Wilmington journal., 1874-07-10
STATE NEWS.

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Good ice, as We learn from the
Observer. has at length been made
hv Tho charlotte ice machine. 1t is
said that it can be sold at one cent
per pound.
The Democrats of Pitt county have
made the following nominations: For
the Senate, J. B. Stickney; Honse OF
Representatives, Lycurgus Barrett
Joseph Station.
The Reidsville Record says: we
learn that almost the entire white Re
publican vote of Stokes county will be
cast for Gen. A. M. Scales-certa1nly
every one opposed to the Civil lights
bill.
The Ansonian says: DR.. P. L. Bee
man, living near Lanesborc, informs us
that he killed a "coach whip last
week that measured 7 feet 6 inches IN
length. Two inches at the end OF the
tail he said was ''hard as bone.
The Charlotte Observer says We
regret to learn that, on Tuesday after
noon the second son OF Mr. &. L. Bell,
who lives about seven miles from this
CITY, got his right leg entangled III q
threshing machine, at his fathers
place, and had it SO much crushed
that it was found necessary to ampu-
tate it.
Hon. w. A. Graham, Trustee of n.
G.. r. r. Co., gives notice that he will
redeem the Mortgage Bonds of the
North Carolina Railroad Company, at
par of the principal, and the interest
due, to the amount of $40, 900, upon
the delivery of the Bonds at the State
National Bank, Raleigh, at any time
prior to the 18th of August next.
The Raleigh News says : Joseph
Gill, colored, was arrested near Forest
Vile, Monday, charged with having
aided and assisted in producing abor-
ton. At the Magistrates Court, the
mother of the child, colored girl tif-
teen years Of age, testified to the fact,
upon which Justice A. L. Davis com
1nitted him to jail in default Of 81, 600
bail.
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. 1t
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 instaiment of ice
will be taken from the refrlgerating
boxes.
The Newbern Times says Cicero
Everett, we'll known colored man Of
Goldsboro, while lifting vegetable
box from the A. IL N. G. II. Il. train
to the w. & W., was taken suddenly
sick, blood gushed from his eyes and
mouth, he started Immediately for Il
drug store after reaching which he
fell upon the floor, and died in less
than five minutes.
The Hickory Press says: Ton Col
Inns says every Radical you meet in the
9Th Congressional District commences
giving the sign and grips of the ''In-
visible Empire" commonly known as
the Ku Klux Klan. "To what base
uses, &C.," Oh !! my countrymen Tom
thinks Judge Clouds business in the
mountains is to organize dens in the
western counties.
The Rocky Mount Mail says: Yes
terday Mr.. Dempsey Trevathan, oneof
the oldest and most respected citizens
of Edgecombe county, started to
Battleboro in buggy with Jordan
Brewer, Esq, when the mule became
frightened and Mr.. Trevathan jump
ing from the buggy fell on a stump
and received injuries from which he
died in about two hours.
Iue GOIdsDOrO Messenger says: 1t IS
charged that in 1872, Mr.. Seymour,
the Radical candidate for Judge in
this District, took bribe, or rather
fee, from the Lenoir county parties,
who he was employed to prosecute on
the charge of "KuKluxing.' Mr..
Seymour was employed by Gov. Hol-
den on tho part of the State. Will he
please rise and explain? What was
the C-O-N-S-I-D-E-R-A-T-I-
The Newbern Times says: There has
been raging for seven days an extern
sive fire in the woods and in the dry
fields in the vicinity of North Lake,
Hyde County. The confiagration had
the effect of driving from their hiding
places large droves Of deer, and the
people in that vicinity are lnxurating
on venison. The crops in Hyde are
good, and its usual prolific corn crop
is better than it has been for years.
The Newbernian says: From Capt.
j. =. Lane, of Stonewall, we learn that
the crops in Pamlico county are in far
better condition at this time than they
were last season, and that the pros
poets are exceedingly favorable for
splendid yield in all products under
cultivation that while about the
same number of acres in that section
have 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 Kinston Gazette says: Colds
boro claims the meanest Radical in
North Carolina. He purchased
house and lot in one of the best neigh
borhoods in the town and then made
deed of gift of the property to a ne
gro woman, expressing III the deed
that it was for and IN consideration Of
the lore and affection he had .for her,
and reserving for himself only life
interest in the Kitchen where he now
lives-the woman living in the resi-
dence. If any other town or county
can out "equal rights this, let it do it.
A letter to gentleman in Danville,
dated Liverpool, England, May 25tl,
says q large party of Englishmen in
search of homes and investments, will |
sail for the United States early in Au-
gust. They start from Norfolk on
tour of inspection through Virginia,
the Carolinas and Georgia. MIR. !
Joseph Arch, President of the Me-
chanics and Laborers' Union of War
wickshire, England, will renew his
visit to America this summer, with a
view of locating a large number of
English families.
The Raleigh News says We were
shown yesterday l.y DIR. Blacknall, OF
the Marlborough House, veritable
ku klux, captured by some valiant
woodsman in the rock hills near Kit
trells Springs a few days ago. This
curious "varmint'' has the legs, body
and head of large spider, and is per-
fectly white. The body, from which
extends the usual amount of legs
(about dozen in number) of the spi-
der, is in the exact form of the human
head. with eyes, nose, mouth and ears
y rt' city formed. The general ex-
! ssion of the face is hideous to look
upon, and resembles more nearly the
ku klux pictures in Harper's Weekly
than anything else.
The Goldsboro Messenger says: On {
Thursday night last Nathan Faison, a
soloEed section hand on the Whining t