Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-04-21
STATE NEWS.
From the Monroe enquirer.


Court convened last Monday, his
Honor, Judge Buxton. presiding. The
attendance has been larger than usual,
we think. Quite a numbee of cases
were disposed of. The CSiscoe muir
der case, from StanIy, was continued
till next court aud Criscoe taken back
to Stanly Jail. There were thirty -one
convictions and submit -sions on the
State docket, and 25 new bills found.
The grand jury were discharged
Thursday. Several important civil
cases are set for this week. We will
give full report in next issue of both
weeks work.
From the Charlotte Southern Home:
Mr. J. IL. J.nes, the English miner.
now in Charlotte. has bought the
mines owned by the Russell Brothers
in Montgomery county. together with
the land, houses. barns, &c. The
whole cost $2S. O09. Mr.. Jones expects
to begin working the mines in three
to be very rich.
The Concord Sun says:
On Thursday last intelligence was
lodged with the clerk of the court that
Mr.. Calvin McGraw had hanged him
self, and was found early that morn
ing suspended from a pine tree, in an
old field, about half mile from his
residence. Coroner Willeford sum-
moned two jurors from Concord and
the remainder from the Immediate
neighborhood of the deceased and
proceeded with the inquest which re-
suited in the verdict "death from
hanging-cause unknown to the jury"
The reporter, upon hearing of the
deed, Immediately set out for the spot,
which was about one mile this
side of Cold Springs Arbor-seven
miles from Concord. The news
of the hanging had gained ground
very rapidly and when we appeared at
the spot large crowd of people had
asse % bled aud at "Prade Res "
were a respectable distance from the
trees, awaiting the coming of the
Coroner and at the same time watch.
ing the CHASTITY spectacle suspended
from the tree as it swayed idly to aud
fro in the wind. The body of the man
remained as it was when found, hang
irg from a limb of pine tree. sixteen
feet from the ground. Everything
! indicated that be went about this work
of self destruction with a very cool
head. He had broken off all dead
limbs that would have INSTRUCTED his
fall and placed them against the trunk
of the tree; his hat was laid at the
! foot OF the tree. and his walking
stick was placed about midway up the
tIe. upon two dead limbs The moose
was adjusted in real hangman style
and when he was taken down it was
found that his neck was broken and
! hat ho xroIaLIr,
gle, rs his face clearly indicated. The
deceased was an old man, being in
his sixty-third year; and leaves a large
been i'll for nearly all spring and hud
been working il a field on the day of
his disappearance from home, it is
supposed that his mind gave way and
that while laboring under temporary
insanity he committed the fearful deed
of self destruction. No other possible
cause can be assigned for the act.
We are reliably Informed by party
just from Stanly county that during
last week. a gentleman living near
Flat Fork Church had a presentiment
that if he would dig up the ground
would find something valuable. Upon
found basket filled with gold and
silver coin. A few strokes Of the pick
ard fortune! The basket seems to
have been placed there years ago by
some one, name unknown All of the
neighbors have converted taeir farms
into gold fields, but have found no
more baskets.
The Polkton Ansonian regrets to
loo M Al 4
county that his new mill, on Rocky
river, together with his cotton gin and
saw mill, was entirely DESTROYED by
fire IN Sunday morning. the End inst.
He rs positively certain that it was
fired after daylight. No insurance.
Loss about $1,000.
From the Weldon News:
On Monday af ernoon last a difficult
~ occurred in the bar-room of VIM.
Renfrow. in this place, between w. L.
McMarks aud John Faison il which
the latter was cut about the face with
a pocket-knife in the hands of the
former. McMarks had a hearing be-
fore Justice Hill and he and Spivey,
another man connected with the affair,
were bound over to court.
The Norfolk Virginian says: The
large quantities of fish from the fish
cries on the coast of North Carolina
has necessitated the running of boats
daily on the Blackwater- Line, to
Franklin, and every day the freight
trains on the Seaooa1d Road arrive
with hundreds of boxes of fish, which
are opened and iced by parties who
makelthis spring business andlrealize
a very good percentage by chargia g
vI0I h0v phan
shipped to the various Northern mar
kets.
Monday night about IL o'clock, the
dwelling house of Mr.. Geo. w. King,
on the Chas. T. Alexander place about
three miles from the city. was burned
to the ground, with every article that
it contained. Mr.. King was awakened
by the falling of the stairway, AMI
barely had time then to arouse the
family and escape from the burning
| building. So short, indeed, was the
| time allowed for the inmates to es-
| cape that two of the sons who were
| sleeping up stairs we're forced to climb
| out of the chimney and Jump to the
ground. All the family escaped in
their nj ght clothes, and considered
themselves fortunate that they were
permitted to escape at all. Not a gar
ment, except those in which the fami-
ly was sleeping, was rescued. and not
a piece of furniture or bed clothing.
The loss is about $500 on furniture,
wearing apparel, bed clothing, &c
and about 81 900 on the building, with
no insurance on either.
Chns. W. Parks, a worthy farmer in
Randolph county, died last week of
injuries received from a vicious horse.
An accident somewhat similar a short
time before resulted fatally to Mrs.
Raines, an aunS of MIR. Parks. The
latter was injured by an attack from
an enraged cow. and died soon after
wards.
The Robesonian says:
The statement going the rounds of
the papers to the effeot that Jim
Matthews, who was convicted of bur-
glary at the recent term of our Supe.
rior Court is to be hung on the 26th