Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-10-03
A BIG DROP.
THE COLD WAVE At RALEIGH, NORTH
CAROLINA.
supreme-COurt Work-Horribly Hangled-
Educating the Cherokees-A Novel
Idea-Cotton.
IspccIal telegram to the Dispatch. !

Especial telegram TO the Dlspatcn.l
RALEIGH, n. c., October "A
cold wave struck this locality last night.
The temperature dropped to Az this
morning at daylight. To-day it has
not been over 6l', and tonight there
are all the signs OF frost. Considerable
fear was expressed to-day OF frost to-
night. II it comes it will probably be
slight, and may possibly not greatly
damage the tobacco and injure the cot
ton very little. Last year there was
frost September 25th, but it was not q
killing frost. There was frost west Of
the Blue Ridge this morning.
There was a mass-meeting az Frank
linton by colOred people in memory OF
Rev. Moses A. Hopkins tcolored), who
Was appointed Minister to Liberia by
President Cleveland, and who died there
recently. A number Of prominent col
ored cleIgymen and educators took part
in the services. The colored 0dd-Fel-
lows paraded and participated. Il was
decided to erect monument to Hopkins
al Frsnklinton. He was native Of that
place, and was highly esteemed by both
races.
SUPREME COURT.
The Supreme Court meets next Mon
day. The dockots are fairly heavy.
Monday and Tuesday applicants for
license TO practice Law will be examined
by the justices. To-day there were
seventeen applicants registered. The
average is twenty-five at each of the two
examinations each year. Wednesday
cases will be called from the First judi
ci2i district, and those from the other
eleven districts will be taken up in
order week by week. The Supreme
Court Of the State is certainly an able
body-the peer of any the State has
ever had-and the high confidence felt
in it was exhibited in the recent State
Democratic Convention.
Yesterday negro emplOyeeat George
". Halls steam sAw-mill5, near Red
Springs, Robson county, was entaDglsd
in the belt and instantly killed, being
horribly msngled.
RAILROAD NOTES.
Gentlemen interested in the Whining
ton, Ontlow snd East Carolina railway
project have occurred three hundred
more signatures to the petition TO the
New Hanover county commissioners to
order All election on the question Of the
issue Of county bonds In aid OF that
road. The matter comes up before the
Board on Monday. The people of VIII
mington are energetic and IN earnest
about this road.
Il is said here, though not yol,hed
for, that work on the line q railway
from Petersburg to Ridgewiy Is very
speedily to be resumed. There may
be good deal in this. II is said Mon
cure Robinson will operate It ss part
~ his Inc 10 Cheraw. The linz Of THIS
.iLe from Hamlet TO CherAN is now In
rapid construction. This is an ex.
liemely interesting matter = both Rich
mond and Raleigh. o. course. IL Is
also rumorcd that there are TO be such
charges Of schedule Is will give close
connection at Selma with trains on the
-hort-cut road, SO that Raleigh will sc.
The New York papers and mail the night
Of The day publ he'd. Now they ar
rive the following morning,
TIE CHErOkFFs.
For some years Friends have had a
sahool for tie Cherokee indians in
swain county. /. ~a5 quite well al
ended. The United States has now
taken charge Of It, and will n future
conduct IT. The Bsptjsts have been
educating a number Of Cherokee girls
ut Judson College, this State. This
year they will not attend. The Gov
eminent has not decided where they
will 90.
ARARE OFPORTUSIrN.
A very novel feature Is iopreparation
for the frs, agricultural fair 81 Eliza
bc.h CITY. a number of en,erpuslng
citizen Of tia. chsrming toTn offer
valuable prizes, to he given TO The
couple that viii sgrcc TO be married ON
he fairgrounds November lib. -lt
-5ea. day Of the is'r. Atone fair 10 tue
~.att-Lat in CabarTus colu,y--thcrc
xere two or three marriage, in THIS re-
larkab!e sly &c, I'D they proved SPECIAL
attractions.
Next week the knights o. Labor will
issue their paper here.
Recently Ashegiile granted a com.
-euy the right to operate p street rail.
Dsy there. SOW the aldermen have re-
-aked the franchise. Iii, said tina. the
lect5 are too narrow.
CorrON.
The remarkably fac quality Of cot
lon this season is exciting remark, a1d
cd buyers here say it Is .culy pie-
uoueual. Nearly all o. It grades as
/ high as 5000 miilhas, and good lea
g strict good niIGIIr5. ,t IS The
/ ~ Litcst and cleauost c0t.0n on record.
I The receipts here today we're larger
/ han in years past. The heavy receipt.
; ave great animation ID business iH
/ en- days the compress IS expected :.
/ he at work.
( Becuutsoi tobacco are Ugh. Co..ias
and currg are going or a. rapidly a.
/ possible. Most Of the farmers ia thi'
. Immediate section have crops Of boil
cotton and tobacco, and sre someThat
@i,ided in their allegiance.
Juitcd-S.a;es- gnal-Sorgoau: Brady
Of knoxville, Tenn, has arrived her,
sld taken charge q the State weather
service. Ills headquarters will be a
lbe Stale Xpe-iment-'arm.
/ Governor Scaies's recovery from hi.
recent attack Of sickness j., h,1pi'y
speedy. He vas 4. w0.k today reS1
B iaIly. all is looking much better.