Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-05
THE OLD NORTH STATE.
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RALEIGH, n. c., January 4.--Secre-
.ary-oi-State Saunders has given notice
"a registrars Of deeds TO continue the
redemption of lands sold for taxes to
which the State holds deeds until he
brings suit, which will be about the
middle Of February.
David Lawson, living near Mount
Airy, was fatally wounded Christmas
eve by young man named JEFF Simp-
son. Young Simpson and his father
were quarrelling. Lawson. who hap
pened to be passing by, was attracted
10 the scene and interfered in behalf Of
the father. The young man struck
Lawson on the head with an axe-handle,
breaking the skull. Lawson lived I'M
ill Tuesday. Liquor was at the bot
tom Of the matter. At last accounts
the murderer had not been arrested.
The murdered man was sixty-fve years
old.
The work Of laying track on the Will
son and Fayetteville railroad began to-
day at Wilson, and will be pushed as
rapidly as possible. Grading is now
completed 10 Smithdeld, Johnston
county.
The price of mica has suddenly adj
vanced and trade is on boom. In
Mitchell and Yancey counties many
mines which have been under suspen-
sion for months on account Of the stag
nation in the trade and the low prices
which prevailed have resumed opera
tons and q large number Of new mines
have been opened. The people of
Mitchell and Yancey, to whom the
mica trade is the principal source of
revenue, are much encouraged at the
catering outlook, which has given an
impetus to business generally. 1t is
fact not generally known that two
thirds Of the worlds supply of mica
comes from the two counties above
named.
1t is said that work on the railroad
from Point Rock to Knoxville will be
commenced at an early day.
Lieutenant. e oyernor James L. Robin
son passed through Asheville Saturday
on his way home from Wisconsin to
spend few days.
pom examination at Baltimore Rev.
Peyton Iloge's eye was found not to
be so seriously injured as was feared,
and he is expected to return to Will
mington in few days.
The Christmas evergreens in the
Church Of the Good Shepherd, this city,
caught fire last evening as the services
ended. There was great sensation,
but no damage save slight charring
of timbers in the chancel and roof.
The State Board of Education meets
tomorrow. The State Board of Agrl-
culture meets on the Goth instant and
will act finally on the industrial-school
matter.
The rush Of negroes emigrating
from the GoldSboro' section to the
Georgia turpentine districts still con-
tinues. From one to three carloads
leave every day. They attract large
crowds Of the race.
Joel Matthews was bitten by a mad
dog in Dismll township, Sampson
county.
The January term Of Wake Superior
Court for the trial Of criminal causes
convened in this city this morning
Judge Walter Clarke presiding. 4
relHrc was ordered in two capital
cases-one burglary and one murder.
The latter is that of Ransom Morgan
,colored), who last week, in Marks
Creek township. struck another negro
named Columbus Foster with a pole,
inticting wound from which Foster
died last Friday.
A special tern Of Durham County
Superior Court BEGAN in Durham to-
day-.Iudge John A. Gilmcr presiding.
Justice Merrimon, of the Supreme
Court, will file an opinion dissenting
from that Of the Court in the Sampson
county schOol-taX cases.