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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-13

Gen, Lord WoIseley, after consult
Ing with the government on his
arrival In London, will he granted
short furlough.
Hon, $. :. Cox, the United states
minister to Turkey, yesterday started
for Constantinople.
The number OF emigrants from the
port of Bremen TO the United States
during June was 1900 less than for the
same month in 1884 The total de.
crease for the six months for 1885 has
been 1881.
II IL semi-otliclally announced at
Vienna that the appointment of Mr..
Jones as United States consul NJ
Sprague was objected to ON account OF
that gentleman's known Animosity to-
wards Austria,
The British minister at Tehersp,
Persia, has received information to
the effect that the Afghan tribes north
OF the Hindoo. Koosh mountains have
declared their willingness TO support
Russia ~ against the present ameer.
The anarchists OF all countries win
convene In universal congress at
Barcelona, Spain. July 90 to 90 Dele
gates are expected from all workmen's
associations.
1T is expected that the popes com
munications with China will lead to
the appointment Of papal nuucio st
Pekin.
No advices have been received af-
iirming the report OF the death Of
El Mahdi.
The English commission Is on tn =
Xtrnmest hilla, Atty miles northeast
of lIerat, by September Herat viii
be fortified with 10000 men in defense.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-13
at Tinstin; and has daily interviews
with III Hung Chang.
SPAIN.

Cholera Reoord--Cabinet Crisis.
MADRID, July l2.--The returns from
all the cholera districts in Spain show
that ON Saturday 1888 new cases and
64S deaths were reported.
Senior Romero y Robledo, minister
OF Tue interior, ana Admiral Ante
guerra. minister OF marine, have ten-
dered their designations, Premier
Canovas del CASTILLO is consulting with
the king
A msrked decrease of the cholera
epidemic Is reported especially NJ
Arapiues.
The medical journals declare that
the health Of the city is excellent.
There Is no cholera at Malags.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-13
rHE DARE. coNTINYNr.

A state of Anarchy In the soudan.
CAIRO, July l2.--It is stated that
oliver Paine died from the unsuccess.
ful treatment Of disease at Omdur-
man,
The Soudsn is in state OF anarchy.
Osmsn D!gna blackmails all caravans
and travellers on the pretext OF raising
war funds.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-13
IrpAsAss

[ealths nd9
.coehssius'tl
being a.
resort Of pws.l
F i, rrheupasssssl
Etain awsses
The hGss,
in the ~
o, centrally
|s.rer FihDs
the mos. N.
furnished y,
the sialMssI
/ cnlsine E'
[y and sPss%oI
eek OF TX,
20 y gresiT
Iss 6ntsj
ach--beH|
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-28
Another Forty Years Fight Over
MyVa's Money.

The fact that a lady who for fifty years
has figured in public by rea son OF a legal
fight over her fathers will, should final
" leave a similar struggle TO her favor
lite son-in-law, is q curious illustration
Of the tendency of human nature to
postpone the subject Of death until the
last moment or a little longer if posi-
BILE. The telegram printed below shows
that there is to be a long and hitter
quarrel I'VE the property of Mrs. Myra
Clark Gaines, formerly Of Warrenton,
N. c. The young man j. 7. Christina.
is Mrs. Gaines son-in law, who appears
to have been her most favored relative
during late years. 1t will be remember
ed that she testified in his favor at his
trial for killing her son, several years
ago.
New Orleans, Jan. 23.-The contest
over the two wills alleged to have been
left by the late Myra Clarke Gaines, be-
tween Mrs. Mary r. Evans, named as
administrators in the alleged autograph
IL Will udlCu jail. o. Ippcs - .
Wilder and Christmas, named as ad-
| illustrators IL the nuncupatlve Will
| dated Jan. 5, 1885, has been going on
since Wednesday before Judge Houston
| IN the District Civil Court. Two wit
| nesses testified that the first mentioned
| will was not in Mrs. Gaines handwrlt-
| ing. and DR.. Holcomb testified that Mrs.
Gaines was physically unable to write
anything from Jan. 5 to Jan. 8. To day
letters alleged to have been written by
Mrs Gaines in the years 1882, and 1854,
were offered in evidence by the counsel
for Messrs. Wilder and Christmas, show
ing that Mrs. Gaines at one time had
great confidence in Mrs. Evans, but
subsequently held her to be a fraud. and
an unfortunate and u~nprincipled woman.
MI, Wilder, who had beer Mrs Gaines
legal adviser, and had received the above
mentioned letters, was on the stand tC
prove Mrs. Gaines signature to them.
| The counsel for Mrs Evans asked Will
der if he had ever been convicted fol-
forgery. Wilder said: Il will answer
thus-if ever / was convicted | have been
pardoned by the President. That hap
pened many years ago, and let me say
| further that | was unjustly convicted
Several witnesses testified to their be-
lief that the alleged photographic will is
Mrs Gaines handwriting, but Others
testify to the contrary. Deeds offered
in evidence show that Mrs. Gaines in
in 1881 disposed of the property men
toned in this will.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-28

