Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-04-25
STATE NEWS.
Turtle soup in Raleigh.

Turtle soup IN RalelSn.
Hail in Salem last Wednesday.
Eggs 121 cents per dozen in Newbern.
A cotton factory is about to be start
ed in Raleigh.
A. McCabe has been nominated fol
Mayor by the Tarboro' Rads.
Wesley Whitaker has been re-noml
mated for Mayor by the Raleigh ne
groes.
The Tarboro' Southerner has open6
a free reading room in connection
its Office.
The colored Good Templar Le5o; in ~
Greensboro numbers 115, am 10 "
creasing weekly.
Mr.. J. W. Crowen has. eare the
mated for Mayor of Joyy'
Wilson Plaindealer. ,o. -
There Will be nry pd pTnn,6 ON ~,
Shackelford Banks, naIt
the 10th day of MaaieA''
The Hickory PISS says; Hickory IS
70 bave wbo1,.lg big hotel in short
time"G NaTsall OWNER and builder.
VIII be read1for the summer visitors.
The naysays Rocky Mount viii
ne ieP PuRlam Soden will sill for Eu-
r rlun ~ month to attend this great
worIds fair.
g1e publication of the laws by the
nxsent General Assembly at its recent
sssion,I has been completed. This
embraces the private as well as the
public claws, together with the resolr1-
tions.I
Th, Battleboro' Advance says: Mr..
Jame d. Jenkins, of Edgecombe, has
in hi possession So nails and pieces of
nailsfrom one half to two and one half
incHs long taken from the stomach Of
fShog slaughtered several years ago.
We learn from the Tarboro South
/rner that Wesley Nixon, colored,
struck Daniel Nixon on the head with
billet of wood, last Monday night,
and f1oored him. Daniel will proba
bly, die. The other claims to have
struck the blow III self-defence.
Two young men by the name of Pitt
man, OF Johnston county, were arrest
co on the 18th instant, under q charge
OF having committed a rape upon some
colofea girls. The parties werebrought
TO triai and bound over to the Superior
The Raleigh News saws: Allan
Smith, soldier of the war of 1912.
formerly OF Craven county, in this
State, but now Of GLASGOW Kentucky.
has written to the Governor for q Ger
tifcate of his services, with a view of
obtaining the pension allowed by
Congress.
The Fayetteville Eagle says that the
La Fayette Light Infantry Company is
TO be revived. Some % or so of the
old members live in and about town,
and many others are anxious to Join.
1t is intended to revive the organiza-
ton III time to celebrate It's ne1t anni-
versary, Goth of May.
For next Superior Court Cumbcr-
land has IA cases on the civil trial
docket 80, so far, on the summons
docket; 50, so far, on the State docket,
two of the latter being capital cases
John e. Scott. for the murder Of his
brother, and Thos. j. Bull mot taken
charged with the murder of BleG@on.
The Goldsboro' Messenger says We
regret to learn that cerebro spinal men
nights is raging in Grantham town.
ship, Wayne county, and is of SO yirll-
lent nature that the physicians hav.
rs yet been able to do little or nothing
for the relief of those attacked by it.
Many deaths are reported within the
last ten days.
The Greensboro Patriot says: Henry
Clapp, aged about 70 years, was found
dead in the woods Monday night, near
Shiloh church, Southeastern part OF
no fN OH
He was badly beaten about two weeks
ago, and has since been complaining
much of pains in the body, supposed
to be the result of injuries then
inflicted
The Salem Press says: The fruit
crop is very promising, and, although
the danger of late Spring frosts is not
entirely over, yet it IS reasonable to
suppose that after the April full moon
the fruit prospects are generally de
cided for good or evil. This year the
prospect is fine for peaches Apple
trees do not bloom as freely as last
year.
y The Madison Enterprise says: 4 firt
broke out III Stokes county on the
plantation of VIM. H. Read and VIM.
Duncan, which destroyed eight hun
dred pannels of fence Mr.. james
Peun, in Patrick county, was entirely
burat out, his dwelling, out houses
and tobacco barns. 1t is reported thai
DIR. Petrass lost his tobacco factory
with one hundred boxes of tobacco, al
caused by the woods taking fire.
The Rsleigh News says: Judge al
bertson will this morning at 9 o'clock
at Chambers at the Court House il
tins city, hear the argument in the cas-,
OF the State VS.. Il. & D. Railroad on ;
motion to dissolve an injunction suet
out before Judge Watts on the ST.
INST, to prevent tho change OF til,
gauge of the North Carolina Railroa,
from Greensboro to Charlotte. Messr
Merrimon, Fuller & Asle, Strong ant
~. G: Badger. of this city, and -Judg
>rshal of Virginia, appear for the r
r., and the Attorney Genera
rs. 3. T. Moore and ". n
Apear for the State TIL
luch Importance to tn