The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-10

A. ID. Jones. Esq, advertises hotice
of charter for Railroad from li"hiiiah'
on r. Il Hamlet r. Il. to ASHORE.
j. b. Powell's store and L. y. at
Pughs, Franklin county, was broken
and robbed last week.
Smallpox is increasing at Salem Va.
Gov. Cameron's children, at Ii hmond'
have variloid.
After creating a Railroad commls-
sion in South Carolina they found diifl-
Guilty in getting any iirst-class man TO
take the place. Several gentleman de-
clined. Legare J. Walker, OF Charles
ton, has accepted.
Gen. r. b. Vance, by direction Cl
committee on patents, tired TO get
vote on a bill to allow the courts TO de-
clare a patent void, if obtained by fraud
or falsehOod.
Mr.. Hezekiah CT. Gudger, Supt. OF
the Deaf, Dumb and Blind Asylum, nav
ing become one of the lessees OF the
Warm Springs Hotel, resigned last week.
Prof. W.Jef. Young, who has taught ID
the institution for twenty years, was
promoted to the Superintendency.
A very handsome gallery, with all
the modern improvements IN photogra-
phy. Instruments Just from factory. j"
Watson, artist. Next door to the FT
mer and Mechanic office. Although an
old Photographic, MIR Watson tell. us he
is new in improved facilities, and new
styles.
We call attention to advertisement
of Horner School in our columns The
ample and comfortable accommodations
for pupils, the high standard nf scholar
ship, and moderate prices, commend
this school to the consideration OF pa
rents seeking for their sons the best ed
ucational advantages. Send for cata-
logue. The Spring term begins Mon
day.
And still another! As we sat read
ing proof which narrated the sudden
deaths of Mrs, Farmer and Geo. Deans.
a visitor said-"Capt. John w. Harri-
son, one of your subscribers at the r u
G.. II. r.. fell dead this morning, at the
breakfast table, 1t was unhappily
true. Nj. Harrison was about SO years
of age. His family, mother, sister, wife
and child, have the sylnpathies of all
who knew them.
The death of Lieut.. Allen II. J,r-
dan, of Charlotte, was very singular.
He was a sleep-walker, and while out
hunting in the wilderness, lett camp at
night-in his night-garments. and ran
through the snow for eight II lies.
Strange to say, he was not found for
three days; stranger still he had a box
of matches in his pocket, 1--WE did moi
know that underclothing had pockets =
yet did not light a fire when he found
himself freezing! 1t is a mystery {;
though ne foul play is suspected.
A young man from Virginia named
Preston came into North Iredell county
to reside with his wife whose maiden
name las Speaks. One of her family
married a man named Rash. Recently
Preston disappeared. A short time al
forwards Jake Rash cut his throat.
Popular belief connects the two deeds.
as we learn from the Landmark.-J.
III. Story. keeper of HEREFORD county
poor house, resigned, went home and
blew out his brains.
DR.. Jas. Mckee has some fine
blooded stock. Look for adj. soon. 4
stallion was recently imported into tie
United States at a cost of sl2O.GGO
Recently ten head of cattle were sold in
New York for $4,000. We mention
the above to show that bl0oded stock is
appreciated in some parts of the land.
1t would find ready sale in North Caro-
lima. if properly advertised. and intro
duced. There are ten thousand vide
awake farmers in tie State who would
prefer a tirst-class horse. cow. sheen.
hog. and fowl. to the common breeds :
but there Is so much trouble in getting
the superior strains hat they lave
dritted along year after year.
Ugly women can have one conso-
lation there are few great beauties
who do not end with disgrace. and-bit-
ter sorrow of one sort or another. Ten
years ago Miss Nellie Hazeltine was the
Langtry OF st. Louis,-thc professional
beauty OF the West. She got III a
Irritation with Sam j. Tildcn al White
SULPHUR make a sensation. Then
n had that row with a lager-becr ouz-
zllng actor in st. Louis. Then She mar
RED Fred Paramore, and has had no
faramores,-or not spelled that way.
Now she has gone on the stage. The
obJectof course Is to show off. and bask
III admiration. Filtration soon be-
comes as Indispensable to a firt as w.,is-
Key to a sot; and the degradation.
morally, mentally, and physically. is in
about the same proportion.
FROM Senator Vance we have re.
ceiVed the bulky but interesting Report
on the Tariff. showing the chanres fl,
free LIS, etc. CHANGING over il ono :.
bound to find himself woaderinr-.,a ~
II really be true that a country wh.cl
needs certain articles actually ,bar.o,
one half their value to keen H.,
coming? 1t might be excusable to nro
hlblt needed articles Go.n 1eariog IN
country but to try to keep item ont
that is curious! Aye, but il HELMS