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

Y.
CLAIMS 50 cents bushel in Newbern
Goldsboro' has had its first Gu
cumber.
Capt. John S. Brain is lecturing in
Charlotte on the sea episodes of the
late war.
The Raleigh Sentinel says: DIR: Ben
iamin Hicks died in Oxford on Satur-
day morning last. He was some 50
years of age, and was a good physi-
clan. His death will be greatly felt
by many. He did considerable prac-
tice.
The Lincoln Progress says A large
vein of the sulphate of lime has been
discovered within a half IN lie of L n.oln-
ton. 1t is on the land of Mr.. w. NJ
Reinhardt, and on the Ramsour battle
ground hill. The snlphate of lime is
the gypsum of commerce, and is one
| of the best of fertilizers.
The Charlotte Southern Home says :
The reports that reached us last week
from this section were generally favor
able. Small grain is locking much
better than could have been expected.
Most of our farmers have gotten the
victory oyer the grass and their fields
are clean, corn and cotton growing
finely.
The Charlotte Observer says We
learn that Mr.. p. l.. Rose, of States
vile, will in a short time succeed Mr.
ID. A. Ramsay as Route Agent ON the
Atlantic, Tennessee & Ohio Railroad
between Charlotte and Statesville.
Mr. Ramsay has accepted a position as
Route Agent on the Western North
Carolina Railroad.
The Fayetteville Eagle says: At the
meeting of the Independent Light In
fantry Company, held Monday night,
twenty-five applications for member
ship were received. There were also
six applications at the meeting of La
Fayette Light Infantry Company, held
the same night, which swelled the roll
of this company to 100 members.
The Norfolk Journal says The
schooner Jane Fisher, Captain Sykes.
from North Carolina, bound up the
bay with a cargo of shingles, was run
into yesterday morning by the Berkeley
ferry boat Union. The Union struck
the schooner about midships, carrying
away part ri her railing and doing
considerable other damage She will
haye to be repaired before completing
her voyage.
At the recent examination of the
candidates for admission to the Acad-
envy at West Point, the following APP
plicants passed from North Carolina,
although the per centage of reflections
was much larger than usual-forty-
nine being rejected out of one hundred
n,,l nj
ined, viz E. +. Green, Henry Kirby,
Theophilus Pan l-ar, and John f. Whit
worth. Two from Virginia passed,
Charaes B. Gatewood and John w.
Williams.
A telegram dated at Greensboro. on
the 18th, to the Richmond Dispatch
says: A large meeting of farmers was
held in the Grove here to-day for the
purpose Of organizing a grange of the
Patrons of Husbandry. The meeting
was ably addressed by Col. p. Wyatt
Aiken, of South Carolina After the
address the meeting adjourned to Odd
Fellows Hall and organized two
oranges, as follows: No. l, Greensboro
Grange, with thirteen officers, twenty
male and twelve fs4ale members:
No. 2. Mcteansville tduilford county, |
Grange, with twelve male and seven |
female members. The oranges will |
meet monthly. Much interest is man
Tested.
4 special to the Petersburg Index,
from Enfield, lasy Saturday, Lays; |
Last night. about one o'clock, the |
third and last barn belonging to Mr..
S. w. Nicholson, who, it will be re-
lost two barns by fira last |
month, was entirely consumed by FIRE
together with $50 barrels of corn
three carts and other art1c es, amount.
ing, in the aggregate, to $4,000. Mr..
Nicholson is large planter, and these
severe losses, at this particular season,
will vastly incommode his farming
operations. The barn was situated in
Nash county, about one and O half
niles from the residence, which was Is
ibis county. A bridge over Fishing
n, elk, wnrch aIn. thraugh Mr.: NIGH
,lson's farm, was also fred, but the
timely arrival of Messrs. Harris and
saved it from being utterly
destroyed. Incendiary. No insu-
'ance,