The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-26

....J. L. Cranberry, aged 40 years, OF
Americas, Ga, clerk in a Baltimore dry
goods house, committed suicide on Friday
night at his clearinghouse in Baltimore
by cutting the arteries in one of his wrists
with an ink eraser.
....Durham Reporter: One VIM.
Holloway, a negro. was committed to jail
to day for attempt to commit rape on the
little ten year old child of Mr. James E.
Lyon, who lives some five miles north of
Durham.
..kittanning, Penn, November II.
During the absence from home of
George Houser, who resides near Day ton
Armstrong county, his fourteen-years-
old boy stripped his younger sister and
placed her on red-hot stove, burning her
so severely that her life is despaired of.
1.-Two failures have occurred in our
town this season. Last week E Il.
Moore, dealer in General Merchandise,
made an assignment to J. A. Moore,
liabilities about $4,000. Yesterday
S. M Manning & Co., dealers in groce-
ries and liquors .-Greenviile Reflector.
....It would seem, Brother Shotwell,
that there are some mighty Independent
people, in Wake. also, if one is to judge
this thing of independence by the re-
suit of ballots; for a change of over 1900
vote in two years when there was Only
one Jones to Buck them, looks a little
that way; and right here and now VIC offer
you greetings, and extend Ito Wake) the
right hand of fellowship; we will add that
our people are almost as much rejoiced
over the redemption of Wake as our own
glorious victory.-Ed Smithfeld Herald.
1.-THE f~fteen-year old daughter of
John Penny, a well to do citizen of Col
with George Watson, a teamster in the
employ of William Golden. She persis-
ted in keeping his company against the
wishes of her parents. They then kept
her in durance. A few nights ago, while
Mr. and Mrs Penny were absent at prayer
meeting, the girl eluded her watchers and
es, aped from the house. Both she and
Watson are missing. 1t is supposed
that they eloped to Pennsylvania.
....Oxford Orphan's Friend: The
Baptist Orphanage Association was or
ganized last week, during the session of
the Baptist State Convention. Its officers
are: ]. C. Scarborough, President; r.
r. OVERLY, W. B. Clement, Vice-Presi-
idents; G. w. Greene, Secretary; c. Dur
ham, Treasurer. j. II. Mills, J.. G..
Scarborough and w. B. Clement were
appointed to select a location. The AS
ISOLATION is composed of 76 members,
with Mr.. J. II. Mills as General Mana
ger.
Harvey Johnson tcolored), OF Lit
tie Rock. Ark, after quarreling with bis
wife fatally cut her throat and set fire to
the house.-JohnstOn's drug store, and
Reisner's crockery and furniture store,
Fredericksburg. Va, were burned. Loss
$4,000; fully insured. -lIichel Tracy
in jail at Troy, N. Y, for assaulting his
wife, cut his throat with a razor
There We're 24S business failures in the
United States the last week.-The
sinking fund commissioners of New York
city appropriated 1920, GOA to build an
armory for the Twelfth Regiment.
....Snow Hill Telegraph: Mr John
Patrick's gin house, barn, stables, corn
and farming implements were burned.
Loss at about 81, 500 MIR John Weber
was murdered in Wayne county Saturday
night. He had been to Goldsboro, sold
some cotton. and was returning home ia
a cart when he was assaulted, robbed and
dragged out of the road and left for dead.
where he was found some time after
wards by Mr. Needham Taylor and his
brother. who coming along afterwards saw
an overcoat in the road and heard groans
in the woods. and found Weber. He
died On SUNDAY. Those who assaulted
him struck a light after dragging him
into the woods, and he saw they were
either negroes or We're black.
Cleveland, o.. November 2l.-A wear
ago Tamsen Walker, the twenty-year old
daughter of a man Of wealth and social
standing, ran away from her home In
Waterford, ". Va. with John Ash. a |
servant in the family, who is fif-
teen or twenty years her senior, and is
physically crippled and of inferior ap-
pearance, and the two were quietly mar
ried here. Subsequently the father
his daughter to this place and
her living alone aud serving as a
domestic in a private family. Mr. Walker
finally prevailed upon his laughter to re.
turn home, and later entered suit here to
have the marriage contract annulled. The
girls affidavit states that Ash, by reason
If having had the care of her when a
,hild, had obtained great inhuente oyer