The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-16
The Tor.hl,ght SAYS three desperate

The Torohhght says three desperate
characters named Green Lyon, Sllas
Lawson and James " yche, escaped iroiu
Oxford ali. bv digging under the hJor.
Look out for them.
A very large attendance at GOldsbOro
Menu ria celebration, aud unye,llDg o.
he monument to the Confederate Deai
500 in number. Nearly half The cost
was contributed by ex Federal soldiers.
and this is noted on one face of the
The 'Goldsboro Rifles
deserve credit Tor their quick work.
Major Swift Galloway very neatly intro
duced the orator OF the day, Senator
Ransom.
A well-known Young man IN Warren
county attempted 10 commit suicide last
week. Tar a time he Wa deemed dead
bat , young physician refused to give NJ
his a rjs at counter IrrItailoni II after
a DAYS work succeeded l. arousing him
from the deadly stupor.
The prevalence OF suicide IL shocking.
Last week Amassa Stone OF Cleveland,
the founder of Ad. lbe r, College, and
worth ten millions Of d,llars, stripped
himself naked. laid down IN his bath tub,
Ito save the carpets, a millionaire never
wastes anything and blew out hi, brains.
He had recently lost about a million dol
lars In K .ilroad stocks; but had enough
left, for any sensible man.
The withdrawal OF Vanderbilt and
jay Gould from active speculation in
New York city, threatens to affect the
stock market and injure business in all
parts of the country. There has been a
general decline in stocks, and on Mon
day there were symptoms of panic.
We notice that Richmond & Danvilie
stock holds its own, and has advanced
during the past week several points,
standing yesterday at O.. That road
ha. done Il great deal to demoral'ze
our State but since the mischief is
done and cannot be remedied, we should
be sorry to see the Road crippled.
In North Carolina there are more EN-
barra.sments. Goldsboro Messenger
reports an assignment by Messrs.
Hanff & Son, Music Dealers Jas. L.
Robinson. assignee. The long collapse
of the tobacco trade. due to Congress
.ional tinkering, is also causing some
eslbarrassments in several directions :;
but the boom" which began when
the embargo was raised on the lst inst.
will soon relieve the pressure.
Although Raleigh is somewhat
neted for lack of literary taste such as
fills Lecture Halls, supports Lyceums
and Debating Clubs, fosters public Ii
braries, and the like, there is no dis
count upon the city's histrionic and
musical talent. The past six years
have witnessed half a score of amateur
entertainments, on a professional scale.
without a single instance of failure.
The rendition of Arthur Sullivan's
operetta Che is now Sir Arthur; hav-
ing been knighted by Queen Victoria
last week. It Tucker Hall on Friday
night won the warmest admiration from
a very large audience, of the most cul-
tured classes. The cast of characters
in the play was as follows:
Sir -Harmaduke-Geo. NJ. Smedes.
Aiers-lIenry f. Slater.
j. ". WeU,-E. J. Hardin.
Counsel Sherwood Haywood.
DR.. Ddlg-Geo. c. Jordan.
Lazy SongGzure-Miss Nellie Manly.
b an Portiet-Miss Lille Murray.
Con.tance-Mrs. f. H. Busbee.
4Hne-Miss Nal Haywood.
Gentlemen sf the chorus: DIR. A. W.
Knox. X. w. Weathers, Chas. h. Lew
is, f Il. Hall, Henry L. Thomas, Chas.
b. Hart, W. {. Tucker, b. G.. Cowper,
JAS +. Brown.
Ladies' Of the chorus: Miss Stone,
Miss Cowp-r. Miss Slater, Miss H.
krcth, Miss r.. kreth, Miss Battle,
Miss Kramer, Miss Mitchell.
Although not personally present, we
can give tie current mede of high praise
to the acting and singing of Miss Nal
Haywood, Miss Lille Murray, Miss
Nellie Manly. Mrs. Busbee, Miss Mitch
ell. and Others.