The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-23

e:cb is not many miles down the foad
Sorry to learn that Mr.. Geo. l.
Stronacb has been seriously III Tor sew
eral weeks.
The startling death of Herr Lasker.
in the arms of a friend at Washington
CITY. is followed by the sensational sui
eide of the eminent German Bible eon-
m%entator. LAME, whose body has been
found in a canal.
A fire in Fayetteville burned Col
a pemberton's store. His stock was
fully insured; but the building owned
by Mrs McLaurin was a loss OF s4,Ooo
to her. Mr. Hawley's store was also
burned.-loss about $4,000 on stock, In
sured for $1,000.
in thoughtlessness, or rapid writing,
we last week spoke of the Graham Nor
NAL College as a Female School, where
as it is designed for educating 10Th
sexes, as the card in another column
shows. But that is a common mistake.
One pretty woman can make some peo-
ple forget an whole regiment of men.
The ommon saying that doctors
will differ''-.ometimes,- found verltlca-
ton at Philadelphia last week, where
DR.. Hamill. Supt. of the Pennsylvania
University Hospital, shot DIR. Martin,
because Mrs. Hamill is too cookbook
ing to have bachelor boarders in the
house.
The Philadelphia Record almanac
for 1884, like its annual for previous
wears. is a superb collection OF valuable
data 70. public men. with many illustra-
,ious and fine sentiments for the ladies.
If YOU want a Northern daily paper we
can club the Farmer and Mechanic and
the Record for only siS0,-and We
doubt if you would regret the money.
The crash OF falling fortunes begins
to be heard on all sides. VIM. II
Guion. of New York, failed .ast week
for tpo millions of dollars, and thi:
brought down the famous shipping firm
of Williams s Guion, which had more
vessels employed than almost any Other
individual firm in the Union.
1t is a neat volume in green and
gold, we'll printed. and well written en-
titled Garden and Farm Topics" by
the veteran seedman. Peter Henderson,
Esq. IS Cortlandt ST., New York City.
We should consider it of great value. /
we had a garden or conservatory. The
chapter on seed and flower h~umbugs'
we shall publish ere long
Jacob S. Allen, Esq. has retired
from the firm Of Ellington, Register s
Co, and has taken contract to build a
court house for Marlboro county. 5. c.,
at Bennettsville. He will make a fine
Job of it; and the fact that he-an ac-
tual Tar-Heel-should be selected to
build a South Carolina public edifice
speaks for itself. Though there are
quite a number of North Carolinians
over there he says.
Gen. f. h. Wilson is the new Sem
ator FROM Maryland. He got in BY
pretty much the same methods that
elected Gen. Payne in Ohio, over Gen.
tleman George" Pendleton. The Mary
land Democrats were at a Dead lock
until the Republicans began a flank
movement to elect Judge Robinson, who
had a certain element firmly at his back,
Panic-stricken, the Democrats wheeled
rapidly to Wilson and brought him in;-
by dernier (dern-yerD resort, SO to
speak.
Mr. Jos a. Haywood. in whose EN-.
ploy Joe Williams has been for years,
gives him a good character up to the
time ofthe Watkins homicide i; and even
after the young man was suspected Of
the crime, his confidence was sufflcien,
to loan him n valuable horse to come tc
Raleigh and make his statement. vii.
liams having previously employed Judge
Fowle as his cou i in a pending land
systematically (and on his W mo.
tion.) sought the Judge for his defence
on the grave charges now upon him,
We mention this merely because the
public at large were unaware Of the Cir
cunlstances.
Freddie, the Jersey Lily's'' Fred,
has paid $4,000 to a Virginia stock.
raiser for "Eolite," a bay colt, sired by
Eolus. This shows how s~tock-raising
pays. And here is a note from Mr.. J,
G.. Finley-one of the "Finley's o.
Wilkes four OF whom subscribe (anG
pay promptly for the Farmer and Ne
chanfc,-saying that the prospects fol
stock-raising in Wilkes and Watausa
are excellent, and that the present yeal
will show grass-fed youngsters heel.
ahead of the Old Dominion. That:
good. Go"
The invitation cards ofthe Euzelear
and Philomathesian Literary soc;etie:
of Wake Forest. for their Anniversar,
Exercises, Feb. Is, are as handsome ane
tasteful as any we ever saw Our thank:
to the Mar.hals: Messrs. w. C.. Allen
j. B. Harreli, Fred H. Manning. anc
Messrs.E. p Ellington j. B. Privett. anC
en-. Murchison. President CT. Smith
of Durham A. NJ. Redfearn, Sec'y
Debate: DO the signs of the time, in
dictate long life for our Republic ,,
Af.:-Frank Dixon, Shelby; f. Ward
Lumberton. Neg.:-W. B. Pope. w
B. Morton. After this momentum
question has been settled the swee
folk. will be invited to discuss Lea,