Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-02-13
THE OLD NORTH STATE.
NEWS NOTES HERE 8. THERE.


Burned 10 Death.
Especial telegram TO the DIspatch.l
RALEIGH, n. c., February H.
Ashley Hayes, the negro fiend who was
convicted Of a heinous crime at the last
term Of the Sampson-county Superior
Court and sentenced to the penitentiary
for fifteen years, escaped few days ago
while working at the quarry at Hender-
son.
Six miles Of railway between Clinton,
Sampson county, and Warsaw have
been already graded by force Of one
hundred convicts.
Rev. John X. Connolly, Of Asheville,
late Of the Fifty-fifth regiment Of North
Carolina troops, left Asheville yester-
day for New York, from which point he
will sail Immediately for Madrid, Span.
having been summoned by cablegram
announcing the illness Of his wife, who
accompanied her sister, the wife of
Minister j. L. NJ. Curry, there some
weeks since.
Sheriff Oliver Wheeler, Of Guilford
county, to-day settled his taxes due the
State, paying in sll 800.
A fire at Toisnot, Wilson county,
burned the warehouse Of j. d. Wills,
the store Of z. ii. Wick, the barber
shop Of NV. Castor, and the millinery
store Of Mrs. Doles. j. ID. Wills, who
had much property stored in the ware
house, was the heaviest loser. He also
owned two Of the burned buildings.
The total loss is about s. 900.
There has been great excitement at
Wilson this week. caused by the muir
der trial Of Herbert Pittman. who killed
his brother William on the 10Th of last
January. There was only one witness
to the killing man named Thomas
Tomlinson. lie testified that Herbert
was preparing to leave in search of an
other home, and that his brother at
tempted to stab him. Herbert retreat
ed until he could go no further.
William had by this time, by re-
peated blows with a knife, cut his
clothing partially off. Herbert at last
drew revolver and shot William
twice: one bullet entered the abdomen,
causing death in a few hours. The
evidence all showed the case to be one
Of iustifable homicide. The jury was
out one hour, and rendered a verdict Of
not guilty.
The Supreme Court to day concluded
the call of cases from the Second dis
trict. Next Monday it takes up the
cases from the Third district. Thus
far only ten are docketed-the smallest
number in many years.
The steamer Tarboro' was wrecked
in Tar river some months ago and it
was hoped would be partially saved.
Yesterday she drilted against a pier Of
the bridge at Sparta and broke amid
ship. Her engines will be saved, all
else being a total loss.
Yesterday near Halifax two children
Of Jacob Allen (coloredD were burned
to death in a cabin. They were two
and four years old. Their father was
some distance Off at work, and their
mother was also absent. Nothing was
left Of the cabin or children but ashes.
A family Of disreputable characters
named Cash. Of whom a woman named
Martha Cash is the head, lives in Wades
boro'. A sensation has been caused at
that place by a visit of masked men to
the house. They told the inmates to
leave or else prepare for visit from
regulators, accompanied by forty-two
Red. Shirts from Chesterfield county.
South Carolina. The people were
greatly alarmed. The citizens mounted
guard, and when the South Carolinisns
attempted to enter town, foiled them,
so that they speedily returned.
DR.. William II. Whitehead has been
chosen president Of the Eastern North
Carolina Mechanical and Agricultural
Association to succeed j. j. Battle, re-
signed. The fair of the Association is
held at Battleboro' annually.
There are no new developments IN
railway matters in Cleveland county.
Work on lines Of the Carolina Central
and Ma sachusetts and Southern Con-
struction Company continues. These
will run parallel from Shelby to Ruth
erfordton. Some persons say the Car
DINA Central is sure to be extended be-
yond Ruthcrfordton to the Tennessee
line. The latter road does not show its
hand, but continues its work with ra-
pidity.
Whittier is the name Of new town
which is rapidly growingin Importance.
Yesterday the people were shocked by
a terrible accident. Manly Comfy, a
carpenter, sent Albert Morgan to cut
some frewood. Morgan began on a
large tree that had been cut and lodged
on another tree. While he was cutting
the tree it slipped oil the stump, and
turning, fell backward. Comfy, hear
ing the falling of the tree but not the
sound Of the axe again, went to see the
cause, and found Morgan buried under
the tree some ten feet from the stump
with nothing visible but one hand. lie
was taken out completely mangled.
Mrs. Mildred POrterfeld, Of Orange
county, was so badly burned that she
died in a few hours. 4 noise was
heard in the kitchen. when she was seen