Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-12-31
STATE NEWS.

night the schedule on the North Carolina
Railroad, as we'll as the Raleigh and Cas-
ton, underwent very material change.
The arrivals are at II o'clock, night, and
the departures at 49,. Our paper, by this
arrangement, leaves for all points at the
same hour.-Raleigh Standard.
UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT.-O Friday last.
Mr.. VIM. Shelby, who runs a saw mill on
Paw Creek, near this city, was caught in
the machinery in some way and held
bruised until his wife came to his relief
and stopped the mill. DR.. Robt. Gibbon,
Of this city, was summoned, and found it
necessary to amputate the right arm of Mr..
Shelby. He was an excellent mill-wright,
and the loss of his arm is serious loss to
himself and family.-Charlotte Democrat
AN OLD CITIZEN DEAp.-We regret to
have to announce the death of Mr.. E.
Smith, of this city. The sad event took
place at his residence on Sunday night last
Mr.. Smith has been greatly afflicted for
several years, and his death was not unex-
pected. He was universally beloved. His
kind nature endeared him to all. For
many years he was a consistent member of
the NJ. f. Church, and was, up to the day
of his death, q worthy member of Hiram
Lodge, free and accepted Masons.
| We have right to speak of Mr.. Smith,
having known him intimately for thirty
years, and we can say OF truth, he Was
most excellent man.-Raleigh Standard.
! INFORMATION DESIRED. - Racial Hall,
colored, formerly slave of Edward Hall, Of
Warren county, says that during the days
Of slavery two of her children, then quite
| young, were sold il Richmond, Va, and
from thence carried out Sonth. Their
names were Lethie (girD and Littleton
! (boy). Rachel Hall, with the natural i'm
pulses of mother, desires again to reunite
with her children, and has requested us to
advertise for them in this way; and re-
quests papers iii Mississippi, Alabama and
| Tennessee to copy. It would be Joy
could these children be restored 10 their
mother.-Raleigh Standard.
HoRRIo MURDER. Blalock was
found murdered on Christmas morning in
the shop Of Mr.. John Utley. Plumber
seems to have been the incentive, as $165
were stolen. No clue to the murderer.
On Christmas night the stable of Mr.. G.
E. Parrish was fired The incendiary was
seen to run from the stable Just before the
flames were discovered. It was totally de-
stroyed.
RUMoRED SUICIDE.-We are informed by
q gentleman who has lately returned from
Person, that the Sheriff of that county re-
Gently committed suicide by shutting him
self in an upper room of his dwelling and
cutting his throat with a razor. A paper
was found in the room, written by him,
requesting that he might be buried just as
he was, in plain pine coffin. There are
no other particulars given.-Ral. Sentinel
Printers, if they succeed in saving a
ltEl8 from their hard earning generally lose
it. On Saturday last, Mr.. John Nichols
'salted away" quite a supply of pork-fve
large hogs On Sunday morning his mind
was fully relieved Of all anxiety as to
whether it had salt enough on to keep it,
as some person or persons had removed it
to place as yet unknown, where We doubt
not it will be kept. To steal from prin-
ter is the meanest act of thief's life.
Raleigh Standard.
HORSE THIEvEs.-We learn from gen.
tleman from Johnston county, that horse
drover, stopping in Smithfeld, had five OF
his horses stolen, on Sunday night last
Three of them were traced in the direction
of Goldsboro' and two in the direction OF
Bentonville, but neither party had been
caught. On Monday, from certain infor-
nation received, an Investigation was COM
menced which, it is thought, will probably
result in some rare developments, of which
more hereafter.-R Sentinel.
RECAprURED. Jesse Watson, colored, a
criminal who was sentenced to twenty
years imprisonment at the last term of the
Superior Court of Lemon county, for high
way robbery, and who made his escape
= about month ago, was captured last
night by Deputy Sheriff Gully with the
assistance of John Williams, colored, and
is now confined in Craven street jail
Newbern Jour. Of Com.
Mrs. MARY BAYARD CLARKE.-This tai
=, ented lady, who has recently returned
from visit North, where she went for the
purpose of recruiting her health, has re-
a sumed her labors as an authoress and poet
ess. Many of the finest articles In Apple
tons Journal and Hosmer's Musical Journ'
al are the production of her ready pen.
Mrs. Clarke has received many letters from
1 publishers desiring to engage her valuable
: services upon their publications; but her
health is too feeble to allow her to accept
= their offers. She has determined to devote
q her literary talents only to the two periodi'
8 calls named. -Newbern Journal Of Com
!; n2eTce.
i North Carolina Credit.
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