Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-02-21

Greensboro E6er the raiiIoao a,d 1iI ha
the middle of Marsef s;Ii ,nu to ,' Salem
Last Sunday morning l+t,o before
day, Jason Winstead, PETE 18th Du,
Charley Cuteliin, Wilson Rogers nd
Levi Faison. all colored, growing
tired of confinement in Edgecombs
cotslty Jail, sawed themselves out and
lsft.
The Tarboro Southerner says: On
"Wednesday last the gin house of Nj.
John Warien, in this county, was en-
tlreiy destroyed by fire, together with
all It's contents- We have heard no
explanation of Tue origin of the fire.
No insurance.
The Magnolia advertiser savs On
Monday evening last. a little colored
girl about two years>sld. living ON the
plantation of Mr. Mn. Johnston. in
Rock fish township, had her clothing
take fire, and she was so>badly burned
that she died in o few hotss.
The Charlotte Southern Home SAWS.
On last Saturday afternoon joe Baker.
a white man, got into quarrel with a
negro man named Joe Johnston. at a
grOg-shop about mile from Charlotte
on the Beattie's Ford road. Baker
drew his knife and killed the negro.
Baker has been arrrsted.
The Newborn Times says: We are
informed by Mr.. Virgil 4. Crawford,
that under the direction of the Rev.
| Thomas Henderson, at the st. Andrew
Chapel, there is a great revival taking
place, and that from the nightly num-
Der of forty to sixty mourners, from
seven to ten are converted.
The Goldsboro' Messenger. in speak
ing of the proposed Press Convention.
says: DIR. Wright, who Will shortly
open the new hotel in this place, has
authorized us to extend the hospitali-
| ties of that house to the editorial fra
ternity, and we would suggest that the
early part of May would be conve-
nient time.
The Goldboro' Messenger says: It
! pains us to chronicle that our esteem
ed friend and townsman, VIM. Rob-
| inson, Esq, met with the sad accident
| of having his left leg broke in three
| places, on Friday last. Drs. W. H.
Moore and Geo. l.. Kirby are his at
PENDANTS, and he is doing as well as
could be expected.
The Raleigh Sentinel learns from a
private dispatch, received in that CITY
Saturday from Greensboro. that Hon.
j. j. Hickman delivered a lecture in
/ that place, ON Friday night last, on
Temperance" and sixty members
were added to the Lodge of Good
Templars, which now numbers two
hundred and forty.
The Raleigh News says w. D.
Jones, Revenue Assessor of this Dis
tr1ct, has received orders from the
Commissioner of Revenue at Washing
ton, to>close up the office of Assessor
and Assistant Assessor of this District
by the Goth of May, and to turn over
all the books and government prop
erty to the Collector
The Lorisburg Courier says We
had exhibited to us few days ago,
some. seed cotton raised by Capt. A. D.
| Williams, near Ransom's Bridge, that
is of fine staple, and gives the most
extraordinary yield of lint that we ever
heard of. As locks taken from bolls
is said to have out-weighed 80 locks of
the Dixon. One pound in the seed is
said to give half pound of lint. Every
| boil has five locks.
The Magnolia Advertiser says: On
Saturday last, at about O'Clock, a.
m, little Emma, youngest daughter of
Mr.. G. L. Cowles, while the rest of
the family were in the lower part of
the house preparing breakfast, arose
from her bed, and by some means, her
night clothing caught fire. Hearing
her cries, her mother ran up stairs and
found her clothing in a living flame.
They were Immediately eXtinguished,
but not until he had been most fright
fully and fatally burned. She fingered
until Scnday morning, when she died.
The Enfield Times says: A Stock
Company is being organized at this
place, with a capital of $4,000, for
the purpose of erecting a fine brick
hotel. 1t is proposed to sell 80 shares,
at 500 each, no person to own more
than one share. The hotel is to be
built of brick, three stories in height,
with stores underneath
The Enfield Times says : A gentle
/ man from the neighborhood of Scot
land Neck informs us that the Roanoke
| river is higher than it has ever been
known to be before, except III the year
1865. The plantations along the river
are being very badly washed.
Fishing Greek, which divides this
county from Nash and Edgecombe, is
also raging, and has wandered far
I beyond its hanks, carving dams,
bridges and fences away.
The Fayetteville Eagle saws We
learn that Mr.. b. Goodwin, one of the
most successful farmers and business
men of Robson county, made last
year 3, 600 pounds of lint cotton ontwo
acres of land. This is 1900 pounds
to the acre, or over three bales, the
largest yield We ever knew. It has
been stated, also, that in the neighbor-
hood of Major J. Evans, in this coun-
ty, fifteen bales to the horse were made
last year. 1t is now becoming appar-
ent that pillow work can be economical
SO that at least ten bales to the pillow
can be easily made. A few years ago
Basil Barry, of Onslow county, made
$50 pounds of cotton on half an acre,
which, we believe, is the largest
land.
| From the Weldon News we learn
that difficulty occurred in Afurfrees-
borg, last Friday night, between two
young men bp the name of Thompson
and Adkins. the result Of which was
that the former was stabbed and killed
| by Adkins.
The Raleigh Sentinel says: On Mon
day morning the axle of one of the
cars of an empty freight train proceed
ing to Mr.. Frank Pages saw mill, for
lumber, when some two miles above
Apex, on the Chatham railroad, broke,
| throwing that car across the track, the
! rear cars becoming piled upon it.
Some twenty persons were on the train,
but the only serious injury was sus-
tanned by a negro man named Sam
Hart, SOME sixty years old" He was
staadli ,3e: m the door way Of q bog cal
thrown out, the wheels of portion of
the train passing over both legs below
the knees, terribly mangling them.
Five cars were totally wrecked and
others slightly injured.
Tho WALTON Nox,,e