Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-28
NORTH CAROLINA.
AN EXCITING SCENE IN A MAYORS
COURT.
a Father Attempts to Kin His sOn-Pre'
oicus stones FOund-nys'e'
rious Death.
,s.c,al telegram to the Dispatch

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Gros deliberately, in the presence Of
the Court, marshal, and spectators,
drew pistol. and, aiming II at the boy,
fired. A bystander knocked it down.
The charge took effect in the boys leg,
otherwise he would no doubt have been
killed.
eros walked away with the pistol IN
his hand, which he pointed monacing-
" at those who offered to pursue him,
causing them to stop. lie was shot st
several times, but leisurely walked
away and escaped.
Louisa Saunders, q colored wo'nAn
who murdered her infant child at Smith
field ten days since, was wednesday
before court for trial. There was no
trial. She acknowledged the crime, and
her punishment was fixed at twenty
years in the penitentiary.
FALSE PRETENCEs.
Another rather interesting case was
tried Of Smithfeld. &. ii. McOowan,
for larceny, was sentenced to ten years.
He pretented 70 be a special agent OF
the Post.ofiice Department, and had
papers which he had evidently stolen.
lie passed through this section, and OBJ
tanned money under false pretences. He
also stole money from several persons.
A LIVELY FIGHT.
A report Of the Republican Conven-
lion at Kinston Wednesday shows
what riotous affair it was. William
G. Hill, Of Halifax, literally fiiyed
O'Bara in his very presence, holding
him up before the Convention rs an
A" Asiatic interloper who was [" only
a niger once every tive years, and that
At the nominating conventions of his
congressional district" lie was aman
who had never done anything for his
race. and who did not even recognize
MS colored constituency whenever any
of them CHANGED to meet him in Wash
inpton. O'Ilars is the present con-
gIesswan. lie is said to have been
born in Bermuda.
MINING.
Much activity prevails at the gold
and copper-mines. The number Of ops
rAtors has been doubled recently, and
new machinery Of valuable and i'm
proved character purchased.
Stsnly county seems determined to
have q railroad. 4 meeting was held in
Albemarle to consider thepropOsod road
from Bristol, Tenn, to Smithville, n.
C.. 10 which the county is asked to
subscribe 100000. Speeches were
made by Mcssrs. Bennett, Pemberton,
Mauney. Elkins, and Jerome. An cleo
ton will DO held soon on the question.
The Danuue Grays will arrive here
Tomorrow afternoon at . O'Clock en-
youfe for home from Morehesd City.
They will be net at the depot by the
Governors Guard and escorted to the
armory. where they will be entertained
by the company, and afterwards dined
At the Marlborough House.
TOBACCO.
Ii is gratifying to note that the farm
ers Of Wake county are this year giving
more attention to the tobacco crop,
which bids fair to bring them better re-
ward than the one of the season now
ending.
Information has been sent you of the
mysterious death, in Stanly county, Of
Wilson Fur, a young man aged about
twenty-five. Mrs. Fur retired to bed,
leaving her husband working on a gun
stock. About midnight she awoke,
and, missing her husband from the
room, she arose and began to
search for him, and found him In
the yard dead. 1t is said that
there was a wound ON the neck aud a
bruise on the breast. II IS supposed
by some that he had gone out to chase
8 horse aud colt from the apple-trees,
and was kicked by the horse and killed.
Others think he was shot. The wound
on the neck, it is said, could not have
been made by kick. The jury of in-
quest did not solve the mystery. There
is talk of arresting a negro of the
nsighborhood on suspicion of having
committed the deed.
This morning Colonel ii. Il. Short,
who died Wednesday at Wilmington,
was buried Gt his home, in Brunswick
county. lie had for number Of years
been one of the directors Of the Whining
ton, Columbia and Augusta railroad.
Ne was State senator for Columbus aud
Robson counties in 1876; had been
the representative to the General As
sembly from Columbus county, aud
had been prominently named for Lieu
tenant Governor.
A TERRIBLE TRIP.
Wednesday afternoon aportiOn Of 8
construction-irain on the Asheyille and
Spsrtanburg railroad broke loose from
the engine while ascending grade or
toe mountain section below Saluds
rushing down the slope with terrific
force, and killing Overseer Swift AND
seven convicts employed on the work
The train did nos leave the track, anc
did not stop until it reached Tryor
City, nearly six miles from the pom
where it started. 1t speed was, a
times, seventy-0ye miles an hour
When it rounded the sharp curve the
men injured were thrown off and wen
with terrific force sgsinst the bank
Fourteen more were hurt more or less
All save the engineer and one guarC
we're conyicts.
COTTON AND CORK.
Your correspondent interviewed tn
secretary Of the Raleigh Cotton sn'
Produce Exchange to-day. lie say
cotton is 20 per cent. better than las
year in this sectisn of the State tina
the acreage has increased 5 per cent.
and that if there is a lase fall the crol
viii be fine. The corn crop 10 90 pc
cent. larger than last year, with az
acreage 10 per cent. greater. 1t /
the greatest upland crop ever known
Orange county never had such
crop Of corn. The same vii
apply to Alamance, Chatham, Guilford
and Durham. The wheat crop beini
short and indifferent, the corn crop viii
save the farmers from any possible an