Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-12-20

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lowing additional particulars Of the de
structive fire in Wilson from the Caroi
nidlt:
About four o'clock on Sunday morning
last, a young man sleeping in Mr.. L. s
WaItOns store, Nash Street, was awakened
by dense smoke, which pervaded his
room, and Immediately searching the build
ing to ascertain whence 1t proceeded, he
discovered fire under the floor to the right
of the main entrance, and at once sounded
the alarm.
The Wilsonans, we are told are not
much used to confagrations. The unusual
circumstances therefore, of q fire alarm, al
such late hour of the night, created con-
siderable excitement, and IN Il few minutes
after the first bell commenced ringing, the
greater portion of our citizens had gath
cred at the burning premises. OF course
| the most herculian efforts were straightway
made to arrest the progress of the devour-
! ing element, but owing to the scarcity OF
water, the absence Of engines, hooks and
ladders, and-OrganlZatIon, the flames
steadily advanced and was quickly commu-
nicated to the building adjacent, and from
that to the next, and SO on, down to 1ir. 3.
D. Stith's grocery, on Tarboro' Street, when
their further progress was checked, by tear
! ing down and removing the small building
used by Mrs. Daniel, tor some time past,
as Il pOstoi1ice.
The losers SO far as we have been able to
ascertain, are as follows {: Z. Rosenthal,
store 81, 500, goods $40, 900, the latter in-
sured L. S. Walton, goods $S6, 700, no in
surancC Saunders Cox, store 81 600, 10
insurance Il. W. Peel, $500, no insu-
rance Arthur Barnes and Judge Howard,
store 81 $50, no insurance L. G. Davis,
! Mayor, $500, no insurance ; f. Z. Blake,
goods $4,000, store and warehouse IS, 600,
no insurance W. J. Kincaid, goods 81, 900,
insured Thomas Bros, s., 900, no insu-
rance Amos Hines, goods $1,000, no in
surance II. Kountree y Co., $3.50, in
sured Bennett i Co., $500, no insurance 4;
| total, $50, 600.
Mills BURST.-Wo learn that fire oc-
cured at the Taylor mills in Nash county
Oh Friday night last destroying the entire
property, which was very valuable.
The Taylor mills, consisting of saw and
grain mills and cotton gin and press, were
situated on Tar river, and owned by the
minor heirs of kincben Taylor, deceased,
| and operated by Thomas Taylor, Esq
The fire was the result Of accident, the
lint room taking fire from the gin, which
having been run for several hours at a
great rate of speed, the journals Of the ma
chinery became hot and caused ignition.
Mr.. Taylor's loss in cotton stored in the
house is very heavy, besides the destruc
ton OF grain and lumber at the mills
Many Of the people Of the surrounding sec
tiOn of country, have been accustomed to
having their cotton ginned at TaylOr's
mills, and we learn that great quantity Of
cotton WAS stored III the gin house belong
ITCr n v,-hn l+f, md
such a loss. OUr esteemed friend, Bar
den Williams, Esq, of Nash, lost his en-
tire crop, in which we heartily sympathize
with him.
Fires are Of too frequent occurrence of
late, and the people cannot too sedulously
guard against then. The wonder IS. con-
sidering the gross carelessness Of the most
of our people, that confagrations are not
more frequent.
incendiarism seems to be on the increase,
so much SO that every one should exercise
the utmost vigilance over his property and
premises. Wilson CaO!iujom.
COTTON IN TRANsIrU.-Tho following
statement exhibits the amount OF cotton
which has passed this place during the last
three days, from points on the Wilmington
and Raleigh roads,-not including that
which passed over the Seaboard road from
the Raleigh road:
From the JTiLainqjon Roud:
New York, ,...............5 $50 bales.
Petersburg, ,..............19 1913 ''
Norfolk, .............. 5G "
BALTIMORE, ,.....-.......... ~
From the Raleigh Rood:
Petersburg g........... 50 50
From Weldon.
tetefSDufS, ............. 80
Weldon -NetcS
The CHARLOTTE News. The Charlotte
News, which ceased publication a short
time since, has been purchased by Messrs
S. D. Hutson and H. Metze, practical prin-
| ters of this city, and its publication as a
daily and weekly journal will be resumed
III few weeks, N[essrs. Hutson & Metze
are both well known here as printers of
steady habits and a thorough knowledge of
their trade, as we'll as much general infor-
| nation III the newspaper line, and their
new enterprise would be gratifying to their
many friends in Charleston, and beneficial
| to the people of Charlotte and vicinity.
Charleston 1UeTcuTY.
| INFAMOUS The statement in the Re
publican of yesterday that Col. Nethercutt
was murdered by white men painted black.
1t is well known fact that Col n. was
liked by nearly tif not every white man
that knew him, and it would be folly to
suppose that any person who did not know
| him would do SO diabolical an act. It was
known all over the city yesterday that the
murder was committed by negroes.
Hicks THE HIGHwAYMAN-Made another,
and his fourth effort to break Jail night
before last, but fortunately did not succeed.
He managed to break his handouts, and
the chain by which he was chained to the
floor, and to open his cell door, and when
found was endeavoring to wrench the bars
from one of the passage windows. As Mr.
Ballinger, the jailor, opened the door Oh
his rounds, Hicks knowing that he would
be caught, cody said '' Here am Mr.. Bal