The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-13

hcuiy mn OF NaHIy on Fri,
day morning last found two Of his mule,
dead 10 the stable, and it is thought he,
were poisoned.
....James s. Drauyhan, white. aDC
Frank Toy, TODD both boys about *
years old were sentenced to the penitep.
tlary for 4 years each. Durham Rcporter
....On July 3lst, Co. }. D Glenn,
commanding the Third Regiment NORTH
Carolina State Guard. appointed Edward
A. Oldham. OF the Forsyth Rilemen a.
Aflntant OF the Regiment, with the lanh
of Lieutenant.
1.-The Hickory C~uoLni,n is six
years Did. 1t is a Z Cd PIPER with ideas
OF Its own: 1t proposes to do its own
thinking and is not an organ" We DC
not always agree with it but we ike it.
independence and intelligence.
....Governor Albeit, of New Jersey,
saved a young lady fiom a watery grave
at Long Branch a few days since. She
had ventured out too far, and had gone
down twice before the Governor reached
her. She was greatly exhausted when
restored to her friends.
....Jim Bonner. a ard working col.
ored man who lives near this place.
came to town last Saturday. and while
here he took Oh a little too much red
eye.' He started home and when near
Mr.. Grif1ln's stables. was thrown from
the buggy, falling on hiS head and break
his neck. He lived until sunday nj hit
bou ~ O'Clock, when he died. Rocky
Mount Reporter.
....A very strange and painful ,lc ttl
was recently recorded by the English Ia
pers. A young woman walking a a
preclpice slipped and fell over the edge.
The bottom of her dress caught on a
stump and was pulled up over head aud
arrns. checking her descent but rendering
her helpless. Ia this position, about ten
feet from safety, she starved to death,
her position being unsupported by any
one, and her cries being inaudible.
1.-THE convention Of the Sth district
met in Lenoir Thursday. The candi-
date were Cowles. Linney, Avery. Ora
ham, Todd and McBrayer. Col. w. III.
H.. Cowles. OF Wilkes, carried off the
prize on the 81 ballot. At one time
Avery was Withdrawn and JIG Bynum
and came very near being
nominated. McBraycr and Todd also
ran up verynear the nominating paint.
Cowles' nomination gives great %satifac-
ton.
1.-THE Peabody fnnd allows North
Carolina for the SPECIAL object of train
Ing teachers, at the State normal col
lege. Nashville. Tennessee, twelve
scholarships, of the value of 1900 each
per annum. This plan has been in OBJ
Grafton since 1879, thoagh it is only for
the two years past that the number of
scholarships has been put at the figure
FAMED. 1he pupils are paid in ash at
s25 per month. for a term OF
eight months, and the prescribed course
extends over a period of two years.
&c, Edward Bechtler. son of G..
aeohtler, the coiner. died suddenly in
Cleveland county July l9th.-D
Christopher Webb, Of Cleveland. oters
$50 to any one person who can find a
lair upon his head of any part OF his
He lost every hair on lis per-
.on by a disease called alopecsa. -
Jordan Hean9y. aged 20 years and only a
ew months married. has become insane.
Laurence NJ Jennings, aged Is.
lied in Shelby July 10th. and Jacob
Seam, aged 81 years. died JULY 25th Of
Uphold fever Shelby aurora
....St Louis, August "A dss,atcb
Eredonia, Tex,S. savs "A des.
,erate fight occurred ten mites north Of
his place on Monday Samue. Faulkner
nd Henry Allen met two brothers named
NoOdall on the road. an . attacked them
With v chichester rifles. The nartv nis
Mounted and fought from behind their
lorses. Nearly twenty shots were e1-
Allen Was shot through the
leart al about the fifth round. One of
he Woodalls was shot in the shoulder
md neck, and disabled. The other
Noodall and Faulkner then closed with
,owie- knives. and a fearful combat en-
ue6, in which Woodall was stabbed Just
the heart. Faulkner then turned
o look after his dead companion Allen,
md as he did so he received a bullet in
he breast from the pistol of the elder
Noodall, who was lying on he ground, !
Vish his neck and shoulder split open.
Faulkner may possibly recover; but both
he Woodalls will die. Both parties were
,oiag to a camp-meeting When they met. |