Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-03-19
STATE NEWS.

series of protracted meetings at the
Second Baptist Church in Raleigh.
The bridge of the Petersburg Rail
road, over the Roanoke river, has
been repaired and trains are passing
over again.
Col. VIM. s. Rankin, a merchant of
Greensb oro, was knocked down on the
streets of that town last Saturday
night and robbed of s. $50 in money.
This We learn from the Raleigh News.
The Hickory Press says: We an
nounced last week the burning of Mr..
Green Sharp's residence III thus county.
We have since learned that it VS. set
on fire by negro woman named Belle
Propst. She was arrested and taken
to jail.
The Raleigh News says: Mr.. ". T.
Grimner was accdently cut in the
back by the saw while in motion at
Wilson's Mill Saturday last. DR.. Tel
| unfor! innate man, but little hope is en-
tertained for his recovery.
The Raleigh Sentinel says: We did
| think the man that stole the copper
cent from dead negro's eyes had no
| relations living, but we learn to-day
that one night last week a thief enter
ed the Episcopal church of the Good
! shepherd aud stole every cent from
| the mite box.
The Graham Cleaner sa s: The old
| Alamance Presbyterian church is be-
! ing rebuilt, with tablet to the memo
| ~ of the Rev. Eli W. Caruthers, d.
| D., placed IN the vestibule suitably
! inscr bed: "Dr. Caruthers WIS pastor
of this church for forty years-from
! 1921 to 1861 He died in November
| 1865, and was born in 1893.
| The Charlotte Observer says: The
| Spring races at Carolina Park, during
! Centennial week, will be highly at
| tractive feature of that occasion. Some
| Of the most noted horses in the count
~ will be here, as there owners have
already written, and the racing will be
| superior to any ever witnessed IN orth
Carolina. 4 large crowd will be here,
too, to witness them.
The StatesvilIe Intell1gencer says: A
man, calling himself A. G. Dale,
claiming to be a member of the firm of
Dale & Atwood, 40 Broadway, n. Y,
| representing himself as travelling
Maker" a periodical published in
London, England, was III our city
some two weeks ago, and succeeded IN
getti. Miss Rutiegc, Mrs. Shuman
and Mrs. Rainey to subscribe for the
magazine and pay him ST each in ad
vance He has since been arrested III
Goldsboro. as a swindler and impos-
ter. THIS same person, we learn, OBJ
tanned five subscribers, with the cash,
in Charlotte, and three in Statesville.
The Charlotte Observer says: While
every other place in the State of any
size. and almost evey city in the South.
has felt, TO greater or less extent
the influence OF the Civil Rights Bill,
no one in Charlotte has suffered the
least annoyance from it as yet. The
colored people here have pursued the
even tenor of their way just as before
; without the slightest attempt to moies
tie whites by intrudiug themselves
INTO the hotels, among the white peo
pie in the theatre, or any other place
which is reserved exclusively fol
whites. It is creditable to the good
, sense of the colored people fthis city
that this is the case.
The Raleigh Sentinel says: A bill
| has lust become q law III Guc LtSISAd
ture making it the duty of the Solicitors
| of the several circuits to attend the
| Federal courts d prosecute revenu,
$ officers and other officers of the United
a States who have been indicted IN thu
= State courts ana have removed theil
y causes into the Federal court, .undel
Il the act of Congress. The bill allow
1 the Solicitor fee of $50 for prosecut
| II oil hi tn
s cure some attorney to prose cute In his
= stead when he is unable to attend
: The U. S. District Attorney having
8 decided that in all such cases 1t WI
= his duty to defend the defendants i
t the u. s. Courts as Prosecuted 9th
: GERS of the Government, such case
r have heretofore been dismissed tn
a out trial from the Federal courts. TO
d want of prosecution, and some of til
!. worst Offenders in the State have thu
|. gone unwhipped of Justice.