The enquirer southerner., 1874-11-20
STATE NEWS
The Chapel Of the Good Sheppard,
Raleigh, is nearly completed.

The Chapel of the Good Sheppard,
Raleigh, is nearly completed.
Messrs. Merriok and Glover are
are establishing a spoke and handle
factory on the Neuse, near Goldsboro'
Goldsboro Messenger Mr.. G..
Livesay shipped thirty quarts of fine
large wberries, second crop, from
here to New York on Thursday of last
week.
Johnstone Jones, Esq, until re-
Gently editor of the Charlotte Observer
has accepted the position of political
editor or the State Agricultural Jour
nal.
Goldsboro Messenger MIR. T. X
Howell, of this county, has grown
this year, upon twenty-seven acres of
land, IS barrels of corn, 600 bushels
of potatoes, II bales of cotton and ~
bushels o peas, and all this with
only one horse.
Mr.. Albert Magnin, of this city,
has been appoin ted by the Depart
ment at Washington Special Com
missioner, to take testimony to be
used before the Claims Commission
in cases pending before that body
from North Carolina. Raleigh News.
Asheville Expositor 4: Bald Noun
tain is again on the shake. A few
nights ago FIVE or six terrible shocks
were felt at the distance Of six miles
Glasses on the tables were made to
rattle. The shocks were equal to
those last winter. Maybe she will
burst at last.
The Raleigh News sa Us the finest
specimens of field crops that has beer
exhibited in the State, so far, the
best bread corn, largest pumpkins,
finest beets, best assortment of pota-
toes, larger variety of wheat, the
sweetest hams and whitest honey
&C., were exhibited at the Hickory
Fair last week.
The Messenger learns that Miss
Rouutree, one of the two young ladies
who some weeks ago had such q
narrow escape from drowning while
crossing TIE Nahunta in Greene counr
ty, not far from Ford's bridge, has
instituted action against the county
of Greene for 81, 900 damages for not
keeping the bridge in repair. Mr..
Tull, whose horse was drowned at the
same time, has also brought suit
against the county.
The N-ws learns that a gentleman
or a number of gentlemen in Burke
county have offered college build
ing for the purpose of an Asylum for
the benefit of the Orphans of Western
Carolina. Mr.. John Nichols, Grand
Master of the Masonic fraternity OF
the State, and Mr.. Mills. Superin'
tendent of the Oxford Asylum, have
been to Buke this Veek for the pur.
pose of looking into the proposition
and making such arrangements as
may be necessary in the premises.
We notice that the Raleigh Chris
tian Advocate is to be issued as a
daily during the session Of the Annual
Conference of the NJ E. Church,
South, which convences in Raleigh on
the I'd of December. 1t will contain
full reports of the proceedings as they
occur, condensed reports of discus
sions and sermons, church and other
interesting matter. 1t will be issued
TO subscribers during the session,
which will last week or more, for
thirty cents. postage prepaid at Raj
eigh.
Mr.. Kingsbury, in the Spirit of the
Age, observes of the eminent North
Carolina artist, VIM. Carl Brown :
We ventured two years ago, when
connected with the Daily Sentinel, to
express our high admiration of the
great talents of this gentleman in the
peculiar professional line. We dc
not believe he has a master in this
country. We are quite sure his por-
traits are superior to those Of the Gel
ebrated Sully, and it has gratifed us
20 learn that his abilities as an artis
are receiving praises from eonnois.
seurs in art in Washington and Other
places.
Goldsboro Messenger: Our former
couutyman, Capt. II. ]. Carraway
who resides at Halifax, in this State
on recent visit to New York attend
ed DR.. Deems church of the Stran.
gers, and there received d family
Bible the property of Mrs Wm. Car,
raway of Wayne county. which had
been captured by one of Sherman
bummers in 1865. The Bible had q
few days before been sent to Rev
DR.. Deems by lady who had taker
it from an ex-federal soldier. Among
the family record in the book the
birth, name and baptism of Cha.
Deems Carraway,' had been record,
ed in the Doctors own hand writing,
and it was this that led to the recov
cry. Capt. Carraway bought the
BiblJ home with him, and Mrs
William Carraway and family will
doubtless be glad at again being
placed in possession of it.
NARY ONE Boss Col Tom Long
the popular special mail agent of the
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