The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-04

inst.
-Chas. B. Root, Esq was elected city
,ax-collector.
Hon. W.T. Dortch, Capt. Jas. ;.
Battle, and other prominent gentlemen
are in town.
Manager for an Alamance grass
farm wanted. See card. y good
chance for somebody.
-Messrs. Fray Il Morson's School
will holds its Exhibition at Tucker Had
on Friday night
Mai. John Mccall, vino died III
Richmond county recently. was INSURED
for 10000.
Pleasant call from Mr. y. ID. May,
OF the Toisnot Sunny Home, who was en-
route to Asheville to accept a situation
on the Daily -AdrdHce.
-Ex-Sheriff VIM. Fields, of Lenoir
county. got upon the track at kinston
and was run down by the freight train.
His horse and buggy were destroyed and
his W legs cut oil, resulting fatally.
"A friend writes-"Can you tell me
of a factory anywhere in North Carolina
that manufactures carpets: Is there
one in Gastonia, or Kings Mountan:'
Who can tell:
The Second Baptist Sunday School
of this city have chartered an engine
and six coaches, and propose going to
Chanel Hill on Tuesday, June 10th,
leaving here at : a. m, and returning at
s u. m. A limited number of tickets
will be sold to outsiders at $50 Tor the
round trip.
-Saml I. Nicholson, Esq, OF Char
lotte, General Agent for the Proyldent
Life Association. of Baltimore, spent
Monday in the city, greeting numerous
friends. His company is gaining bus.-
ness rapidly. Mr.. Chas. Robey, IN
two other citizens of Goldsboro, who
died recently, had $1,000 a piece in poll
icies.
Another bomb has bursted in Lon
don both literally and figuratively. 1t
has been suspected that a good deal OF
the talk about them demnition dyna-
miters" was Buncombian: but the de-
structive effect of the explosions last
week in Scotland Yard (actually under
the noses of the finest police on the
planet) and elsewhere, shows that the
powder was not all in the papers. More
than a dozen persons were wounded,
and several large buildings damaged.
Quite a panic prevailed.
Numbers of the Dakota papers ia
ror the appointment of Col. Pat Donan
for Governor of the new Territory. We
doubt if he gets it, for like many others
of his profession. he works unselfshly
and s~catters his labor.in jealous patriot
ism for the upbuilding Of his State, in
stead of his own private fortune. But
if any such good luck should befall
the Deadwoodians as to have Donan for
Chief Ruler over them it would be the
biggest advertisement of the season
aud advertising S certainly a stepstone
of success in this generation.
One of our Cary subscribers tells
that the closing exercises of the Cary
High School. on the Goth and Both ult.,
Prof. w. b. Bagwell, in charge. were
well attended aud very successful. Rev.
DR.. w. S. Black preached a forcible and
impressive sermon from the text Search
the Scriptures" etc, on Thursday even
ing; and at night ". J. Peele. Esq. of
Raleigh, delivered a fine address on the
subject of education. The large au-
dience on Friday night was also enter
tanned by dialogues, essays, and music
from the Italian Band. The next term
will begin Aug. ODD.
I'm a business community where
each brick needs the support of it's
neighbor brick. the successful settle
ment of a bad failure is a thing worthy
of newspaper notice. Fifteen months
ago a telegram surprised Maj. John W.
Scott, of Moore county, with a request
to come and act as assignee of the
prominent firm of Yeargan, Petty &
Co. 1t was an heavy blow-some 800
600 in liabilities and the assets in poor
shape to realize even fifty cents in the
dollar while the frequent failures dur
ing the previous months had filed the
city with goods at ~ruinous prices. For
tunately the assignee had both the mer-
camille experience, and the ready cash
to nurse tie business and he has sue
ceeded so well that there is no longer
any accounts unprovided for; and Mai.
r. Z. Petty is now running a large
business on his own capital. lie is Of
fered unlimited credit, but buys strictly
for cash, and gets low prices.
The Southern Presbyterian General
Assembly was not so "Gushy' this
year as last. 1t voted that there was
no necessity nor e~xpediency in under
taking a Mergement at this time. Tie
Assembly will meet next year in Hous-
ton, Texas. "The question of marriage
with a deceased wife's sister was re-
ferred finally to the Presbyteries for
their advice and consent. The mode of
amending the Confession of Faith and
Catechism wa decided on. The aues-
ton of powers of elders to act as Mod
orator of Church Courts was referred to
the next Assembly. A committee was
appointed to prepare and send down to
the churches a pastoral letter on the
duty and neglect of family worship. |
The cause of education received much a