Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-01-31
WILMINGTON, y. c.:
FRIDAY. JANUARY 81, 1878.
EDITORIAL NOTES.

helltuchN clci - iiitai' i"iISS So'ioii'''
in the Lexington jail for lacking the
means to support his first born.
Seventy-five members of the Ecu
menical Council have died since it was
opened in Rome, in December. 1869.
Grace Greenwood complains of bad /.
air and worse manners in the galleries /
of the Senate and House of Representa- ,
tives at Washington.
The corn crop Of Indiana for the last
wear is estimated 1T 16, 900, 900 bushels.
But the trouble is, freights are so high
that it can't be brought to market.
Wool growing in California is pre-
nO1lnced To be i'll Il most tiourishing
condition. and the farmers are an
nually increasing the number of sheep.
The Philadelphia post office building
is only to cost Sc, 900, 900. That amount
should afford fair structure, at least
But then, what are millions III these
days?
Rev. Edward Hammond, of Iowa.
who evangclizcs on horseback, Is
drawing, nj DUhIsurlc. crowded houses
of thieves and black-le@1 who want t"
he saved.
San Francisco markets are .l"w sup
piled by the neighboring farmers with
string beans, peas, asparagus, green
corn, and other productions scas"nahle
at New Years.
President Grant bias presented an
elegant gold watch To the Captain of
the Royal Navy of the Netherlands for
his kindness to distressed American
seamen last month,
Gross fraud is alleged i'll ;,n election
for vestryman III !. church i'll Pitts
burch. and is said to he the result of
habit in some Radical politicians
among the congregation.
The Roman Catholics are reported
to be rapidly gaining ground i'll Ken
t,lcky: multiplying their schools, col
leges, and hospitals, and doing cXten-
sive work among the colored people.
Petroleum IS lower i'll Pittsb,rg at
the present time than it has been be
fore for many Years. Crude has been
selling for few days at six cents per
gallon, and refined ut seventeen cents.
A New York Young man, who Is H.
fatrlated with Llcca, spent Il thousand
dollars for boxes and bouquets during
the opera season. besides sending the
prima donna a superb diamond neck
lace
1t is reported that Thomas FoE'
Moore, son of the late Gov. Ford. Z"
Illinois, and adopted son of Hon. l. {
Moore, of Peoria, was recently hung
at Caldwell. Kansas, by Il vigilance
committee that mistook him for tlnet
Samuel Marsh, who died recent,
at the Aston House, New York, wortl
$1,000. 900, and i'll his eighty eight
wear, was the last OF wealthy bache
Iors' club at that hotel. Which. at TIN
close OF the war numbered tiftee
members.
Governor Bramiettc, of kcntuck,
paid nearly $3.50, 00n of the $:i773,0 ,00
distributed to ticket-holler@ at the lot
terry drawing on the eth of Dccembei
The prizes ,lncalled for belong to pa
ties in distant localities or i'll forel9
countries. as many tickets were sol
abroad.
III 81 ny
ton of President Grant is TO be /: brl
liant display. There will be prcsel
i'll Washington several of the smartc
volunteer regiments from the Eastcl
cities, four companies of regulars,
battalion of marines, and the whole
the cadets from West Point.
In New York, Bartholomew Cftfo
Calvin has commenced g suit again
Secretary Boutwell, to recover - sum
two hundred dollars. being the alleg
value of certain plans which he fl
nished defendant to enable him
eUualize the price of gold and cure
CIV. and prevent gold gambling. &c.
A Boston paper says: a party
capitalists at Hartford nave houe
Owen Munson's grove of young oa
and will soon employ n large force
men upon it, making the material il
Charter Oak relics. Those who lls
seen the wood pronounce it superior
any that has yet been nsed for i
purpose.
For Sale is the appropriate he
ing to the last Tribunes article
viewing the testimony proving
purchases of seats IN the CnltedS st;
Senate. The corrupt occupants
high places in the Government hnrl
their places, and they will sell
Government to fill their pockets.
Capitol is full of J,,dases.
In the Senate, on Thursday of
week, AR Sahurz, from the Coinnl
on Foreign Relations, reported b
the House Vienna Exposition bill.
an amendment increasing the app
priation to aid the people OF the Tn
States to participate III the sh0" !
one hundred thousand dollars 10 Il
hundred thousand dollars.
Clayton, of Arkansas, Patterson
South Carolina, and Caldwell, of
sas. are all natives of PennsylVa
very much to the disgust of the l
League of that State. 1t IS SAID
the corruption of these men, adde
the widespread Radical disilon'
threaten to drive several prom
Pennsylvanians out of the party.
The Postmaster General was b'
the Postoffice Committee on F'rldi
argue in favor of the proposition
duce postage Oh letters to two c
and to require postage on all nev