Wilmington journal., 1874-08-07
STATE NEWS.

says: We learn from the Washington
Echo, that Mr.. john Adams, OF Green
vile, was seriously cut at, or near the
house of Mr.. john Alleged, who re-
sides about three miles from this
place, by one Amariah Alligood, Oh
Saturday evening last. Mr.. Adams
was cut III fourteen places, and some
of the wounds are very severe. ALI
good is now in Jail.
The Durham Plant says: Mr.. J. J.
Riggsbee, who for the past IS months
has been confined to his bed at his
home in Chapel Hill, died last Satur-
day morning at l o'clock, and was
buried with appropriate Masonic hon
ors ON Sunday the 2Gth. Previous to
his death, both of Mr.. Riggsbee's arms
had broken in two in several places,
and his legs also. After death his arms
or legs could be bent or twisted in any
portion, as if there were no bones at
all.
The Raleigh Sentinel says: At a
meeting held at Metropolitan Hall last
night the Raleigh Light Infantry
was organized by the election Of the
following officers: Capt, B. G. Manly;
1st Lieut., p. T. Pescud, Jr.; 2nd
Lieut.. John Ferrall, Junior End Lieut.,
Leroy G.. Bagley; 1st Sergeant, John
T. Pullen; 2nd Frank Heartt, 3rd,
James Catlin; 4th, G. b. Edwards; 9TH,
Geo. Wainwright. The remaining
officers will be elected on Friday night
next.
The Charlotte Observer says: We
are told that, at a prayer meeting held
| by the colored people on the A, L. X
O. Railroads. a couple OF Sundays since,
Il sable brother from this city rose and
said he felt the glory Of God working
upon him to such a degree that he felt
as though he cOui,: tear up the States
vile Railroad from Charlotte to States
vile; at which aI old darkcy in the
corner howled out: eyes, hrudder, You
could; and part ob de Air Line, too.
Bress de Lord!'
The Salisbury Natciman says: We
have been shown by Mr.. ID. Sheets 4
very fine specimen OF white spring
wheat, raised by himself. hIr. Sheets
sowcd nine bushels Of wheat, and
raised 140 bushels, one ioi Of q acres
producing 50 bushels This is very
encouraging, end shows that the Il ne
policy of the farmer is to cultivate less
| land and cultivate it better. This is
| the policy adopted by Mr.. Sheets, and
| he gives the best evidence % It's being
the true one.
The Charlotte Observer says :
There's more than one good Eepubli-
can in this city who wont come mp to
the scratch on election day and take
tho dose which has been prescribed
| for them. We mention Gen. Rufus
Barringer, Col. ". r. Myers, G. a.
Frazier, Esq, and II. z. N Donald,
| ESQ, We can give Otner nalaas it
called upon. There is too much decen-
CIV among the Republicans OF Char
lotte to permit Of their voting the
ticket put out by the Corvel-tion here
on the l8sh.
The Tarboro Enquirer -Southcrner
saws We hear through a friend who
lives in Pit that fatal affair occur
red at Nickoi's Mills, about eight
miles below Gre2nyille, on last Friday.
| The occasion was u l'lh'ic speaking,
and the alteration hy tich the negro
lost his lie was entirely OF q poiitlc;
nature. The speaking had conclui, Il
and, it is said. the negroes Were IT,"
aggressors, commencing the dispute
with the whites which culnin@ted il
O kind of free fight, during which a
! negro man was SHOT ana Qleu almost
instantly.
In speaking of the Asho Comfy
Copper Mine, the Hickory. Press says;
Quite large fortune has been rcal'z-
ed out of this property. 1t was origI-
nally owned by parties IN AShe county
and was sold to parties il Baltimore
for ten thousand dollars. The present
owners have organized n stock compa-
nv with shares to the amount of three
millions and the stock is at par. This
company is about to build a railroad
from somewhere about Wytheville OIL
the Tennessee and Virginia Railroad
to their mine in Ashe county. This
should encourage our people to pay
more attention to the developement OF
the mineral interests of Western Nortl
Carolina. AS soon as the election is
over we have suggestion to make te
the Carolina Central Railroad in re
gard to Cranberry Iron Works.