Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-28
OLD NORTH STATE.
THE NEXT STATE AGRIcuLruRAL
YAIR; FINE DIslLAY EXPECTED.
Especial telegram to the Dispatch

nALEi0Hs Ns VS. APfn Stss us0
been decided to have our State fair du-
ring the week beginning October oath.
This is . fortnight later than usual.
There are many reasons for the change,
cooler weather being one. Arrange.
ments are now 50 made that the south
ern fairs form chain, starting at Rich
mond and extending to New Orleans.
The State and State Board Of Agricul-
ture this year give $4,000 in cash for
premiums. The State will make very
elaborate display Of its resources,
almost equal to that at the Exposition.
Arrangements are already actively in
progress for the fair. This is very en-
coursgipg. The Agricultural Society
is on . good basis; better than in many
years, in fact.
Newc has been received here Of the
death Of Captain James r. Thigpen, Of
Edgecomb county. He WAS one of the
largest farmers in all that section, and
as practical agriculturist was
known all over the State. He, ss .
rule, kept out of politics; but served
several terms in the Legislature. He
was for twenty years leading member
Of the State Agricultural Society. His
death occurred near Baltimore, where
he was under medical treatment.
The village of Dudley, Wayne
county, was visited by fire, resulting
in the destruction of the stores of John
Hollowell and Simeon Grady, and the
dwelling Of Pink Winn. 1t required
great exertions to check the fire, which
originated in the store Of Hollowell,
and is generally supposed to have been
the work of an incendiary.
The stockholders of the Cape-Fear
and Yadkin-valley railway meet at
Greensboro May 9th. Wilmington
will be represented on that occasion by
some of her best and most progressive
business.men-a committee appointed
by the Produce Exchange. Tho ex-
tension Of the Cspe-Fear and Yadkin-
Valley road to Wilmington is consid-
cred Of vital Importance to the COM
mercial interests of the latter place, and
that step will be urged at the meeting.
The third annual Teachers Assem-
bly, of this State will be held at Mount
Mitchell from June 22d to July eth.
II. ii. Lewis, president, will deliver
the opening address.
A serious cutting affair occurred at
Rawls's bridge, Greene county, in
which a young fellow named Britt. a
notorious character, cut two young
men who were trying to get him out Of
a bar-room in which he was drinking.
Thesyoupg men whom he cut are Ste
phen and Tom Thompson, brothers.
One of them is reported IS fatally in
jured.
Vigorous efforts are being made by
the local.optionists Of Goldsboro to have
the question submitted to vote June
the 7th.
Next Monday the Board Of County
Commissioners Of Mecklenburg will
meet, and this meeting is looked for
ward to with interest, as the commits
sioners will be petitioned to order an
election on the prohibition question for
Charlotte-the election to be held June
7th.
A notorious moonshiner of the
swamps Of Lenoir county. George Jones,
who for fifteen years has succeeded in
evading arrest and continued to run
an illicit distillery, has been arrested by
Deputy y-Collector Dortch. Jones is q
character, and his arrest will
doubtless be death-blow to illicit dis
tilling In Lenoir, for he has long hean
the stay" and "bully" of the moon
sinners. He will be tried at the
United States court at Newbern this
week.
A white man named James A. Lassi-
ter killed himself by taking laudanum
at Wilmington yesterday. No cause
for the act is known.
To-day the Wake Cattle Club was
organized here. 1t is the only one in
the State. 1t has sixty members, who
own some $50 fine cattle. An annual
cattle-show is to be held and annual
displays made at the State fair by the
club. Officers will be elected next
Monday.
Mattamuskert lake, in Hyde county,
is a remarkable body Of water. 1t is
large, but nowhere over six or eight
feet deep. Its length is thirty miles
and its breadth twelve. A canal has
been cut from the lake for the purpose
of retaining valuable land. The effect
is all that was desired. Thousands Of
acres have been reclaimed. Hyde county
is the most fertile in the State. 1t is
called the corn.crib OF the State.
Shipments of early truck, particu-
larly peas, from the Newberne section
are being made in great quantities.