Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-20
NORTH CAROLINA.
LIGHT ON TEE WILMINGTON SUICIDE
MYSTERY.
Supposed 20 be q Son Of Mr.. W. @. z. Fray
ser-Horrible Desth-stabbing-
Political.
Ispeeisl telegram TO the DispAtoh.l J

N
from an extended trip in counties bor-
dsTing on the Cape Fear reports th.
crops in q fourishiug condition and the
prospects for an abundant harvest good.
This is additional testimony in support
Of What was said yesterday upon this
subject.
Coroner Jacobs, Of New Hanover
county, has received a telegram from
Danyille. Va, signed BY W. 6. Z
Frayser, as follows:
1.-The suicide WAS, fear, my son.
P. c. Frayser, who passed under the
assumed name Of George Wilson.
Please give further particulars, and a.
so what disposition WAS made OF the
Itmsins."
The Coroner wrote 20 Mr.. Frayser
,r 3 gave all the information in his pos
session. Frsyser Was the man who
committed suicide at Wilmington lsst
Saturday by shooting himself through
the heart. II was 81 first thought that
be was from Richmond.
Th. grading Of what is knsFo as the
Blue. Wing railroad from Oxford has
begun.
Thomas G. Skinner, the present con
gresham from the First district, is
Baptist. Latham was nominated and
| skinner defeated. Much surprise hss
been provoked by sn editorial in the
Biblical Recorder, which is the official
organ OF the Bsptists in the State.
This says, in effect, that the nomination
is distasteful 10 that denomination
The editorial says fnrther: " The
nomination of Latham will. IN all pro5s-
bility, give the district to the Republi-
cans. Fifteen thousand members Of our
church.. in the First congressional dis
uict have our sympathy. Even the
party l,sh vigorously applied will hard
/ lv be able 20 fll them with enthusiasm
in the coming election" The editor Of
he paper, Rev. c. T. Bailey, is Viz
ginisn.
TARIFF-RATK CONVENTION.
The Tarif.Ra,e Convention is in sss-
sion at Asheville. About fifty dele.
gates are present. All the leading
southern lines are represented.
Burglars have ceased 10 operate At
Wilmington, and are now annoying the
people st Durhsm. A desperate at
tempt vas made By negro burglar 70
rob the house Of Z. II. Lyons. A
daughter Of the latter discovered the
burglar in her room. Her screams
brought her father to her rescue.
Il is now settled shs. the operations
on the Ysdkin railroad from Salisbury
will begin in October.
A large number Of people left to-day
for Rutherford College TO be present at
the tabernacle services there. These
services began to-dsy and continue 3
fortnight. They are under the auspices
Of the Local Methodist Preachers Con
ference. Ii was expected that Talmsge
would preach there. bat be has con-
cluded 10 stay in the West and lecture.
and no; return 10 North Carolina.
THE REFUBLICAN ROW.
Many letters are coming in from Re
publicsus in various counties endorsing
ihe Convention Of that party September
+ %. Ii is row assured that the Con-
yention will be held and largely at
tended. 1t will prepare q platform
whose main plank will be opposition to
county government. That Is nov GER
tain 70 he on the programme. By this
action the party hopes to gain strength
il the western counties. IL Is 10 be
the entering wedge to fore. apart the
Democratic party.
HORRIBLE DEATH.
A si1.year-oid daughter of William
kirc. Of Sampson county. las met .
mos; horrible death. In some unsc-
countable manner her head was caught
ard crushed 10 a cider.miil. Death vas
almost instantaneous.
Yesterday afternoon, Thile a couple
Of colored baseball clubs were playing
a match-gsme Of ball at Wilmington.
they became involved in row, which
terminated in free fight. JOB Poisson
received a dangerous cut in the back. II
is alleged that John Maxwell did the
cutting, and . warrant has been issued
! for hls arrest. Maxwell received = Sc
we're blow upon the side Of his head.
/ Poisson's wound may result fatally.
Nearly all the Republican ofhce-hold-
/ ers N this State are now things Of the
past. The postmaster, or rather post
mistress Of Concord yet holds the fort
Her name IS Miss Dusenbury. She IS 8
Republican sppointee. Repeated al
;eupts TO secure her removal have
failed. II is now asserted that Paul b.
Means. Of Concord. i the man who has
secured her safety. The matteris pro-
yoki1g considerable comment among
! democrats.
Miss Mamie Hstchett, formerly Of
| Virgins. but now editing the Southern
Woman al Henderson. is making an a.
tempt 10 organize a southern women's
press association. She publishes long
/ list Of women who own or edit southern
papers. She Is the only one in tia
/ State.
sEvERE sTABBING AFFRAYs.
There is 4 good deal Of excitement;
at Troy, Montgomery county, growing
out Of serious stsbbiDg afirsys there.
In The past few days there have been
four in that ordinarily peaceaols com
munity. A man named Morris fatally
stabbed John Saunders Tuesday. Sun
day two brothers named hammond
foueht-ope disembowelled the other
with a knife. The deaths Of the latter.
as well as Saunders. are expected. 4
man named Freemsn has died Of wounds
inflicted last week.
lis now an assured fact that rail
way will be constructed TO the foot OF
Roam mountain, and that a gravity road
will be constructed from its terminus 20
| CloudlAnd Hotel, on the summit Of the
mountain. That is the highest hotel IN
this country.
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.