The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-20

stack OF Darn-uues at NlessIs. uH
Lewis & Co.'S. Remember the place.
"A building at Bingham school owned
by Mrs. Chas. White was burned yesteI-
day. Loss $1,000, says DAILY OtserUer.
Monday William Finnell, white, and
Washington Mitchell, colored. were sent
| out to the penitentiary. Finneli gete
three years, for larceny, Mitchell two
years for bigamy. Nine prisoner, Geo.
Lassiter, James Bynum, Absalom Blake,
Helen MiaL, Matte O'Rourke, Jack Per
~, Jeanette Parks, Willie Palen and
George Chavis were sent to the work
house.
We do not see ccasion tor much
comment on the fact that no State tax Is
required this year. 1t is true the Stale
is fortunate in getting 5000, 900 returned
to her out Of the millions paid out Tor the
| bonds and construction Of the Western \.
C.. X. r., but as this returned sum was
heretofore paid in taxes the chicf cause
for cougratulation lies in the Tact hat we
have the road built and will not be Obliged
to throw any more good money after the
large sums already swamped.
BY one of those silly bits Of Red
Tapeism for which Bill Chandler, the
Green Mountain" Secretary of the
Navy, is noted, the Atlantic squadron
was ordered To South, Florida in the
hottest season, and the gay mariners
have fused and fumed themselves into a
fever. And now the yellow fever has
attacked Ensign +. E. Capehart Of the
Galena and Chandler has ordered the
feet to fly to Maine.
u saw the advertisement of White
Bros, Mebansville, in Farmer AMI Ne
chanic, and ordered the Well-Fixture
with which / am well plcased"-re-
marks Mr.. II. n. Monroe of L.aurinburg
in a private letter to the editor. This
illustrates the benefits of advertising.
The well-fxture is for sale i'll Raleigh,
and is manufactured in Winston. The
Messrs White Bros, Of Mcbane saw tit
to advertise. Result; they got numerous
orders from territory which could have
been more easily supplied from agents
at nearer points, if they had seen fit to
advertise.
The sudden death, by apoplexy, in
in Washington City, of John Pool closes
the chapter of a curious life. Without
ever having seen him, we have EVER held
him 10 aversion, and condemned in
strongest terms his curse during the
dozen years succeeding Lees surrender;
but now that the clods have closed over
him it is possible to believe he had great
er ability and better character than was
popularity believed at the time of his
leadership in the carpetbag and negro
ranks, his consorting with Kirk, Rergin,
McLindsey and the like. He was twice
elected to u. s. Senate by the Radicals;
but died in estrangment from his old
comrades.
An intelligent Railroad man, w"
of the r. &C. r. r., writes us that Capt.
Andrews has certainly improved the
Western n c from Salisbury to Waynes-
vile fully fifty per cent. Andrews, Jar
Wis, Worth, and Roberts passed up the
Road on Monday to accept the line as
far as completed. A Northern paper
states that as oon as tie Road reaches
Nantihala, a private company will be-
gin the two prongs provided by the
charter: viz: n to Marysyille Tenn,
and one to Murphy ; so that the Ken
tuckians a reach Atlanta without pass
in" over the Nashville Route.
A well-known merry (St. Mary's)
laugh on Saturday evening collected a
crowd to see % water melons each weigh
ing so pounds, and offered for sale at a
cent a pound for the whole load, mo more
no less" Mr.. Geo. Bower raised the
melons, and 'Squil e Dave Lewis acting as
hls''right bower raised the laugh. The
effect was to raise the price of CONCEAL
ed sugar-and-water; for the town had
been full OF Scent melons, but ere sunset
the greenest of the lot shifted at a shil-
ling.