Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-09-02
THE OLD NORTH STATE.
xgwsY BUDGET.

Fire-sew Tobacco Warehouses Accidentally
KiiIed-serious shooting Afrsy-Ra.iread
Matters.
Especial telegram TO the Dispatch.l
RALEIGH, N. c., September L.
A fire at Manly to-day is another warn
ing to the small towns scattered all
over the State which have no fire de-
partments and no water-supply. Few
States have more Of such towns than
North Carolina, and fires are, therefore,
rather common.
Reports received from small towns
in all this belt is to the effect that to-
bacco warehouses are rapidly springing
into existence, and in few years there
viii be dozens Of small markets. To-
bacco is following the same course as
cotton. At first that was sold at four
large markets now it is sold at dozens
of places. The effect Of the weather is
in all respects beneficial upon tobacco,
and bright warm weather which sue
ceeds rains permits cutting and curing
to progress actively.
To-day forty-Dine convicts were at
work on the Cape Fear and Yadkin-
Valley railroad near Mt. Airy. The
authorities of the penitentiary will send
out all the available conyicts in the next
sixty days, as there is great desire to
expedite the railway work, and by De-
cember lst more conyicts than ever be-
fore will be at work on the various
lines.
1t was learned at the Department Of
Agriculture to-day that on an average
one patent each week is issued to North
Carolina, and that nine tenths Of these
patents are for agricultural implements
or machinery.
An official report Of weather here
during August shows that though up
to the 2Sth only six tenths Of an inch
Of rain fell, yet on the three days at
the close Of the month five and eight
tenths fell, bringing the total up to six
and four tenths, while the average du-
ring past years was only five inches.
A colored girl was killed yesterday
in Brunswick county by the discharge
of gun in the hands Of Giles Nixon
tcolored). Nixon was doing something
to the gun, thinking, he claims, it was
not loaded.
Governor Scales looks in excellent
health, and his six weeks pleasuring
appears to have greatly benefited him.
State-Treasurer Balm, who returns to-
morrow, is reported as in improved
health.
The grape crop has been disposed Of
in the main, having been sold North in
baskets or made into wine at home.
The sales Of grapes are the largest yet
made in one season, and the quantity Of
wine made is far in excess Of any pre-
yious years vintage. Grape-growers
report that the acreage in grapes,
which was largely increased last year,
will again be increased next season.
A serious shooting affair is reported
at Shoe Heel. Robeson county. Charles
McNair, who was visiting Shoe Heel,
got into difficulty with O'Daniels, a
merchant Of the town, during which the
latter slapped his antagonist in the face.
When the parties were arrested and
carried before the mayor there, it
was thought the affair had been settled,
bat later the men met and the difficulty
was renewed. O'DaE9ls picked up an
axe-helve and attacked McNair, when
the latter drew revolver and fred.
The ball struck O'Daniels in the abdo-
men, passed through the intestines, and
was taken out Of the back by surgeons.
The wounded mans condition is very
critical.