Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-04-19
STATE NEW -.

Upwards of $25 900 worth Of guano was |
received at Battleboro last month.
Rocky Mount has negro baby, elShO
months old, that weighs Az IDS
ARRANGEMENTS are being made to put up
\ large tobacco factory at Rocky Mount.
Halifax is to have handsome brick
hotel Work to be commenced shortly.
David G.. Barrat, well known citizen
of Nash county, slicided on the 9th inst 80
There are only three convicts in the
county jail in Halifax.
Salisbury sells its market house at public
auction on Tuesday
Ex-Gov. Holden and family are expect
cd in Raleigh on visit during the next
month.
1t is runorcd that there Will be q baby
show in connection 'yith the next state
AGRICULTURAL Fair.
The RoJe7onjda hoists the name OF MAJ.
Jesse L. Mclean, of IIarnett, as Super;n-
tenGent OF Public instruction.
A.B. Wharton, Of Chcraw, 5. e., has
lied his oath Of office, as Commissioner Of
Deeds, for North Carolina.
The ODD Fellows Of Tathoro have IN
excursion to Washington, :. G., on the
18th.
The Newborn Jou,pm Of Commerce.
learns tIe.t two large whales have gone
ashore near Beaufort.
TIiHS1oro Las 2ad a sensation in the way
If a wedding ll ftil. TIE hrde and groom
uei. us '' * a. midnight When the clouds
are thicA.
Rev. A. W. 1Langun, Pastor of the
Raleigh Methodist Church, viii deliver the
Annual Address, III june, before the pupils
q Tie Wu1c.ton Female College.
Oucm Bryan was Shot and dangerously
wounded in the abdomen, in Raleigh, on
Wednesday, by pistol in the hands Of
Marshal WoOten. 1t was the result OF
foolish quarrel forced by Bryan.
DIvIDEND.-At a meeting of the Direc-
tors Of the y. &. Railroad Company, held
III Greensboro on Tuesday, dividend OF
six per cent. was declared, payable on the
lst of July and January.
The Charlotte Despatch says Little
Cora Mclean, aged about six years, daUgh-
ter Of the late J. Il. Mclean, fell from
fence last Saturday evening, and sustained
serious injuries thereby. 1t is feared that
her brain is affected by concussiOn, and
also that she has received internal injuries.
The Fayetteville EGUo says that tea
plants are shipped from Fayetteville. Mi.
j. NJ. Smith raises enough for the use OF
his family, and several others cultivate II
to some extent. This tea is perhaps not SO
fine as that raised in China, but it has
freshness and delicious flavor that tea ship.
ped across the ocean has not.
The R0JcsOnian says : The Radicals Of
Montgomery county, at their recent CON
ventiOn, adopted resolution declaring that
they would support no man for Office who
las been shown to have been guilty q
fraud or corruption; WhcrGupOn Hon. ..
ii. Dockery was recommended for Cover
nor instead Of Mars Tod, upon the ground,
we Fsuppose, that the former has not yet
been caught stealing while the latter has.
The Raleigh .Sc5ttsd says: We learn
that our citizens generally are offering to
entertain delegates to the approaching
Baptist Convention, in 4 spirit OF enlarged
hospitality, and that the hotels and board
ing houses propose to reduce their rates
considerably. II will be well, we are told,
f0r all who propose to attend the Conycn-
tiOn, whether they mean to pay their own
way Or not, to notify DR.. lritchaId O. Nj.
i. f. pescud bcfOre hCNd.
The Magnolia Adccrtjgc,' says: Welearn
that the wife Of Mr.. Sloan, OF Chinquepin,
in this county, died 4 few days since. at
The advanced age Of about s. years. Pre-
vious to her death She expressed desire
10 be buried upon a feather bed with
supply of bed clothing around her, which
request was complied with. i few mo-
mGnts before her death, at her request
She was removed from the bed upon which
she was lying, and placed upon q pallet on
the floor when she soon expired.
MEDAL-Wc have seen an elegant silver
medal prepared by the Cumberland Agri-
ricultural Society for Captain j. Il. Ting
pen, OF Tarboro'. The medal shows beat
tiful Workmanship and was gotten up by
Mr.. j. I. Houston, well known ioWcller
in our town. II is circular in form, rcally
us thick as a silver dollar with twice the
diameter. On one side is inscribed
Cumberland County Agricultural Society.
TO Capt. }. l.. Thigpcn.
And on the other:
Premium for the best Essay on Farm
Economy, read at the Fair of 1871.
Fayetteville E0g(c.
REVENUE ITEMs.-Total amount Of 1nIes
received by L. S. Internal Revenue C0lIcc-
tor from this (pe 4th) Congressional Dis
trict for the first quarter of the present Year,
ending March 3lst is SI5,S2G 20. This III
cIudes the amount in full all taxable
property. The amount received from
whiSkcy alone, manufactured in the Dis
trict is $l,Gl9 90.
The amount received from tobacco
alone, manufactured in the District, is S'5.'.-
eco.
The gross amount tltat has been received
in the District and paid over TO the L. S.
Treasury by Capt. l. j. Dung, the CoIec-
tor, since May, 1868 Is 2,l50,}9o CORAL.
NC@S.
Special to tho Raleigh News.
DEsTRC GIVE FIRE IN TIE Town OF
IL ALI, \ N-SIX BUILDINGS BURNED
DowN-OHE MAN INJUEED-IIALIFAX
y. G., April 10, lS72.-A destructive fire
occurred here today, burning DOM some
>iZ buildings on Main street. 1t originated
i'll the giI.IiIg establishment Of McssrS
McMa}uu 4 Smith, adjoining the store OF
these gentlemen, Some five Of the adjoining
houses being burnt with it. One man was
hart. Z.
y B.-Although the dispatch does not
state what houses were destroyed, from
knowledge Cfthe ground and the surround
ing buildings, we Judge that the store O
NIessrs. McMahon x Smith, Il large ware
house adioiLing, the stables i'll the yard
and some smaller houses comprised the
number burned, although it is probable
that the residence of Mrs. d. W. McGuir,
and that Of VIM. EnTouglEy, the latter oc
clIpied by II. ID. Lowers, may have boel
tlestrOyed.-ED. News.
REPUBLICAN POTITICs,-IhG Republi
cans of PasquOtank 90 for Caldwell tOl
Governor, and Hon. CD J. ". AlbcrtsoI
(who ever lie isl for Lieut.. Governor.
Pitt is for Settle for Governor, Col. G.
w. johnson co for Attorney General, anG
w. l.. Cherry for Auditor.
Henderson Radicals declare for Caldwell
for Governor, S. F. Phillips for Lieut.. Gov