The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-14
wet ticket carried Warsaw by

The wet ticket carried Warsaw by
a to l..
s. NJ. Garry. Esq, was elected Mayor
of Halifax by one vote.
Mr.. J.. C. Buxton was reelected
Mayor of Winston by over 800 majority.
DR.. Geo. E. Matthews was elected
Mayor of Ringwood. Messrs. L. D. John
son, ]. A. Garrett, H. G. Matthews, ].
B. Spruill.
Secretary Wilson desires US to state
that the hour for the Fruit Growers
meeting at Goldsboro on Friday will be
s p. m.
"A party of sixty Crcfters from the
Skye passed through Raleigh on Satur-
day en- route for points in Moore and
Richmond counties, accompanied by
immigration agents.
North Carolina delegation to the
Baltimore Baptist Convention are taking
prominent part. Revs. Pritchard, Greg
CORY, Gwaltney, and others have preach
ed in leading pulpits, and hold important
committees.
1t is commonly current, and proba-
bly, a fact, that Judge Gilmer has retired
from the Gubernatoriai race, for rea-
sons personal ard promissory and will
lend his support to his friend Scales so
lnnn rs tha lot,or -, A. eli
-Messrs. w. r. Newsome s Co. have
a brand new delivery wagon, the hand
soonest in the city. If you have set down
to dinner and forgotten your desert, tele-
phone them and they will deliver it by
the time you are done.
Some very scandalous stories are
published, concerning Senator Black
burns election. 1t is openly charged
that the whiskey ring at Louisville spent
$50. 900 to elect him Senator. Per contra
Ex-Governor Merriwether swears that
old Gen ''Cerro Gordo'' Williams tried
to bride him by promising to get an Old
claim paid if he were elected Senator.
Good Lord does Washington life rot
the character of everybody?
General Grant, Gen. Logan, and
Gen. Hawley have all declared within a
few days past that the Mission of the Re-
publican Party is not ended and will
not end until the South be fully Recon-
structed, and the ten States late in Re-
b%ellion" (as Grant phrascd it) shall cease
to cast a solid vote against the supremacy
of the Unionl
We mention the matter merely for the
edification of those who imagine that the
era of Gush and sectional Rcc)nciliation-
airy Forgiveness has arrived.
Are you troubled with dust, flies, or
muschetoes3 FRED A. WATSON makes
those handsome green wire screens, plain
or ornamental landscape, fitting any win
dow, and while admitting the light and
air, excluding sight, dust. and insects.
He has fitted a number Of DINING rooms
In our fashionable residences, with these
screens in the windows, aud swinging
doors also, so that the rooms are cool, yet
free from pests. A capital thing and not
costly.
-Olivette, at Tucker Hal CD Friday
the 10th, will be the finest opera ever
presented in this city by amateur. Great
care and pains have been taken to get III
the costumes and music. A rich treat
is in store for those who go. The prin-
cipal characters are as follows: Oiivette
Miss Nal Haywood Countess-Miss
Stone, st. Mary's; Veloutin-Miss Wing.
st. Mary's; Nalerian-Geo. c.. Jordan !:
Capt. DeMerrsmac Walton NJ. Busbee !.
Coquelicot-James E Browne. % Chorus
and Soldiers, Counters, and Noblemen.
Euterpian Club Orchestra. This opera is
the for benefit ofthat worthy institution
"St. Johns Hospital" Go to Messrs'
Alfred Williams & Co., and secure yonr
tickets: No extra charge for reserved
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