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

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1.-THE new steeple of the First Pres
byterian church, Charlotte, is under con-
tract. 1t will cost 50, 500, be octagonal
in shape and, to top of gilded lightning
rod, 1875 feet high. Mr.. Samuel Sloan
of Philadelphia is the architect.
1.-THE congregation of che Newbern
Presbyterian church held a meeting. and
unanimously voted their pastor, Rev. l..
G.. Mass, a leave Of absence of four
months, hat he may attend the Belfast
Pan-Presbyterian Council, and the Evan
gelical Alliance in Copenhagen. Mr..
Vass has been pastor of the Newbern
church for eighteen years. He expects
to sail in June.
....Mr, Henry Case, of Oil City, Pa,
has Just completed the smallest locomo-
tive ever made it being but eight inches
long and weighing but a pound and "a
half. Three years have been devoted to
it's construction. There are 5S5 screws
in the engine. The steam gauge is but
a quarter of an inch in DIAMETER the
pump throws but one drop of water every
stroke. The fire is kindled by using a
gill of alcohol, which runs the engine for
half an hour.
I'VE note that Rev. DR.. Robert
Burwell, of Raleigh, n. c., was present.
DR.. Burwell is now in his eightieth year
aud is the Oldest living graduate of the
Seminary. He entered the very first
class, of three, under Rev. DIR. j. 81.
Rice, in lS23-his colleagues being
Thomas P. Hunt and Jesse S. Armistead.
May the venerable and beloved brother
live in health and vigor to see many more
CONFERENCE.-The G. Presbyterian.
....A funny young man asked his
love the other day, What. the differ
ence between me and a female sheep ?"
and when his love gave it up, the funny
young man said, "Why, just the same
difference as there is between eve and
me- Unfortunately his love didn't see
the joke, and now the funny young man
is ventilating his ewemor otherwhere.-
Uarcard LampOon.
1.-THE new president Of the r s D
r. r., Mr. Geo S Scott, and Mr. w P
Reayes, vice-president and general man
ager, came over the road as far as this
place yesterday, but returned last night.
The object was to test the electric head
light for engines and they express them
selves delighted. The engineer who ran
the train says he could see four hundred
yards ahead of the engine and it looked
like daylight as compared with the old
haod.li0ht
lit was a matter of great surprise
to the intimate friends of the ex -Presi-
dent that he was a general partner in the
firm of Grant 4 Ward. They all thought
that he was only a special partner to the
extent of $4,000. But the glamour of
immense wealth quickly obtained proved
too great an incentive, and he placed his
all in the firm, keeping the fact a secret
as far as possible. The condition of af-
fairs now is such that neither General
Grant nor any of his soDs can ever hold q
penny's worth Of property in their own
names.-EIchdnge.
..Lumberton RoJesontan One of
the ~convicts employed On the c. F. & Y.
Y. r. e., near Red Springs, tried to es-
cape one day last week, but the volley
fred at him by the guards caused him to
return. Another convict was accident
ally shot through the hand by one of the
guards who was shooting at the running
NV learn that Mr.. Neill Nc
Arten died at him home in Harnett
county, on last Wednesday, aged about
35 years.--On last Sunday morning
Mr.. Troy Fishers dwelling, together with
his furniture-except about $50 worth
were destroyed by fire. Mr.. Troy suffer
ed a similar loss about three years ago.
....GeD. Beauregard's second wife,
says the Washington Capital, was the
daughter of NJ. Deslonde, who owned the
Belle Polnte estate in the parish of St.
John, about 45 miles above New Orleans,
on the Mississippi river. She died some
years ago. He has two children living. q
son, Rene, and a daughter (the wife of
MIR. Laredon, of New Orleans), a stately
beautiful woman. There has been a
good deal of gossip to the effect that
Gen. Beauregard was to marry to Mrs.
the Commodore widow, but
| am assured there is no truth in the
He has known her all her life,
aud while she may have been fat
by the attention of a man of his
distinguished social rank, appearance
and manner, | doubt if the question of
matrimony was ever considered by either
Of them. Pecuniarily, Gen. Beauregard
better off than any of the living Con-
tederate generals of high rank, excepting
perhaps Gen. Gordon. His income from
salaries in the various enterprises in which
ne is engaged is between $500 and
$40, 600 a year, and he has made some
very good investments, which have re-
suited very proftably. In social life
Zen. Beauregard is the most charming of
.Ptersburg, "a, Nay 13.-S. L.
the noted bigamist, was taken
rom the jail here this morning to Rich
nond to serve out a term of three years
n the penitentiary for bigamy. Before
ne was taken from his cell this morning
he was interviewed by The american cor.
respondent. He stated that for maDy
7ears he was a merchant Of New York,
md that his former place of residence in
hat city was on North avenue. He was
native of Sag Harbor, Long Island, and
fifty years of age. In 1877, while living
n Jersey City, he advertised for a house,
through the New York herald.
q response to the advertisement. Miss
Maggie Howard and her father came to
ee him The result of the visit was that
lie married Maggie Howard. The first
tx months of their married life was
,~leasant, but after that there was no
'eace. She had made him move four
cen times in five years. On his return
rom Western North Carolina, where ne
Iad gone to purchase some property, he
avs he learned that Maggie Howard had
led. He then said hat subsequently,
e met Lydia j. Everest, of South High
treet, Baltimore, in Philadelphia. "She {
anne to me-" said Harley, I'm Philadel- |
hia and related her troubles. l fell 1
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