Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-16
THE OLD NORTH STATE.
RALE1oRs NEWS NUGGETS.
shot Down In His Yard Coid-siiuInz Coast
Matters DTewned-serious Accidents.
lanecial telegram 70 the Disnatch1

Matters DTcwned-serious Accidents.
Especial telegram to the Dispatch.l
RALEIGH, N. c., August l5.-Am-
sic a. Linn was shot down in his yard,
in Lincoln, by Jacob Kistler Sunday.
KistIer and Linn had a quarrel at
church, and on their way home had q
fight. in which Kistler was worsted.
lie called at Inns house and INQUIRED
for him. AS Linn came out Kistler
fired upon him. The ball entered the
left side below the heart, and has not
yet been fonnd. After Linn fell Kist-
Ter turned and rode off in the direction
Of Shelby.
Mr.. Crichter, with his sister, was driv-
ing on the Swannanoa river, near kshe-
vile, in buggy. In trying to pass a
wagon in a narrow place the buggy was
throwffsover an embankment into the
river. Miss Crichter was seriously
hurt.
The owners Of the Shuford gold-mine
in Catawba county, northern COM
expect to resume work in a short
time, and propose to spend sl00, 900 in
sinking the mine 300 feet deeper.
At a great meeting Of the Society Of
Friends, in progress at High Point, the
following are present as delegates
John b. Crenshaw, Virginia; DR.. J. c.
Thomas and Francis 4. King, Mary
land s. Adelbert Wood and A. NJ.
Purdy, New York Elector Jane Col
Inns and A. c. Collins, Rhode Island
Catherine II. Osburn, Annie j. Wins
low, Rachel Smith, and Nathan Perry,
Kansas; William p. Harvey, Franklin
Meredith, and j. II. Newlin, Indiana.
A son of William Fulcher, at Ora
croke, while bathing with another boy
was cramped, and when the body was
recovered an hour afterwards life was
declared extinct.
Buncombe Superior Court convenes
Monday. The State docket contains
about iorty-fye cases, five Of which are
capital felonies. The case Of Hensley,
from Madison, will stand for trial, also
that Of the negro McElrath.
A limb fell from tree in William
Arrington's yard, in Nash county,
striking his wife and causing internal
injuries from which she will die.
The stockholders Of the Southern
and Western Airline Railroad Com
pany at Morganten heard a report from
j. A. Claywell, one of the commits
sioners appointed by the Legislature to
solicit and receive subscriptions to the
capital stock Of said company. He
states hereceived subscriptions amount
ing to 100000.
There have been few cases Of hog
cholera in Columbus county. This is
the first outbreak this year in the
State.
The damage to tobacco crops by the
recent hail-storm in Madison county is
even greater than was at first reported.
Mrs. Rudisill, living in Lincoln coun-
ty, is l03 years old. Proofs Of age
are positive and unimpeachable.
Many new resorts are being es-
tablished in the West. Clingman Min
eral Springs, nine miles from Asheyille,
is the latest addition. Colonel l.. w.
Humphrey, Of Goldsboro', is owner.
This term Of Moore Court will be the
most interesting for many years. There
are l03 State cases.
At daylight yesterday morning, in
Columbus county, Sheriff Neill c. Hall,
with some officers from Sampson coun-
ty, surprised and captured John Will
liams and William Ellis, two prisoners
who had escaped from Jail in Sampson
county and were making their way to
South Carolina. Williams is a despe-
rate character. lie is charged with
numbering his wife. He escaped from
Fayetteville Jail and afterwards from
Clinton jail.
On the night Of the 4th Of August
the mail train on the Atlantic and
North Carolina railroad, near New
berne, found the track obstructed.
President Bryan Immediately put de-
tectiye to work. The result was the
arrest Of Samuel Evans, Jr., negro
boy, sixteen years old, and other negro,
Mac Smith, barely eight years of age.
Evans confessed his guilt and pleaded
in mitigation ignorance of doing any
thing wrong. Smith has nothing to say
more than to acknowledge that he was
with Evans at the time the obstruction
was placed upon the track.