The Farmer and Mechanic from Raleigh, North Carolina • Page 1

jk. Nortli Carolijia Ne wgJiieet, lor the Farm, tlie Factory and the Fireside RALEIGH, N. 0., THURSDAY, MAY 15,1879. VOL Grangers 'will plea-o note the appointments of Gral Master Chefk on another page. After each of his public addresses an exemplification of the Unwritten Work will 1h given to ie members cf the Order, and to such of the dormant Brethren as contem plate a reunion.

They have gotten it about as free and easy in the "best circles" of New York and Europe, as one could desire. Olive Logan writes: "I heard of a rather amusing reply, given the other evening at a ball, by an American girl in London society, who had strayed away from the Her mother subsequently discovered her in a remote nook with a gentleman, who had his arm around her waist, while she rested the tips 'of her iretty little fingers on his manly shoulder. Daughter, what's all this mean exclaimed the irate mamma. Saucy cheeks looked up calmly, and replied "Mamma, a' low me to introduce Capt. X.

to I had promised him a dance, but I was so tired that I couldn't keep my woid, and I'm just giving h'm a sit ing-still wal in stead." Parole. We hope no Southern paper will go into hysterics over the race-Eag above named, with which the shoddy Lorril-lords of NewYoik 4-Asheville is having a nea though small theatre arranged in the la4 ge rocims on the third flo. of the court h-iis. With a biuk, and a theatre, and Tom Johnson, and the Gitizeii, what remains but to calmly awaH the railroad? I --The "Wilsoh Advance styles Capt. Peter Peseud "one of the clever, st insurance meu in the -The same pap gives.

Judge La: c.aS er's charge to to fthe Jury of the Infetior Court, a vper which -combin a great deal of law a good deal of Democratic political gospel. kvm. II. Full vviiies from -Fra'likliiiton that it was a mistake abojit my bing senteoced for larceny in case of Freeman and Kiciitll. I am at my hoaie here.

You will ij please correct the' mistake, as such things are Fable, to injure my general standing. I am a gen 1 AV. Lambeth, Cle; J. W. of Pol ce Fabius Haywood IjusVj.ee, city Attorney A.

D. Ii yster, Tax collector W. N. Andrews, reet Maivii il L. D.

Heart, Treasurer Crow, Audi or Job G. Blake, chairman of FiuaLce com F. C. Fkmlng, chahm ii of Light com; 'tlusl a.e the tew city oflicials of and its all righv Cov." Newelt's rpecch to the Odd-Fellows is not much praised, di it mildly. He appears to have had au iiea that Itileigh was next door to Nasebvs X.Rjads;'' and vLen told that his audi nee would I be an intelligent and cultured ass m-blag ,1 remarked in amazement that he hadn'l come prepared for that sort of thing and sure enough he htdnt.

-Business engagements will compel the Eil tor of this paper to decline a very cardial invitation to make an ad-dress kt Anson Iiistitute, Wadesborc, on thq.7th'- of June, prox though h9 may be possib to iuii down, and enjoy the commencement extr ciscs that I stitu ion, which for sev raij yens has been mecetsfully conducj'ed by Jlev. Sunuel Caldwell one of the Mecklenburg ex-anile stock. Miss Daisy Cox was Charlotte's May-Day Queen Lenoir Reading Club (Dr. II. L.

Beall President) enjoyed a pica ant picnic at the residence eff ''Edmund Jones, in the llapp Valley," near Patterson, last The Kinstpn Journal tays Mr. Ed.J Stanley's horse at Trenton has "carried seven Brides, to the homes of sevtin different men, who had owned him." That nag will on be entitledjto a fancy liridal himself Miss Ann Jones, a re poited illicit Ui'a--t Her inlBuckhorn township, has been bound oyer to Wake Court tor "4ra vying the! claret" from ihe head of a youth Perry with a piece of iron. Towards 2 A. 31., ou Tuesday, while locjking from theJioterwindow wo yjerceived the heavens swiftly lighting bp with a lurid tinge, and about th tame time a seres ming steam wii stle cSalied the fire alarm into play. In a very? few minute's the uLfinished resideuc4 of Mr.