RAY AND ANDERSON Another chaps
Ter in the shameful story Of the Mica
Mine Murder,'i in Mitchell county, came
to a close last week by the conviction,
and sentencing to the rope. (April l5.h
next) Of VIM A Anderson. 1t will be
remembered that Ray and Anderson,
who had won wide tame or infamy as
Official Desperadoes, Ii. e. United States
officers who found themselves under the
less or more painful necessity Of kill
ing a man occasionally 10 due course
law" went one Sunday to = mica mine
which they wanted, and tried to claim
but had no legal warrant to seize. In
their old style of bull doing" they or
dereI the occupants to surrender. and
mex tried to buru them cut: AID then to
shovel in dirt to bury them: and finally
attacked them with spot guns and pis-
tolls; killing two or three, and ~wounding
others. Admitting all that is claimed
for them. the crime still stands blacker
than any of the many wherein they fig
ured under the puise of official virtue
and power.
A strong fight to save them was made.
Their victims were poor add obscure:
whereas themselves had the money and
~ihleDce of their father in law, Jacob W.
Bowman, one of the richest Republicans
in all the region. More than half a dozen
prominent lawyers were employed for
their defense; and their influence upon
public sentiment checked the design of
saving the county the expense. etc, of
a long trial. Ray, the ring leader in the
murder. was tried and convicted; but OBJ
tanned an appeal, with $40. 600 bond: and
has doubtless put himself into %''part's
unknown" Aud. rson we presume will
not get off so east y. Judge Avery, ac-
cording to the correspondent Of the daily
Neacs and Observer, declined to grant a
new trial. and warned the prisoner to ct
about preparing for the execution of the
law.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-28
SUGGESTIONS for All Governors

Sensible men who are looking forward
with something OF hope 10 the time when
they MAJ be Governors OF States would
do we'll 70 study carefully the numerous
messages which these worthless delivered
last week in q number of States. Ii any
thing. these communications we're longer
than usual. scarcely any subject OF mum
dane interest escaping discussion. As =
result the average message fills about ten
columns of a newspaper and is useless 70
the people for whom 1t is Intended. be-
cause it is not read.
There Is no longs r any reason why a
Governor should even summarize the re,
ports of the different institutions of his
State. This work is better done by the
newspapers. and it is done days and
weeks before an executive even sits down
to prepare his message. As a rule, il Is
on these various details of administra
ton that Governors feel disposed to make
the most solemn recommendations, and
quite naturally is on these subjects that
they make themselves ridiculous. Few
men have the gift OF going to the bottom
OF such a variety of matters as are in
cluded in ali the institutions OF a grea,
State. As they know little or nothing
about them, why should they make re-
commentators or be expected to do so I
As they themselves exercise only a nom
inal supervision why not permit the
specialists to express the opinions neces-
sary for bringing about changes?
The reasons for this, If reasons were
Dccessary, may BE- found in the recent
messages, as not more than one of the
many recommendations INDUCED in by SO
many Governors has attracted attention
beyond the limits of his W State. And
yet neither the wants nor the situations
OF the various States are SO radically dit
ierent that the people of one would not
be swift to discuss, recognize and use the
original or vigorous ideas suggested 10
another. The simple fact is that the
Governors have not said anything in their
ten columns which was other than com-
monplace, simply because they had moth
ing to say. Why, then, should they
take all this place to sa, it when they
know it will not be read One of these
times some real live Governor will edit
his message down to one or two columns
and will surprise the public by saying
plantudes which now fill the dreary col
ufhu "uiCu Jul UCtcu new SpdlCI~
refuse to print aud sensible people will
not read.-Philadelphia Times.
The foregoing does not refer to North
Carolina, We reckon, don't you guess z
because Gov. Scales has not yet made
his message; and everybody considers his
Inaugural address in good taste. And
surrey Col. McClnre, th4 editor OF the
Times, cannot refer TO ex Gov Jarvis,
who showed him rare attentions in Raj
elgh, and even "Sent-half" with hun ia
an eulogy on old Abe Lincoln, the j Ohm
Brownie, who cracked jokes amid the
ruin and desolation of the war, and al
lowed his cabinet, headed by Seward, the
murderer of an innocent woman, to
chang, draw. and quarter the best of the
South's citizens to the music of his little
bell, which he boastea was superior to
the constitution and the law
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-28

