The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-06

Vance's son, Charles, holds aCIcih9"F'
Mr.. D.. 1. Fort went to Durham
Monday, with a view of locating
w. Duke, Esq, of Durham, IS re-
ported to be prospecting for an eatao-
lishment in Ashevillc.
The Scovilles are reported to COLI
template a big hotel in Winston 'h'
summer.
TT is rumored that there was soIne
sort Of Centennial at Wake Forest Col,
leee on Monday. We had nc notIce oi
it. and to several persons who ihqu're"'
we could give no information.
Col. Alspaugh, of Winston offers
to rive $1,000 to Trinity College, II -
other men VIII do likewise. And Mr..
Knott. of Granville, gives $500 1" Il
Baptist Church for Glen Alpine. To-
bacco is booming at both phases.
Mr.. Frank Z. Haywood, Jr., at the
postoficc. has for sale the I. >. Postal
Guide for ISSI,-issucd monthly
price Sl.Ut- trtNCS az N
changes, d~roppages, etc.
-sIIey, Mister!-How do you stand
on the Tariff question:"
4 stand afar of, as far as possible.
When there is a biting dog in each lieId,
amodest man might rs well mount the
middle fence
Mrs. Pool, mother of the man who
according to his w tale) took part IN
4 murder wherein he had no personal
interest, died last week o. pneumonia,
caught while going about to get aid tor
her sons defence. Unhappy mother!
Thrice wretched son!
The Daily Ncws- OJscrcer learns
that a letter full of vulgarity and boast
inc. has been received by a man in
Chatham, from X. j, jerks, sayin. that
he is stopping at a big hotel, 1000
miles from Chatham, and having a good
time. He encloses q picture Of the no.
tel. Is it Aiken. :. c.?
The CIV Council. and the Board ot
Trade, passed resolutions of thanks to
Gen. Cox for his effort to gcta free mail
delivery in Raleigh. 1t ought to sue
ceed. The State capital, having many
public institutions, schools, etc cover
ing a wide area, has special need tol
Messenger Delivery.
-Messrs. Ellington, Park & Co.,
have just put at work a fine new shingle
machine.-Walker Bros, in rear o.
f. 4 NJ. Office, run seven sewing ma
chimes by n gas engine, and send out
large quantities of cheap clothing
Durham has several three-story tram,
houses, owned by Mcssrs. a. II. Stokes
and +. c. Geer.
Our next-door-neighbor j. W. Wat
son, the Photographer, contemplate
engaging another assistant rs his bus
mess keeps him very busy. Could there
be any better puff of an artist.
Some of his recent work, taken by new
instruments. is much complimented.
An inquest is now being held in the
case of the negro John Scott, who altel
being convicted of an attack on a lady
of this city, was sent to Goldsboro Lu'
matte Asylum. and died two days attcl
his arrival. The Messenger says it Is
charged that he was fatally beaten by
another lunatic IN Wake iail.
More than one hundred hands are
at work on the Ridgeway ( Richmond
extension near Ridgeway, and Others
are farther North. This looks like rea'
building. y corps of engineers is a
Hamlet, also, to locate 4 line of connec.
ton with Cheraw, or beyond. Need.
less to say we take pleasure i'll even the
taintest signs of locomotion in thai
quarter; seeing that it is Raleigh'<
main hope of getting out of the fence
cOrner, to see the procession pass.
"A slight change of schedule on tht
y. c. r. r. The mail arrives % min
utes later, from the west. \ night
freight arrives from Goldsboro at I'LL:
p. M, and leaves for Goldsboro at 90
q. M. Arrives from Greensboro at ID
a. m: leaves for Greensboro Mt mid
night.
Mrs. M. E. c." in the Household
Dept. furnishes reason TO doubt III
commonly accepted authorship of tn
poem-"The Isle of the Long Ago.
The first copy of it we saw came iron
DIR. Jones, of Salisbury, whom we un
derstood to have had it direct from Nh
Philo Henderson. But in this ther
may have been error. We regret tina
M. Il. C.'s" letter, like Others in til
Ladies Dept. has been delayed on OF
tile for several weeks.
Superstition still makes an har
fight against the schools and the spin
OF progress. In another column will b
found a list of "unlucky days for get
ting married. (The ''lucky days" hay
been d~iscovered.) \ merclar
says many ladies will not buy clothin
on Friday. Pittsboro Home tells of
person who IS wearing iron rings c
each hand for the cure of rheumatism.
The Resources of North Carolir
are inimitable and ilimitable, and If e
don't believe it, just ask any well pa
salary-Drawist. Meantime we noti
from the Enquirer that Mayor J. {
Bunch, of Edenton while relaxing d
dignity at a sociabie or Candy Stew
found that something in the candy h;
nearly ruined his teeth. 1t proved to
a real diamond, worth about SIS! IIo
is that for az Immigration item