Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-13
In AMBUSH.
ATTEMPT TO AssAssIHATE a EEGRo IN
NORTH CAROLINA.
Two Bullets Take Efect-Au Arrest-gs-
gross Going 70 eeuthern California
Personal Notes.

RALEIGH. y. g., NAV y - Nc STATE alfdl'
, cal Society. which has held Is annual session
at Fayettcvilr. has Adjourned. Or. w. 4.
Ennett, 81 purcaw. We elected president,
and DR.. j. NJ. Baker. Of T4rbnro', secretary.
Eiiz beth CITY VS. chosen ~, The place n
whirh the next meeting all be bcld on the
third Tue,dlyl April. The society adopted
appropriate resolutions relative 10 thc oca'h
OF Or. .. +. Manson. former member. who
recently died az Richmond, Va.
desperate attempt was made in Craven
county, near Dover, 10 asss.>inaie C.c,lr
BcctOu (colorCj) a. he was riding along the
public highway. Men in ambush shot him,
one bullet wonuding him IN the breast and
another cutiing'oT one OF his fingers. :. T..
Humphrey WAS nTrcstcd, AMI was tricd yc.-
terdly, CHARGED VITA the commission OF this
crime. llew5s held TO appear.
Many negroes are leaving the section be-
tween Salisbury and Ashcyillc. ard are
going to live In Southern California. II ap-
pcar' probable that this emigration will be-
come much more extensive.
This year q wheat fair is TO he held ~
S'a'Csyille, and from The energy the people
Of lredell county are showing IN arranging
for il, It viii De a success and on 4 large
scale.
Wilkes county he's issued bonds for The
extension to Wilksboro', it, county-seat, Of
q Railway. \ large force i now euElec0 IN
grading, and tic people are nightly cl'c,fcd
a. The prospect o. railway communication Ut
very carly day.
Winston viii seek TO make her tobacco
lair, to be held the coming autumn. repre-
sentative di.9'ay not only OF the Ic,ourcc-
and chief industry Of that lively town, hut
Of the Piedmont section and Of the tobacco
interest atneraliy.
l. is by 10 means improbable that electro
CITY may be used rs a motive power on The
A~heyillc strect-railwly. Parties from that
city are now examining the Richmond sys-
TEN
1t is learned that many citizens IN parts Of
Beaufort county say that by the MD Of cor
upt Juror, 50 many murdcreIs have escaped
the law that Judge Lynch Is a necessity. or,
IA other words. that they feel Obliged to take
The Law in their own hands. Hence the Par
kcr lyncbing in Much and the Frazier
lynchng last week. The cOroner's jury, Ly
The way, has never been able TO discover The
men who 50 quickly and 50 terribly avenged
Frazlcrs brutal murder 81 Cox.
The rains. which are general and cOpious.
came in time TO DO the cotton crop an meal.
culablc amount Of GOOD. Farmers ran quite
near to a serious drought, and were just be-
ginning to fully realize the danger. Cotton
seed had in some case, laid IN the ground Tor
weeks without sproutns, all for lack OF the
necessary moisture.
The returns secured from al paris ~ The
state by the Department OF Agriculture
leave no doubt Is to the fact that The people
are IN q better condition than a. this time
last year. This applies particularly to the
farmers. They are using less commercial
IL q
they are raising more pork. They list year
began more careful farm work and this year
are CARRYING that plan still further. With
moderate seasons good crops nay be eX-
pCcted and healthy state OF business in the
autumn.
Cherry Jordan and Marinda Jordan are in
jail at Winton, Hertiord county, charged
with numbering the infant child Of the latter
by drowning il in a well. The frSt-namcd
woman Is The chid'S grandmother.
Or. L. &. Jones' pastor Of the First Baptist
church Of Norfolk, will deliver the annual
address june 19th-before the graduating
class at Chowan Baptist Female Institute,
Farmers IN the Blue Ridge section report
the wheat crop n in fine condition.
The present fi,hng season in the north
eastern section Of the State is said 10 be the
dulc,t, with one or two exceptions, in
many years.
Gcid,vlle, one Of the most progressive
places in the state, has voted in favor Of
to ISSUE bond, 10 the amount Of
$4,000 for public Improvements. Only |
twelve votes were cast against it. Reidsyiilc |
will soon have the electric light.
Or. J. +. Miller, superintendent Of the /
cOored insane asylum at Goldsboro', is at I
Norfolk attending The National Convention /
Of lnslne-ASylum Superlntcndenis.
GOidsbOr1'> mCmOratdav exercises will be /
bCld next Monday. The heavy rains pre- |
vented them on Thursday last.
Colonel 4. W. Goodrich has been elected /
mayor Il Henderson.
Clifford Lewis. for many years deputy |
'hcrllI Of Nash county, was found dead IN /
he woods a day or two ago.
News has been received Of a severe /
torm which swept through Nash county. /
he path was q mile IN width. II tore the /
'oci from Haywood Goodman's house, and .
gave his people dreadful fright. Oaks and /
,ihcr trees foot in diameter were torn to /
pieces. The,e was considerable hail.
Pneumonia is reported 10 be quite preya-
ent in the southern section Of Person
county.