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

ne young IdlS advertised DN u
last week. under the title Of Miss Cape
Fear" has secured a school.
john ; Lelry. Of Fayetteville. one
OF the leading colorel men Of the state.
has been appointed commissioner for the
colored exhibit from North Carolina,
at the y o. Exposition. He is pre>i-
dent of the Industrial Association, and
holds a license as a practicing lawyer.
The completion Of ;he Ducktown
branch to NAntihala has impaired new
life to Swain county. Or, any way.
twelve candidates FOR Sheriff started out
last week to buzz in the ear Of the dear
people The county only casts two Or
three hundreds votes, but an oils ar a
oils
AS the q lcen Of Sheba said to King
SOLOMON This li'tle Exposition takes
the Rag off n the Bu.h I've seen heap
Of Pretty things in my time, but they
could Mt hold a candle to rhis 1t lays
over al! reports, by one half or better. II
had ut d seed it, | wouldn't have be-
iieyed it, Now you hear me twi;ter -
What did YOU sec at the Exposi-
tion - we asked of a ten year old boy.
''Oh, lots Of things. Why there's tie
! biggist fish YOU ever seed. an chicken
with four legs, and two walters -
These objects OF interest had taken
deeper hold upon his youthful soul than
anything else. Well, we We're all boys
once. That is. 'ceptng them as wus
girls.
The State Grange" 50 called las
week went through the motions of hold
ing State Convention. Mr.. Willis r..
Legislature in ] ittl was reelected as
GrandMaster; Mr.. II. G. McAllister,
Lecturer; A. W. Early, Treasurer. 1t is
a great pity the Farmers have not real
live and active association that would be
OF use to them.
The Prohibition State Convention
last week, like tie State Grange, made a
big noise with small body. 1t put forth
a st. John Electoral ticket as follows
Ex-Judge David Schenk, Of the Il. & u.
r. r.. and DR.. ID w. G. Benbow, Elec
tors by and large; David White, r. +.
Ballard, Jesse Moore, II. N. Ray, W. A.
Coble, J. NJ O1ell, Prof. n G. English,
+. W. Bradley, }. j. Hill Electors for
the Districts.
Mrs Mike Mimms, Of Fayetteville,
tried to blow out kerosene lamp. 1t
exploded, ser. her nightgown on fire,
and caused her death in horrible agony,
we learn from the Odserrer OF that town.
The same paper says Mai. Is. NJ. G.
Williamson caused the arrest of negro
named ALERT Lawrence, who few
years ago murdered woman near Sand
ford. He confessed the killing said she
was sitting on his LAP, they quaaycled,
she got U, he shot her, dropped his pis-
tol, and fed.
Capt Guilford l.. Dudley, private
secretary of the Governor, died at his
room in the Department of Agrcultm
building, on Friday, of gout in the
stomach. He was native of Whining
tor, connected with well known fami-
lies, and is highly spoken of by persons
who knew him more intimately than we
did His brother-in law, Engene ).
Martin, and several kins-people were
with him at the end! Gov. Jarvis, Sec'y
Sanders, Auditor Roberts, Mr.. Rich,
and Sec'y of Agricultural Dept Wilson,
attended his corpse on special car to
Wilmington.
DR.. ]. NJ. Iadley, of Lenoir county,
! and Mrs Hadley. gave the f. y NJ. 2
| pleasant cali; and in conversation tie
doctor, who was a Confederate surgeon
/ ,aud taken prisol er by the yankees while
engaged in his duty as surgeon on the bat
4 tleiieidl told Us OF an occasion (the bait
we failed to remcmherl when Gen. W.
I X. Cox. then Colonel, was brought
into the Eold hos iital. bleeding from Two
wounds The Surgeons hastened TO give
him attention, but were waved aside
with the remark some Of these poor
fellows are needing your skill more than
/: take them tir>t.'
4 Well, there are those who would say
such things for effect; but on the Other
hand there were hundreds Of officers
into whose heads it would never b. any
possibility enter that q ''private' should
have any consideration in their presence
A gentleman tells rs that he va,
walking III the woods near Henderson 3
few evening ago, and as he was returning
after sunset, he saw ~ Immense
snake seemingly about 20 feet long
in the Path directly in front of him
ON seeing him. il stood erect until it was
at least s feet high On either side o.
its nead it had G large wing, and d
short horn, and its eyes which were very
large Ia the semi-darkness seemed al
most human. He SAYS he was almost
paral'zed with fear, hut recovering him
. self he ran to a farm Loase near by,
aud returning with shotgun loaded witt
buckshot emptied both barrels in the
body Of the monster, which was St!l
living in the path. When it ceased i.
, frightGul writhing and was dead, hc ap
: preached and found it TO be q large black
; snake. of the kind called the coach whip
! which was trying to swallow a largi
/ owl tail foremost, and had not yet sue
, ceeded in dispose Of the wings ant
head