Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-04-04

STATE NEWS.
Pretty stiff gale in Raleigh tn
Saturday. u =
The Newborn Times local discourses
of lemon liz inches in circumference
and weighing II ounces.
DR.. Columbus Mills, Of Caba rus,
recently obtained seventeen pounds of
wool at one shearing, from Il Merino
ram.
= The Road steamer has been garfield
10 Jonesbcro' to run between that
place and Ellington, in Harnett
comfy.
The Newbern Timssl Gays: Sheriff
Hubbs placed on our table, one of the
largest hen eggs I'VE have ever seen.
It measured u inches in circumfer-
ence, and weighed 3 1-16 ounces. ~.
+ The Statesville 1nteligencer says
A severe hail storm occurred in the
northern part of this county last week,
many of the stones being as large as
a hens egg. az 80 --<'
h The Norfolk Journal says It is said
that a greater number of shad have
been secured at ono catch at the North
Carolina fisheries this season than even
known before, fifteen thousand being
frequently caught ct ono fishing
The Kinston correspondent of the
a SOW that had thirteen pigs on tic
first day of November at one farrow,
and thirteen more on the twelfth
instant making twenty-six pigs in
little over three mouths" "sss a.- p
The fayetteville Eagle says: The
amount OF subscription necessary to
the Fayetteville j. Florence Railroad
has been secured, and at q meeting of
the President and Directors Thursday,
q requisition was made upon the Town
Commissioners for SIC, 600 in bonds
that was pledged by the town.
The Newbern Times says At about
o'clock p. m. yesterday, little child
of Mr.. James Jones. living on Craven
street, while playing upon the street
was run over by a light dray and seri-
ously injured. The 'drayman carried
the unfortunate little one to its home,
and DIR. Hughes being summoned,
found that no bones were broken, but
that the child was badly bruised
The Charlotte Observer says: A few
days since, as the train on the A., T.
Il 0. r. r. was coming to Charlotte, a
spark from the engine fell in a car
loaded with rags, and in short time
the entire car was i'll blaze. AS soon
as the fire was discovered, the train
was stopped ami all hands went to
work with viii to save the car. and
n
hold, however, that this was well nigh
impossible. and the greater part of the
load was consumed. The car was
saved from very serious damage.
The Raleigh Sentinel says: Yester-
day morning, as Louisa BARLEY,
one of the colored domestics employed
in the Exchange Hotel on Hillsboro'
street, was leaning out of second
story window she fell to the ground
head first. Notwithstanding it would
be presumed, having struck on her
head her injury would be almost if not
fatal, nevertheless she was about,
yesterday afternoon, i'll the hotel, com
planning, it is true. she felt the con-
cussion, bat not by any means nea,
dead. -.
The Raleigh News says: Yesterday
afternoon, about O'Clock, the alarm,
of fire was given by the bell at the
Metropolitan Market House Tt was
occasioned by the burning of what was
known as the old "Sewell Place" or
NewEarn Avenue. 1t seems that the
building caught from sparks from tho
chimney, and the roof being like an
old finder box, the building was soon
wrapped in flames. The building was
occupied by &. W. Lambeth, Esq.
and owned by VIM. Beach, Esq. OF
Philadelphia. ..-.
| The Statesv1le IntelEsc 1eer says
We learn through a reliable source
, that tle Messrs Wallace Bros. & Ste
phens0n, have recently received large
orders from Canada for medicinal
plants. which they are buying in large
qllantit ies. This is something new fol
this country. Investigation proves
that the collecting, drying and peciing
of medical roots, herbs, barka, &c,
can be made more profitable than the
drying of fruit, though that source OF
revenue need not and ought not to be
neglected.
A correspondent of the Petersburg
Index says: John Mitchell, male oil
the colored persuasion, was sent tc
Rocky Mount on Thursday to be locked
up III the city jail. by Justice T. w.
Wilcox, of Whitakers. The charge
against John was can assault with in
tent to commit rape" on Ellen King, q
damsel of kindred color. Pinioned
securely with stout rope, attended by
a gaping crowd Of boys, he was crib
bed, cabined and confined. After half
an hours solitary meditation, the pris-
oner having concluded that his pun
ishment was too severe for his little
piece of familiarity, wrenched the lock
off and forsook the limits of the hos
pitable town.
The Norfolk Virginian says From
information received from steamers ar
irving from North Carolina, we learn
that the gale on Friday night in Able
marie Sound was terrific in its nature
and it is thought that a plumber of dis
astsFs have occurred to tha shipping.
1t is Yumored that the steamer Rotary
was lost, but We ould not trace it to
any reliable source at this writing.
The steamer Chowan, with tow, which
was expected here on the 29th, did not
arrive before yesterday, ha wing been
compelled during the prevalence of
the storm to seek harbor. The steam
er Sparkle, in crossing the Sound, had
a portion of her cargo, consisting of
boxes of fish, blown off her deck, and
she had also to seek, . harbor. The
storm is described as being one of the
severest ever known, SURPRISING in fury
that of the late gale of the I'd.
A MILLION ORANGES 4 YEAR.
WHAT A FLORIDA ORANGE
GROVE YIELDS.
Mr.. A. J. Cummings, the editor of
the New York Sun, who has been on a
visit to the land Of flowers, gives in
one of his letters to that paper the fol-