Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-06-12
STATE NEWS.


Caswell county.
There have been received at the
penitentiary since the first OF the
month sixteen convicts, and the cry Is
''still they come"
A dog in Raleigh committed SUSAN
eide on Wednesday, by leaping from a
window in the third story OF the Clti-
zens' National Bank.
The Wadesboro Herald, of this
week. publishes Hon. Thos. S. Ashe
letter of acceptance of his nomination
to Congress from the Sixth District.
The Wadesboro Herald says Gen.
W. l.. T.. Prince, of Wadesboro, Will
deliver the address before the grad
mates of Peace Institute, Raleigh, on
Wednesday, the 18th inst.
Among the names of those who have
succeeded in passing the examination
at the Military Academy, and are en-
rolled as cadets, are the following
North Carolinians: Simmons T. Jones,
r. V. Michauv. Jr., and Frederick
Wooley.
Mr.. Sandy kirkpatrick, who lived
near Harrisburg Depot, on the North
Carolina Railroad, and who was for
merly agent at that depot, died, we
learn, on Tuesday night, of congestion
of the brain, with which he was seized
on Monday.
The Kinston Gazette says: Weseet that
P. NJ. Briggs, of Wilson, announces
himself a candidate for Congress in
this District So the honorable mister
Human Will not glide so smoothly
into Congress dress goods, as he sup
posed.
The Milton Chronicle says All
through this section the prospect for
even a half cropo of tobacco the present
season is very gloomy. The failnre OF
plants has been general, and what lit
tie has been planted, the black bug is
DESTROYING. This Isl not written for
effect-'tis the naked truth.
The Asheville Expositor says: Word
comes from the engineer corps, from
Butt Mountain Gap, Cleaveland and
Spartanburg, that the work of COM
pleting the surveys of the Ashevlile
and Spartanburg railroad rOute is pro-
ceeding favorably. 1t is understood
the right of way IS being secured as
they make the survey.
An alligator was caught out of Mrs.
J. G.. Williams mill race on last Thurs
day that measured nine feet in len2th,
and weighed one hundred and eighty
pounds, and said to he one lln ired
years old. Some of the Oldest citizens
say it was first seen about ninety years
ago. It's mate was killed over fifty
years ago. SO says the Clinton Ee-
porter.
The Raleigh Crescent says: We
learn from q prominent gentleman
from Fayetteville that the turpcntine
in the county only commenced running
week ago. 1t requires the same kind
of season to make turpentine asst does
to make corn. The cold, wet weather
has thrown the crop of t1lrpentine
back, and about half as much will be
made in Cumberland this year as was
made last.
The Fayetteville Gazette says: \
correspondent writing I-om Prosperity,
Moore county, says TIL section was
recently visited by sever, rain storm,
which caused considerable damage Oh
the waters of Fall, Cedar ar,; Tyson
Creeks, iniuring mills, washing away
fencing, and sUbmerging the lands. =
Farmers are greatly thrown back, and
planting is retarded.
The Goldsboro Messenger says: The
Secretary of the Atlantic Council
Patrons of Husbandry, requests lis tC
announce that Ex-Gov 4. 3. Vance
has been invited to deliver an address
before the Council at its next quar-
terly meeting to be held in GoldsbOro
on the 18th inst, and that the Cover
nor will, in all probability, accept.
The Winston Sentinel says: EIijal
B. league, prominent citizen of this
county, died of pneumonia fever, Oh
last Monday morning. Mr.. league
vas a member of the Constitutions
Convention of 1868, and was one o.
the leaders of the Republican party O
this county, and commanded the re
spect and confidence of the people to &
greater degree than any other man o.
his party in the county.
The Greensboro Patriot says: Thi:
is no small fur trade with our place
MIR. w. S. Moore purchased in 1873
"A, the following amount of skins: 6,
974 doZ. rabbit skins. So mink ant
otter, 1902 muskrats, 1,049 rae
coon, 27S gray fox, 20 red fox, 4, 30;
o'possum, 70 cat, u skunk. A great
increase both i'll quantity and price
over any former year except i'll the
item of mink and otter, the prices fol
WHICH were lower.
The Salisbury Watchman saws: We
understand that Mr.. Howes. OF Gold
Hill, has sold the major part Of his
interest i'll the mines of that place &c
a Northern Company, and that these
mines will be worked on large scale
The new company is said to be composed
of large capitalists, who will at once
greatly increase the appliances. fol
getting out the gold, by putting VI
the latest and most improved n:achin
cry. These, and many other mines II
this section, will pay handsomely, il
properly worked.
The Charlotte Observer SAYS: 4 man
calling himself A. H. Buckner has re-
Gently swindled Mr.. Allen Stewart
who keeps q private boarding house il
this city, out of eleven days board
Buckner claimed to hail from CharIps-
ton, S. c., and was engaged while
here in selling and trying to sell the
Excelsior Buster and Fly Brush" \
few mornings ago he bundled up ms
clothes aud remarked that he was 90
ing out to have them washed. ii,
hasn't returned since that morning.
and it Is supposed he hasn't been able
to get his washing done yet.
The Durham Plant says Mary
Baldwin, who lives three miles from
Durham, gave birth, few days
since, to twins that rival the celebrated
Siamese. The children were fully de
veloped in every part, bodies, arms,
hands, legs and feet, except there was
only one head but two faces with fully
developed features, the head bearing
face on either side. One was dead
the other living when born. It is
thought had it not been for fright
the mother received, causing q prema-
ture birth, that the children would have
lived and perhaps been raised. This
IS one the most remarkable freaks of
nature ever known.
Capt. Evans, of the Raleigh Cres-
cent. '''.t'' COS TIE death of Miss Sue
Aciir''' r'sr died at - o'clock on
Ihure,'"l IN the following apprc-
pirate ant ,ldsome terms:
"She was the daughter of our es-
teemed citizen, Mr. James McPhee-
tiers, and had been an invalid at her
home for several months At lanotb