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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-10
Wake County Democratic Con-
yenrICn.

The Hall was well filed on saturday
by a. ine an audience a. ever attended
a county convention. 1t was evident
that the party has hopes ot success n
Wake this year. MIR. NIm. Wilder call
ell the convention To order, aud propos,
ed Mr.. Spier Whitaker for Chairman.
Mr.. Whitaker, on taking the char. made
a short address. All the townships
were found represented. Mr.. Wilder
nominated Capt. stamps for Senator.
Col. Lon ID. Stephenson non mated Maj.
John Gatlng. Capt. stamps declined.
DIR. Herndou opposed his withdrawal
Mai. Calling reviewed his efforts .a-t
year, aud moved that stamps be nomi-
mated by acclamation. Capt. \. again
declined; and Mai. Gatling was declar-
ell the nominee by acclamation. viii
acclaim.
For the House. Mr.. Geo. ~mede, nom,
mated Mr.. Herbert Norris. Mr.. II. G.
Olive nominated Mr.. II. h. Lewis, Jr
Mr.. Armstead Jones seconded Mr.
Lewis nomination. DIR. llerndon nom
mated Col. Coke. Mr.. Il q. Dunn, anC
others, said Col. Coke could not accept.
He himself then came in and made a
speech, stating hat Judge Fowle anC
himself had given their pledge TO can.
vas the State at large, and were he tC
accept a county nomination he would be
necessarily confined at home. He
thought he could serve the party better
in the field. Messrs. Chas. NJ. Busbee,
j. Walter Wyatt, and J. ID. Allen were
added to the list of nominees.
At this iuucture, Mr.. b. b. Lewis, Jr.
arose and stated that inasmuch as there
appeared to be a division in Raleigh
township, and the township entitled 10
but one member, he desired TO remove
all source of disagreement by moving that
Mr.. Charles VI. Busbee, whom he e~ulogis-
ed, should be nominated By reclamation
These remarks were received with cheers,
and many compliments on Mr. Lewis
course.
The ticket nominated. therefore stands
as follows:
SESATE-Maj. Calling.
HoUsE-J. Walter Myatt, Chas. NJ.
Busbee, H. +. Norris, j. ID. Allen.
S~HERlFF-J. r. NOVEL;. Capt. SyG
NJ. Dunn proposed his name and Mr..
Ben. Lewis moved it be made unani-
nous.
REGIsTER-Mack w. Page nominated
bv exclamation, on notion OF VIM {,
Moore, ESD, who had a strong following
for the same office, but ~patriotically stood
aside, in compliance with the general wish
for united action.
SURvEYoR-'Squire Jos. Blake, Of
Shotwell, was nominated by reclamation.
CoRoNER-Dr. l. B. Sorrell nomina-
ted on motion of Squire j. w. Virgins.
For TREASURER there was ONE de-
bate. Dir. Geo. II. Snow favored the
leaving of this office untitled, or to be re-
ferred to the County Executive Commit
tee. Heretofore no opponent to Treas
urer Neathery has been set up. Mr.. A.
ID. Jones, of Cary strongly opposed any
such action. Hewauted a full and straight
out ticket. His speech was loudly APP
plauded: consequently the convention
decided to nominated a Treasurer. Or
motion of Mr.. Lewis, heartily seconded
by Mr. +. II. Busbee, Mr.. A. d. Jone.
was chosen for that office and will make
an active canvas. The ticket is consid
cred very strong.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-10

DYING OF Observation-Disclosures,
Ca, August 26.-rhomas Baxter. the
old man with ~hydrophobia at HIghShoal.
was better to-day, and the physicians
say the application of the mad stone drew
most of the poison from the wound and
it is probable that he may ecover.
When in a spasm it takes five men to
hold him down on the bed, besides being
tied with ropes. lie seized Mr.. Andrew
Prices shirt sleeve in his teeth and tried
to rend the rme The foam drips
from his mouth and he 81 .rls like a dog.
When no spasm is on hun he talks ration
ally about his coLd ton.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-10
Warm Springs.

