Wilmington journal., 1876-08-04
STATE NEWS,
From the Banner:

| SHELBY.-FTO71l the banner:
| - According to previous announce
ment, Col. VIM. johnson, of Char
lotte, addressed our people, giving hi!
views on the political situation, botl
State and National. It was fraught
with good, sound infor nation, and
held his audience spell bound fol
about one hour and half
LOUtsBURG From the Courier:
- -Resolued. That for pretty women
and fried chicken. Louisburg is a
| success.
The above we picked up yesterday
and We think we recognize the hand
writing of delegate to the District
Conference. Be it whom it may, his
head is certainly level.
STATEsvILLE-FfOna the Landmark
| - The radical district convention at
Wllkesboro, Saturday, nominated
Thos. Dula, Esq, for Congress and DR..
L. w. Jones of Rowan, Elector. At
the same time and place the Wilkes
| county convention nominated Mr..
Thos. Cooper of Iredell, and -
Smith of Wilkes. for the Senate; Bry.-
ant and --- for the House. The
democrats are we'll pleased with the
nominations.
| CHARLOTTE-FrO2a. the Denaocrat:
| A very valuable gold vein was
found on the lands of Mr.. j. III. Will
son, near the city limits on Friday
last. 1t is said it will yield about
So, 900 a ton-half of that amount
would be very rich.
- Mr.. James r. Cunningham of this
county, showed us last week silver
coin dated 1851. It is about the size
Of half silver dime, but very thin.
He plowed it up in field in local
lty where British soldiers camped dur
ing the revolutionary war. 1t appears
to be an English coin.
Mr.. Joseph P. Caldwell, who has
been the able and efficient local editor
of the Daily Observer for several
years past, leaves this week for the
purpose of taking charge of the local
columns of the Raleigh Daily News
In Common with the numerous friends
of Mr.. Caldwell in this city, we regret
to lose him from the press and this
community. 1t is our matured opinion
that he has no superior lif any equaD
IN the State as a newspaper writer and
getter- up OF news items. Besides, we
can cordially commend him to the
peOp of Raleigh and the State as a
young gentleman of decided, unyieId-
ing good principles where right and
wrong is involved. We heard one of
the best lawyers in the State remark
the other day that Caldwell vas man
OF much more than average genius
add to that the fact that he is practi
cal printer, and his friends may we'll
cherish the idea that he is a "rising
man" in the State.
RALEIGH -FrOn1 the Sentinel
- The Central Baptist Association
met last Thursday at Forestville. 1t is
composed of about sixteen churches
comprehending 1900 members. and
doing as much for missions and edu-
cation as any Baptist association in
State, though some of them number
four or five times as many churches
and members.
The Rev. @. T. Bailey, editor of the
Biblical recorder, preached the intro
ductory sermon. N. E. Cannady, of
Granville, was elected moderator,
Professor r. L. Mills clerk and John
e. Bay reading clerk.
- The Republican State Executive
Committee met in this city Saturday
in the hail of the House of Represen-
tatives with closed DOORS What de-
vilmeni they concocted is not known
now, but will develop itself in short
time. Y. Is. Keogh was reelected
chairman, and the following campaign
committee was chosen w. w. Hol-
den, james III. Harris, colored, It. +.
Lee, Stewart Ellison, colored, and w.
r. Richardson. r. B. Keogh is ex-
officio chairman of the campaign com.
mittee. F. M. Sorrell was reelected
Secretary of the State Executive Com
mittee.
A very sad accident occurred near
Brownsville, in Granville county, week
before last. Two young ladies, the
Misses Murray. were killed during a
storm by tho lightning passing down
the chimney and striking them.
CHARLoTTE-Frona the Observer:
- There have been terrific rains up
the Carolina Central Railroad, and
these caused a wash-out about ten feet
wide in the track near Lincolnton on
Saturday night. The train passed
over this Sunday morning causing the
rails to sink at least four feet, yet
strange to say no car was thrown from
the track and no accident of any kind
was sustained. The engineer did not
see the wash out until too late to stop.
- During the month of July S3
deeds and mortgages we're recorded in
the Office of the Register of deeds of
this county.
A woman named Julia Stirewait, who
lives in the Black building, over the
store of r. B. Alexander & Co., on
College street, attempted, yesterday, to
take her own life, by swallowing three
ounces of laudanum. The woman's
story is that she was raised in Georgia,
is of wealthy parents; that she eloped
and married Federal lieutenant, for
which her father disinherited her. Her
husband then deserted her and she
took up with another man, who i'll turn
left her a short while ago. She was in
destitute circumstances, and but two
things presented themselves to her
mind-death or life of public shame.
She chose the former, and hence the
incident of yesterday. It is the same
old and sad. sad story, of wOman's
truthfulness and mans peridy.
LouIsBURG- the Courier:
Saturday morning about half past
nine O'CLOCK Mrs. Laboitaux was on
her way home and when about one
mile from town she suddenly fell from
the buggy dead.
AsHEvILLE- From the ErpOsitor:
We have before us a prospectus OF
the Reformer, a campaign paper to be
published at HenGersonville. N. c.,
during the Presidential canvass. with
Col. John ID. Hyman as editor. Col.
Ell. some years since was editor OF
th, Asheville Spectator, aud won for
himself en- enviable reputation.