The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-22

The once famous Cora Pearl of Paris
is now Ewing in rccr house IN that city.
A daZzlng leader of the demi-monde
more than ono unfortunate man has com
mitted suicide on her account.
a correspondent enquiries why the
railroads do not print schedule of prices
from all prominent poins, in the State,
to the Exposition. We don't know.
The fare from Raleigh is said to go. %
for the round trip.
1t seems certain that good deal o.
money will be spent in deciding who will
be the nominee Of the next Democratic
State Convention Tor Governor. Dcvel-
opment~ in thi, direction are beginning
to dcveiope.
Ii is not encrally known that Mad
anne Srchet, llluchess OF Albufera) the
widow Of o!e Of the ruo>t famous Mar
>hals + Napoleon thc + rst i. still living
N Paris, al the advance age Of g.. Born
in 1871 She malr.,d Marshal Suchet in
lS9s. He died in ISIS. twenty years
a vie and fit, five years widow, >he
still lives and was Tie honorary Pres
ident of celchstion asst month.
TX # Wilmington has some good
words for Nh Theo II Hills Poem, and
in the same = rer, (Gnld>boro AIr"ncel
Rev. w. =. Me Gorkle, of Albemarle,
says ;-"Mr Hill is true poet, and has
written some things which the world will
not willingly forget Among these we
mention his "Anacreontic, and ''rhs
Star above the Manger''
-Narpers Weekly pays exceedingly
high compliments to sherwood Bon
ner, Mrs Katharine S. McDowell) OF
Holly Springs, Miss, who wrote Dialect
Stories about negroes, poor whites, moou-
sinners, etc. Longfeilow praised her as
'He coming writer of America" she
was only So Possibly the fact that she
"scntimcntalzed the negro, and satiris
cd the Southern whites, had something to
do with her popularity in Boston lati
tudes,
.achusctts claims to be the center
Of American civilization and culture, but
the product, as viewed through the court
records, is not enchanting. The deviltrl
of Pomeroy, the boy murderer, shock
ed the whole world, until greater piec,
of deviluy, the killing of their only chic
. as a religious sacrifice by a pair O
prosperous parents, obscured Pomeroy'.
atroclty. And now comes the burning tC
death Of little girl, in her own yard al
Boston. An known boy climbed the
! fence, struck match, aud set fire to he
clothing. She ran screaming, ard oul,
/ lived long enough to tell of the assault
If there be no Hell, Boston ough
10 lose no time III starting very larg,
| Crematory. or fiery furnace
A large cave has been found upor
Mai. j la. w Wilson's pD pDoporty, aon,
/ the line of the ilucktown X. Il west O
! Cowce Tunne ) ,md day it will becom,
| 4 point for sight seers. 4 monster cav,
has been discovered under Lookou
| Mountain, about mile from Chattanoo
ga. 1t /, >aii to rival the Mammoth
Cave and has beautiful vatsl
iall ii.sii ie, which is over 80 fec
high, and can be u uilized boil
for supplying th2 city with water
and electric light and also lunniD
"a large factory. Who among all the de>
perate fighters in the battle on Lookou
Mountain imagined ;hAt they were stand
ing over luim m5nSe cavern, which nigh
open and engulf Rebel aud Yankee alike
"A cave which has been explore
three miles is reported in Alabama
A pond called big Red Lime Sink.
near Dooly. Ga, which local traditio
calls unlathomable, suddenly sank OF
) hundred feet recently, with tremendo,
thud and rumbling sound.