The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-10

Mr.. Benjamin Hunter. aged about 90
years, of Brinkleyville, Halifax county
died last Friday night.
1.-THE Court House, Jail, and two
other small houses in Williamson, Mar
tin county, were destroyed by fire at =
o'clock on Thursday morning.
....Dr. Elliott has discovered a mica
mine near the White Sulphur Springs.
The indications of its existence in large
quantities are very fine.
....Dr. T. j. Terrell the Express
Agent of Warren Plains, was stricken
with paralysis while standing in his Office
and died early this moring' For a num-
Der of years he was Railroad agent.
....Our Democratic brethren must not
think that the millennium is at hand.
We fear hat many of them are expecting
too much.-Erchdnge.
First time we ever heard the post office
called millennium"
From Hillsboro Observer: Mrs.
Polly Minor, aged IS. was burned to
death lea Oaks, last Sunday. She was
alone and fell into the ire.--Patterson
81 Co.'S cotton gin at White Cross, was
DESTROYED by fire. Tuesday, Nov. 18th.
Loss O, err one thousand dollars. Mr..
Enoch Stubbins lost $50 worth of cot
on.
1.-THE board of county commission
ers of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT to induct Col.
VIM. r. Young into the sherif-s office,
for the reason that he failed to produce
a receipt in full from the county treasurer
for the taxes due for the year 1888.
After hearing argument of counsel, the
board arrived at the conclusion that the
duty devolved upon them to appoint a
sheriff. Accordingly Mr.. j. Rich was
elected.
The power of religion is great. 1t
can do almost anything except harmorn-
ize rival musicians in a church choir.
At Hornellsville, n. Y, Sunday evening
a fight took place in a church between
rival candidates for leader of the choir.
and one of them was dangerously stabbed
near the heart while the other was
knocked down with the organ stool. The
congregation finally separated the COM
batants and had them sarted off to their
homes. The leadership is still vacant.
....Mr. III. W. Lucy, commenting
upon Froude's Life and Letters OF Car
lyle" mentions a couple of somewhat
unique instances of the sage's temper.
One day he bought an umbrella, which
the shopman promised to send home to
him. 1t did not arrive, wherein Carlyle
wrote. s'This scoundrel umbrella ven.
der! Has that accurSed chlmera OF a
cockney not sent the umbrella yet |
could see him trailed thrice through the
Thames for his scoundrel conduct.
Another time. when ordering his tea, he
told the domestic she needn't hurry. 1T
was such an unlikely things for master to
say she declared to Mrs. Carlyle, tina
it made my flesh Creep" She thought
he must be dangerously ill.
...Charlotte Observer says: George
Bradford ocCaJarrus county, came to his
death very suddenly in that city on Sat
urday last, under very peculiar clrcum'
stances. The young man was IN the
wagon when the wind blew very hard,
so hard that the owe to the wagon was
blown off. The mules became frighten-
ed, aud the young man got out OF the wa
gon to check them up, which he did
He went back to the wagon and died in
a few minutes thereafter. The pres
umption was that be came to his death
| from fright. The deceased was a son
| of the late John Bradford, OF Cabarrus-
and was of a family over whom a mourn.
full fatality has hung. His father fel
| dead from a horse which he was riding.
and his brother dropped dead in a YARD
| several years since.
...At Fayetteville the trial Of Joe
Howard for the murder of Z. l.. Black
man. has been 10 progress several days
| The crime was committed on the 18th OF
October last. The men were white and
neiphbors. The trial attracted much at
t~ention. Almost in front OF the pIlsoDe'
lust inside the bar. sat his wife, a little
pale woman. As the case proceeded
hour after hour, she sat in the melan'
choly way, giving little attention to whs'
was being done. Mrs. Blackman, wife
of the murdered man. being sworn. testi
fed that on the night on which her hus
band was killed. Joe Howard took sup
per at her house. After supper he ano
Blackman went out to the barn. Ate
waiting a considerable while for Black
mans return. she went to the barn IL
search of him, and there found him deac
with his throat cut. All evidence wa
direct against Howard. Yesterday tn
iury brought in a verdict of guilty o
murder and the prisoner was SENTENCED
tn he executed in January.