Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-08-03
THE STATE AT LARGE.
DANvILLE AND vicISiTY.
The Late Jeha sfsrsin- Heuses Bnrned aud
Man Hung In CasweIi County, n. c.
Goupty Finances.

The Late yehs sfarsin-H Houses Bnrned aud
nian Hung In Cnswsil County, n. c.
Gcupy Finances.
iCosrcepondenoc % the Richmond DIsp atch.l
AUGUST 2. 1884.
The PRESBYTERIAN Sunday school and tho
Chatham bar, through committees APP
pointed Tor the purpose, have recently ex-
pressed sorrow and coincidence with refer
once 10 the death. on the 18th ultimo, OF
John Martin. Esq. The Danville bar will
get at the next session OF the court, and
Roman Eagle Lodge Of Masons at the next
communication. Mr.. Martin was son OF
Rev. Dr. Alexander Martin, lesder
amongst the Mssons, prominent lawyer.
an active man in Christian labor. lie was
4 native Of Richmond, was graduated at
washlrgion and Lee University. taught
school In Goochlaud county and Richmond.
studied law at Richmond College, and on
moving 10 Danyile formed 4 partnership
with the late Colonel Flournoy.
The stin 4 = beaver. caught last winter
on Terrible creek. about four miles from
Halifax Courthouse, was recently sold In
Baltimore for eS. They are said to be nu-
,norous on that creek. the ground along it
having been long left uncutivated. -Four
were caught there, which weighed each
from fifty II one hundred pounds. Some
time. She beavers foot is found in the trap
and no beaver. They are also numerous
on Difficult creek and on Staunton river
near its union with the Dan. Nr. i. l..
johnson, Oh Difficult creek, has broken
down several Of their dams, and has found
IL rsthCr n tedious business. the materials
being artiuly woven together, plastered
over With mud nearly two inches thick, and
the props below being made OF sticks OF
wood as large as 3 mans icgsnd firmly hx-
ed into the ground and the ombankment.
Near their quarters the swcet.gum trees
sre Often found baked and dead. The OF.
ter IL slso found In some OF the neglected
parts Of the Halifax river.
Reports from the northern part OF Hall
fax and this county are that the tobacco
crops are not good, the plants being short
ard the leaves narrow; and the reasons
given are the dryness Of the weather and
the GOODNESS of II.
II was learned Yesterday that white
mas. Joe Burke. had dangerously wounded
the day before white man named Robert
II. Baugh. in the Dundee vicinity. A num-
her Of men were engaged in game OF
ball. and a large bulldog would nOty and
then run for the ball and bring il to the
PLAYERS. Burke, coming upon the ground.
hsat the dog because he would not give the
ball TO him, and q scufllc and chase ensued
between Burke snd one Of the party. AS
Baugh attempted TO stop Burke in the pur-
suit. Burke plunged his knife into bis side
mar the liver. and drove il into the cavity Of
the abdomen. lie has been arrested and is
lsld 10 await the result OF the wound in-
N.tcd on Baugb. Baugh was regarded
Yesterday evening rs III critical c0ndi-
ti-n.
ON Saturday night last, while Mr.. George
Hester and family, Of Caswell county, y.
L.. were from home his SmOke-Aouse and
prsnary were burned down, and the body
OF 4. simpe-mindcd man named McNurray,
who had lived with Mr.. Hester, was found
hanging hy the neck near the site Of the
smoLc-house. Some Of the neighbors think
that the man committed suicide after burn
ing the houses. perhaps; others that the
hopscs were plundered and burned and the
man hung by the plunderers.
Mr. j. II. Whitehead, chairman OF the
Democratic Executive Committee, calls
meeting u the members for the 9TH in
slant al Chatham for the purpose OF de-
Gliding upon the measures Tor selecting
delegates TO the Congressional Convention.
The treasurer Of this county had on
hand At the last report TO the supervisors
$l1,S2J. 10 anu lVtuI" l" w - =
bonds a. the county given for the Midland
railroad and taken IN 10y him TO the amount
of $4,000. The tax levied for TIE Interest
on the railroad bonds is 40 cents on the
SlCO; for county expenses, 40 cents; for
school purposes, IS cents. And the clerk
was ordered to certify the Mayor and
Council Of North Danvile that 1t was
Necessary for them to levy tax OF 100 per
cent. on the State tax 90 cents for the pur'
pose = paying interest on railroad bonds
and providing a sinking fund. But ] un,
dcrStand that the Mayor and Council Of
North Dsnyille think that that city ha'
been isktn from under the authority OF th'
supervisors Of the county So to this matter
ALPHA.