The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-07-02
Capt Isaac Roberts of Davie is nam.

cadet EDWIN y. AnucTSOh, son %
Col. w. i. Anderson, has been promo
ted TO the rank Of Ensign.
North Carolina has given seven
Episcopal Bishops and three Presidents
to the other States Of the Union.
If the "Independent Boom" con-
tinucs, Blaincs white plume will turn
into a white feather. much hacked.
Col. Robert ii. VI. Davidson, OF
Florida, Ia Mecklenburc decendanD has
been nominated for Congress.
A meeting oil Land and Immigration
Agents was held in DIR. Blacknalrs office
last week; and a State organization
formed.
LAFAYETTE College at Easton, Pa.
conferred the ID. D." IN Rev. Luke
Dorland, Principal Of a negro college at
Concord. y. {.
LAUREL Hill, Richmond county, sent
a cotton bloom to the Star on the 25th
day of June, and carries off the laurel
for being the first Richmond in the field.
-Wampter. the fiend who murdered
all whole family and several outsiders,
AT Pleasantown, Kansas. committed
suicide when he Jaw that he could not
escape.
-Rey. Or. Chapman and Mrs. Chapman
have returned to Asheville. he somewhat
helped BY the Northern trip: she not 20
much strengthened as We should Ike to
state, but still bright and cheerful.
Marshal Robert NJ. Douglass has
submitted to the Internal Revenue
Dept. a written statement iu defence Of
his alleged irregularities.
Att the recent meeting Of iinaacc com
mittees of the two Episcopal Diocese, IN
North Carolina an equal partition Of the
church funds was agreed upon, and the
proper transfer made to Treisulers Cha.
f. johnston and \. J. DIR ,s.ct.
BY the running away OF The pampered
horses ofGen. y. ID. Hazcn. Chief Of tie
Weather Bureau, in Washington City
several ladies' were thrown out and hurt.
The runaway carriage struck the carriage
of Col. Wharton J.. Green, and gave him
a sprained ankle which confined him to
his rooms for a day or tive.
1t is announced that a branch road
3 miles long, from Warren Pains TO
Warrenton is soon to be built. The track
Is already graded and the cro>s-ties and
iron have been order ed. Several wealthy
Pennsylvanians who recently visited War
renton declared that if the road were
built they would erect a summer hotel
with $50 rooms, in the village.
A correspondent from Mclro>e. Ga :,
speaks highly of the young nan A. p.
Stancill recently of Wilson, y. c.. who
was killed by three rowdics named
Cade, who came into the store where
Stancell was cierking anl provoked a
quarrel. The latter bore their insults for
n long tine then put an IRON weight"
his pocket and went outside where
upon Cade shot him dead
-Mr. | \. Ingram, a naive Of Ca
barru who went to Australia after the
war, contemplates the giving OF a series
Of Lectures in the State, beginning in
Raleigh. lie has an interesting article
in the May number Of Frank Leslies
Monthly, depicting the rise Of Australia
from ID wild convict colony to the proper
tons Of an enlightened empire. Sir. In
gram, also, sketched the 10Th of May at
Charlotte, and is taking sketches in this
vicinity.
The need of advertising was plainly
Illustrated during the convention.
There are dozens of comfortable board
ing houses in Raleigh, yet there was a
perfect stream of inquiries for sleeping
places last week, and no one seemed to
know where the accommodation could
be found.
This explains another feature Of con-
"vention week. Hundreds of gentlemen
travel all night to arrive in Raleigh on
the morning OF the convention yet take
the first train to return. spending less
than five hours here.
In the campaign of 1850, fully one
third the crowd started home as soon as
Judge Fowlc was defeated for Governor.
1t was largely the same in the late con-
~vention the afternoon trains being
loaded with returning delegates and
spectators.
There is a disadvantage in this. The
first half of the ticket is generally nomi-
mated by a full convention the other
half, the State Committee. and the
Platform, are chosen at the night ses-
sion. when the bulk of the delegates
gone so that the votes of counties
are often no more than the vote of the
chairman of the delegation, and trades"
are much more easily made than when
the convention was full.
So as TO the platform, which often
a minority rather than a ma
jority of the party. One remedy for
this will be increasing of our hotel ac-
commodations.
Col. Coke, Judge Fowlc. Col. Ke-
nan, and others, present the
of being stronger after the con-
vention than when their prospects SEEM
ed brightest for success. This is due in
Col. Coke. case partly to his own bear
ing and partly to a better understanding
OF his position and confectionery rela-
\ man is apt to be judged by
the little things of life rather than the
greater and the impression had be-
come very general in the State that a
'Combindery" existed. looking to a