Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-04-17
STATE NEWS.

Capt. Plato Durham, having deter
mined to become a candidate for Con,
gress. withdraws from the editorial
chair of the Shelby Banner.
The Wilson Advance says: The
county of Wilson has on hand the sum
of $1,000 for educational purposes.
What Radical county can say the
same?
Owing to a recent act of the General
Assembly, all Commissioners Of
Deeds for this State will have to have
their Commissions renewed during the
present year.
The Charlotte Observer says: well
known contractor of this city tells us
that there will be more building done
in Charlotte this Spring and Summer,
than during any building season since
the war.
The Goldsboro Messenger says: It
is sson dit" that Judge Thomas, II de-
feated in his effort to secure his re-
nomination for Congress, will 'a:iow
his name to be used in connection
with the Judgeship for this District.
His record on the ''Salary grab out
rage" is, however, serious obstacle
in his way.
The Salem Pre-. says: During week
before last the residence of A. l.. Stipe
WAS accidently consumed by fire.
Also the roof Of the house of a Mr..
Hicks, and the house of Messrs. ms
core and Brand, all ia the same nigh
borhood townsville township were
more or less injured by fire
The Raleigh News says: Mrs. john
Terrell, of Chatham county, on Mon
day hanged herself with her husbands
suspenders, resulting from a temper
airy alteration of the mind. She had
been esteemed as q most estimable
lady, and her husband has the sTia-
,,athy of the people of that section.
The Salisbury Waterman says We
are reliably informed that a new god
mine has been discovered by air
Roark on or near Dun's Mountain,
which promises great richness. AS far
as it is explored, every indication IS
that it is of great value. Messrs Roark
and Crowell have the lands leased and
will, we learn, proceed to work.
The Clinton Reporter says ! mar
riage occurred in Johnston count" last
week, the parties united in the holy
bonds Of matrimony being Mr.. John
Eason, about three feet high, wei III
ing about one hundred pounds :tr0ir
dupois, to Miss Kate Jaruan, weight
ing about two hundred pounds. The
bride sat on chair while the solemn
rites were being performed.
The Asheville Citizen says: Ii any
one thinks it is not worth great deal
TO own land in our rapidly gro wing
city, such should have attended the
great land sale of city property last
Saturday. Less than five acres We're
sold, belonging to the estate Of James
L. Smith, commoniJ called the Buck
Hotel property. The land was de-
vided into lots, and the sale aggre{A:
ed over $4,000. Land has gon" ~
fifty per cent. in town within tie past
year.
The Raleig'' Sentinel says: We
thought there W. strike this morn
sng on the Government building. ~
no one vas ut work, i'1t were assured
by the boss, that verifying was .. 4.
and labor was plenty. lille on the
other hand, we heard from i..a negroes
that they wanted their one d,''ar and
fifty cents per day, instead of o.I dol
lar offered. It is rumored that tire
is a we'll full Of bomb-shells on til. lof,
placed in it during the war, and it
may be they are afraid of exposing the
mules!
The Durham Tobacco Plant says
Mr.. L. NJ. Yearly, of the epterprising
firm of Yearly & Rogers, Raleigh, y.
c.. made narrow escape Of his life
last Monday morning. lie was on a
visit to his mother-in-law, WHO lives
some three miles from this place, and
was in the yard loading his pistol when
it accidently fired off. the ball striking
the lower part of his abdomen and
passing down into his hip, where it
lodged. He came to town that eve
ming and left for Raleigh next morn
ing. When we saw him, he ex-
perienced little or no pain, but we fear
he will Jet suffer q great deal with it.
The Norfolk Virginian says: At last
Geographic communication with the
dreaded Cape Hatteras has been open
ed by means of the efforts of the United
States Signal Service, and a signal line
of telegraph has been completed to
that point. The work was finished on
the 3rd of April. and the constructing
party, under the charge of lieutenant
VIM. B. Weir, reached this city on
their return last evening. An operator
will be sent down to take charge of the
Office at Cape Hatteras in a few days.
The construction of the Efe-saving
stations between Capcs Henry and
Hatteras is progressing rapidly, and
the whole arrangement will be soon
completed.
The Raleigh Crescent says: Mr. J.
B. Gayle, master machinist at the
Raleigh and CASTOR shops, died IN
this city last night. Mr.. Gayle dies
in the advance of his life, time honor
ed. The memory he leaves behind
cannot perish like breath under the
hutter of perfumed kerchief Bat il
is of stronger stuff 1t is the memory
of a working man whose hands were
never idle and whose heart male non
esty and honor its guido and followed
unfinchingly to the end. In honor to
the man the Raleigh and CASTOR shops
are closed, the yard engine is drapeG
in mourning, and every engine Oh the
Raleigh and CASTOR road is dressed in
regalia of black The remains OF Mr..
Gayle will be borne to his old ho,ns, at
Portsmouth, Va, tomorrow, and his
young son, cadet at West Point, will
reach there only In time to see his
father given to the grave.
The Charlotte Observer makes the /,
following distressing revelations: J. H !!
Mills, Esq, Superintendent of the Ok /
ford Orphan Asylum, was i'll this city !
yesterday and carried Off to the Asy- |
lum last evening three (perhaps four
children which he found here in Char |
lotte. Mr.. Mills and another gentle .
man visited quite q number OF the .
houses and huts i'll the suburbs yester-
day, and their accounts of the degre- |
dation and decentralization witnessed. /
are truly appalling. They discovered I.
several cases of white children in he .
possession OF negroes, living in the
same houses with them, and having no
other associates. In one instance, q
white woman had bound her child, a
pleasant looking little girl, to negro /
rnan. and had then bound herself to
rHnther negro, for whom she is work
sns as servant. Upon being CUES
diou j i,'.- woman said her late hus-
bait, II" father Of the little girl, was
COM crate soldier, and had been
killed i'll battle. In another case,
two little girls, of illegitimate birth,