Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-01-03
STATE NEWS.

'' HdiISDury..
Raleigh is filing it's ice houses.
coal is very scarce in Newbern.
Fresh pork 8 to 10 cents in RALEIGH.
The new State officers 90 in TO-DAY
The small pox is in Franklin county
Wake county Jail has Is inmates all
cOlored 'A-
Newbern has four saw mills all hard
at work now.
The colored people of Raleigh Eman-
cipated yesterday.
Three steamers now. run hetvao,
Tarboro' and Washington.
The Supreme Court of the State will
meet on the 9th of January.
There were SO marriage licenses is-
sued IN Wake county last month.
1t is rumored that the streets =,
Raleigh are to be illuminated VIII
kerosene oil. Will
The Raleigh young folks sleipbaa
Saturday night until l o'clock of Nm
day morning.
There are four homicide cases To
come before the January term of the
Superior Court of Wake county.
Some four hundred emigrants from
1n1s state and South Carolina lately
Texas. - '''''<7 LUZ
be Hiss Henderson WAS tried and
convicted at Webster for the murder of
captain N1mrod Jarrett, and sentenced
1873. "i!'
The Raleigh Sentinel learns that 70.
Gently some one hundred negro am;.
grants left Cabarrus county. temnted
by high wages, for the Southwest
Forty left in one day
Victoria Pool, colored. sentenced at
the fall term of Pasquotank Snner;or
Court, to five years in the Penitentiarv
for stealing pair of bon ton sleeya
buttons, has been pardoned by Cover
nor Caldwell.
The Raleigh News says: The county
OF Randolph, though Radical, is gifted
with most efficient set of officers, and
all elected upon young mans plat
torn. For instance, the Clerk of the
supreme Court, A. NJ. Dutfee, is %
years of age; the Sheriff, W. r, Ash
worth, 26; Geo. W. Reid, Representa-
i've, 70; d. >. Page, Register of Deeds,
The Charlotte Observer, saws J.: Last
evening, about o'clock, Coroner Lit
tie arrested Mr.. John S. Means, Jr.. in
| the hall of the Mansion House. on the
charge of killing one Frank Kerr,
colored. Mr.. Means will have hear
ing on Monday before Magistrate.
we refrain from comments inasmuch
| as the case will go to the courts.
The Raleigh Neps says The terri
bic spell OF weather last week prevent
ed the Masons of this city from cele-
brating st. Johns Day as they had in
tended. Mr.. r.: FL. Bradley, Worship
full Master of VIM. G. Hill Lodge, gave
handsome entertainment at his resi-
dence to the officers of VIM. G.. Hill
and Hiram Lodges, which was heartily
enjoyed by those present.
The Raleigh Sentinel says: We re-
gret to learn that Mrs. William J.
Edwards, while alone in her room.
yesterday afternoon, was seized with u
spas1n and fell from her chair into the
fire, burning herself very seriously
about the head and shoulders. Up to
this writing the lady has not snffi-
GENTLY recovered to give any definite
statement as to how the accident
occurred.
The Raleigh Sentinel says: It is ru-
mored that gentleman named JAY.
member Of the Society of Friends.
commonly called Quakers, is to be APP
pointed by Gov. Caldwell Superintend-
ent of Public Instruction, vice Rev.
Jas. Reid, deceased Superintendent
elect. Mr.. Jay is now in charge gem
orally of the Friends schools of this
State, and is said to be a gentleman
well qualified for such a position. A
petition urging this rumored appoint
ment is said to be i'll course of sig
nature.
The LrlmbertOn RObesonian says: A
few days ago it was discovered that a
section of the telegraph wire about
100 feet long had been removed at a
point about four miles east of this
town. The cause of its removal re-
manned mystery until yesterday.
when Mr.: b. Goodwin, of this town,
discovered large bundle of wire in
the possession Of a negro, which, upon
examination, proved to be the missing
section of telegraph. The thief was
compelled to deposit his ilI-gotten
gain(?) at the telegraph Office. and
suffered to go in peace. We've heard
first instance on record of stealing
telegraph.
The Charlotte Observer says: Last
Thursday morning, as the train on the
Western North Carolina Railroad was
going West, between Salisbury and
Statcsville, it neared IL crossing which
was covered over with mud, frozen
hard. The engine being rather light,
instead of cutting through the mud ran
up on top of it and was thrown off the
track. 1t kept the road, however, for
perhaps forty or fifty yards, and then
ran down an embankment eight or ten
feet to the ground. The engineer, Mr.
Ierr1ll. stuck to his engine until she
reached the bottom, and by his pres
ence of mind saved his life. Strange
to say, no one was i'll the least injured,
though the passengers were, of course,
considerably frightened, and to add to
the excitement, kerosene lamp fell in
the ladies' coach. Only the engine
went down the embankment, though
the baggage and secOnd-citss cars were
damaged more Or less
The Lumberton Robesonian saws
On the night of Wednesday, the 18th
ult, the Clubhouse of Mr.. w. c.. Wig
gins, in this county, was destroyed by
fire, together with 4S bales of cotton,
involving loss of fully $1,000.
The circumstances attending the
burning showed that it was the work
Of an incendiary, and suspicion rested
upon two colored men of the neighbor-
hood, Frank Clark and Toney Brown.
4 warrant for the arrest OF these par
ties was accordingly issued the next
day and placed in the hands of an Off
Ger. In the. meantime Frank Clark
had fed, butswas pursued and overta-
taken. The other, Toney Brown, was
fonnd still in the neighborhood, where
he was arrested and brought to Jail.
As soon rs arrested Frank Clark mad.
q confession Misunderstanding his narf in