The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-30

THE New York Sun says: The
Hon. " Illiam Ruffin Cox, of North Car
,lina, Is adding to the reputation which
ne earned in the last Congress as the
advocate of economy and the enemy of
Jobs
Mrs. Pinkney Lineberger, presen-
| ted her husband last Sunday two girls
and one boy. All were alive and are
till doing we'll. One is a prodigy, in
that it has not a particle of a skull. Its
brains are only covered by a thin, trans
parent skin, but in every other respect it
is as well developed as the others, and
seems as healthy as any.-Newton Enter
prise.
Indignant citizens at Mineral
Springs, Ark q, hung in efigy two of the
supreme Court judges for granting an
appeal in the case. of three rioters sem
fenced to be hanged.-Two brothers
named Weburn were killed and a third
| brother fatally wounded BY a man named
Webb, in Jackson county Ala.
Charlotte OJsegrer Dots There is
a remarkable robin roost at Mack Stat
| ford $, about Is miles from Charlotte,
and the natives are having fine sport.
Over two thousand birds were Killed
| Friday night.-Anderson & Co.. of
Laurinburg. have failed for IS, OO0.-
Parks Wilson, an old citizen, who moved
West, raid a visit home aud died on his
way back, in Arkansas. Major
flemming surprised and chased a burglar
Sunday night.-A young fellow
forged an order on a merchant in Con
cord and cleared the country by joining
the Chas. Vance has been
interviewed by a newsr aper reporter in
Washington.
....On last Saturday Abby Perry
cololed living on the land of Neal
Woodlief, neal this place, locked her
two little children IL her cabin, and
went OF to a trolic, Don after one of
the neighbors passing by saw smoke is
suing from the cabin and on breaking
down the door found the bed on fire and
the two little children burned to death
one dying in a few hours. the other
| dying next day. And strange to say
the tire was eXtinguished and the house
saved.-On last Saturday night old
aunt Clara Marlboro, a worthy old coll
ored woman living with her -Gn-in.law,
Lem Garner, was % badly burned that
her recovery is not thought possible
Letter from hittreU, IN TOrchlight.
I'VE regret to learn Of the death of
Col. John l.. BridgerS of Edgecombe
county. He was born 29th of Novem-
Der, 1920. lie was graduated at the
| University, read law and was successful
in practice. He was a member of the
Legislature for one term, served under
Gov. Ellis as Councillor Of State, and
| commanded the Figecomb be Guards at
the batti1 Of Bethel, Virginia. He was
appointed Lieut.. Colonel of Artillery and
was in command at Fort Macon when he
resigned on account of i'll health. Col.
Bridgers was an excellent farmer. He
was a man OF capital sense and Of sterling
character.
THE Senate Of the United States
seeu> to be an overworked body, so much
| so that a clerk has become a necessity for
each individual Senator, at a salary Of
81 a day. The rerdiem arrangement was
an amendment on the original PROPOSE
| ton TO paw the aforesaid assistant Seua-
tors $1,000 a year. But IL amounts to
nothing 90 an economic suggestion, for
unless tho sessions should be very short
the rer diem would amount to quite as
much as the 81 900 a year. aud If long
to even more. From the amount of cor
respopdence sp.pc Senators have their
! clerks viii have a good time. But per
haps when they are supplied with clerks
they will indulge a little more IL answer
ing irquiring c~CnStlt-eu,s. The next
move we expect ~ see some overworked
Senator make will be In the way of pro
vidiug assistants to read tho papers for
them, rummage tho hbaries, and read
the speeches III the other Senators, so
that they may be saved all this wearing.
tearing drudgery that constitutes one of
the bores of a Senator. life under ,he
present order of things. ThsIe are only
s%eventy-six of them ,nsiUding Billy Ma
hone, gad fsom the difficulty experienced
in porsuading men to accept ~senatOehips,
it is barely possible that they mignt have
to be %conscril t d in the co ar. e Of human
events. Look J, Kentucky for ~illustra-
ton. They have been more than q solid
week IN trying to eject a Senator and
can't 10 it. 10 nhio Pendieton wept
with Joy when relieved FROM the weight
that bore him down and they couldn't
get any one to sacrifice himself in his
stead but Payne. who according 20 some
reports has been living 2u oil for SOM
years, and vas. old enough TO die severa.
years ago. It is getting SO that when the
; old fellows who are already in and won't
stay ia and work themselves to death
: they have to call upon ex-Goveraors who
have been drilled to hardships in guber.
Material chal1s, 40 it is q matter 0
nece, sity that We should take care OIL on
/. Senator's and rot let them work the u
. selves to death, wheu only a little Sc
Y day clerk with save them to us and GU
anxious country.-Charlotte Observer.