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


TIey have organized Greeley and
Brown Club in Wilson.
~ There was a Greeley and Brown PIC
mic in Halifax county recently.
Children get lost on the streets OF Char
lotte. New York is nowhere
The little town of Whitakers on the w.
& W.R. r. is being rapidly built up.
Hon. j. j. Hickman, the Kentucky tenn
perance orator speaks in Charlotte on the
29th instant.
The work of clearing out the bed OF the
Roanoke River will be commenced aC al
early day.
A coIored iufant was found dead on the
hanks of Crabtree Greek, Wake county,
the other morning.
The Raleigh Sentinel says that bets
ranging from $50 to 81 900 are being
freely taken on Greeleys carrying THIS
8 ate.
There were about %, 900 pounds of to-
bacco sold in the Durham warehouse
Thursday at an average of II cents per
pound.
A grandchild of Frank Jordan, colOIed,
of Greensboro, fell from the second story
seriously injured that it died next dBy.
A valuable and extensive iron mine has
been found on the lands Of Mr.. John ii
Weaver, near Chapel Hill. Gen. Hoke, OF
LincolntOn, has purchased the mine.
The house of DIR. Frank Smith, in
Orange county, was struck by lightning on
Friday last, and negro boy about IL
years old killed and two Diners seriously
hurt,
The Rockingham Discern says The
first bale of new cotton was brought to
this market on last Thursday produced
by Mr.. Hampton S. Wade, near this place,
and shipped to Wilmington by him.
The Tarboro' Soathe17ler says The
long talked of races, at last fact, that on
the 18th of September the Halifax Mare
comes to Tarboro to run the fast quarter
horse, Tom, the property of Mr. Thomas
Thigpen. Both horses have a great num-
Der Of friends who are anXiOusly awaiting
the day.
The Fayetteville Eagle says: The ne
gro that committed the murder over the
river last Saturday evening has been cap
tured near White Hall, 6laden county. He
is now in the jail Of that county, but will
soon be conveyed to the Jail of Gambler
land county where he will await his trial.
The town of Madison, Rockingham
county, is springing into new line. Eight
tobacco factories are under construction
and will soon be in operation. A new
paper is also to be started under the title
of the madison Enterprise"
A little white boy by the name of Bobbie
Hood, fell into we'll 81 feet deep IN Ben
tonville, Johnston county, while drawing
water recently. He was rescued with but
three gashes in his head, and is now doing
well.
An application has been made for the es-
Enlistment of a post office at 1llleryS
store, Halifax county, to be known as Cal
edonia-the mail to be carried triweekly
by route from Halifax.
The Greensboro Patriot learns that
Judge Settles, the defeated Grant candi-
date for Congress in the 9Th district, pro-
poses to start for Massachutts to stump
that State for Grant. Hope he'll stay
there.
Joseph Julesrard, quartermaster of the
revenue cutter Stevens, was fatally injured
while firing a salute at Grant and Wilson
t1ag-raising iu New Berne, Wednesday.
The piece exploded prematurely and ter
riblv mutilated him. He lived about two
hours, was conscious, AID died without a
struggle.
Negro excursionists from Raleigh and
Charlotte kicked up a wholesale row at
High Point last Sunday. They got to fight
ing among themselves, and when the Sher-
if and posse appeared to preserve the
peace, they went for the Sheriff and his Of
ficers, overpowered them, handled them
very roughly, and finally drove them from
the field.
From the Winston Sentinel we learn
that the Tobacco factory of Burton Willis,
HpafrOVp6
fire on Tuesday night the 18th inst, sup
posed to be the work of an incendiary.
Loss, 10000 lbs. of tobacco, manufactured
and in leaf, besides the fixtures, &c. We
understand, however, that it was fully
covered by insurance.
Saws the Kinston Gazette On last Mon
day little Sebie, daughter of Mrs. George
Dunn, while at Mr.. Watt Dunn's was on
the second floor at play with the children,
and in one Of her sudden freaks of merri-
ment ran violently across the room and
out at a window, falling some 20 feet to
the ground below. She was Immediately
taken up and found to have no bones bro
ken, yet the physicians cannot determine
what injuries she may have sustained in
Wardly.
THE BOTH DIsTHCT.-ThiS District,
composed of the conties of Caldwell,
Burke, Mcdowell and Yancey, has done
its duty nobly. w. w. Flemming, Esq,
has been reelected Senator by over one
THOUSAND majority, and James M. Gudger,
ESQ, of Yancey, his colleague, by about
seven hundred. The fattering vote re-
ceived by Mr.. Flemming must be highly
gratifying to himself and his friends. No
man in the District could have done better.
His unprecedented majority is triumph
ant endorsement of Mr.. Flemming's
course in the last Legslature.-Raleigh
Ne1cS.
The Fayetteville Eagle of Wednesday
says The grand rally last night was
complete success. We hope to give to
morrow a full account of the proceedings
and notices of transparencies, many OF
which were most expressive and appropri-
ate. The procession formed at Liberty
Point, and Hon. T. g. Fuller addressed
them from Mrs Dobbins'. Next Hon. II.
j. Jarvis spoke at Billiards. store in Camp
bellton. Then FIJI. Busbee at T. j. |
Johnson's, and D. III. Mclean at MyrOver's !
corner. Next were Hon. d. NJ. BarGinger
and II. A. London, Jr., at Fayetteville |
Hotel. Hon. j. M. Leach made one of
his happiest speeches at the Exchange !
Hotel, after which Mr.. j. II. Myrover and |
others spoke above Haymount. Two or |
three thousand persons turned out and |
everything was orderly and pleasant.
ADMINISTRATOR TACTICS IN NORTH
CARoLINA-THE ENFORCEMENT ACT TO |
BE UsED.-We find the following special |
telegram in the New York Tribune Of
Thursday:
RALEIGH, August 21.-It is the I'M
doubted determination of the Administra-
ton to bring none of the Ku-KluX cases in
this State to trial before the Presidential
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