Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-09-08
STATE NEWS.

oranh have reached Charlotte.
Prof. Briggs has opened skating rink
in Goldsboro'.
The State revenue bill fer 1871 will
,eslize about $750,OOO.
Sweet potatoes only SO cents bushel in
Newbern.
Rev. John 8. Long is engaged to lee
,nre in Newbern at an early day.
The Weldon News wants ferry, across
.be Roanoke, at that point.
Weldon is having a new post office cree
led.
new Presbyterian Church is to be
srected in Tarboro'.
Gov, Vance is to lecture in Statesville
this evening.
Rowan will hold Fair at Salisbury on
.bo 10Th, 18th, 18th and 18Th of October.
There were white and 10 colored mar
rage licenses issued in Wake, in August.
There was 1856 inches of rain at Raleigh
in August.
Balloon ascen sion in Raleigh on Friday
night
Bouitz, of the Goldsboro' Messenger, has
concluded to publish a daily, which will
he issued about the first of October.
The Raleigh boys challenge the State
to game of base bail, to take place during
the holding of the State Fair.
Mr.. Robinson, of the Go'dsboro' Male
Academy, is uniformipg his scholars in Ca
Diet gray.
Some Is colored persons were baptised
nv immersion in Goldsboro' on last Sun
day.
An interesting protracted meeting is in
nrogress at the M. E. Church, in Colds
boro'.
The ladies of the Episcopal Church held
very successful Feast and Fair in War
renton on last Wednesday.
The Charlotte Observer asserts that the
health of it's city will compare favorably
with any town or city in Western North
Carolina.
Aman in Johnston county has two pigs
five weeks old which have only two feet
each, They will be exhibited at the State
Fair.
The German. Alo, who was supposed to
have been murdered in Rockingham some
time ago, has since turned up In the
vicinity of Charlotte.
The Charlotte Southern Home says
DR., Wash. NJ prrison, of this county, has
sent us what appears to be q petrifed foot,
too we'll shaped to be freak of nature.
Mr.. Absolom Hooker was accidentally
crushed by heavy log, in Madison coun-
~, on the 10Th t., and SO severely in
iured that he died in about two hours.
The Newbern Times says that a boy
named Salter, belonging in that city, Is
missing. and is supposed TO have been
drowned.
The next Fair of the Roanoke and Tar
River Agricultural Association will be held
on the 7th, 9Th, 9th and 10Th of Novem-
Der.
In Charlotte. for the month ending on
the 25th ult., there had not been a single
white death, while in the same space of
time there were forty-four deaths among
the colored population.
One Julius Williams, colored, a notori-
GUS character, says the Charlotte Observer
of the 31st ult., has been arrested and is
now in confinement on suspicion of being
the man who shot Mr.. Snugg on last Tues
day morning.
The Raleigh Sentinel is told that Mr..
Parrot Creech, of Johnston county, has on
his farm two pigs, five weeks old, which
have only two feet each. They are said
to be thriving finely and will be on ex-
hibition at the next State Fair.
The Raleigh Sentinel learns that on
Saturday night, Goth ult., Yates Acade-
my, Williams township, Chatham county,
was broken into by a band of thieves and
about 800 worth of apparatus and an
equal amount in books were carried off,
besides considerable damage was done to
that portion of the apparatus which was
not taken.
The Newbern Journal of Commerce
learns that the "Etna Life Insurance
Company" of Hartford, Conn, "Ihe
National Life Insurance Company" OF
Washington City, also the ''Conhecticut
Mutual Life Insurance Company. have
each paid their respective policies of ten
thousand dollars on the life of Thos. j.
Mitchell, lateIy deceased.
The Shelby Banner says; We have had
some very refreshing showers of rain for
the past two weeks, which have cooled the
atmosphere considerably. We learn that
the crops will be better than was expected
few weeks ago,-there will be half crop
made in this county this year.
The Asheville Citizen says: The Stock
holders and Directors OF the Western N
O. r. r. met on yesterday, the 31st. and
held their regular annual meeting at
Marion. Nothing of Importance, as we
learn, was done, except the receiving and
reading of the President and Engineers
Report, and other business usually ct
tended to on such occasions. Judge Mer-
riman and Gov Vance rendered their re-
signations as Directors, and in their places
were elected Mr.. Shaver OF Salisbury, and
MI. Rob't Burgin of Marion. Last night
the Directors were to meet, and, 1t posi-
BILE. do something tn relieve the road OF
it's present embarrassment.
Nathan Thorn, says the Rutherford Vim
dicator of the 28th nlt., one of the best
citizens of this county. ives arrested at the
instance of Leander Jolly, a deputy mar
shall, for resisting him in the discharge of
his duty. He wss brought to town end
imprisoned, when on an examination of
his case. he was required to give bond for
his appearance before the Federal court.
He refused to give bond, and was again
sent to Jail. intending to apply for writ
OF ha6eas corpus. A further examination