarboro .Southerner: y strange tale
comes from Scotland Neck. full Of hCr-
ror if true. We give it as we heard it
| on the streets: A short time since Mrs.
Bell d ed suddenly and was buried by
her husband. Suspicious were aroused
as to the cause of her death and parties
went to the grave to eXhume its remains
that an examination might be had.
Bell met them at the grave with a shot
Gun and threatened to shoot them if
they attempted to open the grave: the
crowd went of and got achievements.
| returned, took B,ll's Gun and duo up
the corpse The neck had been broken.
| Bell was arrested aud lodged in the
! county jail. 1t is said that he killed his
wife because she would not sign a deed.
Ground was broken for "A new furnace
at Cranberry. North Carolina. March
3rd. Among those present were Gen.
A. Pardee. Jr., General IIoke. &. II.
Nimson. John 5. Wise. and George
Richards. jas. ii. Simpson and August
c. Garfield. OF Dover. Wien all was
in readiness Mr.. Ricl ards was requested
to fill the post of honor in breaking
ground. whcrcupon he took a shovel and
lifted the first earth. Mr.. Wise. of
Philadelphia. was voted the orator OF
the occasion. and delivered an alpropr.-
ate speech.
Tnc great mine at Cranberry. is look
ing good. and they have about 5000
IONS of ore on hand. They recently
shipped l.500 ton If ore to Allcutown
and had ii made into PIC. and It turned
out a first-class Besscmcr III which
cannot be excelled in the country. m
d d. resul show that it would be an
impossiblity 10 produce Hetter pig iron
from any of the foreign ores imported to
this country.-hon Era. Dorer. n. j..