Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-09-09
THE OLD NORTH STATE.
RLLgrcEs NEWsY BUDGET.
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Educatiopal Matters Rsiirosds-Nsw To-

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Especial telegram 70 the Dispatch.l
RALEIGH, N. c., September g.
Yesterday three illicit distillers came
into the city, surrendered themselves to
the United States authorities, and were
bound over to appear at the Federal
Court.
The destruction Of tobacco-barns by
fire is not so large as usual. More care
is taken, and the percentage Of loss is
greatly reduced.
Justices of the peace for Harnett and
Hyde counties were to-day appointed by
Governor Scales.
To-day the Governor offered re-
ward of sl50 for the arrest Of William
Petteway, q negro, who, in Carteret
county, recently brutally murdered his
wife. He told friends that he would
take his wife to Newberne from his
home in Carteret by boat. They sailed
away, but after going few miles Pet
ieway landed, killed the woman, and
buried her body under stump upon a
hillock near by. There it was found
days afterward. Petteway has taken
refuge in the swsmps, or gone to Vir-
ginia, near the Dismal swamp.
A cotton and produce exchange has
been established at Charlotte.
Tomorrow the tobacco season will
be opened here by the first break since
May. The season nominally begins
October LIST, but really it begins here
tomorrow.
Yesterday the boards Of education
met in all the counties of the State
and chose school committeeman for all
the school districts. There are q great
number Of these, as three committee
men are chosen for each school district,
both white and colored. In Wake
county alone 265 committeeman were
chosen.
A year ago Governor Jarvis offered
a reward of $500 for the arrest of a
negro named John Brocksyille, a des-
perate murderer, who escaped from
Jail at Rockingham, Richmond county.
Last week Governor Scales paid this
reward upon the recapture Of Brooks
vile. To-day news was received that
Brocksville has again escaped from Jail
at Rockingham. 1t is not yet decided
whether another reward will be offered
for him.
Captain Richard P. Fulgham died at
the Insane Asylum here yesterday. lie
had been an inmate three years. He
served CALAMITY in North Carolina re-
giment and on the staff Of General Law
renee s. Baker. After the war he was
engaged in the newspaper business at
Goldsboro' and here. For time he
was associated with the Raleigh Ners.
He was several years secretary of the
State Agricultural Society. He became
editor Of the Greensboro Patriot,
which he conducted for some time.
A report received on the ballasting
ofthe Raleigh and Castor railway shows
that twenty miles have been completed,
or about one fourth of the road.
Reports received from Salisbury,
Winston, Greensboro, Warrenton.
Durham, Franklinton, Henderson, and
other points show that the season is
marked by the erection Of an unusual
number Of tobacco-factories and ware
houses, there being no less than
twenty at the places named.
Rev. Charles Jones Soon, China
man, who was converted to Chris
tianity at Wilmington, Joined the Me-
thodist Church, was educated at Trinity
College and afterwards at Vanderbilt
University by the Sunday-School So
ciety Of Durham, is now preaching and
lecturiDg. September 25th, at Char
lotte, he will join the North Carolina
Methodist Conference, and in October
will sail for China as a missionary.
PlaHs are on foot by the authorities to
improve inland navigation in the east
ern part Of the State. 1t has been dis
covered that only four miles Of canal
and entrance-way will have to be dug
in order to give short, safe, and sure
water passage from the Neuse river to
Beaufort. By the proposed route the
distance by water from Beaufort to
Newberne will only be fOrty-four
miles.
Double daily trains have been put on
the new Lewisburg railroad, with mails
on each.
S. W.yickery, superintendent Of the
railway mail service for this district, has
been here some days looking into the
mail facilities in this part of the State.