Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-09-13
NORTH srATENEwSNUGGErS.
4 RAFTING or DRY BONES.
sse uyner, % fern- "e"'r" insane
AETNA gsfped ~ Death by Kerosene
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A,lrr,- Bssped IN Death h' A's''e"''
fspcclal telegram TO the Dlspatch.l
pAtrrau. n. c., September IL
While Abel Bowman. OF Alexander
county. was digging n foundation Tor
a ferry on Catawba river he uncovered
three human skeletons. They appeared
20 have been buried at different times,
as one was found on top of the others;
II is said that long years ago band OF
highwaymen made their headquarters
At the place and robbed and murdered
tradesmen passing to and from the
South. Some think that these are the
homes Of some Of the murdered trades
men. Another theory is that they are
the remains Of Indians.
The Board of Directors OF the west
ern Insane Asylum, at Morganton, were
in session " ednesday and Thursday.
There are 225 patients under treatment
in the asylum. The support account
for the past quarter was sio'2oo-
about the average. Work on the north
wing is progressing we'll. The condl-
ton OF the asylum was found to be hrst-
class. and the officers and employees
were commended for their faithful and
efficient discharge Of their duties.
Mr.. Andrew Tbarp, near Statesvllle,
has lost his daughter, ten years old.
SEE was pouring out kerosene oil 10
k,ndle a fire in a stove. when terrible
explosion occurred. The accident hap
pened while her parents were away
from the house. She died after linger-
ing six hours.
An Injunction has been sued out be-
fore Judge Gudger or behalf OF the
citizens of Black Mountain township,
Bunconbc county, returnabie ON the
oath, requiring the county commission
ers to show cause why the enforcement
Of the no. fence law shall not be stopped
in BuncOmbe.
Rocky-Riyer gold-minc, in Cabarrus
county, has been sold under a trustees
sale for 1000. NJ. l.. Holmes, Of
Salisbury, was the purchaser.
Two hundred and thirty thousand
acres Of land were sold at the court
house door in Graham at public outcry
by order Of the Superior Court. This
is doubtless the greatest sale OF land
that ever occurred III this State. The
land included part of the estate Of
the late George W. Swepson. Lands
in the western part Of the State brought
nothing like their value.
In Rondolph county there lives a
white man, John Hill, siXty-fye years
old, born an idiot. He has been chained
to the floor nearly the whole Of his
life. At times he is very violent. lie
takes large hickory sticks out of the
fireplace and tears them in shreds with
his teeth and fingers. lie can drink
coffee boiling hot and eat food when 1t
is as hot as fire can make it, apparently
without suffering any pain. Property
enough has been left him by his father
for his support.
Cole, the Moore-county murderer,
hangs on the 25th unless the Governor
changes the sentence to imprisonment
for life, which is not likely.
The old walls have been torn down
to the foundation, and new cotton
factory will soon appear at Randlcman.
Brick-laying has actively commenced.
Important improvements have been
made at the Institution fol the Deaf
and Dumb and Blind here. There are
branches for both white and cOlOred.
Governor Scales to-day reappOinted
justices of the peace for Haywood
county.