Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-03-06

LinyilIe is the name of new pos
Office in Burke county. Mr.. Summer
is Postmaster.
The Medical Association of Nortl
Carolina meets in Charlotte the secont
Monday in May.
Mamie Bunker, daughter OF ont
of the Siamese Twins, died OF con
sumption last week.
The immigration Convention to b.
held in Raleigh, the 18th OF March, 1:
exciting much attention.
The Mcdowell farmers are discuss
ing cotton planting. The matter was
fully considered at meeting held IN
Marion on the 21st ult.
The Milton Chronicle says: Wash
Hunt, one of the colored wards OF the
nation, residing in Dan river township;
perretrated rape on q coiored girl
last week and made his escape.
At present there are 433 prisoners in
the Penitentiary. Since the opening
of the institution 300 or 900 convicts
have been received. Dvring the pres
ent wear the terms of SO convlcts Will
expire.
The Henderson Tribune says there
is Mt Kittrell's an old car of the Raleigh
anil CASTOR railroad covered with
,hingles, and wonders how this home
looking concern would appear rum
ming on the road now as it did twenty
five years ago.
The Salisbury Waterman says: DR..
Chunn Of this county slaughtered
hog a few days since that weighed SGT
poands net. There have been quite a
number of large porkers killed in this
county this winter, but DR.. Chunn's
is the largest yet heard OF.
The Raleigh News says Yesterday
Governor Caldwell issued an appoint
ment to Monsieur Emile Morel as
Commissioner of Deeds, &c, for
North Carolina, resident i'll Paris
This is the first appointment Of the
kind ever made by this State, and it
was done under law passed by the
General Assembly just before its ad-
jourrment.
The Raleigh News says: We learn
from q private letter that on the 10th
INST, i'll Gates county, Benjamin airline
was stabbed by Jacob K. Hathaway
without provocation. Airline died on
the 21st inst, and at last accounts
Hathaway had not been arrested.
Hathaway is about forty-ive years old,
and said to be u desperate character in
his ncighborhooi.
The Kinston Gazette says: On last
Friday, Mr.. Jesse White, father OF
Capt. J. NJ. White, highly respected
citizen of our town, while sitting atthc
supper table suddenly fell dead from
heart disease. The deceased was in
his usual health, and his sudden death
falls SIS heavy afflictioD upon his de-
voted son and other relatives. He was
about 81 years old.
The Raleigh News says: We ore
pleased to learn that the two Masonic
lodges Of this city-Hiram and W. g.
UlI-ha1e subscribed 500 each, for
five years. to the support Of the Ok
tcrd Orphan Asplum. The benevolent
people of the State should remember
that the State Legislature refused aid
TO this institution, and it is therefore
entirely depen,i"nt upon private con-
'ributions to get long.
The Charlotte Oi..nrver says: Tie
following weighty item Of news will
prove interesting to ali admirers OF
heavy mon. Yesterday a certain pair
of scales showed that Genera w. H.
Trots, Of Monroe. n. c., weighs $40
lbs; Major ". NJ. Matthews, OF this
city, eco; Captain ". H. Stowe, of
CASTOR, ECO; and Colonel H. Rucker,
IF New York, 2S0--aggregatiDg eleven
hundred and ten pounds.
The Raleigh News says: The new
congregation of the Episcopal Church
met in the rear room of the Citizens
National Bank last evening, and per-
fected their organization. The name
of the "Good Shepherd" was selected
for tile Church. The following gen.
tlemen were elected Vestrymen until
Easter Monday: r. Fl. Battle, Jr., p.
a. Wiley, DIR. G. ID. Rice, j. 3.
Bachelor and a. z. Bryan.
The Charlotte Observer gives the
following contradiction to the rumors
lately circulated: The rnmor that
Hon. q. B. Vance and Col. VIM.
plating the establishment of newspa-
per in Raleigh, we are authorized to
pronounce false. They have no such
intentions. The report that the OBJ
server is to be removed to the City of
cdhs iS dlso Hltuout lOuuudIlOu III
truth"
The Raleigh News says: The new
Board of Directors of the Penitentiary
will meet in this city on Tuesday next
and organize. We learn that S. n.
Martin, Esq, of Wilmington, confirm
Cd by the Senate as member in place
of G. W. Welker, of Guilford, has
signified hia acceptance of the posi-
ton. The new Boad is comprised as
follows: Messrs. J. r. Harrison, J. s.
Allen. J. M. Coffin, s. N. Martin and
Stewart Ellison.
The Raleigh News says: We are
Informed that Rev. Dr. Sears. of Phil
adelphia, Agent of the Peabody School
Fund, has notified Prof. McIver, our
Superintendent of Public Instruction,
that the following donations will be
made TO schools in this State:
Franklin, Macon county, $50
Dysartsville, Mcdowell county, $3.50
Cheoah, Graham county, $500; Hoe
Hill, Buncombe county, $500; Gull
lowhee, Jackson county, $500.
The Tarboro Enquirer-Southerne
says The cashier of the Bank of
New Hanover informs rs, that since
Vie ISL III beCeIuItI- 1910, To TIE
present time. over 800, eco has passed
through his bank in payment for mn!es
bought in this county. If this is tax
en- in connection with the amount that
- expended and does not pass through
the bank, we may safely calculate that
the amount annually expended by
Edgecombe for mules will approx
mate $50, 900 Or $4,000.
The Hickory Press says 1t is said
hero is az old lady in Irelell county,
who does not know who is President
OF theses United States Or Governor
OF North Carolina, but she can tell you
the name of every Presbyterian minis
teI in the North Carolina Synod, the
number Of children of each, their ages,
Nc, also the number of students at
Davidson College, and how many ard
the name OF these who are going to
study for the ministry. She knows the
name Of all the young ministers sweet
hearts, color of hair, eyes, &c.
The Asheville Expositor says: Some
three weeks ago man by the name of
Fore, and boy by the name of John
Parker, got into dispute about some
little n.:'t'r, when the boy, Parker,
threw tt rrci winch struck Fore on the
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