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

O. III. Dunston, the well-knoWn nal
egh barber, i, featuring In Richmond.
his subject being the Life OF General
Lee
The Greensboro Patriot says: As we |
go to press we learn that the dwelling |
If Thos. J. Rhodes, at Summer field, |
with all his furniture, was consumed |
by fire yesterday at IL o'clock.
The Magnolia Record says: A youth |
named Faison Shaw, residing with Mr.. |
negro man last week unintentionally |
with an ordinary walking cane on the |
back of the head only one blow.
The Raleigh Capital says: We hear
-here Is an old iron cannon at Pitts |
boro, which was left there by Lord |
COrnwdliIs, on bis retreat to York |
towr, Virginia. This old relic would |
be AN interesting and valuable contri- |
JuflOu to tn MecklenbuIg Ceuten-
NAL Let it be sent there.
The Toisnot Transcript says We
earn that OH last Saturday the large
dwelling of Mr.. Calvin Woodland, sit
mated about i've miles from Wilson,
was destroyed by fire. Mr.. Woodland
and w fe were absent at the time the
house caught, and the entire building
With ali the furniture was consumed.
The cause OF the fire is supposed to be
accidental. Loss about So, 900.
The Goldeboro Messenger says: The
sword Of Col. Ezekiel Slocumb, of
R-vo ntlouary fame, with which he
fought the battle of MoOre's Greek. is
sfili N possession of his grandson, onr
WORTHY TOW nsman, Maj John G. Slo-
curuh We would suggest that the
Cnarlutte Centennial Committee pre-
care = loan OF this interesting relic for
TIE May c,i bratiou.
The Magnolia Record says The
Good i mpiar organization here is III
a ve,y p ,sperous con- / ion. Inlt'a
tioue ts',t place every week and ne"
appncs,t.ulIs ale handed i'll. Some of
the worst q mixers III the com muulr}
have been reformed and others of tin.
same kind are coming III. The organ
izaiion has done g!eat good aire ady
Thv Goldsboro Messenger says !: 4
gaIg f ihi. VS. lave been arrested III
tle lower part of this county, and II.
Lenoir county near the Wayne lite
bound over for triai. There are four
~ tive, white men among them. We
are glad to hear that the gang has
been broken up.
The Goidsboro Messenger says:
Prospects for building the Flyettevll' g
ID Go.6sboro Hallway are becoming
more and more encouraging. The
N,.o ton Grove section PROF 0 It to raise
$50. coo or more, while other parts OH
tue lIne will doubt .ss prove fully as
liberal Public meetings are to be
h-id shortly at Flowers Y Roads and
Newt ten Grove.
The Raleigh Capital says: The Off
clals of the North Carolina Railroad
have al moved from Company Shops
to Greensboro where the headquar-
tiers % this road are hereafter t. be.
Ii embraces Capt. W. 81. Green, Mas
ter OF Iranepo, tatlon; 2. B. Ruffiu,
ESQ, Treasu rer; and G. NJ. Crump.
Auditor. Our friend Rufus ID. Wade,
Master Machinist, is the last of the
Mohcans left behind, he remaining III
charge of the Machiue Shop.
The Goldsboro Messenger says: Il
shooting affair occurred near Du,iit Y,
III 4, county, on last Sunday event &,
in which Mr.. Cha~. Z EInore ana ii
negro named ia: * Il biusuu were Tie
p-.nci .sis. MIR E more has charge OF
tie Dudley section OF the ". d W. r.
+ Il 4ud the negro had been i'll his en-
! p!ov up to last week, when he was
di> charged We arr told that Robin
! son had threatened Mr.. EImore, and
Oh Sunday night made good his
threat. Both parties. we learn, drew
pistols and Mr.. Elmore received Il
SHOT through firger, while the negro
was shot III the back.
The Winston Sentinel SAYS: About
/! two &, ks agO Il batch Of revenue Off
/ Gals made raid through Yadkin
, county and destroyed about forty stills,
| aud last week they made another rad
/ and the last information r. c,4:ved
about sixty stills had been cut up.
Much Of the property destroyed by
these Uen was done wantOn'y and III
violation of law and W.T. learn that 5, =
ltcitor d BISON Intends to lndict them
and test the mat er.
The Charlotte Observer says: Owens,
tn" murderer Of Cheek, who was con
i victed at the last term of .Lincolu
Court. and whose case Was carried to
the Supreme Court, and the finding Of
the 10 YER court confirmed, was sen
fenced last Tuesday to be hang q on
the 2tth of May. Judge Sclenck's e.
m irks IN declaripg the sentence are
sud to have Deen remarkably impress
eive Owens was asked If he had any
thing to say, and made no reply.
The Fayetteville Gazette says: Here
neutrality-suspicious., pears, apples,
plums, strawberries, early corn. Gu
cumbsrs, &c.-have been blackened
and killed as If IA prairie fire had swept
OYER them. Even early grapes, in a
great many instances, have been killed.
and at Fokay,in this vicinity hundreds
Of dollars are lost in the destruction
al Clancy" prices IN the Northern
Market Foltunately, the season has
been very backward, and therefore
the crops had not advanced sufficiently
to receive serious injury.
The Raleigh News says: We regret
TO lear@ from HiIlsbOro by yeste rdav
morning that Mr.. T. Il. Strudwick wa
e1trrmriy i'll, aud in critical cond.-
ton. He att nded Person Court las
week, and returned home in apparent
Y excellent health He was taken
very III on Friday night last.
The Concord Register says: Tie
unprecedented cold weather of last
Saturday and Sunday did a great dyat
OF damage throughout this section.
The fruit crop Is almost entirely de-
strOyed and the wheat is damaged.
bat 10 what extent We are Unable TO
say. Tie veg tables are nearly all
killed, aud the work of gardening will
nave to be done over again.. Farming
operations generally were so far b.
h'ndhand by the heavy rains of the
Spring that they have Suffered very
little
The Salem press says: The unex-
1ectt cold speiio of weather on Friday,
Saturday and Sunday Last, blasted all
the hopes for full fruit crop. We
believe that all the peaches, apricots.
pums, cherries and pears have be. n