Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-06-12
NORTH CAROLINA.
THE COMING MEETING OF THy s1A31
PRESS ASSOCIATION.
The Prosramme-n nardsr friai -Vss
Couple Badly Burnsd-Damssisg
Rains and Floods.
,snec,., ,elerr.m 70 The pispassh.l

RALEIGH. n. c., June ff.-n II nov
understood that the ssscmblsgv of newr
paper people at Ailastic Hotel, Nofe.
head. next week. will be the lsr8eS
gathering of the fraternity IN years. Thef0
has for 0ye years been diminishing intercS
IN the annual convention, but this year y
appears that there Is renewed interest. ana
that over seventy five mcmberso OF the Pfess
As, ,ociat,on will be present. The Convon'
ton meets next Thursday.
An excursion To sea on the reyenue-cus'
ter Colfax, q visit 10 the lighthouse, ana
ball at the hotel are among the am,issmen.s
prepared for the visitors. Editors VIII
probably attend In bodv the excurslon 70
Alexandra, Va, and Wehtngton. u. u,
which Is To be given by the Richmond ana
Dsn,ille rsilrosd as soon As the ConSen-
tion adiourns.
Al oxford Abraham Jackson (coloredb
aged twenty -one, while under the inruence
Of LIQUOR, shot himself through the heart.
II. Long l. to be tried at Charlotte To-
morrow for killing his fathef-in-laS, Frank
! Cuthbeuson lie viii slmost certainly be
cleared. The evidence At the preliminary
trial was altogether 10 Longs ieyor.
Yesterday, ~ Matthew smith and hts
wife. both yery old people, living In this
county, at in their house, spark from tho
! old mans pipe set tirc 10 the Ocd-clothins.
| The house was burned, aud the old man,
who was over eighty and feeble, was burn
ed TO death. Ills wife was perhaps fatally
| burned.
News from the southern corner OF the
| State Il that the last transform snd accom-
panying iresbets In the streams have dam.
aged bridges and mill property many thou
sands oi dollar. In Cumberland three
mi,ls were swept away. Kings mill, on
Gamers creek. VAS swept bodily away by
the angiy torrent.
There are always sensational stores OF
lucky finds current, but onc, pretty we't
authenticated, comes from stanley county.
| II Is that white man named Thompson
found secreted near the bank OF creek
about 81, 900 In coin--gold and silver. Ine
cayne Of the bank OF the stream, due 70
the washing rains, exposed part OF II 70
view.
Yesterday at Charleston. Swain county,
lack Lambert. who twelve months ago was
convicted in the Swain superior Court OF
| the murder Of Dick Wilson, was sentenced
| TO be hanged. Lambert appealed to tho
| Supreme court. and was ordered 10 be con-
fired In Asheville Jail for safe-Seeping pend
| ing the appeal A new trial having been
| refused by The Supreme Court. Lambert was
rcsentenccl this week by Judge Shipp.
| Friends ard relatives will make strong
application for executive elemency. The
| killing was the result oi drunken spree
| i'm Jackson coun V. but .he case was moved
| 10 Swain for trial. The date liked for the
execution il july 30tb. Many OF the exc
| cutions are now fixed 'or days other than
| Friday. There Is growing distas.e for
| that day for such punishmen.'.
At " leo shelby the store ofG NJ. Webb
| was consumed with the entire contents.
| Wcbb's loss j. g. 0O0 partly covered by
| insurance. shortly after the irc started q
| ktg oi powder IN the store exploded. This
served 20 awaken the inhabitants of the
town. The origin OF the iire Is unknown.
| Only three persons undertook IN hold a
| local-opiion election at Hendersonyille. and
| no one was appointed 10 till the place 81 the
| absentcc--f0ur persons being required
| therefore the law was not complied with,
and the election l. void. There IL consld-
erable tllk Of a third party or prohibition
| party, and It will probably be heard from
| next autumn IN the congressional aud lu'
dIcial canvass.
| Governor scales to-dav, upon another
| spocial application, resplted Jobn Gard.
well, Of Wilkes county. who was sentenced
| 10 lt tAn8tu tl W lNt,fhip WI w A'sh su-
slant. The respite Is TO July I'd.
The trustees Of the STATE University VIII
meet here on the 29th instant to elect a
professor of Greek and 40 assistant In
Physics and Engineering. Professor Weili,
Of Wilmington, declined the election as
! professor Of Greek.
The wheat harvest has begun. Some
| farmers report that the excessive wet wea.
| thcr H. causing the wheit-helds 30 turn black
with rot. With good weather for the next
ten DAYS most of the crop will be harvested.
| IL il a better and larger crop than the most
slnguiue hoped for.
| The department NJ Agriculture states that
this spring T. the worst FOR years tor ilsods
| and violent rain-stOrms. The recent storm
| in the Blue-Ridee section was the worst of
/ all. Immense damage Il reported. Crops
! in some instances are ruined. The roads
| leading up the bills out Of Marshall are lite
! rally washed away.
The lands along some Of the streams are
| also washed away in the forest, leaving the
! tree, standing on naked rocks, oD cleared
| ground, taking of the sod and crops com
! plctey. In Madison county the family of
! Mr. henderson narrowly escaped in buffet
| ing their way through the raging food.
| No loss Of lifc il thus Tar reported.