The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-14

NlilCy III SouoSy ~ vi WhlC
ploughhg on his farm in march last, tur-
ned up an irregular shaped, smooth
faced stone the SIZE of an hens egg. 1t
glittered in the sunlight. Mr. Smith
took the stone to Greensboro, where a
~jeweller pronounced 1t a genuine emerald
weighing nine ounces. The jeweller was
also of the opinion that the smaller bril-
liants clinging to the central stone were
diamonds.
The fact was published and aroused
the greatest interest among jewellers and
nlineralogistS. A ~diamondIminer visited
Mr.. Smith and offered him 81 900 for the
gem. Mr.. Smith refused the offer, being
assured that the emerald was the second
largest in the world and of immense
value. He brought it on to New York
and intrusted it to Mr., Robert w. Dom
nell, a banker, of No. l02 Broadway.
MIR. Donnell took it to Tiffany, where it
was given to Mr.. George +. kunz the
firms expert, for examination. His re-
port was cad before the last meeting of
the New York Academy of Sciences.
Mr.. Kunz said that after subjecting
the stone to various tests he found 1t to
be a crystal of quartz penetrated by
long, haiI-like crystals of green actlno-
lite or byssolite, and containing strings
of small cavities filled with liquid 1t
was only valuable as a minerlioglcal
specimen for cabinet purpo Is and was
worth for such use about So. Ire re-
port was accepted and the crystal was
Yesterday returned to Mr.. nonnell, t. be
sent back to the expectant MIR. Smith
At the same meeting of the Academy
Mr.. Kunz reported on the Georgia
Marvel" or the blue Ridge Sapphire"
as it is called, which was found a little
over "a year ago in a bi ook in that state.
The stone weighed about half an ounce,
and was supposed to be worth about
$50, 600. Its discovery created even
more interest than did that of the North
Carolina emerald. Two We'll known
Southern jewellers asserted that it was
genuin,, and it was seut here for a cru
cial test. Mr.. Kunz said that after q
short examination he found it to be a
piece Of blue bottle glass, which had
been rolled in the brook until the action
of the water and gravel had polished it
to unusual brillixncy.-N, !. Herald,
Oct. 20.
Festivals in honor of the 40Oth
anniversary of the birthday of Martin
Luther, celebrated in European cities
with great splendor, in Berlin so 900
school children marched in procession to
the churches; monuments to the great
reformer were unveiled at Hamburg and
Leipsic and corner stones laid at Erturt
and other places; at London a celebra-
tion was held in Exeter Hall -
New York broker, lives at Newark, n
l.1l.l 1rrrlar Uhn u-aS
robbing his house .-Ihree children
riding in a phaton at Atlantic City. ,:
j., we're struck 10y a locomotive and all
fatally iniured.-James Truxhi hang
by a mob for a brutal outrage upon a
married woman at SummerSet. ky.--
A skif run down by a steamer in the riv.
er near Memphis, Tenn, and a man and
his wife and child drowned. ~ letter
carrier arrested IN CIncirnatl, ". f"r
stealing money from letters --Cap-
tain Stevens, of the British ship Linca :
ter. arrested at New Orleans, c.arg, d
with neutrality-suspicious. Days,
book keeper for d. Appleton & Co.,
charged with embezzling $50 O0), ad
mitted misapprorriatlng $1,000.
Isaac Bryan 81 ntenced to ten years
in The penitentiary Tor the murder OF
Tbos. Saunders, at Goldsboro, n. G.
-C Commodore Cushman, e. S. N,
a;ed at Buffalo.-Captaln Joseph
F HELEN. deputy collector captured
s;x illicit distilleries in Randolph Mont.
gomerv, Moore and Chatham coun'
tics N. C.-The corn crop of the
country is below an average yield; about
forty million bushels short OF last years
crop.-Highwaymen killed a street
car driver whom they were attempting
to rob, at Milwaukee. -One thousand
cipar-box makers are on a strike at New
York.-Cold water and a fierce gale
ali over the Northern States and Canada
Sunday night; a number of vessels
wreckfd on the lakes; snow fell at many
nlaces. aud great damage to property wa
caused by the wirds.-A family pois
oned ~ eating head cheese at Akron, .
"a fire at Charleston, S. c.; los
s6O 600. eight women and a boy Jumped
from the windows Of one of the building
and three of the women were killed.
.Smithfeld Herald: On Thursda
l.st Mrs. Lucy Sanders, wife of Mr.. J. J
Sanders. living near town having hear,
,bat yellow jasamine was good for palpits
Ton of the heart, from which she suffer
E al ., times. made her some tea of tn
bark. drank of it, and gave some to he
sister. who was visiting her. Mrs.
died from the effects, and Mrs. Peeda
barely escaped.