The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-07-30
Mr.. J. T. CeG Granthau store,
Uishes two good house servants

PAGE Literary magazine, which ike his
Indian Tea 10 family can afford = DO
without.
Up in Maryland, they ale very nelfh-
b3rlr. We n5tice that when a man l. to
be hanged. the officers Of the adjacent
c5u ntie. tender the u.e Of 4 sc.fold Tree
Of charge.
A young mau named Oscar J. Orr,
well known in Charlotte, is in jail at AT
lauta, charged with swiodling By ueans
of false checks and drafts on parties who
owed him nothing.
1t looks a. i the main business o.
newspapers this year Is to print long
letters OF acceptance, addresses, plat
forms. and the Ike. By the time Cleve-
land. Hendricks. -. John and Beast
Butler AL shoot of their pens. the type
VIII BE- worn out.
ADau Gould, 4 bright nn,atto. weigh
ing about 40 lbs. who murdered W. b.
Carpenter some time ago. Las escaped
from Wadesboro jail,-through uegli-
cence or the %jaIlor, il Is said. \ reward
Of aIoO s offered. The citizen. made a
general effort TO ~recapture Gonld.
Jud.e Bennett shouldered his gun aud
spent a day in the wood. assisting il The
search.
-Mes.rs. E. J. Hale AM Thos. W.
strange. who went from Chicago to
Bloomington, H.. give an interesting
account Of tie home and the home-lite
o. judge and Mrs. David Davis. Mrs.
Davis still retains an hearty interest IN
the Oh North State. and her friends
here, and the Judge appears II the best
81 health and good humo-.
\ curious case Of double suicide ha-
occurred In New York. 4 young man.
Of wealth and advantages, committed
suicide because he discovered that he
va, az illegiti,uate child. lie was en-
gagged t. a beautiful and wealthy girl,
aha b.es 1ut h,r brains Oh leAr3log Of
hi heath. Curious world,
Gen L3ngstreet i greatly mortified
a, hi= sudden taking OF. Arthur has
appointed J. L. Bryant to succeed hun.
Bryant Is the fellow who held the vote
Of Georgia solid for Arthur at Chicago,
and i said TO have publicly declared
that Southern white women we're DO
more girtusus than negroes.
There Is quite a struggle over The
Democratic nomination for Congress in
the Seventh District. Burke has declar-
cd Tor Judge Avery; and the friends of
other candidates are printing their dis
-elc. The candidates according to the
Leu0.- Topic. are McBraYer. Of Clevc-
and Graham. ofLincoln; Avery. Tate.
Minis and Erwin. Of Burke /; Jones.
Wakefield. and Bower. Of Caldwcl. 4;
I.iuny. OF Alexander; Covles Of Wilkes;
Vaughn. Of Allegheny: Todd. OF Aehe.
and D~augLerty. Of Watau.a. Castor
VII support Maj. Graham.
Mr.. Geo. 7. Stronach aud Mr..
Wayne Alcott viii leave tomorrow for
New York to purchase a large stock Of
groceries which they will open il the
>lronach building about the 1T Of Az
gust. Having troops of irieud-. OF
.ong acquaintance with tie trade. and
abundant means, they will add largely
% the business Of the city, and this i
a thing much to be desired.
A letter to the OJsercer tells of a
terrible tragedy near Hester's store in
Person county. You may recollect that
Nr. A. J. Hesters property has been
twice burned. A few days ago. Mr..
George Hester and family went IL visit
Col Rodgers family 10 Caswell, leaving
Henderson McMurray 10 charge Of the
house. Next day the house, smoke
house, and wheat house, were found in
ashes, and the body Of McMurray hang
ing from a tree. Was it robbery and
murder? Or suicide, and arson?
Over forty arrival. at Sparkling Ca
tawba Springs one night of last week.
DR.. Elliot, has accommodations for three
or four hundred guests, aud has added
various improvements. Families, and
business men who cannot afford to 20
across the mountains, or to more distant
rr-Zr.- Cd ~ e. na1,1 all ssy0-lE-.Is
their favorite above AL other places.
Persons who wish to send their families
10 some safe, and convenient, and SER
viceable Springs should correspond with
DR.. Elliott. See his card.
Near CoruDn2. Spain, the steamer
GJoa crashed into the steamer LoSham.
which sank in % minutes. Most of her
crew were hauled an board the G,jon.
Then the latter began 10 sink also. The
captain with q revolver tried to keep
order. but there wa a terrible struggle
for the boats. They would not hold half
the people. aad those who got seats used
their knives 10 cut away the hands Of
their drowning me.smates. The officers
gathered 90 the quarter leck. and went
d ,wn with their shin. About one hun
d ed and thirty lives were lost
Among the Sweet Singers who
VIII charm away the souls of the Far
Frlitians. or Fruit Fairians. at Colds
boro tonight and tomorrow. are Prof.
W. ii. Neave and Miss Rachel Wal
lace, of Salisbury Prof. PAUL., Mr..
Chas. Lumsden, and the Euterpeans, OF
Raleigh. with Miss Ella Mitchell as
priRd donna Miss LESSEE Southgate OF
Morrisville. Miss Pattie Woodward. and
Miss Lily Gay of Wilson. Miss Nettie