Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-06-02

Alex. Wadford has been jailed in Raj
eigh, for attempt at rape on Jane Harris,
both colored.
Robert Bridgers, colored, has been ar
rested, charged with the murder of Mr..
James Burden, OF BERTHE.
A number of Northern families have re-
Gently located near Reidsville, in Rocking
ham county.
Mrs. Sarah Wilkir died suddenly last
Thursday evening in Rutherfordton, at the
ripe age of 81 years.
The Conservatives of Lincoln county
will meet in Convention on June 18th to
nominate delegate to the State Cons 'itu'
tional Convention.
The people Of Castor county lately held
a meeting and adopted resolutions strongly
condemning Judge Logan's communica-
ton relative 10 affairs in that county.
The editorial visitors at Greensboro
were delightfully."- entertained in that place
at the Benbow House, on last Tuesday
night. They returned Northward yes
terday.
The Rnthe1fordton Vindicdtor says :
Cheering news from McDoweli-all ablaze
for Observation-Disclosures aud Cons er-
vative join hands FIR reform and relief for
the people. They intend to have peace.
and Convention to get rid of bad laws
and opprt ssive taxation.
Hons. John Kerr and Giles Mebane have
been nominated by the Conservatives OF
Caswell Tor Convention. TIE meeting
wss large and en- thusiastic.
We hail these nominations with pleas
ure Throughout the State the best and
ablest men are being put forward for Con-
vention.-ED. JOURNAL.
We learn from the Pee Dee Herald that
the Arson County Commissioners hsy e
made application to the Governor for a
Special Term Of Superior Court, to con-
vene on the TO nth Monday in this month,
Tor the trial of the parties charged with
the mnrder of Mr.. James ". Red eam, at
Whites Store, on the 10th ult.
TIE New York Herald special correspon-
dent, now in RutherfOrdton, is uuearthlu g
some of the Radical falsehoods about Ku-
Klux The Sta" (Radical and edited by
Carpenter, Jnkge Logan's post boy) does Mt
like him, and complains that he Will be-
lieve the statements male to him by a
Cons rvative, but not by a Republican,
If Carpenter alludes to himself as this
latter, the correspondent will stand lustl-
fed before the whole world.
The Superior Conrt of Mecklenburg is
still 10 session. The Democrat says About
800 egroes Iounged about the court house
last ge, L. lcsi0g six days of work at t1e
most i'm porta period Of the season. Some
were principals in stealing or fighting
cases, some wire witDesse but the most
| were idle spectators, too lazy to work for
an honest living. If our Superior Court
Judges do not disperse the crowd Of idle
Ut groes from the court house, the city au-
thOlities ought TO- take some action In
aboishing this great nuisance IN the com
munity.
From the Newborn Journal Of Commerce
we learn that last Sunday, q week ago, a
gentleman named JarmaD, ne ar Richlands,
Onsow county, left his home and has not
since been beard fran. 1t first it was
thought he had been murdered, but later
Developments indicate that in fit of tenn
porary iusapity he has wandered off. He
was an inoff nsive citizens. was deaf and
dunbar old Confederate soldier, and re-
spec. ed bp his neigobors who are much In
terested to learn his whereabouts.
Proceedings of the FiHy-dfth Annual
Convention of the Protestant Episcopal