Wilmington journal., 1875-08-20
STATE NEWS.

bers in that atneighborhood. and on w ed
nesdav last, Mr. J. G.. Fulton was at
tackled and knocked down by them.
and robbed OF $12l. Mr.. Fulton had !
TO plead for his life, which was only |
spared him On giving up every cent he
had on his person. Warrants have
been issued for the robbers whose
names are Fl. Samuel and Gun Lancsr-
ter, but they have not been taken as
yet Isom Cofer who IS charged with
aiding and abetting these robbers and
obstructing the administration Of JUS
tice, has been arrested.
The .Ashville Citizen says: MIR. Fl.
A. Gudger, of Madison was married on
Tuesday morning, by Rev. G. T. Car
roll of the NJ. i church, to Miss Jen-
ME Smith, daughter of Bacchu- Smith
Esq of our city. A large number of
tn friends and relative of theifortunat.'
couple Witnessed the interesting Gre
mrnY, aud united in sincere congrafu-
latiuns and best wishes. MIR Gnd
ger is we'll known as the able and ,ifi
cient Representatives from Madison,
and Carolina coutalns no truar d ugh
ter than the accomplished young lady
he has won. May their days be many,
and always propitious,
The Salisbury Waterman says:
We regret to le.rn that onr talented
young authorcss, Miss Frances Fisher,
| is seriously i'll Mt HendersonvI!ie, in
this State which point Size had reached
| nj ii tonr OF the mountains. Wceincerely
| hope that the reports of her limos
are exaggerated, as the world can i'll
afford to lose such us she.
The Salisbury Waterman says:
There was no public sp=akre in the
State that din better service for the
Convention cause thar tho Hon. W.
NJ Robbins. He visited every county
in his district, made a speech every
| day but two for s!x weeks, and we
really believe he is entitled to the hon
or of carrying Davidson county, which
| is outside Of bis district. We have
mnng good speakers-goOd and true
men who did noble service for tn"
| cause. but there arc few who are capa
BILE of doing more efficient service Ill II
campaign than Maj Robbins ,exerts
a wonderful indneucc over the minds
of his hearers and can get mp more
enthusiasm in crowd than anybody
We have ever heard speak.
The AsleviIle Erpositor says;
| Buncombe county, true to her duty as
IL noble people, on last Thursday voted
to appropriate one hundred thousand
dollars TO the Spartanburg II Ashevlll"
Rnilroud by ma iority of l7O7-therc
being only 242 opposing votes cast i'll
the county. This speaks we'll for Buh
combe, and glorious news has flashed
with lightning rapidlty all along the
line.
The Wilson Ad0a1ace says "Judge
| Watts was so much taken up with the
election, in which he has been actively
|
Court until Tuesday. We are not sur
prised that he should strive to pre-
serve a Constitution that creates such
Judges as he We understand his
charge to the grand jnry was
rigms role of nonsense, entirely irrele-
want and disgusting. There was no
important case of public interest Oh
docket
The Raleigh NetCS says 'Gen. w.
H. F Lee having been invited 10y the
Sbate Agricultural Society to act as one
Of the judges Of the best drilled vol
unteer military companies Mt the State
Fair i'll October next, writes the fol-
lowing letter to the Secretary of that
Association
RAvENswoRTH, BURKE's STA
TIoN, FAIKFAX Co., VA,
August 10th, 1875.
H. &. Itilader Secretary, dc
My Dear Sir Your very klud let
ter came to hand i'll due course of mail
aud I accept the compliment paid me
by the Society which you represent
with IA great deal of pleasure. | can
net ut this time, say positively that !
will be able to attend; and SO wish yOu
to appoint another III my place, should
your management think the Interests
of your Association require it. But,
i'll any event, / will endeavor to be
present ut your exhibition.
With every wish for the welfare AMI
prosperity of your noble old State,
| am,
Very Respectfully,
w. II. F. LEE.
The Raleigh Nca0s says 'The death
of Madison Hodge, member elect to
the Convention from this county, was
reported on the streets yesterday. w"
are pleased to learn that the report is
untrue. He IS Yet very 10 Y, but there
are hopes of his recovery.
The Raleigh Nc,0a lays: On Mon
day evening, the End OF August, n
negro boy, aged eight years, living on
the plantation of Mrs. Massenburg,
near Franklin, Va; being left as a nurse
for his little brother, aged two years,
! lost all patience with his charge who be
gan crying for bread. Tho ii tie villain
took up his small brother and slammed
him against the floor knocking him
| breathless, and then threw him out of
the door breaking his neck from which
he died instantly. y Biother number
one then left for palt5 unknown. A
| jury of inquest was lold the next day
| which rendered q verdict in accordance
with the above facts
The Hillsboro Recorder says:
On the day of election negro
named McMuIlen was dancing with n
| woman under a tree near f. l.. War
reu's barn, and another negro named
| Burnett, came up and commenced
| also. McMullen told him not to dance
| there, and make dust on the lady he
WIS dancing with. Burnett took Of
| fonse at what was said, and whilo Nc
Mullen was looking off III another di-
rection drew knife and stabbed him
in the heart. killing him instantly.
Burnett was arrested and cnrried to
Yanceyville, where he was lodged III
jail.
The Roanoke Ncus says:
| The long talked of Episcopal Church
ct Weldon was begun last week MIR.
| II. e. Wittke, our architect, has
charge of the building. 1t is to be
brick entire, with furnace below;
size, 20x30 feet. When finished will
seat about 200 people. The church is
situated on Washington Avenue, il
the north western portion of town. We
| hope the church will be finished with
out delay.
Pay Duties ila ssxoenbacks.
Senator Bogy, of Missouri, comes
out very emphatically and ably in f :
for of the payment of duties on i'm |
ports of greenbacks. He contends that
it is the effectual way to bring down |
| the premium Oh gold and pave the way |
for resumption. It is indeed the most |
practical step which the government