Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-07-15
NORTH CAROLINA.
AFTER THE GAMBLERS WITH AsHARP
STICK.
Prohibition and Polities-hinister Jarvis.
Military-Heard From at Last
Losses by Floods.
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RALEIGH, July 14.--To.day Mayor
Dodd tried the cases Of thirteen gam
blers, headed by q dissolute white man
named Upchurch. Two were fined s25
and costs, and the others sl0 and costs.
The police are after other parties guilty
Of the same offence.
The A gricnltursl- Department people,
through DIR. Dsbpey, State Chemist, are
arranging for quite an elaborate pro-
gIamme Of exercises on the '22d ill.,
slant at the installation Of various
buildings at the State experiment farm.
There is again much inquiry as to what
the Board Of Agriculture proposes
doing with the industrial school. Many
people say hard things about the Board
and its slowness to act. The Board
does not seem to know its own mind,
say those who are urging an immediate
establishment of the school.
If Minister Jarvis returns from Brazil
next winter, he will be urged to be a
candidate in next election for Governor.
His popularity has not diminished a
particle. but has increased, and he is the
idol Of the eastern part of the State. 1t
is claimed by some people that the Pro-
hibitionists are pushing their plans too
far, and that they should show some
mercy to their vanquished foes. 1t is
also claimed that they might not bring
the question into politics. But this is
being done, and what is virtually the
Prohibition party organ is being pub
lished at Charlotte.
The fcfe miiitaire Of the Governors
Guards, which is in progress this week
at Tucker Hall, proves an exceptionally
brilliant affair. A very large display
Of infants will be made at the baby
show tomorrow evening. The receipts
are large and the company is receiving
popular encouragement.
Three years ago young man named
r. 7. Adams, in Wilkes county, killed
his father and robbed his house Of quite
a sum of money. lie fled, and, though
Governor Jarvis offered reward Of
$3.50, he was never captured. Governor
Scales has received news Of his arrest
in Alabama, and has sent requisition
fer him.
Prohibition has directly affected the
ice trade here. The consumption has
fallen off greatly and resulted in an
increase Of price. The Electric Light
Company is also affected by stoppage
of many lights in saloons.
A military marriage was Charlotte's
sensation yesterday. The Hornets
Nest Rihemen left for Smithyille to go
into camp. On the way to the depot
they stopped at the Methodist church,
where Private Lyles was married, the
groomsmen and ushers being all men,
bers Of the company. Afterwards the
bride and groom were escorted to the
train. They accompany the soldiers on
the trip.
Factiors,Of Republicans and Demo.
Gratis of Craven county have fused and
nominated county and Legislative tickets.
Wilkes county held its Democratic
Convention yesterday, and by acclams-
ton endorsed Cowles for Congress.
At Wilmington fire broke out at an
early hour in the morning in the house
occupied by George W. Price and his
brother. They were on an upper floor,
and were awakened by the heat of the
fire below. They escaped with slight
burns. The loss is 1900; insurance
COCO.
Reports from Granville county, as
well as from Durham and Chatham,
show heavy losses of mill-dams and
bridges by freshets. Heavy rains fell
all around Raleigh to-day, particularly
east. The news from Pender county
near Wilmington is most distressing in
character. The county has been flooded
with heavy rains every day for fort
night, causing the greatest frcshet in
Black. river since July, 1867. The
crops are all under water and are total
loss. The Cape-Fear farmers are great
sufferers. The results Of all their
labor are gone, and many Of thsm have
been driven from their homes by Hood.
Many bridges and many distilleries
are covered with water. Storehouses
and dwellings are being deserted, and
their contents carried from the sea OF
water to dry land in boats or RATS, or
by any means of transportation that
RON he oct The loss to that section
will aggregate at least $25, geo, and it
will cause great suffering these hard
times.
The shipments Of watermelons from
the eastern section over the Atlantic
and North Carolina road are heavy.
The quality Of the melons, like that OF
peaches, is poor. Shipments of grapes
from this section North begin this
week. The quality Of grapes has i'm
proved and is Gne.