The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-30
Rev. f. Wootten and Maj. b. a.
Conoho,rt were in town YESTERDAY.

Key. E. Wootten and Maj. b. a.
Capeheart were in town yesterday.
Prof. NJ. C. S. Noble will give an
handsome gold medal to the best Latin
scholar at Peace Institute.
-Arbuckle, the cornetist, and Ed
ward Laboulaye, the French ankee-
doodlist, both died last week.
Mrs. Mary 5. Shepard, who died in
Newbern a short time since, LETT an es-
tate valued at six hundred thousand
dollars.
We intended to give a list of can
didates for Congress in the 4th District,
but owing to lack of type will have to
postpone until next week.
"A railroad accident in Minnesota
killed the Engineer by %smothering him
under an avalance of wheat with which
the cars were loaded.
Greensboro Daily Idtriot has alb
sorbed the Bugie; j. w. Albright OF the
latter paper taking position as local
editor of the former.
Wilson 4dcance tells of a 'Getna
Green'' wedding-Mr. Tom Drake, son
of DR.. n. L. Drake of Nash and Miss
Mary, daughter of Rev. G.. NJ. Duke.
Miss Sadie Green and Miss Kate
Williams of Fayetteville, passed the
week in Misunderstanding Miss Janet
Wilson and Mrs. Col. Fuller, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. w. Fuller Of Durham, also
spent the Sabbath in Raleigh.
"A steamer blew up in a shallow
river in California. Everybody on
board, 10 in number, was either killed or
crippled. One poor woman was found
nearly two miles distant, standing in
mud to her waist, and still alive though
she died in a few minutes.
Any one having for hire 4 horse
or pony, and buggy, for two or three
months light use, (animal and vehicle
will be carefully treated) write t. w.
B. Wingate, Wake Forest, n. c.
AT Peace Institute tomorrow even
ing the Day-School Department, unde,
Mrs. and Miss Mcdonald, will give its
exhibition, with a good programme, and
many of our incest little ladies taking
part.
Mr.. Geo. w. Hahn, Lincolnton, n.
c., writes to the Farmer and Mechanic
asking where he can buy a fruit Evapo-
rator. He expresses surprise that such
things are not advertised in a paper sc
widely read as the F. & NJ. We REFER.
ed him to the Zimmerman Fruit Dryer.
n another column.
The types got wrong last week; Civ
ing the Messenger credit for items from
G%oldsboro Bulletin. and emitting credit
Cor TN I".nduIph county Itnms The,
were properly made. but clipped off the
copy in shortening, afterwards.
1t is said the new Commissioner of
Internal Revenue INTERNALLY Collected
Walter Evans Esq, of Kentucky, Gland
of "Old B%ourbon") will reduce the coll
lection Districts from 126 to ABOUT 90.
and lop off Il. e. consolidate with others
two of the North Carolina Districts.
Anything to keep peace in the Party
The Gar was crowned on Sunday
after q week of astonishing ceremonies
witnessed by Millions of people. The
stories about Russian disafection must
have been greatly exaggerated; for there
would appear to be no questioning the
affection and enthusiasm of the immense
multitudes who went down on their
knees in the dust to bless and howl over
tie Emperor.
AT the medical convention ball in
Tarboro a beautiful boquet over twenty
two inches in diameter was placed at
the disposal of the State Medical So
ciety. Doctors Murphy & Mcdowell
were selected to awardi it to the prettiest
young lady in the room, which resulted
in the section of Miss McNair, of Tar
boro. DR.. Murphy's presentation
speech, following the toasts at the ban
quet was much complimented.
Reading papers from every part of
the State we have become satisfied that
several gangs of burglars and cut
threats are operating i'll North Carolina.
Some are disguised as Travelling
Agents. FOR various articles: others
have patents to sell the farmers; other.
are travelling as "Gypsies," with mon
keys and bears while others 90 to the
large towns. start fires, and then rob
dwellings during the excitement. A
dozen bold robberies are reported from
various parts last week.
Alfred Tate's wife ha. a hen which
yesterday laid her Seth successive egg
without stopping for repairs. Hens usu-
ally lay 10 eggs, and then 'set"-down on
the side of the bed to cackle-ate how many
candidates for aldermen can be raised
from the lot.-A writer in the Eren-
ing Visitor wonders where all the white
horses come from, cos he never saw a
white colt Raleigh has more pairs Of
grey matches than any town in the coun
try and as for fine t%urnouts there are
enough of them to keep editors and poor
folks covered with dust from Deuterono
my to Habbakuk, as the Scripture saith
The big fire brought rain. We be-
lieve that a general rain could be pre-.
duced at any time of the year by the aid
of a large fire. 1t rariies the air, and
the hot currents ascending amid the up
per stratas cause rain. During the wal