The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-25

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But each one is busy
Til all work i done.
....0ver fits buildings Of various kind,
are now In course Of erection at Raleigh.
....CoL. j. NJ. McCorkle died at hi,
home at Salisbury, Sunday morning, o.
paralysis.
Ill Is thought thai the populatlol
Of Scotland Neck has nearly doubled since
the last census.
....Gen. W. L. Cox arrived here Sun
day. He goes to his farm in Nash cyun.
ty for a few days.
1.-The death OF Senator Bridges
cave, the Illinois Legislature once more
a tie on JOINT ballot.
e. The snowfall in Nova Scotia on
Thursday and yesterday va, the heaviest
known IL twenty years.
Mr.. =. f. Smith IS away assisting
on the survey Of a new railroad from
Garysburg to Windsor VIA Jackson.
....Hon. James w Berry has been
elected t. 5. Senator from Arkansas, 10
fill ex-senator G4rlani's uueApIrcl te,
...Asheville Idonace. DR.. Lucas IS
shipping about five tons Of corundum a
week from near Webster, \. C., to Mas
sachusetts.
....Rev. 4. T. Porter, OF Charleston,
$. G., is having a handsome ummer
residence erected on the slope of the
mountain in North Asheville.
From Col. Skaters new map Of
North Carolina it appears there are now
ora .Iya-l,,. -, ~. SE,+n Ax-ol,,, -
l. created by the Legislature.
....Of the $I4. 900, 900 appropriated
last year for rivers and harbora 50 0OJ,-
900 remain in the treasury, owing to the
l|atenass Of the season when the appro-
priatlon became available.
1.-THE Raleigh Farmer and Mechanic
very ~truthfully says that local newspapers
do more for the State In a week than al
the Bunc0mbe stump speeches OF pro-
fessional politicians III a year. -DanbuIy
RepOrter.
....Asheboro Courier: Mr.. John c.
Burgess. oi Columbia Factory. has been
missing since the 9th instant aud his
people are very much troubled about
him. He is about 65 years old and has
been unwell for some time.
....Last year 5000, 900 pounds of to-
bacco were sold at Henderson. Dur
ing the month of February 353, 1s9
pounds Of tobacco were sold al Asheville
Tor $50, BOO, 10.
Ex-senator Vance last Friday %receiv-
ed six petitions by express, while his
mail contained thirty seven letters, all IN
%quiring about office. This is just one
days mail, but Friday was an unusually
good day.
....Gen. d. H. Hill, of North Caro-
lima, has accepted the invitation of the
executive committee to deliver the an
nual address at the next reunion Of the
Virginia division Of the association of the
army of northern Virginia, to be held in
Richmond during the mex agricultural
fai.
1.-The Ohio legislature has voted to
submit an amendment to the people
changing the time of the state elections
to October. Jake Doss, a colored
wife murderer, has been !ynohed at
Artesia, Miss, by a mob of his own race.
-Samuel Lazare a Frenchman, died
in great agony IN Chicago with all the
symptoms Of hydrophobia.
....Salisbury Wutchman: We very
much regret to learn that J. M. Corkle,
Esq. had another strske of palsy yes
terday, which his caused his friends
much anxiety.-The first National
Bank of this place has paid the stock
holders l3 per cent. in one year and a
surplus of nearly $4,000. The outlook
is promising aud business good.
1.-THE Norfolk Itrqinuon says that
Hon. II K Brideers, President OF the
Wilmington Il Weldon Railroad, has
made a proposition to the authorities OF
Northampton and BERTHE counties, in
this State, to run a branch road from
Garysburg to Salmon Creek, upon con
ditiOn that the counties PANIED will sub
scribe one fourth of the cost Of construc-
ton, or about $40, 600.
....In the Industrial South Is an in-
teresting appeal to the people of Virginia
on the subject of agriculture by Mr.. r. v:
Gaines, Gen. VIM. G.. Wickham aid
Col. A. S. Buford of the executive com
mittee of the Virginia agriculture So
C ETY.. They show that, emitting West
Virginia, there are now living in other
Southern States 3l3, 600 native born
Nirginians, while Virginia has received
from the South but AZ, 900 accessions.
She has thus contributed to the South
30, 900 of her population. In like man
mer 234, 600 of her people have moved to
the North and West while Virginia has
received from those sections but $4,000
Thus there are nov 500 DOC NlrglnIans
living IN other States population that
the Old Dominion has lost by removals
over and above what she has received 10
return.
....Miss Jessie, sister of Mr.. ". b.
Falcoln of this county. died at her
brothers residence en- Saturday last, in
the 18th year of her age. She was taken
with measles some three weeks since,
which settled upon her lungs, producing
rapid consumption. We know of but
few things more affecting than the death
of a young and tender girl just budding
into sweet womanhood. -Notwith-
standing the unfavorable weather, thirty
four two horse wagons came into town
Tuesday morning, heavily loaded with
tobacco, and the day was a busy one,
and prices ruled high. Mr.. Peter II.
Allen obtained the highest price $50,
and Mr.. l.. A.. Lloyd the next highest,
getting SIS per hundred pounds. While
numerous parties got $40 SO $50 SO,
dc per hundred. AS far as we could
learn, every seller was fully satisfied with
his price. -Warrenton Gozette.
...Bridgeport, Conn, March, IT,
Mrs. Chas. Il. johnson, to escape the