Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-09-13
STATE NEWS.
Cotton worm in Jones county.

AIo. OdUeS Is DOOheu lot III 1lalelgh some
time this Winter.
The guard at the Penitentiary are uni
formed i'll gray.
The oyster season has regularly opened
in Raleigh.
A revival of religion is progressing in the
Methodist Church, at Black Creek
John Robinson's Circus is TO be in Raj
eigh on the oath.
The cotton weighers in Charlotte get %
cents per bale.
The first oysters in Raleigh last Satur-
day.
Iredell county polled GOO votes less than
its real strength, at the last election.
Mr.. Franklin T. Ferguson, of Boston. is
travelling in Western North Carolina in
the interests Of the New York Tribune.
Mr.. John G.. Carter, for many years past
the foreman Of the Sentinel office, at Raj.
eigh, has removed to Louisville, Ky.
Sam Stuart, colored, from Rock Hill $
c., was to have lectured on Greeley in
Charlotte, on Saturday night.
John ID. Stanford, Esq, member elect
from Duplin, is mentioned in connection
with the speakership of the House.
Mr.. j. M Alexander, who was elect 4
Coroner of Mecklenburg, receiving the
votes Of both parties, has declined to serve.
1t is stated that Horace Greeley has
positively promised to visit Charlotte on
the occasion of the Fair there.
Gov. Vance has gone to Kentucky to
canvass for Greeley, as we learn from the
Charlotte Democrat.
The Raleigh Nc1cs saws The cotton
worm has made its appearance in some
farms in this locality, and is doing some
damage.
Gen. Dan. Sickles, first cousin TO Gen.
Daniel e. Sickles, of New York, with
Maj. Franklin Adams, of New York, ale
in Raleigh.
Churchill, of the National, in Raleigh.
treated the editorial staff of the Senttnei
and Ne,os to an excellent dinner last Sun
day. The Ne,cs publishes the bill of fare.
The Charlotte Southern Home says
Mr.. TayOr Nance, of Lincoln county rs-
ports a stalk of corn 1Gd feet high TO the
bottom Of the tassel, which had been
broken off before measurement.
The Charlotte Democrat says The new
extension of the Charlotte Mansion House
Hotel makes it one of the largest in tho
South, not excepting the Kimball House at
| Atlanta. Several hundred rooms have been
added to the building.
The GoldsborO Messenger SAYS: The
dwelling house of Mrs. Nancy Phillips, in
Greene county, was destroyed by fire on
! the night of the 25th of August. Supposed
to be the work of an incendiary-
The Asheville Citizen says Capt Jas.
w. Killion of Pennsylvania county, one Of
the best and most worthy citizens of West
ern N. g., died at this place few days
ago, of heart disease.
During the present month Senator NJ.
w. Ransom will engage in the canvass in
Pennsylvania, Judge Merrimon in that OF
Indiana, and Governor Vance is announced
to speIk in Atlanta, Georgia.
Sundays Raleigh Sentinel says DR..
Pritchard will deliver to-day sermon in
which will be given history of the Raleigh
! Baptist Church from its organization i'll
| 1872 to the present day.
The Norfolk Journal says: 7 lie farmers
| from Eastern North Carolina tell us they
have the finest stands of corn ever seen in
the =" Old North State" and only need
rain to save it. They must have water
soon or lose largely.
The Wilson Ledger has been shown Il
bunch of apples grown on Mr.. Il. J. New
sons farm, which is most prolific in size
and number. The twig is "A inches long
and bears GS large and delicious apples.
The Wilson Ledgersa says: We hear daily
complaints OF drought from portions of this,
Greene and Pitt counties, and fears are
tertaincd that the crops are coming i'll far
behind what was expected week ago.
The Wilson Ledger learns that the Gin
house belonging to Mr.. James J. Taylor,
who lives near old Town Creek, in Wilson
county, was struck by lightning on last
Wednesday, during thunder storm, and
completely destroyed.
The Pee Dee Herald says Cotton is
coming in and everything indicates busy
season. On last Saturday there were
thirteen wagons loaded with cotton on
our streets, some of them from Richmond
county, and we had the hum and buzz Of
City life in our midst.
The RObeSonidn says 1t is rumored that
our talented and accomplished friend, III.
Mcmillan, Esq, associate editor Of this
paper, is making arrangements for the cs-
tabishmentOf a newspaper in Fayetteville.
We give this merely as a rumor, knowing
nothing of its reliability.
The Wilson Ledger says: We were i'll
formed on last Sunday of another fire near
Black Creek; the kitchen and out-houses
of Mrs. RhOda Barnes were destroyed by
fire on last Thursday evening-contents
destroyed.
The Asheville Citizen says: Rev. DR..
Buel arrived here last week from Coop
erstown, New York. Mr.. Duel, we under
stand. is 20 take charge of the Episcopal
Divinity training school at this place, and
will also take part of the Ministry work in
Western North Carolina.
r. II. Gresham, Esq, has invited the
entire North Carolina delegation to the
Peace Re-UniOn Convention at Louisville,
KY, to be held on the 18th and 18th Of
September, to make their headquarters at
his office, No. "A West Main street in that
city.
The Raleigh Sentinel says: Lieut.. ii.
=. KiDgsbury, U. S. Army, passed through
Raleigh OH Saturday evening, e. route to
join his command at Meridian, Missis-
sippi He belongs to the Sixth cavalry.
He has been to Oxford on visit to his
parents.
The Charlotte Observer says that willie
Mr.. j. b. Stewart, living in Sharon neigh
borhOod about miles from the city was
engaged in packing cotton, and while drv-
ing up some wedges in the top portion of
the screw, while the screw was in opera
ton, he was caught between the beam to
which the lever is attached and another
beam, and so badly crushed that he has
since died.
The Raleigh Era says: A son o Gen.
j. Ii. Holmes was badly and probably IA
tally injured by hand car Oh the Wes-
tern Railroad on Sunday evening last. Mr..
Holmes was working the peddle which pro-
PEELED the car, and by some misfortune, the
wheel caught his foot, broke his leg, frac-
tured his skull, and dragged him some dis
lance. The young man was carried to
Fayetteville, and was deIirious at O'Clock
SUNDAY morning.