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

hard abor Tor seventies year aud 81
months.
....Key J Ieukin, wAs married
on 9TH OF MAY to Miss NJ 4 IhA1ton,
....ou lAst Thursday Or h 7 Green
died a, his residenee near trAukhuton
1.-THE Greensboro PAtrot avs Gov.
Jarvis loInei the Melhodls, church IN
Greenyllle last week,
....A little ehli Of NJ j J. Mann
died At HI, fathers residence ia Apex At
) o'clock.
....U ; Mace. Ntsbcro assigned 10
John Walker. Liabilities $9,ooJ. assets
not given.
Hill gold mine 10 this county produced
$3.50 10 February.
I'm Perquimau~ county enc Lite
boy mIs ".aoluI With a pistol and
went oa aud HE'D another.
....Thc tt..ssfsy SAYS IL = generally
conceded that Gen loAu \. ! Dung VII
get the Charlotte pu.taiicc
....prot. NJ { :. Noble, has again
been elected Superintendent OF the Nor
mai Schoo. at Newton. Begins luly lst
ID Harau has returned from
New Orleans III VISA delegate from
North Carol t. HE National Me heal
Couvenupr.
....pr. John + " thompson uf New
York, colored, hss been appointed Min
lister to Hayti. lie Is said to have always
been d Democrat.
THE fat girl Is coming into fashion
again and the lean maiden Is at 4 dis
count. -halelgh Ec,y,tuQ tn.t9r.
Maybe that depends Which way she
leans.
....Nr. C y Rand ,rit Monday after
noon ior atlanta TIA as delegate to the
National Commercial Convention which
meets in that city on " cducsaay next.
MAJ. an M. K :. Tu kcr left yc>tcr-
day afternoon for the same point.
....Bcadinp, N4yll. Michael Alder
fer, aged -. President of the rcrkomen
National Bank Of East Grccnslllc, Mont
gomery county. Pa, hanged himself yes
tcrday afternoon.
...Augusta ia May, II -Wm. :.
Roberts, president OF the deiupct Bank OF
Augusta, for whom a requisitIon was
made by Gov Hill. of New York. aud is
now pending 10 the courts, cut his throat
with a razor from ear TO ear his morning.
....ln Pike county. Ky, on Monday,
while Mount Clark was trying To elope
with Miss Stratton, he encountered Frank
Stratton, her brother. In the melee
that followed Stratton was stabbed aud
Clark shot, both fatally.
1.-THE Winston Dainty says that Mr..
George /. Foust, a merchant otthAt clty
made an assignment on Saturday morn
ing last. to Mr.. Fuller his head clerk.
Mr.. Foust is well known here, having
clcrked for Geargan, Petty 4 TO at Que
time
....IIillsboro Obscrrer says Mr. James
ID. HOLSTER, Supt., Florida 5. II and
Mr.. NJ. II. llaughton, a merchant Of
ralatka. spent a few days in lilllsboro the
past week, and were perfectly delighted
with their visit. Jas. A. Check, II
l.. Parish. Sheriff Jno X Hughes, aud
the editor OF this paper, attended 'he
cattle show at Raleigh last Wednesday.
The parade was a grand affair. aud was
witnessed by a large crowd. The people
of Wake county own some very fine
cattle.
...Winstou, y c., May I5.-The
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows for this
State is in session here, with a large dele
CATION present, representing nearly every
lodge in the State from mountain to sea-
coast. The election OF officers took place
this afternoon with the following result
Grand Master, Junius Sl0cumb Ncu,o
No. 6. Dep. G.. VI e. b. Edward..
Manteo No S g. W w. \. Bobbitt,
Oxford No. 1913; q. s, b II Woodell,
Seaton Gales, No. Ga, G r., r J..Joncs,
Cape Fear No. , Grand Rep, to Grand
Lodge, j. +. Woodland, Enterprise.
New York, May I2.-Mrs. Alice
Burns, who claims to be q daughter ola
wealthy Virginia planter, is now a pris-
ouer in the Tombs charged with intoxi-
cation and subsequent attempt to hang
herself. She said her father dis owncd her
for marrying a circus rider named Burns,
who died a year ago leaving her with an
infant. She says despair brought her
to her present condition. She claims TO
have been educated at st. Mary's con-
vent, Baltimore. She appears to be a
woman OF refinement.
...Cunningham and Burton, charged
with causing the dynamite explosions at
the Tower Of London, were convicted and
sentenced to penal servitude for life
A bloody fight took place at Hickory
Grove Church. Fla between three West
brothers and three Langford brothers,
one Of the Langfords was killed and
another fatally wounded, all the rest were
wounded, but not seriously. "A boiler
aE rl1x,,p " 4, ..,t-. c.
Ga, killed the engineer and injured four
other persons, one Of whom will die; the
damage to building i estimated at Sl0.-
600. - Miss Julia krama was shot
and fatally injured by Peter K notbauch,
a rejected lover, at Locust Grove Ga.