The enquirer southerner., 1874-12-18
STATE NEWS

Snow on the Blue hloRe tnrSS 'n-
ches deep.
The Raleigh News now advocates
Convention.
The court house of CASTOR county,
at Dallas, was burned last Saturday.
In Charlotte, a negro fell into an
old we'll then deliberately climbed
out, unhurt. He fell ON his head.
Rev. Mr.. Marshall, rector of Christ
Church (EpicopaD, Raleigh has re-
ceived call and offer of larger salary
from Petersburg.
The Garrett vinyard of Halifax
county pr d ,ced 10000 gallons of
wine and so gallons Of brandy last
season.
Gen. Longstreet passed through
Charlotte on Friday last en- route t"
Washington. Nobody looked him
up or cared about seeing him. Alas
how are the mighty fallen.
The Governor on Monday granted
a pardon to David b. jones, white,
who was sentenced to the penitOntlarY
for life from Wayne county, 1871,
fer arson.
Fourteen thousand partridgss have
been shipped from Greensboro N. c..
to England to stock the preserves Of
the nobility and gentry OF that CO.. a.
try.
The first through train from Will
mington to Charlotte, reached the
latter oity yesterday. Trains will
now run regularly from Charlotte t.
Wilmington.
The gin house, four bales Of cotton
and the seasons cotton.sssd belong
ing to Mr.. Mort Whitshsad, of Hall
fax county, were destroyed by FIRE ON
Thursday morning.
Col Armfeld, Presiden. of the
Senate, has made one appearance on
the floor a. debatsr, and Il 9 News
thinks he Is both an admirable speak
sr aud most capsule presiding
officer.
The Democrat learns that since the
burning of CASTOR court house at
Dallas an effort will be made to move
the county seat to Brevard's Station,
on the g. c. Railway, or to Gastonia
ON the Air Lie Road.
John W. Seasons, of BERTHE county,
who was convicted of making a false
return as Distillerv Surveyor, was seu-
fenced by Judge Brooks Saturday to
three years in the penitentiary, the
Judge refusing to grant the new trial
asked for.
The Senior editor of the Windso
Times, no is an official Of the slit
ing Legislature, writes to his paper /:
The feeling in favor Of free money is
constantly growing But it is doubt
ful whether any change will be made
IN the present law.
In speaking of the No. 6 gold and
silver mines in Cherokee county, the
Murphy Herald says; The pros.
prcts at that mine for the 'pr-.ious'
are positive, and the time is not far
distant when the Lsnoirs will be
heavy shippers of gold and silver
from this point.
Observer 1t appears from the
annual report Of the Treasurer of the
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad that the condition of the |
road is not so prosperous AZ formerly.
The receipts for the financial Year
just past are tan thousand dollars les
than those Of the preceding year.
At Cabarrus court Joe Boekl-v W ho
was implicated in stealing SIS in
Charlotte, fron Mr.. james Roysd- Of
Charleston, 3. G. was senteAcsd By
Judge Srh"nck TO the pAnisentiary.
lhe Judge allowed an app.'.l on
proof that the seal Of Mock ,enhurg
had not been affixed to the transcript.
William H. Williams, co!ored
member Of the House Of Represen'a~
tives from Warren county, is dead
The Raleigh N. VS. says he stond
des-rvedly hikt in the estimation of
the people Of Warren and voted re,
gardless Of party for the general good
of the State and of his constituency
He got leave of absence and reached
lis nome just TO die. Peace to his
ashes.
The Greensboro New North State,
a Republican paper, is evidently dis
gu~ted with some of its party friends
IN the Assembly, for it says; The
Republicans are in very decided
minority in the Legislature; but they
do no:, seemingly, avail themselves
even of the strength they have. They
do not work toge' her, but apparently
are demoralized by their numerical
weakness.
The News presents this healthy
exhibit +, Wake county, lately eman-
cipated from Radical misrule The
new Democratic Board of Wake
SOuHIy SOhWLSSiouoIo "onb lAGo
office on the 7th of September last.
At that time the county had float
Ing debt of some $4,000 and her
scrip sold at from IS to 80 cents on
the dollar The new Board has paid
some 10000 dollars of her debt, has
in hand some 5000 dollars in cash,
has paid the State all due her for the
present year, and still has due upon
the taxes of the present year, inciud-
ing the sch ,ol fund some S21 900 and
the country scrip is now at par,
There is yet due from Cx-Sherif Lee
some $4,000 dollars.
Raleigh News: The Grand Lodge
of Masons closed its session on Thurs
day even ny last, after completing