Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-02-20
THE OLD NORTH STATE.
NEWS NOTES HERE & THERE.
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RALEIGH. N. g., February TO-
Last night as the train was passing
Selma stone was thrown which broke
window Of the passenger-car aud
struck 3 man named Wyatt on the
head, injuripg him considerably. The
train was stopped and search made for
tho offender, who was quickly caught.
lie proved to be white boy named
Maroon, sixteen years Of age. lie is
in Jail at Smi,h6eld. The penalty for
the offence is by special law made very
severe.
Wake-Forest College has received
gift Of $4,000 from friend Of the in
stitution in Baltimore. This is to be
added to the endowment fund, which is
now nearly sl25,000. Wake Forest
now has the largest endowment Of any
white college in the State. The presi-
dent, Charles E. Taylor. is doing ex-
cellent work for the college, and Sc
cured this gift, which was made by one
Of his personal friends,
An injunction will probably be filed
in few days by the people at Kings
Mountain, Cleveland county, against
the county commissioners to restrain
them from signing bonds for the Massa-
chusetts and Southern Construction
Company. This will bring to light some
important facts concerning this COM
pany and its plans.
Burke county will hold new cleo
ton in April on the question Of voting
$50, 600 for a railway. The first time
this project was defeated. Sentiment
has now changed considerably.
This evening there was large gath
eriDg of prominent people at the Hall
Of the Grand Lodge of MasOns to wit.
ness the installation of the officers elect
of Raleigh Commandery Knights Tenn
plars. The affair was public. State
Treasurer Donald W. Balm, who was
Eminent Grand Commander, was the
installing officer. The new Eminent
Grand Commander is Colonel earle y.
Woodruff, United States army, of Fort
LeavenwoTth, Kansas. An address was
delivered by Observation-Disclosures
mander Eugene Gussoin. There are
eight lodges Of Knights Tsmplars in the
State, numbering about go members.
There is much speculation on the
wheat crop Of the present year.
Farmers say the prospect is good, and
in some sections gratifying. The oat
crop is of course in great part failure.
Some farmers are afraid to replant.
State-Auditor Roberts, who returned
to- day from Gates county, is not favor
ably impressed by the farming outlook
in the northeastern part OF the State.
7 he people there continue respondent.
The revival at the First Baptist
church ends Sunday. The Rev. Geo.
c. Needham, who is conducting it, has
done a great work. The number of
converts is very large. The church is
crowded morning, noon, and night.
At Charlotte yesterday five railway
torpedoes placed on the track at a
stTeet-crossiDg by an unknown person
were exploded by passing train. A
piece Of iron two inches long struck
Colonel J. 7. Anthony, of the Fourth
regiment, on the leg, making a painful
wound. He was standing near the
place where the torpedoes had been
clamped on the track. Many persons
were badly frightened.
After long search Of the body of Mrs.
John Peterson, who disappeared on the
day set for her daughters marriage,
was found in Nicholas creek, Seventy
first township, Cumberland county.
a negro named Joe Blackman, now
in the insane asylum at Goldsboro', has
brought suit against the Commissioners
of Chowan county for $1,000. When
first insane he was put in Jail at Eden
ton, and during the severe cold weather
of last winter his feet were frostbitten,
rendering partial amputation necessary
after he had been transferred to the
asylum. If this suit results in calling
public attention more closely to the con-
dition of the jails in many Of the coun-
ties it will be of great value. Two
weeks ago prisoner fFoze to death in
jail in this State.
\ petition has been sent to Governor
Scales asking him to commute the
death sentence of Henry Scott, brutal
negro OF Wilmington, to imprisonment
for life. 1t may be assumed with GER
tainty that the petition will not be
granted. The majority Of its signers
are negroes, and the negro preachers
of Wilmington engineered it.
The knights Of Labor smoking-to-
bacco-factory here began work to-day.
Stock in this factory is held by Knights
Of Labor in all parts of the country.