The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-24
Ia negro shot and killed another
negro at Reidsville a few days ago.


negro at Reidsville few days ago.
Pres. Tyler's widow j. at the
Louise home at Washington.
1.-THE Rev. j. B. Cheshire, of Char
lo'te, is hunting up data for a history of
the Colonial times in North Carolina.
IN. f Crowell, a guano merchant.
OF Matthew Station, near Charlotte,
made an assignment on Friday.
MIR John Goode publishes a let
ter III which he calls Senator Malone a
liar .nd brands him as a coward. Ma
none criticized Goode Ia a recent speech.
...Brownson:-"Well. | ALWAYS
make it a rule to tell my wife everything
that happens Smithson "Oh. my
lear fellow, that's nothing. | tell my
wife lots OF things that never happened
at ALL
IA man by the name of S. Nc
Ahster went to church in Pike county.
Ga, last Sunday. During the services
he became raving maniac aud made
for the minister with a drawn dirk. He
literally cleaned out the church. all flee
inc before him. He escaped into the
woods.
....There will be. in Concord. on the
10th of November. a celebration of Luz
Tiers tooth birthday. Rev. J. Rumple.
d. D.. NJ. l.. Wood. d. D.. Gen. Rufus
liarrinyer. Rev. F. w. E. Peschau. and
Prof. e.. f. Schaefer. of Mount Pleas
ant. have accepted invitations to deliver
addresses Wotchmaa.
....Hearne's Hearts of Oak opera
company has received -, l35 damages
against the Georgia Central Railroad.
The troupe's wardrobe was burned in an
accident on that road. According to
he estimate Of a Georgia court. the
wardrobe OF the average troupe is lot a
costly affair. 1t was said one Of H~earnes
ladies wore a $500 dress on the stage
in Charlotte.
Fletcher Lowery. col ored. who
was recently confined in j%ailin Savannah.
has been tried and convicted OF murde,
IN ApplIng county and sentenced to b,
hanged on November 22d. 1t is said
that be was formerly a member Of the
notorious Lowery ran in North Csroli-
ma, which was such a terror 70 the peo-
pie of the old North State.
Neus and OJserrer. Mr.. p. 2. Pes
cud, whose health has for mouths been
poor. is in a critical condition
James Al Pool was insured in the Con,
n~ec,icut Mutual Lie Insurance COMPANY
Tor SO, 600 MIR. L. . S.vage. Of
Scotland Neck, y. G. has on exhibition
At the State Fair, a machine OF his own
invention, with which he claim, 10 pick
at ban tNnAs lr rtan ~. N, la "a -
deposit the same In sacks The house
n which Andrew Johnson, afterward,
President of the Uuited States. was
born, may be seen by the curious. 1t l.
on East Cabarrns street, only two squares
trom Fayetteville street.
Charlotte Observer. Mr.. F.. A
Thompson, a model young man of Char
lotte. who has for some time past been
tie leader Of the McSmith Cornet Band.
eft this morning for Kansas City, where
he ex pects to reside In the future
MIR. James w. Hayes, one Of Mecklen
bugs progressive farmers. is the owner
of a half Jersey mich cow with her first
calf which is nine moths old) which
gives milk that makes nine pounds Of
butter Fer week, on an ordinary pasture
and one quart of meal night and
morning.-To give the average new.
paper readers some idea OF the business
now being done by the Richmond and
Danville Railroad Company, We are at
liberty to state that freight train No. 10
which left Charlotte yesterday morning
went out in five sections of twenty four
cars each. The freight charges on each
car was about $laO, or $3.50 for the
train.