The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-05
Fairs in North Carolina

Receipts printed next week Tyre
was needed for late news items
The dwelling and all its furniture OF
Mr.. Len Hall, at Milburnle, was burned
Monday night, says Daily Observer.
A Wilmington Republican paper
s,vs ex-Goy Holden has 500, 900 in L. 5.
bonds.
Robert Barnwell Hayne. aged 30.
a member of an old Charleston family,
committed suicide in that city. on Mon
day.
"A good Housekeeper, qualified to act
as Matron for a Female Seminary III a
pleasant locality. $40 per month
with board, ETC., might find a situation
by writing to the Farmer and Necha"'c.
Judge David Davis was invited to
deliver the address at the state Far,
but declined says the Esdtor. He
and his good lady, who is very popular
at bloomington, we IcdI, VII ''
Tokay at a later date.
Our Warm Springs correspondent
saws Judge Rutfin has no idea OF resign
ing, and the same is stated a. To Judge
Ashe. With pleasure we note this /:
though the report has done good by
calling attention to the need OF enlarg-
ing the court.
Mr.. Milliard Mial, who is showing
his pluck by taking hold of one Of hi
fathers farms and running it success
fully,-gave us a pleasant call last week.
as did Mr.. Beverly Williamson, Mr.. l.
NJ. Green, Mr.. B. W. Green, Mr.. e. w.
Williams, Mr.. Geo. W. Lawrence. al
Fayetteville, zen route to Morehead and
other friends, mentioned elsewhere.
-Winston's second Annual Grain
Fair was a decided success, considering
the crowd, 5000 or more, the display.
the sales, etc. We have not space for
particulars. mol are they needle |, as the
Winston papers give full details. Suf-
flee that Messrs. Hinshaw. Fries. Cor
rell. Buxton, and others, carried u tie
arrangements in excellent sly lc, we
hear.
The bitterness between France and
Germany is much greater than between
the North and the South although
France neve suffered the barbarous
indignities and robberies which were in
ficted on u people. Last week the
Duke of Mecklenburg in his letter cf
coincidence over the death OF Count
Chambord alluded to the fact that their
common mother was o fGerman descent.
The French Princes fastened to reply
that they had no German blood in their
veins, MOI any desire OF coincidence.
1t evidences the sleepiserous quail
ties of the cool nights last week that IA
treble fire alarm by the city hall bell
failed to awaken the majority OF people
in Raleigh. The cOnflagration wa.
within the stockade at the p~enitentiarv.
and consumed several long rows OF
sheds, formerly used as quarters. but
since the occupancy of the main build
ings. devoted to storage. laundry aud
similar purposes. The flames made Il
great light. and seemed dangerous: hut
did not injure the prison proper. Thir-
ty or 40 ''Trusty's'' were turned out to
help pass the water buckets. and many
citizens assisted.
Capitalists with foresight. or pocket
sight are now on the alert for Southern
mill-sites. The tendency of New Eng
land and Old England to carry the wheels
to the cotton and tobacco, and timber.
instead of ra~ilroading the products to the
North (where the taxes and property are
dear to be railroaded South after being
manufactured-this We say, is enabling
wide awake capital to make a big Or H.
by investing in we'll located water powers.
The superb Falls of the Neuse at Nil
burnie only six miles from the State
Capital, and almost certain to be within
sight Of the Albemarle II. r. when it
crosses the river, this location, with a
charter and plenty of ground for large es-
tatlishment,--will be sold Sept. 81. See
card of Judge Fowle, elsewhere printed.
Very funny! One Of those lack
asses who enjoy pointing pistols at
tlmid women, rocking boats fille,, with
helpless passengers, (the rocker is
usually brave because he can swim
out, while the rest drown), or soaring
children by acting as a ghost at night.
is now greatly surprised" at the out
come Of his latest little joke at Canton.
Massachusetts. He thought it would
be funny to put a dead adder in a box
Of shavings which the girls in Rich
mond's turning-mill have frequent occa-
sion to visit. y young woman named
Stevens thrust her hand upon the rem
tile, and the shock unseated her reason
She has been a raving maniac most of
the time since, and the physicians saw
cannot live long.
BUSINESS TROUBLEs.-Mr J T Goocb