WAKE Court ended its three weeks
term on Saturday. The main cases,
namely Joseph J. Williams and John II.
Pool charged with the murder of Willie
Watkina, occupied nine full days and
resulted in the sentencing of Williams to
fifteen years in the ~penitentiary. he
is now there at work. 1t is a severe
sc ntence; yet 30 much lighter than
that which followed his first trial. tina,
young Williams did well 10 make neither
demur nor appeal The fact Of the kill
ing being admitted, and the motives 70.
murder being proven, it rested with the
jury TO decide whether TO believe his tale
or not. They leaned to The side Of mercy;
perhaps feeling that as Peobles has got
the girl, and as all the parties have re-
ceived q salutary lesson. and as there is a
bare possibility Of doubt, it we're better
to give the prisoner the benefit of that
doubt. Hence the verdict of manslaugh-
ter.
Pools case staDds postponed until next
month. The case Of Wiley Cook, charged
with burning a barn and robbing Mr..
Bryan w. Green's house was also post
poned until February term. So also the
case of Henry Lee, and the Barber ne
groes charged with robbing Wynne' S
store in Panther Branch township
Lawrence Mial, COL. and Tom Holmes,
col, were sent to the "pen" for 5 years
for larceny. Don. Hinton one year. Dan
Biggs, as usual, got the work house for
fighting.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-28
On Thursday morning lo.to

...On thursday morning last a very
unfortunate affair occurred in Stokes
county, lust across the Forsythe line.
which resulted in the death of JDo. F.
Blackwell at the hands of his brother in
law, Henry Valentine.-The particulars.
as near as we can get them from anthem
tic sources, are as follows:
On the morning named, Jud, Henry
and Bob, (sops of T. j. Valentine. Of
Salem Chapel Township with their
brother in-law J. F. Blackwell, when to
their farm work. While engaged in pre-
pairing a plantbed, they began to Joke
each other about some of their female
friends. This conversation assumed
rather a serious turn between Bob. q
Younger brother, and Black well. Henry
who was working with b rake and with
his back to the parties talking, attracted
by the o of their voices and the wav
affairs had turned. wheeled around and
saw Blackwell with a mattock drawn in
. threatening manner over his Younger
brother, whereupon Henry Valentine.
either to ward off the lick or defend his
brother, struck Blackwell on the head
with the rake, ~fracturing his skull. Il is
said Bob Valentine had a knife drawn.
this be true or not we cannot
say Winston Leader.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-28
Personal Items.

