The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-03

IL 10 dIuDlttCd liza tIC iOdtC "'C hi"ihiy
cut UP by vehicles passing over them.
held liable for the injury? A man with
a dozen vehicles traversing the highways
will, unquestionably, work more damage,
than the man with one, or two, then let
him pay tor 1t.
....,Justice Stanley Matthews and
family and Hon. E. b. Washburne, of
Illinois, will spend the summer at Ashe-
vile.
....From the Rocky Mount Reporter
we learn that w. L Thorp, a highly IN
tiuentia and excellent geatlernan OF Nash.
was united III marriage on the 29th of
April TO Miss Mildred Holmes, OF Samp.
s,n, a young lady of culture aud refine
ment.
....The best quality Of charcoal is
made from oak, maple beach and chest
nut Wood will turGIsh. when properly
charred, about 20 per cent Of charcoal.
\ bushel of charcoal from pine weighs %
pounds; one from hard wood weighs 80
pounds; 100 parts OF oak make nearly D
Of charcoal, red pine about %, white
pine %.
....On Thursday night of last week
Meek Hall assaulted Pack Smith at Kings
Mountain with a rock. Smith 5 skull
was badly fractured aud at last accounts
be was said to be dying. Both parties
were colorcd. The cause was jealousy.
1t seems that Smith had alienaed the at
f~ections Of Halls wife AID walking with
her when he was met by Hall, who at
once jumped upon him and beat his
brains out with u ro,k which be hal in
his pocket. Dallas current
For several DAYS past Engineers
Moncure and Scott have been busilv en-
posed railroad. They started at Hay
wood and came up Haw rlver to ROBIN
sons creek, thence up this creek, cross
inc it several times to PIttsboro'. This
route is not thought to be difficult or
very expensive. No estimates have yet
been made. The distance will be about
II miles. 1t is Just nine miles from
Haywood to Hatch's mill about three
miles from here.-Pittshoro Uome.
CAPT. j. A. Irvine has found a timber
tree on the mountains that promises to
be of great value for making fine paper.
Col. ~llOrsley ~incloses some Of the shaw
ings, which very much resemble white
satin ribbons, 50 soft and silky are they
They are tough also, ami will bear con-
siderable strain without splitting. W.
are unable to say to what species the tree
belongs. The wood is very fine and ap
parently hard. Visiting cards made OF
this wood would be unique and very at
tr,nt,pa i,nr p,,k,pr " p,nptal unrL :,
is admirably suited Gen. Jlingman thinks
for bank notes. Col. Hershey adds that
the timber is abundant and may be bought
cheap.
..Highwaymen robbed the Yose-
mite stage; a large amount in money
and jewelry was taken from the passen-
gers; $1,000 reward is offered tor the
capture of the robbcrs.-A number
OF mills at Fall River, Mass have stop
ped this week; three others. previously
stopped, have resumed work.--An
epidemic, pronounced black tongue
dlphtherla, OF the most violent form,
prevails at Paris. Pa it has also broken
u at a station on the Panhandle
Raih -W Warwick q Bro, COM
mission merchants. Petersburg, Va.
have made an assignment. -Jno S.
Price. the champion bycicilist, won the
tour mile rae against four sepcrate
trotting horses in Charlotte, N. c., and
beat his own record.
....A great source of detrjment To
the value of the operations oI the de-
partment of agriculture since its first
establishment has been in the fact that
its heads have almost without eXcep-
ton been theorists. Only a few years
since the then commissioner threw
away many thousand of the public
money in the useless endeavor to sus-
tam d pet theory that the soil Of the
United States could raise all the tea and
sugar which we consumed, and YOUR
correspondent has III his possession a
personal letter from this gentleman. in
which he expressed TIE positive opinion
that this result would be attained before
the end OF his term OF office. The pres
ent commissioner, Mr.. Coleman. is
looked upon as a practical arriculturist.
1t this be 50. and he has no crotchet. or
theories to work oul. something better
may reasonably be expected OF the de
partment Tor the ture.-Buhmore SIN.
....Hon. John S'etle Henderson ha.
been one of the most interchangeable work
ers IN our delegation and he has dome a
great deal Tor his COZ stituencv airead, :.
Day before yesterday he got three Demo
cratic postmasters appointed 10 one dav.
The next day he told me an inefficient
postal clerk would be removed, wi u,
was done. He secured the appointmen
OF the first Democratic postmaster ,hat
was made in North Carolina by persist.
emily forcing the Department to listen to
him. lis Is an able lawyer au astute
politician and comes Of the best olG \.
{. stock. His grandfather Archibald
Henderson was a member Of Congress.
His maternal grandfather John Steele
was a member of the first Congress. Nr
" &. Lewis was appointed postmaster
at Statesvllle at the instance of Congress
man Henderson He is the son Of Mr..
\. NJ. Lewis, IA lawyer of Raleigh, \. c.,
but has been a resident OF Statesville for
a number of wears -NosBtooto Lp-,.