Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-07-21
A LIVELY INCIDENT.
THE lRATE FATHER GAVE THE BRIDE
A THRASHlNC.
Difficulties Of Marrying Ina North Caro-
lina-Two Fatal Accidents--An
Important Confession.
EsnecIaI telegram to tho nIspatsh.l

| KALEiGH, n. T., July NJ. ~. DOckcrY,
| United States Consul to Rio de Janeiro
( left this State for Brazil to-day.
/ The Baptist Orphanage Association will
/ meet at 1homasvlle on July 30. 1899. at
/ which time there will be observed an inte-
/ resting programme. The sermon viii be by
/ Rev. J. ;. Hardaway. Of Oxford. The lay
/ ing Of the cornerstone of the new building
| will take place. The address viii be deliv-
/ cred by Rey.J. W. Carter, ID. D.. of Raleigh.
/ A lively occurrence is reported from
/ Creswell, Washington county A night or
{ since Justice Howell was called upon at IL
[ r. VI. 90 marry a couple. They came TO
/ his Office when he was ready 90 retire, and
as they seemed TO be IN hurry he went
out in his shirt-slccves and made them
man and wife. They Immediately left for
home and when about mile from town
they met the lrate father of the bride, who
had started 10 look for bis daughter. lie
at once began 90 give the bride thrash
ing. The groom tried 20 protect her. aud
during the mt<o plstol-shOt was fired.
/ The bride and groom took 20 the bushes
and the father came TO town and called up
the justice who had married them, de-
handing q warrant for the groom for an
assault with deadly weapons. II was past
midnight when the warrant was issued.
Next day at 10 o'clock Benjamin H.ll, the
groom, was aIraigned for trial found gull
ty, and required 70 give bond for his APP
pearauce AT court.
Early this week. in PasquOtank county,
a negro boy Matthew Banks seventeen
years old committed an assault on lttie
girl less than fifteen years old as she was
going from the house of some relatives.
/ The little girl instantly returned 10 the
nearest house and reported the fact 90 the
people, who a. once procured warrant for
the arrest Of tho boy. Officers arrested the
negro that night about o'clock, and COM
mittod him 10 Jail.
SINGULAR ACCIDENT.
Harry Lewis WAGNER Of EdgecOmhe
county. lost his life under very singular
circumstances yesterday morning. he was
driving q double team. when the birdie OF
ms horses came OF. He got down 10 put
it on again when a train came up. Tho
team began TO jump and lunge. and
plunged the wagon-tOnguc into the driver s.
breast, forcing 10 clean through his body.
Tom MILFORD, "a negro about twenty-five
years old. was arrested at IarbOro' }ester-
day morning by the Chief Of Police upon
information Of his having stabbed another
negro Sunday night i'm Enfield.
The confession of q prisoner is reported
| from rutherford county. Samuel Halford,
under sentence Of death with Robert y.
/ Willis for burglary, has made an affidavit
/ that Willis is innocent Of the crime That
he willis waited at "a certain church on
the night of the burglary while Halford
and John Stewart got tine money and that
Willis knew nothing of it. lie explains
how Wills came m possession of part Of
the money by saying that be owed Wills,
and that Willis aitervari borrowed money
from him. This affidavit has been sent 90
the Governor with view % procuring
pardon for Willis.
HARD OS JOHN.
A negro from Reidsvillc y. c., applied
for n position in the mail service as route
agent A letter came from Mr. Wanama-
ker. POstmastcr-General a few days ago
notifying him of his appointment. The
letter found the negro iu the penitcntiary,
he having in the mean time got into some
mischief
Fatal Accident.
Last evening IN Catawba county M the
house of William Patterson lcolorcd) "a
fatal accident occurred. Ida Phifor, "a cole
orod girl. was playing arounda feed-cutter.
The knife was thrown back with its sharp
edge standing up and the girl fell on II, Inc
tlictng a cut half way around the body 10
such an extent that the iutestines fell out.
The liver was even cut. Death occurred
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