The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-20

....Ashevllle, n. e., May IA. G..
Studey and Kerr Studey, brothers. took
possession of a widow lady's house.
The lady stepped out and returned with
a posse of men. who entered to capture
the Studeys. As the men entered the
two brothers drew pistols. but Kerr's
pistol was discharged accidentally, the
bullet striking J c. Studey in the breast
killing him Instantly. Kerr and the Of
ficers exchanged several shots but no
further damage was done. Kerr was
carried to jail and the dead body of his
brother was left in the house for the
c%oroner's inspection
advertiser. He made a bet with some
friends in New York, the other night,
that he would attach a torpedo shell,
capable of holding l25 pounds of dyna-
mite, to the British man-of war Garnet
lying in the harbor there. and would get
a sufficient distance from the vessel to
be out of danger, If the torpedo were
really loaded and intended to explode.
He accomplished his feat and caused the
captain of the Garnet such a scare that
he changed the ships position, and on
the following night protected it by a
torpedo net. One thing Captain Boyn-
ton has demonstrated and that is the
havoc which a trained. daring corps of
men might make with torpedoes and
similar contrivances, if the ship of any
hostile power were to be destroye ed.
mobile. Ala. May 9.-The de-
cision in the Interstate drill contest
was given this after noon. as follows /:
T. Ex, 600 1~Dl1. 4. JAnO - IL ~
ton (Texas) Light Guard; $4,000 to the
Montgomery (Ala.) Grays; $1,000 to the
Mobile Rifles. Infantry companies
which had never won in an Interstate
drill $1,000 to the Lomax Rifles. of
Mobile; $500 to Company F. Louisville
tKy.) Legion; $3.50 to the Montgomery
(Ala.) True Blues. Artillery: $1,000
to Battery b. Washington Artillery;
$500 to Battery B, Louisville. Zouaves;
$1,000 to Busch. of st. Louis; $500 to
Richmonds. OfIndianapolfs. Individual
soldiers; 500 to w. w. Talbert. of the
Chickasaw Guards: Barnes diamond
badge to j. b. Hargrove, of the Lomax
Rifles. The individual soldier second
prize. $50, was won by n. d. Holt, OF
the Montgomery Grays.
s...oI. w D. l. dllltE. WHO iOr sew
eral years past has been living in Mich.
gan, is expected in a Few days on a visit
to his old home at Cherry Hill. neal
Milton.-J. 2. Dawson, an Irish
joker, of Asheville, got off a dynamite
Joke on the mountaiueers at Jackson
court; he vas peddling brooms Will
percussion caps fixed to the handles.
and called it dynamite, but they slapped
him in jail, and his friends have gone
from Asheville to get him OUT
The dogs killed eight of Mr.. Trollinaer's
sheep near Graham before they could be
driven oft.-Forty car loads of pop
lar and Cherry lumber have been ship
ped to a fra in Boston from Alexan.
der. n. C.-The Winston doctor:
remov,d a four once tumor from The
neck of George Zimmerman. of thar
town.-SiXteen hundred dollars ha.
been raised 20 build a tobacco warehouse
at Townsville \. C.--Ed. Kerr
clerk at Central Hotel, Hickory c.. /;
in jail for robbing the mail.-Reidsvillt
Dollar Weekly:
....London. May 12.-Soclety circle
in Rome are agitated over a scandal il
high life. Prince Torlonia, the Mayor o
Rome, was betrothed to the Princes!
Letizia. daughter of Prince Jerome Napo
leon Bonaparte (Plon Plon). OF course
a marriage between such high contrac.
ting parties could not be solemnized with
out the consent Of the crown, but kia!
Humbert r~esolutely refused to sanction
the match.
The ground of the Kings refusal wa
thatthe prospective bridegroom, although
pow an Italian princeling, is really beur
geois, his present dignity having been &C
quired by the purchase of certain vine
yards and other lands which carried Will
them the p~rincely title. The Prince wa
~furiously enraged and went to Florence
married a woman who had formerly beer
his mistress, brought her to Rome. anc
installed her as the head ofhis household
in the palazzo of the municipality.