The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-28

say ne cOuIO not NoIe ioA 1oih-
"A meeting Of stockholders of the
Albemarle & Raleigh road is expected IN
Raleigh to day.
-Chas. B. Aycock, Esq, Of G~oldsboro,
gave the f. & NJ. a pleasant call yester'
day, en- route to Greensboro Female Col
lege Terminal.
We have several letters urging Judge
Fowle for Governor. 1t is well under
stood in Raleigh that he will be strongly
supported for Congress.
DR.. G.. +. NJ, writes that MIR. j.. b
Herbert, of Rocky Mt, and ex Sheriff
Cooper of Halifax, died last week.
Can't. J. II. Exum will deliver the ac'
dress at Castalia Academy.
Wake county ought not to show any
backwardnoss In regard to the State TX
position. If strangers and capitalists be
attracted they will take their view OF the
State in this vicinity.
Mr.. Frank Nash, of Marlborough
~Southerner speaks in favorable terms Of
Young Began Cash, who was his class
mate at college. So do several of his
Bingham school classmates. Whisky
was probably the chief cause of his own
aud his fathers troubles.
bishop Bowman, Of the Methodist
church, says he was, while travelling on
a steamer in Europe, stricken speech
less for the moment, by the thought and
conviction that his wife was dead. On
reaching land a telegram announced the
fact.
"A note from Prof. McIver mentions
that a new Tobacco Warehouse and a
new Methodist church, each to cost near
$50, 900 are soon to go up In Winston.
North Carolina tobacco men as a rule
oppose u action on the tax question !;
though they wish to see the matter def
nitely settled, as the agitation hurts the
business.
Mr.. Simpson Harris, Of y. c., is
4S a month as pensioner OF the
war of 1912. lie served in the militia
8 months, and wants 5000 a year. He
is 1O4 years old. n. Y. SIN says:-
The future of this Oldest Of the many
old pensioners will be watched with in
as there is a theory that an IN
crease of pension is an aid to longevi-
ty."
In the Virginia elections the Repub-
Leans carried Petersburg and Norfolk,
went wild with rejoicing. And the
dittoed at Danville, even
going so far as to hang in efhgy the present
who was defeated for reelection.
Gov. Cameron ives present at Danville
day, but did not raw his weapons,
the black-muzzled one which he
carried in a carpetbag, with a 'clove"
attachment.
"A young negro named John Nc
keithan, formerly from Cumberland was
hanged at Waycross, Ga, on Friday for
he murder of another negro named
NckiDnon 10 January last. They had
been employed on L. z. Jordan's tur-
farm near Glenmore. McKin-
threatened to kill McKeithan if he
Id not keep away from a certain house.
After quarrelling awhile, Mcclellan
truck the negro with his turpentine
lack.
Some two dozen ladies recently have
us in relation to situations. Any
f these who think they would like the
ltuation would do we'll to write, at once,
o Mss Jane S. Bel, Harker's Island,
ear Beaufort, ~. &. She is the phil
nthropic English lady who for 20 years
as taught a free white school on Har-
.er's Island, Inhabited mainly by fish
rmen. Miss Bell wishes an assistants
who can teach ordinary English
branches, and lead the children in sing
og- y lonely, but useful life.
"A shooting scrape occurred in
Northern Wake recently. A man
AIMED Pulley, Of some note in connec-
ion with counterfeiting charges, bor-
a negro's gun, on pretense of
hawks, and having drawn the
mall shot, reloaded with larger, and
a man NAMED Glib O'Neal.
confronting him in the path, and heap
lg curses upon him he fired the whole
oad into O'Neal's thigh. The latter
his pistol and fired several shots
t Pulley, who fled, though not in time
o escape n or two flesh wounds
)Neal pursued until he fell from weak
less. Neither are dangerously hurt.
feman in the case, of course.
To the failures of the two Blanchard
irms in Richmond, follows that of Elicit.
)rewry u Co., for 5000, 900. This is
leavy. The largest clothing firm in
IIilldebrant & Co.. also failed.
leo. II. Lewis of Washington City alb
conded with 5000, 900. North Carolina
hus far has escaped without any serious
rash. and we trust there will not be
my. The recent rains have given mark
ID impetus TO the crops. and if no set
back shall occur, the coming harvest
will lift thousands Of our people into
circumstances.
We have been asked frequently of
ate by persons whether we
thought the commercial disasters would
extend sufficiently to affect our Raleigh
Banks. Not in the least. Nor is there
IN unsafe Bank in the State, we think.
One or two may be not very prosperous;
out there is no risk, for depositors, we
.hink.