Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-11-14

and five feet in circumference.
The Greensboro Patriot Says
Miss Nancy CLARK, residing in the east
ern part of town. raised a pumpkin in
her garden weighing 81 pounds. There
were 700 lbs. OF pur17'h'ns on the vine,
and it amt goojJ vear Tor pumpkins
either.
The Greersbosa .triot says
Messrs. Munro a-s jorsbie returned
last SATURDAY.. : inois, having in
charge Pete. an old man Of II
years, char. b. Il killing Jacob
Clapp, in +T.-. :, last spring. His
son Allison, -. .,ceomr!ice, died Ill
Illinois.
The Raleigh Sentinel says: Ayoung
man of high standing, a respected
member of tine Church at Kinston,
aged about Is or 10 years, mysterl-
ously disappeared on Saturday last, q
week ago. At last accounts his where
abouts was unknown and it is feared
some evil has befallen him.
The Durham Tobacco Plant says: A
very sad affair occurred in town one
night last week, in which several fe-
males were engaged. A fight between
two ladies and separation of man and
wife was the result. Owing to the
high regard we have for some of the
parties connected we refrain from
calling names.
The Wadesboro Herald says We
are informed that on Friday night OF
last week, a gentleman, whose name is
Dennis Tarlton, lost barn containing
fodder and shucks by fire. He lives
u in, he
direction Of Gulledge's store, and
thinks it the work of all 1ncendlary.
Loss about $400.
The Charlotte Observer says : EIgh-
teen persons-seven males and eleven
females, were baptized by Elder Green
Brown in Hunting Creek, near Hamp-
tonville, last Sabbath. ''They went
down into the water and straight way
they came up out again" These are
accessions to Flat Rock, one of the
oldest Baptist churches in Western
North Carolina.
The Fayetteville Gazette says: I. a
Murchison, ESQ, Chief Marshal OF
the Cumberland County 18th Annual
Fair, has made the following appoint
1nents of Assistants Marshals: j. Fl.
Currie, W. G. McDiarmid, G. d. Ell.
lott, J. L. Smith, Newton Robinson,
Robert Bryan, D. II. Marsh, j. M.
Matthews. Jno. Kerr, Jas. Robinson,
VIM. Whitfield and Sydney Mcdaniel.
The Wadesboro Herald says !: We
were shown a new variety of cotton by
Mr.. James Benton one day last week
which by far exceeds anything in the
cotton line we have heretofore SEEN
It is called the "Zippora,' of a very
fine texture, aswhite as snow, and will
four long, silky locks of cotton, hav
ing very much the appearance of thu
ordinary after being carded and made
into roll. 1t was grown on Brow
Creek.
The Fayetteville Gazette says: Twt
negroes, Albert Smith and Charle
Walton, living in the northeastern
part of town, became engaged in al
alteration on Tuesday afternoon
when Smith seized an axe. and struci
Walton once in the side and twice il
the head, infiicting very Severe gashes
The physician thinks the wounded
man will recover. The >.tiIck, W.
learn, was unprovolled, a'.i was made
in Walton's own house. j'-~'."a Bald
win committed Smith to Ia
The Charlotte Obser, .. \ gen
tlcman Of this place, who D Gas
ton court few DAY turned
Yesterday. and bring rort.-
He saws there is almost ,,tera;lv n,
monav in circnla+;on j., m conntv
and that tn: 70 was no. a sinv,e cas-
tried in court. men not having none,
enough to paw costs. The sheriff la,
in his hands eleven thousand dollar
worth of executions and did not collec
q dollar. This Is the report as brourL
Inv n oentlemar INST from Dallas.
The Milton Chronicle saws He'll
Half Acre has r-n,. Re scene of an
other horrible lysss.f. THE bodv n
ono Mrs. El;..ra.' ks was fount
dead in a clT.i,, 49,. -,electabIe plac
on Safurda-- .- 18Th Her Feat,
is snnnospj ros11ltad from, in
iuries re-. e hand of one in
famous T. lose history is con
tanned III II IN OFF crimina
docket I cucir,,te othervis.
nerhaos tho blows or irinrias IvouI,
not have beer fatal,
Inc Cnarlotte observer says:
meet!ng OF the otockholders OF TIT
held and a BOARD of Directors elected
This Board consists of s. p. Smith
John w Wads,,rth W W Grier 7
" NcNInrray MacanIav n g
Grier. J. p Houston. B. H. Moore anf
r. H. Collins. These directors. afte,
tbair eIact;on hy tho observation-disclosures
held q neetina and elected a Pres;den
Mr. s p smith Cashier Thos r,
Vail ESQ. # is expected that til,
bank will he in working order anf
ready for the transaction Of business
Inv the 1st of Januarv
The Greensboro Patriot says: Late
Saturday Afternoon the train going t.
Salem ran over {. 5. Gossett, colored
badly bruislng the right thigh. L
seems that he was either standing o.
walking on the track about mile o.
so from Town, ana from the 1acG that III
made no effort to get out OF the way
and has no recollection OF what occur
red before he was struck by the eli
CINE. the Drs. think he had an attaei
OF ca.alepsey. When picked up liz
was pretty badly brulSed, put Dra
Hall and Cheek who attended hum
report that he Will recover wItnOu