The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-03
NORTH CAROLINA TRAGEDY.
Fatal Cycione-Death of General Leven
thorp~-0ther Matters in Raleigh.


RALEIGH. y. c., December o. Special.
General Collett LeyenthOrpe, Lenoir,
died suddenly near there yesterday while
sitting at dinner table al the house OF a
friend. He was an Englishman by birth
and served in the British army. Being IN
this country when the civil war broke out, ne
ioined the Southern troops and was made
colonel and afterwards brigadier-general.
The State Board Of Agriculture VIII h0ld
its regular meeting here Tomorrow.
j. ". Poole. who has been employed ny
the State Board Of Education rs an agent
TO sell lands In Eastern North Carolina be-
longing to the public school tund, Is mere
TO-DAY. and In an interview said he was to
meet Northern parties 10 negotiate the saie
of lands. He expects to meet parties here.
and n sale will probably be consumated.
The mea who arc negotiating for the pur-
chase Of land are capitalists who VIII I'M.
prove and develop il. The tract consists OF
about one million acres.
News has been received here OF sensa-
tional tragedy which occurred at Hender-
sonville. in the western part OF the state,
on SATURDAY. night. A. T.. Posey. promi-
nent Young lewyer. shot and Killed furinan
Forest. also Young man. and resident 0t
Ueudersonyille. \ difficulty had occurred
i'm the course Of the day between
Forest and man named sherman.
the proprietor OF bar-room. ana
Posey was employed as counsel LOT
sherman in the trial which followed. Dur-
ing the progress OF the trial Forey ana Of
est became involved In dispute on matters
connected Herewith. After the conclusion
of the trial the parties met on the sidewalk
above the Globe Hotel. and in front OF Pos
ey's office, and the alteration was renewed
| In the fight which ensued. POsey shot For
eat twice In the chest, resulting IN the lat
ters death in few minutes thereaf ter
Posev Il confined In the county jail.
The North Carolina Teachers lnstltue
was begun here to-day. conducted by rnA
fe,sOr Charles ID. McIyer. large number
of teachers are in attendance.
The members of the supreme Court bencl
and city bar will hold n memorial meetins
Tomorrow in honor Of the late Chief justice
smith. Addresses Of eulogy viii be deliN
cred and resolutions will be passed.
Intelligence has reached here OF another
terrible cyclone in Beaufort comfy. whlrl
killed nine people. farmer named Ed
wards and his wife and four children wer
instantly killed; factory was 'wn dowi
near Washington aud several w0rkine'
killed. This Is the second fatal cyclon'
which has passed through Beaufort count.
recently.
Sheritfs Of Lincoln ard Wayne countle
are the first TO settle taxes for the year wit
the state Treasurer. They made luli SCI
tlement to-day.
liz is rumored here tonight that the Sig
noi. the state organ Of the Republicans
which resumed publication only ie'
weeks ago after several months suspen
sion. will again suspend.
A special dispatch received here io-hlgh
from Trenton, y. c., gives an account ,
the fatal result OF a drunken aiiray In bai
room there. A man named MOruecai ii"o
son stabbed and killed Captain 1. ID. "es
coat, Of the steamer Cleopetra, in the saloo
kept by George L. Andrews. remarkaDl
coincident Of the affair is that the bar-roor
had only been open ten nights When III
tragedy occurred. thus recalling the OF
temperance drama known the world owe
as Ten Nights In Bar-room.'
Information is received here that an eN
tenslye depo-it Of magnetic iron ore ha
been discovered in stokes extending over a
area of twenty miles square. The iron
entirely free from PHOSPHORUS and sulphu
and is believed 10 be Of the nnest grade
any ore in the south. Arrangements are 0
foot 10 inaugurate the manufacture OF III
steel from II.
The authorities OF the Atlantc and DaI
Vile Railway are negotiating for purcna'
T of Piedmont Springs. IN stokes county an
are contemplating the extension OF Tue
railroad 10 that point. They propose
improve and beautify the springs, wnic
is already one of the most popular waterii
places and health resorts in the State.
The ,nnual Methodist Conference, IN Sc
sion AZ Greensboro. voted tonight alter
heated contest TO remove Trinity Colleg
the leading male Methodist institution
the State, 10 Raleigh. The college Is at pr
sent near Hight Point in Randolph count
and the question Of its removal has been y
. main issue OF interest to the Methodist u
nomination Of the State for some time pas
The action Of conference is 1nal.