Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-24


GEORGE VI. BULLA.
The above balance OF 1892, 52L32 is
made up offunds as follows Educational
fund, 500, 9G2.9S; public fund appica-
Die to general expenses, 3l90,G2j.9G ;
interest fund, which is specially appIi-
cable to the payment Of interest and in
yestments, 53lS,93l.3S. Total Of the
several funds, sj32, 52L32.
Yesterday morning at 10 o'clock the
last rail on the Asheyile and Spartan
burg road was laid. thus connecting
Asheyille and Ilendersonville. Maior
J. ". Wilson, engineer, designated ".
c. Troy to drive the lastsp'ke. The lat
ter. upon taking the hammer, sail:
This beautiful morning. with the sun
light Of heaven smiling upon rs. in the
name ofthe people Of North Carolina !
now drive the last spike on the AShe-
vile and Spartanburg railroad, and de-
clare it finished"
Yesterday the police arrested on Sis
picion a negro named John WilkerS,
who was riding a valuable horse. To-
day the owner of the horse, Bart.
Durham. of Durham county, came here
and recovered his property. The negro
had stolen the horse from the lot Of n
tobacco warehouse at Durham.
j. NJ. Byrd, marshal Of Fayetteville,
came here to-day, with request for a
requisitlon upon the Governor Of South
Carolina for young man named j. De
Lagnel Smith, who is under arrest at
Florence, S. C. His alleged offence is
an attempt to destroy the valuable
Clarendon bridge at Fayetteville By
saturating a part Of it with kerosene
oil and firing it. A warrant was taken
out for him last week, but he fed south.
Officer Byrd left for Columbia to-day
with Governor ScaleS's requisition. 1t
is claimed that young Smith is insane.
His family is very prominent in the
Cape-Fear section. He will be taken
to Fayetteville for trial.
The penitentiary authorities have in
formation Of the taking Of three Of the
seventeen conyicts who made their es-
cape Sunday night from the stockade in
Stokes county. Many Of the others
will perhaps be recaptured.
AS Horace Lilly was cutting down a
tree in Beaufort county it fell upon him
Unexpectedly. He was literally buried
in the ground. He was dug out by
friends. His thigh was broken and he
received other severe injuries. His leg
will require amputation.
A most terrible tale Of suffering
comes from Cumberland county. Mar
tin Byrd and two daughters, and a
young man named Creech arrived at
Fayetteville. One Of the girls was in
dreadful agony from burns. The party
came from Columbus county. They
camped beside the road, and, As the
weather was cold, huddled together on
blankets. They were at first benumbed,
but as they became warm fell into
deep sleep. In the early hours of the
night they were walked by pain and the
scream of the girls. Creech extin-
guished the blazing garments OF the
youngest child, but his hands were in
doing this so badly burned that both
will have to be amputated. The girl
who was burned is dying. All the par
ties were more or less burned. Last
night they went to Fayetteville, suffer-
ing intense agony. They were taken
into the hospital.
There were no arguments in the Su-
preme Court to-day, After a short
session tomorrow the court will adj
journ until February, wheD the new
term OF 1856 begins.
Ten thousand dellars in 4 per cent.
bonds were received at the State trea-
sury to-day for exchange.
The first passenger train for Jarrett's
station went through from Ashville.
This puts the Western North Carolina
railroad 30 miles west of Charleston
and l02 west of Asheyille. The new
stations beyond Charleston are For
ney's Creek, Tuckasegee, Robbinsville,
Nantahala, and Jarrett's.
Some of the prisoners confined in jail
at Snow Hill made a desperate at
tempt to burn the jail Sunday night.
The fire was discovered and extin-
guished before much damage was done.
At Durham Monday night Daniel
Albright's clearinghouse, a wooden
building, was burned. A fireman had
to jump from a window of the second
floor to escape the fire. No one was
injured. Loss, $4,000; insurance,