The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-03-20
A Case of InfnntIclde in Ashe County.

WINSTON. n. c.. March ESPECIAL; !.
News reaches here that the little town or Jel,
forson. III Ashe county. Is greatly exclteu
over "A case oi lniauticide. few days ago
Mss Dora Hughes. aged about sixteen years;
who has up 10 this time moved IN high social
circles gave birth to y girl baby. cry sud
denly the child died Tho next day ~ was
whispered around town that there had been
foul play and when the remains were taken 10
the graveyard for interment the appearance Oh
the corpse corrOborated the report. Inc corO-
ner happened TO be present who forbid the
burial. A jury was summoned. and upon post
norton in, estigatiOn by two physicians II
was discovered that the stomach of the III
FAINT was saturated with carbollc acid The
verde IF the jury WAS that the child cameto
its death by carbolic acid administered by us
mother warrant WAS at once issued Tor
the woman and at preliminary hear NJ yes
terday she was seat TO Jail in default OF bond
10 await another hearing before court The
affair has created n great sensation through
out the entire county.
Wilkes Superior Court opens next Monday
There is long list of cases on the docket TO
be disposed Of The most important of them
all is the trial OF Sherman Greer. who stands
charged with the murder of his father last
fall.
Winston will make an effort to get in tho
proposed Southern baseball league this year.
The Norfolk and Western railroad Com
on the line of the Roanoke and Southern
road. which was recently leased. TO look
alter mineral resources. especially iron ore.
There are now ,09i cOnvicts III the state phi
son. the smallest number IN fifteen years. The
reason assigned for the decrease Is that more
counties are now utilizing their conyicts on
the public roads.
The State business agent Of the Farmers
Alliance reports that the general business IN
his department Is from 20 10 100 per cent
greater than last year. The total amount that
year was G4.O 600.
The Department of Agriculture will soon
send out about t01. 600 Of the agricultural sta
tistics blanks 10 the various counties. On
these the list-takers make out the returns'as
TO crops. cattle. &c.
Cards are out announcing the marriage on
the 2sth instant of MIR. Frank Ware. q tobac-
const Of Winston. and Miss Myrtle Leach,
an accomplished young lady of 1homasyille.
Several of the MaxtOn farmers are arrang-
ing 10 plant beans for the Northern markets.
Ii Is proposed to have enough to 90 into 1t 10
be atle 10 fill car at a time for shipment
Two revenue officers, named DOB Martin
AMI Anderson Duia. have got into trouble IN
Wilkes county. Martin shot q man and Dula
assaulted a man with deadly weapon. War
rants were issued. but both have thus far
escaped arrest
PARTICULARS of a sad and fatal accident come
from Fair Plains. Wilkes county. Mr. Thomas
Watkins was accidentally killed while OF
saw-mill owned by Mr.. W. l.. Sink. He was
down under the SAW clearing away the dust
while the mill was running Unfortunately lie
raised his head little too high and the re-
suit WAS his head was split wide Open from
the effects Of which he soon breathed his last.
The deceased was q clever young man, and
leaves wife and two small children to mourn
his death.
The sheriff Of Davidson county yesterday
4
tiary. their terms aggregating thlrty-fye
years one was Dick Hall. whose onense
was the killing of Frank Gross his uncle. last
December. The grand jury returned a true
bill against him for murder in the first degree.
but he got of with ten years. The second
serious crime was against John White. who
also went down for ten years Tor attempting
an outrage on q thirteen -year-Old girl.
The shipments or Gnuiactured tobacco
from Winston this week aggregated 200 900
pounds Breaks az the warehouses have also
been large Notwithstanding the bad weather
Greensboro has given up all hopes now Of
securing the cOlOred Agricultural and Me-
chanical College The fact Is She could not
raise the amount Of her subscription. The
board of directors will meet in Raleigh next
Wednesday and the indications are now that
Whist n-Salom Will secure the location.
4. McGann. the fine left-handed baseball
pitcher whom the Richmond club dreaded 10
see IN the box last season, arrived here from
Baltimore to-day 10 assist in the organization
of another club which will be prepared 10
tackle the Richmond boys again this wear
The Richmond and Danville Railroad Com
pany has given an order for 70, COZ cross-tes.
to be gotten out IN Wilkes and Surry counties.
Two car loads passed through here yesterday
Nearly all of them will be used on the main
line between Richmond and Danville.
An outrageous affair is reported here from
Rowan county. the particulars of which are
meagre A man ran away with his sons wife
and their whereabouts are not known. His
own wife Is still at home and ia greatly hor-
Ilned over the action Of her husband