Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-06-02
TERRIBLE WINDS.
A CYCLONE THAT DID GREAT DAMAGE
IN NORTH CAROLINA.
Trees Uprootei, Houses Blcwn Down. and
Vessels capsised- Damage to
Crops Execution.
,s,ec,o, ,eIeeram 10 the pispatch.l

RALEIGH. N. g., juno L. Yesterday AZ
ternoon a cyclone passed over parts OF
OpsIow county. The first farm u struck
was that OF q. u. Mattccks. 1t wa. ac-
COMMANDED by bsil-stones, which fell IN
great quantities, some Of them being more
than four inches In circumference. The
storm tore ur by the roots all the trees In
Natroeks's orchard; blew of the top Of
his e,n.house; blew down scb00l-houSe
and carried the remnants hundred Yards
away: mashed The side OF his dwelling
house, and completely carried away
sixty acres OF fine cotton, leaving
The ground as naked as II was be-
fore the cotton was planted. The cyclone
passed near Bankers bridge. The schooners
Gold Leaf and Willie b. were capsized,
with keel upwards. with topmsst sticking
In the mud, nearly drowning TWO men who
were caught in the cabin OF the Gold Leaf,
and blowing one man one hundred feet
from his vessel, landing him In tue water,
but, strange TO say, not doing him much
damage. On G. X. Dickson's farm sixty
acres OF cotton, besides corn and other
crops, were destroyed. Striking l..
Koonce's and Il. and w. Peletier's farms,
the damage was very great TO The crops and
buildings.
a 6ONClnO1 SCtlitN anu u ihilt uuhvOi vi
trustees Of the University went to Chapel
Hill this afternoon The attendance OF the
general public Is large, and the exercises
Tomorrow and Thursday will be OF great
interest.
Or. c. &. Duffy, OF New York. died at
Asbeyille to-day. lie has relatives ut New
berne. this State. He was native OF North
Carolina. For some time he had been
,,ra-,tt.,U.r f1nbirIpa in Now York
Decoration.iay services at Newberne were
attended by two thousand persons, mainly
cOlored.
At jacksonville, the county-seat OF Ons-
low county, a brutal negro, George Nc
Nair, was executed to-day for an outrageous
crime. After the crime was committed the
negro fed. He was captured, tried, and
sentenced TO be hanged June 3, 1885. He
appealed 10 the Supreme Court, which con-
firmed the decision OF the lower court. At
the spring term OF the Superior Court Me-
Nair was sentenced TO be hanged May It'll.
lie secured reprieye until to-day from
Governor Scales. Governor Scales has been
greatly ANNOYED by petitions for cOmmutl-
ton Cf sentences and rcspItes, which, when
the cases are examined, are found TO rest on
nothing. Several times recently this sort OF
thing has occurred. McNair Is the twelfth
criminal hanged since Scales has been Gov
ernor. Eight have been lynchcd in that
time.
EX-Unian soldiers here propose 10 the
future TO have a Internationally for both
Federal and Confederate dead on May the
10th. The plan is a good one and may
be adopted. Others think both should fall
on May Both. There are about l 200 Con-
iederate and 1,400 Federal dead here.
During May the State Treasurer issued
ioIty.six drummers' licenses, OF which ten
were TO Richmond firms.
Revenue collections in this district du-
ring May were SG02g0.
To-day the Raleigh Tobacco Exchange
had a meeting at which several new men,
hers were received. IL was officially re-
ported that sales so far this season aggre-
gated over three million pounds, and that
the outlook is very gratifying. 1t Is only
eighteen months since the first sale OF 10.
bacco was held here.
AGAINST PROHIBITION.
The Exchange unanimously adopted
resolutions opposing prohibition, on the
ground that IL would iniure Raleigh's
trade. Tonight call was issued for a
meeting OF businessmen at Tucker next
Friday evening to take action in regard 10
tins matter. To-Day bands are parading
the streets, and the excitement is greater
than at any time since the contest began.
The State Dental Association met to-day,
with a good attendance from all parts Of
the State. The following are the officers
present: J. f. Matthews, president; b. ii.
Douglass, first vice-president; Ii. G. Her
ring, second vice-president; I. NJ. Hunter,
secretary; J. w. Hunter, treasurer. Seye-
raj dentists from other States were wei.
coined, and some new members were re-
ceived.
DR.. w. II. Edwards read paper on
Dental Education, and Drs. +. l.. Turner
and V. Z. Turner read papers on Patholo-
~ and Therapeutics.
This evening, by special invitation. the
Association attended the annual concert at
the Peace Institute, which was the closing
event Of the commencement week.
Changes Of gauge in progress to-day have
caused utmost disorder OF the mails.