Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-03-17
STATE NEWS

From the Charlotte Democrat.
Last weak we published the f...
that lady IN Burke county gave b;,tI'
u twin children within a short tima -
each other, and that one was horn =,
1879 aud the other in 1876. Rnt
More remarkable occnrrt nee than thot
happened IN this city recently.
colored man gave Lirth to a cb,,d
on Saturday and went about attendino
to her domestic duties until the Tnas
day following, when she gave birth -
another child. Who can beat that i,
While speaking of the "precions
treasures, Mr.. E. Griffin. of thu
county, says lie has no objection to onr
mentioning the fact that he has inc.
had a son (the drst chiid) born to him
after being married eleven years Ard
young TREND IN this city don't care if
we say that he has five nice cb,Id.on
after being married eight yearsNtIa
last one (only one week old( beino tho
smartest of all, OF course. We bon no
| he may be able always to furnish thap.e
coats and pants at cost prices. and hava
| plenty left TO sell to customers at ~.
rates. HurrAh for the babies
Court adjourned or FRIDAY .ftau
noon last after a Iaborious session -
ii days. The State docket was .Ioaroa
aud .DO cases on the civil docket H.
| posed Of, leaving about 200 casa. g..
| next term. Eighteen hands were sont
to tia penItentjary, and about 16 moe
were either discharged from cnstodu
on payIng costs Or sentenced to tho
county Jail. 'D0
| From the Alamauce Cleaner.
We understand iine of boats ia 70
be put on Haw river, between tho
depot at Haw River aud the new foo,
tory at Ruffin's mill. being erected nv
Falls OF Neuse Manufacturing Com.
pany. and that freignts to and pro.
duets from the factory are to be con.
| veyed by water 10 and from the rail
road. Why not :? Water trapsnor.
tatIon beats wagons, especially in wet
weather.
From the Raleigh News:
We learn the stOrehouse of Josenb
Penny, seven miles from Clayton, in
Johnston county, was burnt last Thurs
dag night, together with all the goods
in it. Mr.. W. W. Wellons, who owned
the goods, and his clerk, Simeon
O'Neal, were asleep at the time in the
store, and so narrowly escaped death
that they singed their hair and
burned their clothes as they rushed
through the flames at the door.
They owe their lives to dog
that was sleeping in the store and
that leaped on their bed and awakened
them with his howls. About three
weeks previous Mr.. Wellons had been
robbed at his house by three negroes
of one hundred and sixty-fve dollars
and he had three men arrested OF
suspicion and jailed at Smithtield aud
two of these got loose and it is SUD-
posed the house was set fire to by
these negroes for revenge. 1t was fred
in two or three places. The loss on
building and goods was fifteen hundred
dollars. Mr.. Penny owned the build
ing and Mr.. Wellons the goods.
A penltentiary convict was farmed
out to work the farm of our old friend.
Colonel Russ, a few miles from town.
One morning the overseer went to SOW
clover seed, and he found bottle with
live ground hog in it among the seed.
He opened his eyes and wondered An
old African by suggested it was meant
to trick him and the convict was the
man. The negro was called up and
confessed the corn and took to his
heels, but the overseer caught him and
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1t seems he had hunted all over the
field to dig up this ground hog.
The GreeByille beacon has two sep
arate items which announce the death
Of two pairs of twins:
We regret to learn of the death of
two young twin brothers in this coun-
ty, one on the 24th of February and
the other on the 4th cf March. They
were she sons of ThOs. Phillips and
were abont q years of age.
Two twin children of Mr. Henry
Sugg, If his COUNT. died on Monday
OF last week. One of the children
was discovered to be unwell early in
tie morning. Some neighbors were
sent for, and before they arrived the
other one was also taken. and both
died within short time of each other.
From The Raleigh News:
Mr.. w. P. Bynum Of Lincolnton
was ordained 70 The order of Deacons
ou sunday IN st. Baruabus Church,
Greensboro, by the Rt. Rev. Bishop
Lyman Mr. Bynum will have charge
OF St. Barnabas-
At the request of Judge Kerr,
Judge Seymour has consented to hold
Or nge Court to try Geo. ". Swepson,
Esq, first Monday in May and the
arrangement only awaits consent of
Governor Brogden.
Sometime since negro prisoner was
sent to the county work house to work
out bill of costs Of twenty-fnur dol
lars and odd. Willie working one day
in the field he dug up box IF gold,
nearly all of it gold, and he says to the
amount of about five hundred dollars.
He Rugged the treasure to his heart
and corried it with him hid in the
bosom of his old clothes to and hom
his every day work. But he felt so
good lie couldn't keep the secret and
had to tell of it to the keeper of the
work house. Then the trouble be-
gan. In the meantime the Me-
gro had carried his gold into
the field aud dug a hole and hid It,
| The keeper and another man beat him
severely to make him tell where he had
hid it. He was ruptured by the severe
handling they gave him aud in fact 1t
was thought he would die and he was
ordered from the work house. This IS
the Negroes statement ne made before
Magistrate Magnin yesterday. A con-
stable and posse of men were sent With
him to the work house and the keeper
and the other man were ordered to sp-
pear this morning for trial. They
failed TO find the gold, the negro says
it has oeen stolen. We learned that
MIR. @. NJ. Busbee would be engaged
as counsel for the negro.