Miss Annie Collins of Hillsboro, has
been visiting the family of DR.. Peter f.
Hines.
-Ex Senator w. f. Clarke of New.
bern speaks in high terms of the system
of Book keeping invented amid the large
business of Geo. Allen ESD. and taught
by Miss Hannah Allen.
AT the Inaugural Reception in
Tucker Hall, Governor and Mrs. Scales
were surrounded by a glittering circle of
diamonds, the bright eyes of Miss Katie
Scales, Miss Jennie Scales. Misses Mamie
and Jean Galloway, Miss Clara Caldwell,
Mrs. Bethel, Miss Daisy DonnelI, and
others.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-28

.:..Bill to except Tyrrel. Washington,
Hyde. Dare, Camden, Hartford, John,
styn and Harnett counties from operations
of the deer law passed its several read
lngs.
Mr.. Edward A. Oldham will shortly
begin the publication at Winston Of
Guardsmdn, a monthly journal devoted
to the interests Of the N. c. State Guard.
Such a publication is sure to be interest,"
ing. and the F. 4 NJ. wishes the Guards
man a prosperous career. Price. 81 0
a year.
THE Eurmer and Mechanic in the
following notes. how near Mecklenburg
to furnishing a Speaker pro tenn
for the Senate:
And anyhow we b.v.
got to have a Farmer Governor" o Of
these days"
When the time comes that the farmers
of North Carolina move to make a Far
ner Governor" they might 60 further
and fare worse, than to select the gentle.
nan to whom reference is made in the
above paragraph Charlotte Observer.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-28

i he loan of the old Independence
Bill to the New Orleans Exposition bids
fair to have the significance Of an His
toric Incident" The bell as a bell is
a small potato; and cracked in the bar
gain; but it has already made a npi G in
history. 1t crossed the Ocean to ring
the chimes over Billy Penis Town
Hail. which in due time became s'Rebel
Hail." and then Independence Hail.
where the Continental Congress voted to
secede from the oppressive Union with
the Northern-(we mean, the British
States. Every school boy recalls the
story of the old fellow up in the belfry,
waiting to make the old bell Ring lib
erty throughout this land !" And there
was another time when the sleepy watch
man ran up the steps to rlng-'Oae
o'clock an the morning and ais ueU! For
General Washington has captured Corn
waUsr'
So the old bit of bell metal is begin
ming to put on airs. The Philadelphians
who have no particular claim to the bell
as a Revolutionary relic, were averse to
letting 1t make the trip to New Orleans;
and some dudes even sued out wits of
retainder. But the business men put
their heads together. and concluded that
it would look mean for the city which
made so much Southern money out OF
the "gushy" Centennial Of ''Brotherly
Love- to refuse a few weeks loan to the
Southern Exposition; and besides a large
number of Northern exhibitors would
profit by the crowd. So the bell was
sent off last week Ill style. A special
committee of Aldermen; and a platoon of
Police went in charge Of it. The cere
mony of escorting it to the car was quite
striking: and the car is specially arranged
to exhibit it at every stopping place. 4
large number of printed slips and medals
are scattered to the multitude. The
train has been met by large crowds at
yearly every prominent city. Bands of
music were at the depot to salute the
train at Harrisburg, Plttsburg, Cincin-
natl, and SO forth. The PHILADELPHIA
papers note the tact that not 5000 cIti-
zens would see the bell in a year in that
city; whereas more hal that number
turned out Oh a cold and rainy Sunday
to see the bell pass through the little
town OF Altoona. Vat a PEBBLES p
don't he?
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-28
For the Farmer and Mechanic
In Memoriam.

ln Hillsboro. 90 the morning of the
l4th o! January, entered into rest alter a
long and painful illness Nurse Peggy"
trustful and faithful servant and nurse
in the family of the late Hon. Alfred
Moore, and subsequently in the family of
Col. Calwallader Jones, of South Caro-
lima.
So passes away one of the ~loftie~t types
of her race. a woman of spotless integ
rity, absolute fidelity. and marked indi-
viduality. Possessed of remarkable in
tellieence and with the garnercd memo
rles of more than three quarters Of a
century, her reminencences were varied,
her masters she had known distinguished
incidents she related of them they lived
and breathed again, SO graphic, and so
vivid was her real paintingl
No Nanny" has ever gone down to
the grave more honored and beloved than
Nurse Peggy" by the white children"
to whom she was such a pattern of cd
fidelity" An earnest christian. a true
friend. and most devoted nurse, her mem
DRY will long be cherished by those whom
her death come as a great sorrow
One of the s ,uth's most beautiful in
situations Is ranidly passing away as year
by year the gray haired mammys'' are
laid to their rest, and how we shall miss
them, and what loving memories will be
stirred when the dear old black face
steals ont of the past looking as it u.ed
to do when it bent above Us grooming the
wild lullabys hat hushed us to our cradle
slumbers. There will never again 10 he
South be anything half so loving, bal so
faithful or so wholly our very own as
'Mdmmy.' A 4. G.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-28

