Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-26
NORTH CAROLINA.
FAVORABLE MINING REPORTS AND An
INcRgAsED OUTPUT OF GOLD.
Railroad nsttera- Innovation fntroduoea
at Davidson College Tobacco CAT
Too Early Fatally Shot, &C.
,n,.r,ai lelernm % the pIspatch.l

Another proof of the fact OF the Pal
,ns,,o railroad from Hamlet to Cheraw
Il Afforded here. Engines for the line
are arriving and are being put in run
r;rg order at the shops Of the Raleigh
and Castor railroad. This lire has
given the Palmetto-roaJ people the
Tisht o. way over its liae, and cars
from Weldon to Cheraw will be ruo-
ming ere many months pass. The roll
ING stock is iirst-clGss, and President
Mopcure Robinson evidently means to
make the road model one.
Application vas made yesterday to
The people who were pushing the inter-
ests Of the proposed Wilmington, Ons-
low and East Carolina road for an cleo
ton in New Hanover on the question
of tho issue Of 100000 bonds Of that
county in favor Of che road. The
county commissioners took up the mat
Ter ard decided that the list OF siguers
of the application did not represent one
fourth Of the registered vote OF the
county, and hence declined to order an
election. At this stage Of the proceed
ines the counsel for the road withdrew
the application. So the matter rests for
the present.
AS was predicted, Wilmington is be-
coming excited over the completion OF
the shortcut railway from Wilson to
FAYETTEVILLE, from which latter place its
extension to Florence, S. c., is sure.
wilmington will be, 10 sgreat measure,
cut of, rs it is assumed that business
will be handled over O shorter line.
Wilmington must have an extension OF
the Cape-Fear and Ysdkin-Val!ey rail-
road.
CAPTAIN ALEXANDER G. LATHAM
DEAD.
Cspisin Alexander c. Latham died
Yesterday at his homo, at Washington,
n. c. lie was until recently resi-
dent of Newberne. During the war he
commanded fine battery of artillery
in the Army of Northern Virginia, aud
was an admirable soldier.
INNOVATION.
Davidson College has introduced In
poya,ion IA the establishment of its
medical department. One Of the col
ored colleges has this feature, but Ds-
wilson alone Of all the white colleges
has adopted 1t.
The fairgrounds near Fayetteville
are the scene Of great religious revival,
which is largely attended day and night,
and at which many conversions have
been made. Colored REVEALS in all
parts of the State continue with un-
abAted interest. The earthquake past
md Wiggins's prophecy Of worse things
TO come sre used by the cOlOred preach
ers with an effect which people who do
not see these REVEALS can never
imagine.
KEROSENE EXPLOSIONS.
Two new deaths are reported this
week from kerosene explosions. One
OF the victims is Miss Kate Barnett, OF
Person county.
DISEASE AMONG HORSES AND MULES.
News to-day from Wayne county
shows that the disease among horses
and mules is increasing in virulence. 1t
is said to be the blind-stsggers in vlru-
lent form. Many animals are dying
and if the disease continuesit will prove
q hardship to farmers.
OUTPUT OF GOLD INCREASING.
REPORTS received from all the priuci-
pal mining sections Of the State show
gratifying developments. 1t appears
that a new era has been begun in this
matter as in Others. The output OF
geld is increasing with greater care and
more improved machinery.
Durham next week begins the extern
sion system Of street improvements
grading and paving. Arthur Winslow,
Of this city, has been given the position
of engineer there, and will doubtless
give satisfaction.
Governor Scales returned to-day
from his business trip to Henderson.
SENTENCE COMMITTED.
To-day y. q. Cole, the white man
who was to be hanged at Carthage,
Moore county, yesterday, was brought
to the penitentiary. Cole killed his
wife some eighteen months ago in the
most diabolically systematic manner.
Each day he put a small quantity OF
poison in her food. He narrowly es-
capped lyncMng by enraged people. lie
was convicted and appealed, and finally
his mind failed. He is partially idiOtic.
lie is seventy years Of age. Ills SEN
tenee wGs COMMITTED to imprisonment
for life because of his partial insanity.
KILLED HIS BROTHER.
Yesterday, in Cleveland county, two
sons OF Adolphus Thomson were play
ing with a gun. The elder, aged ten
years, pointed it at the younger, aged
two years, saying to his sister, " Take
the boy out Of the way or | will kill
him." He pulled the trigger, the gun
was discharged, and the child was in-
stantly killed.
CUT TOO EARLY.
The report Of the new crop of tobsc-
co on the Asheville market says that
vtIy little has been offered, and that
what has come in was CT such quality
that il was Withdrawn. 1t was cut too
quickly and when green. Apparently
some tobacco there has been cut very
quickly, much moro rapidly, in fact,
than in this section.
CONVICTED OF PERJURY.
Some months ago two prominent COL
ored Republican politicians-AnthOny
Howe, Jr., and John Msrtin-dgured
in q cowhiding affair at Wilmington.
The latter whipped the former severely.
Howe was the States principal witness.
Ii is charged that he perjured himself
on the witness-stand. lie was tried
yesterday for perjury, and was con-
yicted.
POLITICAL.
II is now seen clearly that the Re-
publicans really care little for county
matters in the way Of electing their
candidates to positions, but that they
are using all their strength in the di'
reciion Of the legislative ticket. The
IL. - ,,nInnhfadiv THAR