Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-08-15
STATE NEWS.

Good reports come from the crops
in Alexander county.
A lodge of Odd Fellows is to be in
in the town of Fremont
A colored woman IN Battleboro' has
an infant with eight fingers on each
hand.
Beautiful specimens OF pink sand
stone have been found on the lands of
Captain S. A. Grier, Cabarrus county.
The Goldsboro Fair Ground proper
ty is to be sold on Monday, the LIST day
of September, under foreclosure OF
mortgage.
The Fayetteville Eagle says: During
one of the late storms an elderly lady
of this place was struck and stunned
by lightning. She has been struck
three different times before this.
The Madison Enterprise says: We
met with an old farmer OF Stokes
county a few days ago, who gay" Il
gloomy account OF tobacco lie mas
been farming forty yeas and he thinks
the present crop the worst for the tim"
of the year he has ever seen.
The Rocky Mount Mail says The
chicken cholera has prevailed among
the feathered tribe IN and around the
town to an alarming extent this sum
mer. and is still raging Bennett
Bum, Esq, has lost 10 chickens by
this disease in less than three weeks.
The Goldsboro Messenger says: The
growing cotton in this section las
greatly improved under the auspici"Hs
weather during the past few wec.ia
The corn crop, that IS, early corn, has
seriously suffered from ram and fresh
cts during the planting season, and
TIE prolonged drought of tn" past
month. Present Indications point t"
short crop unless the late rains
should have the effect to rc@uscit;tte
the late corn, sufficient to make up an
average crop.
The Raleigh News says The fune-
raj of Mai. CASTOR IL. Wilder took
place yesterday at his residence, five
miles East of Raleigh. 1t WAS lar| ~
attended by his old neighbor8 and
quite number from the city. A very
able and imprns sive funeral discourse
was delivered by the Rev. Joseph NJ.
Atkinson, of the Presbyterian church
of this city. His remains were hll-
ried i'll his family graveyard, near his
residence.
The Clinton Enquirer says: Our
pOmolOgical tOwnsmcu, Messrs. i. T..
Hubbard and Alfred Johnson, verify
believe they have found a sure proven
tive against the injury to the pear tree,
known as ''blight." With q three
quarter anger bore a hole sufficiently
deep i'll the trunk, insert about I! Table
spoonful of sulphur, then plug uD the
hole. They have used this remedy fbl
five years, and it has not been known
to fail in a single instance.
The Fayetteville Eagle says /: About
one year ago Mr.. Abel Deal, an o'I
man of over one hundred years. pro
fessed religion, bIlt has been unable l.
be baptized according to his faith unit
last Sunday, when he was carried III {;
chair from his residence, III this
county, three miles below Fayetteville
near Spring Hill, to creek &evora
hundred yards distant, and there in
mersed by Rev F.. *. Statzer, Of tn.
town. For the past two years tins
aged sire has been SO weighed dow
by his accumulated years, that he W.
unable to walk il step without assist
ance.
Lie L uucltl lllltS goes IIltO ttSt'tt
over an egg that has been presented t.
the editor by lady of that town, who
found it i'll the hen nest. The egg !.
in the shape of large pipe with bow
and stem, and weighs about half
pound. Quite n curiosity, but on
GOldsboro hens, says the Messenger
can beat those of Enfield in creating :
sensation, and in laying eggs they
Il
gentlemen" Such q chicken is on the
premises of Mrs. Mary E. Bonitz /;
relative of the editor) i'll this town. !
queer shaped egg was recently fount
in her hennery, which contained "a nl"
dium size stone marble instead Of the
yolk. The marble was one similar i,
those with which the children were il
the habit of playing in the yard, anC
had all the appearance OF having b"el
used for that purpose.
The Lumberton Robesonian SAY,
On Saturday evening. the ID instant
while Mr.. Lewis Lawson. of this town
was III the act of crossing the river 81
the lower bridge-known as the old
bridge-twO of the stringers on on;
side gave way. precipitating Nj. LnE.
son, two mules, wagon and six barrels
OF rOsin into the bottom OF the river, {;
distance of thirty feet The giving way
of one side necessarily turned the Na""!
upside down. A spectator say il..i
Lawson went first, rOsin and w#.r,,I
next. sinking the unfortunate nam /,
the bottom of the river. The iprnri
succeeded in eXtricatinG himself a'Gu
swan out. The mules remained ST.
pended short time by some rf t.,'
wreck above, when they gave ~ al
tumbled i'll head first Strange "a.
Mr.. l.. and the mules escaped va
slight injuries.
The Charlotte Observer say IN,
NIcDowell-,johnston Railroad ra-,
came up yesterday before .Jui"'
Moore at Chambers. TINS ca" ":
for possession of the road. both rl
the gentlemen claiming Ia bc n",eI-
dent, and the road now being il the
hands Of a Receiver. The win.. al
the morning was taken up by H." r>i-
lence of the witnr>s;..e IN; MS
submitted in the forl:? OF Hiiidayita -
Inc evidence was very vniHniinUuS.-
After dinner the arguments began. -
H. W. Onion, Esq, opened tin: case
for Col. Johnston : Col. W. =. ~
mum followed for Mr.. Mcdowell. W.
H. Bailey, Esq, spoke ncSt f,r Mr
Mcdowell, and was followed H. CoI
r. +. Armfield, for Cot. J"hll~ton.
Col. Armtield did not finish his ,s,rcoh
dark coming on, but viii runcin,I~ thi,
.nnrnin%
Emint Mt counsel have boon en-
ployed in the case by both ,,idcs.
Messrs. H. w. Onion. W =. Caldwell,
r. F. Armfield, 4. Il. Vance and J. II.
Wilson appear for Col. .joiuSton.
Messrs. W. p. Bynum. I. 5. Fucker.
w. III. Bailey and Rufus Rarringer
appear for Mr.. Mcdowell. Tia ease
l. one of law rather than facts
II 'aI"i"l News says On Tues
day ~ 'r'~g was Mortified by y ter
rlblt l'.elt which happened to Rid
lick ..con, col, Riddick was en-
ployed Ill the saw mill of Mr.. James
Dent, and Oh the day above mentioned
while moving around the circular saw,
by some means was caught in the ma
chinery and thrown upon the saw
He was most horribly cut to pieces