Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-09-22
The Roanoke river is very low.
Fayetteville is to have street lamps.

Fayetteville is to have street lamps.
Thursday.
Seventy criminal cases were disposed o
last week at the Guilford Superior Court
TIE through rates from Fayetteville t.
New York, via the Inland Air Line. OF
rosin are 68 cents and on spirits 81 40.
At the last tenn of the Guilford Superior
| Court Chas. Gilmer, colored, convicted oi
rape, was sentenced to be hanged on the
9th.
Maj jor James Sloan, of Goldsboro', hai
been appointed one of the inspe ctors O.
cotton at Missouri State Fair, which is tc
be held in st. Louis early next month.
A Greene county correspondent to the
Goldsboro' Messenger says there is pro
liability at DO distant day, of Road
Steamer, on the roads in that county.
holding protracted religious meetings, al
Salem Meeting house, commencing some
time 10 October next.
The Wilson Plaindealer Gays that a
number of colored men have left that
country within a week or two, for the
Louisiana sugar plantations.
A large amount of dried fruit and ber-
ries is shipped from Fayetteville. The
shingle and stave business is also becom-
ing more extensive and profitable.
Gen. W. G. Lewis, chief marshal of the
State Fair, has appointed Mr.. D. H. Bar
row and Capt. VIM. Biggs, Of Tarboro', !,
additional assistant marshale.
Caroline Rodgers, colored, aged 49.
temporarily insane. suicided by hanging g
herself to the limb of tree, near Raleigh,
on Friday.
The Weldon News says: The four rail-
roads running to this point have consented
to convey persons to and from the Fair of
the Roanoke and Tar River Agricultural
merely nominal rates.
There is now q Conservative Keeper of
the grounds in the Capitol Square, and
the grounds are we'll kept. He performs
for $500 year. the same services for
which Holden and his body guard of
thieves allowed to half a-dozen lazy ne
groes the sum of 50, 791. 95
The present Conservative administra,
of the Penitentiary aff4irs save greet deal
to the people. The Stewards report shows
that the convicts and guard will be fed,
this year, for one half of the amount ao
counted to this purpose by the late Radi-
cal management.
The Winston Sentinel says: A gentle
man who was in attendance at Guilford
Court on urs7 ay of last week informs Us
that he was greatly edited by seeing Judge
Tourgee playing bass ball with negroes
during the noon adj o0rnment of Court
The negroes ought to be ashamed of
themselves.
The Federal Court met on Wednesday.
Thursday was consumed in trying Mr..
Phillips injunction case for the Pennsyl-
vania Central Road. This was a case in
which no witnesses or jury were required.
Friday, as soon as the grand jury re-
turned bill against Randolph A. Shot
we'll, the attorney announced his readi
ness for trial. Counsel for he defendant
wanted time to read and examine the bill.
Court adjourned until yesterday. So says
the Sentinel.
A difficulty occurred in Germantown,
on Friday evening last, between DR.. Silas
Westmoreland and Ali,ed Stewart, says
the Winston Sentinel Of the 14:h, which
resulted in the latter being very seriously
wounded. We have not learned all the
particulars, but understand that DR.. W.
fred two shots with double barrelled shot
gun at Steward, the first shot missing him,
but the last taking effect in his thigh,
making a dangerous wound. DIR. j. +.
Shaffner, of Salem, was sent for on Sun
day last to examine the wound.
In Fayetteville on Tuesday evening
about o'clock, says the Raleigh Sentinel,
Mr.. John r. Jenkins, q clerk in the hard.
ware store of W. D. Smith & Co.. was
found dead in his room. An empty vial
marked '.laudanum" on the mantlepiece
and note, explained that the unfortunate
man had come to his death through his
own instrumentality. Mr.. Jenkins was
gentleman of high character and had q
number of warm friends in Fayetteville.
He was formerly of Carthage. Moore coun-
ty, where his parents still reside.
The Eagle says: The fine bodies of fer
tile land just cast of theEriver, and from 2
to Is miles from Fayetteville are to be
drained. a meeting of the most of the
owners was acid this week, and it is de-
cided to organize a chartered cumpauy to
drain these lands. A large ditch or canal F.,
10 miles long with severai branches, from
one to three miles long will, it is said,
effectually drain these rich loamy plains.
Some 1000 acres will thus become culti-
vatable and worth $50 to $50 an acre.
An engineer is now surveying and ca'ca-
lating the work to be done, and an esii-
mate of cost will oe submitted.
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