Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-01-19
REMARKABLE CASE.
THE WORK or A YOUTHFUL BUY
AR-KNlFE AND PISTOL
Fatal Acknowledgements
Case--A Horrible Death
Drowned.
rs,ec,al telegram TO tho Dlspssoh.I

rspec.ai telegram to tho Dispstn.i
Cu.nIorrr, n. c.. January ls.-,Pernsi,,,
.be nost remarkable case OK burglary ess'
recorded in this State was developer
terdav at Beaver Dam. in Union coun nars
Johnny Little. an orphan Lad hlteen wing
old was arrested, charged WIN M the
o.a in The mat month burglarized tnv
ros;dence of David Foreman. IN otaniL,
conntv. The case was worked up ~ I'D
tectivcs, and when the boy was RPnw;e-
under arrest no had then G. iaI IT, DJ Jsvs.
knife, pistol, and bunch OK lalsu or r he
He admitted his guilt, and toie no had
had hid some of the money Whlcn The
secured from Mr.. Foremap's trunk. ;dsn
jed eo;d he had mado "a few good raius
with his knife and pistol in hana, az 20
seemed to think no had done sonlesnei emily
no nrnnd of He comes from agood lalsi1
of peonla and because he Is an orpua"
child much sympathy is expressed ioi Ia IT,,
sitbo,,on the lad does not seem 70 'e sn ~
his serious position. lie IS now III JAZZ
Albemarle.
KILLED BY BURST.
In yodkin county Thursday Jonah ur,
rows (colored) was in the WOODS pun. ,;IS
with musket. lie loaded his gun ue , y, :,
60 ,vben rabbit Jumped up before nlua
me pulled the trigger, the. gan exPi ,oiiiny
bursting INTO hundred pieces anu A'AA'
Burrows instantly. po.,.o- The
II is learned that Carson farheE, W.
Methodist preacher outcast VINO lee.r nns
died at a saloon at PUEBLO, Col.' Wa o, C IN
t,,ne a member of the North Carolina Noh-
fo c, Of the Methodist Episcopal Churcn'
south. and during the war rodo inc 49, 80
andria circuit for two years he Is IelI Ill
hered "a a preacher of extraordlnoty Di
i;oncv bnt eighty, rs was also ms wlle.
Vb;Ie n-eachinq in Alexandria ne leu aseiy
a vouno 0irl OF excellent family, anu 10
fbis mo was unfrocked and lett the ola t' -
DISGRACE. He came TO North Croilla si 10
virginia. and was probably native VI '"0
latter state.
ALARMED.
u rovos collector for Western North
Carolina. il becoming alarmed aoous ~
confirmation by tho United states oe saht
Ii is reported that strong faction - a. t,-
ING the confirmation. IL was heJe99S ha-
Zorro he was able 10 secure the appointmehti;
md now a rejection by the Senate wouio
not cause great surprise.
FATAL ACCIDENT.
Dav before yesterday a fatal accio .,n..
happened TO Miss jennie johnson III 49,. -
comfy. She went driving with y0uuS
man and the horse became frightened Iu ~.
dashed OF at furious rate, capo'z'Is w
buggy and throwing both parties VloIentl!
AGAINST 9 tree. The young man was noi
bnrt verv bad, but Miss Johnson's ne'lu
struck a tree aud her skull was crusneu'
She cannot recover.
CURIOSITY.
Henry Mills. Of Norwood. STANLEY co'in-
~ has q genuine curiosity IN the way o.
silver dollar 1t is dollar tDat ne g3'
from President Jefferson DAVIS III hpru'
1853. when Sir. DAVIS was on ms WAY Holu
Richmond to Charlotte. Mr.. mis- happen-
ed nj that time TO be or the ladKih rl'e!'
between Greensboro aud SALISBURY ~
tendinr the ferry, and had the honor 81
forryire Nr. Davis, family, and his stau
across. In paving him for ms services nr'
Doyis let him have this silver dollar Mr
Mills APPRECIATES the coin very mucu
and made a mark on it. Ile has kept II
ever since. Tho date OF II IS lSoD. Mt.
Mills conversed freely with Mr. DAVIS az
that time and c8n recollect distinctly What
was said on the occasion. -,
Tom Kelly. & desperate negro was haoly
stabbed IN a drunken row in NautaSa
county night before last. He went TO q
frolIc and got INTO row with other
drunken negroes. Two others were serl-
ously hurt.
The merchants banquet which is to no
eiyen bv the Charlotte Chamber Of Com
jnerce the 18th Of next month promises to be
a most elaborate affair. Governors foWle
of North Carolina, Mckinney OF Virginia
Ricardsor Of South Carolina. and Gordon
of Georgia have all been invited and
urgontlv requested to attend and make
speeches. Besides these a great number 81
other prominent people have been invited
and are expected.
J. r. Hart, o prominent contractor and
builder Of Union county, Is dead.
PECULIAR CASE.
News reaches hero of peculiar case in
Stokes county. Thursday evening Miss
Mamie Kinney was married to Young
man by the name Of Thompson. After the
ceremony had been performed and the
pretty bride was being congratulated she
happened to discover that her newly-msde
husband had taken drink of whlskey Just
before tho marriage. She had believed
him to be q temperance-man, and finding
that she had been deceived at once au-
nounced that she would refuse TO live with
her husband All attempts at a reconciha-
ton avail nothing and the young lady de-
chnes to live with Thompson as his wife.
He is at q loss to know what TO do about the
matter
THE ToBE SANDERS MINE.
A letter received tonight from Mont
gomery county brings some news about
the famous lobe Sanders gold-mine. A
correspondent visited the mine day before
yesterday. At the mine he met half n
dozen milliOnaiies from the North and
West, among whom were Senator j. c.
Spooner and Hon. II. +. Taylor, of Wiscon-
sin (the recent purchasers OF the pro-
perty) Senator George Hearst. OF Cali
fornia; John 4. Kirk, ESQ.,. of Washington
city, and several others came down TO see
nnd know for themselves the truth as TO
its reputed great value. Two blasts were
made on 4 clearly exposed vein located at
the bottom and about the middle of the
main shaft. which is not moro than thirty
feet deep, and from these Two blasts not
less than $1,000 worth of pure gold mug
gets was quickly gathered up, and this
does not include gold that was yet TO be
.S6sfS s: TH4 i5' %o3o up =
with visible particl2 eari TO :eIs Petal.
Senator Hearst wa/ D. mnes OF California
he had seen the q rehest gold deposit b
had ever seen. DBowNrD.
bed Methodist preacher b
An old colo2 xtey was drowned "a ale
the name Of ~ Wednesday, re Tas walk
ghany cou1/ross creek ana ie.i. b I.d.,, o..
ing log 1Ot sYlr' alu " Il, .,." 80
James [;s bel in Polk county day 0
dead VIZ 'i Ho o was very dissiPated, end it i
two a1irank a quart OK whiskey Just betor
re- HORRIBLE DFATH.
, Edward Fuller was killed in most hor
= rible manner IN Moore COUNT yestet9iay
> Ue Nos atfondiug the saving OF some log
at at ",.y and accidentally fell on III
SIZING /. Ts" saw 'l He was cat up IN terrible
name being s ssg 6 t9St MS h Ss4, Tp
mutiatcd. Fuller was thiiIy years Ola an'
Wi VII Pat (colored). brakeman OF
the Caroline Central railroad. was killed a
Hamlet yesterday. lie, was acting as
cnmnier and was crushed btwoen two cars
cona,ng almost instant death. Pratt haC
besn in the employ of The Carolina Contra
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