Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-10-24
STATE NEWS.

last week.
The Orange county farmers arc put
ting in the wheat.
The Marlboro House in Raleigh en-
tertained 523 persons 1T one time last
week.
The Enfield merchants amuse them
selves these dull times by going ont III
the woods and shooting wild turkey.
The Heck stallion "Sagamore' was
won by Master Maurice CRAFTSMAN,
aged eight years, son Of NJ. Grauslilar,
merchant of Raleigh.
The Raleigh NIctcs SAYS We under
stand that W. a Hearne. ESQ, has
retired from the editorial management
of the Era, and is succeeded hy ''nv
". Holden, ESQ. We learn tina: MI
Hearne will locate in Statesyill".
The Magnolia Monitor s"ys: On
Saturday morning lost the mi! ami ga
house of Mrs. Mary Z. C"ol e., Of
kenansville township was hnrned. Hnl'-
posed to be the WORK of an inscn'':t,y-
Loss about 81, 500. No insurance.
The Raleigh .Sc5iiiHCisays: N'euLGer-
stand that the gross receipts 81 money
from all sources connected with Or
late Fair is between 100000 "IG
sci 900. This includes the gross re-
ceipts from the Gift Concert amount
ing to nearly s., 0Go.
The Hillsboro Recorder says We
hear of the opeuing of one more large
plug factory IN Hillsboro next season,
and are glad to know that the ware
house system is about to be put on a
better footing. We believe the pros
poets of the town are frightening.
The Weldon News last week published
the marriage Of a certain lady and
gentleman in Raleigh and now hiss to
to take it all back. It originated from
| Jest on the cars and naturally found
its way into the paper in dead earnest.
People should not jest on such sub
ject.
The Statesvillc Intelligencer says +:
| Mr.. Paul BOst, of this county, brought
| TO our Office, this week, some Of the
finest tobacco we have seen this season,
| the stalk measuring seven feet and q
half from the ground to the top, aud
! the leaf is as good as we have ever
seen for heavy tobacco.
The Milton Chronicle says: We
learn that on Saturday night last AIr.
JOS. Schofield, living in Pittsylvania
county, shot and killed negro man
PANIED Faulkner Murphy, whom he
| caught stealing one of his hogs.
| Coroncrs inquest was held bat VIC die
not learn the decision.
The Lincolnton Reporter says
From private letter We learn that {
man answering the description o
I /;
described in orr last, has been up OF
Upper Greek, Burke county, and sale
he was lodging the revenue officers
now gone over the mountains TOWARD
Mitchell.
The Raleigh News says: We LEARNED
Yesterday from Prof. Alexander McITe
Superintendent Of Public Instruction
that donations from the i'eahCsI,
School Fund have recently he, il l}:stt
to the following schools in th:S State
HendeIsonville, $500; Enon, Trane,yi
v;nia county, 500; South Hennirg
Buuccnlbe county, SiJ3; Bethlehem
Mcdowell county, $500.
The Statesvil.e Inte]l;gcrcrr says
We regret to learn, as we 50 to press
that the cause Of the cars not reach
ing Salisbury on time was, that theI
were bringing the Hon. Natbanie
Boyden home, and such was his cx
IRENE illness that they were compelled
to come slowly. From a gentleman
who came up in a buggy, we learn ira
at the time of his departure from Sal
isbury they had not attempted to re
move Mr.. 3. from the car.
Tho UCoI1o,, ,o~,or-,c,,5o,,+ e a.,
Petersburg Index and Appeal says
Clicking out cotton, for which bust
ness the weather for some daz S ha.
been most favorable, is being pushed
forward with all possible speed, but a
yet not Il great 5eal is brought to mar
ket from the country just around here
The quality seems to be good, but til,
most general impression IS that tht
yield will not be above an average il
quantity. The steamer Isis" Is nov
making regular trips on the Roanoke
between this place and Hills Ferry
and the produce of that rich section 0
country is finding a market through
this route. The work of blowing tn,
rocks that INSTRUCTED the navigatio,
from the bed of the Roanoke near thu:
place, has been progressing for day
Or two, and is being done very effect
uaily by those most powerful and sub
tie agents nltrogiycerine and electric
ity. Tie immense granite rocks are
shivered TO fragments and blown from
their foundations below the be tom o.
the river.
The Petersburg Index and Aprea
/ says: Tie following communication
came to hand on Saturday, accompa
/ med by two Urge stert oscop,-s:, q
which, more hereafter:
HIGH PoNT, n. c., Oct. l., 1873.
EditoTs H'dcc and Al2pcoi:
The statement [ made a short time
since, with regard to Mr.. Clapp's GU,
cumher, seemed SO e1trayagant. that il
Justice to myself l beg leave to submit
Tor your inspection a stereoscopic rep
resentatlon of the same, which, by the
aid Of the stereoscopic glass, EOll Will
really perceive that my statement was
not an exaggerated one Mr.. c. in
forms me that its weight is 519 instead
of 81 pounds. Please accept the pic
! ture and believe me-
Yours, most truly.
ID. L. CLARK.
The photographs referred to aye
very interesting, and the monster Gu
cumoers which they represent are real
curiosities in their way. The mere
! statement OF the fact that one Of these
Chinese fellows weighs ffty-one pounds
/ and half, will give fome ide; OF its
! surprising proportions. 1t lies beside
| and over the pigmy cucumbers OF or
/ binary growth, which the same picture
represents, as the Great Eastern might
| tower with pride above mere Indian
dug ont. We invite our farming and
gardening friends and others inter-
| ested in the study of the vegetable
kingdom, to inspect these curious pic
lures, which can be found at this office.
WHAT PRESIDENT GIxAN'E:S
FRIENDS SAY ABOUT HIM.
The New York Ecening Post. one of
the Presidents strongest supporters
for reelection, says
Still it is true, beyond question,
that the President has not kept his
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