The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-12
Clarkson died at Omaha


The State offers 800 reward ior
A poyerness to take char4e OF three
children, might hear of a SITUATION oy
writing to Mr.. NJ. NJ. Fry Carthage
N. c.
The Raleigh poker players were
plucked of 1880 the past week. II Is
said; one pocket producing sl,'oo.
The Insurance Agents OF l'alelsn
held a meeting at the office OF W. w.
Smith, Esq, and adopted resolutions Oh
high respect to the memory OF MI l.
F. Pescud.
/; Mr.. j. W. Walker proposes pre-
move his tobacco factory from Newbern
to Durham, as we learn from Rev. Alex
Walker, an old friend, who gave us
pleasant visit yesterday.
Three of our State Judges have ex
cited published censure by remarks 10
lures whose verdicts were unsatisiac-
tory. As we know nothing OF the facts
we refrain from comment.
Mrs. Andrew Steele, a Der OF
Macedonia church, Wake county, leit a
legacy of land to the North Carolina
Conference. The bequest amounts TO
$500.
Peace ha. been declared between
Chill and Peru. But its a chilly piece
for Peru, who loses a large province
containing the famous Peruvian Guano
deposits.
Among the ''sights" iu Duplin
county is a chicken coop with a piazza IN
front (where the BOOSTERS come out to
crow for daybreak); and a pine tree
which ha. a whortleberrY-bush growing
ont of a knot-hole. 20 feet from tie
ground.
Philadelphia ha. a school named
after Thad Stevens, the South-Hater'
Last week a Dor. when renroved drew
.lI. Ant ponce ran III, and found seven
BOYS. under ten, armed with pistols.
Southern habits
There was a notable gathering of
ex-North Carolinians in the Memorial
Presbyterian church at New Orleans
last week. Four clergymen named
Flynn, and half a dozen ladies (their
wives and mothers) were present. The
Flynns are great %grandsons of Mckamie
Wilson, a noted Mecklenburg parson.
Groceries, fresh and NIGEL candies
and confectioneries, sneezing snuffs and
smoking stuffs, -apd a storefull ofthings
you need-at S. NJ. Richardson's new es-
~tablishment. He has "a corner on them,"
corner of Hargett and Wilmington,
very convenient for country people. Mr..
Richardson's name is one of the best
known in Wake, and he keeps two doors
wide open for his country friends.
The brass band and the small boy
and the baldheaded delegation made rip
roarious music in Metropolitan Hall,
Monday night. while Professor Willie
and Professor Watson wrestled and
'rassled' in the regular Roman-Greas-
ian-Putfian style,-''best three in five"
not '~'countin laps and slams" Each
got two falls, and Watson won. Then
he large audience ''made Rome howl"
The applause was visible four blocks
distant.
There is great rivalry between Chi
cago and st. Louis for the honor of being
the big Bulldog Of the blooming West.
Last week Paymaster Bartlett, OF tie
Quincy Route left open The door of his
cash box and an obliging thief walked
OF with $4,000. This made a large
sensation, but st. Louis was equal
to the emergency. Express Agent
Prentiss has Just stolen s7O, 600. Chicago
will have hard work to call, hat
sraise."
AT Bayboro, in Pamlico county, on
Friday, Ben Gillian was hanged for the
murder of Henry Carter, on April !. ,s3.
Nearly 1000 people witnessed the exe-
%cution, which was conducted in orderly
manner by Sheriff d. B. Hooker. Gill
liam made q speech confessing the
crime, and, ne.ro-like, detailing the par
ticulars, and even asking that the club
with which he Drained his victim should
be held up for the view ofthe assemblage.
as we learn from the Stonewall Enter
prise. He preached the usual warning
against whiskey and lust. The vomap
Nancy Carter (who is low in State. |
Prison under 20 years sentence) he de-.
clared had so captivated him that he was
unable to refuse her pleading; and COOL
iy planned to kill old man Carter so
that they could live together. His adj
vice to the colored people was good
but not likely to be of benefit, as thew
never | sten to any one whom they dis
like and Gilliams OWL parents refused
to visit him In life, or bury him after
death. The fellow probably told the
truth as to the misrepresentation OF tie
1t is a common thing with the
the ignorant and sensual.
And Gillian seems to have had some
He was tOrmented every
night by visions Of the murdered man. |