Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-26
THE OLD NORTH STATE.
TIE RArLRoAp INTEREST.

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stated that the prospects for the extern
sion OF the railroad from Statesville to
Tayiorsville, Alexander county, are
growing bright. With the coming Of
spring much activity in railroad con-
suuciion may be expected. A railway
is to be- built from Jonesboro' to Car
thsge, Moore county, and will probably
extend toward Salisbury. Branch lines
are in demand, and the people Of Moore
will vote February 9th on the issue OF
bonds for this branch of the line from
the Cape Fear and Yadkin-yalley rail-
way.
West Of the Blue Ridge, where the
temperature in the recent bitter weather
ranged so low, there is fear that the
peach crop, which is o very impor-
tsnt one, has been greatly dam
aged by the intense cold. Examina-
ton OF buds OF trees show that
this apprehension is well founded. The
lowest temperature recorded since 1885
was marked in Wautsugs and Ale
ghany counties, being % degrees below
zero. Ice on New river, on the border
line Of Virginia and North Carolina, is
nov asserted to be thirty inches thick.
Alex. Stewart, The negro desperate
who not long ago committed burglary
at the house of woman at Whining
ton, is at last in the tolls of the police
there.
Yesterday at Wilmington Rev. Pey-
ton II. Hoge was formally installed
pastor Of the First Presbyterian church.
Saturday he was formally received into
membership by letter Of dismission
from the Presbytery OF East Hanover,
Virginia.
Q. d. Freese, OF Iredell county, re-
ioices over the virtues Of the maidstone.
He was bitten by an alleged mad-dog
week before last. The maidstone was
applied until it ceased to adhere, and
as no bad results have followed there
is fresh batch Of converts to the mad
stone theory.
An eminent engineer has been en-
gagged to survey a railway line across
the Blue Ridge, near Marion, Mcdowell
county. He has made a preliminary
survey and finds that the road is FEAST
bic and far easier than he expected.
This survey is ordered by the Massa-
.chusetts Construction Company for the
proposed line from Shelby to the Gran
berry iron-mines.
A very large force Of laborers are at
work on the new hotel at Warm
Springs upon the ruins OF the one
burned last February. There is
large lawsuit against the insurance
ompanies--seventeen in number
which had insurance on the burned
hotel. The case is up in the Federal
Court.
The Messrs. Chadbourn, OF Colum-
bus county, are taking steps for the
construction Of railroad from White
vile south into South Carolina. They
have at Wilmington $4,000 tons of
steel-rails, which they have purchased
and paid for, TO be used in the construc-
ton Of the road. In March work will
begin on the railway from auckland, in
Gates county, near the Virginia line, to
Newberne, and perhaps to Wilmington.
twas surmised a month ago that this
line would be constructed.
Wayne-county jail is only calcu-
lated to hold eighteen prisoners, yet it
now contains thirty, many Of them
desperate fellows. Day and night the
jail is closely watched.
Snow fell here yesterday to the depth
Of an inch on frozen ground, and last
night and to-day there was sleighing.
The snow has not melted at all as the
temperature has been at freezing point
since Saturday evening,
Heretofore the State, through the
Department OF Agriculture, has been
extensively engaged in fish-hatching at
Ayoca, on Albemarle sound, and at the
State ponds near this city. Last spring
it gave up the shad-hatching, but main
tanned the carp-ponds here. 1t abolished
the sub-department OF fish and fisheries.
The Board of Agriculture has now de-
cided to stop the culture Of carp and to
stop all operations at the beautiful
ponds here. So the houses, appliances,
and fish now there will all be sold, and
the State goes entirely out of the fish
business.
There is growing pressure on the
part Of the people in many counties to
extend the duties and jurisdiction of
magistrates. This will greatly reduce
the cost Of conducting the superior
courts and will prove of practical
benefit.
The cold has not injured wheat in
any part Of the State so far as heard
from. Inquiries develop the fact that
the crop is somewhat smaller than last
year. but its general condition is per-
haps better.
The State Board OF Agriculture has,
by a resolution, requested Lieutenant
Winslow, United States navy, to make
application to the Secretary Of the
Treasury Of the United States for the
detail Of vessel for the purpose Of sur
veying the oyster beds in North Caro-
lima waters. The Board authorizes
Lieutenant Wnslow to employ an as
sistant in the work Of making the sur
yey.
There is a great sensation in Lincoln
county. Arthur Barnett, executor of
Bradshaw and Tate, went to Florida,
leaving 1915 in funds Of the estate in
his safe. Last week he returned. The
safe was found forced open, and the
money was all gone. The affair was at
first involved In mystery. Careful work
was done, and it was discovered that
the robber was none other than Bar
nett's wife, who had eloped two days
before her husbands arrival. She fed
with j. NJ. Finger, her sisters hus-
band, and arrived at Newton, stopping
at a hotel. where they registered as
man and wife. They afterwards went to
Hickory, and then into Caldwell coun-
ty. Officers pursued aud have cap
tured them in Alexander county. The
woman stole 800 and a watch belong
ing to her husband in addition to the
1915. The watch and $500 have been
recovered. Finger left q wife and four
Children and the woman left husband.