The enquirer southerner., 1874-05-08
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THE
STATE NEWS

Measles, mumps and whooping
cough now rage in Greensboro.
Ahen layed two chickens instead
of eggs recently, near Durham.
A big picnic is to come off al
Rountree's Bridge, Wilson county,
on the 7th inst.
1t is reported that the smallpox is
again prevailing in the neighborhood
Of Reidsville.
A destructive tornado swept
through a portion Of New Hanover
county on Monday afternoon.
Maj. Thos. Sparrow, of Washing
ton is to deliver the Memorial Ad-
dress in Newbern next Saturday.
There is colored boy in Nash
county who is covered with hair,
except on the tip of his nose.
Some fend set FIRE to the Baptist
Church at the Falls of Tar River on
the 25th ulr. The Church was saveds
Wilson elected full conservative
ticket at their recent municipal cleo
ton.
The Prohibition ticket won in Raj
eigh. The Conservatives carried four
out of the five wards.
North Carolina claims to be the
only State in the Union which pro-
duces eve.y article enumerated in
the census of 1870.
There was terrible freshet in the
Catawba river on the 9th ult. Ten
thousand dollars of property is esti-
mated to have been destroyed.
Col. R. W. Singletary, of the
Plandealer, is mentioned as the oandi-
date to represent Wilson county in
the House of Representatives.
The corners stone of the U. s.
Courthouse and Postofice in Raleigh
will be laid on July 4th with impos-
ing ceremonies. John Nichols, Esq
Grand Master of the Masonic frater-
nifty of this State, has been applied to
conduct the ceremonies.
A Goldsboro special to the Raleigh
News says: The city election
occurred to-day, and everything
passed off quietly. The Conserva-
tives elected their Mayor and three
of the six Councilmen. This is a
great triumph, as last year every
thing was Radical.
The Conservative State Executive
Committee meet in Raleigh on the
10th of June, and it is to be hoped
by that time they can screw their
courage up to the sticxing point, and
give US regular Anglo-Saxon plat
form-cne on which the white men
of North Carolina can stand.
A valuable mineral spring has been
discovered on the land Mr.. Gilbert
Tennent, of Buncome county. 1t is
said that one gill of the water will go
much further and faster than Epson
salts.-Two weeks ago man, on his
way to town with a load of wood,
stopped and took a big draught of it.
He camped there for the rest of the
day, and is now so transparent that
his friends hold him up between
them and he moon while they make
astronomical observations through
him.
Says the Newbern Times of the 1st
inst.
"a terrible gale, pursuing track
about twenty yards wide, passed over
q section adjacent to Havelock, on
the Atlantic and North Carolina
Railroad, on Wednesday morning,
ard prostrating everything in its
course. Large pine trees were car
ried thirty or forty feet from their
stumps, and presented the appear
ance of being wrenched or wrung of.
Nothing SO destructive has visited
this section for years The appearance
OF the scene, as described by an eye
witness, was terrible, MT q tree or
anything in the track Of the gale left
standing.
Says the Charlotte Observer of the
Sd inst.
"Jcs. H. Carson, Esq, who is just
from his home in Rutherfordton,
gives us some facts concerning Ball
Mountain. He says there has been
no serious oommotion in the noun.
tain since last Tuesday. On that day
the rumbling was very great, and
there was much fear among the
people. The mountain feaved and
trembled 10 an alarming degree, and
an eruption was momentarily looked
for by the people living around it.
Mr.. Carson says the quivering Is
felt sensibly at Rutherfurdton, and
has been for some time past. 1t has
been more quiet, though, since Tues
day, and the sensation now is that CT
quivering."
The Carolina Herald says: Last
Tuesday, the 2Sth inst, was the
fftieth aDniverssy Of our distinguish
ed townsman, Hon. A. W. Venable
and his estimable lady. 1t is rarely
that Providence accords such good
fortune to any couple, but in no in
stance could it have been bestowed
upon any more deserving of such a
high mark of favor. In all the rela.
tions of life, both public and private,
Mr.. Venable and wife have gained a
lodgment in the hearts of numberlest
friends and acquainteDces, which
time cannot remove. We extend oul
congratulations and wish them many
more years of happiness and useful
ness.
Quite a number called and pait
their respects to the couple at tn
hopitable residence of their son, Col
T. B. Venable.