The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-06

Mr.. \. II. Davis. u. i now head
clerk Of the Atlantic Coast Line liote. al
Weldon.
Mr. Roger 4. Kinrsbury, who NAs
appointed book-keeper al the Penlten-
tiary. has resigned that positlot.
frank \ Daniels, a talented
Young lawyer Of Goldsboro. vii deliver
the Memorial ADDRESS al that place.
....Ethel Edwards. known TO tie
public as Orirda, the Baby Venus. died
il Chicago on Monday. Although a
child in years, phy sically She was a ma
tured oman She was born n Mass
achusetts on December i, l>-l
1.-The directors Of the Peniteutiary
at their recent meeting assigned Ice al
ditional convicts to the Cape Fear and
Gadkin alley Railroad. and 90 more to
the Eastern swamp drainage work, max
ing 100 there also.
ION Thursday last While the fam
ly OF Mr.. j. II. Holiday, of B)arton's
| Greek township, Wake county. were
washing out doors by a fire. the clothes
OF the little FIVE wear old son OF Mr.. lIol-
iday caught on fire and burned the little
fellow so seriously that he lied that
night.
...Inf1rmaiI9n reaches Us hat Col.
Cash Que day this week wa, married TO
the young, beautiful and ACCOMPLISHED
sister Of Or Clayton, the wealthy MSsis-
~slppian, who purchased the Coloncl,
plantation, near Cash's depot, q year ur
two ago, Tor 500, 600. w adesboro n
teAiqsHeer.
1.-THE committee of visitation of The
trustees OF the University for the year
1885, appointed by GOV. Sca'c>, III pur-
Suance OF a resolution Of the board, con
sists Of the following trustees, viz: Rev.
Or. y. II. ID. Wilson, Of Guildtord, Mr..
II. A. Gudger, Of Buncombe, Hon J l..
Robinson, Of Macon, Rev. {. II. Wiley.
FORSYTH, Col. II. b. Short, Columbus,
Col. j. Edwin Moore, Martin; Col. W
W l. noir, Natauga.
1.-THE steamer Excelsior, y a small
craft plying between Fayetteville aud
Wilmington, took fire on Wednesday last,
when within a short distance above the
latter place, going up, before any etfcc-
tual assistance could be procured, was
consumed, leaving only a shell. The
steamer and lreight were estimated to be
worth only about 1000. She was IN
sured for II, 500 No lives were lost.
49,. Troy, n. Y, April - In an
alteration at the Troy House this even
ing VIII Carr, son Of Secretary Of State
Carr, was shot at by Col. Egclf. II c
bullet did not enter Cars body and ne
escaped with a slight wound The cause
of the quarrel was an article in the Brock
Ign Eagie, sometime ago, IN which Gem
eral Carr was severely handled. Young
Carr accused Egolf this evening of writ
ing the article; a quarrel en-ued aud Carr
struck Egolf in the face when the latter
drew his revolver and fired.
lin the heart of Wyoming Terri
tory is a mountain OF solid hcmatjtc
iron, with coo feet of it above the ground,
more thar a mile wide and over two
miles in length a bed of Ignite coal
bio enough 20 warm the world for CEN
turtles eight lakes Of solid soda. one Of
them over COO acres in extent and not
less than thirty feet in depth. and a Pc
troleum basin which contains more oil
than Pennsylvania and West Virginia
combined. from which in places the oil
is oozing in natural wells at the rate OF
two barrels a day.
....Maude Oswald, an aerial per
IOTIlleE Ill HItBdu8I > 1lIGIS ldu Il IAN
of thirty-fye feet. She struck the ground
erect and then fell forward. Foran III
slant the audience was paralyzed with
terror, and a painful exclamation OF
fright went up from the thousands pres
ent. Miss Oswald quickly gained hcl
feet, however, and with a bow assured
the spectators of her lucky escape. Sht
then retired, followed by thunderous
applause.
1.-THE Atlanta Constitution SAYS
Internal Revenue Agent Chapman i
moving from Georgia into North Caro-.
lima at the head offfty armed men He
has instructions to break up the moon.
shire business. He has zone on thai
mission accompanied by Deputy Collec.
tor CASTOR and regulars. He viii gather
up the endorsements. aud viii lie joineC
/, by officers from Carolina. The raiding
party will be out about ten days.
....Kinston Press: George McNair.
colored was tried at Onslow superior
Court last week, for committing rape
upon the person of Kissiah a. Eaton. q
ten-year-old white girl. The crime was
a most brutal one, and much feeling
was entertained by the people, our
agent, who was in attendance upon tho
court, informs US. The people were
thoroughly aroused. He was fouuG
guilty and sentenced to be hanged Oh
the 5th dav Of June.
....From recent surveys it has beer
ascertained that the entire City Of VIZ.
GINA, Nevada, has moved over thirty
inches TO the east since the big fire o
1879. The Maynard block. in Golden
I'LL. is known to be gradually sliding
down IN the direction ofGold Canon. and
has moved nearly two feet since its cree
ton. THIS movement Is so gradual that
it does not affect in any manner the safe.
ty OF the building, IS the ground to d
depth OF nearly one hundred feet to the
bed rock Is knowO 10 be continually slid.
ing. Il is a well known fact among prac
teal miners that the ground on which
Virginia City Is built Is what is termed a
slide, and that it is necessary to sink
nearly enc hundred feet before fndins
the natural bed rock. These slides arr
caused by the constant crumbiing Of the
rocks on the mountain sides. The De
bris thus accumulated through iucalcula
bic ages IS constantly gravitating down.
ward, aud in a few hundred thousand Of
years what is known as the site Of Virginia
City will lie nothing but barren bed rock.
....Anders2n Ratiitf the escaped con
Wet, who killed a Penitentiary guard and
who has been committing divers dcUreda.
tons, Of late IN the vicinity Of McFarlan
THE party who DR.. Parker has been
harboring, has at last got his Cruel. He
got it last Sunday afternoon, about al
hour before sunset, under the folio wing
circumstances:
He was lurking around and about the
premises Of Mr.. Henry Hauey. who lives
near Bethel Church, about six miles south
of Wadesboro. Constable Robert Ingram
Of Morven township. who had been on