EESTIVITY ON FooT.-The young
people will have gay times during next
month. Dressmakers are already run
ming their machines at full speed, with
many orders ahead. Both the theatres
will be open nearly every night and
the coming of the Soldier Boys" and
other gay youth, will keep the Filtration
Pot in a constant boil. y number OF
companies are booked for Tucker Hall,
and FORD, of Baltimore, has engaged the
Metropolitan for the entire month. He
will renovate it, add pew scenery, a new
drop curtain, and so forth. Several new
Jokes are also being concocted for the
use of the clown. One or two circuses
are, also, expected during the month
and Base Ball Park will hold a daily
matinee. Rev. Mr.. Rich's Bazaar will
interest the Episcopalian ladies and
CO... Beasley's Confederate Home will
no doubt attempt something similar.
The schools will likely have one or more
entertainments during the month and
a biz Political Barbecue would draw a
crowd. Private Dinners, and Dancing
parties will likely be numerous, more
so than desirable. The Monogram will
give two each week.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-10

RALEIGH SCHOOLS. -Profs. Frey,
Aorson and Smith have some eighty OF
more pupils mt the City Academy
HE new buildings at st Mary's and at
Peace Institute are worthy Il visit to see.
The two institutions supported by the
wealth aud culture OF the State. are tru.
u rcpresentive of the advanced methods
O. Higher + iu :ation for girls. This
oouble-barrcl compliment may not lo
appreciated because each school natur.
ally lays stress on the points wherein i
has the advantage of the other, Yet
There IS little if any real rivalry. eacl
having a suf1iciency of support, and both
DONG credit to North Carolina.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-10

...Raleigh's cotton receipts for the
year ended lst inst, were 33,63l bales
Charlotte the receipts for the same time
were 43. 23I bales-a considerable falling
off from last year.
....J Nelson Tapf an, formerly cham
berlail of New York city, died suddenly
at Adirondack, y. I.-Wm. Bennis,
a seventeen-yelr>old burglar, while try
ing to break into w. j. Mays store,
Hartford, CT, at midnight, was fatally
hot TIN persons out of St venteen
confined in the county Jail at South
Bend, Ind, made thtir escape by saving
off several bars of the iron grating of a
veBtiiating register in the floor.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-10

SOCIAL DoTs.-The dust in Raleigh
for ten days past has been simply ST.
fling. a sheet of white paper III any
Office on Fayetteville street would turn
yellow in half an hour. Baldheaded
darkcys became subject to double tax,
because their polls" acquired a free
hold" sufficient to start a cotton patch.
President Gray took a large party
of young ladies from Greensboro and
Fayetteville over his new road to Shoe
Heel last week; and they were given a
ball iii Williams Hall, Fayetteville, the
same night.
Mrs. Senator Vance spent a day or
two with Miss Mamie IIoke last week.
Miss Mamie Williams has returned
from a visit to South Boston, Va.
Mrs. Chas. 7. Askew and Miss
Maggie Starke left for Baltimore yester-
day morning for several weeks visit.
Miss Lizzie Lee, who has been
summering at Waylandsburg, Va, was
with a pleasure party in Washington
City last week.
Two well known young ladies from
Augusta, Ga, arrived in Raleigh the
other day to attend school.
John S. Pescud, Esq, and family,
returned last week, after a long and
pleasant ~sojOurn at Warm Springs.
Glad to see our people coming back.
He has, however, felt obliged to return
to the mountains.
Mrs. Col. Clarke Is considered out OF
danger. Capt. r, ID. Graham and other
brothers have been with her for several
weeks.
Mr.. VIM Grimes and family are at
Warm Springs.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-10

TIE GOLDEN IORsE-SHOE.-Strang
ers walking up Fayetteville street, oppo-
site the market. see an Immense and glitter
INK horse shoe, emblematical of Good
Luck. And when they read the sign
they remark Yes, a good firm. I've
been hearing of them for twenty Yeas
past. The name of he senior appears
IN all sorts of public enterprises, ami the
junior IS the only survivor of Lees Rebs
who will accept DO higher title than
Fourth Corporal"
These gentlemen ask us to present
their compliments to all persons visit rg
Raleigh for the next two months with the
request that they will call at the sign OF
the Golden Horseshoe.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-10

