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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1889
Page
5
A collection of local items from Wilson including remarks on residents, marriages, and community events. Mentions Henry Blount, W W C Monroe, and Joe Rawls. notes Thane arrest, African tribe king, and upcoming church events. Highlights Horner's School advert, Miss Lily Reeples in Wilson, and Mittie Herring wedding.
A letter of deep thanks expresses heartfelt gratitude for the generous reception of remarks at a memorial celebration last Wednesday. It quotes praise from the Wilmington Messenger about Judge Connor, Henry Blount, and the Davis memorial ceremonies, describing the scene as electrifying with voices, emotion, and noble memories.
Discussion urges maintaining trust to protect love and devotion in home life. It argues distrust harms flowers of affection, while implicit trust and kindness nurture harmony, faith, and blooming happiness within marriage and family. It uses garden imagery to promote positive atmosphere.
Col John D. Whitfield says Morehead has an unprecedented fish and oyster run. Geo F Ives & Co shipped 200 gallons of North River oysters at 1.50 per gallon. Ives & Co estimate 2,500,000 fish caught by hook and line to date, with daily takes up to 15,000. Seventy boats employed six weeks in deep water off North Carolina.
The Wilmington Review notes progress on a monument to Col. L. C. Jones funded by Carolina Central railroad officers and employees with minor support from the Raleigh and others. Designs from Charlotte are narrowed to two, and work is to be carved in Carolina granite. The scene near Sunday’s Drug Store showcases Christmas goods drawing crowds, with Nadal and Jim Lucas assisting shoppers.
Col. L. L. Polk was celebrated with a grand ovation in Raleigh on his return from St. Louis where the convention he attended awarded him the presidency of the National Farmers and Laborers Union of America, an organization with about three million members.
The Tar river bridge on the Norfolk to Carolina Road is nearly finished with the draw installed and machinery being put in. Trains will be passable in about ten days and freight transfer will link Norfolk and Roanoke via this bridge. Six engines are completed in Wilmington shops with several more nearing completion and cars ready.
Wisdom lies in wide skies and open lands not in rigid enclosure. A poverty of spirit comes from clinging to ownership while losing touch with the universe. A man reaps what he sows and receives echoes of his own tone in life’s whispering gallery.
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