Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-09-11
FLOODS IN N. G.
WATERS RISING RAPIDLY IN THE
RIVERS AND BRIOsEs DESTROYER
Yscsisiucns FOR Gurasrers-state officials
Fell iss HstehwAy-- Railroad
aAd Other Kattefs.
.sreciAi toieersn to ,ho nssps,ch.


E1alsR. \. G., September 10. Coy.
ernog scales to-day granted n reouisition
Nrtso ,ugitives from justice made hv
rs Governor Of South Carolina. n i
Ir Emory Uucsins and Allen Locklear
vio committed murder week before last
81 Nerlou county, S. c., and at once
ia % this State.
lle mails sire badly dorsnged bv the
la,y rams. Very little neil arrived
here to DAY, as there were no counec.
t.> owing 90 vashouts west OF Greens
l.tt. small waShout near Selma is
reported law river this morning rose
,..- eight feet IA few hours. aud was
O, p ch ss 70 was over known 20 be. The
f.... CGlc,r here reports the rain of
Yesterday and last night to have been
inches. Since the LIST Of the month
81 inches o. RAIN have fallen,
r1rncrs SWIFT AWAY.
A bujso on Walnut creek near this
C.r wss swept away this morning. AID
rg bridge on Ncuse river at Pools
>l1 miles east Of here. was wrecked.
Secs IS expected tomorrow of heavy
bases o. bridges and iaills. an streams
&C. .tr ogt oi hanks aud in some cases
l.sAn0 corn aud other crops have been
,rtic.y swept away. Travel on country
81. IS IA many cases entirely stoned.
Gle weather tonight is cooler and
{ reatning.
lher, IS reported to be great damage
.v Hood ia black rlver. Mills and
! iN,s are said TO have been swept
seay. The loWland crops are badly
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PROMINENT OFFICIALS.
On inquiring AZ the state immigration
l.nsrir emit this afternoon II was learned
f,. John 4. Patrick, Commissioner OF
mlerauOn, Is very sick with Brieht's
disease.
-ecret'Ty T. X. Bruner, OF the Board
O.. Agriculture. Is expected here to-mor-
Wv. HIS health has somewhat improved.
DID ms been sick for over two months
a uce.iug Vas held at Aewbolne this
afternoon for the purpose OF taking ini-
f.-ary steps IN the scheme for making
ta.t town one Of the most attractive WIN
~ resorts on the coast.
I'LL HEALTH OF COLONEL HOLT.
There are fears that the health OF
c onel Thomas VI. Holt, the Democratic
CD, i5ate for Lieutenant-Goyernor Will
q improve sufficiently 10 permit him to
t. any further part IN the canvass. He
Is set 81 the Buffalo Lithia Springs. Mr..
u 5. Gudger, of Asheville. is taking
l- place IN the canvass, and is meeting
i. G. FrtchaTd, the Republican candi-
o'e fer Leuteuant-GOyernor.
FATALLY INJURED.
Tie mate OF the steamer Eaglet fell
i-m hatchway at Elizabeth City and
received injuries which ere considered.
-afiI. HE occurrence was at night,
wien DO one was near.
Tom Banks (cOlored) has made his es-
ope from Pasquotank county Jail This
..- is pronounced utterly unfit for use as
prison or place of detention.
duch interest Is felt in the approach
i1r reunion OF the gallant old Sixth
North Carolina infantry az Durham.
-a!S was Colonel Charles Fishers re2i-
&. .rt, and was one Of the best in the
service.
Iho Atlantic Hotel at Morehead City
b, closed for the season.
TIE eleven miles Of railway track be-
tween Stokeslale and Madison are to be
-4 with rail at once.
FoVle and pockery spoke to-day at
Walnut Cove, Stokes county.
RAILROAD IMPROVEMENT.
The Richmond md Danville railroad
I'll build a $4,000 depot at Green's
horo II it can secure suitable ground, it
IS stated.
I he various committees Of the Raleigh
Chamber of Commerce and Industry
net this evening to map out work. The
chamber, il is felt, viii he great lever
IN eleYaiing Raleigh. The members are
enthusiastic. and the community is hope
lul Of the best results.
ADvICEs FROM CHARLOTTE.
Especial telegram to the DispstchI
CHAEIOTrT. \. c., September TO-
Continued rain is beginning to cause
asrm here. reports come IN Of over
loving streams IN many parts of the
state. Laulslides along the Western
Aar,h Carolina railroad are also re-
r-ei. No trains have run over that
-.-I since Saturday.
crops are greatly damaged. Reports
q. u,structlon by high water are nu-
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