The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-06
Senator Vance aud family passed

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Raleigh going West on Monday.
-Messrs. Andrews Il Terrell have dis
solved partnership Mr.. Phil. ii. AT
drews retiring. L. S. Mar>hall Hill sue
ceeds him in the firm.
Mr.. L. G. Williams is President and
| Mr.. Jos. ID. Brown Treas, Of the Metho-
| dist StA.day School District Conference
organized last week at Smithfield.
Messrs. Donald Balm, r. {. Redford,
| Dr. J. b. Beckwith, and j. II. lomlin-
son, we're elected delegates to Whining
ton annual Conference. Messrs }. NJ.
Turner, J. d. Pegram, w. ,, liestei'
and w. L. Green, alternates.
Or. Fernandez, and four other mem
bers Of the 'Coldstream Guards. the
famous British Brigade, have bcen ar
rested in connection with the abominabie
scandal at Dublin, which has already III
volvcd dozens Of the prominent families,
and seems likely to help the cause OF
| ireland by casting a stain upon so many
| ne1sons connected with the Royal Gov
! crnmcDt.
On Saturday night, in Williamsburg
a suburb of New York city, a young wo-
man named Maggie Conpors, was seen
| fleeing FROM four men. She was not very
| bright mentally, but is said by her neigh
bors To have borne an excellent charac-
| ter. Next day she was found dead. Eight
men had kept her in the fields all night.
| Nine men are under arrest. The lack of
Ku Klux is a great defect in Yankee
civilization.
That fellow the ''Rev." ''Dr." J. j.
Newman, who glories land has made It
pay") in being Ulysses Grants chaplain,
| never loses an opportunity to advertise
his religion" He caused a despatch to
be sent all over the land by the Assocla-
| GATED Press stating that on Sunday last
he had preached eloqucntly &c a fashioL-
! able congregation at Saratoga SPRINGS
| wherein Hon. Thos. A. Hendricks, Hon
| David Davis, and VIM. II. Vanderbilt
! were present. What a pity he cannot
| telephone the fact to Heaven?
The occurrences of the past week
| in North Carolina political circles have
| been notable in many respects. The
general expectation was that a protract-
ed struggle would occur at Greensboro
and at Lumberton but Messrs. Reid
and Bennett were nominated by so
large a vote as 10 be practically unani-
nous. At the Lumberton convention,
the thing most talked Of was Col. A.
VI. Waddell's speech. He very feeling
ly reviewed his political career, and de-
clarcd that it was ended that he should
never again be 4 candidate. Politics lie
said had b~ankrupted him. He had sur
rendered a law practice worth $1,000 a
year to take up the tag of the patty in a
seemingly hopeless contest, aud had
given his whole time to the advance
ment of tie cause, both at home and at
Washington. He now %rctircs, but will
give the ticket hearty support.
Judge Bennett responded in his best
manner to the calls of the convention.
He too intimated that after the present
term lie should retire from politics al
though evidently nc has lostnonc of his
cd popularity.
The contest at Ashcylllc was more
protracted and is chiefly remarkable for
the defeat of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Jim
Robinson, and Col. Kope Elias. We
presume the usual "proXys" were alb
sent on else the completion Of the
Ducktown Branch has broken up the
Pocket coalition by allowing the va
rious counties to be represented in per-
sol Anyway, the Licut-Govcrnor was
unable to control the Mountain District
after Gen. RObt. b. Vance left the field;
and the popular Tom Johnston takes
the honors. The loss Of Gen. Vance
from Congress will probably be felt as
generally in the State as that of any
other member; for he had a very wide
acquaintance. AMI an obliging disposition
which caused his services to be sought
by many persons i'll other sections and
even other States. Still. his retirement
was a thing to be expected, after some
twelve years OF continuous service.