....Stephen Gibson, near Hamlet,
Moore county, fell out of his barn loft,
last Saturday, and broke his neck.
....Just before going to press, we
learn of the death of Miss Lucy Foster,
which occurred in Vance county. She
was greatly beloved by the people of TIN,
community.-LouisburgT Times
Nv. NJ. Houston, wholesale grocer,
of Greensboro, apparently a prosperous
merchant, made an assignment Wedne>-
day. Liabilities, $4,000.
Riga, Mich, September I Lat
night, on the farm of her areDts, south
of here, Ida Parker, a young lady, while
alone in the house. was dragged away by
two %rufians and terribly outraged. She
was discovered five hours afterwards, al
most Insane, at a house a long distance
from home.
"Wednesday night, about eight
o'clock, in Rowan Co, near the Cabar
rus line,a crowded. about fifty men. of both
races were looking for a negro named
Morrison, who had committed rape on
an aged white lady in the neighborhood
on Sunday night. They found him and
killed him.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-10

THE LEXINGTON HOMICIDE. "A feud
existed between the parties of three years
standing, growing out of a COW trade.
Hedrick had threatened to kill Reid at
sight. Though close neighbors they met
for the first time in three years last Sat
urday. Hedrick opened fire with a pts.
tol at two steps. A ~bystander knocked
up his arm, and before he could fire an
other shot, Reid fired, killing him almost
instantly. Hedricks was convicted OF
homicide in Iadkin county in 1874, sen.
fenced to the penitentiary for 10 years,
and after serving a short time was par
doned out by Gov Brogden.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-10

The SEVENTH DIsTRICT.-rhe compli
cation which Mr.. Craige's declination
has brought about has already lost us
votes. Having been nominated and hav-
ing accepted, it is very much to be re-
gretted that he saw fit to decline. He
might have stayed in bed until the 4th
IF November and been elected. Even
now the district is amply safe to any fairly
acceptable man, but there is no need for
the party to further tempt fate. States
Vile landmark,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-10

DEATHs.-In Greensboro, Alabama,
Mrs. Sledge. youngest sister of Mrs.
A.. 7. Mial, and daughter of Mr.. Thos.
lie May, of Johnston. She was said to
be lovely in person and in character.
AZ the Central Hotel, Mr.. w. Il.
Hamlet. aged about 30.-Near Roles
Vile, Mr.. John Wall, aged about GO
years.-The Youngest child of j.
p. II. Adams, OF Cary, died OIL Satur-
day.-Mr. Lee Jones, of Swift Creek,
died at his ather's residence, of typhoid.
He was about 20 and highly respected.
At Howelton, Mary ", youngest
daughter Of w. f. and Bette Brook
shire.-In Summerville, Harnett
county, on the l4th day of August 1884,
Sarah A. Scarborough, in the 47th year
of her age.--In Durham county Mr..
VIM. May, aged 80.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-10
Raleigh and Roundabout.

s4g- livery friend Of the papsr, sheth er a sub
s.-iler or not. IL invited to send items of Person
-. social. School, Church, aud Farming News.
Letters are seen by 10 one except the editor, and
.rf be- treated ar confidential, If 30 deslred.
ss Local advertisements inserted for two
,,..f- q NOrI, each week.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-10
Oeatn TO Worms,

RIDGEWAY, 5. c..
Mssrs. Boykin, Gunner Co.-Gents
| have quite a demand for your WORN
KILLER 1t is the best Nermiiuge |
can get. 4 farmer bought a bottle of me
a lew weeks agp, gave dose to his child:
came in next day with d chow chow. ar
fllei with worms, til. result of one dose.
Since then all want it.
w. J DAVIS.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-10
w. J DAVIS.
Duck CREEK, n. c., MAY Sth, 1854

Duck CREEK, n. c., May Sth, 1854.
Boykin, GARNER 4 Co. Baltimore,
Md. Dear Sirs: Mr.. A. Rudd, a very
responsible customer of mine, gave a half
teaspoon full WORN KILLER" to a child
last weA and the result was thirty-6ve
worms. Mr.. Daniel Pines used it with
still better result: IS worms from one
child: OF course my sales will be large.
Yours truly,
+. S. SMITH.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-10

Many a limb has been saved from
amputation, and possibly a life a vel I, by
the prompt use OF Phenol Soiique after
the accident.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-10

MARRIED.-Mr. VIII. G.. Allen,
superintendent of the Poor and Work
Houses of this county, to Miss Leila J..
Belcher, the Rev. DIR. Thomas +. Skin
ner officiating.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-10

....It has been definitely determined
to hold a fair at Charlotte October 2S-
81.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-10
ro9m IN my FOUR STORY BRICK

