The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-03

...Judge K. Ii. English, chiefjustice
Of the Supreme Court of Arkansas, died
at \ heslile, n. Z.
....Mr. Hector Graham, OF Laurin-
burg committed suicide on Sunday even
by drinking an ounce aud 4 half of lauda-
nun.
1.-THE Atlanta Constitution says that
rhe most wonderful cures of q spepsia
are beins male around Athens 10y taking
a spoonful OF fine sand after each meal,
and that persons who have been suffering
for years are entirely relieved.
IA b. slice was washed out of the
Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Rail-
ROAD. 8, a point four miles above Lin.
colntou, Friday evening, as we learn from
the Charlotte Observer. The rain is
reported as heavy throughout the couu-
ties of Lincoln and Cleveland, and also
in portions of Castor. Crops and fences
suffered.
1.-Two bales of this seasons cotton
were received in Laurinburg on Tuesday
evening, Goth inst, and were shipped to
Everilt Brothers x Gill, NJ Norfolk. One
of the bales was raised IN South Carolina
aud one in this State. The North Caro-
Ina cotton was raised on the Mckinnon
farm.
....I asked an Alabamian yesterday
what he thought had become of Vincent,
the ASCENDING treasurer of that state.
Il aal satisfied he has been killed. 1t
was reported, you remember, that he
had S2oa.0 600 with him when he left.
This was 50 much richer a prize than any
reward could have been, that in my opin-
ioE. he was killed by the first men who
caught him, with the idea of r0bbing
MN. Vincent Was d green and clumsy
man, and only BY death coulG he have
dropped SO swiftly aud SO entirely out of
sight
....On Monday Col. A. i. Andrews
oliciallv notified the State Commissions
ers that the road was completed To the
mouth of the Nantahala river, and also
| that the company had made the last de-
post OF $4,000 in North Carolina State
bonds as required by the ccOu OF
1882, thus carrying out their contract
with the State. The commissioners
will make their official examination OF
the last section of the road on the l2th
inst, when there will be n grand demon
stra.ion 1t Charleston, Swain county, III
nuror of this great work of internal inn
proNenent.
Mira. Nancy Williams, an old
lady we'll known in Hillsbor0. died al
her - re near this place last Sunday.
4 'aw weeks ago she was knocked down
by a horse and received injuries which
caused her death.-There are now
six prisoners in our county Jail. One
Of them, Jehu Bailey. will be tried tol
his lie at the approaching term OF ouI
court Jailor Latta discovered plan:
The other day that the prisoners wer,
makilg Tor their escape.-Ne learn
That 4 nan by the name of James Riley
aas sued out al injunction to RESTRAIN
and .prhld the magistrates and county
commissioners of Orange from paying
500 - the State Exposition. The in
Junction will be heard before Judge
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Observer.
.,,.London. Aug. 96.-Flcet stree
vas startled this afternoon by a rumO
that Queer Victoria had suddenly died
Al she machinery of the London pres
was promptly put in molten to ascertain
the facts. Marlborough Eouse, Buck
ing ham Palace, the HON.; Office, and tn
tie -asidence of Sir William Gull wer
besieged by reporters sent to gather ever
obLa .4able scrap of information, and tele
grams we're sent flying in every direction
4 few inquiries, however, sho 7ed tia
the rumor was only a hoax. Still. RI
Queens health is precarious, and he
lonc-cortmued fits of melancholy are re
garded by the medical profession as in
dica,Iug a condition of her system whic
may at any time-become suddenly worse
These considerations rendered the repor
not improbable.