Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-09-06
NORTH CAROLINA.
Severely cut--sad prswning-Hesyy
Rains-Rsiirsad Eat,srs-A Sheriff
in Treaels; Deckery also.
Especial telegram to uAs Dispatch,

met at the dwelling Of some OF their
friends in the suburbs But few words
passed between them before they en-.
gagged in an affray, in which Sheppard
was stabbed in the left breast inst above
the heart by Rodgers. Sheppard is re-
ported in n critical condition. The
wound is bleeding internally. The diff
Guilty is the result OF an old feud.
YOUNG MAN DROWNED.
Willie FArrow, aged seventeen, was
drowned day before yesterday off Ma
sonboro' Beach. In company with C..
{. Mckinney and John Farrow be went
over the inlet in whale. boat 10 fish.
When cut four miles from shore heavy
cloud came, and they set sail for shore.
When a mile from shore a squat struck
them. capsizing the boat. All three
could swim, bat Mckinney and John
Fsrrow, doubling whether Willie Far
1oa vas able TO make the shore, nd
,.soi him TO cling to the boat while
they would swim and return with
another boat 20 pick him up. As they
reached the shore they turned and saw
Willie Farrow borne up on a heavy
wave He disappeared and was seen no
more The body has not been recovered.
Last night Thurman Jowls was taken
10 Goldsboro' Jail from Wilson, where
De- vas arrested He is charged with
nrming the house of Edward Coor. in
Fork township, Wayne county. This is
capital CRIME.
LIBRARY SOLD.
The Wilmington Library Association
las Sid its library and fixtures to the
Young Mems Christian ASSOCIATION Of
taai city.
The iron-rail track between Winston
ani Greensboro is TO be replaced at
once bv steel rails, while the old iron
rsis are 10 be used on the Winston and
Nikesboro' railway rs far as graded.
dnch rain is falling tonight, and
there are signs of more. Lands are
very wet
HEAVY RAINS. ETC.
4 report to the Weather Bureau here
states that in the Goldsboro' section more
rsin has fallen since September came in
tlsn fell IN June, July. and August
The Third party hoisted its banner here
r. front Of headquarters. The banner
lcsrs the following inscription PRO
libtion headquarters. Orr candidates,
Fisk and Brooks, Walker and Hammond.
Vote with sober men. Saloons must go.
no compromise with liquor evil" II is
nid TO-DAY that the Republicans will fur
1.-h money to run the Ihird-party organ
that Is to be started in Durham.
DURHAM FAILURE.
Johnson a Goodwin, dealers in gene
ral merchandise at Durham, have failed.
Their liabilities are 5000; assets,
$1,000. They are Chatham-county men,
and Mr.. T. B. Womack, of PIttsboro',
IS the assignee.
It's rumored that Mr.W q. Burkhesd
lte editor Of the Durham Tobacco PUNT,
will become the editor Of the Third party
PAPER which is to be published at Dur
Jam. The Plant Is bitter antl-Third
priy paper. The Ihird-party people
ire now plainly called "the assassins Of
temperance reform.
4 new stockade is being constructed
a. the penitentiary. 1t takes in more
ground than the old one, 30 as TO afford
lore space for work in the enclosure.
Colonel A. B. Andrews went 10 Dur
lam to-day and received the Durham
and Oxford railroad from the contractors.
FEPUBIICAS SHERIFF S TROUBLE
The tsx-list of Wake county is now
ready for the sheriff The county COM
la.ssioners will not permit him to take it
until MS bond Is strengthened, and If it
S. not so strengthened it is reported that
the board will appoint tax.collector.
he sheriff is q Republican. 1t is ru-
mored that some of tine sureties on his
bond are bankrupt
Regular trains begin to run from Dur
ham 10 Richmond next Monday. The
Tine Will be five hours.
The survey for the route of the re-
Gently organized Bergan and Onslow
Ialroad Is 70 be made at once under di-
r,ction Of General Manager q. A. Ram
fAy.
The Goldsboro' negroes are arranging
i'r the holding Of al industrial fair next
month.
CAPE FEAR AND YADKIN ROAD.
Three gangs Of laborers are now
cra ing the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley
,Atension cast Of Fayetteville. President
CRAY saws he is well pleased at the ra-
plIty OF the work.
Inc expenditures for quarantine and
s4utstion at Wilmington will be $4,000.
Bu; tue city is well guarded.
DOcKERY AT A DISCOUNT.
II is said that Dockery is making so
little progress in his joint canvass with
Foule that some Republicans desire him
T. abandon i. There is general d!ssatis-
faction all along the line, and of course
Docaery gets his share OF the anlmad-
versions.
At Durham the Parrish Warehouse
Company has been organized with $780,
COO capital
The commissioners Of this county are
nitr the Iepublicsn sheriff, j, Rowan
Gogers. 1t Is said that his bond is IN
sufficient The commissioners are giving
TIE matter careful investigation.
4 large revival is in progress at the
Central Methodist Episcopal church
here.
Attempts are being made to raise
funds for the maintenance OF the Fay
oi,evile graded school by popular sub
tcrption.
Great interest is shown m this section
a. the State in the Virginia Exposition.
IL the railway fare is placed at a low
figure it will insure large attendance.
Cebern Durham committed suicide
saturday in Chatham county by hang
ing himself from limb of q tree near his
larn He had been OF unsound mind
bJme months. His son found HIM and
cut him down as he was dying.
VIRGIsIA-MIOLAND DAMAGES