Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-12-17
STATE NEWS,

Judge Watts will take up his resi-
dence in Warrenton.
The Board of Trustees of the Uni
versity meet in Raleigh Thursday, the
10Th inst.
Senator Ransom and Representa- ives
Davis, Robbins. Scales aud Ynates
have rooms a, the Metropolitan hotel.
sir. Waddell resides at 421 Eleventh
street. Senator Merrimon and MIR.
Ashe have not yet located for the
winter.
Capt. e. B. Denson, of Pistsboro,
delivered lecture. on The March OF
Science" in the Academy Chapel on
Saturday last.
Says the Newbern Times: So. d.
Pooi, Jr.. Esq, retires from the Coz
troll of the Newbern Journal Of Com
naerce, and is succeeded by FL. {.
Pool, E-q. We welcome friend Henry
once more to the scene of has fol mel
editorial labore."
The Salisbury Waterman says: A
man named Sam Bennett was arrestt d
at Burnsville, n. ~, recently, charged
with cuunte feiting, by changing tbs
denomination of bills. He was lodged
Il jail at Ash4viie.
The Salisbury Watchn1zn says: Mr.
Justice ;iaugn5on or tuesday iast
mnltttd for trial one T. FL. Clark.
or rnbblng a Mr.. Raymond Hall
JJjh birds of passage-of to dollars,
trw days pr~vi .us!y. He had stolen
4 Iarge sum but it ali proved counter
feit except this one ten dollar bill, aud
o.. til $ Mr.. Clark went up.
n, l. ~lf
the Western North Ghroilua Itallrodd :
there are now at work on this road
.Upuc Que hundred aud fifty wards Oh
10 otate. Three mics of the road
bed Is boiug rapidly got ready for the
| .lOn, ami work O:I the mali iuunrl i
ii-o being pressed with vigor. The
| ahree miles, just beyond Old + ri
winch II IL HOPED TO GIT running very
s.ortly viii 20 bt-yuid dark oilo "
| IAN, which is the worst "dggonln6
| 5hlE side of Ashe7Ill-.
The Wilson Adrance says; 4 NOV
neat Is nn 10 i i'll this pace. to fufthr'
a. aid ths proposed .ovenent To O.
| aDish dal,y mail hue between thu,
poiut and Washington, y. g.. passiD =
hy the Offices Of Sarat' ga, Marlboro,
| rarmvllit Gre-nvllle and PacsOtus.
This will not only be great cooven
renee 10 the intermediate Offices buI
| will advance the mail fac,iitle~ o.
| Washingto, twenty four hours.
The Wilson 4dCunce say: II" n
sorry to ie I'm Of the eutlrr destruct,o'
by ii e or Saturday flGut of the gil
4uu5e of Mr }. ) Ryunm. Of SaratO
ga township III this county. Severa
-ales If cotton, large quantity I"
| cotton seed aud all the machinery were
lost. he fire, We are informed. wa
he work Of an lncendiary. We OK
tend our sympathy to Mr., Bynum. AK
ere glad 70 learn his property " as par
TALLY insured.
TIE Rsleigh NeaOs says: Austin Hill
col, sentenced 10 be hunR to-day II
Northampton county for completely IL
the mutd r lat winter of Mr.. Presson
keeper If the railroad bridge at W.
don. was yesterday commut,d 10 lm
prisOnment TO hard labor for life b.
Gov. Broghen, upon certain Ienresen
atoms to II S Excelency. Il viii b
RENDERED th4t one OF the murderer
on being nrug acknowiad Liz owI
guilt, buc claimed that austin Hill VS.
innocent Of the Or me- cha ged.
We learn from the Favattevllje Gu
zette tIat the. was a called meeting q
.4.s. f.srtttv'lie Indrpendtn6 Lrgl
Infantry last Monday evening. MiD
Iaigh. Captain OF the Company, u ii
/ hort, spirited address, at toe end O
when vote was taken, and he Com
ranv unanimously resolved TO atteut
me Philadelphia Exposition as one {
he companies constituting the Centen
q ial legion. This Legion will be com
,,osed of thirteen companies, the old
est volunteer company IN each OF til
thirteen original States, and the Fay
-tteville Light Infantry Is the oide.
in tbs State and indeed the secnn
oldest in the United States. / ha
been accepted, we stated some tim
since, as the special body-guard @
Gov Brogden on his visit to the Cen
tennial.
The Fayetteville Gazette of the 9t
inst. gives the following &C ,ount 1
, | he bu, hing of haudsOma re4id4n.
III enat county:
"The d yelling house Of ". B. Sucles
ESQ. III the vicinity of Little Rlv
Academy, Que Of the haudsOmest All
most complete residences in this pan
of the country, was burned on Wednes
lay night, the LIST inst, about |
o'clock. The fire wa discovered b
Mr. Richardson, Principal of Littl
Ri7er Academy and an inmate Of tn
nouSe, who detected the smell {
burning wood. and, on rushiog dow
to the lower part of the building
found the whole place liz flames. S
en:i ely had the fire got control that
! so far from being a a to save ANYTHING
the family arrow Y escaped WITT tt Ell
ives. All their C othiug was Destroy d
! great al of very costly fdtnItur
nd jeweiry-watches. bracelet etc.
aid a valu ,ble diamond ring belengin!
TO Miss Laura Surles. There was a
Insurance. of S., 500 on the property
Opinions are conflicting "a to the caus
If the fire, some claiming that it wa
~, work OF an iuc3ndiary, aud other
je!,aeing it to have been accidental.