Wilmington journal., 1874-07-31
STATE NEWS.

The Rocky Mount Mail saws that
Wh1te man IN Stoney Creek township
Nash county, refuses to register he'
cause he Will Eave to take Off his hat
before negro Magistrate. ''"'
The Charlotte Southern Home cove.
The crops throughout all this sect;r,;
arc unusually good, whore thew baoa
been well-worked. S me farmers tnn
lis that they never had better nrna
pects. '''-
The Raleigh Sentinel says Oover
nor Brogden to-day, upon the recon-
mendatlon of prominent and respons;-
BILE gentlemen, conferred the aproin,
ment of Commissioner of Deeds mo-,
Edward Wade, of Albany, New YdrH
The Winston Sentinel says: A borno,,
snake was killed in Old Richmnn'i
township last week. The horn wna
placed about an inch and a half fror'
the tail, and grew out like the snur 81
chicken, and was nearly two iucboa
long
The IIillsboro' Recorded savs. H.
stilI-house of DIR. Jas. +. Gain. sit,,otna
eight or ten miles from town NOV
burned ono night last week. Tbos"
We're ten or twelve barrels Of whiska0
in the house; whether that was Jc
strOd with the building or hauled os
previous to the burning, is not know
The fire was clearly incendiary. as tIo
still had not been in use for some t;n,o
The Magnolia Monitor saws: Crons
still present the most promising anI
| cheering prospect for an abun,lont
harvest in our county that it has bocn
our privilege to record for three vear.
past, and if no disaster overtakes Them
there will be 40 need of any importa.
t1Ons of meat and corn for us. as an
abundance will be made, besides the
largest cotton crop ever before made
in the county.
The Charlotte Democrat saws: On
Wednesday afternoon last, about four
miles from this city, a horse and mnle
and negro boy were killed by light
ming. They took shelter under q tree
from the rain. The lightning shatter-
cd the tree to pieces, killing the ami
mails, and wOunding the boy SO that
he died in day or two afterwards
The horse and mule belonged to Mr.
VIM. Shuman, and was ali the force he
had to work his crop out.
The Monroe Enquirer says: Dr.. I
III. Blair, assisted by DIR. = Doster and
Beckett, (all of Monroe,) performed
upon a colOred woman residing near
this place, a surgical operation for
ascites or abdominal dropsy, technical.
| ly known rs paracentesis, but more
familiarly knuwp by the Anglo-Saxcn
term, tapping. The yield of water
from this operation was two aad a
half gallons, and though several days
have elapsed, the patient is reported
as doing well.
The Raleigh News says: The case
of young Maxwell J. German, charged
with abstracting money and checks
from letters directed to Major VIM. II.
Bagley, Clerk of the Supreme Court,
and who was arrested last Saturday
evening in the act of pocketing mon
eys thus obtained, was considered
Monday evening by Commissioners
! Shat1ner. The prisoner waived exam
ination, and was bailed in the sum of
$500 to make his appearance before
the next session of the Federal Court.
to meet in this city in November next.
We abstain from giving the full par
tlculars Of this case until it shall have
a full hearing.
The Raleigh Crescent says: The So
journers at Beaufort, especially the
femininities, had quite sensation on
Saturday last. 1t happened after this
wise, as related by one who SAW it,
There are two very nice little Raleigh
boys at Beaufort in charge of their
mammals, by name Lowra Pritchard
and Willie Tucker, aged respectfully
seven and eight years. They went a
crab hunting and brought back q
bucketful of crabs and sand-fiddlers,
and Ike the fellow that bought the
elephant, they were at loss to know
what to do with them. Will suggested
that they have some fun out of 'em,
and told Lowra to follow him with the
basket; he led the way to the bathing
house most frequented by the ladies,
and had Lowra to empty tho contents
of the basket into the water. This
being done the young Americans took
position near by to see the result. In
a short time bevy of beautiful young
ladies came down to enjoy an afternoon
bath. A short time elapsed. say ten
minutes, when cry wes heard fro ,
the bath house, followed by FEM; one
screams that alarmed the ,ole ~
Beaufort and soon brought q crowd r.
the bath house. The crj> g continued
and gentlemen excited hustled arounf
not knowing whetS .er they ought to
enter OF not, Zen q matronly lady
lnade hef app 1arance and stated thai
Ine 8afls no. been attacked by an ar
my % cf' Js, and that the gentlemen
coui1 % lest serve them by retiring
| 1.1 l1a as each lady had about eight fd
t'i' rs or crabs hanging to her it was
necessary to invite in the ladies on the
beach to assist in the extrication.-
iowra and Willie acknowledged they
dld it; and while the grown folks cal
1t beaufort sensation" the boys say
ut was only a little bit of fun.''