The enquirer southerner., 1874-10-23

Ice was an lncn tnlck III AshoFiAlo
on Wednesday last.
An extra freight train has to be
run over the North Carolina Railroad,
from Greensboro to Charlotte, nearly
every day.
Richmond county has produced a
pear weighing 10 ounces and measur-
ing ii 7-S inches in circumference
The Washington Echo claims that
not less than $4,000 bales of cotton
were shipped from that port last
season.
The Rev. Daniel Lindley, Mis-
sionary to Africa for the last forty
years, is in Charlotte, guest of ].
II. Wilson, Esq.
There is Baptist preacher named
Moody in Caldwall county who
breaches three times a week and
walks twenty seven miles to do it.
His labors extend over four counties.
The Record says: Mr.. G. Boney,
of Duplin county, has picked from a
field Of three acres 3, 400 lbs, Of seed
cotton, and will get from the same
field 1900 lbs. more.
Rev. George B. Wetmore, Presi
dent Of the State Council Friends Of
Temperance, lectured in Charlotte
Saturday night and succeeded in
reorganizing the Council in that city.
The Asheville Fair offers a pre-
mium for the best looking baby under
u months old. Gov. Brogden, Gen.
Clingman and Capt T. D. Johnson,
are selected to act as judges.
Which are the most valuable; dogs
or sheep, is the question that is now
being discussed by the Farmers Club
in Buncombe.
Raleigh News The full capacity
of the Yarboro House was ascertain
ed on Thursday. DIR. Blacknall fed
and lodged on that day sir hundred
anaGfty persons, How is that for
high
The Salisbury Intelligencer says:
Two beets that's hard to beat have
been raised in this city by a colored
man by the name of William Tucker
living in the East Ward-one weigh
ing 213 pounds and measuring So
inches in circumference, the other
1913 pounds and measuring 293 inches
in circumference. The two weigh
ing Al pounds.
The Greenville Register says -
Mr.. Jesse Smith, of this county, has
three sons who picked 1,24S pounds
of cotton on Monday, the 5th inst.
Jesse L, II years old, picked 403
pounds Francis NJ, IA years old,
Ala pounds; Ivy, IS years old, 431
pounds We challenge the State to
beat this, and we are proud to know
that old Pitt can boast of such in
dustrious and enterprising young
men.
The Egypt coal mines are not at
work now, and will not be, We learn,
until reut of shipment is opened to
the States and cities South of US to
give a market for coal. Three or
four hundred hands are at work on
the Raleigh & Augusta railroad, and
several miles is now going South of
Santcrd' It is said the road is TO
join OF cross the, Carolina Central
railway some four miles east of Rock
lngham, and to be put through at
once,
The Wilmington Star in speaking
of the North Carolina delegation at
Chattanooga, says:
In the Chattanooga Convention on
Wednesday, il calling the vote of
North Carolina on the report of the
committee on resolutions, Mayor W.
T. Canaday. of this city, said that no
outrages had occurred in his State
tor twelve months and that the people
were as safe there as in Massachu-
setts.
Deputy Masshal Price, colored, of
this city, who appears to have enter
ed more fully into the spirit of the
everto be-remem bered Chattanooga
fraud, said "he would have been
murdered il passing throug Georgia
but for his colleague"
Nfrfolk Landmark of last Sunday:
The sixth sketch Of North Carolina,
which we present today, has the
merit of condensing great multitude
of valuable facts within surprisingly
small compass, and when we com
pare the wealth of information in this
paper, with the space it occupies, we
are amazed at the ingenuity of tho
performances. The author modestly
advises the sentimental reader" to
"skip" this paper; but we, with a
better appreciation of the value of his
work, advise all interested in the Old
North State to make it their own by
diligent study: for it gives us a
birds eye view" of the whole State
and the bird whose eye he nees has
the glance of the eagle-strong, COM
prehensive and minute.
The Newbern Conservative papers
print the proceedings of the Craven
county mass meeting 10. favor of Con-
vention. Resolutions, drafted by a
committee Of which Judge III. E
Manly was chairman, ere adopted
One Of these declered that restricted
convention was called for by the
people Of the State. Convention was
also advocated by Judge Manly, Hon
G. c. Clark, Messrs. ]. Fl. Hanghtor
and Alexandee Justice. A committee
of three was appointed, consisting O
Hon. NJ. E Manly, Hon. c. G. CLARK
and Col. Fl. T. Guion. to proceed te
Raleigh atthe proper time and lay
before the Conservative members o.
the Legislature, the views of the Con