Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-10-31

tram WaS to have gone ND last NIGHT.
I1ese arc ali oi the particulars that
we could ascertainlast night and We in
vain endeav0rcd 10 learn something OF
has condition. and the opinions of the
physicians. We tfust the injuries are
not SO severe SIS at first reported
D0ily JoHT30f 26H.
fzeck is,-Iastn 'ts.reas Fails Factory
--Fosssa SeygA--Ehe CrapS--A New
sssiirtsa,:i Proposed.
-NC&2Ta. L{if0rs g: Having inst spent
| several days i'll Rockingham and
visited the Great Falls Factory" re-
Gently, we propose to give you some
insight into the condition nf the latter
and the c.:rrent news of the former,
with s"ch crop reports and other items
as may occur - rs The factory
| which, nH:!er IL" genera! oversight OF
| Col. j. ". IHah. .:aS attained a yclv
IL Th degree OF prosperity, Is 1T once Il .
pride and boast of !tGckinchau:. wlicl,
all strangers az. Invited t. visit rs t..c
great centre OF interest of III, section
OF country. 1: is IL verv imposing
| Dujll,lng OF five stories, erected on the
rains OF the mach smaller one. which
was iurns d ny the Yankees in 1865,
| costing tiye present proprietorS So, 600.
| Il is frpnted by lofty tower of ~
| feet, commanding most beautiful and
| p.ctnrcsqre views Of the surrounding
country, the faoturv village clustered
on the adjacent hillside, and the beau
! t.tui sheet OF water, whose miniature
Niagara, over gray rocks, interiaccd
with -Hcll"ns, gives name 10 The en-
'erprise. On the topnost Story of
the tower is a reservoir or water
tank, to be used III case of fire cner-
s5"mcics, tie Int room, in IL separate
Guiding, being overlooked hY the
towtr.
There htvc been at least :, ;i"zs,, Il, W
cottages built lately for the '.han,ls:"
they arc extremely neat aud pretty, al
painted white, and nicciy GH:"hcl oil.
containing three ar four rct,,n, a
p rch and an cntry BESIDES tia. now
houses, tic old ones having hoeu rc,..,-
waited. make up quite y thriving It;ie
viiiiag"; and tie flower plots, -four
iShiug beds IF vegetables, and graceful
towering vines Civ" i AN ;.j,pearar G,
of taste. comfort anal beauty. TIE,
soil is ii red clay, which produces
sp!cndcd corn and cit!jh;Go The al
thorized capital nf the Great Ft?ir
Manufacturing Company is :53O3. .00n
Two thousand bales uf c"ttoA urr
n$ed per vc;:f, ana frum G.t 90 10 T,GHD
yards oi cloth are Iii do per day. IN
excellent article, the wlolesa!e price !
OF Shich ranges from Il. to y cents, |
retailing at IL cents There are fl !
teen stockholders. Hands roceivevefy /
good wages. The SUperinteEdcnt gets [,
Si0J per month. boss viewers ta> they /
are called get $s6D per month. and No. !
female hands get SO per month
Rockingham IS Just how discussing /
the miserable h,tmhng played of upon |
ii last wecil-the Great Eastern Cir
Gus AMI Menagerie" Il seems that
this hic show divided at Wilmington,
part going IN Wh!teyiiie and Marion,
;-nI TIE remnant coming tl.is way.
Paying tax of not more than S2G, il
carried oil at least s. soc, IN return {, :
winch the ''stea}n piano" wheezcd
M0ilie Darling, and our citiz rs i'm
proved their knowledge OF natural
history hy locking at some rather in
fSrior specimens of wild animals. and
iaugheit At the T.5ald iestingo of 4 clown!
There was any amount OF cheating, |
especially OF the poor negroes. They
got one poor darker into the "Side
Show, took iils money manipulated
his wooiy head, showes! him nJthi4g,
and charged 81 for Z chronological
examination. When t}ey could get
all additional entrance Zee they wouldn't
take the!r owj. tickets. cursed the dar-
keys and cracked them on TIE head
with t!is utmost ns,ari!a'encn, gave
theTa l'tiItt., candy fer change" and
made them hUv clown boot, after
getting in or ',wiiott tickets before
admitting them 10 the lippodrome
/ ia
not get mp roar, and the
little Ieupards looked ike Young
Wild cats, snch as We have up here on
Martins Island. The acrobatic per
formance. we hear. did not near come
up ''to the ricturs." and instead of %
beautiful women, there were two or
three toIcrably good-!oolliug.
III cotton crop in this county Is
generally very good, and now. that he
circllS has gone and carried of AL the
poor daIley's money, perhaps they viii
pick ont the white harvest.
Farming ii Z camond county - car
rie'l on 10 greater a.lvautHce tiran il
used - be land that formerly yic!.l,tl 4
&tl poua'tG of unttuii, unw =. odu"cs
l,uOl. and IniIci Of it -,0j0 pound, to
the acre.
The crops, both Of corn and cotton,
on Little River, are very fine. They
are talking Of hni'ding new railroad
up there irorn Wadesboro to Green's
horo. They need it very much have
now to haul their produce in wagons
10 LilesvilIc, fifteen or twenty miles,
over awfulIy ro,tGh roads. A company
nf English capitalists agree to build il
Il certain land appropriations are voted
them, said lands to lie on both SIDES nf
the route Of the proposed road /
built vii open up tn travel and mar
ket one OF The finest seq oIs of East
ern Carolinn. Y. ID. toyiNGr0,s