The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-19
Cox is ct his Fdgecombe farm.

Cotton in Raleigh yesterday 9sto
..
SEED oats, and oats to be seed, at
eco. T. Stronach's; fresh and reliable.
AT Messrs Alfred Williams & 20.
is a fine portrait Of Lieut-Goy. otedman.
Mrs. Pierce, a sister OF Mrs. Senator
Vance, died in Louisville, Ky. last week
Two 'drummers" reported last
week a duller state Of business in North
Carolina than they had ever known.
Col. Walter Clark reports the burn
ing of Senator I " Mulleh's cotton GIN
and so bales, in Halifax. No insurance
-Hiram iodine, a government ON
Ger. blew out his brains at his desk IL
Washington. How ,hese fellows dread
an investigation,
Col. Thos. {. Fuller, Mrs. and Miss
Fuller were in Wilmington last week.
MIR. and Mrs. Thomas Badger
Will reside in Wilmington lis winter.
From Lieu. T. II. BAN. wac sem
is par 0. ur account . the yoldsloro
Ire, we lea n hat a LARGE crowd IS at
tending tha Far 1T thai place and much
interest is manifesto.
A large PARTY will 60 to Fayette-
Vile next Wednesday night, attend a
ball that night, witness the marriage
and return with the Bridal special train
next night. \ Jolly Thanksgiving day!
Wish we could assist.
-Forepaugh's white Elephant, So
called, died last week He was taken
out for drill in the snow, without his
gum-shoos, and took cold in his title
'tomach. The circus men said nc cost
So. OOu: but that seems an high price
for whitewash.
Are you intending to plant tobacco
next year? The time for preparation
will soon be at hand; and everybody
knows that good seed is one of the essen
tials to success. Mr.. Jas. Ii. Webb, OF
Tally Ho, Granville county, lives in the
famous township which made the Gran
vile Bright" the most noted weed 10
America. He is an experienced tobacco
grower and has taken special aim to
save the best quality of seed. Farmers
who are not supplied would do well to
write to him at orce, and have a reliable
sowing ready.
Blaine has been interviewed. He
pretcnds that his mental plumago Is not
ruffied, and says that while he was boss
ing Garfielis cabinet he got sick of trying
to steer so Big a craft. tie lays the blame
for his defeat upon the Temperance Re
publicans, and Rev. Gr Burchard's
blunder about-'Rum, Romanlsm. and
Rebellion" He thinks nearly 10000
Irishmen voted. for him; but nearly
10000 Frohlbit;cnists wo2t TO St. John.
He also claims thai caiav weather Kept
his friends from the polls. Far
weather friends amt worth having
Mr.. Blaine has been given a serenade
as 2 token OF respect and sympathy by
his ne.ghbors. He will spend the winter
II Washington City 20 finish hs book.
"A Republican aud I. ;. Commits
siouer who cannot sing wit. the bsalmist
-rh, Rose q light IS dawning upon
Wadesboro's Or. r." writes to discontinue
his paper, and sdds "RNtrenchment
slouiu 10 the motto, both 9th the
Government AID Individuals That is
very neatly put, e%)lolol; bat YOU omit
part of the motto Cleveland, -ooaies
-Retrenchmant an0-Reforn2 I"
Nov the way for i Republ.ca1 - re-
form is tc say not only yield graz
fully 20 ,Le logic of tn, Peoples Will,
expressed ct he ballot box, but | also
rejoice that tbs Caucasian racv has main
'ained its control Of ny State; and that
the Nation is helceforth t. DC conducted
or the plane Of JcferspGian- Conserve
tive-State's Rights Honest and Eaono-
my. And in order IL enable me 10 fifth
fully perform my duties as a private citi-
zen, l will renew my subscription for the
Farmer and Mechon,c, a paper which
while always devoted 20 the south, Is not
so blindly partizan as to do injustice to
any Republican, nor seek to pervert facts
for party USE" Bon jour, colonel!
The official returns give the Demo-
Gratis one majority in Illinois Legisla-
ture. This lays out Logan, Now if
JUDGE David Davis had remained silent
lie might have returned TO the Senate.
SUICIDEs.-A woman killed herself
in Baltimore because she feared her
husband would lose his place in the post
Office when Cleveland n. An
old negro committed suicide in Atlanta
because he feared a return to slavery.
B J Bennett. a New York lawyer
killed himself at Dallas, Texas.-A
grand son Of Chief Justice williamson,
of New Jersey, killed himself in the
Episcopal parsonage at Elizabeth, be
cause he couldn't believe the Bible
A man named Wetherington attempted
suicide in Pitt county, from liquor
Five suicides Of intelligent persons oc-
CURED in New York in one day last
week.
HoTELs.-Mr. Swift bought the Salem
Hotel for 5000, as he wishes 10 live