WON'T HAVE 1t. w. H." the
Washington correspondent of the Colds,
boro Messenger, mentions Gov. Jarvis's
name in connection with the collector
ship of the fourth internal revenue dis
trict, now held by Col. Ike Young. Gov.
Jarvis said t. a reporter this week that
if President Cleveland were to tender
him the position. stripped of the bond
and with a salary Of $40, 900 a year he
would not accept it.-Wilson Mirror.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-28

AN OLD THEORY OvERTHRowN.-Tbe
long existing theory that FIRE cannot be
communicated by heat from steam pines
is unfortunately no correct. On yester-
day. at the Insane Asylum, was mott
he'd that one OF the ward drying rooms
was on fire. These drying rooms are
supplied with steam iron %coiIing only.
Combustion was produced by the con-
tact OF some bedding with the cells.
publish this as a warning, and a novelty
in mechanics. EUGENE GRIssoM.
Insane Asylum, Jan. 18th.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-28

POSITION WANTED.-A lady of five
years experience desires a situation to
teach the usual English branches, or to
take charge of intermediate department
of an high school.
Salary $40 per month and board. Ad-
dress ia are of f. & NJ. Miss X. Y. z.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-28

A DRUNKEN FATHERS TERRIBLE
CRIME. -BelIeville, Ont. January 22-
A man named Blrton living at Lime
Lake, while drunk last night. struck his
sick daughter with a chair. killing her.
The girls mother fled from the house
and took refuge with a neighbor, but
died at the %latter's house from exposure
during her journey there, the weather
being intensely cold.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-28

COOP Mich Cows FOR SALE. II have
for sale two good Mich Cows. with
young calves. Cows part Jersey; part
Ayrehire and Devon. Write me for fur
ther information. Oaks. Alamance Co..
N. C.. S H. WEBB.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-28

WANTED-by a middle-aged single
lady, a situation in some pleasant fam
ily, as teacher of small children, and if
desired, would assist in housekeeping
Address, Miss NJ. A, at Buchanan,
Co., N. c.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-28

ENLARGEMENT will
be made at the present session OF the
General Assembly Of North Carolina to
change the corporate limits of the town
of Wake Forest College
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-28

n. BY courtesy of Messrs. w. II.
Warner Il Bro, the w%ell-kuown med
dalists. /, l23 Chestnut St.. Philadelphia.
we have a sample of the neat medal
commemorative of the Southwark visit
OF the bell. 1t is worth a quarter: send
for one.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-28

Fire broke out Yesterday under
the roof OF the House Of Representatives
at Washington; II was cxtinguishcd wi h
trlfilng damage. "A sharp earthqua. @
shock was felt yesterday noruinq AZ Ssr
Fran CISCO, Cal.-The sudden death Of
Clinton &. Wells, cotton factory. Calves
ton Texas, is attributed to suicide. tie
was also president of a savings bank,
which is reported a total wreck
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-28
MIN Aobfrtisfmfnts.
SELECT BOARDINE
AND DAY SCHOOL
YOUNG LADIES AND LITTLE GIRLS,
~HILLSBORO. Y. c

HlLLSBORO. n. {.
The MISSES NASH & MISS KoLLoCK
Will resume the exercises of their school
on Feb. g., 1885 and close them The 18th
of June GO weeks. Circulars sent on
application,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-28
.,GarVsburg William |

...Gafysbufg lIIlam Harding. geu-
eral store. assigned; preferences $500.
Assets about $500; Hickory-G. l..
White. grocer, assigned; Lexington
Green Il Leonard, general store. assign
ed; Tarboro }. w Coburn. grocer. as
signed. Liabilities about az. 500, assets
81 300; preferences $4,000; Windsor j..
l.. Mardre, general store, assigned.