The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-13

1.-The Concord Times SAYS F. II
Busbee, Esq, of Raleigh, has accepted
the invitation to deliver the annual adj
dress at the st. Johns fair on the 10th
and 18th OF September. The association
has been most fortunate in selecting a
speaker.
1.-THE ladies certainly mean to make
the exposition a great event. and will
probably make the brightest display it
will afford. One dressmaker informs Ls
that she has already orders to make 500
dresses between now and the LIST of Oc-
tOber.
1.-The State board of PHARMACY
meets at Charlotte next Wednesday
the same time the State pharmaceutical
ASSOCIATION meets. The attendance will
be large. Messrs. A. $. Lee and Will
liam Simpson will represent Raleigh.
....Colonel John l.. Mcdowell while
driving to Grav's Chapel in Rutherford
county met with a sad accident. The horse
ran away. the buggy was overturned, and
his daughter severely hurt. Her arm
and collar bone were broken.-Shelby
4ArOrd.
hC SSHsuS ICDOIIS SuOW IndC there
were lS9 Isl white males of voting age
10 North carolina IN 1880. Since then
about 10000 have come of age-and if
we assume that 2l.OO0 have died, we
have the white voting strength at
2oS,l3l. la 1880 there were los, 0IS
colored voters and since then about 22.-
900 have come of aye. 1t II 600 have
since died, the cOlored voting strength
would be ll5,OlS. This would make the
total voting strength of North Carolina
323 900, the whites having 5000 ma
MIR. Bayard will probably never
be President, but he will live and die
more respected thar most of the men
who have been President of the United
States. In a letter to Senator Colauitt
says he was not surprised at the
of Cleveland and will hea~-
lily support him. lie says he feels no
at the action of the convention.
and he does not regret his u%tterances
lnsolent usurpation and oppres-
sion, which it was supposed would in
jure him."
....Alr. Joseph NJ. Blair, of this city.
has offered the sum of $25 or a gold
medal OF the same value, as a special
premium for the best essay on the sub
lect OF "Selt-Supporting Employment
Ladies in the Southern States"
Contestants are requested to forward
their articles to George w. Mayo, Sec
Richmond, Va, on or before
October 18th next.-Company b. the
Walker Light Guard of this city. have
determined to compete for the $1,000
orlZe offered for the best drilled com
Dany which shall appear next Cctober
the North Caroline State Exposition
II Raleigh. NJ, Max Schwarz. a mem
Der OF the company. has recently been
% Raleigh and made all the necessary
arrangements for the accommodation Of
he men during their visit. who expect
o number 40 at least. -Rtchmo.., set-
err.
dallas, Texas. Aug. fl. w.
iammGnd. a welI-known travelling man
nd husband of Belle Boyd, the noted
spy, to-day assaulted Raw
sheppard, a young lawyer, s~llesinp that
rs wife and Sheppard had been TOO init
nate, destroying his home and happi
less. Hammond made the blood flow
RELY from Sheppard's nostrils, but did
iim no serious harm. +.
Mr.. Hammond on being interviewed
aid MY wife ran me into debt over
Vhelmingly. and used money which she
veil knew was not mine and has behaved
= a true wife or woman would not in
ntertaining male friends of hers, stranp-
rs 10 me. and against nv expressed
Among the number is the man
'heppard, whom | to-day assaulted.
ave papers prepared to sue for a divorce.
here can be no reconciliation now be-
myself and Mrs. Hammond
Mrs. Hammond, on being interviewed, f,
ehearsed a long chain of alleged brutali
les, intimacies with other women, and
alse accusations again-t herself. She, !
90, has divorce papers prepared. and
as engaged counsel. She says that ;
has only acted the part Of a
riend and gentleman, and that he was q
'upil of hers in the study of e%Iooution. s