The enquirer southerner., 1874-07-10
STATE NEWS

Corn sells in Greenville at 90 cents
per bushel.
The crops of Pitt have been injured .
by the drought.
Jo Davis is making a powerful !
canvass in the 4th District.
An average wheat crop was made
in Lincoln.
The town of Milton is out Of debt
and has money in the treasury.
An independent daily paper to be
called the Evening Express is to be
stsrted in Newbern.
The corner stone of the new gov
ernment building in Raleigh was
laid on the Fourth with the interest
ing ceremonies of the Masonic order. |
The GLORIOUS Fourth" was only
celebrated by "cullud' brethren in
Goldsboro, and the Messenger says :
Con the whole, it was dull ami
versaly."
A heavy rain and hail storm pass
ed over some sections Of the Neuse on
the south side) on Friday last, doing
much damage to the crops, fences,
sc, ..
Reidsvills Record says that almost
the entire white Republican vote of
Stokes county will be cast for Gen.
A. N. Scales.
Messrs. Schenck and Hoke, Of the
Charlotte District, are the only candi-
dates for Judge in the State, who
have tnken the stump.
The Washington Echo says: We
learn that the steam saw mill Of Mr..
W. B. Wahab, at Germantown, Hyde
county, was consumed by fire a few
days since. Total loss. The cause Of
the fire we did not learn.
The Fair of the Carolinas has been
reorganized at Charlotte. A. B.
Springs, Esq, of Yorkville, was
elected President. The next exhibi-
ton will be held the second week in
October.
Philadelphia commenced work on
the Centennial building on the Fourth |
of July. That city is determined to
carry the contemplated enterprise Of
1876 through, with or without the
aid of Congress.
The importation of negro rulers in
the State has already commenced. |
Says the Greenville Register I" R.
L. Tyson, a Radical loyalist, has en-
ployed the major part of the imported
negroes, and contemplates getting
railroad ties for the West Indies. Too
thin, try again.
The Cleaveland Banner is respon-
sible for the following:
"There is an old lady in this coun-
ty, by the name of Sanders who is
now 101 years old; she walks two
miles to church and can knit and
sew as well as some Of minor age.
Who can surpass it %
Weldon News: We are glad to
notice the engagement of the farmers
OF eastern Carolina. The crops are
in fine condition and are growing
luxuriously. Between Plymouth and
GAINESVILLE the crops are we'll cultiva-
ed-cottou is small. There are num-
bers of cotton blooms in the fields of
Washington and Martin.
The Charlotte Observer says We
went down to the ice machine last
night while it was at work, and got
inducted into the mysteries again.
It was working beautifully at that
time, and when we left,.it at II o'clock,
the freezing process was going on
rapidly. This morning another install
ment of ice will be taken from the
refrigerating boxes:
The Newbernian says: From
Capt. ]. s. Lane, Of Stonewall, we
learn that the cropsin Pamlico county
are in far better condition at this time
than they were last season, and that
the prospects are exceedingly favora.
bic for a splendid yield in all products
under cultivation: that while about
the same number of acres in that
section has been planted this year
in cotton, the production of corn will
be eight times greater than last year.
This is truly encouraging to us all.
The Newbern Times says: There
has been raging for seven days an
extensive fire in the woods and in
dry fields intthe vicinity of North
Lake, Hyde county. The confagra-
ton had the effect of driving from
their hiding places large droves of
deer, and the people in that vicinity
are luxuriating on venison. The
crops in Hyde are good, and its usual
prolific corn crop is better than it has
been for years.
A letter TO gentleman in Danville,
dated at Liverpool, England, May
18th, says large party of English
men in search of homes and invest
ments, will sail for the United States
early in August. They start from
Norfolk on a tour of inspection
through Virginia, the Carolinas
and Georgia. Mr.. Joseph Arch,
President of the Mechanics and La
borers' Union of Warwiokshire, Eng
land, will renew his visit to America
this summer, with view of locating
a large number of English families.
The Illinois estates Zeitung" says :