Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-04
NoRTH CAR0LINA NEWS.
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RALEiGH, N. c., August 3.-Tom
Allen, the negro who received blow
on the head with q mattock from the
hands Of Charles Owens, white man,
in Davie county, last Wednesday, is
dead.
1t is . negro named John Pattishall
who was wanted in connection with the
Finch murder, and who is eyading the
officers Of the law. The Guntcr and
Finch murders were perpetrated by the
same parties. Pattishall has been cap
tured.
Joseph McAdoo tcolored), serving a
term in the Durham workhouse, at
tempted to make his escape, when a
guard shot and killed him. He was an
old offender, and the officers Of the law
found great trouble in controlling him.
Yesterday afternoon the funeral
services Of the late Randolph A. Shot
well, State Librarian and editor Of the
Chronicle, were held here. Two bro
theirs Of the deceased were the only re-
latives present--one coming from Har-
risburg, Pa, and the other from Rogers
vile, Tenn. The remains were taken
from the rotunda Of the Capitol, where
they had lain in state for two days, and
the funeral was held from the First
Presbyterian church, the Rev. Drs.
Watkins and Atkinson officiating. The
interment was in the Confederate Gene
terry. The president Of the Ladies'
Memorial Association and other ladies
Of that Association were present. Cap
tain Shotwell was one Of the best-known
newspaper-men in the State, and his
friends are numbered by the thousands.
The greatest respect was paid his
memory here and elsewhere.
The work of grading the Cape Fear
and Yadkin Valley railroad near Mt.
Airy, Surry county, is now progressing
with unusual rapidity.
Near Staggsville. Durham county,
Gilbert Walker killed his father-in-law,
Willis Walker, in dispute about the
cultivation Of some land.
In Buncombe county, Saturday,
Peter Ingle, the oldest citizen Of the
Blue-Ridge section, died; aged lOj
years. For sixty years he had not
been out Of the county.
A man giving the name Of George
Purchison u few days ago sent tele-
gram from Hickory to Mrs. Gotten,
of Knoxville, Tenn, stating that
her husband had been drowned
in Catawba river. Mrs. Gotten has
arrived to make inquiry into the
matter. She brought a photograph
OF her husband, by which Furchison,
the sender Of the telegram, was identi-
fed as her husband. He had, strange
to say, telegraphed his own death. The
affair causes quite a sensation.
At Goldsboro' to-day negro named
Hicks was put on trial for life, true
bill for arson and burglary having been
found against him Saturday.
Rev. A. ID. Hepburn, late president
of Davidson College, left to-day for his
new post Of duty, Maimi University,
Ohio.
General u. II. Hill has accepted the
presidency Of the Georgia Industrial
College, at Milledgeville. 1t was hoped
he would take charge Of the college in
North Carolina.
The escape Of the five murderers
from Asheville jail continues to cause
excitement and provoke comment. The
sheriff and jailer are generally blamed.
The grand jury Of Buncombe county has
made careful examination into the
matter and censure the county commits
sioners, sheriff, and jailer for culpable
negligence and carelessness. The jailer
is especially condemned for not fasten-
ing the bolts Of the cell-doors.
Work on the new State building here
has been temporarily suspended, owing
to 8 scarcity of brick. Work on the
interior of the Governors Mansion
progresses rapidly.
The authorities Of Rockingham coun-
ty have succeeded in catching the negro
doctor, the supposed murderer of jim
Settle. He was tied and taken to
Wentworth Jail, near Durham.
The foreman in charge of the coal
mine of Tatum. Green q SHINES last
Friday made blast and the blaze
flashed twenty-five feet above the
ground. The miners first struck coal
the same day. A mine located three
and half miles northeast of the Dur
ham coal is reported to be Of very
superior quality.
The tobacco crop outlook is encOur-
aging. The acreage in Moore, Chat
ham, and Wake is at least 500 per cent.
larger than ever before in the older
tobacco section. The acreage is far
larger than heretofore. Early plant
iDgs were damaged by drought, while
the later paintings will make very
fair crops. From every section come,
encouraging news Of the crop.