Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-29
STATE NEWS.

were to have met in Charlotte yes
terday.
The Radical Convention in Ply
mouth, n. c., on Friday last, nominal
ed for Congress G. L. Cobb, after a
very close and stormy contest. Cobb
was only nominated by majority OF
seven.
The Raleigh Sentinel says: The
Second Baptist Church, situated on
Swain Street in the Eastern portion of
the city, will, We learn, be completed
this week, and will be dedicated on
Sunday next.
The Commissioners of Franklin
have award. d the contract for the
building of the new Jail to a firm in
Raleigh, Messrs. Clayton & Duncan
1t is to be built of native granite and
| to cost $500.
The Franklin county Democrats
| have just put out the following strong
| ticket For House of Commons II.
| e. Michel. For Clerk of Superior
| Court-W. K. Davis. For Reg; ster of
Deeds-W. III. Allen. For Sheritf-W.
Ii. Battle.
The Conservatives of Uunion county
have nominated w. Fl. Fitzgerald for
the House of Representative Col. S.
H. Walkup for Clerk of Superior
Court, J. w. Griffin for Sheriff
and W. J. c.. McCauley for Register
of Deeds.
| The Concord Sun says: Great COM
plant is made by the farmers of this
section on account of the backward con-
dltlon of crops. Cotton and corn look
badly-of the former, the poorest
stand for years, and if the cold nights
continue much longer, it will take the
''sore shin" and die.
The Weldon News says: We learn,
unofficially, that Hyde county, the
| banner corn county in this State, is
and has been completely inundated for
several weeks. Such information was
made in Nash county last week by
man who said he was Just from Hyde.
1t is to be hoped that the report is
unfounded and that the lands are not
water grounded.
The Newbernian says: The Radical
Convention, which assembled at Kin
ston on Thursday for the purpose of
nominating Judge and Solicitor for
this Judicial District, adjourned yes
terday morning, without having ac-
complished anything, until the 23rd of
June, when they will try it again. The
Convention was i'll session two days and
a half, and there were 119 ballots had
during that time.
The Newbern Journal of Commerce
says We are pleased to learn from
MIR. j. T.. Nash that the successful es-
tablishment of a cotton factory here is
almost assured. About $50, 600 are
already subscribed, and the amount is
constantly growing. A meeting is to
be held on Monday night to further
the enterprise, and the report to be
by the commissioners will be of a most
encouraging character.
The Rockingham Courier says: We
We're shown u specimen Of genuine
velvet cork, taken from a tree growing
in the grounds of Col John ". Leak
of this place. 1t is known as the
QHrFc0s NHb'F, or Cork Oak: was
grown from an acorn sent ont from
the Patent Office fifteen Wears ago,
and has now atta!IIe.i Il height Of
about twenty feet, and a diameter of
ten to twelve inches. The bark is now
thick enough for bottle corks.
The Enfield Times says: In this sec
ton the crops are looking remarkably
we'll for SO unfayOrahiea season. There
has been an unusually large area seed
ed in oats and from every quarter re-
ports reach rs that the crop is the
best known for many years. Corn is
small but in good condition. Cotton
promises an excellent stand. Farmers
have not mcrtgaged to SO great an ex-
tent as formerly and seem to be en-
deavoring to live within their own
means. We notice that there is a slim
attendance of farmers at Enfield dur
ing the week. Success to the farmers
And all they need to attain it, is per-
severance ana close attention to bust
ness.
The Norfolk Virginian says Our
readers are already aware that the con-
tracts for building the life saving sta
tons on the Atlantic coast, between
Capes Henry and Hatteras, was award
ed to Mr.. A. A. Mccullough. of this
city. By him it was given out to
Messrs Blick ss Jakenan, who have
been busy for some time preparing
material, and already several cargoes
have been shipped to the desi mated
localities. The houses are to be of
frame, 2Ox43 feet in size, two stories
high, and built of the very best lum-
Der obtainable, all C which is to be
dressed II Oil to preserve it. The
buildings will be comfortable and COM
modious, and the contractors, who are
skilled mechanics, will make good jobs
of all of them. They tart next week
to commence the erection of the build
ings. The stations are six in number,
and will be located at the following
points Cape Henry, Sand Bridges,
False Cape, Jones Hill, Kitty Hawk
and Body Island.
The Raleigh Republican says: The
workmen engaged in opening 3 way
for the projected railroad between
Weldon and GarysbUrg, N. c., struck
about mile from the former place, in
a bank beside the river, a catacomD OF
skeletons, supposed to be those Of In-
dams of remote age, a lost and for
gotten race. The bodies exhumed
were of a strange and remarkable for
nation. The skulls were nearly an
inch in thickness; the teeth we're filed
sharp as those of cannibals, the enamel
perfectly preserved; the bones were of
wonderful length and strength, the
eight or nine feet. Near their heads
were sharp stone arrows, some mortars
| in which their corn was brayed, and
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stone. The teeth of the skeletons are
said to be as large as those OF horse.
The bodies were found closely packed
togethe;;, laid tier on tier, AS it seemed
! There was no observable ingress or
egress to the mound. The mystery is
who these giants were, to what FACE
they belonged, to wha. era, and how
| they came to be buried there.
1 Tl,o Cborlo{fo nhCarrar Onr
| Shelby correspondent, under date of
| the 10Th inst, writes us as follows;
On Sunday, 18th of May, g tragic at
fair took place at Kings Mountain de-
pot, on tie Air Line Railway. VIM.
Elwood shot in the head and killed in
stantly Mr.. Sandford. The cause of the
homicide is involved in mys cry. Some
assert that it was premeGitated; that
quarrel took place several days before;
others deny this and believe, as Ell
wood states, that the shooting was ac-