The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-04-27
NORTH CAROLINA.

urAvY RAINS AND HI0H wATEks-0oop ff''s-
rrcr ron A PINE FRUIT cRcr-ATLANTIc
AMI NORTH CAROLINA RsiLRcAp MATTERS
srATE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., &C.
ftorrespondcnce OF the Richmond D'spatch.l
RALEIGH, N, c. April -, 1888.
n the rain continues - fall rs 1t did yes
Serday and the day before damage extern
IN ana serious will sf worked on the raft
roads OF the State There have aireacv
lccn washouts on the University road anu
the Western North Carolina road, but tue!
ere not hiudering tho trains 10 any g'e"'
eyAmt.
Passengers on all the incoming trains
yoport the streams crossed out OF their
banks and sweeping along the valleys.
IN gentleman from Chatham county told me
Yesterday afternoon that the long bridge
ncrtss the Haw river at Hen'y's Mills had
heen swept away. As the crops arc not
. vet In the ground, no very great 6a'nage
will be done the farmers except 10 deEy
eheir planting operations. .
INQUIRIES from people coming to the
scapital from all parts OF the State chcit tue
good news that the fruit crop Will be abun-
dant. Me-. Van Lindley, from neT Green's
tboro', SAYS that 1t Is better for the peaches
10 be thinned out by little rough weather
in order To mature more perfectly what are
left on the trees, and he practices the thin-
ming OF apples on the trees too heavily
baden both for the trees and apples sake.
Mr.. Van Lindlcy Is authority.
Green peas, kale, spinach, turnips. &C.,
arc going forward by every steamer from
the truck farms near Newborn, ana MS
prices are good there is a hopeful feeiing
and signs Of q good trade in Ibe 'oIu cry.
The directors OF the Atlantic and North
Il danI H.
day by call from the president, ana dis
solved to meet again at. some more conve-
nient season. The hitch seems to be that
General CASTOR Lewis, appointed by the
State Board an expert to eXaminethe road
bed, equipment, &C., makes one report;
Colonel Yates. appointed on the part OF the
-ex-Midland Board, makes another; and a
Captain Gray, Of Newbern, has been called
In rs an umpire. BY some mistake Captain
GRAY did not have his report ready, and as
the Board had been convened Tor this ptlr-
pose, and no other in particular, II con-
Guided to adjourn until May eth, when the
umpire's report will be handed in. Mean
time Receiver Calling continues to manage
the road, and Mr. Best and his associates
have sought other and more congenial pur-
suits than railroading.
DIR. e.. w. Dabney, Jr., has Just gone to
Washington, New York, and Boston in the
interest OF the States exhibits at the New
England Fair. He will select the space
and determine the best form of display OF
woods and minerals by comparison OF speci-
mems In various museums. The Executive
Committee OF the Board Of Agriculture
have instructed Mr.. McGebee to do his
work thoroughly, and he Is obeying in
structions literally.
Politics are so dull that the Indian
finds along the banks Of the Yadkin. now
going the rounds Of the State press, are
light aud frivolous reading by comparison
The nags that are put in training this early
will meet some mishap before the spring
meeting. THERE'S bashful timidity about
future aldermen even that is rare rs a Hid
dcnite i'm this day and degeneration.
Superintendent Worth reports the slIad-
Matching operations at Avoca as doing very
well. So far he has taken about 100000
eggs for Matching. With bis improved
methods the loss in these is hardly over
10 per cent. The cool weather. and low
temperature OF the water in consequence,
has reduced the catch considerably this
spring.
e-Treasurer Worth is still in New
York swapping new bonds for old ones.