Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-03-31
STATE NEWS.
From the Asheville Citizen:

From the Asheville Citizen:
We can't afford to sing this song it's
full length, because we did not enjoy
the snow that visited US Sunday night.
It was rather too much of good
thing, aud came in rather a gushing
manner. 1t oeached some foot in
depth on All average, bnt drifted IN
many places several feet deep. It is
the heaviest snow Ashevilfe has mad
for many season. Sleigh riding has
been the source of great amusement
for the last day or two.
Thanks to the energetic commits
sioners aud officers of the Western
road, the cars are now delivering and
recei Ving pas sengers at Malone's Store.
1t enables passengers to get into Ashe-
vile now little after dark, and before
the summer season comes on the
schedule will be SO arranged a. to put
them in here before dark. At least so
Mai. Rollins informs is, the president
of the road.
MIR. Clemmons has gotten the mail
lines from Asheville to Old Fort, Ashe-
vile to Franklin, and AshevIlie to
Warm Springs This insures the best
of stage lines, and consequently in
creased travel. Mr. G. keeps up the
best stage lines we ever saw. We hope
he will run a good line out West, for
then would many travellers go out TO
that beautiful section who have been
deferred on account of the convey
ances.
News has reached here of the death
in Washington city on Wednesday last
of Mr.. Henry Middleton, an aged gen
tleman who has resided on the Swan
nanoa near this place since the war.
his death being occaSioned by pneu
monia. The deceased was formally a
prominent citizen and a banker of
Charleston, s. c., and a brother of
Commodore Middleton, OF the q. S.
Navy. Since last summer he has )een
spending his time in Philadelphia and
Washing on. having a sister in Phila-
delphia. He was the author of
several important financial works, and
a maa of extensive general knowledge.
We learn that parties are preparing
or threatening to stop any work that
may be begun on either the Western
Division or French Broad branch of
the w. N. c. R. r. We believe they
claim to Gown" all this property. The
people ought to lynch anybody who
will try to stop work attempted to be
done on either road. They have been
trifed with long enough. If the title
of these parties is good. the compile
tion of the roads will rot effect their
claims. but would enhance them. We
hope the people will watch these
movements and treat them as they de-
serve.
From the Morganton Blade:
or nf vp q hnInO
conveyed to the asylum from the top
of the South Mountain will have one
hundred and sixty-five feet head, a
pressure of nearly two hundre pounds
to the square inoh. The pipes will
convey three hundred and fifty thous-
and gallons per day.
A heavy snow storm prevailed dur
ing most of yesterday and the night
before, covering the ground to the
depth of nine or ten inches.
The skeleton found in the shaft on
the big tunnel turns out to be that of
a sheep, instead of big footed negroi
However, there was pair of shoes IN
there.
The Republicans are not satisfied
with stealing all our thunder about
revenue, &C., but they want to steal
our voters. We notice that ldr.
Joseph B. Hunter is in both lists of
delegates and there are half a doze n
more persons named as Republican
delegates whom we believe will vote
with the Democrats this fall.
Thomas NeilI, a respectable and
worthy old citizen of this county, not
rising to breakfast was allowed by his
family to remain little longer in bed
than usual on Friday morning, sup
posing he was weary, but as he was to
have attended. court that day they
finally went to arouse him, when to
their horror they found him cold in
death" He had not been complaining
and was in his usual health.
From the Pee Dee Courier:
A general fire prevailed in the Sand
Hills Friday night and burned over a
large district. The loss Of property
especially fencing is very great. The
people living in this section are mostly
poor people and this disaster works
hard for them. Daniel Currie lost
| his fences, dwelling and out houses,
and 5000 pounds of fodder. Loch
Oliver lost his fences and several stacks
| of fodder. Mr.. Seals lost his fences,
| a lot of peas and fodder, crib and
corn, Calvin Johnson lost his
| crib and fifty bushels of corn. Elijah
Steele lost all of his buildings and
| fence. Smith & Leviner lost four
crops of turpentine on the Aycock
farm and some small buildings. About
three hundred yards of the railroad