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


LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
No Bones BrokeMs y
We are glad to learn that Capt
NJ. Howell, the conductor of the trair
was not seriously injured in the acc
dent on the w. / w. Railroad on Wed
nesday morning. Although badl
bruised, as stated by us yesterday, b
was able to take his passengers throug
to Weldon and will be all right in
few days. -
Bonrd OF EdncatIon.
fhe Board Of Education for thi
county met last night, according t.
previous adjournment, but the snl,
item Of business transacted, of genera
importance, was the appointment O
Isaac Foy as a member of the Schoo
Committee i'll Grant township.
Adjourned to the first Monday il
April. Daily Journal, 28th. r. !, g,
4 sad Calamity.
We regIet, exceedingly, to learn o
the death of Mrs McDiarmid, wife of oul
esteemed friend, MIR. w. ). McDiar
mid, of the Lumberton Ro6eso,tian
which occurred very suddenly at hel
residence in Lumberton, on FRIDAY
night. Mr.. Nc McDiarmid was in this CITY
with his daughter, and newnothing O.
the sad calamity which had fallen upo1
him until hastily summoned home by
telegraphio dispatch. We could MOI
learn the cause Of the sudden death.
We tender Mr. McDiarmid our sin.
cere sympathy in this great affiictior
with which he has been visited.
County Conn m issfoncr..
The Board Of County Commission.
ers met last night in adjourned session
Petition of w. l.. Smith, Vice Pres.
ident of the Dawson Bank, for refund.
ing Of tax paid last November, was,
under the advice of the County Attor.
nev, ordered granted.
c. Larkins, II. G.. Hashagan, L. NJ.
Waldron, J. +. Rulfs, r. J. Scarbor-
ough, Henry Bremen, Geo. L. Schutts,
and Claus Schriever were granted per
mission to retail spirituous liquors
Commissioner Nixon reported having
made an examination of the County
Work House, which he found in gen
orally good condition.
Adjourned to meet again on the first
Monday in April, at s p. M.-Doily
journal, 20th.
Another Branch or the hank OF
New Hanover.
1t affords us pleasure to be able to
state, says the Wilson ptaiaest 0ler,
that there is a reasonable expectation
of the establishment at an early day of
a branch Of the Bank of New Honover
in this place. A Bank here will be a
great convenience to the town and sur
rounding country, and will further
more have a tendency to improve the
trade Of the place. Every additional
public convenience or enterprise of
any kind must have beneficial effect
upon trade, because everything of the
kind must attract the people of the
surrounding country. We have, what
We believe to be reliable information,
to the effect that the Bank of New
tutions of its kind in the whole South
Important to Teachers Of Public
schools.
The Superintendent Of Public In
srruction has issued his instructions
to the County Board of Examiners
He decides that all teachers in the
public schools must have new
certificates.
The Board Of Examiners for this
county have decided to give, during
the Spring, some Instructions which
shall be free to all teachers in the
county, and which shall precede the
examination, that all who desire GER
titicates under the new and more rigid
demand, may have an opportunity to
prepare themselves. The time and
place of the drill will be announced.
We approve OF this movement, and
will give Prof. McIvcr's instructions q
place i'll our columns in few days.
Distressing Accident.
A very distressing accident occurred
yesterday morning near the corner of
Market and Fifth streets. A little lad
about IL years old, son of Mr.. Henry
Reeder, was engaged, with n number
of others, in jumping on and off the
street cars while in motion and un-
known, be it said, TO the conductor.
AS young Reeder jumped he missed
his hold and fell, the wheels Of the car
passing over his leg, breaking the
thigh bone and infiicting a severe frac-
ture below the knee. His head, at the
same time, was badly cut and injured.
Tne little sufferer was taken up and
conveyed to his home where several
physicians soon arrived and did all
that they could for him. His leg was
not a,nputated, and at last accounts,
very low. he was MS easy as
it was possible for him to be, under
the circImstances.-Da journal,
2eM.
The Fire Last Night.
About S o'clock last evening the
alarm of fire was sounded for the
Fourth fire district. The department
all turned out promptly when the
alarm was found to proceed from the
building on South Water Street, owned
by Mr.. P Murphy and occupied by
Mcssrs. W. 1. Gore and c. W. Oldham.
The doors were broken open but there
was such dense smoke in the build
ing that it was impossible to enter. It
was only known .hat the flames were
somewhere in the back part of the
building. The engines began to work
when the building was thoroughly de-
luged with water and the flames were
subdued.
There were conflicting reports in re-
gard b. the origin of the fire, hut it is
generally thought to have caught in n
pile of bags that were stored in the
portion of the building occupied by
MIR. Oldham ana adjoining tho parti-
ton between the two stores. Mr..
Oldham occupies the northern division
of the first floor, while Mr.. Gore has
the southern portion OF the first floor
and the entire second floor. Mr..
Oidham's stock consisted Of groceries
and pea nuts, while Mr. Gore had be-
tween 10. 900 and Il, 600 bushels of pea.
nuts stored in the building.
The loss, which was almost entirely
by water, it is di,icnlt to estimate.
Mr.. Oldham has $1,000 insurance with
Messrs. Atkinson & Manning, Agents,
and this amount will probably cover
his loss. Mr.. Gore has $1,000 in the
Hltna, of Hartford, Messrs. Greene &
DeRosset, Agents, and 5000 with
Messrs. Atkinson & Manning, Agents.
The loss is partial but it is impossible
to correctly approximate it.