Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-04-30
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STATE NEWS

STATE NEWS
! DEPUTY COLLECTOR ARREsTED.-J. j.
Riggsbee, Deputy Collector of the 4th Dis
trict, was arrested On Tuesday by r. G..
Kehoe, Z. S. Deputy Marshal, on a war
rant issued by Commi ssioner Porter for
alleged violation of section six of tho In
ternal Revenue law. He is charged with
collecting money and appropriating The
same to his use with intent to defraud the
government, and failing to report coIlec-
| tions.
He was examined before Commissioner
| Porter yesterday, and bound over in the
sum of 50, 900 to appear before the u. S.
Circuit Court to be held in this city on the
first Monday in June next.
Il. G.. Badger, Esq, appeared for the
government, and Hon. A. S. Merrimon for
the defence.-Ral. Standard.
WORK CoA01ENcED.-It is with pleasure
We learn from Genl Lewis that work has
really begun on the Williamson & Tarbor-
ough Rail Road.
Mr.. Fl. D. Robinson has taken under
contract section of the Road near Rober-
sonville and is now engaged with large
| number of hands in grading.
| 1t is expected that the whole line will be
under contract in short time and the
Road pushed rapidly to completion.
Preparations for the construction of the
and lumber for the same is now being Sc
cured. Marlborough Southerner.
PARDoNED. His ExcelIency Governor
Holden on yesterday pardoned Bum Par
rish, convicted at Spring term of Lenoir
County.-Raieigh Standard.
EDGECoMBE. n. Taylor has been
appointed Justice of the Peace for Edge
combe County.-Raleigh Standard
North Carolinians will be interested to
know that Messrs. Hurd and Houghton,
Of New York, have announced for May
the Poems of our gifted townsman, Theo.
H. Hill, Esq. Raleigh Sentinel
APPOINTED. learn that Messrs. Jno.
T. Ball, of Wake, and J ohm Fl. Renfrow,
Of Halifax. have been appointed Route
Agents on the line from Raleigh to Nor
folk. These appointments and tbs trans
fer Of Mr.. Joseph to this route displaces
Messrs. Jobe, Macy and Cardoza.
Raj. Standard.
APPOINTED C1ERK.-J. E. O'Hara, col
ored, of Wayne, has been appointed a
clerk in the Treasury Department at Wash
ington, at a salary of 81, 200 per annum.
UNIVERSITY RA1LRoAD.-Gov. Holden
has appointed the following gentleman
directors on this road: George Laws and
Alexander McIver, of Orange, and Hon.
John T. Deweese, of Wake.
Raleigh Standard.
Judge G.. r. Thomas is not seriously i'll as
has been reported. The New Berne Journal
of Commerce. states that the Judge has
been confined to his room for some days
but is not seriously ill.-Ral Standard.
SU1c1DE-We learn, says the Danville
Times, that Thomas Garland, of Milton,
n. c., committed suicide last Sunday
morning, by shooting himself through the
head with pistol. He was about forty
years of age. Intemperance is assigned
as the cause of the rash act.
Edgeworth Female Seminary, at Green's
boro', says the Presbyterian, has now some
0 scholars and is in fourishing condi-
ton.
IDEDELL COUNTY. Exceliency Gov
ernor Holden. says the Raleigh Standard.
| made the following appointments as JUS
tices of the Peace for Iredell county -
James H. Turner and Amos F. Gather.
MASONIC RECORDS. learn a project
is on foot to publish the proceedings OF
the Masonic Grand Lodge of North Caro-
lima from the Reorganization of the Gaand
Lodge in Hillsboro' in 1857, up to and in
cluding year 1852. There is no evidence
that the proceedings from 1887 to 1906
have ever been printed, but they are pre-
served in manuscript in the Office OF the
| Grand Secretary in this city. The first
| printed proceedings is for the year 1906,
| aud is entitled Proceedings of the Grand
| Lodge of North Carolina and Tennessee,
and are printed by VIM. Boylan, lately
| deceased. They are printed in old style
type, with long SIS. The Hon. John Hall,
Of Warren, one of the Judges of the Su-
preme Court of the State, presided as
| Grand Master, Gen Montford Stokes was
Deputy Grand Master, His Excellency
Nathaniel Alexander, Governor of the
State, was Grand Marshal. Among the
names of members and visitors, we notice
those of Hon. John Louis Taylor, VIM.
Polk, (both afterwards Grand Masters,
Francis X. Martin, alexander Martin,
L. L. d., late Governor Of North Carolina,
and one of the Senators from this State in
the Congress of the United States,' the
Hon. Gen. John Steele, ''late Comptroller
Of the Treasury of the United States, sc.
Among the Lodges represented was
| HARMONY MOL. Of Nashville. Tennessee,
Tennessee No. 2, of Knoxville, Green.
vile No, 8, of Greenville, Tennessee, and
Newport No. 4, of Newport, in Tennessee.
These old records are full of interest to
members of the fraternity in this State,
and we hope they will be published at an
! early day.-Ral. Standard,
A CITIZEN OF NORTH CAROLINA IN LUCK.
We have the pleasing report that citi
zen of Nash county, N. c., Mr.. John A.
Harrison, of the firm of Green & Harrison,
of this city, has fecently fallen heir to q
large fortune in England. He is now on
his way across the ocean to look after his