Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-05
BURNED TO DEATH.
A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT IN MEcKLEN.
BURG COUNTY, NC.
Killed Her child-shos on the Highway
Was 1t an Attempt to
AssssEinRtel
rspecIal telerrnm 20 the nlsn....h. !

Special telegram 10 the Dlspst,h.l
R,hrTgH, n. G., May 4.-Eev. DR..
Joseph Huske, who Tor thirty-seven
years has been rector OF -. Johns Epis-
copsl church ut Fayetteville, mas r.
signed. The yestry have elected hin
rector emeritus, with q liberal suary.
Ills health is very poor.
Miss Lizzie lnglc WIS burned 10 den!h
l. MecSlenuurg county Wednesday,.
Ter clothing caught on fire from burn
ing cOrBst.k.. 4 negro man attempted
to- save her. bat in VAIN. When her
family arrived thoy found her standing
in field naked, hllcaen-d and burned
10 crisp IL some places. Death soon
followed.
Sarah NJ. Drake is 10 jail at Daubury
on the charge OF numbering her innnt
child by pushing down it' throat a piece
of wood OYER tYo inches long aud halt
inch IN diameter.
AS q man named IT, Bell was riding
with bis family on tae public road ncar
Fayetteville hu!lot passed through his
+ check. 70 cannot be- a3'crtaiued whether
/ a. Was on WAS not on attempt at assussina-
ton.
Leading Eopuhiic5ns hero deny to-
day that the delegation chosen 10 rep
resent tho phirl district ut the National
Convention are for Shcrm IA. and say it
is certain they are Tor Blaine il they
think Dec Is 10 receive the nOmin-fOu.
4 writer in the Statewide L0nd unrk
attacks the Hon. y. q. Fowle who is
prominent as q candidate for the guhor-
natorim nomination on the Democratic
ticket, bv saying that he received twenty
thousand dollars IN bonds as fee for his
services in connection with the specihl-
tax bonds matter in 1868, and that Ae
also tried to make the deal with the
Republicans some years ago. In card
that will De published tomorrow Judge
Fowle viii pronounce both charges
false
Yesterday ut Aberdeen, Moor county,
4. L. PAGES cav mill was burned.
loss, sl,2Oo. 10 insurance.
II appears to he understood that Mr..
Pain VIII bc renominated for State
Treasurer, Colonel Saunders for Secre-
tary Of State, Major Finger for Superin-
tendent Of Public Instruction, and
Colonel Davidson for Attorney-General,
though the latter may have opponents for
for the nomination. For Auditor General
Robertss claims will be pressed. as will
those Of Rev. q. W. Sandcrlin, Mr.. Co
horn, Duncan Mclyer, and others, per
haps. Rev Mr.. Sandcrlin announces
his candidacy in a card over lis own
signature.
The eastcrnmOst town in North Caro-
lima is Nantes, in Dare county. 4
Methodist church is to be dedicated
there on the 18th instant. which has the
honor Of being the easterumost house Of
worship in the State.
Work on all three Of Charotte's new
cotton mills IS now in progress. In the |
course of the summer ,hey will be com |
plotcd, and ready for work in the fall.
The headquarters Of the corps OF sur !
veyors on the line Of the proposed Roa- |
noke and Southern railroad are now at
Walnut Cove, Stokes county. The work |
goes On quite rapidly
The name Of Person-Street Methodist |
church here has been changed to Cen
trsl Methodist Episcopal church. The |
cornerstone will probably be laid about |
the Goth instant.
The State secretary Of the Farmers
Alliance reports TAG sub-allisnces as ex-
listing in the State to-day.
Wadesboro IS becoming quite q rail
way centre. The great sandstone quar-
ries there are attracting much attention.
This fine stone is being taken out by
two companies in large quantities An
other railway is now proposed, to extend
from Wadesboro' TO Cauack, Ga. 1t IS
said that the scheme will be pushed.
The contractors say that Raleigh's
new electric-hghting system will be in
operation by the lst of July.
Extensive forest fires are doing much
damage to timber in the eastern part Of
the State. One of these fires was near
Goldsboro' Wednesday.
Rain is greatly needed in three fourths
Of the State. Corn is coming up poorly
in some sections. A good deal Of corn
has had TO be replanted. In the fertile
Catawba section all the crops save spring
oats are reported as looking well. Wheat
is especially fine. There, strange TO say,
the frost did lot hurt the fruit and the
crop will De large.
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