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

....Gen. Grant has written another
letter to Fitziohn Porter, expressing
| confidence i'll his innocence and hoping
that Congress will vindicate him.
...Lancaster, Nov. 6.-The gin
house and thirty-two bales of cotton of
Col. Willie, of this town, was burned
down last night between IL and -
O'Clock. The Clubhouse had been closed
since Saturday evening.
....In the case of w. p. Conrad VS..
j.. L.. Morehead, involving a $50. 900
gold mine in Davidson county, the Su-
preme court reverses the judgment be-
low. and renders a judgment for the
plaintiff.
....A Peoria woman who married a
man to spite her father, is now suing for
divorce on the ground of drunkenness,
swearing, %obscenity, arson, filthy habits,
incompatibillty, infdelity, brutality, laxi-
ness, bigamy and n~on-support.
AT marriage of a daughter of Con-
gresham Tucker of Virginia, to Lawyer
Logan. of New York, silver that belong
ed TO George Washington when at Mount
Vernon, and a pair OF silver candlesticks
which once belonged to Lady Spottwood,
wife of the colonial governor were used.
durham Plant. The wife and
three children of MIR. w. A. jenkins. of
Cedar Fork township, who is one of our
county commissioners. were poisoned
Monday morning, and for twenty four
hours it was thought impossible to save
their lives. They drank a little toddy,
but What the poison was or how it came
there no one knows. DIR. Thos. Vickers
was called in and relieved their suffering.
49,. .Pittsboro Record says:-Our little
town was all astir this morning by the
marriage of Miss Mol!ie Merritt to Mr..
Henry c. Brown, which took place at
the Methodist church, Rev. r.. A. Willis
officiating. The bridesmaids and grOOms-
men were Mr., J NJ Brown and Miss Sal
lie II Jones, Mr. Everitt and Miss Anna
l. Merritt. Mr. D G Bynum and Miss
Fannie III Headen, Mr. NJ III Jones and
Miss Carrie Jackson, and Mr. j c Black
and Miss Lizzie ID Parker. Immedi-
ately after the ceremony the bride and
groom departed on a tour of the North
ern cities. being accompanied as far as
Chapel Hill by all the bridal party.
from all of which, as we'll as from
the numbers, character and enthusiasm
ofthose who attend the meeting. it is
evident that the people of Raleigh are
aroused to their own interests as well as
those ofthe State whose capital is their
home, and that it is probable that it will
not be possible hereafter to say of the
State Fair what has been SO freely said
throughout the State this time to its dis
c edit. Fayetteville Observer.
Raleigh promises to give US an ex-
position on a grand scale the coming
year, to take place of the old fair, which
was dying of neglect and decay. If We
are 10 judge from the list of names and
the character of the gentleman published
as the Executive Committee of the new
move, we think the promise is not with
cut some hope o fits performance and we
earnestly wish the enterprising gentle
men much success. -Littleton n1er.
IAN exposition is proposed to be
held at Raleigh next fall which would
be of great benefit to our State. 1t is
proposed to make this exposition so at
tractive that hundreds of visitors from
the Northern States may be induced to
visit II and see what a great State we
have. We sincerely hope that the
scheme will succeed, and it can succeed
If only the proper effort is made. We
call upon the good people of Chatham
to begin to have something worthy
of exhibiting at this grand State EXPOSE
ton. Let our ladies begin to prepare
specimens of their handiwork and artis-
tic skill, and our farmers the products
OF their fields. Chatham Record