The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-28
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five of the ~convicts at work ou the {. +.
x Y. V. Railroad escaped ron their
Quarters at Ore Hi on Monday night
Mis-. Gen. Grimes has placed al
the disposal of the Grand Lodge Of Ma
son. the copyright ofthc Letters &c
of her husband, the much lamented Gca.
Bryan Grimes. Tor the benefit oi ttc
oxford Orphan Asylum, As was her in
tention from the first printing of them.
...WINsroN, NOV. 22.-In the SUI
perior Court. Judge Ship presiding,
Albert Davis. Tom Lee and Abram
Watkins. all colored, were convicted OF
the murder Of Anderson McCallum. coll
ored. and sentenced to be hanged De
ccmper 2Sth. They appealed To the
supreme Court. Eight convicts for the
penitenti.ry is the result o. this term.
...Durham Recorder: The Durham
tertiliZing company are erecting an adj
dition larger than the original building
SO great is the demand that they are un-
able t. supply their patrons. On Thurs
day they shipped a carload Of thcIr u
auo to the southern part OF Georgia.
Our leaf dealers are anxious To buy
30. 600. 600 pounds of leaf totacco.-
There seems to be a gang of THEW
passing Themselves of as agents Tor
Fairbanks scales and other reliable
firms. prowling through this part OF the
State with the sole purpose of entrap-
ping the unwary.-The lI~olscnbark
brothers, charged with burning the
barns OF Capt. A. j. Hester. OF Person,
moved their case to Caswell. n. b
They were sentenced to ten years in the
Pen.)
....A telegram from Ro me state.
that the Pope has created Capt. +. W.
Dawson, editor OF the Charleston 6. O.
NeWS and Courier, a Knight OF the Or
der of st. George. for the determined OPP
position he has ever manifested in the
columns of his journal against duelling.
He was once challenged by X. BArnwell
Rhett to mortal combat, but declined.
although his courage was unqueStloned.
He announced at the outset that his re-
ligiou prevented him from following tie
ethics of the code. The News AMI
Courier has always taken Il bold stand
against the code, and after the famous
Cash-ShannOn duel, in which Shannon
was killed, waged such "A vigorous war
on the code that the Legislature finally
passed an act II punish duellng. aud To
~disqualfy all participants III n duel from
holding office III the State.
Weldon Neus. The %storehouscs
at sunny SIDE. this county. occupied by
Mr.. Glasgow, and +. w. |EIarries ooh
lire and was burned down. Loss about
2l.SOO. No In>urance.-A little
child about three years old was burn
ed 10 death nrat Apreliau Springs on
the 18th. Three children were play
ING III the fire when one lit a sluck
and held it against the other, SET
ting its clothing on firc.-On sun
day morning Tom Arlington, colored,
an inmate of the poor house. had "A tit.
fel. near the fire which iguitcd his clOtn-
ing. and was burncd so badly that hc
died Monday.
....WAsHI NOTION, Nov. pa new
Telephone company. to be known az the
Electric Telephone Company. was or
ganlzed in this city tonight. with the
tollom III. officers: President. Gen. jos.
r. Johnston, Of Virginia v.ce-presi
deni, Senate Isham g.. Harris. Of Ten
nessee; secretary and treasurer, Hon.
Casey Young, of Tennessee; attorney,
Senator Garland, OF Arkansas. and cleo
triclan. j. Harris Rogers. OF Washing
ton. \ board of directors. including
the above named officers and ex-Gover-
nor J. {. Brown. Of Tennessee, aud
Col. K. r. S%ooney. of Tennessee. vas
also elected. The company is oryan-
lzcd under a charter from the State of
tennessee, with 4 capita Of g., 900. 900.
-. Ae"s-O bserrer A gentleman
from Durham informs Us that the tobat-
60 men there manifest interest in the
movement looking towards tobacco cuL.
ture IN Wake, and believe that Ralcioh
VIII BE- a capital market for t.-Fo
a mouth the police have been KEEPING
an eye on Sydney Horne. negro
coterday a telegram wa, received from
the chief ot police at Winston. ASKING
mat The negro be captured and held
me ponce went after the maa and
found HIM on South street. He ran
the pursued. and finally cauyh him,
lie Is charged with having attempted to
burn Naughan's tobacco warehouse at
" inston Title receipts of cotton
mere ior the week ending last 1hursda
were l'6sD bales, against 1850 for the
corresponding week last year. The to-
tai receipts from Sept. / to THURSDAY (
were 1924 bales, against &c. 494 to the
same date last year. The shipments
Tor the week were 1855 bales.