Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-26

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Chcowa mountain, about ten miles from
Robinsonville, in the western part OF the
State, near Cherokee county-line. His
young friend Or. Schenck was driving him
in a buggy drawn hy horse which was
rather unused TO harness. General Scales
bad himself driven up the mountain. while
his friend walked along bchind: but after
crossing the ridge and beginning the
descent the Doctor resumed his seat. The
horse seemed excited by the buggy push
ing down upon her and more than once an
swercd the rein in fdgety way aud seye-
raj times started TO 60 of in a trot.
JUMP FOR DRAR LIFE.
Alta point where the roadway skirted 4
precipitous hillside the horse became un.
comfortable and commenced backing of
the narrow road. and the Doctor told Cen
eral Scales that they must Jump for their
lives: but the situation was such that un-
til the Doctor was out General Scales
could not jump without going over the
prcclpice. The General leaped from the
buggy just as il was going over the brink.
but lost his footing. For thirty feet he
rolled down the hillside, digging his fin
gers into the earth and cluehing at the
grass and bushes to stop himself, but only
| succeeding in so doing when he reached
the foot Of chestnut tree. against which
heroled. Here he lay half stunned. his only
thought being to keep clear OF the horse
and buggy. From what can learn there
must have been short period OF uncon-
| sciOusness.
TOUGH HORSE.
The horse and buggy luckily did not de-
scend the hill. or rather mountain-sidc, in
the track OF the General, but in way that
carried them rather further down. ani
whereas General Scales stopped rolling at
about thirty feet from the roadway the
horse did not stop till one hundred feet
down. The buggy was broken to flinders,
| hut the horse, strange 10 say. was not much
| hurt. DIR. Schenck. who rs soon as possi-
bic came to the Generals assistance. at-
| tended him with great care and considera-
ton and caught the horse. and after no 1T
tie difficulty got il back upon the road
| again.
| The Generals injuries were examined
into, and though some Of his finger-nailS
| had been broken off and he was full OF
hruiSeS. he felt able TO proceed. and accord
| ingly he threw his Overcoat over the horse
mounted, and rode to his friends house.
some four miles Of.
CANvAssING UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
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drove 10 bis appointments and spoke, at
one place ii not at both, from a seat in n
chair.
Thursday be proposed 70 spend at his
| home in this town, but after getting
here he was 50 stiff and sore that his ply
| sican commanded him 10 cancel his en-
! gagement at Charlotte on Fridlv, which he
! did and Governor Jarvis met York there.
| and York rather made little of the accident
! OF Scales; said. at any rate, that the ac-
count published was grossly exaggerated.
His remarks. heard by stranger. were
liable to the construction that Scales was
getting sick Of the joint discussions. !!
TIE TROUBLE.
General Scales is hardly likely to be able
to return TO the stump earlier than October
1st.
The trouble is with his lcf. knee, on
which he was wounded by piece o. she'll
! AT Gettysburg. He j. able 10 stand upon
this leg only for a minute at time. and
complains OF occasional pains like rhcume-
tlSm: otherWi.e he f. in vigorous health,
and will 20 TO his work with more yigOr
than ever when he gets regularly at it
again.
York will speak in Greensboro on SatTr-
day, and doubt not the General viii have
many TO persuade him 10 20 ont and meet
him: but the lest policy for him 10 pursue
III present seems 10 be to get all the rest and
dui,t he can, and then throw himself into
the work with all his soul and strength.
General Scalcs's residence j. one OF the
best IN this town. Ii is in the villa style,
is cool and roomy. and stands good ways
back from the street. upon spacious lot.
in and about which there are number OF
trees Of native growth.
GUILFORD COURTHOUSE.
Greensboro Is the Guilford Courthouse
of today, but the old cOuri-hou.e, the
place near which the battle was fought ~
1881 between the forces OF Greene and
CORVALLIS, was about five miles from here.
That battle was one OF the last before the
crowuiug victory at Yorktown. Cornwall
lis had oyerrWn South Carolina. and was
disposed to do the Ike in the old North
State, but upon her soil got a very fGcs-
tionablc victory.
This county was formed in III, and the
decd.books and other records dating back
from that wear are in the court-hOusc here
and IN good condition. The name Scales
appears several times in the oldest book.
GREENSBORO.
Though the town and subulbs can claim
no more than about 1900 inhabitants
Greensboro is a city-likc town. Tho
drummers have found its hotels good, and
have given the place a line name las the\
have Charlota), and it deserves all thei
have said OF IL. Its merchants are enter
prlsing. and its homes pleasant-loohlnS'
and its Girls protty--I am told. II Is lSs
miles southwest from Richmond, and %
northeast iIOm Charlotte; 81 miles RON
Raleigh in one direction, and y from salem
and Winston in the other; the North caro-,
lima railroad crossing the Richmond ana
Danyille here. The Yadkin Valley run
from here to Shoe Heel, on the Carolln'
Central, 1gj miles, and is to be carried
further eastward and westward.
Several Of the trains stop here for meals
and around the depot there Is always bu,
tie. Two daily newspapers post the peOpI'
on the current events OF the day the "a
iriOt. OF which John Il. Ilussey Is eIltoI
snd proprietor, and the " orhhd", pup
lshod by j. l.. MichauX.
BUSINESS.
The business OF the town. indeperden
of the railroad traffic which three railroad
makes, is the manufacture OF tobacco an'
spokes, handles, &c. There is a foundry
here doing a good business, making man!
Of the little turbine water-whcels now II
= use Sashes and blinds are also made hrr
in great quantities. Near the town Dr
BenbOw, OF the Benbow House, has iln'
dairy farm, and the largest building IN I'M
, state, probably, for ensilage.
THE EXPOSITION.
8 Guilford was one OF the counties that ap
propriated $500 TO have her products wei
exhibited at the Raleigh Exposition, ah'
no doubt it was wise expenditure. On
OF ber daughters, Miss Clara Albright, Ia
worked out In silk and satin a map o
the county, showing among other thing
the Gnllfofd battlefield. 1t will be one
the loveliest features OF the Ladies' DE
partment at Raleigh.
A DEFLEcTIoN.
The song dearest to the people OF thi
State IL "Carolina, Carolina, Gods Bless
| ings Defend Her." No son Of North Caro-
lima who has once heard il ever forgets II
Seas may separate him from the home OF hi
: youth; years may have passed since th
melody fell upon his ear at the famil
hearth or at his sweethesrt's side, but h
= never forgets II II IL q cherished memory
Knowing all this, Mr.. jules Carr, OF th
town OF Durham. some months ago pun
. | chased the music from Dodsworfb az Ne,