The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-04
Ill is believed now that there wi

....It is believed now that there will
net be an extra session Of Cong ress.
....Mr. J R. Ray, of Raleig, has been
| appointed Waterman of the post Office
building instead of Mr.. James Doyle re-
signed.
Mr.. VIM. Harding, general mer-
chant at Garysburg,, made all assign
ment last week.
....Wm. NJ. Cherry, Of Washington,
Beaufort county, n. G., has been dis
barred from practice as an attorney be-
fore the Interior department. Telegram.
THE Mennonite Brethren in Christ
-immerse converts three times in the
| Schuylkill river, they now being con
PEELED to cut through twelve inches Of
ice to do so.
1.-The Spring term of the Supreme
court began Monday morning, with all
Justices present. There are sixteen ap
plications for license, two colored, being
among the number.
1.-THE NeW Era says Buford Wilson,
I colored, living near Shelby, was laid
out" for dead, one night last week, and
next morning he was up for breakfast.
The funny part of it is that this is the
third time he had been ''laid out" He
disappoints his friends every time.
....W ashington monument on the 2lst
proximo. His ExcelIency, Gov. Scales
has commissioned Mr.. F. H. stith, Of
Townsville, N. e., as aid de camp to
1t. Gen'l Sheridan, the Marshal of the
day, and Gen'l Sheridan has issued a
ulor orJor &c onpaiptmopt
....In the wall of the Second Presby
terrain church has been placed a tablet of
white marble bearing this inscription:
"ln of Harriet Epsy Vance,
wife of Hon. Xebnlon B. Vance. Born
January 18th. 1882. Died November
3rd, 1873. She wss u loved and honored
member of this church, and one of its
founders"
....It is a very easy matter for a rich
man to pay three dollars tax for the lux
ury of marrying a rich woman, but not
so easy for thousands of poor men who
marry poor girls. The argument that "a
man who cannot pay three dollars for the
privilege of marriage, cannot support a
wife and maintain a family is unworthy
an intelligent and cultivated mind, ane
the gravity Of the subject. As a practi'
cal question it is one of cheaper mar
riages or more bastards, that are ''almosr
certain to be a charge upon the treasur,
for education, &c."-HtckOry CdrOHnian
....A bill has passed its second read
ing il the Senate and after much discus
sion, hat is of great Importance t,
debtors, creditors and newspaper men
If it passes the third reading and goe
to the House, we will publish the bill
to regulate the sales of the land unde
mortgage and deeds of trust. 1t con
, templates advertising sales of real pro
perty for four weeks in the county news
? paper, besides advertising in five place
5 for thirty days. Property is often sac
rifced because it is not sufficiently adver
tised. Penny wise sometimes ends i
Y being pound foolish. The bill ought t
become a law.-Stdr.
|. Washington. Jan, 80. The Hous
committee on claims decided today, by
vote of 9 to 4. to report the bill providin
for the rcfounding of the tax imposed b
the government on the State and TER
tories as a war tax, under the acts
Congress of August 5th, 1861, and jar
uary It'll, 1862, and releasing those State
which yet owe tax. The amounts of take
d imposed and amounts due the Unite
N States and released under this bill: All
bama, tax imposed $526 3l3, due S52i
l. S22; Florida, ST 1923, due $33. 993; Geo
gia, 1884 ,467, due $5I2 900; Mississippi
: s4l3,OS5, due 1888, 342;; North Carolin;
$576, 1875, due $3.50, 900; Tennessee, 1868
49S, due 1921 ,776; Virginia, $729,07
'e South Carolina, $3e3,57l. The vote
lie the committee was: yeas, Messrs. Dockel
IS Price, Van A~lstine. Tillmaa. Brown
h Pennsylvania, Ray Ochiltree, Snyder al
ee Edwards; nays, Messrs. Warner, Low
DoVd and Mcmillan.