The enquirer southerner., 1874-06-05
STATE NEWS

inr into AsheVille.
Cumberland county has a Flea
Hill Township, of which Kingdom
Flea-hillsville is the capitol.
A band of burglars and robbers are
depredatirg extensively on the good
peo, lie of Halifax county.
Col. ]. Fl. Thorp, Of Rocky mount
realized from one bee hive IN less
than three weeks one hundred lbs of
honey.
A DIR. Cross, of Canada, is in Char
lotte for the purpose Of buying a
large tract of land to settle a colony
of Canadians.
There is quite a curiosity on the
plantation of Mr. w. 7. Lane, near
Goldsboro. 1t is young chicken
born without eyes.
Gus n Lewis, the present Sheriff
of Nash county and true and tried
Democrat, is nominated for his Office
again by both political parties.
John B. Hussey, Esq, formerly
Piedmont Press, will commence the
publication of a Democratic -Conserva'
tive journal in Statesville between the
10th and 18th June.
The young men that killed Steve
Lowry offer for sale the banjo that
he was playing on at the time he was
killed. 1t is pierced with nine buck
shot. The Journal suggests that
Barnum would make the best pur-
chaser.
The Conservative-Democratic party
of Wilson had large and enthusias-
tic meeting on Saturday last. N. W.
Boddie, of Nash, and G. NJ. Cook, of
Franklin, the nominees fog Senators
from that District, addressed the
meeting. All the county officers were
nominated. T. J. Eatman was nomi-
mated for the House of Representa-
tives.
Marc Erwin, Assistant U. S. Dis
trict Attorney, of Asheville, and Gen.
E. R. Hampton, Clerk of the Federal
Court at that place, have resigned,
unwilling to obey the orders Of Judges
Dick and Settled and the "Greensboro
Ring" to vote for Plato Durham for
Congress. It is said that Gen.
Hampton will run for Congress as an
Independent Republican.
Raleigh Crescent Nash news items:
The cotton looks sorry. Corn or
cotton is nothing like as good as it
was last year. The cotton is dying
out and many farmers have plowed
up their cotton and planted corn.
Thomas Strickland, near Stanhope,
has forged orders for money and left
the county. Mr.. Murray says that
he forged one on him to Mr.. Cheat
ham of this city for SIS.
Charlotte Observer Mr.. r. F.
Grier, of Steel Creek neighborhood
has eve which gave birth this
Spring to q lamb. In ten days after
it was born she gave birth to another,
and two weeks after this she became
the mother of third lamb-all born
within weeks. This is the only in.
stance of thing of this kind on re-
cord, we believe, but it is true, for We
have Mr.. Grier's own good word fol
it.
Raleigh Necs: We are more thar
pleased to learn that the Vestry OF
Christ's Episcopal Church of this city
have called to its pastoral charge the
Rev. M. nj. Marshal, the presen
Rector of Emanuel Church, Warren
ton. Though quite a young man
Mr.. Marshal is one of the abIest Di-
vines Of the Diocese, and the Vestry
may well be proud Of its wise selec
ton. We believe he will accept anG
therefore we can congratulate Christ
Church congregation upon its for
tunate selection.
The Raleigh News: We were
shown yesterday, by Col. Geo. Little
a nugget of gold weighing "a grains
that was found on the farm of a gen
tleman living in one of the borde;
counties cf the South Carolina line
The gold is about the same in qualit,
as other North Carolina gold, an(
from the written statement of the gen
tleman, is plentiful in the section
from which this specimen came. Fo
reasons best known to himself he di(
not state the county where these nev
mines have been discovered, but /
his present operations and expert
ments prove successful the location
etc, will soon be made public.
1.-THE name of Capt. S. T. vii
hams, says the Rocky Mount Mail
has been prominently mentioned il
connection with the nomination fo
Congress from this District, but h,
has declined to allow his name to e
before the Convention, and has s
instructed his friends in this DistriC
who have approached him on tn
subject. His name was first brough
forward by the Oxford Herald an
endorsed by the Mail and severs
other papers in the District. Havin
canvassed the District against tn
Infamous Deweese, at a time whe
there was no hope Of an election, an
having at no time relaxed his effort
to advance the principles of th
Democratic party, we still believ
that Capt. Williams is entitled
the nomination, and is in every Wa
fitted for the position; but as he h'
positively declined to allow his nan
to 60 before the Convection, We su'
nit with the best grace possible al
and will go for the next best al
strongest man"
Kissing your sweetheart" says
very trifing young man, "is like ca
ing soup with fork; it takes a lor
time to get enough
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