The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-12

a good storo-room for rent.
Miss Lizzu;tc { BcTlhcim, Of Char
cite, has a poem in Dcmorosts Haeazinc.
Very sweet uud a~onauly.
Skinner majority BY official vote
was only Si4 but enough is good as a
feast
Senior Vance succeeds Gen. JOS. L.
Johnston as a member Of the committee
on Foreign Relations.
Inquiries are coming from various
points relative to the fine place offered
for sale by John W Thompson, Esq.
The right man will make a fortune there.
-pttsboro township, the heart Of Chat
ham, votes on the stock law. Jan. 9TH.
\. J.. Byupm, Esq Is Registrar. DR..
r. Il. ihrie, and others, pollholders.
Gen Scales led off with a bill to re-
peal the Revenuers. Gen Cox, to change
the method of collection. Gen Vance
several bills. Mr. York to School Fund"
the tax Surplus.
Robert Pratt, co!orci, who was to be
hanged at GoIdsboro on the Goth inst,
has been rcprieved by the Gov. Jarvis
until February %, 1854. lie murdered
a white man named O'Ncal.
Sheriff NOVEL; will have deputies at
the usual places to collect tax up to Dee.
y. Ali who are not paid by that night
viii incur cost. All Deliuqueu,s will be
liable to ''misdemeanor,' which n.eans
the work house, or road gang.
Rev. DR.. q. w. Sauderlin is known
to be one of the most successful farmers
in Eastern Carolina. His card Offering
a Jersey Bull for sale appears in another
column. 1t would be well it four or five
farmers would club" aud buy the an.
imal, and next year sell 70 a new club.
The election of officers of Raleigh
CommaGdery No. I was held Friday
evening, D " Balm, Commander; d.
Z. Everett, Captain General. John J.
Fray, Prelate SamI Watt, Treas; T "
Blake, Recorder; VIM. Simpson, Senior
Warden; 3. Il. Lacy, Standard Bearer ;
b. r. Harding, Sword 8carer; \. W.
Shaffer, Warden.
DR.. Geo. W BlacknaIl has opened {
Real Estate, and Brokerage Office in tht
Tucker House, which he has rented q:
residence for his family. Few men hav,
a wider acquaintance with persons aa6
business affairs il North Carolina; lnC
this knowledge viii enable him to make
a success in the new liue.
Pleased to asta tia. Raleigh is clos.
ing up the gap in her cotton receipts
the decrease III to Dee. g being onl,
1900 bales. 1t IS true this Is Is, 600 bale.
behind 1881, and > 700 pales behinC
1880. Bnt it 5 at least some comfort Il
see a check to The downward movement
The now famous fossil footprint.
found last ycar at Carson, Nevada. anc
supposed to have been made BY prehis
tor!c human giants, are regarded by
Prof. O. c. Marsh as probable tracks 0
a large sloth. 1t IS stated, however
that DIR. Hardness stil insists that tn,
impressions were left 10y a species o
man, and that lie finds his tLeor,
strengthened by fresh discoveries o
tracks.
Hon. John Manning was in the cit,
yesterday looking as bright.as if he wer,
not at the head @. the biggest Law
School the State ever possessed, and hat
not just helped TO boil down a 3O-year.
stack of Legislative Acts to make new
code. Bat he ONE Of vigorous stock
His father. 4 distinguished naval officer
had two dozen brothers and sisters. Thi
secs Ito use Il sporting pilrase) Rev
/. Page RicaUd. and ''betters" him b,
tour boys, The good parson having onl
three times seven sons.
EzB To encourage the culture Of To
bst'N' 81 >NAlllsNl 0IOAlIId--IO IIIGll
our Advertisers on the eve of Christ
mas,-and 10 Introduce the Farmer on.
Mechanic to new readers, North an,
South, we have printed ONE THoUsANI
EXTRA COPIES Gree ofth.s issue. If vor
have friends who do not take the paper
please call and get a bundle to distriJut
among them, by mail or otherwise
Next week we shall likely print nor
extras. Business and Professional me
ought to Try 4 card with us. 1t wi
pay.
a Vienna scientist has perfected
remarkable modification of the micro
scope. TO which the name of gastroscop
has been given. 1t is 10 be used fo
looking into the interior of the human
stomach. 1t consists Of a tube abou
% inches long and hall an inch thick
bent at an angle of $50 degrees al abou
one-fourth Of its length from the lowe
end. At It's lower extremity is an III
candescent electric lamp for lighting u
the stomach. and a microscope obieC
tive. Prisms are arranged to reflect tn
image-bearing pencil Of light along tn
tube and past The bend to the ~eye-piece
Provision is made for a circulation c
water about the lamp to prevent incou
venient heating.