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

the New Ork Times, h~epuohcah ano
made much of.
The death of Mrs John " Graham
at Hillsboro, yesterday. rea iEed th'
worst apprehensions Of a wide cIrcls .
friends.
MIR. A l. Bledsoe. aged l6. accident
slly killed himse fin Barton's creek town
ship while hunting, on Monday.
Nicholas w West, Esq, has erected
in Oakwood Cemetery, a very handsome
corrugated iron monument, to his father,
the late James West, 50 long a faithful
officer of the K & q r. The monument Il
about ten feet hi, b, and attracts much
attention.
Owners of fine wheat. cattle. hogs
and horses. ought to send To Geo. "
Hinshaw. Winston, y. G.. tor a list o.
prizes To be given at the WINSTON
Salem. Hin.haw-Fr ies Fair. Aug. Both
and 3lst.
Raleigh i about to have two new
papers. DIR. Mott Las raised $4,000
| towards starting a Republican daily
and sometime next month the Post. a
first-class Democratic weekly, edited by
an experienced and cultured writer re-
Gently of the New York World. will APP
pear. A card from Walter IL. Page.
| Esd. giving full particulars, will appear
next week.
The Railroad election in FI.uklin,
and in Rutherford, last week were car
ried bv large majuIi es. In the foimer
case $50 900 vax voteI 10 extend the OK
ford road t. Louisburg. LII kutheifnd
$50 $50 vas added to a fund long On hand
to help one Of the tn &c routcs, from
Spartanburg from G-f,rv. or from
shelby 10 Ru,herfuld5on. 80 the m.rci
of Improvement continue
The card Of Allison X Addison
represented by Geo. W. Hinshaw, Esq,
of Winston came Just rs we 90 to
press. 50 that We can only refer to II
briefly. this week. The star Brand
is fortunate in having as its agent Il
young man. energetic. popular and re-
worthy article,--nor TAXI amy advan-
tage OF purchasers.
A negro named Frank Crews was
killed by Mr.. Wesie, Bum, nelr Wake
field, on Friday night. Bum surrender,
ed, and gave this account of the shoot
ing. Crews and another negro named
II Mial. went t. Bum house and he
invited to TAXI some cider with him, a,
the Press. After taking a drink they
loitered, and words passed between
Bum aud Crews Bum told the latter
10 leave hi, premises, and presently tn,
he was going back to the press TO hell
he picked up a rock, and acted heliger
ently Bum started for his gun, warn
ing Crews 10 leave before his return
The negro kept on TO the press, aud
Bum fire }, killing him. This is all the
information We have. Coroner Ellis {
jury. consisting of Messrs W II Jones,
NJ + Scarboro, W G Moore. | Nj Pros
tor, S { Chambice, and j 5 Massey, de-
cided hat the killing was "justiiah.,
homicide In protection OF his person anC
property
1t is within bound. to say tliat
more than one hundred cases OF runa
way accidents have been reported il
North Carolina during the past mohth
\ serious case from Asheville
Gen. tombstone Jones and his lady
both well known here. were visiting &
friend in the country. The shafts fell
upon the horses heels. causing a runa'
way down the hill Mrs. Jones wa.
thrown ten feet, and quite painfully
bruised.
Mr.. L. r. Wyatt was thrown from
his horse near Raleigh, and one arm
broken. He was brought to town by {
passing wagon, but is better.
Monday evening about . o'clock Mr. W
II Crow and three children. accompanied
by Miss Nanuie Burwell. were returning
to the city after a drive. When neal
the crossing oft!ie Raleigh and Castor
road, at Pigeon House Branch hill
the horse took fright at a bus Ii and dash.
my of at a furious pace. Mr.. Crow. who
was driving, seeing the danger o~frross-
ing the bridge just ahead reined I'll,
horse into the ditch. throwing him down
At the some time Mr.. Crow and Mis-.
Burwell were thrown out on the side o
the road. Miss Burwell escaped injuries
but we regret to SAY that Mr.. Crow wa,
quite seriously hurt iii the arm, side an,
hand. The three children were taker
from the carriage unhut. The fright
ened horse, with a part of the carriage a
his heels, ran into the city, and i'll pass
ing DIR. James Mckee's house. Oh BlOun
street, ran on the sidewalk and knocked
over a baby carriage in which DIR. Nc
KEGS child wa sitting, but fortunately
not injuring the child. Going further on
the horse overlook DR.. II. III. Lewis, who
was riding in a buggy. and frightened hi,
horse. which was with difficulty KEEP
from running away.-Ddily Obsercer.
Death climb. down the lightning
rod, and cracks people over the skull, al
over the neighborhood, nowadays blu
some of his capers last week were curl
ous. Several men were killed by runa
way horses. but they don't count. Wades
boro LuteUigencer tells how Isaac John
sou, of Morven. while crossing a branch
felt a sting in his bare foot. Two day
atterward the foot began to swell, an,
next day he died. The family Of n Ii
Gwyn, one of t; owners of the Grant,,
cotton factory, in Lenoir, left some 0
the powder of Tough on Rats on tn.
mantle piece, while they went on a pic
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