WAREHOUSE, l2oNas, anu mh 4,
placed m the basement, or on tie
other floors, at Il option 81 the ha.d
er. Liberal advances OF money made
In the shipment Of country produce.
butter, eggs y {. meat. flour, Nc..
reco lcCt | have To eater to the taste ot
my customers. aud do not desire any
but sound and first elias, consigumen.s.
My friends and strangers visiting viii
find Ia m utlicc the State and Northern
papers. an a hearty welcome. Attru-
tIr. salcsmen " Ill serve customers, and
a colnp tent a'd correct book keeper
Will make out Come and see
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-10

See notice by Andrew Syme. Esq.
Capt JOS. T. Ellington was in town
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-10

& ri CEN 4
". NJ. MORGAN. Assistant Cashier.
". ~. ANfRl. Teller
w w. PA rERSON.
r. II. BLDtHNT ''"hN' peers
II. !. DURHAM, Corr.spoutIr. Clera.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1884-08-09
Logan a Great Statesman.

l 1OBhu 1Eo1t StSVoomeu.
New York Tribune: "Pranced there
in upon the arena Of great debate, like
trick mule in a circus, or a spawned
nightmare, on the track of beautiful
dream-Logan, Of Illinois. There were
a vision Of moutaches, eye brows and
hair piled on each other in arches a
large brandishing Of arms, a pose and
stridulous war hoopand much as thought
q picture Of the Deerfield massacre had
stepped out from the pages of our earth
history. Logan took the American SEN
ate by its large capacious ear. And then
he went for his mother tongue. He
smote it right and left, hin and thigh,
and showed no mercy. Swinging the
great broad.axe Of his logic high in the
air, he turned ii ere it fell, and with the
hammer side struck the Language Of sixty
millions Of people fairly in the face and
mashed it beyond recognition. Under
his stroke the floor Of the American
senate was spattered with the remnant ts
ola once proud vocabulary, and mes
sengers, doorkeepers and pages were
covered with the spray. In the fearful
two hours which followed the first roar
OF his Grafton all the parts of speech
were routed and put to flight. There
were orphaned adjectives and widowed
nouns, bachelor verbs driven to polyg :
p,y opJ volrpop,uo yorbs Iact lo,ol,,
conjunctions discovered, propositions
scattered, adverbs disheveled and dis
terted, and syntax flung into wild dis
order 1t was great day for Logan.
He set his teeth into the language as
the untamed tiger Of the jungles takes
between his mouth and paw the wear
ing apparel Of the wayfarer, and the rip
ping of it was heard through all the
forest depths. 1t reverberated to the
other end Of the capital and sluggish
representatives lifted up their eyes and
listened to the roar with terrified awe
Some started for the scene, but upon
being told of the disturbance i'm the brief
ication, Logan's up" turned
back with full assurance that they could
hear from that end of the capital all that
was worth hearing. SO through two
hours Logan swung his beautiful arms
over the heads of the senate like the
booms Of government derrick, while
his chin churned the language like q
pile driver in heavy sea, and the
baffied reporters made wild plunges
with their pencils to gather up his re-
gurgirations for the printer.
All! Logan is great mana states
man. When he throws his intellect into
question, whether it is Of finance or Of
sticking to the ship, something has got
to come. And You may always know
where to findshim-to-wit, drawing pay
from the government in some capacity
He lacks only fifteen or twenty thing Of
being an orator. He has lungs.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1884-08-09
Vauderbilt's Vanity.

"Do you see that red line? ?" asked a
railway man yesterday. pointing to a
streak on a map, zigzaging in a
westerly direction from Valentine to the
eastern terminus of the Central Pacific.
Yes we'll, you mark my words, you'll
see railroad built along that route at
an early day. 1t will be continuation
of the Sioux City and Pacific line, and
will tap the rich cattle fields Of the
Sweetwater country with branch into
the Black Hills, and feeders running
into other desirable localities. I know
what am talking about. The survey
ors are ont now trying to find an easy
passage through the Wind river noun
tains. That secured, the rest Of the
route is perfectly feasible. Who is
backing it? Whv, Bill Vanderbilt, OF
course. Nobody can dispute it. Van
derbilt now has an unbroken line OF
railway from New York to Valentine,
Neb., and it is not likely that he is going
to make that town the western terminus.
Not much. He is after great transcen-
tinental road. reaching from ocean to
ocean, and he is going to have it. His
links now consist Of the Hudson River
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1884-08-09

