The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-11
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easonable Court Notice.
-Messrs. Frank Stronach, John Y.
NcRae, Edgar Leach, and \. W. Jones,
vent to Marlborough yesterday in search
IF a bridal bonnet with Miss kittie Nor
ieet in it.. Success to the search.
Farmers intending to raise Tobacco
get a full Treats on the subject
rom Plant-Bed on, by calling upon
Messrs. w. Z. 81 A. Il. Stronach, Raj
eigh. The pamphlet is free.
A good man, and true friend, IS Or.
=. p. Peace, and though in his Presby-
terrain heart he tears we have done
from the fold" he isn't afraid
to bring US a new subscriber nearly
every time he comes to town.
Read every item in this paper.
Some things of real Importance are con-
densed to w or three lines OF type.
assume that you are as smart as we
are: and that if we give you the bricks
of fact you will build your WI conclu-
sion thereon.
You can buy an entirely new parlor
Organ, catalogued at $50; an entirely
new w. & w. Sewing machine g
drawers, top and leaf, catalogued at
$40: an entirely new, handsome rose
wood guitar, catalogued at s26: an en-
tirely new globe, with all the modern
improvements, catalogued at SlO,-each
or all, at half price, by addressing Z.
O. drawer AZ, Raleigh, n. c.
Capt. w. B. Troy, (son of Senator
Troy of the Western n. c. r. r., has
leased the Round Knob Hotel and will
make it a popular resort this summer.
Many teachers who will attend the
Chautauqua at Black Mountain will find
quarters with Capt. Troy. The burning
of the old Warm Springs Hotel Will
rebound to the advantage of the SWAMI
noa, Catawba, and Blowing Rock re-
sorts.
VIM. Crawford Durham, Esq. for
merly of Shelby, but now a successful
lawyer at Morristown, Tenn, is support
ed by a large number of friends Cone OF
whom we) for the office of Governor of
Washington Territory. He is a brother
of the late Capt. Plato Durham, and of
Hon. John Durham, Of Arkansas Legis
~lature; and a nephew of Judge John Bax-
tie OF Tennessee, and Ex-Gov. Elisha
Baxter, of Arkansas. Attorney Genera.
Garland is also his friend.
Bro. Woodhouse, of Concord Regis.
ter gave us a pleasant call yesterday
He has a bright young son with Mr.. Z
NJ. Uzzell.-It is a pleasure to talk
with Senator ii amilton Mcmillan o
Robesou, whose connection with the
State Press has made him as well known
in the State as in his W county. II,
gives interesting accounts of the "Scotcl
| Crofters" and IL the climatic influences
of the temperate low lands of Robe
sen, Richmond, and Cumberland. Their
are as many patriarchs Of 100 in that re
gion as can be found in any one hun
bred square miles of the Union.
Measles and scarlet fever have BEEF
uncommonly fatal in this region of late
Mr.. Frank II. Hodge, son of the lat
Henderson Hodge, representative iron
Wake county, and brother of DR.. w
7. Hodge died of measles last week i
Eagle Rock township. Mrs. Denni
Jones also.
Report says nine negroes were burie,
one day last week in Fayetteville an
three the next.
Southampton county, Virginia, i
scourged with Diphtheria. Forty to fit
deaths.
State Treasurer A. ID. Jones is conva
lescent from the measles
The Fayetteville young folks ''struc
lie on Thursday night. The Wizzar
Oil Troupe, after the Concert, gave
Hop at the Fayetteville Hotel in compl
ment to Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Glover
oh Friday night there was a gran
masquerade Ball in the same town.
Col. Bridgers. and Engineer Gardine
were last week arranging the Right {
way through town for the Wilso
Shortcut Wilmington Reutew ur
derstands that the road will come fror
Wilson to Fayetteville. tap the Cape Fes
r. r., and stop for the present. Th
distance is only 6S miles. The ''Cut
will necessarily tap the Midland roa
near Smithfeld: so that it seems likely i
i, time the Chatham county people will 9
to Newbern via Fayetteville and Colds
boro.
, No, Bro. Caldwell, the referenc
was not to the Landmarks. Your paps
, does not reach us until Sunday: and OF
remarks were printed on Wednesda,
And we failed to notice what you sal
, on that point, because we filed ava
that number by reason of your kind r,
marks in a personal connection.
The tact is that quite an ado vas b,
; ing made over the Unanimous" Ell
dorsement of Gov. Jarvis for the Pos
master Generalship; and it was COZ
trasted to the detriment of Judge Fow,
. who had previously received the unar
imous endorsement of the majority
the Legislature in caucus. We simpl
wished to point out the injustice of an
such deduction. Fowle. in truth, ri
r ceived the greater compliment: for he
a private citizen without backing or SUI
port save that which he has won by h
individual energies. Jarvis, on the othe
hand, had been 5 years in office: an
Y had held such relations with great cor
porations, and an army of politicians
as necessarily laid them under obliga
tons to him. So when the resolves
in his favor came up, who could OF