The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-27

....N ashlngtop Gdzefte. MT sam
Ball, who was drowned in Deep Run,
near Pantego, recently, was the second
sen that Mr. Cherry Bahia bad drowned.
..Thaddeus Avery cut his wife's
throat Friday at Chichester, y. Y. and
then his own. jealousy was the carse.
They had only been married about year,
aud neither of them was over u.
flight victims to the cyclone were
buried near Mt. Gliead last Saturday.
One more dead body has been
found near Rockingham, making the oath
: victim to the c~ylcne's fury at that place.
...,Durham Tobacco Plant: Arrange
ments are being made for the erection Of
larg- Touring mills in Durham. Work
wi! be commenced at an early day
Rcy. i. Durham. assisted by Rev. Mr..
Vanu of Wake Forest, Is carrying on a
revival at the Baptist church
Our energetic townsman. w. A.
smith. has struck a bonanza III the way
of a gold mine. Last week he realized
from three and one half tons of ore Ia
ken from the Rocky River mine, one
hundred and six pennyweights OF clean
cold. IT being an average OF about thirty
dollars to the ton.-Concord Times.
Charlotte Obserrer: \ fire at Me-
l Aden's factory destroyed the wheel house
The main building had a Narrow escaIe.
, Loss, $4,000. insured 0
Creek church was last sunday burned to
,be ground. Tic fire was accidental. lr
. PlessIy has preached in It Tor 80 years.
! AT Mecklenburg court, Mardr
u pbiter the negro convicted OF burnlls
= The Rock Island factory, was SENTENCED
@ 70 enty five years in the penltcntla;y
Valson Porter for burning NJ, tea
harm was sentenced to fifteen years III tn
y n~enitentiary. Both negroes appeae'
from the sentence of the court. Eliza
y Gilmore was sentenced TO two yearsl
s, the peni,entiafy for throwing a rock lst
s. = window of a train on the Carolina zen
e. tral.
~ ..."H." the Washington corresp'r
i dent of the Charlotte ObSerrtr, says
~ understood Col. John A. Sloan has &c
- o.nted , business engagement with Aa'
" JI,lfGan : Carr, Of Durham. Col. Soa
i I'LL prosecute his History OF Njrt
Carolina in tie var letyesn The state,
I na,t, Of which are already published. II
savs Col. A. b. Andrews has generous
~ ofefad To be Dpe Of tep persons TO cot
- tribute so eact, - Tie completion
all the work.
MAJ james Kerr of Caswell, has a
i. cepted a clerical position az the tioNer
ment printing oiic. Nr Kemp Goodl,
i've of Raleigh, is 4 typographer on T. h
cord"
rniontoun Pa. February Fl
Die The cotins of the nineteen victims
ras.ord.v,. disaster arrived from FIT
bury this morning, and all vii be our
er- from Uujontown tomorrow. Wn-thn
rn- ~ he. victims are Catholics, and IL |
tie. 10, Tet been decided whether union II -
eX- vice, viii be held or whether each IA
i a IN viii bury IL own dead. The =
led nellsyille Go ke and Iron Company;
to owners of The mine, ! ay all Iu'eral
ted 800
gh- ueifern aud several Of the others W
hundreds of feet distant FROM where
ignition occurred, aud yet they were ou
,in- ed to death.
exnlosion occurred the mine must h
III been one glare of lurid flame, and t
80 those who we're not burned to death
! If focated from the deadly after-damp
nod ioIowed the Disappearance OF the Ma
/ m They account for the large amour
oas present on the theory that the
gers struck a hsSure IN which a i
The quantity Of gas had accumulated,
to gas could be heard escaping from
icrevices.