The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-13

The Raleigh Baseball club met a
Waterloo. or .'water-haul,' at Durham
Yesterday. The score stood Durham
s.; Raleigh0 o.
1t is somewhat of a Paradox that
every Presidential appointment nova
DAVIS makes a dozen or two of dls-ap-
pointments.
u chip of the old block. Tom Vance
was elected Mayor of Lenoir by vote Of
48 to IS for Col. Clinton A. Cilley, SON
in-law of Col j. G.. Harper.
Serious illness of Mrs. W. ID. Cooke,
formerly of Raleigh, called Mrs. and Mr..
Geo. g.. Jordan to Stauntou last week.
We trust they will bring back news OF re
covered health.
We know of a young man. a
graduate Of Trinity College, who would
ike to have i situation as editor or
school teacher. Address "A. NJ ~ care
+. & VI.
The exhibit OF Blooded Cattle got
JtlI up ny JilC NItSHln. II 10 CIV
Others at Lees livery stable to-day will
exceed any similar display in the State,
we hear. There will be a street parade
if the rain do not interfere.
Mr.. Hinton Helper, son of III. III.
Helper, Esq, of Davie county, is in the
city representing the n. y. South. A
son of the Old North State, born to the
new era, he may serve our people wise
ly and we'll. Give him cordial welcome.
Were you wanting fine fat fowls? Go
to Romulus II. Weathers, or Geo. w.
Poe. or Will G.. Thomas, or Tai IL. Muir
ray,-or (send us s. and we will tell you
another place Tell a man by the CONF
pany he keeps" If you are going to be
bothered with chickens, get good ones.
The lines in last weeks Farmer and
Mechan,c, which have been copied by
several Of our wide-awake exchanges,
we're written by Lawrence Pugh, of Louis
lana, a youth in his teens, a kinsman OF
the poet, Francis Rodmau Drake, and
also a nenhew of Gov. Nichols of La.
Two battles have occurred in Canada.
Col. Otter with 300 men marched out
from Battleiord to attack the Indians:
but was roughly handled, and hastened
into the village again. Meantime Gen.
Middleton attacked the Half Rreeis at
Batouche. The fight was still in progress
at last accounts; with odds rather in favor
of the Rebels.
Col. Ham. Jones, son of the reputeG
author of the cousin Sally Dillard'
story, has won the L. S. Solicitorship OF
the Western Revenue District, over Col.
John Staples, of Greensboro, The vic
tory properly belongs to Icbedee, of the
House Of Vance; for the cohorts Of the
opposition were mighty men of valor
Our young neighbor, Sam Heller
(who will take your subscription for the
I0uth'S Compaajonl furnishes these
items: The Graded School will vacation
ate from May %, until the new school i
hnished-Will. Rosenthal applaudeC
Raleigh Is. b, until Goldsboro b. B
boiled OVER. 7. HOWE, of n. Y.
failed. but there won't be much of
Howl; COS his lie bilities is weak
Sam is a Bird.
As We go to press, the telegram
announce that Postmaster John Nichol
has retired: and that Capt. Samuel A
Ashe has been appointed in his stead
This is good news. 1t is many a da,
stree Raleigh had a Democratic postmas
ter, and though our people have kin,
feelings for Mr.. Nichols personally, Their,
will be widespread rejoicing over tn
change; for Raleigh by its situation is tn,
most important office in the State.
-Ra'eigh's new City Council met las
week, and went through the motions o
re,electing ". II. DOdd, Maror, (salar
increased to $1,000 and fees c. W. Lam
beth, Clerk, 5000, and fees; Il. II. Gray
Attorney, $f0O; Jos. G. Brown, Treas
$500; John NJ. Sherwood Auditor, 800,
W. T.. Blake, St. Com, $40, City Mar
shall, G. ID. Heart, S720, and fees; Col
lector {. B. Root, 3 per cent on co!lec
tons; Matt. Moore, Keeper of Market
$50; 5. f. Commissioner W. 4. ADDER
son $500; I. w. Blake, Chief-F. ID: T
L. Love, Asst. Policemen salary 500 he
month }. w. Beasley, CalebD Osborne
I. II. Lewellen, NJ. Thompson, ]. J
Lewis, John d. Thompson, G.. A. Strick
land, w. W. Willis, G. w. Bevers, J.. A
.Bashtord, W. A. Woodall, w. +. Hosue
Gov. Henry Lloyd, Of Maryland.
only 30 years of age. But is not so voun
as Vance was on his first entry into Cor
gress. And after all this feature of 40
is carried to absurd lengths nowaday,
Men came to office, as Jarvis, and man
Others, have done, through sheer ace
dent. Lloyd was a young legal sprour
the son of a Congressman and therefor
able to get the nomination for the Legi:
lature In a small county. Family intu
ence at a certain stage of tactional fight,
got him selected as Lieutenant Governor
a place of little importance in hat State
unless the Governor happen to die or t
resign. Gov. McLane happened to b
made a foreign minister, and thus tn
young lawyer becomes the Chief Magis
trate of a great State, No doubt he is
man of merit: but his prominence is du
more to accident than excellence. w
know more than one colonel in the Con
federate army who could scarcely writ
his own name. Death, and the modest
of better men, made them notorious an
titled, but neither deserving nor distin
guished.