The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-17
Cotton in Raleigh yesterday IL
-Rev. Columbus Durham has declined

Rev. Columbus Durham mas oeciinea
the call IF the Second Baptist church
Handsome card to Townsville re
male College Christmas concert, Dec. =
It : feared that Mr.. Ben Selby was
burned IN his brothers stables al Wilson,
avs .Southernsr.
1t IS stated that the first prize go.
OOO) Of the Blackwell Tobacco Compa-
MES Premium was won by an Atlanta
firm.
We notice the names of Gen. K b.
Vance and Julian S. Carr, ESD, among
the monument members of the Methodist
Centenary at Baltimore.
-Messrs. Tai. II. Murray and A. Cook
are On a trip 10 Texas They intend to
bus a Buffalo and a cowboy TO hold q
tournament, in Base Ball Park.
Glad to learn from DR.. ]. 4. Leslie,
Of Winder, that his liabilities are not
above $4,000, and that his Indebtedness
will cover il. he viii come out I'll night
H~-
Prof W. G. Simmons ofWake For
est Callege has a couple OF cards IN tbs
ISSUE thai viii be OF interest to persons
desiring a home at the Baptist CnlYer-
s.ty.
Gov. Vance has written to Washing
ton Post denying Sherman's story that
President Jefferson Davis once threaten
ed to turn the Confederate guns against
North Carolina if she failed to sustain his
government
The Cape Fear Steamer Var was
sunk last week By a log. but the water
happened to be shallow and the vessel
was soon raised. The Steamer Nyce
owned by Hr. Jas. Sprunt, was badly
burned st Wilmington.
"A citizen of Raleigh recently had a
distempered horse which he snapped to
a neighLor for two shoats. The new
owner used a remedy he saw in +. & NJ.
and last week sold the horse for 300.
The former owner is using costly bacon.
No, my young friend, the Babies do
not "all come from Oxford Orphan
Asylum" Where they do come from,
is a mystery, and where they 60 to Is a
bigger one. But you Just keep right or
- o,a OF these daysi
An experienced druggist of Fayette-
vile inserted a card in the Farmer and
Mechanic inquiring for a situation. With
in "A hours after the publication We sent
him the address Of DR.. R. ". Thomas,
of Durham, and We see that our adver-
tiser has accepted the position.
Judge Mckay, OF the Federal
Court went crazy while on the Bench
at Atlanta, and has been sent to the
asylum. He took OFF his shoes. and ac-
ted wildly. His attack on Emory Speer,
the ex-Congressman. excited much feel
ing, as his insanity was not then recog-
nized.
Col. l. L. Folks fiends-and they arc
many-take pleasure in learning that he
has secured control of the "Diphtheria
Cure Company, and will make a prof.
table business of it. The Colonel seems
full of faith In his remedy. and he GER
tainly receives unmistakable assurance
OF its efficacy from people who ought
to know what they are saying.
The world has many curious hap
penings. Mr.. Brown OF Haywood coun-
ty was killed by the accidental discharge
of his gun. Last week his SOD, Hugh
Brown, went hunting with a comrade
named Herren. la crossing a fence, Her
ren's gun hit Browns gun, causing it to
discharge and kill young Brown. So we
learn from the Adrdnce.
Mt. Airy. the metropolis OF Surry
county, appears to be we'll named. Last
week We sat at an open window reading
the NeUs which stated that the thermom.
eter the previous morning stool at twenty
degrees above zero in Mt. Airy!
Such altitude recalls the title of j Ohm
Esten Cookies novel-''Surry of Eagle
Nest"
AN Italian paper contains a curious
Illustration. At first glance it seems
to be two children playing at an open
window. Their heads, arms, and
shoulders are uncovered, and they are
very pretty to look at.
But as you gaze you dis cover that the
picture is an hideous, grinning skull, a
Deaths Head! The lesson is plain: an
open window is no place for bare armed
children.
Raleigh National Bank has given
notice of application to the Legislature
for a charter to do a general banking
business. Its charter expires next year.
The move is a wise one. Under the
State aw, the Bank can loan money on
reai estate security; whereas under the
National Bank system personal secu.
rltY is required. This is an old War
lime provision, meant to keep the
Banks from accommodating too much
property. But the day is past when it
was necessary.
Pleasant calls from Rev. W. 6. Lacy.
Prof. w. d. McIver, Bralnard Whiting,
Esq, w. f. Askew, Esq, Capt. John
A. Richardson, of Newbern, and numer-
Gus, other friends from near and far; in
Guiding Mrs. Mary Bayard Clark who is
visiting Mrs. Odds, while engaged in con
sultlng certain historical papers at the
Napt- Richardson is one ofthe most pop-
u.aa men upon the banks ofthe Neuse, and
among his Qpdcrcars G.