Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-05-02

Beef 5 to IL cents per pounu Is
Salisbury.
Col. T. S. Kenan has been nomi-
mated for Mayor of Wilson.
About $50 new buildings have gone
up in Raleigh during the past year.
Cyrus P. Mendenhall has been
nominated for Mayor of Greensboro.
Mr.. T. G. HodIey, of Wilson, will |
deliver the memorial address at that |
place.
The Madison Enterprise learns that !
the fruit crop escaped injury from the |
frost last week.
Governor Vance is to deliver the
memorial address in Charlotte; Col.
II. G.. Jones in Morganton, and Col J.
A. Gilmer in Greensboro.
The Salisbury Waterman says : We
understand that the MENINGITIS IS
raging i'll the neighborhood of Rowan
Mills. Several deaths have occurred.
Mr. Judson Riley, a highly respecta-
BILE farmer living three miles west OF
Hillsboro, was struck with paralysis
on Thursday morning and died on
Saturday morning.
The Goldsboro' Messenger says 1t
was rumored that DIR. Daniel Cogdell,
of this place, was dangerously i'll IN
Raleigh, but information, believed to
be reliable, stated that he is gradually
and surely recovering.
The Raleigh Sentinel says: We re-
eret to announce the death OF Jesse
w. Peoples, aged about 50 years, an
esteemed citizen of Wake county,
which occurred at his residence near
Wake Cross Roads, three miles from
the city, on Monday last.
DR.. E. Burke Haywood, of Raleigh,
has been selected by the American eaal
Medical Society to report on the Gil
Carolina to the twenty-fourth annual
session of that body, which will be
held in ST. Louis, No. on the 9th of
May prox.
The Raleigh Sentinel says: 4 val
liable copper mjne has been dis
covered, as we are assured, within the
limits of Raleigh township. A speci-
men is now in the hands of the Assay
ist, and until his opinion has Eeen as
certainod the discOyerer declines to
name the location.
The Washington Express says: The
paisonersin the Greenville jail, II or -
in number, made Il rush together on
Sunday, the 18th inst, breaking out just
about church time. Among them is
one Ed. Williams, condemned for
murder They were all fortunately
captured in less than twelve hours.
The Wilson Plaindealer says: In
consequence of the dry cool weather
of the past two OF three weeks in this
section, corn is not generally up and
very little cotton has been planted.
Farmers, however, are busy preparing
to plant when it does rain, while some
already prepared ere waiting for the
rain.
The Henderson Tribune says that
Mr.. Il. Capeheart, living near kittrell
Springs made last year 500 gallons Of
vine, aul sold $1,000 lbs grapes Mr..
Hunt. ai-o during last year, shipped
$4,000 ID grapes, and made ?, 900 gal
Iol,5 0. Re. Each of those gentle
nen IS ! to do q larger business
still TIL sent year.
The y ton Gazette says: On last
uday "a ,rning, just before day, an
m ~ re was heard proceeding
..sl /. ii, and on investigation it
soul.. that one of the prisoners
set Iirc to the wood overhead with
Lope Of making his escape. Had
-..i the alarm been given by the other
-. soners the jail would have soon
been destroyed.
Gov. Caldwell, on Thursday, was
notified by the authorities of Marion
County, $. c., of the capture there OF
john 4. Owens, sentenced to imprison-
mont for life to the penitentiary il
1870 for murder, and who made his
escape from confinement year or 50
afterwards. Governor Holden offered
a reward of $500 for his capture and
delivery to the State authorities.
The Raleigh News tells us that the
\. G. Home Insurance Co, OF Raleigh,
through Maj. Seaton Gales, the Secre-
tary, the Old North State Insurance
Co., of Warrenton, through Messrs.
Devereux & McPheeters, Agents, and
Mr.. t. d. Martin presented Mr. Frank
N. Lumsden, on Thursday last, with
a handsome gold watch, for his efforts
recently in successfully saving the lat
ter gentleman's residence from fire.
The Hillsboro Recorder says: Prof.
Kerr, who goes out as the representa-
tive of North Carolina to the Vienna
Exposition, will take charge of a sam
pie of HillsbOro manufacture Mr.
James Y. Whitfield sends out a box of
his celebrated "Gold Ambrosia" to-
bacco, which took SO many premiums
and other Southern States. We have
no question it will maintain abroad
the fame 1t has won at home.
The Goldsboro' Messenger saws
We regret to learn that Mr.. w. B.
Oliver, who resides at Pine Level.
Johnston county, suffered a severe loss
on Sunday night last. His store, in
which was large stock of dry goods
and groceries, was burned to the
ground, together with all the money
he possessed. His loss is not less than
$4,000, and he had no Insurance Not
a dollars worth OF anything was
saved. The origin of the fire is un-
known, but it is believed to have been
accidental.
The Rocky Mount Mail, in speaking
of Joyner's, says The removal Of
the depot by the w. & W. Railroad
will cause a depreciation i'll the value
of property here at least $4,000 The
largest loser Will be Mr. ". D. Farmer,
WHO persistently refused to sell land,
so that the town could be built up
That is the reason assigned by the
railroad for this change The heirs of
". G. Sharpe, H. Winstead, Capt. J.
ID. Wells, and other property-owners
here Will suffer also.
Inc zee Lee Herald says: one day
last week dwelling house belonging
10 IL. 1. Knots, Esq, occupied by
cOlored woman, near LAWYER Spring
Church, Lanesboro' township, was
burned, with two of the woman's chill
dren. 1t seems that the children had
been left in the house by their mother,
us it was her custom to leave the house
every morning, after locking her chill
dren up, and sometimes not returning
as late as 10 o'clock at night, and it is
probable started the fire that proved
fatal to them. We hardly ever pick
mp paper but we see items similar to
the one above, and we believe that
there is such thing as criminal neg
Hgence, and think that all such cases
should be thoroughly Investigated.