Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-10
NORTH STATE NEWS.
DAMAGING RAINS IN JOHNSTON AM
WAKE COUNTIES.
Dam Broken by tho Earthquake-unusaa'
ly Low Tides nights-of-LaooF
Candidate. &C., &c.
Especial telegram to The DlspatciI


RALEIGH. N. O., September "
Heavy rains fell in this immediate Sec
ton last night and did some damsse.
They were confined almost entirely "
Johnston and Wake counties. iney
did about 10000 damage in TINS
township in the way Of washing away
mills and bridges. The break on tns
railway between here and Goldsooro
is eighty feet long and thirty feet deep.
A very small stream was suddenly
swollen go enormously as to sweep
away the emb.nkment, leaving tns
rails ard ties suspended above ths
chasm. Many men are at work to re-
pair the damages, ard transfers are De-
ing made. Hundreds Of people IRON
this city have gone out to-day TO see
the spot where Jones 4 Ellis's large
llouring.mills stood when the hoou
swept along and wrecked them.
CHARGED TO THE EARTHQUAKES.
Early this Torning the sight was
very curious one. Some persons say tna.
the dam which broke above and caused
such injury was damaged by the earth
Quake. A very large safe was swept
from the mill by the flood and cannot
now be found.
WATER SUPPLY.
TIE Board Of Aldermen Of this city
at first seemed disposed to adopt the
Gapgwell system Of water supply, as
recommended by its special committee,
bat the Gangwell man was unable 70
meet the requirements, and the commit
tee last night recommended that the
contract be given to the National
Water Works Construction Company,
of Dayton, o. The city is to pay
$4,000 annually as rental for l2O lire
bydrants.
INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE.
John Nichols to-day issued his card
10 the voters of this district announcing
himself as Independent candidate for
Congress. lie says he has no connection
with the Republican party-in fact at
tacks that party. lie courts the labor
ing element, attacks civil-seryice as now
conducted, and is ia favor Of national
aid to education.
1t is a craftily-rritten address.
He is. of course, a strong antagonist
for Major Graham, the Democratic
nominee.
Nichols announces that be will make
| no regular canvass. He counts on the
| aid Of the Independents and of the Ia
Dor vote. He is one Of the most promi:
nent Knights of Labor in the State, and
is president Of the Knights-of-Lsbor
| Tobacco Manufacturing Company here
! contributions TO CHARLESTON.
Raleigh will send more money to
the Charleston sufferers by Saturday
some 81 200. Charlotte has sent 81 900.
Many towns and individuals have sent
| money. and over 10000 from this
State has gone there.
This morning one Of the conylcts On
the Pittsboro' railway made desp' =
raie attempt to escape by running
from the guards just as the prisoners
were being taken ous of the stockade.
| He was fired on, but still fltl. Later be
was found lying in some bushes, vita
| five buckshot-wounds in his body.
| AN OLD LADY's DEATH.
| Mrs. Patsy Floyd, lady eighty
years of age, left her home, in Vance
county, to GO to a house not far distant
| Her dead body was found later lying II
| a field. She was partially demented
and, it is supposed, got lost and dice
from exposure and starvation.
| BURGLARS.
| Burglars made another raid last nigh
| on the residence Of Simon Bear at VIII
mipcton. The burglary was not dis
covered until Bear arose, when 1t wa
fourd that every room IN the house hat
been rangacked and trunks and bureau
emptied. Chloroform was used by tn
burglars.
FCCENTRICITY OF TIDES.
A report from Wilmington is tina
ebb. tides are unusually low, and tina
each tide-water reaches farther from
shore. This is regarded as singular.
sUNDRY ITEMS.
The Quartermaster-GeHeral to-da
received a recent for $50 tents whic
left here Monday for Charleston.
was prompt delivery.
Recently some papers In this S'a'
have attacked Washington Bryan, prs
sident Of the Atlantic and North Care
lira railroad, charging him with falsiiy
ing accounts to the amount OF sl7 ,O0t
I | Governor Scales did not believe th
e charges, which were considered b
5 ONE as malicious. An investigate
| of all the books and accounts show
! them to be unfounded.
D To-day. in an uuaccount BILE an
daring manner, white convict lone
= a gang at work on the new Site built
B.. ing, in the heart of the city.) made h
o escape. Search for him is now in pr
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