The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-21

ways been intimate. and 10 all their diff
culties he was ready to fly to arms and
help them, right OF wrong. He is a far
mer. and has at different times worked
on Col. Cash plantation, either as ten
ant or hired.
....Eaton Mills, the murderer, was on
Tuesday last sentenced to be hung on
the l2.h Of July next.
Mr.. Maxwell German. the Levy
am" Of the Raleigh Mars and O5sey-
rer, has been appointed TO a place on the
Capitol police, Senate side.
Miss Zenie Harris, living on Roam
oke river in Halifax, died very suddenly
on last Sunday evening. She seemed to
be in perfect health at three o'clock when
she lay down to take a nap.
....Charles Robey, a lad of II years,
son OF Rev. w. NJ. RObey. the well known
Methodist minister, and editor Of the
MethOdist Adr0Rce, was drowned in Neuse
last week while bathing with a number of
boys. He could not swim and got in
deep water. The party we're in attendance
at a pic mic of the NJ. r. Sunday school.
The gala day of the children was brought
to a sad close.
1.-THE young Misses of Smithfeld on
the 10th of May, marched to the Cemete-
~, and made beautiful floral offerings in
memory of our dead soldiers whose re-
mains were buried there. This has been
a custom of the little girls here several
years. President, Miss Sallie Careath-
ers; Secretary, Niss Maggie Snead :;
Treasurer, Miss Annie Adams. Mr..
ID. w. Fuller has sold his Hotel to Mr..
\. Y. Peel, of Fremont. The price was
81, 900. -Smithield Herald.
Professor Richard A. Proctor has
bought a lot of land in St. Joseph, Mo-,
and contracted for the erection of a house
for himself and family. They will arrive
there in June or July, and the house is
to be ready in August. Professor Proc
tor married his present wife. Mrs. Sadie
Crowley, in St. Joseph in 1881. She is
a daughter of Charles NJ. Thompson,
and a niece Of General NJ Jeff Thompson.
The somewhat romantic story of their
wedding is thus told The lady's first
husband having died in Ireland, she
started for home. Professor Proctor met
her on the steamer. Subsequently he
went to St. Joseph, wooed and won her,
and they were married, and returned to
Europe. Since the wedding they have
lived in London. The Professor says he
will spend the remainder of his days in
St. Joseph.
lit is probable that no less than g.
600, 900 baskets of peaches will be ship
ped from the Delaware and Maryland
p~eninsulas this summer, and the crop of
small berries Strawberries, ~blackberries
and raspberries-will be the largest ever
seen in that section. The largest ship
ment of peaches was made in 1875, when
over 5000, 600 baskets found their way
to market. This year the crop promises
to be a third larger. In addition to the
6 1000, 900 baskets which it is thought by
the best judges will be sent to market, at
least 1000, 900 baskets will be consumed
by the drying factories and canning
houses which have sprung up all over
the fruit section.
A prominent fruit grower from Laurel,
Del. the largest berry-shippiDg tow in
the United States, said yesterday that he
thought hat over l,500, 900 quarts of
berries would be marketed in one day
from the Maryland and Delaware fruit
section.
ION Wednesday, Bob Lipscomb, a
colored man, employed as fire man at r
J. Taylor's Steam Saw Mill at Black
Creek, was brought to Wilson ard lodged
in Jail. charged with having committed a
rape upon Isabella Deans, his step daugh-
ter. 1t seems from the evidence that
he has had base designs on her for some
time, but the scrutiny of his wife prevent
ed the accomplishment of his wicked pur-
pose until Monday night. He had been
making violent threats from time to time
upon his wife, ever going SO far as to
procure a rope, with a moose in it, with
which he threatened to choke her to
death if she ever divulged his intentions.
On Monday night, with his knife drawn
and held over the head of the girl, he
effected his fiendish designs, a1d made
his escape. A warrant was issued for
his arrest, and on Tuesday night he was
caught. not however until he had been
shot in the leg by constable Edwards, and
ran down by two Representation Mr.
rOr.
....London, Nay l7.-One of the
most fashionable and at the same time
one of the most strangely assorted mar
riages of the season was solemnized this
morning at ST. Peters Church, Eaton
Square. Belgravia. The bridegroom was
Sir John Lubbock. Bart, a partner of the
immensely wealthy banking house of
Roberts, Lubbock & Co., a Fellow of the
Royal Society and a ~well-known diletanttQ
scientist. He is a rich widower, just so
years of age, very tall and thin has a
thin, piping voice weak, squirting eyes,
and has been for four years a martyr to
govt, which confines him to his bed most
of the time. His last appearance in the
House of Commons was at the time of
the division on the vote of censure last
Tuesday night. when he left his sick bed
and hobbled on crutches to the place iu
the House to give his vote to the Gov
ernment. He managed to discard his
crutches to day and marched bravely
down the aisle of St. Peters with his feet
enveloped in huge cloth boots, aud as he
stood before the altar he repeated the
marriage VOWS in a troubled, querulous
voice to an accompaniment OF spasms
of pain from the govt. The bride was
Miss Fox Pitt, the daughter of Geneia al
Rivers Pitt, of the British Army, and the
granddaughter of a peer. She is both
young and beautiful, and was superbly
dressed in a robe OF ivory satin brocade,
trimmed with orange blossoms and lilies
of the valley and garnished with pearl
and diamond stars, the costume being
valued at $4,000.
....A friend Of Senator Chaffee, says
a Washington special of the 18th inst.
to the New York World, said that Chaffee
was one OF the greatest sufferers by the
failure of Grant 4 Ward. He has lost
every cent of his available Last
year he considered himself worth nearly
So, 900, 600, of which 81, 900, 600 were IN