Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-12-25

Fhe..General Ascend " passed nine
fy-seven bills up to recess aoain,t
nlnety-six to the same time last year
The Charlotte Son thern Hone Save.
Mr. Waugh, of Ashe, informs us th..
the working of the copper mines is
grand success. About 300 hands ara
at work ard the profits are said To he
$1,000 a day. =. ~" s1~i,.5s -
The Raleigh New says: Rev II.
Pritchard viii leave the city ia law
days for PhiladeJb hia, ard 9TH.
northern cities on recreation tcr.
We regret that tie DI's. health No.
| essita.es this mover1e NJ, aud ~. fo.,.
he wiilreturn. to N considerable IL.
proved. ---..-..
Tee Ral"'gL N~ws says: We regr.t
+ ~ le.ru rf the death, ON the 1Sfb ~,
; IL r! - Priscilla Bailey. wife of .Tnsas
! John l. Bailey. OF 4sh-yilie, who ia
! Il paralysis. The deceased VAS flo
/ n ,t.:er OF uilr TOW nruaap, Capt. IT,.
! SsEsburv The ifn5's has orr
/ pa iiles i" tins their sad Htl,tion.
The S:atesvi.l5. Landns,rk sar.. 7.
uur yuuns fsie.id john Barnes ~, l.
simai,le CT. iz-n ii Caldwell aon..
lives till the Ash % January. l8I5 -
viii reach MS 1i2th year Blind an,
deaf for the last 10 years, e,rto ~
Gently his eyesight and hearing lavo
been res tered, and he is now enioyT,:,
! perfect health. lie is the oldest iyjrn
I MN III North Carolina
The Hillsboro Recorder SAYS; W.
/ learned as we passed Durham en- Sat.
1lrday night that man by the nam.
of Showacre, master carpenter on
the new building Of Mr.. ]. S. Carr
hal Just died suddenly. He had lett
his work at the close of the day in his
usual good health. La an hour he was
a corpse He was but recently maj
ried, and his wife at the time Of his
death was in Petersburg.
Tue Asheviile Pioneer says: On
Sunday last, about sunrise, Mr.. John
Hess, a stage driver on the Cd Fort
line, fell from the loft OF the Eagle
Hotel stables to the hard ground floor
"a distance OF sixteen feet-and strjk
ing upon his back ard shoulders, was
seriously, if not fatally, injured. He
was conveyed to the house Of Mr.
} Swicegood, where he now lies in q
J critical condition, having lost all
muscular motion of his neither limbs
| which are also insen sible to pain
The Statesvil,e American saws: IT,
, Turkey Cove, Mcdowell county, lived
, Daniel Hooyer, ii decrepit, harmless
i, Old man, 81 years old. One night las.
week some feDd set fire to his cabin
and burnt 1t to tie ground The next
, morning Hoover was found q few
: steps from the burnt building, with
+ his clothing nearly burnt oil, AMI bis
, body horribly burned, from the ef-
, fects OF which he died in few hours.
r There is n gaping, angry he'll for all
, such ard his family connections. The
tend las not yet been arrested.
, The Hickory Press says: Some time
, ago al Of NIr. Alex. Perkins turkeys
/ died Of cholera, save one old gobbler,
who concluded lie would raise some
= more Turkeys; SO he went TO setting.
r ! Mr. Perkins ''ducked" him (the
! oobhier) in the river and tried every
way to break him from setting, but all
~ 40 effect. Seeing that he intended
e to set, whether or not" Mr.. Perkins
r gave the old gobbler full setting OF
= guinea eggs. and he ''hatched' and
raised tue lot of guineas. Whose
turkey can beat this This is true as
can be proven by Mr.. Perkins.
The Raleigh News Rvs. The add.
:, t:ou Of Co.'s John d. Whitford, OF
: Craven, and Z. r. Lilies, Of Arson, to
! the Board OF Commissioners of the
: Department Of Immigration, Statistics
! and Agriculture, was wise and timely
, act Of the General Assembly. and va
4 cnno-.t,-.~.- -A~s uU0y upon the ex-
: cellency OF its selections. Both are
gentlemen of the strictest integrity,
in business capacity, devotion to the
. Welfare of their State and of much H.
: formation upon the particular subjects
E that come under the control of their
! Bureau. We predict good results for
the State from their labors.
/ The Charlotte Southern Home SAYS:
We were favored last Friday by i
t visit from that gallant soldier ana ac-
= complished gentleman, Gen. Leven-
2 thorpe, who has labored so long 70
[ prove the title Of the Elwoods, Of this
. county, to the estate in England. he
, informed Us that they had got deci-
sion IN their favor in the Vice Chan
E celsors Court and though an appeal
r may be taken, the costs lnHst fall here
after upon the contestants. Hitherto
the costs have fallen upon the estate
Ihe contest, therefore, is virtually
closed. The estate is worth about
\ S145, 600 cut OF hich, however. is to
= be deducted the costs up to this
r time. But for the skill, energy and
4 tact OF Gen. L. the heirs would have
recovered nothing.