The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-05
oHce two Doors Below fuckers Hall.
J. j. Battle Esq ha, been electe'

III. BUM, Esq ccctCtdiS d"'
-Gocd land. good location, convcn-
lent to a leading Railroad. III a prosper
Gus county. on easy terms. Write TO
F" care Of r. q NJ. Raleigh, n. {.
Corn is quoted at 30 cents a bushel
in Ashc and Pasquotank countless
near ncichbors to Old Currituck and
Cherokee. Extremes meet-in the
jug.
MIR. Josie NJ. Hll, youngest son of
Lleut-Gen. ID. II. Hill, a native Of Char
lotte. graduated at Lebanon, Tenn,
Law school, ald though not yet 81, Is
doing well as a practising attorney at
Eureka Springs, Ark.
Male Assistant Teachers are want
ed by the graded schools of Durham,
and Beaufort. and Fayetteville. The
advertisements were not sent to this
paper, but as it is very widely read
among the teachers of the State, we
give the notice free. in hope to help
some deserving person. =
The funeral of the late Mr.. Thomas
b. Haywood, aged IS, was held from
Christ church Monday morning, Rev.
DIR. Marshall conducting. The pail
bearers were w. ID. Haywood. DR.. f. j.
Haywood, a. w. Haywood, DIR. Hubert
Haywood, JOS. A. Haywood and Sner-
wood Haywood.
The following were elected on Mon
dav as officers of the Rescue Steam Fire
Engine Co. fornext year: Foreman, w.
II. Dicks ; assistant foreman, f. T. Gill;
rec. sec. w. O. Scott sec. and treas,
c. \. Riddle hose director, Frank
Brannan ; assistant hose director, W.
\. Faucet; engineer. W. L. Blake.
The company numbers 40 men, and will
be frequently needed ere warm weather.
A young man named Harry Jasper
was arrested last week, charged with
abstracting money from the pockets of
Wallace Bachelor, of Nash. while the
latter slumbered and slept. the two be-
ing room-mates at a hotel pending the
sessions of Federal court. Jasper swal-
lowed a s. gold piece, Ito get it out OF
sight). but was forced TO swallow an
emetic, which restored the gold to circu-
%lation, and stopped his the police put
ting him IN bdnque.
Lieut.. Dick, of the Russian army,
Las discovered 4 new Illuminating pow
der, which has attracted the favorable
attention of the German government.
1t causes any object to which it may be
in a glass vessel may be converted into
an Illuminating fluid by the addition of
some of the powder. The new illumi-
nant consumes no oxygen. which fact
makes it desirable for use in mining op.
erations. Its illuminating powder lasts
eight hours, when a new supply of pow
der becomes necessary.
Gen. j. Is. Clark. of Missouri, was
chosen clerk of the House of Represen-
tatives: J. i. Leedom, of Ohio. ser.
geant; j. G.. Wintersmith. of Texas,
doorkeeper. Anew crowd. Col. Allan
L. Davidson was recommended by the
n. c. delegation for Postmaster.
Messrs. John y. Uussey, - Cowan,
of Wadesboro, and John y. Sloan, are
aspirants for House Librarian. The
New York Herald, and the press in
general, says the action of the Demo-
cratic Congressman gives promise of a
big victory next year. Unfortunately
elections are bought nowadays, and the
bulk OF the capitalists are not Carlislists.
la Our friends. both readers and adj
vertisers. will be glad to learn that We
have changed our p~rinting-press and
instead of blurred. discolored. and cheap
ink-daubed sheets. will send them Il pa
per which the ladies may handle without
blackenihg their dainty fingers. This
paper is printed on the presses o.
Messrs. Uzzell Il Gatling.--who also
print st. -Nary's Muse, and The n. C.
Tedcher,--the finest specimens of Jour.
nalistic printing we have known in Raj.
eigh.
The change has subjected us to great,
increased erpense; and the quality O
paper we use is equal to the best maya.
zines of the North,-far superior to or.
binary newspaper paper. Will our
friends lend us encouragement by
prompt payments? y shower of Christ.
mas Gifts N the shape of paId-up sub
scriptions would be very welcome in,
deed.
Col. W. f. Beasley is a man o
kindly and generous impulses ant
amid his Jealous advocacy of Railroad.
never fOrgets the mitherless Orphans
For several years past he has procured
a large let of toys, trinkets, and usefu
articles. from dealers in Baltimore ant
elsewhere as Christmas gifts Tor the Ii
tie ones at Oxford. The joy over til,
opening of the boxes can be imagined
by anybody who ever had a visit from
Santa Claus. or Kris Kingle. TIL,
colonel has a new scheme. One da,
last week he bought a pumpkin, and de
posted it with Mr.. J. Y. McRae, a
Pescud, Lee & Co.'S drug store. How
many seeds does it contain? You pa,
p cts. and set down your guess. L
VIII be sealed in an envelope. During
the Masonic Grand Lodge (Which, b,
the by, has been postponed to Jan. Sth
battle of New Orleans" and And,
Jackson's birthday,) a committee viii
omen the enyelOnes. and the nnmnkin