The enquirer southerner., 1874-11-13
STATE NEWS

FRIDAY, NOV. 13, 1874
STATE NEWS
Weldon News reports large cot
ton inpouring.
Fires are raging in the Dismal
Swamp.
Kenansville has 113 children un-
der ten years of age.
A seventy pound pumpkin raised
by Mr.. John Bowen, is one OF Du-
plin's productions.
Books of the Secretary and Treas
urer of the N. G. Agricultural Society
examined and pronounced correct
Some Northern gentlemen are
about to go into the oyster canning
business, near Beaufort, in Carteret
county.
Manning the Senior editor of the
Roanoke News, is on a recreating
tour to the far west. His destination
is Little Rock, Ark.
The Charlotte Observer says Mr..
Arledge, of that city, was beaten in
so brutal manner by a side show
man of the Fair that his skull was
fractured.
On Thursday there were from 9 to
1900 persons at the Charlotte Fair.
The Observer reports the Fair de-
cided success every way.
The next General Assembly of
North Carolina elected in August
last will assemble on November
10th.
The Oxford Leader reports the
death at his residence near that town
of Elder Blount Bryan, of the Primi-
tive Baptist church, late citizen of
Edgecombe.
Captain P. G. Alston, of Warren
county, won the premium for the best
cotton stalk at the Fair of the Caro-
linas' It was the A. D. Williams,
variety.
The largest beet ever raised in
North Carolina, weighing 1913 pounds,
has been placed on the table of the
Statesville Landmark, and raised by
Mr.. II. T. Pritohard, of Iredell'
The festival for The Oxford Or
phan Asylum, given by the ladies
Of Newbern, netted over 5000. Let,
others follow the noble example of
the Newbern ladies.
A deranged man by the name of
N. II. Bishop has started out from
New York on voyage along the
Atlantic Coast, and is expected to ar
Give at Newbern the latter part of
this week, that is if he does not
"bring to- at Dave Jones locker.
The Ashevilie Pioneer reports the
most dastardly outrage of a widow
woman being whipped nearly to death
by her three brothers-in-law, in
Swain county. She was taken from
her bed at night and dragged out in
to the yard and numerically beaten
She recognized the parties, who were
arrested and bound over in the sum
of $500.
Asheville had a lively sensation
Sunday evening last, caused by a
shooting affair between Col Oscar
Eas moud, proprietor of the Eagle
Hotel Billiard Saloon, and Charles
E. Anchisi, OF the U. s. Secret Ser
vice. Eastmond received a shot in
the left shoulder, and Anchisi a
severe cut on the head. It was all
about bottle of lager beer.
The Duplin Record tells of one
William Stallings, colored, that sat
down on the railroad near Duplin's
X Roads and went to sleep just in
time TO collide with the down mail
train, but strange to say, the en- gine
was uninjured, though Stallings ex-
pressed himself afterwards as being
willing to pay and damage that the
machine may have sustained.
The Reidsville Enterprise says: A
patent has just been granted DR.. B.
J. Field, of Leaksville, n. c., for an
improved method of attaching artif-
cial teeth to their plates. In the
old method, should the teeth cool too
quickly, the teeth are sure to be
broken. causing the dentist consid-
erable time and trouble to replace
them. By DR.. Fields system the
teeth can be removed and replaced as
often as you wish in a moment Of
time, without injury to the teeth or