Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-23
NORTH CAROLINA.
NEWS NOTES HERE s. THERE.
Huueembe's Back Up on the No.Fenee Law
The RaiIroads-A Fatal Fall.


The Railroads.&c. Fatal Fall.
lspecIal telegram TO the DIspatch.l
RALEIGH, N. O., December q
The people Of Buncombe county VIII
not accept the inevitable. In other
words, they are vigorously lighting the
uno.fence law " for their county.
Meetings have been held in five town
ships, and one at Asheville. AT all
denunciatory speeches were made.
The Supreme Court has issued amerce'
ments against number of sheriiis for
failures TO return executions.
There are twelve railroads and
branches in this State which are OF
standard gauge, while seven are Of i've
foot gauge. There are two narrow
gauge railways.
The Philharmonic Society of this
city this evening gave its first public
rehearsal of the season to a large
audience.
One of the Board Of Aldermen IS
now in New York making some investl-
cations in regard to the water-works
proposed for this city. 1t is thought
at the next monthly meeting Of the
Board of Aldermen steps will be taken
10 have tee water-works. All the in
dications are favorable.
The explosion Of a steam engine near
Lincolnton terribly scalded Mr.. Jacob
ri Bisancr and a colored engineer.
Forty years ago j. Evans Brown left
Buncombe county for California. lie
afterwards went to New Zealand.
From the latter country he returned
few months ago. lie is member of
the New Zealand Parliament and is
very wealthy. He has made extensive
purchases of land in several parts OF
the State and has now gone to Cuba to
spend the winter.
John Lee, who was lynched at Rock
ingham refused to acknowledge that he
had killed Charles Welsh though he
promptly confessed killing Soloman
Welsh. the brother of Charles. 1t is
regarded as certain that he killed
Charles Welsh and threw his body into
a mill-pond in Richmond county.
The law requires county treasurers
to make a report by November Both of
each year to the State Superintendent
of Public instruction Of the receipts
and disbursements of the school funds.
The penalty for failure is severe, yet
this wear sixteen treasurers have failed
to report. Superintendent Finger makes
formal complaint of this delay.
The penitentiary authorities have re-
ceived information Of the escape Of sew
enteen convicts from the stockade in
Stokes county, where there is a force
Of $50 at work on the Cape Fear and
Yadkin Valley railroad. The conyicts
were armed with axes, and had planned
for the escape. They waited until only
two guards were on duty and cut open
door and 60, by them. The guards
fired at them. but hit no one.
DR.. j. +. Person, a prominent Physl-
clan of Wayne, was perhaps fatally in
iured yesterday by his horse falling
upon him while he was riding.
V. V. Richardson, the new | nited
States marshal for the Eastern District
of this State, qualified before Judge a.
5. Seymour, of the District Court, at
Wilmington, yesterday, and arrived
here to-day.
The people Of Pitt county voted down
the proposition to issue $4,000 in
county bonds for the construction of a
railroad from Goldsboro' to Greenyille.
Other steps are at once TO be taken to
secure the road.
1t is said that Governor Scales will
take no action upon the application for
pardon for Shields, Of Mecklenburg
county, convicted OF Staying Sitton
there two years ago.
DOES NOT WANT THE EARTH. BIT
WILL TAKE TWO TOWNS.
RALEIGH, December 22.-The town
of Charlestown, Swain county. has
lately been reached by railway. 1t
had prospects for fine development.
The people are now wrought up to the
highest pitch of excitement by the ar
rival of lawyer named Hope Elias.
He has clear titles to the land
on which Charleston stands: also,
to that wherein is built Bri-
son. another town near by. The
title was made by the sheriff OF
Macon county, nearly fifty years ago,
to billiard Love. The latter transferred
it to John Ingram, Of Macon county,
whom Elias represents. The people OF
both towns can only hold so much
property as can by the laws of the
country be held by possession. 1t is
very seldom suits result in this way.
though they are often referred to as in
progress.