The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-07
THE OLD NORTH STATE.
4 corroS GIN BOILER BxPLoDEs.
rsur Persons Killed In the Catasropne'
Tho Bodies OF SIX sesmen founo ON
the Shore In Brunswick County.

of the engine is supposed to be the trou-
HE The loss is one thousand dollars
amount Of insurance, If any, has not
been ascertaiued. The property belonged
20 Mr.. Henry Williams.
On the beach at Cherry Grove, Bruins
wick county, few days ago quantity
Of wreckage and the bodies OF SIX seameh
were found. All the boo'es were nutli una
ted and much decOmposed. one oouy
Was minus of leg and the head was
gone from another. The ghastly as
coverv was made by "a boy while VISIT
ING n fishery. No further particulars
have been obtained. Two or three Weeks
AGO several vessels from ports south OF
Wilmington put in az Southport III
disabled condition, having encountered
terrible gale. and these torn BODIES cast
mn Inv the sea are probably mute VII
nesscs of the fury of that storm; u
The President has pardoned An1Ai"a -,
Darden, Of Sampson county, VINO "as
sentenced last May 10 nine u'9ntnS "a
jail and 10 pay me OF tWo nun" a,d
dollars for having in his possession ana
removing distilled spirits without proper
stamps being placed thereon. Inc prIs2ni-
ar is said 10 be in such poor health, WIN
weakened mental powers that he wouid
have died had he remained in prison;
lie is said 10 have a wife ana SIX small
children who are poverty stricken.
4 Third party man travelling from
Washington so Pamlico county on gun
day passed through village ana CUT
down n Cleveland and Carr banner
carving it away with him. A warrahs
bias been issued for bis arrest:
Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor died nj fe[
heart disease at S O'Clock in the morning.
Sh,. told her relations the Saturday be-
fore that she would die on that day al
& o'clock. They laughed at her and
tried 10 reason away the idea, but moth
ing could shake her belief that she would
depart this life at that time. FRIDAY she
made I'll her arrangements and literally
mt her house in order. Friday night
She went 70 bed, telling them all that
she would be a corpse before another day
During the night and towards day shc
woke up several times and inquired what
time it was. saying it was long lime 10
O'Clock. When the clock struck D. true
10 her prophecy. she died. She was
sixty-six years old.
The Cumberland and Bordeaux VIE
yprd has been awarded the contract TO
furnish North Cardinals scuppernong
grape exhibit at the Worlds Fair. Ac-
Cordingly a shipment of between hve
hundred and a thousand pounds has
been made by express directly to the
, Union Cold Storage Company, Of CHI
cagO, where the grapes will be kept III
perfect cor dition until the great eXposi-
: lion opens next April. This is a new
test to which the famous scuppernong
has been put and If the experiment
rroves successful this delicious grape
oI,,o
To the forestry division Of the North
Carolina exhibit at the Worlds Fair has
been assigned the task Of preparing II
monograph Of the yellow pine that IS,
10 prepare an exhibit of the yellow pine
which will show il In the most complete
manner i'm all phases of its development
and in all its relations TO the industries,
making as complete and as exhaustive Il
mon 0graph Of the species as possible.
This will become if successfully carried
out, the centre of the forestry display
from this State, and will embrace all that
need be shown so far as the tree, lumber,
and its uses in building and manutactur-
Ing are concerned.
There is prospect Of a new industry
being developed near Statesville in coTun-
dunn mining. Lands have been leased and
q shaft is being opened. Fine ore in good
quantities is being found. One day last
week Il lump OF ore weighing more than
twenty pounds WAS taken out. and the
supply is thought to be abundant.
Stockholders of the CO0red State In
duStrial Association say that its financial
affairs are on very bad footing They
make serious charges against the officers
81 the Association involving the misuse
Of funds, and say there is no prospect Of
a fair his year as far as they can see.
pI Inr sgll ma II gfgf fiNfa
years old. living at Iilery station, in
this county, is the father of forty-nine
children, thrty-three grandchildren that
he can count around him; was the father
Of three sets Of twins In one year and
should be the special pet Of the Rcpub-
leans.
4 runaway marriage was celebrated at
the Atlantic Coast Line Hotel, in this
place. yesterday afternoon by Justice
W. A. Daniel. The groom was James
ii. t. Smith, of Petersburg, and the
bride. Miss Daisy Lewis, Of Dnwiddie
Western North Carolina has for
many years been known rs one
of the principal mica producing
sections in the world. but two
years ago this valuable industry came a.
sudden termination by the Importation of
Indian mica. Within the past year, how
ever. many of the mines IN Mitchell and
Yanccy countics have been rcOpcncd,
owing to the increased tariff on mica
eighty per cent nd valorem-and at pres
ent the outlook is good for complete re-
vival of the mica mining operations IN
this State. The mining of understandable
mica is attended with much uncertainty,
particularly where it is carried on as II
has been, without system. There is much
In ~
This waste is now about TO he turned
into an economical purpose by the grind
ing Of the heretofore almost worthless
scrap mica for use in the manufacture
of vail paper and lubric lntS, particularly
the former There are at pre- sent three
mills in Mitchell county. The quoted
price of the ground mica is five. seven
eight nine and ten cents per pound. ac-
cording to the size. The progress of this
industry may be watched with interest
Gnd ia connection with the increased use
OF the more inferior mica for insulating
purposes in electrical appliances, its i'm
Iortance to the development of this min
Ing district cannot be oyerestimated.
Board of advisor and Aldermen.
Ashcvlle, y. c.. oct. 6.-(Spccial)-
4 Joint board of advisors and aldermen
yesterday instructed the paving force Oh
south Main street 10 pave 10 within
eighteen inches Of the rails on the AISLE
vile street railway track and TO put
down braces to protect this paving. The
company has the sand and crushed stone
o. hand preparatory 10 paving. There
win probably be- no trouble with the
company along this street, a. the line
operating from the square 10 the depot
the most important and most profitable
OF the whole system--runs over it,
The board has further decided 20 push
the sidewalk. paving first along those
streets where the property owners claim
M lnmnnns Nv ron anm ~ IN nov. nl.,Ins