The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-06

too late tor this issue.
Col. Hollis Haw River factories carry
$780, 900 in:urance.
Mr.. Fred Fisher, a brother OF Miss
Frances Fisher, will make his home ID
Atlanta.
DIR. Kemp Battle son OF the Elder
Or" Kemp,-gets a good place. "a
sistant surgeon in the l.. s. Marine Hos
pital.
DR.. Oliver Hicks, formerly OF Gran
vile and Mr.. Lucius Bobbitt, after ex-
aiming the land. OF Rutherford pro-
nounce them just right for tobacco ana
will establish a warehouse 10 Kuther-
fordton next fall, they say.
A cigar of the Illusion Sentinel
brand. and bearing the title page OF that
| papcra s a label, has been sent US. We
never pull; - but the cigar we have no
doubt is a good one, and worthy a large
circulation.
ANY Of our lady readers desiring to
teach a small school might write, giving
address, references. the branches taught.
age, salary etc, to the following ad-
| dresses. in addition 10 those named last
weeks. \. White, Esq, Mebanes-
| GAINESVILLE. :. \. Clark, Esq, Lilesville,
and Mrs. ". T.. Conner Healing Springs,
Ala.
"A man named John Allen Johnston
esclrcI from Wake jail in open daylight
last week, by picking the lock, 1t Is said.
There VS. qui a commotion, and the
! Sheriff offered $40 reward. which result
el in the fccapture of the fellow in a dis
reputable quarter of the city by a Mr..
| John Johnston. In the same cell with
Johnston was Joe Williams, the young
man accused of shooting Willie Watkins.
lie did not attempt to escape and refused
to take part in the effort.
Farm supplies, Of every kind. for
everybody, every where, : at the market
price, It is a long list you can see in
another column. And if you want TO
see the stuff itself, in all sizes of barrels,
bags, boxes. and bundles, and a variety
of farm impleme eats, from cotton hoes to
cct.on pins,-and a well-kept establish
ment. with a couple Of well grown pro-
p~rietors to greet you at the entrance, :
call upon Messrs. Williamson & Up
church, whose supply of Supplies ne
cessitates two new brick warehouses IN
rear Of the main store. Now Is seeding
time, and there you can see seed.
A pair of plump little Berkshires
will please the children. and our clever
vounr townsman. Tai. II. Murray, has
four sets of them the Berkshires,-
not the children.-we mean. See caro-
for prices. And also tie list of fancy
fowls. by the by, We notice in an eN'
change this paragraph:-
Il met an old native Of this State yes
dav. and enquircd to what was the grea
i and rapid growth Of Tennessee due. anC
especially the eastern portion OF the
State: Poultry. milk and butter" wa:
the reply. Said he. IF the hens were
to stop laying tomorrow, the STATE
would Je bankrupt in a month. You
should see the millions ofeggs, the ten:
of thousands Of chickens and the thous
ands of turkeys, We express 10 othe
sections. Nv old woman alone sol,
last wear over $500 worth of eggs an,
fowls"
In answer to numerous inquire
for the land advertised in the fornae
aud NccAanic, we will state that it is j:
Richmond county, about midway be
tween tie Carolina Central II. II. an,
the Raleigh s. Augusta i. II. Wit
good sandy road to two stations. Ian,
is entirely timbered, virgin growth, an
well located for cultivation after it i
cleared. The completion Of the Raleig'
s. Hamlet Il. II. from Hamlet to Au
: gusta (already begun) Will give a mar
; ket for lumber in four directions.
And lust here comes j. {. Holt, Esq.
Of Company Shops, to advertise anothe
tract (only 800 acres) only Il mile
, from Old Hundred. which is the hex
r station below Hamlet, and a Location
that is bound to flourish ere anOthe
year or so. \ colony of 300 SCOTS
: Uiuhlanders-men OF thrift and oinew-
r are expected to land in about tire
, weeks. las we learn from Col. Joh
Patrick.) and find homes i'll that cour
ty. And there are other promisIn
prospects.
a curious story comes from Davit
son county, through Salisbury WatcL
man. a fine-,ooking man came to NJ
NJ. w. BARRIERS store, and after som
hours hanging around, got an invitatio
70 soend the night with Mr. Il. As Il,
two stood by the fire, the stranger trie
to shoot Mr.. ParbCr IN the back of tn
| head. Barber hoored hun, and h@l
him until help anne The strange
plead ~piteously, saying his brain wa
deranred. caused by q visit to opium 50
; looms in New York city. whence he wa
: returning to his home III Georgia. Thi
was verified by kilograms, etc, and Til
stranger proved 10 be Il prominent law
: Yer. doubtless afflicted with an attack {
. delirum trCmens.
3 The UatchmGH adds :-rhi. singula
case, as we learn is yet unsettled
There was a warrant sued out agains
the unfortunate Geolga an. aud he wa
U required to give bail Or go 10 Jail. Th
e magistrate accepted a deposit uf fund
G as security FIR his appearance ut cour
The case will therefore so M t" the nc,
term of Che superior court OF Davidso
Il o.. t.,,1 .El,a.al ni,.n oil its fupTpI
facts viii be brought OUT
The Famous Men of the Thu
Quarter Of the Nineteenth Century Al
fast stepping GoHn and out. WenIe