Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-11
NORTH CAROLINA.
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CROPS.
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that was saed-foliticsi S0'es
Educational.
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RALEIGH, N. u, a"6"s'
Once again everything is sswim with
x,,sr. II has rained every day since
las, Thursday, and the crops are getting
too much Of good thing. Streams
which had been very low are quite full.
Cool nights prevailed up TO last night,
when the weather again became warm.
Rain has fallen nearly All day in this
section, and appears to be pretty gen.
erAl.
William Gooch and James A. Smith,
murderers, whose sentences were COM
mutod to twenty years each in the
peniientisry by Governor Scales, were
carried TO that Institution this morn
ing IN 4 elose carriage. A crowd
gathered around the jail to see them
60. Smith was smoking . cigar.
lie had been in jail just fourteen
months, and Gooch the same length
OF time less six days.
Quite a sensation is occasioned here
by the news OF suits Of novel charac-
ter against sll FIVE commissioners OF
Wake county. The suits are brought
by persons whose applications for
license 10 sell liquors outside OF Raleigh
township were refused by the Board Of
Commissioners at their recen. meeting,
and are based upon the provisions Of
the Code and Acts Of the last Legisla-
ture, which Say that the commissioners
shall grant license on proper certificates
Of good moral character, violation Of
the section subjecting them 10 penalty
Of t2O0 each. The liquor.men claim
that the law is mandatory. The
commissioners say they have the
right 10 refuse license, basing
their action on the decision Of
the SUprsme Court in the case Of Null
len rs. Commissioners Of Buncombe
county. The hquor-men are working
hard TO get al opportunity to sell it,
but the courts are pretty apt to decide
tgDiast them. a hearing on these suits
viii be had in few days.
THE PISTOL WAS LOADED.
Near Shelby two negroes employed
on the railroad fought over q pistol.
The weapon WAS discharged. One OF
the dAIkies received the bullet in the
stomach and died in few hours.
The Board Of Aldermen had long
discussion last night of the matter Of
the charter Of street railway. twas
finally granted after all Objectionable
features had been carefully eliminated.
Work is to begin in thirty days, and by
State fair-week the road is expected to
be in operation. The charter is fer
twenty-five years. Horses will be used,
10 steam being allowed. Only psssen-
gers and no freight can be transported.
WATER WORKS.
This evening the special committee
on wafer-works opened the bids. Two
rev bids were made to-day, making in
al seventeen. The committee has not
Yet made known its choice. 1t will |
make full report to the Board Of Alder
men next week. II is now expected |
that the work will begin in thirty days.
PHARMACISTS.
The State Pharmaceutical Associa- |
ton meets tomorrow at Fayetteville in
annual convention. The meeting Of the |
State Board OF Pharmacy, which was
at first ordered 10 be held at the same
time, has been postponed. The date
has not yet been announced.
A very severe hail-storm passed |
through portions of Middle Creek
and Panther Branch townships, in
this county, doing considerable
dsmsge 10 cotton, corn, and to-
bscco. Some Of the hailstones
were as barge as hens eggs. A storm
very much resembling a cyclone swept
through small section Of Wayne
county Sunday. 1t blew down and
wrecked several houses and damaged |
the crops.
Rabbi Marx Moses, pastor OF the
Hebrew synagogue at Goldsboro', was
married to-day at EssiDg, in Germany,
to young lady Of that place.
BURGLARIEs.
Derredations Of burglars at vii.
miDgtOn continue almost nightly. A
dwelling house WAS entered and robbed /
Sunday night. All the rooms were
TaDsacked, and the clothing Of the H.
mates searched for vsluSbles. Money
was taken. The police are meeting
with poor success as burglsr-catchers.
Senator Vance, loved by Virginians
as be is by North Carolinians, is cer-
tsinly one Of the men to whom congress
sionsl vacation is a godsend. He has
delightful country home under the
very shadow Of Black Mountain, and
this week be is again settled there COM
foftably. Mrs. Nances admirable taste
and ample means have made 1t a house
beautiful" The Senator and Mrs.
Vance have many visitors daily.
Rev. Joseph c. Price, one OF the
most talented colored men in the South,
and certainly one of the sblest orators
Of that race, Is making tour Of the
State lecturing on education, and is do
ing good work among bis race. His
conservatism and well-delivered lectures
always attract bite auditors. lie gives
the negroes good advice. The negro
speakers have in great part lost their
former arrogance Of manner and Ian
guage. They bow TO the inevitable, AMI
drop it Of their own accord. In some
OF the negro churches harsh language is
sometimes used, and politics, not reli. |
gion, is the topic Of the speakers, who
rant and rave and abuse Democrats.
EDUCATION.
Nearly all the graded schools in the
State have been reorganized and put in
peIfee. order for the fall campaign
sgsibst ignorance. A decision OF the
Supreme Court affected the schools at
DuIhsm, Fayetteville, Goldsboro', aud
Wilson, but it is now assured that all
these will be well maintained by the
generous private subscriptions slresdy
made. At Charlotte T. j. Mitchell,
principal for several years, has resigned,
and J. &. Corlew succeeds him. All
the schools at Raleigh will be conducted
on al even more extensive scale than
last year. Raleigh having graded
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