Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-09
BOYLE'S CASE.
TRIAL or THE RALEIGH PRIEST TO
COMMENCE IN SEPTEMBER.
Sensational Facts Expected-Nc Wonder
They sickencd--Miiitary-A mystic
rious Light--Notes.
Special telegram to tho p,p.,cs.l


Septanber aSd in this city. In some way
an idea has prevailed that the trial, IN
which so much interest is naturally felt,
vonld begin tins month. Boyle Will have
able counsel. II Is said thai the trial viii
develop some very sensational facts. Every
stage Of ii will be eagerly watched.
40 WONDER.
Mention has been made of the fact that
party Of soventy-two young ladies and
gentlemen who attended picnic near
here last June were affected most seriously
by drinking water from a disused well and
that thirty-two Of them have had typhoid
fever, there having already been four
deashs. All are well-kno~n people of tho
best families. Yesterday the well was
cleaned out Several dead animals, ~,
GLIDING muskrat, and also many dead
frogs were found. The well has been hLed
up. II was only six feet deep.
oRIssoM. AGAIN.
The people Of Middle Creek township,
this county. will hold an indignation meet
ING next Saturday TO protest, as SO many
Others have done. against the retention OF
Dr. GIBSON as superintendent OF the IN
sane ASYLUM here. The people OF Wake,
which il the largest county IN the STATE,
are in dead earnest about TINS matter. a
member Of DR.. Grissoms family was AZ an
indignation meeting in Swift Creek town.
attend the Middle-Creek meeting. II was
learned yesterday that man named Wat
son, formerly an attendant at the asylum,
has been rcappointed 20 the same position.
He was witness during the now famous
investigation In favor of DIR. Grissom.
STATE UNIVERSITY.
The trustees Of the State University, at
Chapel Hin. have on the recommendation
Of the faculty accepted an offer made by
the students Young Mems Christian AsSo-
citation I'm regard 20 the management OF the
cvmnasium Bv this arrangement the
faculty have approved the nomination by
the association Of Lacy L. Little, of the
class of 1889, a. the instructor IN gynnas-
tics. Mr.. Little. who Is now at tho Young
Mems Christian Association training
school at Springfield, Mass, will take
charge nj the beginning OF the next ses-
SION. September 9TH.
The capacity of the Unsatisfactory at
FAYETTEVILLE is TO be doubled. The neces-
sarv machinery has been ordered.
Four white BOYS of ages ranging from
seven 70 twelve years ran away from then
homes in this city a day or so ago and got
as far away rs GoldsborO', where they were
all arrested 10y the police. They have been
sent to their homes.
NOVEL METHOD.
A daring and desperate white woman
a husband in the North Carolina penlten-
tiary. resorted TO very novel method OF
securing signatures to petition Tor par
don. She went over into RObeson county
and then made the rounds. In one hand
she carried the petition, and IN the other
hand large revolver. She made no
threats but II was a noticeable fact that
in not a single case did her application for
signature fail to be promptly granted.
MILITARY.
An artillery company has been organized
al GoldsbOrO', and several infantry cOnpa-
MES at various points. 1t Is useless work,
as no more troops viii be equipped, GER
talnly for the present, as there are no arms
available. There is also the full number OF
companies allowed by law. This State
clothes its troops and keeps them ready
for field service at all times and 10 do TINS
exhausts its available means.
The papers are having great deal 10 say
about the people of Marion for their
failure to arrest Ed. Brown, the murderer
of Colonel Roger j. Page. 1t is said that
every man IN the place knew that Brown
was looking for Page to shoot him at sight,
and yet not one man attempted to prevent
the crime.
CANNERrEs.
The canneries are doing quite well,
though the decay of fruit, particularly
peaches. due to the wet weather, Is quite a
drawback, but a great deal will be done:
The manufacture Of fruit brandy this
wear will be on a larger scale than ever be
fore. This will be the case IN all parts OF
the State, but particularly in the western
section. hundreds, IN fact thousands, Of
small stills viii be IN operation.
ID. g.. McDuflie is making the survey for
the proposed Fayetteville and Albemarle
railway.
SENSATION.
There is a sensation in Wilkes county
growing out of what Is a singular phe-
nomenon. At the house OF man named
Amos Watson % mysterious light appears
at about O'Clock every night. II seems
TO be a reflected light and Is as large as the
moon. Ii the hand IS put in the light the
former IL not visible. The light Is rs large
a. the moons apparent size. IL remains
visible until about \. NJ, and soon after
its disappearance there Is roaring
noise somewhat like that made by rail-
way train. and later a sound resembling
that produced by striking heavy blows on
an empty barrel. Hundreds of people have
seen the light and heard the noises, IN
some cases night after night, yet no ex-
PLANTATION has been offered. The above
statement as TO the phenomenon IS yOuched
for by the best people IN the county.
1t Is very gratifying 10 know that there
Is a very great Increase In the area IN
is l.43 per cent. since 1888. The COmmis-
sioner OF Agriculture says he has yet TO see
farmer growing grain and the grasses and
engaged in stock-TaiSing who Is mot sue
ceedlng and making money and who IS not
a. a rule happy and contented.
GoTIEB ARRESTED.
Gotier. the mOonshneT who shot Mrs.
Fam, in Cumberland county, has beon
arrested and is now III Jail. Sheriff Fisher
and posse of eleven men surrounded his
house this morning at daylight and sent
o friend 10 tell Gotier of the cOndltio OF
things. whereupOn he surrendered. Nus.
Iann's condition is serious.
The rice planters along the Cape Fear
are discouraged at the prospect OF another
freshet The Commissioner Of AgricU1-
ture returned to-day from Mt. Holly Fair.
lie says that there Is another great freshet
in the Peedee river and that 80 per cent. of
the corn crop in the low-lands along that
stream is destroyed.
ESCAPED.
Thomas Wood, of Harnett county. who
was sent TO Carthage jail TO await court,
escaped last night through "a hole cut In
the wall.
In Montgomery county yesterday two
negroes named Pankey and Leak had q
quarrel. but parted without blows. Pankey
went of, borrowed a gun, returned TO
where Leak MttS, anu ttllptiditlN ouoL III
down. The load of large shot took effect
in the neck. Death was almost instanta-
neous. Pankey fled and has not yet been
captured.
DROWNED.
Two negroes have been drowned in
Northampton county while floating logs
The logs turned throwing them into the
water. They attempted TO climb upon the
logs. but the latter were slippery. The men
became panic-stricken and sank, refusing
10 grasp poles which were extended to
them.
Upon inquiry at the State Treasury to-
day It was learned the Grissom investiga-
tion has cost IS 000 mainly for per diem u
the Board OF Directors and witnesses.
The bad weather has at last ended, TO the
great JOY OF the farmers. The rains have
prevented outdoor work to "A degree un.
pTecedeuted at this season, and as q result
the penitentiary sustalns loss of Sl2,0O(
or $4,000, as convicts have been unable to
work and the expenses OF maintaining
them hnye hepn prqaf A ugugI