The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-11

view. /. being completed IN E1eut3n.
Providence. Feb. 2-Cou-re-s-
man :. ;. Cox's new book on regent
American history il TIL, bands era
publishing firm o. tbs cty aud " APP
pear II a short time. The book wtll he
entitled. Three Decades 81 Federal
LEGISLATION II " FL cover tie ground
from the r.e OF the Republican party a
lSJ5 10 the present year oisrace.
The Board 81 Trustees r Davidson
College will meet IN the 18th, 70 elect a
President for that college, to fill the va
canrv made ty the resignation Of Or.
HEPBURN The Concord Register uomi-
mates Rev. Luther Nckinnon for the po
,ition. Davidson i a fine college and
DR. Hepburn was an able President. The
man who succeeds him vii have 70 stand
high.
-. bookstore Messenger: The work on
the new Messenger building has been re.
sumed. The iron front for the lowest
| story was placed in position on Saturday,
| aud with a few days fair weather, Mr
Harding hopes to be able TO close IN the
entire front. Mr.. u. b. Eyerltt, an old
and highly esteemed citizen Of this city,
died suddenly on Thursday night Of heart
diseas, aged s. years.
....Four railroad coaches, well filed
with passengers, were wrecked at Green
| vile, y. j., on the Reading railroad,
twenty-five wounded persons had been
removed from the wreck and many more
were to be extricated, some lives are re
ported ost.-PostUtfice inspectors yes
| terday arrested the postmaster at Eden
ton, y. c.; he was short IN his accounts.
....W Wilson 1drdace. The -1dra1tce
c ,ngratulates the Blounts of Wilson and
| the Thorps Of Nash over the passage Of
the French spollatlon claim bill, which
will give to these parties quite a large
| sum. The great grandfather Of the
Blounts and Thorpes. Nr jonathan
| Woods, had three vessels loaded with
| six which were captured by the French
....Nr Gideon Lamb, OF Hamilton.
formerly of..klzabeth City, Is construct
ing a telegraph line between Hamilton
and WILLIAMSON. He has made a prop
o%sition to the citizens Of Plymouth to put
that town IN telegraphic communication
with the world, via Williamson. This
sort Of private enterprise ~ worttmuch
to a community. Elizabeth City Fdico1t.
~....Several gentlemen of Charlotte,
among them Chas. r. Jones, editor OF
he Observer, have been vlctlmIzed by a
woman nurporting TO be the widow Of W
&. Mclaughlin, OF North Bay, Lower
Canada. She was accompanied by a young
man about 20 years ot age whom sht
claimed was her son. She sand she was
on her way to Florida to spend the wln
ter, and had been robbed while on board
the train. This was last Nov. MIR. Jonc.
wrote some time ago to the postmaster o
North Bay making inquiries about tho
family, and received . letter yesterday
showing her to be Il regular fraud.
....iIere is a nice, sweet nut for The
ncgrophill-ts IN the North to crack The
Boston iost says.
Several weeks ago Richard T. Green
er and Robert II. Terrell. both cploret
and both graduates Of Harvard UniVcr
sity, were proposed for membership Il
the Harvard Club Of Washington. Al
its meeting last week these gentlemen
were black balled. We are getting along
beautifully in the settlement Of this race
question.
....Gov. Scales makes a calm state
ment with reference to the State man
agement OF railroads. He thinks there
are lust causes OF complaint and that
nothing is done to remedy the evil:
complained of the agitation VIII go OF
increasing day by day until the people
will force from unwilling hands tina
which if voluntarily granted woult
have been gladly accepted III a spirit 0
compromise. leaving no sting behind
He does not make any suggestions a
to the manner of remedying the evils
but he says the Legislature has Tia,
power to control and regulate thes,
corporatiOns.' But he says the rail
roads best understand their business
and are certainly best qualified TO know
what should be done and how to do it,
This is the correct Observation-Disclosures
Star.
...Hornersvillc, n. Y, January 30
William Mlllspaugh and Sennie Had
ford, of Reynoldsville, were engaged t.
be married. On Monday they were ou
sleigh-riding, and stopped at Mills
paugh's house. While they were ther,
Millspaugh picked up a revolver tina
lay on a bureau. Miss Ualiord wa
afraid Oft and requested him t. put !
away. He laughed at her fears uu,
pointing the pistol at her sad: "IooI
out; I'm gong 10 shoot you?' II,
pulled the trigger. aud the pistol wa
discharged. The bullet passed through
the girls head, killing her almost III
stantly. Millspaugh gave himself ul
He said he did not snow the pistol wa
loaded. Miss lIalford was a beautiful
girl, 10 years old.
...Charleston. West Va. Jauuar
26.-Itoswell Grant, Il farmer, aged 5
years, died at his home at st. Adams
this county, Saturday afternoon. Ii
= was the last OF a family of eight chill
+, dreu. all OF whom lived TO an OLD age
: He was an uncle of Gentral t.. :. Grant
, and was born III ONO. During the re
! bellion he sympalhizrd with the South
! but predicted III 1851 that the Soul
would not succeed because Ulysses. Iii
nephew, was on the other side and un
d rs stood his business. He was marie
three times, aud survived his last wife
a He voted for Presidents, al
I ~ whom Were elected.
r ....London Feb + Further iuvt>ti
cation Of the past lie Of Mrs. Dude
! shows her history to be full of s%tartIin
episodes.
sac was brought to Mis- Maxim
house when a young girl by an Esse.
clergyman, who represented himself d
her guardian, but vino was suspected O
, being her father, although the relation
| ship was never acknowledged. Viii
still q child she displayed considerable
: histrioDic talent and much aptitude i
+. mimicry and defamation. At the age o
t l. she began studying for the stag
! under the tuition Of Miss Ellen Terry
father. The next year she obtained al
engagement to play small parts at til
Prince Of Waies's Theatre at Manche.
> ter, and she appeared In the Christina
pantomime at that theatre IN ISIS
While playing there she was deceive,
. into a mock MARI ige wish a young c.eI
gyman from Cheshire.
L was some tine haf-rn .ha li...zara.