Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-20

TIE MOUNTAINS SHAKING.

Accidentally hiisodo-fbe MHrdcr Of che Sun
ter and the Finch Families Personal
Isems.
Especial telegram 10 the Disratch.l
RALEIou, y. c., August l9.--Near
TarborO' Joseph Brown was accidental
liz shot and killed. He had been hunt
ing. One Of the party was in the act
Of taking n gun from one Of his COM
panions. The hammer Of the gun was
insome way pulled back, and the charge
struck Brown on the right side Of the
throat, passing through the lower part
Of the head and coming out behind the
left ear, SCATTERING the back Of the head.
Most Of the baseball clubs in the
State League are winding up affairs.
The season was not paying one. The
clubs will not in the future employ pro-
fessional batteries.
The evidence against John Pate
shall, charged with the murder of the
Gunter family in Chatham county,
grows stronger. BE is to be tried next
week. He was seen in the neighbor-
hood where the murder was committed
in the afternoon Of the same day. by.
daylight the next morning he was in
another county fifteen miles away, and
there told several persons about the
murder. Paiteshali is in jail at Pitts
boro'.
Next Monday Jerry Finch and Lee
Tyson are to be tined for the murder Of
the Finch family. Suspicion rests on
several parties, who will be arrested
that day. A number Of people are
almost positively known to have been
participants in this crime, one Of the
most noted in the annals Of the State.
The GoldsbOro' Rifles, who were so
badly injured in the railway accident
near Asheyille on the first day Of the
State cncsmpment, have relinquished
the idea Of bringing suit against the
Western North Carolina railroad for a
large sum, and have presented bill for
seven hundred and fifty dollars for
damage 10 uniforms and equipments.
There are some persons who assert
that the notorious criminals Ray and
Anderson, whose escape from Ashe-
vile jail caused such a sensation. have
gone to Honduras, Central America,
with Captain Imboden's party.
Columbus Galloway, a notorious muir
derer from Mitchell county, who es-
capped with Ray and Anderson. is hid
ing in the mountains and was seen last
week near Blowing Rock, Watauga
county. Governor Scales has special
detectives looking after these parties, it
is reported.
Senator Matt. Ransom is at Blowing
Rock for the remainder Of the summer.
Some years ago there was a great
sensation over reported volcanic dis
turbances at Bald mountain. There
were all sorts OF rumors. most of which
were eXacgerations but there are mys-
ferrous happenings at Grandfather
mountain and near Blowing Rock which
src Of q startling character and well
yOuched for. At sunset last Thursday
the sky was cloudless, and the people
wee sstonished to hear very loud
noise as if Of thunderclap. Ina mo-
mcnt houses began 10 shake and dishes
10 rattle, and a noise followed as if
made by atTain going over bridge.
The shaking Of the houses was
violent and plainly pcrceptible.
People were hardly able TO maintain
their footing. There was strange
feeling Of giddlneSs and nervousness.
The shocks were felt at Boone. ten or
twelve miles off, and all along the crest
Of the Blue Ridge. People on Grand
father mountain. 5000 feet high, were
terribly frightened at the shocks. and
descended the mountain in a state Of
great alarm. The mountain trembled
to its base. \ great wave Of earth
motion, with rumblings and thunderous
noises, appeared TO sweep along from
northwest to southeast, passing directly
scross the Blue Ridge.
Sidney Wilson, a well-known farmer.
was found dead in the road in Caldwell
county. No marks Of violence were
visible. 1t Is supposed he died Of
AT Georgetown, Macon county. ex-
tensiye preparations are being made by
a New York company for gold-minin;. |
Much valuable machinery is being put /
mp. The company will employ two /
hundred men.
The report has been circulated wide /
~ that los couyicts escaped last Thurs
day from the stockade on the Spartan
burg and Asheyille railroad near Arden /
Park, Bunoombe county. 1t is abso-
utely false. only seyenty-four con-
ficts are there, ana all of them are at
work. ". !. Hicks, warden Of the
so states. How the story
originated Is puzzling.
hon. ". L. Saunders, Secretary Of
state, is at Buffalo Springs, Va; Gov
.rnor Scales is at Waynesyille, Trea-
.uror Balm at Asheyille, Chiei-Justice
smith at Black Mountain, and Assoei-
tie Justice Merrimon at Asheyille.
The health of ex-Associate Justice
Thomas Buiiin is precarious, and many
.erSons think critical.
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