Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-06-06
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
notice to Common school Teacher
i'm Sampson County.

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propose to apply for certificates.
The. exercises will begin at g.
o'clock a. m.
3. + F. s GRAn1, Jn.' Board of
p. ". KERR Examiners.
Rev. It. II. Lyman. ID. ID.
Rev. Theodore B. LYMAN. d. d.
recently elected Assistant Bishop OF
the Diocese of North Carolina. was
born in Pennsylvania, near the Mary.
land line, and is now about sixty years
OF age. He graduated at the General
Theological Seminary in New York.
His wife was Miss Albert, of Mary
land, OF an old and wealthy family in
that State and a lady who is entirely
Southern in her feelings and sympa-
thles: When Rev. r. b. Drane was
called to the charge of st. James
Parish, in this city. DIR. Lyman sue
ceeded him, as one of the Faculty in
81. James College, at Hagerstown,
Maryland. About the year 1850 he re-
moved to Pittsburg, Pa, and accent
ed the charge of Trinity Church, in
that city. He labored very earnestly
among his congregation and the Parish,
whsch was very backward when he
took charge of it, soon grew so rapidly
under his fostering care that it was
found necessary to erect another
church.
| At the breaking out of the war DR..
Lyman went to Rome, where he as
sumed charge of the American Chanel
at that place.
After about ten years abroad, he
| removed to San Francisco, where he
was installed as Rector of Trinity
| Church, IN that city, where he is noM
located. He is a gentleman of eminent
plety, great learning and of rare
scholarly attainments and was recently
prominently spoken of in connection
| with the position of AssistantBishop
of California
| 1t is generally understood that DR..
Lyman waf not aware that his name
would be brought before the Conven-
ton at Fasetteville and it is therefore
not known if he will accept the posi-
| ton.
County commissioners.
| The Board met last evening in reg
ular session.
! The committee appointed to settle
/ with the Tax Collector report that they
have received of him an account of the
taxes collected and paid over, and that
y
lected, they recommend that he be al
lowed further time for settlement, say
until the 18th instant. Report accepted
and ordered spread on the minutes
| The committee on a pathway south
of Smiths creek and over Watsons
branch, reported that n contract has
been made with David West for the re-
pair of the first named at so, and for
the latter ut $40, with Jno. G. Wagner.
The Chairman was authorized to
confer with parties living near the fol-
lowing bridges, for the purpose of as
certaining the cost of putting them in
order, viz Sills' Creek, Hamilton
Creek and Rocktish Creek bridges :;
also to report the cost of keeping up
the same for the ensuing three yeaas.
4 communication from S. NanAm-
ringe, Superintendent of the Work
/ House, in reference to certain repairs
alleged to be necessary, was referred
to the Committee on Work House.
Report in reference to the bridge ut
South Washington was ordered re
ceived and the sum of SD was awarded
to Jacob Murray for repairs on same,
the said bridge to be repaired in &C
cordance with the contract entered
into with J. III. Murphy.
It ou w ~ n IlOilSc were
authorized to procure 1000 feet lum-
Der and 40 lbs. nails, for the purpose
of making the necessary repairs to the
kitchen of the Work House.
Tie record made of meetings. held
April DIST and May 18th, 1873, were
ordered amended SO as to read as fol
/ lows:
| Ordered, That the Trustees of Ma
/ sonboro township be authorized TO
/ levy Il township tax of twenty-five
cents on the 800 valuation of real and
personal property; Grant township,
twenty-five cents CD the 500 valuation
OF real and personal property; and
lincoln township, ten cents on the
800 valuation OF real and personal
property, to be collected by the Sheriff
as other taxes are collected.
1t was ordered that the repairs on
the Work House prison, and all other
matters regarding the comfort and
proper care of the prisoners, be ex-
amined into and a full report made, Mt
the regular July meeting, what is the
best disposition to be made of the
! prisoners and the Work House in the
future.
The Board adjourned to meet again
on Monday, the 10th inst, at p. IN.
Rev. w. =. MCDisarlAid.
A telegram from the operator at
Ll1mberton, to Mir. b. Whiting. ope-
rator at the G.. G.. r. w Depot, in this
city. as also a note received here yes
terday from a friend at LumbertOr
states that the body of Mr.. McDiarmid
was found at s o'clock on Sunday
morning, about two miles below the
spot at which he was drowned. A re,
q l.,
recovery. The funeral services tool
place on Sunday afternoon, at 2 O. clock
from the Presbyterian Church. The
whom they had learned to love and es
TEEN so highly during his life ant
whose untimely death was blow from
which they will not soon recover.
The Fayetteville Eagle of Saturda,
, morning contains the following add
, tional particulars of the unfortunat,
affair:
.'Latc Thursday evening he wen
to a place on the bank of L1lmbe
river Just below the railroad bridge K
: battle, where there was retired shall
5 low place much used for bathing. l
: seems he had been in the water and re
turned to the dry bank, and his tract
showed he again went into the water
} but by mistake got on the edge OF pre-
: cipice at the bottom of the shallOy
cove, and fell out in the current of TIN
t river where the water was ten or fiji
+ teen feet deep. No one was with hin
: and he must have drowned very 500
y as he could not swim. His body hat
not been found Up to noon yesterday
n "All his clothes, towel, soap, watch
= pocket-boob, &c, were found on tn
bank where his tracks led down int
the water. His absence attracted II
l. special attention, as he and others ha
often gone bathing at the same place
and not till early the next mornin
was he missed. Search OF once bega
:. with the above sad result. Mr.. NJ
t. Diarmid was some 35 or 40 years ole
IS and leaves several small children. HI
wife died 2months ago of heart disease
&c He was o native of Cumberland count,