The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-18
The Durham ReDOrte,

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From what information we can
gather from the counties composing
this Congressional district, the follow
inc will be about the vote on first bal
lot: Wake, Cox 40. Fowle Al. john
son, Cox %. Fowle 10. Franklin, Cox
90, Fowle 20. Orange, Graham p.
Durham, Cox 4, Fowle I, Graham Is.
Nash. Bum 81. Alamance, Graham
20. Chatham, Cox &c. Fowle Il.
| Delegates, BIG. Cox lis. Fowle, %.
Graham, y. Bum, Give are in
formed by Mr.. ]. S. Carr, Vice-Presi-
dent of the Durham Cotton Mills, that
it is the purpose of the company to lay
the corner stone of the mills with the
usual ceremonies, on Wednesday the
18th, at 3 o'clock, p. m. The public
are invited to attend. Rev. DR.. Black,
of Raleigh. Rev. w. 5. Creecy, OF Con-
cord, and Rev. L. A. Boone. OF Dur
ham, will conduct the ceremonies.
....Bailey, of Mecklenburg. and Mai
w. W. Flemming. two of our Charlotte
LAWYERS, who have been in attendance
upon Polk county Superior court, at
Columbus, this week. have returned to
the city. and bring wonderful new of a
new town that is %springing up in the
famed thermal belt" of that county.
The town is named Tryon, and it is
located five miles from Columbus, on
the line of the Asheville & Spartanburg
Railroad. Two years ago, the place
was unknown and the memory of the
oldest inhabitant can run back but a
few months at best. Mr.. Bailey spent
a day or two at Tryon and ONE back
a thorough Tryonian. The place is
chiefly settled with Northerners, and
the town proper has 100 inhabitants,
but taking in the neighboring colony.
this number is swelled to 200. The
Northerners have bought up a consider
able amount of land and have built
numbers of elegant. substantial houses.
Some of the recent arrivals there are !:
Mr. and Mrs Goodyear and daughter,
Mary Colt, NJ ID, all of Newton, Mass !;
Mrs Chase and son. of Boston. Mass;
Mr. L Black, of Pittsburg. Pa.--Char-
lOtte Observer.
The father OF the editor of this paper
invited Rev. DR. MeAbOys of Pittsburg.
to come down and view the State. The
latter was pleased, and having bought
DR.. Columbus Mills plantation, started
the village of Tryon, On the slope of
Tryon mountain. They have an i'm
mense vineyard and orchard within the
Thermal Belt" where no frost falls.
....Col. l. j. Young, collector of in
ternal revenue, in the Raleigh district,
tarried over in Washington on his return
from Chicago. While there a represeu-
tative of the Critic" sought an inter-
view On the situation and gives the result
thus:
Colonel Young is the gay and festive
collector of ~interna, revenue in the Rail
eigh District. lie is always for the Adj
ministion, because the Administration is
for Young. he is a prince of good fel-
lows, and is well known among the
boys He w.nt to Chicago an Arthur
man and went down with the sinking
ship.
But he was thoughtful enough to take
along = life preserver. When asked
about the status of the North Carolina
delegates, with q merry twinkle in his
eye he said he never carried his eggs to
market in the same basket. On the
second ballot his deputy collector, Haines
went over to Blaine, and he claims that
this change started the stampede to the
Plumed knight, and finally nominated
him ca the fourth ballot. The original
Blaine men 10 the delegation were Docke-
ry aud Elihu White. On the fourth bal
lot the colored delegates, With the excep-
ton Of O'Hara, went over to Blaine.
The contest over the national commit
tee membership was a triumph for Young
over Sergeant alarms Canaday DR.. j..
j. Mott, and Thos. B. Keogh. Young
fixed the delegation for Humphrey,
who has been shivering N the cold for
10 these many days"
1.-The Twiggs case for murder was
tried last week at Rutherford Court, and
after much deliberation and three trials
for his life. fwiggs a acquitted. Our
readers remember thai the murder was
committed 10 Burke County twenty three
years ago, Twiggs Vas tried, found guilty,
broke Jail and fed during the War to
Tennessee, where he was last year arrest
ed. He was tried last year. but the jury
disagreed eleven for, to one against ac-
quiaal. His third trial last week result
ted in his freedom. The long lapse of
time and his subsequent good character
aided his plea of self-defense. Shelby
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