Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-10-23

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g The GoIdsboro MessenreeeI, eI,l ~ - tha
: the cotton receipts IN that nn111 Wn
d this year exceed the feceip1G q ~
q year by several Thousand balo9.aa
The Wilson Plaindellee siyS. III
. gin house Of Messrs. M. iT. E1dnhn@
Bro, of Fremont. was, deGt1d b
) fire on Wednesday last. LOSS .eetimar
ted at $4,000. No insurance. hssa
We regret to learn that Gen. L W.
Ransom, United States Senator from
North Carolina, is quite i'll at thb Heai-
dence of his physician in N0xthamp-
ton county. We hope he will soon re-
cover.
I The Kinston Gazette says The
swamps and forests of this section. aro
teeming with wild pigeons. 3aaN II
thought that scarcity of food NoRth
and an abundance South is what bxiues
them so early.
The Goldsboro Messenger sayE; The
| Rev. Geo. W. Stiekney, at one time
Rector OF st. Stephen a. Ohue0h IN
this place, has resigned Grace Ohunch
Mission, Monticello, Ark, and eutoped
upon his duties as rector ofSt. Johns.
Johns Island, and Trinity Churches,
Edisto Island, s. G.. r5sa
Mr.. Isaac f Dortch, the Youngest
member of the Legislature. it is said
will introduce bill in the Legisla&ure
regulating the interest on money. No
| country can prosper and pay such
usurious interest as is paid in North
! Carolina. Go for them, young
America, says the Raleigh Sentinel
The Newbernian says: We lsesn
the Baltimore and Carolina Steamship
Company that, owing to the increaee
of business, another steamer will soon
be added to the fleet already plying
between this port and Baltimore,
which will increase the number 10
four. -3+4 s..- sa,l Las
The Newbernian says: Capt. Hall,
with his steamer James A. Gary, Of
the Baltimore and Carolina Steamship
Company's line, arrived at this port on
Tuesday last at 8 o'clock, p. NJ, max
ing the run in AZ hours from dock to
dock, and the round trip in four days.
81 hours. This is the quickest time
ever made before by any eteamer ply
ing between this port and Baltimore.
The Newbern Times says While
Charles I. Foster, the prize pen man,
on lower Middle street, was at supper
last night, between and 8 O'Clock, q
thief entered his Office and smashing
the show case containing his valuab1e6,
stole therefrom greenbacks. gold
pieces, watches, pistols and other
property to the amount of 81. 600, and
made good his escape, but in his haste
in
notes. t..
The Fayetteville Gazette says We
congratulate the people of Fayetteville.
and the Cumberland and Robson sec-
ton of the State, in the announcement
which we are enabled to make, that
the requisite amount in bonds has 1t
length been subscribed, and nothing
now opposes the closing of the con-
tract for the grading of the Fayette-
vile and Florence Railroad to
Shoe Heel on the Carolina Central
Railway. ...
The Salisbury Watchman says: Tho
protracted meeting at Jersey meeting
house in Davidson, recently resulted
in the conversion of large number of
persons. On Sunday last, the Rev.
Mr.. Jordan, assisted by Rev. Mr..
Richardson, baptised, by immersion,
sixty-seven persons, two of them col
ored. They were of all ages from ten
to sixty years, male and female. They
marched in procession to the stream.
The scene was extraordinary, not only
as to the number to be baptised, but
also in respect to the feeling manifest
ed by the great assembly who were
present. t .-5- q s--a-z . fsf~
The Winston Sentinel says: Rev. @.
f. Harris, in a note to us says; ''Very
probably the largest tree growing in
North Carolina may be found on the
premises, in rather secluded spot, Of
my neighbor, John III. Shore, near
Old Town. 1t is tulip, or yellow
poplar, of the genus populus. On
yesterday, by actual measurement, we
found it to be thirtytwo feet around,
and consequently about ten feet eight
inches in diameter, fifteen inches
above the ground. Its hollow will
doubtless contain twenty-five persons
III standing posture. It has been
remarkable for score of years for the
incubation of wild ducks from the
neighboring low-grounds. When We
saw it we thought of the reports We
had heard of California vegetation"
The Salisbury Watchman says: The
body of the man found in the creek at
Eumples bridge, reported in this pa
per last week, has been identified as
the remains of j. 0. McFee. He IL
known in the Circuit Court of the
United States, first, as prisoner,
charged with counterfeiting; and next,
as an accused, turning States evidence
against other parties charged with
counterfeiting. He was released from
imprisonment at Statesville, last
Spring, but was bound over in bond
and security for his appearance at the
Fall Term to give evidence. His body
has been identified by Mr.. ID. s.
Lowder, whose house he left on tho
morning of the oath of September. He
has been traced by the Coroner, Mr..
B. T. Fraley, to the house of a Mr..
Lipe, in the western part of the coln
ty, where he was seen about sunset of
the day he left Mr.. Lowder's. No
other account is had of him until his
mangled body was found at Rumple's
bridge, which is six or seven miles
froln Lipe's, seven days after, to-wit:
October 1st. Nor is it now known
whether he can be traced from where
he was last seen III life. g
The Charlotte Observer says: The
new store of Messrs. Sims & Dowd,
on the corner of Trade and Church
streets, was the scene yesterday after
noon, about o'clock, of an accident
fatal and melancholy. The rafteB ),
had all been put in position, and the D.
sheeting vas about to be commenced.
Mr.. Moses Allison, one of the carpen-
ters at work on the house, was stana-a
ing on the scafolding around the 5,
third story, in front of the rafters.
and, it being observed that one OF
these was not standing straight, it was
loosened by workman to be put in
its proper position. As the brace was
knocked off the rafters swayed from
one end of the house to the other, and
pressed forward, one upon the other.
As the front piece of timber fell 10 Z