The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-19
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS
HlGHWAYMeN'S CRIMES NEAR
WHINING

state Commissioner of immigration
Resigns-Cape Fear River Low-rerrif
! ic Hail Storm-Gieanings.
/ RALEIGH, y. c., July is Special. -
People Of Wilmington and the surroundin!
country are reported W. be in "a great stat,
Of CONSERVATION and indignation in c0nso
quence Of the murder by highwaymen O
Nathan Fails, IN nonensye old whit,
men have been terrorzing people arounC
Wilmington for seve-al weeks. and HAY,
waylaid and robbed a number OF people.
The fact has Just come out that the sheriff
Of the county is in Maine on pleasure tril
where hc has been for several months
The people are very indignant over IN,
state OF affairs, and there is talk of hOldinl
an Indignation meeting 10 take some actor
IN regard 10 the absence of the sheriff
There i7 also great alarm. and the fisher
men and truckmen were in q Itlsh ycster
day evening tO sell ont and get 10 thcil
homes before dark overlook them. Il i,
reported that people were stopped by high
waymen early this morning while goinl
into Wilmington.
$3.50 reward for the murdcrcrs of Fails, ant
the mayor of W ilmingtOn has telcgraphct
Governor FOwle 10 offer an additional re-
ward.
The resignation Of Peter NJ. Wilson, as
state Commissioner of immigration. Wa-
rendered at the last meeting Of the Board OF
Agriculture and was made public to-day
Mr.. Wilson is secretary Of the state A-ri-
cultural Association and recently hccJm,
secretary OF the West End Land improve
mcnt Company of Winston, which made hie
duties -O onerous that he decided 20 resign
as Commissioner of immigration.
owing tO the low stage Of water iu Cape
Fear river. which is reported tO Doe unprc-
ccdentcd. communication between VIII
mingt0u and Fayetteville by steamers has
been stopped for several days. The steam
crs Hurt AND MurchisOn are tied up at Fay
ettcyillc and the Cape Fear is at Elizabeth
town unable 10 proceed.
Reports are received Of a terrific hail
storm i'm Nash COUNTY,. which did heavy
damage to crops. Il. H. Ricks, am eNten-
~lNc tobacco planter. suffered $1,000 damage
t0 tobacco alone, and the destruction of corn
in that section amounted To fully as much.
Richard Sessions, farmer living near
idrh1rO. made two unsuccessful attempts
at suicide day before Yesterday, lleleit hi,
pl0W in the field. went To- hl, house. got "a
pistol and was attempting 90 shoot himself.
when he was discovered and the weapon
was taken from him. Later ho went into
town and got a bottle Of lmIdanm. which
he took. \ doctor was sent for and found
life almos, extinct, but after persistent
work succeeded in reyi,ng Sessions.
Active efforts are being set on foot here
tl induce the Atlantic Coast Line t0 extend
81 U .H
ana Raleigh Railroad, t0 this city. il now
has 10, terminus at spring Hope, small
hamlet in Nash county. about twenty-five
miles from the city. and as 10 now stands
the branch Dee of little consequence. Il
extended here n would Dee Of great
value to Raleigh, and the road would
secure q fine volume of traffic. 81 has never
been thoroughly understood why the Coast
Line people do unt extend the line here, but
they have claimed tllt they cannot secure
the terminal facilities here which they de-
sire lti, probable that the business men
here viii take SOME decided steps % bring
about th. extension.
The Henderson Tobacco Board of Trade
announces that 10 will hold grand sale of
bright tDbaccos at that place ON july 3l-L
and invitations have been sent out 10 all
the leading tobacco dealer, and manulac-
that they will have one thousand hOgshcad-
of tobacco on sale ON the occasion.
The great canal which is under construc-
tiOu at Weldon j, just now halfway compile
ted There are now one hundred and nifty
hands at work, and as the weather is 80
favorable for the operations. the contractors
announce that they Will put on five hundred
hands nest week. This is one Of the most
Gigantic enterprises ever undertaken i'm the
state. \ mammoth mill is now being
erected ON the canal, which Will bee ready
for operation as soon as the water power is
ready.
News is received here Of "A biz haul, which
was made this week by revenue men in the
western part OF the state. special Agent
Davis. of Hcuder,onNllle, with %
strong posse, swOJped down upon the
di,tillcry Of jim Parrish. and cap
iurcd iilc hundred gallon, OF Whi>kcy, Toe
.eth-r with all the fixtures. This distilerN
has been known t0 Doe inOperatiOn for a long
time, but all former efforts TO capture a
were unsuccessful.
Particulars are received of a destructive
treat Mount Gileld. iu Montgomery county,
"a few DAYS since. which destroyed the post
Office and several large buslncs, houses.
Among the store, destroyed were those of
Ingram a Haywood. los, $2JoU; Macliae AZ
Leach. loss 5000; and several smaller
buildings.
Chatham county had a lively mad-doe
scare DAY before Yesterday. which created
great, ,cNcifcmcut. \ dog belonging tO a
tenant on "a farm owned by Aaron Dark, eX
hibited uumstaklblc symptoms Of rabies
and running into the house bit Dark's Wife
He then turned aud i'm quick succession br
Dlrk'5 three children. one Of the children
was am infant only "a few months old ano
was lying u a cradle, but the trenzicd ami
NAL sprang into the cradle and fastened his
lanes in the child's breast.
1ha contract ha, been let for the building
of handsome new hotel at Gordon, a grow
Ing summer resort, situated i'm the noun
tains of Wilkes county on the new Winston
and WilkesbOrO Railroad, which is just ap-
preaching completion. 10 Will Dee hand
some two story building, and Will be COM
pletcd i'm two months.
Rev. ". T.. Fife the drummer eyange
list" is announced 10 hold series Of meet
ncs i'm MornntOn, beginning September
18th. Mr.. Fife has been spending sOmt
time resting and rccreating. having beer
steadily engaged in holding reyiyals for
some months past.
A land syndicate Of Northern men ha'
been organized TO develop the mineral land
around Monroe lu mon county. flh'
gold deposit, Of the richest quality in the
state are known % exist IN the vicinity an'
coal also abounds in that section.
The linyille Improvement Company ha
! iIst put in operation a splendid stage coacl
of the Old-fashioued pattern, which Is rui
daily between Linyille and Cranberry. To-
stage cost the company $3.50, and is draw
! by six horses. IL is the only Old-fashlone'
STAGE operated in this state for many years
GREENSBORO.