Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-10-24
The hog cholera prevails in the


in the field.
The Winston Sentinel local says =
The editor has gone to the State Fam
He will take premium if he is not
watched.
The Madison Enterprise SAYS; !
tobacco harm belonging to Nj. Samuel
S. Wall, was burned on last TCcs lay
with about two thousand pounds 81
tobacco.
The Battleboro' Advance say: III.
b. T. Pitt, of this place, has III ms
garden q squash which weighs over 30
pounds and measures in ciFcumtatcilc2
CO. inches.
The meeting of timber men :, c'ntIE
appointed to take place IN I:Te;t =
vile on the 10Th of November next,
has been changed, and will be he'll -A
Fayetteville on Wednesday, AoFCna-
Der 10Th, 1873.
The Wilson Plaindealer says Dr. ).
J. Lawrence, Of this place, having a.
cepted the Professorship upon Diseases
of the skin in the American Medical
College at St. Louis, left 4 ir',, 'Et.s
since to discharge the dutics a.. LIS
new position.
The Wilson Plaindcalcr says: Oar
townsrnan, Mr.. Chas. J. Rountrcc, o.
Rountree, Baker & Co., left here on
Monday last for the State Of CAlitor-
mia with view to the improvement a
his health, especially for the Tc.icf q
q pulmonary affection.
The Winston Sentinel aaya: ~
thaniel Davis died suddcnlY Oh last
Saturday of heart disease. IL, I.,.
been working il town and had started
kone in q wagon. lie colnpla'nnd ii.
feeling badly and asked for some
water, and died IL a few minutes.
The Wadesboro Argus says: jho<.
Richardson, son Of James 2. jfichaTd-
son, near Lilesville, picked Oit over
100 pounds OF cotton one day last week.
Little Tommy, as lie is called, is about
10 years old, and has picked out over
1000 pounds this season.
Mr.. Fcnton Foster, of Eagle Rock
2. O., II miles from Raleigh, claims
to have invented machine t at viii
set 5000 ems per hour, and can be
made for less than 500 As tic ma
chine, that is to be, IS not yet clsTisteH-
ed, we suggest that he cali It the
"Wild Goose.
The Greensboro Patriot say: 1lr.
". A. Caldwell, one of Guilford col"-
tvs most esteemed citizens, a1a'. well
known throughout the State, l"'- with
his family, last Wednesday, for u; '.c"
home III Jackson, Tennessee. We -
greet recording the departure Of @tlcl
men from amongst US.
The Castalia correspondent o? lie
Rocky Mount Mail says: Thor" - Il
little girl in this place who Ila5 t'"C
grandmothers, two grandfather, one
great grandmother, one grea5 grand
father, and one step great @rp'-.-
mother still living. They arc all living
in this place except one gran imri;i"r
ard one grandfather.
The Salem Pre- says: \ few NIGHTS
since another obstruction was y4s,e- q.
on the n W. n. C. Railroad, l.! the
neighb"rhood OF Friendship, (;c.tlord
county. This makes the t..5s,! o.
fourth attempt to wreck trains uH tbs
railroad, involving the loss If the
lives of the passengers and GUE&< ;
to the Railroad Company.
The Charlotte Observer SAY: -
are reliably informed that, ~ 1ao
death of wealthy female Iy!&.Eyc III!
New York City, one OF the moz5 highly
honored and esteemed Of C.rr.o1ty' =,
citizens has fallen heir 10 4 ioc.i,.c %
S|ttit WtfttfDftS ~ ttDt''tIH H. NJ
sensational story, but an actT:l fact,
and We rejoice to believe il is 50.
The WadesborO' Herald sa, 3: Tie
negro, Miles Hinson, who shot and
killed Eli Bennett a short time 20, j.
now lying in jail at this place. await
ing trial. He halls from South Iuo-
lima, ard ia SAT-! 10 be notorious rs,-
c..i. There IS reward Of 5000 fer
his apprehension, lie having broken
open the store Of Il lIr. Reed 1T Che
raw. lie was lodged IN Chesterfield
Jail, from which he escaped by knock
ing down the iailer. lie goe~ I,y tho
name OF Miles HinsOn, III los Washing
ton, and Daniel McCloud.
\ special to the Petersburg iu,!oz
and Appeal, dated at Kinston, the 16El,
says About Il o'clock last night.
Dr. Wcyhcrs store and dwelling were
discovered to be on fire. The oocu-
pants had barely time to mako their
escape before the building fell III.
The Episcopal church and West !, OBS
dry goods store adjoining, soon CAUGHT
and burned rapidly The stock was
saved i'll damaged condition. ;Aa
Court House caught next from Grlur
sparks, and was saved by hard .;yiIs.
The origin of the fire : supp ID ia
have been the work of an incc:d;::.E.
Loss $50, 900 insurance $1,000.
\ correspondent in Watau@a itpua..t..
the following intelligence to the III. /
Org Press:
''On the LIST day of Oct, man -
the name Of Richard Hayes, - years
old, went to his nearest neigJhyEs,
an old man and old lady, abou. o., -
20 years of age, and made = Itl-5 ,:.,:f
them, and downod tHe Old mn.
clinched both hands in his gre I,,-:sa,
and hair, and the old lady wen; 20 IL
ieve the old mans beard, whoa Hayes
let loose with one hand and gave lhc
old lady blow under the right oyy
and Slaughtered her.
We hope Justice VIII overtu;-> @Iel
men at an early day.
The Tarboro' Sontherner say>: TT
several days past the State prs ...tY,.
contained notices Of the recent lpl.i-
eide in Pitt county, all Of which were.
more or less, erroneous. For Sovtra!
months Mr.. Eugene Holiday hal ht 2a
employed, as clerk, by Mr. A. a. Taft,
whose store is situated on IT, river.
about seven miles below GreeIyiile-
The deceased, J. II. Taft, liN,! Wit,
his brother, and the evidence disclosed
tnaI he ana hCIldaE were Nn bad
terms, and that, very recently, they
had had several fights. On the =, turn
OF Mr.. A. III. Taft from New York,
Holiday announced his determination
to leave, saying that he was afraid that,
if he remained, he would commit some
dreadful deed; but was induced to stay
longer. A few days after, the dec. se,i
came out upon the piazza OF tic dwell
ling house, which was only .cw feet
from the store, and commenced cIlrs-
ing and abusing Holiday. He (Iioli-
d~y) remarking to some parties III the
:; II" that ia was going to scare the
cd ~. il, put some caps on his pistol
u4l ut upon the porch near where /.
the d ceased was standing. He snap +.
ped two caps. The thirdsbarrel prov /
ed to be loaded, and the ball took CT /
feet in the head, near the temple, ]
causing almost instant death The .