Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-04-30
STATE NEWS.

at 6ESOn SOtE0eU III. L SIuIcn IL
| Raleigh, on Sunday morning, eevsu
persons joined the church aud the col
lection taken up amounted to $500.
The Hickory Press says: There ie a
| prophet III Catau la who has hauled II
Iot of Old stumps and logs in his
orchard to burn on the 9th of May to
keep the frost from killing his fruit
The Raleigh Capitol says: Mr.. S. J..
Stevens, Professor of Natural Scie,-
| cas, Mathematics, &c, in the Peace Iu-
| st:tute, of this city, recently afflicted
with paralysis of the brain, died at bis
residence on Halifax street yesterday
at O'Clock, p. N.
The Raleigh Sentinel learns that
Capt. DeMott, of Sanford, in Moore
county, has determined to move to
whole ale milk depot and to run IL
connection thereto cheese factory.
The Graham Gieancr. in speaking OF
the recent cold snap, says: o. SUI
day, in few hours in the middle of
the day, water that had been thrown
upon an ont building 20 protect i:
from fire, formed ic:cies six inches
,ong. We have found no one old
enough to tel us Of weather so severe
80 late i'll the season III this latitude
before.
The Raleigh News Of Sundays date
pnlIis'lCs largo map, drawn l.y
Prof. Cooke, ~ illustration OF the
railway system in North Gan ollna lis
accompanying comments, relative to
the rupture of that syste n n tie re-
cent change Of guage, are lengthy and
interesting.
The Raleigh Capital says: The i'm
pre- ss;On that the Iecent Legislature.
lad passed bill giving commuta ton
TO State soldiers of the late Cohfeder
acy for the loss Of their arms, Il large
Eudnber are preparing 10 visit the t.
ia order to take advantage Of the sup
posed act. Several have already fr-
rived and met with bitter dieappoint-
meut. No such act was announced
passed both bodies of the Legislature.
The Hickory Press says: From the
lst Of Decen.ber, 1874, to April Goth,
1879, 40 days, Hickory shipped 40
barrels Of Pgs These barrels cuE-
taired on IN average so dozen, which
makes 80, 100 doz-n eggs furnished Ia
o:her1ocalIties. Many Of these eggs
were sold at 10 cents per dcz-n, but
on an average of q cents per dozen,
would amount to IS, 42I 80.
The Raleigh Sentinel says Cd
mat Tommie Ferguson died in this
county last Saturday in Oak Grove.
township aged 81 years. The writer
uade pleasing reference to uncle Tom
me- last Summer as TO the agility with
which he could run a race with the
vouI gest man, and he went the rou,tdS
of the press as dead shot wiz h rifle
It was all even SO, but alas, uncle
Eommie has run his last race.
The Raleigh News says The fol-
lowing delegates to the Cotton States
Congress, which will meet in this city
on the 18th Of July, have been sp-
pointed
For the State ct Large-N. W.
Woodfn. Gen. d. II. Hui, J. 3. Stick
ney, 4 FL. Gillian, j, d. Whltford,
Giles Mebane, Wm. Johnston, Z. II.
Holt, Col J. L. Bridgers, DE-. 8. W.
Graham aud Capt. r. T. Fulghum.
Congressional DIstrlcts-Jssse J.
Yeates, VIM. A Graham, B, NJ. Col
Inns, J. G. Wooten, r. K. Bryan. j.
McMllian l. J. Haughton, NJ. Bled
soc, JAS C. Williamson, W B Meares,
Nm S Harris, Jasper Stowe. !. d.
Click. Dr.. NJ. l.. Chunn. j. j. Erwin,
Jas. NJ. Greenlee, J. l.. McEhoy, E.
L Ii by and the officers Of the State
Grange.
The Raleigh Capital says: On Fri
day evening, Oh B cunt Avenue, Mr. A
y jenkins, son of Treasurer Jenkins,
witt, a frit nd was taking an airing; he
was followed by MIR. Lyman, son Of
Bishop Lyman. who was accompanied
bv his sister. Mr. jenkins was driving
at rapid pace on the beautiful street,
followed equally as quick by Mr.. Ly-
man, when npon reaching the res
dence of Mrs Sasser, the bolt hold
ing in place one of the shafts of the
buggy of Mr.. Lyman came out, letting
the swing e, tree down upOn the heels
of the rapid charger, who at once
broke INTO ii run at full tilt, which YVES
continued for one hundred yards or
more. until bis horseship landed the
buggy against post in front of the
office of DR.. Little, pitching its occu-
pants headlong to the distance OF
twenty feet upon the ground and badly
smashing the buggy. Miss l.: was
considerably stunned while Mr.. l.. re-
ceived a terrible jar. Miss l. was
immediately taken into the office OF
DIR. Little. where restoratives were
promptly applied, and she was shortly
relieved and taken home. We are
glad to know neither of them were Sc
riously injured.