J. Ellis was an heap of! ashes, while his present dwelling! and the handsome house of the late -Col. D. M. Carter were in ilames.

Mi lost both his houses, aud the furniture, shutters, loof, the Carter mansion were coLsiders ably damaged. The ladies in the latter dwelling IVeie much alarmed, and na urDy, considering that they awoke toffiid shtets of llamts sui- -1- -)Uuding their wi-dows. Mr. Ellis had a nariow capa in I ringing out his agtd grandmother. Foitunate Col.

Tucker hid a large cistern, together -with the personal coolness to direct vpin. nr. Fonsix 1KI('1" poll OA IS YtfAll. 5 Index New Adveitisements: F. IT, ('am iiiox North Caio'ina Stats Life t'aI i-SiK'soxs-Shockoe Machine Works AKhis-Eneiaver ou wood.

5 Lewis of Hay, c. 1 MooK' 't. James' Hotel. MuMackis conmiisjion Mercfcant. C.

Paikciiii.i Plants. I), s. Waiit Bito 31" fial 1 EXTitAOKDiNARY OFFUll TllE FAII- and Mechanic, a Lauge ilofSKiioLD Monthly Magazine, for Only a Year a special arrangement with the' Publ sher of the veil-known Domestic Magnz'ne, ''TiiE lioUSEiioL to the interest 'of (lie American Housewife we ate enabled to oilVr the TWO papers fur otilv The mgzine a'one is worth that sum to any family but in addition to this monthly, we give tin Farmer and Mechanic, con- taiuing Farm, Home, Fheide, and Factory news so that eveiy mcmbc of the family can have good Pn f-pectus next week. rs: Job Osborne would like a few table board rs. The Bos on Quintette Club will miz Tucker Hall on Wednesday next.

Fght join hdies of St. Miry's school were continued on Friday '-Dil-iI in this city, on Monday night, Henry me Brown, an aged and highly 'esteemed ciizen. Married at the residence of Col. "Wharton J. Green, in Warren.

Dr. II. Cook and Mis. Addio C. Riddick.

-Only 820 witness -attended the Court at Asheville last week. And this was Kss than the usu.il number Nine nrn in ten remarked of the Fantomine "why-there' don't seem to b3 any talking in it;" And sure enough there isn't We are receiving the Daily "Even iiiy Win. M. Uley local edi-tr, published at. one penny per copy, Enl we iiad many news items ia it.

A neat pamphlet from Messrs. Walton Pearson, of Cih Alpine Sl'ring--, states that new, but apt-this-season to-be-very-poptdar, watering ihce will be opci May 20th. A note from Bro. Dowd reporls a new luttnf in the Fabmer AND Me Of-vxic firm. It's a girl.

And js bound to h(-'Pretty rs a Picture al.tli Orange girls are. Bh ss its little soul n(JW we've got a eetheart of the State (jraDge, J. Pirlor' writes these Cj'l'l'i maybe the meahs of increasing the circ-uiailon of your paper. It the support of farmers, and es-P of jneuibera of the Grange. I try to send you some subscribers, soor." ofTh irim'j''r learns tho people 6iJ.auett C0U'lty are' shiwincon-p'.

interest in the projected yt0 GMsUovo. W. F. Korne- SCidt of the iow g-ne to; represent its 'f'ssn, the meeting at Averys- W. B.

Kfiidtick, the dour som-' informs us thac PanV authorf of tLe Coni' of 1Ublica'i0US are natives of the l. aroltna5 and quite a number Zen. stockholders are citi-08 ofthU State. CcllUf of New York, of the American 'Wthit T0rgrt'S at AtlaDta laSt Week or a tongue of a Parvin the eeI ne exclaimed on taking ''l1' anti then Messrs. Parvin ns35m no doubt; "felt" good.

June 1380, in New A Villainous Deed. We learn that on Sunday night. Tom Mooro, a brother of the lato Adolphus Moore! whilo sleeping in tho roonMvithSt.il tion Agent Albright, at Uaw River, became restless, ad arose to sit by tho window. Presently he lighted the lamp, and was reading, when some miscreant threw a large rock, crashing through the indow, aad knocking Mr. Moore oil his chair, in almost senseless condition.