and New York Central, Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern, Chicago and North
western and Sioux City and Pacific
roads. You can see the object of get.
ting western outlet can't you? And
while you are thinking about it don't
forget the Nebraska Central enterprise
1t wouldn't surprise me to see that paper
road an important factor in the scheme
What else is it good for ?"-Omaha
Herald.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1884-08-09

statements on file in your Office. have
for some years defended Red Cloud
against the unjust and oppressive treat
ment Of Agent McGillicuddy. / have
never in my paper claimed McGillicud-
dy a drunkard. lbertine or thief.
have simply published the official proof
that he is a thief The statement that
said to Red Cloud that he would be justi-
fed in killing the agent is not true.
have never brought his wifes name in
my paper, except as it appears in the
official report of that agency. 1t is not
true that have anyintersst with Todd
Randall in land in Nebraska, or any
where else.
T. A. BLAND.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1884-08-09

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B.
An hony, president and vice e-president
Of the National Womans Suffrage As
sociat;on have issued On address to the
members advising them to use an effort
to secure the election of Blaine and
Logan. They say: "At the opening Of
the next session Of congress with our
bills and reports awaiting their turn on
the calendar of both houses, it is to the
republicans we must look for discussion
and division on our question, and did
they constitute a two-thirds majority we
should confidently hope for the passage
Of the resolution to submit the sixteenth
amendment. But we have nothing to
expect from any Of the other parties
now struggling into existence. AS to
the Greenback and anti-monopoly par.
ties with their quasi recognition of
womans political equality and the rank
and file Of the seeding democrats and
workingmen who will constitute his
support. the Hon. b. +. Butler will be
powerless to help ns."
They say Of the Prohibitionist "To
make woman suffrage the tale of their
kite is to reverse the laws Of gravitation.
Prohibition can not secure woman suf.
frage, bnt woman suffrage is the only
power by which prohibition could be
made possible"
The result Of the last session." they
continue, were its proportions equal to
Its vertuous pretentions, would be to
throw the administration Of government
INTO the hands of the democratic party
not into those Of Cleveland, who.
though he were possessed Of all the
cardinal virtues claimed, and in addition
thereto the crowning excellence of ad.
hesion to the great principals political
fusion for woman, he could do nothing
for our reform against congress and his
constituency, nine-tenths Of whom are
blind and bitter opponents Of all liberal
measures. Suppose on the other hand
the republican nominee were wanting
in all private and public virtues both a
and constituency. three fourths
OF whom are our friends, he could do
nothing to hinder the passage of the
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1884-08-09

Inc failure OF Congress to pass the bill
repeating the timber culture and pre-
emption laws and amending the home
stead law is the greatest boon of the
year to spectators in public land. 1t is
II fact easily proven that the timber cul.
ture law particularly beneficial to specu
lators and productive Of enormous
frauds. Where one settler went to work
TO honestly carry out the provisions OF
the law, one hundred swindlers took ad.
vantage of 1t to turn a crooked penny BY
false oaths and forged documents. The
law has been a practical failure from the
outset 1t was easily enough to carry
ont the letter of the law for the first
three years but the succeeding five wears
doubled the labor and eventually over.
whelmed the settler of limited means.
The speculator, however, finds no trou-
bic in complying with the law for year
or two, and then sells his claim for a
good round sum. The fact that congress
has taken steps to repeal the law has
resulted in the formation Of numerous
parties in cities and towns in the west
with the sole object Of taking timber
claims in Nebraska and adjoining states
and territories. The usual method o!
the spectators is to send an agent in
advance to select the sections in which
the claims are to be made, and after
complying with preiminries Of the law
employ II man to take care Of the claims
the expenses to be maintained jointly
10y the party. If the bill repeating the
law should pass at the next session OF
congress these claims would immediate,
ly double in value, and sell readily, Civ.
ing the holders handsome return for
their time and expenses.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1884-08-09

The Department is investigating Jas.
Norris register of the Valentine Land
office. The Valentine Reporter accuses
Morris ofcolluding with one Denis Daily,
a land agent, and that the two have
been guilty Of some very gross frauds.