Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-11
FROM RALEIGH.
NORTH sEzrExEwsxUcGErs
view Tewns-A Desperste PiEht-The Crops--
Rsfireed siauers-A Riot Wiped sise-
s,oSs- Death OF Professor Kerr.

addition TO the large purchase Of
60,000 acres Of land in Swain county,
DR.. Clark Whittier has bought 6,000
acres west Of QuaIla station, On the
line Of the railroad. lie VIII lay cut q
town at once on the railroad. which
will bear the name Of Whittier. He
has laid out another town, which viii be
named Skyland. These land sales are
the most important things that have
happened to the western country since
the building Of the railroad.
Near Staiesyille two brothers, Adolf
plus and William Rumple, qusrrelled
and fought. One Of them threw the
other on the ground. when the man IN
derneath with knife inflicted terrible
wounds on the other. A friend OF the
wounded man ran up and was badly
cut. He got gun and shot his uncle
in the legs and body. All are receiv-
ing surgical attention.
Illicit distilling is reported as greatly
decreasing in this State. Particularly
is this the case in the Piedmont section.
At Statesville this week the case Of
the State against Allison Speaks, for the
murder Of Noah Mason last November,
will be tried.
In the southwestern part Of the State
rain is somewhat needed by the corn
crops. Peanuts and rice are thriving.
Cotton there has superabundSnce Of
leaf, which crowds off forms.
The chief engineer OF the short line
from Wilson. on the Wilmington and
Weldon railroad to Fayetteville, says
the road viii be completed next sum
mer in ample time for the cotton season.
News has been received Of a heavy
storm st LsurinbuTg.
A passenger in sleeping-cAr on the
Carolina Central railroad was severely
shocked by lightning, and brakeman
was rendered helpless by the same dis
charge.
A heavy storm OF rain and hail swept
over parts Of Madison county, which is
an important tobacco-g growing county
beyond the Blue Ridge. The tobacco
was cut to pieces and the corn greatly
damaged.
Work on the Spartanburg and Ashe-
vile railroad goes steadily on. The
whole line is in the course Of con-
struction. Two hundred and fifty con-
victs are employed. A portion Of the
track has been laid.
Steps are being taken to build rail-
road from Ransom's bridge to Warren
ton. on the Raleigh and CASTOR railroad.
Much attention is directed to the con-
struction Of the short lines Of railroad
10 connect VIII the main lines, and
this will prove an important factor ID
the development Of the State. Many
projects are on foot, and. with the easy
state of finances which the next six
months are expected TO bring about,
most Of these Will be iRaugurated.
The negro employees Of the Carolina
Central railway. at Lincolnton. planned
q not and refused to 60 to work. The
town marshal arrested the most turbu-
lent and quelled the affair. Two years
ago there was a not at the same place,
which was quelled by the military. who
made thirty arrests. Owing to the
remembrance Of this most Of the rioters
this time backed down.
il Hendersonville the people are
greatly alarmed al the presence OF mad
dogs. All the dogs are now required
to be muzzied OF suffer death. Several
have gone mad. One gentleman Of
Charleston, S. c., and a horse were
bitten. The man Is very sick /; the
horse went mad and was shot.
Professor William II. Kerr, who was
for fifteen years State GeolOgist Of
North Carolina, died at o'clock Sun
day morning at Asheyille. For three
years be had been cOnsumptive. and !
desth had been daily expected for |
weeks. BE was about fifty years OF |
lse, and was a man Of wide informa-
ion and thoroughly skilled in his spe-
nal field Of labor. he had done a Ia
1orious work Tor the State, which was.
10 tell the truth, but poorly appre-
lated. Two Years ago he left the ser
wee Of the State and became a member
# the United States Geological Survey
commission, having q large and import
lntield Of labor. His remains were
brought here this morning, and this
.fternoOn were buried in OakwoOd /
cemetery. the services being those OF
he Presbyterian Church. Of which be
vas q member.