Ho called to Mr. Albright, who gave cha to tho unknown assiilant, but failed "to ovei-take him. As a quantity of glass was driven into Mr. Moore's forehead tlte injury is sev. re, if rot serious.

GENERAL NEWS. Last Tuesday night Miss Georgio dauh'er of Mr. G. Wash. ice, of Caswell county, was united in marl nage to Mr.

O. R. Hinton, of Covioc-ton, Ga. The grand jury of Davidson court found a true bill against W. M.

Barber, for killing his brotherMn-law, Hayden. The case was to have com up for trial the latter put of this week. Wilmington Star: Major Charles M. Stedman, of this city, while en route to Boston, on the steamer Providence, a few days since, was robbed by a pick-pocket of a valuable gold watch. The Salisbury Watehman says there la a a tv rxt V.

1 Rowan county, which measures thirty" men can easily he sheltered, at nn time, in its cavity. The American says the Reliance Hook and Ladder Company, of States-vitle, will rusticate on the banks of cne uatawba, at Butlalo Shoals, on tho 20ih picnicking, and on, which occasion an address will be delivered by W. II. Reid. Eso.

A nlpasant fun is anticipated. One day last week a colored woman left her little child at home while she went out to work. When she returned ii ucu duo ruiurucu she found that, during her absence, the. chiU1ad been attacked by rata and bustamed lnmriAa ni an and bustaiued injuries oi so sejious a nature as 10 result in its death, lius-sdlville Messenger, At least one thousand men, black and white, but mostly black, lost about two days' time concerning our municipal election. At only lifty cents day there lost to the men who undertake to rim elections, and of course the poor women and children suffer from it.

Charlotte Democrat. A colored man at Salem, with an I vvwv luau tx 0JCJII Willi an old horse and upon rented ground, raised and cured lat year 1,100 pound ox goou mcKory leat tobacco, which he can sell, at a low estimate, at 15 cents a pound, giving him a total of $105 $100 clear of expenses. In addition, garden vegetables and grain, sufficient for his family, were prod uo ed So says the Press, Gro nsboro correspondence Iteids-ville Times Dr. Benbow lias one hundred sheep and wishes to buy one hundred more. He wrote to the railroad agent in Charlotte to box up tho goats that were considered a nuisance up there, and send them to Greensboro, he would take care of them he wants them to run with his heep and keep off dogs.

The agent had sent a car load of the goats to Ohester, S. and the Chester man returned the car unloaded. Dr. B. read about it in'the Observer, He has not heard from tho agent.

Goldsboro Messenger Items Mr. J. L. Rnem, at Newbern, has 35 acres in potatoes, and expects to ship over 1,000 are now quite plentiful ia this market, and sell, at ten and fifteen cents a quarr. About 2,500 quarts were snipped north during the past weeic.

mi 3 Thd prfnciDal shiDcim? be made tbis week, and will probably reach quarts. a. ju. waaaen aeiivereu tne memorial aauress at Newbern Friday evening. About 2,000 people were present, and everything passed off most pleasant'.

The Goldsboro Rifles left here on a special train, and took part in the exercises. So did the Kiostoa A private letter received from Uossey Bat t'e, Etq. regrets exceedingly that he was unable to deliver the memorial address ow nsr to severe' ulcerated sorj throat. We fee) Satiiti.d uiciavcu euro tarvi, no icci Diiii. tnafc nothing would have given our oj iviupurury more pieasuro ixuui ur i w- 1 1 Religious.

Bishop Lyman, administered the solemn rite of confirmation thirteen persons at the Church of the Good Shepherd, on Sabbath night. II a also confirmed seven or eight colored persons at St. Augustine's Chapel in the Rev. Father White is New England and other States on a tour to rise funds for the purposed new church in this city. We trust he may meet with rare success, for, as Raleigh is likely to become the residence of the Bishop at no dis'at day, an handsome cathedral is much, needed.

