The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-30

Congressman Edmund w. NJ.
Mackey, of the seventh district of South
Carolina, died in Washington.
..Messrs. Atwater & Wyatt, of
Raleigh, will open a fancy grocery store
in Durham, in a few days.
MR.. Landon Lyon. a former citi-
zen of Durham, died suddenly, at Nor
folk, Va.
....Reddin Jones, colored, aged about
IS years, was found dead. sitting in a
chair in his room, on Mrs. Gales premises,
or Yves Hillsboro street.
1.-The boiler in the Newbern gas
works exploded yesterday with terrific
violence, but no n reported injured.
...GreeDsboro Daily Workman: The
endowm Ut 800, 600 for Wake Forest
College has cen completed.
Mr.. Charlie Peele, the young man
mentioned in our last issue, as insane, has
been sent to the asylum at Raleigh.
1.-The Atlantic and North Carolina
railroad is advertised for sale BY the
sheriff of Carteret county TO satisfy an
execution in his hands.
....Deputy Collector Stype. in the
5th n. c. district, announces the cap
ture of five Illicit stills.
THE u. S. Supreme court will
take a recess from February 18th until
March 3rd.
...Argument before the House COM
mittee in the Pool-Skinner case was
continued yesterday. but not concluded
...,A cotored citizen OF Franklin
county in a letter 10 the NewS- Obsercer
suggests Hon. c. NJ. Cooke, of Frank
lin, as 4 suitable candidate for Cover
nor.
Secretary Of War Lincoln and
several army engineers left Washington
yesterday for Wilmington. n. c.. to in
spect the engineering work on the Cape
Fear River.
Steamers sent to clear the Blue
Nile failed from the persistent attacks
of the rebels. Ell Mahdi is reported to
have $1,000 men with an abundance of
ammunition and Krupp guns. He pro-
poses to hold the fort.
christopher Bard, an insane man
at McConnellsburg Pa. rushed upon his
mother, who had offended him, and threw
herinto a log fire. She was badly burned.
Mrs. Bradley, who died in Derry
township. Westmoreland, Pa, recently.
was obtained from the parish records
in Ireland.
THE will of William W. Watson.
Lascaster county, beqreaths $500 to
Lincoln University, to be applied to the
e%ducatioQ al young colored men.
-. During December. the gros. earn
inrs ofthe Richmond & Danville, (which
includes the North Carolina railroad
amounted to S334, coo, being $22, 900
more than for December. 1882. The net
earnings were $50, ESQ more. The gros.
earnings of the Western North Carolina
railroad for the same month were $50.
7S4, being a gain of Sc, 0O0. and the net
earnings were $l2, Ice. The construction
account is not embraced in this table.
-. The very idea of protection is 10
give advantage to one man Oyea another.
The very purpose and object of protec.
ton is to give one industry the advantage
over some other industry that may come
in cO1ilct With it. 10 other words the
meaning OF protecting the hat. blanket
and other industries, in this country, is
to compel che man who buys the hat
blanket and other articles to ray a bonus
to the manufacturer of one or two do
lars. While the farmer is forced to sell
his products In the open markets, uDder
laws of supply aad demand, without any
protection whatever. The man who
favors the abolition of the tax on whisky
must as natural result favor protection.
He must be ip favor Of a high tariff on
all imported goods. for he must know
that the government is bound to have
revenues. Take n the $50 600 600 of
INTERIM ii reveD g and you must have
taat aM unit, o. a such as may be ueed
ed from 5 Inc other source. Whore Is it
to come from but t. iRcreas, the Already
burdsnsome tariff. Tbs Is what Sam
Randall and a ot n protectionists want.
They know il they c4n wipe out. as hey
torn It, "ehe ir'erlal revenue" that
they can at least msintain the present
high Tariff. Ant they also know that if
they fail to blot tut this $50, 600. 900 in
ternal revenue that the tariff will be re-
duced aud tk.t speedily and the con-
sunnsr viii get the neeessaries Of life at
lower rates IS otland Neck Chmmos-
Hedlth,