The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-21

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RALEIGH, Wednesday night, Jan. IA.
Much matter repaired for this IS
sue must stand over; owing to pressure
of local matter.
At Mrs. S. 4. Stednans, corner Of
Salisbury and Hargett St., not far from
the BibIical Recorder Office, you can get
a quiet and clearly meal; or lodging.
Flags are flying: troops arriving:
and music in the air" The G%oldsboro
and Durham, and Charlotte military
companies are here.
We see many kind notices Of the
welding Of Mr.. Sidney Houston, a well
known farmer Of Mecklenburg, and Miss
Fleming, daughter Of Alderman 7. G.
Fleming Of this city.
With regret we notice in an eX-
change Hthat Mrs. Senator Ransom is, or
has been, seriously i'll. In long career
Of journalism it has happened to us to
hear her often spoken Of in the kindliest
terms.
Bet you can't spell TaxidermicaI,
with the neX yet if you 90 to Mr..
Iredell Johnson, at Pescud, Lee & Cos
Upper store, you will see what it means
aud by the same token Mrs. Judge
Clarke showed Us yesterday evening a
be autiful set Of Peacock jewelry made
b Mrs. Morgan, her daughter.
4 very strong fight for life Of Joseph
Williams is in progress in Wake court:
= h a probability Of acquittal or verdict
0 manslaughter. Williams, on the stand
admitted the shooting: but claimed that
it was a drunken trolic without intent to
kill.
Gen. and Mrs. Scales will receive
the ourte sizes of our people at Tucker
Hall, shortly after the Flag Presenta-
ton" (by Senator Vance to Catawba,
the Banner county of Democracy
this evening. Then the Inaugural Ball
Will begin.
-Mccklcnburg came near getting her
name in the papers last week through
the nomination Of one Of her f@ayoTite
sons, Senator S. b. Alexander, as Speaker
pro tenn of the Senate. At one time it
seemed certain; but ''the West has bad
so much! And anyhow we have
got to have a Farmer Governor oEe
of these days.
Capt. w. A. Kirkland, command
ant of Brooklyn Navy Yard, who has
been visiting Mr.. Duncan Cameron at
Flat River, Judge Gilmer, Chas G..
Clark, Mai. w. a. Smith, Capt. j. a.
Richardson. and numerous other promi-
nent gentlemen arrived in town yester-
day.
Capt. j. b. Lindsey, Of Arson
county, a gallant ex-Confederatc SOL
der, whom we first met in Fort Della
ware the last four months of the war,
recently lost house and home because
of his duty a. Democratic Regis trar Of
Elections. He has Hon. L. Tyler Ben
nett recommendation for any suitable
position. Aud ours also.
Mr.. Joseph A. Creech, Attorney
at Law, Mailer Building, has some doc
uments showing that many American
families are heirs to estates in England.
We know the force of this by virtue of
charts, plans, diagrams, etc, in our own
family which if taken in time would
have ruined the newspaper business, SO
far as we are concerned.
-Goingit! And strong! And ahead !
Durham during a call from Maj. p. y.
Wiley last week. And there you tickle
the keynote of Durham's prosperity.
Every mar you meet from hat town is
a walking advertisement of the place.
And they read the Farmer and Wechanic.
And advertise in it. AS the song says
-"Glory enough for one Day."
Friday was a dark day, but there
came a sudden CLEAN of sunshine in the
Legislature that made every young MEM
Der instantly wish for two things; one
vas that he had on his Sunday-go-to-
meetin' coat; the other was that he could
''catch the Speakers eye" and fire off
"a few graceful remarks" About a
thousand pretty girls from Peace Insti-
tute, filing into the Galleries, did the
mischief.
A slim, spare, intelligent young
man anne in last week to renew his
subscription for the Farmer and Nechan-
ic, and when a by-stauder pronounced
the name Boykins, as if ''Boy-king,''
the two-weeks acting Lieutenant Gov
ernor of North Carolina actually blush
ed. Well. he holds the Senatorial Scep-
tire very sedately; which is as it should
be, considering what a STEAD(Y)MAN
to-day succeeds him,
If you know anybody who wishes to
buy Ian or buy or lease an hotel, or
wishes a teacher, ask the person to
write to the editor of the Farmer and
Mechanic, Raleigh. N. G,
We know of one Of the best locations
for a school, or a summer hotel, in all
the South. A fine edifce stands near
summit of an eminence which rolls gently
down to the track of the main artery of
travel through the Piedmont Region. A
big sign saying-"Stop aud spend the
sunamer here r. would catch scores of
Northern travellers.
In the olden time anybody could
tell you the locality ola tPiney Woods,
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