Miss Painter gave a Bible reading at 10 a. m. oq Sunday, "for christiin women only." Dr. Marshall has returned, in rather better, health. T.

H. Pritcjiard, we learn, recently ordered the doors of his church locked after the sini of the second hymn, as a rt buke to. the thougbless young men who come in to see their sweetheaits but ip out when the sermon is begun, thereby disturbing more devout ler-sons. A reminder of this sort would do no harm at any of the churches, we imagine. Dr.

Pritehard, by the way will lecture at Statesvi'le to-night for the benefit of the Baptist chmch there. Edwin A. Ocborne has beca called to Morganton Episicopal church, vice Rev, Neilson' Falls, re- J. A. Oertel, the aitist whose paintings are so well known by reason of reproduction as cheap chronios, has returned with his family to Lenoir.

Ealtimorean says "Bishop xltkinson, of -North Carolina, is now wer 70 years. For about a quarter of a century his mental and physical energies have been devoted to the religious promotion of tbat State." xr Tiie Califolnia Election. Not- ithstandinc: the ignorance, black- guardism, and folly of the Kearney conimunism, it has just taught the id and shoddy-crats that the masses will eventually trample on all L'vw rather than continue to be trampled upon in the name of the Law. Cali fornia is litsrallv airdled and laced with gigantic corporations and money rings, who have robbed, insulted, and domiticeied over the farmers and la boring classes, until' the latter have preferred even Kearney ism to a con tinuance of gold-grabber The new Constitution, which the. capital organs telegraphed would be deflated by 20,000 has been adopted by ormore.

This is a token of the ear nestness of the masses, for hundreds of thousands of dollars, and all the power of tha corporations were ex erted relentlessly to defeat it. Unfor tunately it is an urjust constitution, and ought to have been killed. It expells the Chinese from California, and makes many radical changes after the Kearney idea. Died. At Manson, April 21, Jessie aged 11 months, daughter of Rev.

John W. Rutherford, April 15, J. Harvey Forney, aged 63; als) Maich 10th, Miss Maggie M. daughter of Harvey Forney, aged 21. Wilmington April 30th, Mrs.

Mary Andersor, aged 90, relict of Alexander Andeison. Raleigh, on Sabbath morning, after a brief illness, Mrs, Rebecca wife of Dr. Augustus W. Kncx, and daughter of Dr. Pride Joues, of Hillsboro.

The remains of the young mother were escorted to her old tome by a number of friends. Those who know the cleep affection, so long cherished by the afflicted one can but extend' to him the sincerest sympathy in this hour of crushing ralAmitv Rev. N. Graves of War- rentcn, closed a long and useful career on the 3d, aged 70. Magr- -mr -C i gie loon, wnue visiung iixrs.

v. Robinson, in Wilmirgton, fell into a chair, and died. S. W. David son died at Murpby recent'y.

"The round-dancers swear that there must be a ball at the University Commencement." WiLmington Star. Well, the young beaux can't "Bear" -unless they have this annual jollifi cation; and then, you know, the "Beau rnuf.t beun-bent occas'onaily" to do good service. A lon haired i'drtune teller came to Charlotte, and revealed to the w'fe of Thomas JefTer On, the colored barber, the interesting fac that she was to become a great traveler. Then. to verify his prediction, he eloped with her, and left Thomas somewhat prej a diced against all soothsavers.

Gov. Vance, and Col. Cheek, will address the Grangers of Cabarrus at Pop'ar Tent Fair, if possible. Dr. Polumbus Mills aid Col.

Thos. bin-son, two of the Pioneer lea lei of the order, in North Carolina res cle there; and the farmers' of Cabarrus Mecklenburg and Iredell are' men win live at home. Seven prisoners escaped from. Mo iroe jail last week, but threa were re aken. Sam Rowland, the burglar, showed a skill in freeing: himself that ought to make his honest labor pay handsomely.

He was handcuffed and chained to the wTall by another chain around his neck, like a dog in a kennel. Yet he managed to break up a tin cup, and take the wire from the rim, whe'rewrh he picked the locks of his shackles, and also the cell door So says the Ex PfCtS. From the Ra'eigh Neics A bottlo of laudanum and some lilo3 wore nmd in the cell of the Hill burglars Col. -Wm. J.

