Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-08-30
STATE NEWS.


Superior Court for Warren and WILSON
counties convened yesterday.
Wayne county Greeley and Brown Ch,b
organizes permanently Friday evening.
CHARLOTTE has had its first bale Of ,aw
cotton. 1t sold for 22 cents per pound.
WILSON county has shipped its first bale
of new cotton.
Solitude is the name of a new post office
in Ashe county.
Army worm in the LAWYER part Eladrn
county.
Raleigh has a first bale Of new cotton
from Johnston county. 1t sold for - cents
per pound.
A child Of Mr.. ii. Baumgarten, of Char
lott 3, fell into tub Of water Saturday and
was drowned.
One of the Raleigh banks proposes cs
taDlishing a branch at Goldsboro' at AN
early day, with capital of 500 900
A meeting in the interest of The Fayett4-
vile and Florence Railroad will be- h,IL
in Fayetteville, September 9th.
Mr.. b. G. Price, of Greenvil!e, has been
appointed Register OF Deeds of Pitt. bv
nI
William A. Cherry, deceased.
The InteHigencer says it is rrImo,cd
that DIR. j. D'B. Hooper is TO take charor
Of the Simonton Female College, at States
vile.
The official returns Of tie Eight Con-
gressiOnal District give Gen. Vance. Uou
servative), majority Of 2 ,5-I5 over his np-
ponent Gambler (KadraN. The vote
stood, Vance lO,0S}: Gambler, $3.50.
At the late term of he Nash Superior
Court, John Cyley was sentenced to the
penitentiary for five years for mule stealing,
and Moses Bum one yeaI for forgery.
Mr.. Council Wooteu, pro mnent citizen
of Lenoir county, died at his residence
near LaGrange Friday morning al the age
of 81 years.
A fishing patty on the Ncuse, near Smith
field, caught seven large surgeons Wed
nesday, weighing 1907 pounds. The
largest weighed 264 pounds.
Jim Johnson, the ice cream prisoner of
Reidsville, Rockingham county, is ont Of
jail. His former master went his bail
The poisoned parties have all recovered.
Billy Henderson and II. H. Helper HAD
a tistcuff in Salisbury the other day, in
which, tit is said, Billy came out second
best with broken finger. Cause Of fi2ht.
Helper assailed Bly's virtue.
Says the Charlotte Observer Nat. CalI-
well, who was hung here Oh Friday said
that he was prepared To die and wanted
to go to glory. We never heard of IA man
being hung but expressed himself rs sule
Of heaven.
Charles White, son Of Mr.. Vi hilr of
Mebansville, and a day scholar AT Bin.-
hams school, was drowned in mill pond
near Mebanesvie last Saturday. Tie
cramp seized him, and lie sank. \ son Of
Hon. ID. Nj. Barringer tried 10 save him hy
diving, but without success.
Little Willie Howell, a son of Cant. i.
Nj. Howell, living about three miles from
town, was severely Injured, one day !aa
week, by horse running away wit, and
throwing him from a cart. SO saiS III.
Weldon Netc&.
William Marshall, the man W no at;.b1rt
Troy Triplett near Boon Hill, last March.
was on last Friday convicted of man
slaughter, and sentenced, by Judge j. H.
Henry, to nine years and six months in the
PeniLentiary. Jefferson Messenger.
The Tarb nro' Ehqitiyer says: We learn
that John Howell, who was tried here. l.,
Commissioner keeCk, for passing counter
felt money, made his ESCAPE near Poo.
Hill, while being ia, Ken to Raleigh, by Nj.
Ed. IOcller, Deputy u. 5. Marshal OF this
county.
James lIagie (white) killed Vim. Ell
wards (colOred) with pocket knife near
Madison, Rockingham county on Wedurs-
day last. Edwards had Knocked ilagn
down with fence rail and wa OH hi.:l
beating hing, when Ilagie drew his knit
L. Il.,.l
about 2 stack OF oats, "a
CALDWELL'S MAJoRIrY.--'fhe Ra.ei.,h
NetcS contains the following statement re-
garding Caldwelfs majority AT last
every county in the State has been heard
from, and, according to the count, Cahl-
wells majority is 2OG0. With start OF
ST. fraudulent votes in Halifax county, this
can be easily overcome.
The Raleigh Sentinel saws: William.
alias Green Marshall, sentenced at th..
last term Of the Watau0a Superior Gu.
to the Ienitentiary for horse stealing eIu.i4
ed the vigilance Of Sheriff Horton OF THAT
county, and succeeded in making his cs-
cape through the car window while tie
train was approaching Mebancsvillc sta
ton on the n. g. X. K. NarsAa,i,j n.ud
were Fiei, and tie train moving r4p",
rapidly at the time OF tile escAp..
Ftnsr BALE c4 NEN f'o.-1,
CoMBc COUNTY AGAIN AmEAp:-rn
Saturday ROb't A. Martin & Co. received
from Mr.. John X. Green, manager of Gen.
w. Il. CoX's Edgecombe plantation, in
North Carolina, the first bale of new cot
ton. 1t was purchased 10y the l4oLo,. {.
Manufacturing Company at twenty tit4
cents per pound.-This bale, We tllintt.
reached our market earlier III tie soaso,.
than any previous bale ever received non,
North Misunderstanding Proyyc>~.
The Fayetteville Edy1e says; The North
Carolina Presbyterian newspaper sher.
was sold on the BIRD inst, by the admins
traitor of Rev. j. NJ. Sherwood, deceased.
former editor, and purchased by Joint
stock company for 5000. This co.n ..lA.
consists mostly of members of the PIt,sby.
terian churches here and in the vicinity,
anu Is similar to the company that first
started the paper. The intention is to
continue the paper here, aud employ some
competent editor and let the paper sustain
itself. We learn the paper viii continue
on regularly.
"THK OLD NORTH STATE FoRENEE.'---
There is said to be man living in Waco.
Texas, who has been married five times,
and is the father Of fifty legitimate children
-thirteen boys by his first wife 4; eighteen
children, boys and girls, by his second
wife ten by his third wife six by hi-
fourth, and three by his fifth wife. Tweutv
of his sons served n the CCu!eda.at arl-y
eight of whom We're killed seven diir.
natural deaths, and the remainder are sill
living.
We have the very best authority Elr
saying that this fortunate man originally
went from Shackelford Banks, y. G., and