Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-05-30
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS
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RAIEIaH. n. c., May 29.--Peter
uough. Of Buford township, Union
county. negro ninety years oil age
died suddenly yesterday. He sat down
on log one hundred and ffty yards
from his house, and when found was
dead, sitting upright.
Roanoke river at Weldon has risen
flfteen feet, and is still rising.
Steps are to be taken to secure the
building Of a road from Halifax TO Ring
wood. Last week subscription was
voted down, but $50, 900 has just been
subscribed. The'moyement TO begin
grading is on foot, and it IA expected
that plans will be perfected.
Yesterday house in Northampton
county was struck by lightning while
large family were grouped in ROOM
The bed-posts were shattered and gun
standing in corner was broken in sew
eral pieces and discharged. Some OF
The narties were severely shocked.
Iron for the Wilson and Florence rail-
road is rapidly arriving at Fayetteville.
At Murfreesboro' yesterday the ex-
tensive saw-mill Of +. Q. Worrell was
burned, together with considerable lum-
Der.
The Hessian fly is reported as play
ing havoc with the small grain crops OF
Stanly county.
The reception Of Minister 7. j. Jar
Wis by the Wstauga Club of this city,
last evening, was largely attended. A
grand banquet will be given the distln-
guishcd guest in this city by the cor
poration and citizens Of Raleigh. A
number Of prominent men from various
parts of the State will be present.
About twenty will make speeches. Mr..
Jarvis will make farewell speech.
Kemp p. Battle, president ofthe State
University, is making elaborate pre-
parations to make the commencement
The most attractive ever known, and to
secure the largest attendance on record.
Wednesday next is the principal day.
Special trains will run on all the lines
on that day. The grand Memorial Hall
will be dedicated, the venerable Paul
G. Cameron, Of the Building Commute.
presenting it to the Board Of Trustees,
snd Governor Scales, chairman of the
Board. receiving it. Odes will be sung
by the students, and instrumental mu-
sic furnished by Kessnich's Band, of
Richmond. The annual address will be
delivered at noon by Hon. James W.
Reid. one Of the most eloquent orators
in the State. In the afternoon Bishop
Wilson, Of Baltimore, will deliver a
sermon before the graduating class.
II. j. Lombard, a noted desperate
and outlaw, who has served terms in
penitentiaries here and at Albany, has
been captured in the mountains near
Asheyille.
Every day the State Auditor receives
applicants for more blanks for pension
applications. The number Of pension
ers, it is now believed by some persons,
will aggregate 5000 in the entire State.
This will give each just $40. Returns
thus far received show that the number
of widows who apply is much larger
than that Of disabled soldiers.
John Bumbarner, a guard on the
Spartanburg and Asheville railroad,
yesterday shot and killed a negro con
Wet who was trying to escape. The
negro had made his escape few weeks
ago, but had been recaptured.
Work on the Western North Carolina
railroad is progressing satisfactorily be-
tween Red-Marble Gap and the mouth
of the Nautahala. The development Of
minerals there is surprising. 1t is said
here that Red-Marble mountain is one
ofthc wonderful natural phenomena
in the world, and will prove a regular
bonanza.