Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-09-29
STATE NEWS.
rain full blast in Newbern

largo revival is going on in the Bap-
a1Charc1 in Win>ton. Forsythe county.
N c,oro is to lie III excursion from Peters
70 Fayetteville tomorrow.
o.,bo, Gibbons dedicated q Catholic
pS A-hville last Sunday. The SER
l "a. we're interesting.
n,or one hundred persons in Halifax
INV have connected themselves with the
csi,thcdist church.
0,a are glad to learn, from the Eagle,
-. Fave teville is moving Onward and
Yard Success attend her efforte.
ris reported that the cattle distemper
.ar,74lIIng among the cattle in Hender-
.,r county.
lis rumored, says the Sentinel, that
a..sideut Q. S. Grant, in company with
- Gown Princess of the Fee Jee Islands,
~l C;si. this city during the Fair week.
e. learn. says the Sentinel, that r ".
r.st Ed. OF this city, was on SATURDAY.
pew am lntpd by the Circuit Court Y.
Commissioner.
,..,,s1--RT FAIa. The fir annual Fair
7 x. s-eru North Carolina AgricuI-
.,f Mechanical Fair Association"
-. > y + salisbury, ~ tie IUth DC
r. .nd cc2tune fog tour deys.
We h.-s received Fl n A. " Daven-
OF. T-c ~a.s tn southern home,
OF OF sweet pofat 9, which, OWING 20 Ine
lronoi,s cf 7ltuo -eeka. do not welgh over
.arco rs7.T = piece
,gie Raj .sh Ia learns firm private
,..tpr rereI,. Z from Creme county, that IN
49, gnrqeGco Of he long continued drought,
We 1ai!a IN many lccahIes have tal!ed, or
.onearIy, that the water obtained IS unfit
for use
7TrrroDI,T REVIVAL The work cOntin-
We At The Methodist Church in this city.
* the result Of the labors Of the past week
- ten DAYS we understand several conneo
II themselves with he church last Sab
f,,h morning. Raleigh Era.
preat revival is progressing at Hickory
Chur.h, in Mach county, under the preach
IF the Rev. George Duke. B4ptist-
r.. Y five were baptised ami received
MO tie church on Sunday last, upon
rrolcssion of their faith.-RaIeigh Era.
The Rl!eigh Sentinel says: On We'd
.asd4y OF last week. between the hours of
land | D. NJ, the residence of DIR. J.
". Wl-eman, IN Farmingt, n. Davie coun-
", vas totally destroyed by fire. The
5rigiu Of the fire was accidental.
The Warrenton Gazett says: A tomato
Weighing one pound and an early Rose
potato weighing 21s ounces were shown
rs by Capt nm NJ Price. They were
r4i-ed 10 K snsas. and seut to him by his
son Juo. l. Prce.
TIL COarl ,tte Ob7erver says thGt an
MIRA train wili leave Charl rtte et $50 a.
( e -dnesday morLiGg 27;h inst =, on the
", C. & E. Il. Il for Cnerryvilie for the
.cc mundntIon OF persons attending
u ckleubus4 Periphery, to be beld at
.Lsby o. that day.
N>IGug5 OF PYrHIAs The following are
he Il ,erS ot Cumberland Lodge. No. 5
Iu.Gn II pyth . Of Fayetteville Capt.
y &. cltnner, v 2 VIM. a. Guthrie,
!" G., O O. III CHER, V. c., l.. c.
:tr.c:1n. i. j. ". Phillips, L. s., J. O.
.,5 re, T. s., ". j. Cooley, O.. J. A. d.
IoJnr, I. $ J. l. Andrews, 0. S.
Fayetteville Eagle.
.3rNIIoN-lIoJ3E dospITALuY.-T des-
,,u:e aud foriorn tramps, Henry Craig, OF
Sorth Carolina, one of Holden's militia,
Id ChAs. l.. Newhouse, ''alSO Of the
.rlct," twenty years Prussi4n, were re-
c .rcd at the statiOn-houso on Sunday
Lghf aud had xtendeQ to them the hos
u aitle, OF the pablo hostry.-Norfolk
J.urnu, 2G b.
HI KLUX PRIALs-In the Circuit Court
Yesterday IL the case Of Z. s. as. Amos
O7.n- ct ais =, charged with whipping old
aaron B,gperstaH, the prosecution closed
tu, IT. tcetimuny at II O'Clock, when the
ieftUre began the examination of their
wIne-s~s, which Was still progressing at
Tue hour of our going to press. -Ralelgh
sen;incl 26.h.
The Newbern Times learns that on Fri
Law, along the coASv in the INN ediate vi
entity of Brauf rd Harbor. there was some
twelve hundred barrels of fish, principally
null, is. caught. OF this large number,
some hundred barrels were caught III
the immediate harbor. and, as may be
readily imagined, the fishermen ore jubi-
iant
The Weldon News says It has been
!UmOred for month or two, during this
@lmmer, that cur townsman. Boswell l..
COWpcr, had drawn ten thousand dollar
irz3 in a San Francisco lottery, and we
notice that 'IreIe,' the MurfreesbOTo
correspondent Of the Norfolk Journal
speaks of il as being c 'Lfrmed. If it be
'Iua as that C RI spondent -eems 70 think,
We can "nil y thar Mr. Cowper has, of a
ruth Stru X otreak Of luck.
We understand, saws the Raleigh Senti-
ael, that Mr. Reubon Stallln8s, of Frank
IN county, has recently invented a very
superior cotton press, OF which Mr.. A. F.
Page, OF Crrey. IN this county. is the man
lfacturer and general agent in this State.
We are It'd that this Invention surpasses
4nythiuE IN the cotton press line yet
brought teto~t, the ~ bic, and that they
viii lot Ca, ovor $125 apiece. In few
"'ys We al be able TO lay before our
leaders, Description Of the workings Of
The machine
GALLANT ACT We have only just learn
Cd # very gallant act performed by Mr..
y. B. Agustlne one day las. week.
Mr.. Ago tine, while on Rixford wharf,
On Ia Front street, observed colored
ooy struggling In the water evidently ex-
t2us ed and about o silk for the last time.
N'hOut u On ment's hesitation, he plung
uIu, caught the boy In time and brought
Gim t. he shore, where he was soon placed
n Cd condition.
Acts like Mr.. Agostine's are not often
Performed, and when they ara they are
certainly entitled to honorable mention.
Newbern Times.
After fair and thorough examination,
NJ