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

FOUND DEAD.-On Tuesday night, the
18th, party Of negroes were playing cards
in house at Union Cross in the lower part
eff this county, next morning one OF the
number was found sitting up III a corner
dead, with evidences of having been
killed. 1t is supposed he held two good a
hand and broke the others.
Winston Sentinel.
BOLD RoBBERY-On Tnezday morning,
at between one and two O'clock, burglar
entered tie store of e. L3yengard through
the window above the door. and abstracted
twenty one watches from the showcase. -
One OF the salesman sleeping IN the rear
of the store, heatd the noise, bnt before he
could get to the front, the thief had made
his escape Charlotte IInaeS.
MORE INCESDIARIsM-Th dwelling house,
granary and stables Of Mr.. r. II. Kings
bury, five miles from Oxford, we're bnrned
on the night Of the 14th inst, a large
tobacco barn was also fired, but was saved
by the ueighbors who gathered in. An
outgoing tenant had left it the day bo-
fore, and the incoming tenant had not
moved in, so there was no one IL 1t when
burned. 1t was clearly the work OF nn ia
cendiary. Loss 5000, and no Insurance.
Raj. Sentinel.
A New STEAMSHIP LINE is to be started
between New Berne and New York. The
pioneer of the new line viii be al iron
steamship called the Don, capable OF carry
ing 500 bales Of cotton
There will be change of the schedule
of the North Carolina Railroad on Sunday
next. The mail train will leave Charlotte
at four and a half o'clock, p. NJ, and az
rive at Goldsboro at 5, A. M.
Snow In THE MoUNTA1Ns.-A gentleman
from the mountains, who arrived in the
city yesterday morning, informs us that
they have had a heavy fall of snow III the
Western part of the State. He says it lay
fifteen inches deep West of the Blue Ridge,
and that on the East of the Ridge it was
sufficiently deep to put stop to the work
on the Railroads. .-Raleigh SenhiIaeI.
At G. meeting of the Railroad Executive
Committee of Wilson county, held in the
Office of Messrs. Woodard Murray, on
Thursday evening" December 23d, 1869,
Capt James s. Woodland, Chairman, pre-
siding, Maj. Jno. w. Dunham was requos-
ted to act us Secretary.
The Chairman read q letter from the
Executive Committee of the county OF Pitt
informing this Committee of the appoint
ment of q delegation of six gentlemen from
that body to be present at a meeting OF the
Directors of the Wilmington and Weldon
Railroad Company, to be held in the city
of Wilmington on the 9th day of January
1910, and requesting the appointment OF
similar delegation from this Committee.
On motion of John W. Durham, Co m-
mittee of ten was appointed to cooperate
with the Pitt delegation to the meeting OF
the Directory. The following gentlemen
compose the committee John L. Barnes,
George W. Whitfield, Col. T. S. Kenan, j.
J. Bvnum, DR.. r. W. King, G. S. McDnn-
iel, G. J. Hountree, John ". Durham. w.
D. Rountree and u. W. Blount.
On motion the Chairman was added to
the delegation.
On motion, George w. Biount, Esq,
was made member of the Comfy Execu-
tive committee and to the delegation to
Wilmington.
On motion tie Secretary was directed
! to notify Col. Owen W. Jones and others
| of the Greene county delegation, Of the
action of this Committee and request their
cooperation with the Committees 1fom
this and Pitt county to visit Wilmington.
On motion of George ". Whitfield,
Esq, the Secretary was instructed to write
to Col. S. L. Fremont, requesting him to
furnish transportation for such members oi
the delegation as may attend.
JAS. S. WOODARD, Chairman.
JNo. ". DUNHAM, Secretary.
Wilson PLdindedheT.
The following gentlemen compose the
Committee from Pitt county, to attenc
the meeting of Directors of the Whining
ton and Weldon Railroad at Whining gtor
on the 9th day of January. 1870, to act il
conjunction with committees from other
counties, in obtaining authority to oper
books of subscription to the proposed
Branch road from Wilson to Greenville
Messrs. Germain Bernard, Louis Hllllard
Richard A. Bynum, Richard Williams, NJ
O. W. G. Lang, James Joyner.
Wilson PLdinde0Ler.