The enquirer southerner., 1874-05-22

never betteE al tnS ASSA0SfAAl0 SSSkAoA'
The Gazzets chronicles quite a
number Of Improvements in War
renton.
Two panthers have been recently
seen in the upper portion of Halifax
county.
Caswell county goes for Judge
Kerr for Judge, and Col. f. b.
Whithers for the State Senate.
The speech of Gen. W. R. Cox at
the Raleigh memorial is spoken of in
yery complimentary terms.
\ number of men in Mitchell
county have recently been arrested
on the charge Of passing counterfeit
money.
The Asheville ErpOsitor says that
Bald Mountain has recently shown
slight signs of disturbance, but not
Of that serious character as hereto
fore.
The Reidsville Record says it is
thought that Gen. Alfred NJ Scales
will be nomidated for Congress in
the 9TH District on the first ballot.
Beaufort elected for the first time
since ''the flood" two Conservative
commissioners on Monday last, W.
W. Thompson and George w. Char
lotte, Esqs.
1t is reported that young man by
the name of Neal, has found on the
Sea beach, in Currituck county, a
large iron box of dust of gold, the
aggregate worth of which will be up
in the millions. Lucky boy.
Messrs. Geo. W. Stanton, Of
Wilson, E. G. Davidson, of Mecklen-
burg, and r. L. Patterson, of For
s7the, represented the State Agricul-
tural Society in the National Agri-
cultural Congress in session in At
lanta during the last week.
The Greenyille Register says: We
ito learn from the farmers that
the prospects bids fair for bad crop,
they having been badly damaged by
heavy rains and frosts. Many of
them are blowing up their cotton and
planting again.
Tom Evans in the Crescent warns
his younger brethren Of the press
against the dangerous evil Of public |
speaking. Whenever a young man
commences speaking in public he
falls into road that will eventually |
lead him to the Legislature, and once
there, all usefulness to himself, his |
mother-in-law, becomes seriously |
impaired.
The Enfield Times says: Near
Enfield resides two ladies remarkable
for their advanced age. The younger
IS Mrs. Sallie Smith, aged 81, and
is possessed Of all her faculties in
remarkable degree; the older is Mrs.
Patsey Judge, aged 9S, and who can
perform her usual work. She can
thread fine cambric needle without
the use of spectaeles.
The Winston Sentinel says: at
IS generally understood here that Mr..
Purnell, the Radical candidate for Su-
perintendent of Public instruction,
was a Ku Klux; in fact, there are
persons in this town who say they
were present and assisted in initiat-
ing him. Mr.. Pool asked him the
question if he was a member Of the
order and Mr.. Purnell did not answer
IL"
The east Carolina correspond
ent of the Petersburg Ider~ appeal
says: Judge Moore announces it to
be his intention to hold over until
the Supreme c, urt takes the Office
from him; regarding TIE act of AS
sembly iDstituting the election as
Illegal His ideas are peculiar. He
thinks his party should vote for him,
being already in, to avoid a conflict.
The University brings suit. Says
the Hillsboro Recorder: Suits were
instituted at the last term Of the
Court by the Trustees of the Uni
versity against Alexander McIver to
recover the seal, books, papers, &C.,
belonging to the University; and
against Solomon Pool to recover
possession Of the college property
which he now contests. Graham and
Graham appeared for the plaintiffs,
and ]. @. Bachelor for Mr.. McIver.,
and J. B. Mason for Pool.
There are five teachers and 1;'S
1upils at the Orphan Asylum al Ok
ford. The teachers and matron re-
ceive twenty five dollars per month
and board, says the Crescent The
great-grand- daughter of Gov. Cas-
we'll is there, a beautiful young lassie
fourteen years of ago. She has no
father or mother, no sister or brother,
without one cent of money or property,
and was found living with her step
grandmother-in-law ! She promises
to make very accomplished lady.
A gentleman recently in attend
ance upon the Mecklenburg Presby-
terry, thus speaks of a young man
who resigned his seat in the Legis-
lature some twelve months ago to
study for the ministry: "The Rev.
A. I. Morrison preached his trial
sermon before this body, and after
due examination, was licensed to
preach the Gospel. l must here add
that his Sc. mon was the prodnct of
profound thought, and was both able
and sublime. May he live till the
crown he wins sparkle with the
diadens of usefulness in the cause
he has espoused."
The Raleigh Ne'cs says: DR.. Co.
Iumbus Mills, Of the n. G. State
Grange, has appointed the following