The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-29

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rIichinnni QUIT. Was ,t,, FJ.ae-
AMI Hech0Hjc Office on S.tnraay com.
batting our tears Tia not much profit :
10 ne made IN cotton farming ut present
= tc">- Ills statements showed that l..
HAD III tde moncy.-ahpve 5 TOO = ON
II prohts-and undountedl, hc ma don,
we'll. We regret IL aid lhat m the u.x,
moment a telegram arrived from hi,
home, telling him of the destruction oI
his cotton GU, aud slw-mill. touefber
with 80 or 40 bales of cotton. and a very
large quantity of cotton seed II loss 50.
$4,000! Fortunately ll, had alreaG,
sold $50 bales-havIug raised 300 ia Is
on 100 acres /; yet the loss Of $4,000 ia a
single hight the profits Of a years work
gives an ides OF the risks OF cotton
culture. Mr.. Grassland will pick hi,
iilnt. and Try it again. -Near Lau-
rHhu'5 lat ~ *. Capt. Seth Thomas
lost III Iin aud 43 bales. He was show
M the gin To Mr. Charles Tlllctt when
- ~ UP tIoiI ali INBN-
box aud not Il thing could be saved
Fully fifty gins have heep burned in tie
State this month.-as many as half "A
Il 'Zen ia the sIuylc county OF Mecklen-
burg. Two Were destroyed in Warren
| st week Perkiusou's at Warren Plains
aud NJ " Brow 'iug'sa at Littlcton. with
Al h1l,s nf rnftpu NEsIlT, ,,,,
seems to be doomed. Another fire
burned i've Warehouses;, aud 100 bales ri
cotton. The steamer Coneh0 narrowly
escaped IL NIrkrrs lost his house
and furniture near Durham .-IIigh
Point had II $4,000 fire Monday night.
The residence of Mr.. Charles johnson
and some tenement houses belonging L.
II c. Bencini were burned.-The fire
IN S~tatesyille had ITS origin about dat-
light, in the dry ny house attached r.
the tobacco factory of Mr. J. II. Ne
Elwee, AMI when d.scovtrct had nai =,
con>ld ral'le headwuy. The citizen.
worked as best they could with the
mean ut hand to %extinguish the fire,
but their efforts were unsuccessful until
the factory, a hotel and a small build
ing that stood between the two were
burned down. The hotel was known
as the Davis House and was a new
structure, having been but recently
opened. The tobacco factory was also
new and was a substantial brick building.
There was no insurance, we learn, upon
either the factory or the hotel, aud the
losses are heavy. The burned buildings
were located on Main street, near the
depot. Mr.. McElwee has been peculiarly
unfortunate, having suffered the loss OF
a tobacco factory by fire a couple of
years ago. since when he had worked
industriouslv until he had made enough
money to rebuild, and resume his tobac-
co business. The origin of the fire
yesterday morning is supposed to have
been incendiary.-In Lexington, at 3
O'Clock yesterday morning, the citizens
were aroused by the cry oftire of fire, To
| find the elegant residence of Mr.. A. NJ.
Hoffman in flames. Within thirty
minutes the entire structure was reduced
to ashes.-Mr. j. II. Burnett, OF
Whit9f"rs, lost his gin and cotton,
about $1,000, by spark supposed to
have been brought in a basket from a
fire started by negro pickers.-Mr. r.
Il. Bullock lost ten bales with his gin
near Ringwood.-Daniel Ewing OF
Montgomery county, lost his three
mills. $1,000 John Hobbs of Orange
lost his barn, forage, aud other articles.
MIR James Williamson, Of Mecklen-
/ burg, whose giu was burned last year
by lightning lost his new one by a
latch in cotton last week, $2,000.-A
gin on Gen. r. Barringer's plantation
near Davidson College was burned last
week.-A trestle over Wide Mouth,
above Monroe on c. T.. II. II. was partly
burned ia.l week. but at opce replaced
Three last items from Charlotte Otser-
uer W. S. Thorps gin neal Hilliard-
ston caught fire five times in n day
but did not catch him mapping THE
Louisburg Times says; The cotton gin
Of King s. Jones, about d miles from
Louisburg was destroyed by fire on last
Saturday. Between y and Is bales o.
cotton was burned. Loss between two
and three thousand dollars insurance
$500.