Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-05-27
STATE NEWS.


! ibis house in Rutherfordton, last week, at
i VERY advanced age.
The Religious Herald. of Richmond, Va.
says: The Baptist Pastor in Raleigh, N
? c., is invited to large and inviting field
} in the West.
More incendiarism in Wake. The Sen
tine5 records an attempt to burn and rob
} the residence of Mr.. Nelson Hunter, who
: resides about miles from Raleigh, on las
Thursday night. Two negroes made tn
attempt but they were happily frustrated
THE Masonic Temple Association enter
prise is now fally under way in Raleigh. -
Books Of subscription have been opened
. one gentleman taking one hundred share S.
The capital stock is one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars, divided into shares of
twenty five dollars each, one dollar paya'
bic monthly.
FIRE IN KINsToN.--Sundays Journal OF
Commerce says: Yesterday morning, at
three o'clock, fire broke out at the dis
tillery of Mr.. Joseph White. in the town
of Kinston. It WAS not stayed until the
still was entirely consumed. No other
buildings were ignited. The loss was
about five hundred dollars. the fire is
supposed to be the result of incendiarism
The Standard, speaking of It's new Hall,
says The drop curtain, at Metropolitan
Hall, has been temporarily suspended. It
presents most attractive appearance
The other scenery is being rapidly placed
upon the flats, under the hands of Messrs.
Mcclure and Nolan. The hall IS also be
ing covered with mating, and the chairs
will he mt IN at INV early OuV,
The Newbern Times tells us that the an
nual list for 1870, Of U. S. Internal Rev
enue Taxes for that distric+, Is $48.96O 72.
the same list last year footing mp but $780,
| 203 80 an Increase this year of about II
per cent. The increase in the April list of
| this year over last is about 81, 700.
Col. JOHN Fl. MCKEE. of Statesville, died
on last Wednesday. aged 81 years.
N @. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. are
pleased to learn that revised list of the
premiums to be offered for the exhibitions
at the next Fair have been prepared at u
meeting of the Executive Committee of the
n. O. Agricultural Society, aided by Vice
President, Hon. D. III. Barringer. They
request that all friends of the Society will
make all suggestions in regard to the lists
which may occur to them, as it is their in
| tention to issue another revised list about
the 1st of October next. Communications
should be ADDRESSED to Kemp P. Battle,
Esq, President, &c.-Standard.
! HOME FIRE INSURANCE CoMPANy.- This
Company had considerable risks on the
property recently burned in Henderson;
about $15, GOO, we understand. -
Our Henderson correspondent says
the loss will be reduced by salvage to some
$4,000 the Company having had an
agent on the spot nearly ever since the
| fire. think now the actual damage will fall
below that sum.
But whatever the amount may be, the
Company only await full report and ad-
justment, to pay over to insurers the
| amount of their losses the money is
ready. We commend this promptness to
the consideration of insurers Raleigh
Sentinel.
ANOTHER stee mer loaded with coIonists
Tor the Hyde Park Settlement has sailed
from New York.
The Conservatives of Greene county
have nominated Geo. F. M. Dali, Esq, as
their candidate for the Legislature.
The Annual Meeting OF tho Grand
Lodge of l. O. o. F. will convene in
Goldsboro' on the third Tuesday, the 10th
of July next.
On Tuesday last, the mill on Long Greek
about miles from Charlotte, known as
BOWS Mill (owned by the widow McLeary)
was destroyed by an accidental fire.
Mr.. r. X. TERRELL, planter near Ra-
leigh, has exhibited to the Standard cot
ton plant ten inches high, with nine leaves
and bud.
PROF. W. J. PALMER, Superintendent of
the Institute for the Deaf and Dumb and
the Blind, is off with his pupils westward,
for the purpose of giving a series of con-
certs.
The Charlotte Observer states that Mr..
Wilson Wallace was robbed, near that city,
on last Thursday evening, of S., $50, by a
party of four negroes No clue yet.
The residence of Mrs. Harmon, says the
Charlotte Observer, was struck by light
ming Friday night last. The fire place was
| torn up, and the clock upon the mantel
was shattered to pieces. None of the fam
lily were in the house at the time.
The 95th anniversary of the Mecklen-
DurS DeCIdrdtlOu Oh independence WIS
celebrated in Charlotte on Friday last,
with appropriate honors.
The Observer gives a long and interest
ing description of the ceremonies.
In the Jail at Goldsboro', on last Thurs
day, negro named Jim Jones making
some demonstrations looking to an escape,
was fred upon and severely wounded by
white Radical named Geo. J. Robinson.
The provocation is said to have been very
slight, and we call the Standards attention
to this fact.
white man named David Hayes, a
resident of that neighborhood, was run
over by the Raleigh and CASTOR train, at
Kittrells', on Sunday morning and his
head cut of. The Sentinel says: A CORES