Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-14


ins-Dcssh or froE,isent CIs.xsn-A Pish
STORY.
Especial telegram TO the Dispatch.l
RALEIGH, N. c., August l3.--An
organized band Of thieves has been dis
covered at Faison. Several gentlemen
watched for and caught David Will
lisms, Albert Ashford, Daniel Moore,
and two boys (all colored), and arrested
them. They made q full confession
and delivered up the keys which they
had been using. The three men are in
Jail, and the boys are under bond to
appear at court.
Much alarm was created at Asheville
yesterday morning by the report that
Bishop Wilson, Of Baltimore, OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church South,
had taken dose Of aconite and that
his life was imperilled. Physicians
were hastily summoned. Public anxiety
was extreme. He was in the habit OF
taking as tonic in the morning tea
spoonful of wine. An invalid in the
same house was using an extract Of
aoonite. BY mistake the bottles were
interchanged, and the Bishop took
teaspoonful Of aconite. II was fortu-
nately the leaf-extract. Remedies were
applied, and the Bishop is now as well
as usual.
Jack Wren's detective force are in
Chatham county looking up the authors
of murders in that county.
Visitors to the sounds near Whining
ton report very high tides. At Wrights-
vile yesterday the marshes were all
completely submerged. 1t was the
highest tide ever seen there. A storm
is expected.
The North Carolina Baptist State
Convention meets at Reidsville Novem-
her 18th.
Governor A. NJ. Scales presided at q
meeting of the guests of the burned
hotel at Waynssyille. Resolutions Of
thanks to the hotel proprietor for his
pluck and courtesy were adopted. The
Governor made neat address.
James j. Litchford died here to-day;
aged sixty-four years. He was born
near Petersburg, Va, but came here
when six years Of age. He had been
for fourteen years grand secretary Of
the Grand Lodge Of 0dd-Fellows of
the State, also a director of the State
Institution for the Deaf, Dumb, and
Blind. lie had been for twelve years
secretary Of the Democratic State Ex-
ecutiye Committee. He was widely
known in the State, and was a most eff
cient worker. He was at the time Of
his death mailing clerk in the post-Of-
fee here. He was justly valued as
citizen.
Justices of the peace were to-day ap-
pointed for Richmond county.
The desperate, Julius Luck, who
last msnth in Moore county killed two
men and wounded two others, nearlys
made his escape from jail at Carthage.
A woman came to see him. He attired
himself in her clothes, and was nearly
out Of jail when the sheriff saw him and,
drawing his revolver, made him return.
To-day DR.. II. ii. Lewis, president /;
Eugene y. Hayrell, secretary, and X.
S. Arrowood, treasurer, Of the State
Teachers Assembly, left for the head
of the Western North Carolina railroad
in search Of permanent location for
the Assembly. They will go to Waynes-
vile, Asheville, Nsntahala, and other
places, and will not return until they
have decided upon site. They are
vested with full authority to do this by
the Assembly.
Saturday the Raleigh Baseball Club
plays its last game, goes out of exist
ence. and releases its professionals.
The season proves disastrous one.
The drought is beginning to be felt
in some sections. In parts of Alsmance
county the wells are dry. About half
the wells in the town of Graham give
no water.
In Wayne county man has been in
dicted and convicted under the new
law for obtaining license for marriage
to girl Of fourteen by falsely repre-
senting Ger age. 1t is the first case.
lie was sent to the penitentiary.
Ilagles, the notorious outlaw, wanted
for crimes committed in Mecklenberg
county, has at last been captured in
South Carolina.
The .Cape Fear section people are
making extensive preparations for the
Cumberland County Fair. g. W. Law
renee has been chosen secretary. The
fair at Poplar Tent, Cabarrus county,
ended to-day. Hon. r. F. Annfeld de-
livered the annual address. The show
Of cattle was fine and the fair a success
in all respects.
Near Wilmington yesterday an i'm
nense dcyil-fsh was captured in seine.
1t fought desperately. Its length was
seven feet It's weight over one hundred
pounds. Its tentacles or arms were
from five to ten feet long.