Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-06-13
STATE NEWS.

Raleigh has 800 lib. sea turtle.
Wilson is to have market house.
Strawberries 10 cents a quart in
Goldsboro.
The wheat crop in Granville is said
to be very promising.
DIR. W. G. Hill has been reelected
Physician of the Penitentiary.
The Jail of Halifax county is tenant
less, and the doors are standing open.
Hon. VIM. A. Smith has been
elected President of the Yadkin r. r.
In the seasonof '72-'73 nearly $4,000
bales of cotton were shipped from
Raleigh.
The Williamson and Tarboro Rail
road is to be sold at auction in Tarbo-
70, on the 9Th of July.
The Hickory Press says: A mine
has been discovered by Col. J. w.
MaEirath in the South Mountains. 1t
contains mica, silver, and assofntida
with some indications of petroleum oil
gas.
The turpentine distillery of B. l..
Kellum, at Jacksonville, Onslow coun-
ty, was burned last Monday night, and
about a thousand dollars worth of
rosin with it. Incendiarism is the
supposed cause.
The Winston Sentinel says Nereus
Mendenhall has made a preliminary
survey of the proposed route of the
Mt. Airy Narrow Gauge Railroad, and
estimates the cost of the road from
Kernersville to Mt. Airy at 800, 900,
or about $4,000 per mile.
The Newton indicator says A
young man named Weaver, living on
MIR. James Wilson's place, was severely
injured on Friday last by being thrown
from horse and dragged for some
distance. DR.. Campbell was called in
and set his leg, which was broken just
above the ankle.
The Magnolia Advertiser Gays Mr..
@. Stevens, of Onslow, who recently
obtained twenty-four Germans for Ia
borers on his farm, is much pleased
with them. His neighbors Of Rich
land township purpose holding meet
ing on the 18th inst, to consider the
best means of obtaining about two
hundred more.
The Hickory Press says: We have
seen several specimens of b..,ca dia-
mond discovered in Lanville Mountain
by Mr.. Nottingham, Murphy and
others. Mr.. Murphy has forwarded
q number Of them to Philadelphia for
assay. They are found in considerable
quantities and may prove very
valuable.
The Greensboro Patriot says A
genuine case of "black vomit" occurred
in Warnersville last week. The VIC
tim was colored infant of some three
no r.,
sons best backing. No fears are en-
tertained of its spreading, as dose of
ipecac relieved the little fellow.
The Raleigh News says DIR. Ben
Williams, formerly representative in
the General Assembly from Harnett
cCanty, died in Philadelphia on the
18th ult., from the effects of a painful
operation which had been performed
for gravel. His remains passed
through this city a few days ago, Ell
route to his late residence for inter
ment.
The Raleigh News says An aged lady
by the name of Sallie Dodd was killed
yesterday morning by the outgoing
freight train on the Raleigh & Augusta
Air Line Railroad near the Penitentia-
ry. She was walking between the
"
and r. & A. A. l.. when the trains of
both roads met. It is supposed that
In her excitement she lost her presence
of mind and ran in the way of the cars
The Madison Enterprise says: We
learn from good authority that Miss
Ruth Searcy, who lives near Madison,
aged 70 years, has since Christmas,
carded, spun and woven 81 yards of
Il
of knitting cotton, working all the
herself useful about the house. This
is something as wonderful as praise
worthy.
The Raleigh Sentinel says Lay
members of the Methodist Church are
holding prayer meetings at private
houses in different sections of the CITY.
Ii the Eastern Ward these meetings
have been continued nightly for several
weeks past, and have been the means
of awakening unusual interest on the
subject of religion. A number of pen
itents present themselves for PRAYER
and several have professed conversion.
The Raleigh News says Yesterday
the following gentlemen passed sue
cessful examination before the Supreme
in the several Courts of the State ::
Jas. w. Reid, of Rockingham county :;
John D. Kerr, of Sampson Peter NJ
Wilson, of Warren Martin F. Ansel,
OF Macon William Horsfall, of Gran
vile; Jas. e. OHara, colored, of
Halifax; Jos. Bradtield, of Rock
ingham.
The BattIeboro Advance says: A re-
liable correspondent from William
ston, Martin county, gives us a de-
scrlptlon of horned negro at that
place. The negro is about 40 years
old, and the horn is on his forehead
and of the same material as cows
He has kept it cut off close to the skin
until four Elonths ago. It is nov a
little over three inches long. His
mother had horn ON her arm of a
similar character
The Battleboro Advance SAYS Ben
Davis, the notorious character, who
Figured" in this pla'e last year, first
as the teacher ola colored school, then
as Radical politician, and lastly as
the keeper of a low down groggery,
was convicted at Northampton court
last week of forgery and sentenced to
the Penitent;ary for five years. He
was indicted IN four cases, and tried
and convicted in only one, and that the
most favorable one for him.
The Durham Tobacco Plant forgets
itself so far as to become indignant at
the fact that the mail agents will not
deliver his paper promptly. He even
goes SO far (the unreasonable fellow
as to put his complaint into words and
his words into the paper, to the fol-
lowing tune: We have to pay for all
we get, even postage on our exchanges,
and then ''the best government in the
world" cannot afford to employ men
vino will faithfully and properly dis
charge their duty. If W. W. Holden
is not capable of filling the position to
which he has been assigned, we hope
he will be removed and some one
made p. NJ. that can and will attend to
his duty,