Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-11-08
SKATE NEWS.


The Methodist Church in Raleigh is too
small for its congregation.
Miss Jeanie Patterson gives series of
readings az Oxford. So says the Sentinel.
So far only three Sherils have settled
with the Public Treasurer for the taxes OF
1872
DR.. J. A. Fuqua, late of Wilson, is now
a resident and leading Dental Surgeon of
Atlanta.
The fall term of Superior Court for
| Richmond county commences at Rocking
ham to-day.
The Raleigh Sentinel says The Public
Treasury on yesterday paid s., 500 to the
| Treasurer of the Board of Directors of the
Lunatic Asylum.
The Fayetteville Eagle says that that two
! cOlored boys who are supposed to have set
fire to the barn house of Mr.. J. w. Strange
are now in Jail awaiting trial.
The Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted
| Masons of North Carolina, will commence
its Seth annual communication in Raleigh
on Monday, 2nd of December next, at 7
O'Clock, p IN.
Mr.. VIM. II. Hicks was married to Miss
! Sallie Stone Strong, second daughter of
Hon. Geo. V. Strong, in Raleigh, on Tues
day last. The happy couple have gone to
| the North OH tour.
DR.. Blacknall has OIL dered from kittrelfs
four of the finest oxen in that section,
that he may yoke them up to the IarbO-
rough Omnibus, if "wus" gets to "wus-
ness" in the "Eppihippic" line.
The Robesonian says that the gin house
of W. d. Townsend, Esq, near Rocking
ham, in Richmond county, was consumed
by fire on IL 24th ult together with about
twenty bales of cotton. No insurance.
The Raleigh Sentinel says: The body OF
an infant, apparently about month old,
was found on the road about mile the
other side OF the Lunatic Asylum, on Sat
urday night. 1t had been dead some
hours.
The Charlotte Southern Home says
We regret to learn that Mrs. John y. Ran
kin and her daughter, on returning from
church, on the 9th ult we're thrown ont
of the buggy. The old lady had her arm
put out of place and Miss Jane had her
arm broken.
The Charlotte Democrat says: Master
Robert Samuel Collins, only II years OF
age, son of Mr.. j. L.. Collins of this coun-
ty, picked during the present cotton pick
ing season, two hundred and eleven pounds
of cotton in che day. That is the best
picking We have yet heard Of
The RObesOnian says: Sheriff Mcmillan
settled with the State Treasurer, on We'd
nesday of last week, in full, for the taxes
Of Robson county for the current year.
He was the third Sheriff in the State to
settle-the Sheriffs Of Davie and Mecklen-
burg only being ahead of him.
The Charlotte Democrat, abiding to
the recent libel suit against the Whining
ton JOURNAL for calling Judge Bond a
scoundrel, says The freedom of the press
to expose rascaliy must be maintained,
and if Radical Judges and corrupt office
holders do not like it, let them resign.
The Newbern Times says: We saw yes
terday two cOlOred men, brothers, that had
six fingers on each hand and they also had
two other brothers that had six fingers
making four in the family. The sixth fipgel
growing next to the small finger was CON-
pletely formed, and was about half the size
of the little finger.
The Charlotte Southern Home says
Mr.. +. J. JettOn, near Beatte'S Ford
raised a sweet potato feet p inches long
and 1 inches i'm circumference. Mr.. r.
w. Mcdowell, of this county, has sent lis
some weighing over six pounds. During
the war Mr.. James s. Collins, OF Steel
Creek, raised an 11-pounder.
The Charlotte Southern Home says
The comaany Of u. S. soldiers, under Capt.
Thomas, left Charlotte last week, and the
cavalry company of Major Hart, from Lin
colnton, succeeded. The new command is
iuaItered in the n. G. Military Institute.
The officers are reputed to be gentlemen
and the soldiers are said to be orderly and
well-behaved.
The Charlotte Democrat says The cash
sales Of WittiOwsky Il Rntels for the first
fifteen days in October, amounted to $39, :
579.4O, and for the last fifteen days, &c.
S95.5S. Other dry goods establishments
Elias & Cohen; Brem, Brown Il Co; Bar
ringer & Wolfe; B. kOopmann; j. ii.
Henderson Mrs. Query, and others, have
sold more than in any month heretofore.
The grocery houses have done a larger
business than the dry goods. In fact the
trade Of Charlotte for September and DC
tOber has been nearly twice as large as in
any two months before the present year.
The RobesOnian says: Purdie jacobs
and Irving LOwrey, Scullletnwn mulattoes
indicted at the last term Of our Superior
Court for larceny, and since confined in
CIlc JAN VI COuuIy, III ayeICe-
vile, to await their trial at the next term
of our Court, are to appear before Judge
Buxton, at Rockingham, on Friday next
under writ of hGbeds corpus, when Their
petition for bail will be heard. These men
are alleged to have been of the party that
carried off and robbed the safe of Messrs
Pope & Mcleod, of this town, several
months ago. The evidence against them
is said to be very strong, and bail in theil
cases is considered out of the question.
TIE EPIZCOrIC OR HIPPORHINoRRnOEA
IN RALEIGH.-On yesterday morning
being informed that this equine epidemic
, had made its appear ance in this city, a visi
was made to the stables Of WynnP, Yancey
& Co., where three animals-Fannie Hay
wood, LOafer and Strawbery-were in
spected. The symptoms were as have
been described by the Northern press
, running at the eyes, nose, &c. The disease
J is of very mild type, and does not seen
J to affect the animals much. We Learned
that cases of this disease occurred a; thi:
t stable some two weeks ago and all recov
cred within three or four days and did no
, seem to suffer much inconvenience. w,
do not think that it will operate to the ex
, tent Of affecting perceptibly the transaction
Of business, and the intervention o. tn,
philozooists" will not be agonizingI,
, called fOr.-Raleigh Sentinel.