Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-11-06

! a Alamo paper IS publishing Q list
| Of all the accidents by drowning dur
ing the last forty years, and the little
| boys are greatly impressed by it, and
frequently read the sad chronicle while
! waiting for their hair to dry after they
come out Of the river.
This is old but good: Two young
princes of Austria entered into . vio-
| lent quarrel, when one of them said
''you are the greatest ass in Vienna
! Just then the Emperor, their father,
entered and said Indignantly, ''Come.
young gentlemen. you forget that I am
present,
A Snowman whose notices call for .
. few fat boys to 'feed his cannibals,"
received card from man saying that
; he couldn't spare his boys, but he had
a good "stall-fed mother-in-law" that
he thought would suit.
! General Sherman won't talk about
| the Presidency, but interviewers still
| keep calling upon him, owing to Q bad
| habit he fellen into asking, with
thoughtless generosity, as soon - .
; reporter shows himself, young man.
will you take brandy or grasshopper
Juice ?'
The Raleigh News says: Governor
, Brogden is engaged in preparing his
message for the approaching session
of the new Legislature, which con.
venes on the third Monday in Novem-
Der. He will touch on the various in
terests of the State, though We do not
! know what he will recommend in con-
nection with the public debt.
Tho Norfolk Nirginian says: The
swamp fires appeared yesterday to be
increasing, aud burning back into tho
Dismal Swamp. Passengers by the
Seaboard train say the country il en-.
veloped in smoke almost to Weldon.
! Tho illumination can plainly be seaa
from the city limits at night.
. Tic GrecnviIie Register says: On
Sunday night, the 25th inst. Mr.. Lew
". Dawson had his gin house destroy
ed by fire, also five bales Of cotton
aud Id barrels of corn, the work of
al incendiary. He had it insured the
day before in the Old North State
Life Insurance Company to the
amount of 1886.
The Raleigh News says: We are
panied to learn of tna death of Claude
u. Sanders, Esq. of Johnston county,
of brain fever, after an illness Of only
few days. Mr.. Sanders was ono OF
the most gifted SONS of Johnston county
one of the most prominent lawyers of
his section. classmate of the late
Sion H. Rogers, and a gentleman uni
versally respected, his county casting
her vote for him in the late District
Congressional Nominating Convention
The Charlotte Observer says: The
much talked of Indian case, which has
occupied tho most of the time Of the
Federal Court at Statesville for tho
past ten days, was concluded on We'd
nesday, and resulted in the conviction
Of Gen. Blount of entering into . CON-
spiracy to defraud the Cherokee In
dams. Blount, cadet-selling Deweese.
and one Swetland, an Indian agent,
we're all engaged in this matter of
swindling the Indians of money due
them by the government for their
lands. The amount due the Indians,
per col1ita, if we are not mistaken, and
the amount paid the agent, was $50;
they allege that they received only 48
each. Blounts counsel, we under
stand, made motion for an arrest OF
Judgment, whereupon tho OouSt re-
quired him to file bond in the sum of
So, 600.
The Wadesboro Herald says: We
learn that on Friday night last, while
Mr.. j. J. Coran was on his way from
Lilesvillo to tho depot of the @. C.
Hallway at this place, he was accosted
Mt n branch called Brushy Fork, about
two and Il half miles from WadesbOro,
by party OF men who hailed him and
asked him his name. Immediately on
his giving the desired information he
was shot at by one Of the party, the
ball striking his saddle and narrowly
missing his person. Mr.. G. was unable
to distinguish the number Of men III
the company or their color, but is sure
there were at least four. II will be
remembered that Mr.. Coran was one
OF tic gentlemen who shot attwo negro
. renegades in Richmond county . few
, days since. from the effects of which
ono of them subsequently died. The
shooting on Friday night. with other
suspicious circumstances occurring
during the past week, have created m
impression in the minds of some Of
our citizens that there is regularly
; organized band of thieves roaming
over the county. The matter should
receive prompt attention.
What do Won think ~ <ha I>ost ai0<