The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-03-17
BONDSFOR IMPR0VEM
An EXCITING CONTEST SETTLED AT
List ~ CHARLOTTE.

Five Hundred Thousand Dollars Authorized
Serious Railroad Accident-Death Of W. :.
AIc1ander-The Railroad Commission.
CHARLOTTE. y. c.. Mar IG-lSpecial. r.
Tho question Of amending the city charter
which has been the most exciting contest the
city has known for years. ha. finally been set
tied by the amendments passing. The amend
ments allow the city 10 issue bonds To the
amount Of $500, 900 and to condemn property
at a Just compensation for the city improve
ments.
This morning the four-year-old daughter Of
John Flake. colored. was burned to death.
The mother left the child at home and went
ont 10 attend 10 some work. When she re-
tnned She found the child in the house
burned 10 "a crisp.
DEATH OF Mr.. ALAXhNDEh.
Mr.. ". :. Alexander. superintendent of the
county poor-hau,e. died Saturday night az the
age of fifty He had been lu charge ot the
poor-house for seven wears
The warehouse Of VI. Oglesby. OF Harms
burg v c.. fell I'M yesterday morning at =
O'Clock. II WAS over-tocked with guan9 ana
old iron. which caused the caye-in. No one
was injured
William Foy. prominent farmer of Craven
county, died 40 hi. plantation. about SIX miles
south of New Berue. Yesterday. Mr. roy was
well known In the county. and has hled pun
Dc posif.ons His health has been falling Tor
some time.
Tho residence Of !. y. Waters. Of Colds
boro. was burclar.0usiv entered thursday
night and from the room u which MI Wa
tiers was sleeping 80 200 in cash and ms gold
watch were taken No clue has yet been OBJ
tanned as 10 the guilty party. Captain /. W.
Sl0cumb's home WAS DurgIarlled recently,
Neither has anything been terretcd ont I'D IT,
gard 90 who committed that decd
PAINFUL ACCIDENT.
Apainful accident occurred 10 J. J.. Boil
lick Thursday afternoon 40 the Phoenix mills.
Mr. Bolick WAS running matching
machine and the saws hurled piece II
sphutered timber with terrific force ana
struck him i'm the eye. Several -plin-
tiers stuck I'M the eye. The Use ~
which, Mr. BOilck fears ha, been destroyed
Mr. Bollck says he has been running tie ma
chine iOr seven years and one day, and never
received an injury before.
John A. Smith, an old and highly respected
citizen of Richland county. :. c.. died re--
terday aftorno) pa M O'Clock az his RESIDENCE
eight miles above the city. ON the Monticello.
Mr. Smith was sevcnty-four years OF age.
| He was q successful farmer and good business
manager and enjoyed lu % high degree the
confidence If the community around hum. and
with three az his son, he entered the Conicd-
crate army. in which one of his sons Gus was
killed at the second battle OF Manassas.
MYSTERY CLEARED.
The arrival Of the body Of Capt. John c.
| Rutherford IN Atlanta cleared mp q mystery
! in hrs life. Rutherford married years ago
well known Georgia lady Their two daueh-
ters are now society bellies The Captain
parted from hi, wife later and IS divorce
was obtained. Rutherford went some
months ago to his Florida orange grove where
he was detained hy the sickness which re-
/ suited ~ bis death His friends were aston
ished when notified two weeks ago that he
/ had just married Mr., Carroll, of Viz
/ giuia. There WAS curiosity O, 20 who
/ Mrs Carroll was. II is NOW
made public that Mrs. Carroll
has really been his wifo for more than ten
years, Shortly after his trouble with lis first
wife he visited New York city. where he met
/ Mrs. Carroll. Richmond lady. and married
her. The marriage Wa kept secret IN order
/ % avoid unpleasant gossip.
AFTER MoorsHISERs.
Moonshiners have just been stirred mp In
| lively fashion in Dublin county, and one of
| them Robert Edwards by name badly
wounded. \ posse ot revenue officers m
/ charge If Deputy-Collector ". j. Polk
and Deputy Marshal Zach. Rhodes. cap
| turei him. Edwards then made
| break and thereup0n the officers
| shot him M the back with q revolver The
wounded man ], the brother Of a man who
/ last year robbed the mails near Sarecta. in the
/ same ueighborhOod. The officers captured
Albert Baker and his dstlllery.
meeting OF the projectors Of the contcm-
/ plated electric railway over the mountains ot
/ Western North Carolina. from Iryon cty to
/ Rutherfordton. via Chimney Rock, was held
recently 40 Chimney Rock and "a company
organized with $4,000 subscription 90 start
/ on. The officers Of the company elected at
1 the meeting ara. Frank Reynolds. president.
/ j. = Williams secretary, and D. AsAw1rtA,
| treasurer.
Saturday night q serious freight wreck oc-
! CURED on the Carolina Central railroad 40
/ Ledbettcr Mill. Two miles from Rockingham.
/ \. C. The tender OF tho engine jumped the
/ track. causing thirteen cans 10 follow. all #
/ which were precpitated down an embank-
meut thirteen feet high. A negro train hand
was badly hurt, and tie cars almost de-
molished.
MYSTERIOUS DEATH.
The body of an Old coiored man named
/ White Sutton. who WAS well known through
| this section. was found yesterday morning ON
/ the roadside. four miles from this city How
/ be- came 10 hi, death is not known There
was n' evidence ii ION. play and 10 is sup
| posed that he Went % sleep On the roadside
] urt from. ft.