Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-02-20
STATE NEWS.

Heavy snow ut Company Shops O.
Tuesday evening.
Gov. Vance Las returned from Bal
timore
The Rutherfordton Record says:
company is being formed to commence
the manufacture of Sewing Machines
III this county. Sl4, 900 has ben seclr
ed; a few thousand more and the pro
ject will be success.
The Monroe Enquirer says: Mr.
John Richardson showed US last weet
something of a curiosity i'll the corr
line. 1t was a stalk having on it two
good sized ears of corn, one of which
was right red. not having white
grain on it, while the other was right
white, rot having red grain on it
He thinks it came from speckled corn.
The Raleigh News says: The State
Grange Of the Patrons of Husbapdry
will meet in this city to-day at ii a. m.
at fuckers Hall. DIR. Columbus Mills,
of Concord, will preside as Master and
Geo. w. Lawrence, of Fayetteville, as
Secretary. There are now two hun
bred and thirty Oranges in the State,
representing a membership of about
1000. 1t IS believed that there will
be three hundred delegates in attend
ance, a large number having arrived
by the various tlains yesterday. The
session promises to be one of unusual
interest, and matters of great impor-
lance to the Order will be discussed.
The Asheville Pioneer says: On
Monday OF last week. quiet all excite
ment was occasioned at Leicester by
the arrest of Daniel Shook, charged
with outraging the person of his niece,
girl aged ten or twelve years. We
are informed that Shook was arrested
on the statement of the girl, who al
leges that she was residing with him
at the time, and after the commission
OF the deed, she fled to her mother,
who lives in Haywood county. The
examination of the prisoner before the
Magistrates court occupied nearly the
entire week, but as the girl failed to
appear and testify against him. he was
discharged.
The Washinetol Express says: Mr..
Samuel Habo:p, d young gentleman
about % years OF age, aud resident of
this county, WAS killed in the swamp
owned by the GAINESVILLE and Washing
ton Railroad Company. near Warning,
in Martin county, n few days since.
He was engaged i'll hewing down cy-
press tree and one of them fell. striking
i'll its descent lofty piue, which
sheered it Oft. The pine in rebound
ing twisted off its top, which was
thrown forty or fifty feet into the
woods, striking Mr.. Haborn and kill
ing him instantly.
The Raleigh News says: The we'd
ding of our young friend Lewis Bar
ringer. the son of the late Hon d. NJ.
Barringer: and Miss Mary L. c..
daughter of Col. L. NJ. Miles, in Phil
adeIphia recently, is spoken of as be-
ing very brilliant. The groom and his
beautiful bride arrived i'll this city on
Saturday afternoon, and Il hop at the
Marlborough WAS given il their honor
Monday night Among the attendants
upon tile groom was Mr. Z. F. Pescud,
Jr, of this city. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. DIR. Rudder, of
ST. Stephens Church, and is described
by an eye witness as being very i'm
pressive and brilliant affair. After the
conclusion of the marriage ceremony,
a magnificent banquet was served at
the Continental Hotel, after which the
newly married couple departed on the
Southern bound train.
The Raleigh News says: Tie case Of
A. w. SLATER vs.. David A. Jenkins,
State Treasurer, came up for n hear
ing before his Honor, Judge Tourgee,
Yesterday evening i'll the Superior
Court. This case is briefly stated as
follows: Snaffer purchased from Abra-
ham Congleton several warrants
to S24, 900. drawn by the
Governor (Holden) of North Carolina
on the State Treasurer, properly coun
tel signed by the Auditor, &C., in favor
of said Congleton as contractor for
work done on the n orth River and
Adams Greek turnpike road in Car
teret and Craven counties, which road
was established by an act of the Legis-
lature of 1869-'69. The Treasurer re
fused to pay the warrants for the rea-
son that he had no funds On hand for
an appropriation. The suit is brought
by Col. Shaffer as assignee for the re-
covery Of the above amount. The At
torney- General and Smith & Strong
appeared for the Treasurer, ard Judge
Fowle for the plaintiff. By agreement
of counsel, a jury trial was waived
After q full discussion of the case,
Judge Tourgee delivered his opinion
TO the effect that he would not orde
q naandanaats on the Treasurer, but
that he should be required to pay the
account due as soon as funds er, on
hand sufficient to pay it, withou. in
terfering with the actual and necessary
expenses of the G, vernment. The
counsel for the State, who claimed that
as the work had not been performed,
and therefore should not be paid for
1t all, prayed an appeal to the Supreme
Court which was granted.