Sanders has qualified as a Notary Publics Pritchard's parsonage is being hatu-somely kalsomined. Florence McPheeters, of Baltimore, is highly complimented by the Washington cor respondent of the Philadelphia Times. two hundred and twenty-five or tbiriy conversions have made by the Methcdist Commencement Ball at Trinity Col lege W. B. Dowd, of Charlotte, Chief Manager; E.

C. Branson, 13. C. Beckwith, J. R.

Windiester, R. A. Whitaker, B. N. Bodie, R.

R. Sinitli, W. C. Harris, The Ral eigh Gaston Riilroad is building a new office to be occupied by Capt. G.

S. Allen as a business office. The Mistletoe. WTero this paper more of a local journal we should rejoice to chronicle the many appreciative things said of the A matt ur performance, given by young ladies and gentlemen of Raleigh, under the auspices of the Ladies Memorial Association on Monday night of last week. The beautiful pautcmi-e of the "Mis-tletoe Bough" (a sceuij tion of the old story of "Genevra," the lovely young bride, ho her nuptial night playfully conceal erself in an old trunk, whesj he vy lock hut down, to hold its deous c.et ume-vealed for an hundred years) was presented wi unusual excellence, con sidering that scarcely a fortnight had been spent in prepa atiou.

It is difficult to properly apportion the Credit for the performance; bat all will unite in thanking Mrs. Robert J. Lewi, the very zealous Lady President of the A sociation, and Gen. Basil Minly. Grand Master, and General Returniug-Board Bcsseo on the Stage with-their accomplished assistants, Mrs.

Robt. Jones, Mrs. Gov. Jarvis, Mr--. Geo.

C. Jordan, and one or two others (not married, but in danger), for the en tertainment. It raised a good sum of money, without personal appeal. Deferred Sickness and absence at couns, have comr3lled the postponement of Gen. Coi'ij papar on "Appo" matox but, we trtut, only for another nave been gambling in JSngland.

Trials of sp3rd for the encouragement systematic training to speculate upon, as in the present case, is disgusiiDg. The Lorriilards pocketed immense sums by their success iu defeating the reduction of the tobacco tax for neaily a year; thereby draining the South of millions, besides disarranging trade to the tune of other millions. But we have not yet forgotten the intultlone to Gen. Lee and our dead rebels" bv the hea of the hou of the Lorril- Jards, who added contemptuously that the South wouldn't nay her dbls, was toj to have any trade if she would." Donan's Downfall. For a number of yeais the writer of these lines enter ained a cordial' friendship for the late "Colonel" Peter Donai, of the Bentonsville Advance.

Veknew him to be egotistical and conceited somewhat boastful ami not altogether refined, in the nicer shades of gentili- ty but no one could deny his (uick- ness of intellect and we believed him to lxe trustworthy, bjth personally and politically. Unhappily the Cunningham episode cfut djwn one half our faith and has "come His shameless letter to that most villain ous of the villifiers of South the Chicago Blackguard, tq utterly des troy the last particle of friendship and confidence we had for him. It is clear, he is beut upon getting cilice from the Powers-ihatBe and the first step is to pay ia advance by slandering the South. Moke Folly. The great Returning Board Fraud has sent in a veto of the new bill passed by Congress prohibit- ing the use of bayotets 10 coerce voters.

It will be remembered he ob jected to the former bill because he claimed it would exclude civil officers of the government from bossing elec- tiens. But now. under strong ores sure of the demagogues, he declares he will not sign a bill which simply I requires the military of the domi nant party to keep away from the Billot-Box. Consolidated. The Brothers War- lick, who are eeneral favcrites with tha best reoDle of Lmcolnton, nave united their journals, mereing the.

Neics into the Enterprise, to be printed a3 heretofore at Newton. Enterprise i nearly always brings success, and we I ieex sure our youuj in en us w.n uitriu i 1 1 I A the use of it eflioiently and when the ''Chemical" aud Victor engines came up, the destruction stopped with the fall el Ellis' housesrr -i i i.