Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-07-22
NORTH CAROLINA.
A VERY CURIOUS oAsE-As ALLEGED
aEsuscITATTos.
The re.ult o. Handling Pislol-Rall-
road Notes -Agrioal,aral-fhe Bar
lssotiaticn-Nilit
no r.clal ,elearsrn % the plpaich.l

ri,h the other rich lands Of Hyde. Con-.
,icts have been placed IN the old state
canal ard sIe making rapid progress
towards the reduction Of the rich swamp
that this canal will drain.
The Norfolk Knights Of Labor to-day
visited Elizabeth City In large numbers
on 40 excursion.
FsOLISG WITH A PISTOL
At the Hot Springs yesterday ono OF
ibe railway employees was in a shanty
locking at a pistol. IL was discharged
aud the bullet entered the head Of
another employee. lodging at the base
Of the brain. The wound Is fatal.
George Moore icllored) will certainly
be hang,d At Charlotte week from
next Frilny. Governor Scales declines
10 interfere ia the matter. An effort
was made to &c. the aid OF Judge
Mears in securing h reprieye, but the
latter SAW be will in no way interfere
9th the execution OF the sentence.
Noofo's case IS one Of the worst on re-
cord, and It was noticed at the time
thst when Judge Mesrs pronounced
The sentence Of death he omitted the
usual invocation and may the Lord
have mercy upon your soul"
RAILROAD MATHIS.
A survey il being made for railroad
line from London, ky., to Bristol,
Tern from the latter place TO Sails
bury. n. o : 'hsnce 10 hamlet 49,
thence - Smitb,ille ra Bennettsviile
and conway boro', ). {. Northern
capitalists ar said TO be OF the head Of
the enterprise. Of which little j. known
IN this State.
MURDERED his FATHER.
S. j. benson, sheriff Of Hamilton
county. Kansas, arrived AZ GoldsbOro'
to-day with = requistion from Governor
John A. Martin, Of Kansas, for Henry
7. Scott, for the murder Of his
father near Kendall, Kansas, July lst.
Scott went to Kansas from Wayne
county. lie was known as Henry
Brown out there, and lived with his
father, his fathers wife, and younger
brother on farm and in comfortable
circumstances. The old man was
thought to have accumulated consider
able money. The object of the murder
was to get the money. The entire
family are implicated in the affair, as
the body of the old man was found
buried in a garden near the house. The
younger son is in Jail at Syracuse,
Hamilton county. 1t was from him
the information of Denry's movements
was obtained. lie told the deputy
sheriff that Henry's name in Goldsboro'
vas Scott, and that he shot the old man
through the head with a pistol while the
latter was III bed.
NAMES OF TIE DROWNED.
The persons who were drowned by
the cspsizing OF the schooner near
Nsg's Head were Miss Grizelle Mann,
of Elizabeth City, aged seventeen, and
Bessie Goodwin, Of Roanoke island,
aged seven.
The congressional aud judicial con-
ventions of the First district have both
been called to meet at Elizabeth City
August llth.
A REMARKABLE CASE.
Some remarkable facts have been de-
yeloped in connection with the execu-
ton Of Jack Lambert at Charleston,
Swain county, on the 9th instant. One
Of his requests was that as short a
rope as possible be used. This was
thought very strange at the time. The
reason has become apparent. isneck
was not broken, and he died by
stIaDgula,ion. At the expiration Of
twenty-five minutes be was pro-
nounced dead by three physicians
present. The body was cut down and
given TO the brothers OF the deceased.
They Immediately with the greatest
possible dispatch placed it in a wagon
and rapidly drove away. 1t has been
discovered that they drove up Tucks.
seegee river and thence up Deep creek,
& cool mountain stream. In secluded
spot the coffin was opened, and in a
moment the cold water Of the creek
was literally applied to the body. 1t
is reported that the brothers and friends
devoted themselves for fully an hour to
this work. Many people in all that
section believe that their labors were
successful, and that Lambert is now
alive. 1t is asserted that he was seen
on the l2,h instant. General credence
is given this rumor.
TIE EXPERIMENT FARM.
All the preparations were made to-
dsy for the exercises at the laying Of the
cornerstone of the buildings st the ex-
periment-farm, near this city. Governor
Scales will make the introductory adj
dress, NJ. McGehee will make an his
torical address, and ten minute speeches
will be made by each Of the visiting
Commissioners Of Agriculture of
States Randolph Harrison, commits
sioner for Virginia; A. P. Butler for
South Carolina, and j. T. Henderson
for Georgia. All those arrived to-day.
Other ten-minute speeches will be made
by Chief-Justice W. N. II. Smith, JUS
ticc A. S. Norman Edwin G. Reade,
president Of the North Carolina Bar
Association; William G.. Upchurch,
president Of the State Agricultural So.
ciety S. A. Ashe, on behalf of the
North Carolina press; William S. Prim-
rose, president Of the State Exposition
W. j. Green, A. Leszsr, and other
members Of the Board of Agriculture.
REPUBLICAN, PLANS.
To-day quite an important piece OF
news was gathered relative to Repub-
lican plans. DR.. Mott, chairman of
the party in this State, wrote letters to
each member of the Executive Com
mittee asking their views as to calling a
State convention. \ few answers were
received. DR.. Motifs letters were 50
worded as 10 make it palpable that he
did not desire convention 10 DO held.
1t is his plan TO hold over so as to be
chairman of the party two years hence
but the plan Of organization provides
against such scheme, so DR.. Mott has
been forced by well.infcrnied members
to call the Executive Committee together