Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-09-08
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ward fell into Mr.. Bob. S9welIs posses
3 sion and when the Yankees came to Ral-
g eigh they took it from him. He had
rather have lost a horse. HillSboro' Re
corder.
Gov. Caldwell is in Burke county.
The colored people CT Goldsboro' have
a camp meeting.
Tarboro' has q fourishing debating SO.
ciety.
Tarboro' is said TO be remarkably healthy
: at present.
The hotels at Morehead and Beaufort
are doing good business.
new Presby teriau church is soon to be
erected in Kinston.
Mr.. G. A. Joyner. of Nash county, was
sent to the Lunatic Asylum on the 29th ult
There will be an enthusiastic Tt mper-
ance Convention held in Raleigh on Fri
day, November 10th next.
Third Greek Station, on the Western N.
O. Railroad, has started temperance So
ciety.
Bishop Moore, colored, of the African
Church, is visiting his churches III Lincoln
county.
A regular Baptist Church was organized
at Boone, Watanga county on the 18Th
ult.
1t is said that the channel at datteras is
constantly improving by the action Of the
tide through the inlet.
It is said that MAJ. Hearne, we'll known
to the newspap world in this section "t
country, is about starting Democratic
paper In Raleigh.
The U. s. revenue steamer, E. =.
Stevens, stationed al Newbern durIug The
past SIX years. is undergoing repairs al
Wilmington, Delaware.
The Newbern Republican IN learls that
Immediate steps are to b taken TO erect a
new light hOus9 at Fort Macon (Beaufort
Harbur) to take the place of that destroJ ed
by the Conf7derate forces n 1862.
the Rutherford VIndicator says: J. G.
Davidson sold his place at OH For. to Il
South CarOlinIan and Canadian for
$24, OOO. They in end to settle a colony
OF Canadians on 1t, and put up large manu-
factories.
IHe Eagle regrets to learn that Mr.. A.
A. McKe hao, or, of Fa ettevills, had Lis
arm br ken, on Friday evening last BY an
unruiy horse.
The Fayetteville Eagle learns that the
scnppcrnong grape crop this year Is ess
than average III lis section. The yie4d of
wine will be much less than last year.
Mr.. John A. Long has resigned the
moDd county, and Mr.. Dugald stewart,
a Conservative. has been appointed, by |
Judge Buxton, to fill the vacancy.
The Fayetteville Eagle says: We lean
that the mail from here to Warsaw will be |
changed from daily to eemi-weekIy. We !
hope soon to have daily mail, making |
close connection from here to Lumberton. |
The Battleboro Advance says Serious
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ton crops in this section. The cotton is
shedding its bolls very rapidly. We have
had too much wet weather.
There will be big shooting match be-
tween practiced sportsmen on the last
day of the Henderson Fair. a premium
of $50 is offered to the best shot. This is
new and interesting feature.
The Goldsboro' Messenger says A
friend writing Us from Sampson county
says that the people there are very much
down in the mouth" because their cotton
crop is damaged so severely by the rust
mot much more than half crop can be
made in Sampson"
An effort is being made to have the
annual game of ball Of the Cherokee Indi
ans, in this State, played at Raleigh dur
ing the s ate Fair.
The first annual fair of the Western
ical Association will be held in Sansbury
On October 10Th, and continue four days.
Gen. ReLry A. Wiso, of Va, Gen. Wade
Hampton, of s. c., Gen. r. B. Vance, OF
n O., and other distinguished gentlemen,
are expected to be present.
The Greeusb Patriot says: We have
q white prisoner in our county Jail, by I
name of VIM. Chester, who Can eat live
fire Goals. put molten lead in his mouth
and keep it till it becomes solid, put his
tongue on q red hot shovel, &C., without
experiencing the least pain. In the same
cell are two other prisoners, one a ventrilo
quikt and slght-of-hand performer, and {
the other q ''daucst." Here's talent
"Wasted on the desert air"
The Hickory Tavern Eagle says : A
serious accident happened to tho stage
running between AsheYiile and the head
of the Western North Carolina Railroad
on last Monday night. On crossing the
Blue Ridge the s age was eclpltated {
some hundred feet down the mountain f
S de. seriously iDjuring number of the I
We regret that We have not
been able to ascertain the names of those |
injured. The stage was crowded with t
t
The ladies of Hillsboro' were to have L
given Tableaux entertainment last even
ing, for the purpose OF raising 11nds TO
assist in detrAying the expense attendant 9
upon the transportation of the remains OF L
North Carolinians from the battlefield of I
Gettysburg to Raleigh. }
The Rockingham Observer says On +
Sunday last, this vicinity was blessed with f
4 retire hing show wer of rain-the first, of j
any consequence, since June. It came, S
Dowever, too late for the crops, which are
rretrievably cut eff In some por v
lions Of the county, it istlll dry; J
and in avery few pla es, there o
will be fair crops made. On the whole, b
he crops will be meagre, and the people \
will have to depend upon supplies from \
ahroad. q
Wm. Hickman, who has been arrested @
IN Utah for the murder of a Spaniard iast t
all, was a Mormon in good fello "slip, and
MS arrest, it is said, will lead to dlscios- il
60. i'm 2l;oafipo tho Mormon GhurCh An n