The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-21

The kerosene lamp continues 4
furnish work for the grave-dlgser- II
Beaufort county. Jas we learn from tht
| Gazette) a cheerful family party "a
around a table. They were Mr. ian
| Grady. and his wife. and son. and son
wife. and their child Suddenly owe
went the lamp. and Mrs james Grad-
| and the child were burned to death
the others damaged.-A daughte
Of Norfieet Jeffreys- colored pressmai
OF this paper, set fire to some clothing
in a wardrobe; but the flames were *
tinguished without serious loss
The ale Of DIR. K z. Battle pro
uerty 10 Raleigh. under q deed Of va
conducted on Monday by ; + Mordecai
trustee, The old trick mansion, % lay
e~,tIviIls street. sold to ". c. Stronact
for q 600 The Singer Sewing Aachio'
| Building nex, 10 Pescud's upper stor'
sold TO DIR. Mckee tor -, so, Ho1>'
and Ior on Newbern avenue sold 10 "
A. Mvatt. ESQ. for 500. Lots at cor
ner Of Fayetteville aud Cabarus were
bought by W. e. Strouach for s,i2J
aud DR.. J. 4. Sexton s / 40. Ten acre
near the Railroad bought By Van Il.
Moore for about 81 800. Other smaller
plots were bought by other partles-
Among the many "noviDgs Of New
Years Day will he the march Of Nee-rs.
j Julius Lewis 4 Co., from the stde Of the
market house, to the front thereof The
fra "a a firm has stood in the front rank
ever since We frs law Raleigh, aud tina,
was shortly after Gen Joe Johnston dis
covered Durham but the firm got tired
Of standing 30 long on q spot 80 next
month they propose TO change front tor
ward to o24 Fayetteville street. True
it Is only a few hundred feet across the
street; but there is a ign 10 IL When
a firm stops renting. aud builds a three
story handsome brick building for itself,
with a store ll5x33, wei filled with fine
cutlery. hardware, aud metal ware Of all
kinds. il seems to signify that the BUSH
ness fourishes; which signifies that il
suits the public; which signifies good
goods at fair prices, And the court so
DEGREES!
One Of the c~uriou. developments Of
the Burglar Raid on Old Rip Van Win
kle is the discovery that same editors
have a pocket book. When they robbed
Capt. T. T. Evans, Jf Reidsville Times,
they got s., a stump Of lead pencil, some
circus tickets, and a "wood'-sub-crip-
ton, payable in 1854. But in Concord
they found a ine z Id watch and So in
the pockets of Rev. W. 5. Black, one OF
our neighbers of the Raleigh Adrocdte.
Nr. Black who is presiding-elder of that
District happened TO be stopping with
Rev. W. ;. Greasy, the night the burglars
''burgled'' Concord N. B.-Although
We joke about it, We sympathize with the
Brethren and regret their loss.) The
robbers visited several dwellings in Con-
cord. Up to date the follow ing town. in
the State have been visited and robbed
by this band Wilmington. Lau-inburg,
Wadesboro, Rockingham, Monroe, Dur
ham, Reidsville, Greensboro, Winston,
Statesville, Concord, aud several towns
in Eastern Carolina. The report that
two robbers had beer caughtin Henderson
vas-premature. Two accidental alarms
called out the citizens, but nothing vas
done.
Raleigh is not alone in having trou-
bles about the Grad, d School. At Colds
boro there l. some feeling, aud the two
papers have correspondence pro and con.
But at Newberu the ieelIngis much more
violent. Without taking sides we shall
briefly outline the events. Several per
sous applied TO Judge Sheph I'd for an
injunction, stay ing the collection of the
Graded School tax. They employed
lawyer Henry c. White.urst, who Is one
Of the Board Of Trustees Of the school,
but opposed TO lis MANAGEMENT. Next
day the Newbern Jurn0i cJmuented
upon the proceedings 10 severe terms,
aud alluded to the fact that Mr. White
hurst was ia trouble about d deficit in
the school funds. Next day, Moses
Whitehurst, a brother vi Henry, attack
ed Mr.. II. s. Num-. editor of the jour
nal, and beat him severely on the street.
The Journal denounces his conduct az
''dastardly in its cowardly brutality
this language Is repeated III great lndig-
nation by Mr. A. W. Wood and Capt.
Ed. b. Roberts,-WiIo charges White
hurst with a falsehood relative to the
mutllation Of a monument to Mrs. Geo.
Attmore, before the war. Mr.. Roberts
uses very sharp language, and states that
be can be found if wanted by any one
agrieyed. Whitehurst, and others we're
arrested for a disturbance, and are to be
tried. Chas. {. CLARK is counsel for
Whltehurst and Messrs. Lon ]. Moore,
and Glenn. Manly, tor the others.
From the official report of the Raj
eigh Cotton Exchange as furnished to
the Daily papers by the Secretary Of the
Exchange, we observe that although
last year was very bad. the present year
is still worse ; there being 4 loss of s.
GOA bales FROM Sept, lst to Nov. 8th--
two months and one week. The receipts
for that period during the RESPECTIVE
years are thus stated:
1878 %. log bales.
1879 20, 1873
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