Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-30
NORTH STATE.
COLLECTING PORTRAITS OF THE GOV
ERxORs OF NORTH CAROLINA.
Farming Matters-charged with Robbing
the Eail-Dead on the Track.
Boiler Bnrst-Personal.
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RALEIGH, n. c., March 29.-Goy-
eTnor Scales is meeting with success
that grstities him in his efforts to secure
portraits of North Cardinals Gov
errors. Not one is now owned by the
State. He has assurances that ali will
b sent. 0il-poriraits Of Governors
Morehead, Graham, and Worth are
promised. Some Of the other portraits
will be crsyons or photographs.
The farmers report TO the Depart
ment Of Agriculture that they are from
two TO three weeks ahead in their work
as compared with last year.
A man giving the name Of Micajah
Love, from Ysncey county, is under ar
rest at Asheville. lie is charged with
having robbed the post-ofiice at Ivy.
Buncombe county. That Office was
robbed OF registered letters. Checks
were found on Love.
Iey. V. II. Goodwin. a prominent
clergyman of Georgia, died Saturday at
Whittier, Sweyne county.
At the Warm Springs a few days
ago the body of man named Jefier-
son Corse was found on the railway
track. IT was terribly maugled by a
train which had passed over 1t, but
there were evidences that the man had
been killed and the body placed
there TO conceal the crime. Two men.
Robert Caldwell and John BRYANT,
were arrested charged with the crime.
These men had been seen with COrse
but q little while before the train came
ny. There was evidence to this effect.
Bryant. after examination, was dis
charged. Caldwell is held.
The county Of New Hanover has Of
lered q reward for the capture of Alex
ander Stewart, s negro, who escaped
from jail Friday at Wilmington. Heis
supposed to have fled north.
Track-walkers on the railway seven
miles from Wilmington found the body
Of q white man sixty yards from the
track lie had evidently been there seve-
RAJ days. He was cutie well-dressed and
appeared 10 he about thirty-fye years
old. In ms pockets we're found a box
Of rat-poison aud letter giving his
name as Lewis Fl. Fales. and requesting
that the keys on his person be sent his
brother. Gilbert D. lales. Westiield,
Mass. IL was clear case Of suicide.
At Narrenton a very curious case
has been compromised. Some months
ago a man named Petit inflicted a very
serious wound upon another named
Beavans. Both were men OF means.
Beavans sued for 10000 damages.
The case was removed from Halifax
county. where the affair occurred. 20
Warren county. There the parties met
Saturday. were reconciled. and the mat
ter was compromised by Petit paving
5000 and costs.
During q high wind Saturday a mar
named Montague was burning tar IN q
kiln IN Pender county. The kiln eS-
ploded. The fire ignited the turpentlne
forest, destroying the trees on hundreds
Of acres and three houses on the farm
Of a man who was a nei-hbor Of Mon
tague's.
As L. T.. Powell and a man named
Waters were testing steam-englne in
Caswen they put on too much steam.
The boiler burst, partially wrecking
the house. going quite a distance and
passing over the heads Of both men.
and into another building. Mud and
water were thrown on several bystand-
ers. but, strange to say, no one was
hurt.
At Lincoln County Court this week,
man named Massey is on trial charged
with burning Planet mills, his Own pro-
perty, ID order to secure the insurance
thereon.
There is a growing belief that the
fires at Wilmington are Of incendisry
origin.
Philemon Holland. reading.clerk Of
the Senate and = well-knOwn young
lawyer, died Saturday at Newberne.
lie was there on a visit. having recently
become a resident OF Fayetteville. His
age was twenty-eight.