The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-21
The Raleigh physicians took 1o4

Inc halelgn physicians tOoh lV1
seats at Oliyette tomorrow evening.
"A telegram tells NewS- ObSerrer
that S. L. Westray's stables and twenty
horses and mules were burned near
Rocky Mount by an i%ncendiary.
AT Jones Mill pond, l. miles South
of Raleigh, a little son Of j. II. Partin
fell out of a boat, and was drowned.
This with the death Of DR.. Robey's little
son., makes a sad beginning of the spring
picnics.
Chairman E. ]. Parish has called the
Democratic Congressional Convention of
the Fourth District to meet in Raleigh,
June "a, day before the State Conven-
ton. Messrs. T. NJ. Holt aud Jere Per,
~ have been chosen members of the Dis
trict executive committee.
"A Railroad to run from Salem, Va,
to Asheville, n. c., was organized at
Salem, last week. 1t is to be the South
ward extension of the Lexington-Salem
route, and claims to be the ''Air-Line
from Atlanta to Baltimore" Airline is
good
The State Medical Convention t. the
number of 100, or more, visited the Asy
lum yesterday afternoon and we're hand
somely entertained by DR.. Grissom. At
night they went to Peace Institute to
witness a pleasant programme. They
were also handsomely entertained at St:
Mary's.
Miss Fannie Everett. sister of our
townsman, DR.. ID. E. Eyeritt, seems to
be a fine manager. She has established
a good seminary at Statesyille, pur-
chased the old brick college for $4,000.
and will take summer boalders during
the school vacation.
The letter from Miss June Spencer.
recently of Peace Institute, is the first
of a series she is writing for the North
Carolina Presbyterian; and Judging
from former writings, her views of old
world scenes will have an uncommon
freshness Of interest and graph;cness of
portrayal.
The Swiftfoot Base Ball Club of
this city have accepted a challenge from
the Carolina Base Ball Club offender
son, \. c., to play a series of best . in
3 games. First game to be played here
on tomorrow evening, the 22nd, at 3
O'Clock. at the grounds of the Swiftfoot
b. B. Club, rear of Mr.. Julius Lewis
residence in Saunders field. Seats will
be reserved for the ladies. A nice game
anticipated.
The 36th Annual Session of the As
ISOLATION of Superintendents of American
Asylums for the Insane, was held in Phil
adelphia, last week. The association has
a membership of one hundred and twen-
ty, and represents many hospitals, ccr-
tanning in all forty-eight thousand pa
tients. Its object is to improve the con-
dition of the u~nfortunates under lis
charge. From North Carolina were DIR.
Eugene Grissom, DR.. j. ID. Roberts, and
DR.. p. L. Murphy. DIR. Grissom took a
prominent part: making an eloquent en-
logy of the late DR.. Kirkbride, and also
serving on several committees.
-Southerners will feel an especial IL
terest in the failure of Georgc |. Sen.y,
because of his large investments in South
ern Railroads, and because of his generous
gifts to Southern enterprises. He gave
a quarter of a million dollars to certain
schools in Georgia and it is said his gifts
to various charitable institutions exceed
one million and a half! 1t was a vast
sum to be given away by a man who be-
gan life very poor. He was a jealous
Methodist, and is said to have devoted a
certain per cent of his yearly income to
charitable purposes. He was wrecked
through the rascality of a SON in-law
and a trusted friend. But such a man
ought o to recover his losses,