Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-16
RAuDBY REVENUE OFFICERS.
Bond. burning - observation-disclosures.
Railroad Notes.

RALEIGH, n. c., March 6.-Reve-
nue. officers are doing excellent work
in Rutherford county in arresting illicit
distillers. Five stills were captured
last week by one raiding party, which
extended its operations into Polk and
captured one still there. Many people
in that section are hearty in their abuse
of the internal-reyenue system even
under Democratic management, and
complain that the officers OF the
new Administration do their duty.
MANY moonshiners actually labored
under the deIusion that after the Demo-
cratic party came into power they would
not be interrupted.
Secretary -of.State Saunders returned
from Cleveland Springs to-day some
what benefited by his fortnight's stay
there.
A white man named Sorsby is under
arrest at Kansas City, Mo-, awaiting
requisi,ion from Governor Scales. SorS-
by is thought to be the man who, four
wears ago. in Nash county, killed an
other white man. The coroner's jury
found a verdict of justiiiable homicide,
but the grand Jury took up the matter
and found true bill for murder. Gov
ernor Scales is having the case looked
into carefully.
The Supreme Court to-day began the
call of cases from the Seventh district
and disposed Of much business.
To-day old bonds to the amount oil
over SIC, 600 were burned at the State
Treasury in the presence of Governor
Scales and other State officers. These
bonds had been sent in for exchange for
new bonds. i has been many months
since one Of these bond-burnings oc-
CURED, as nowadays bonds come IN
very slowly.
Application has been made TO Gov
ernor Scales for Communication OF the
death.sentence Of Mathew Mobiles lcol-
oreD, who is under sentence to be
hanged at Greenyille, Pitt county, the
18th instant. lie was conyictedo OF bur-
glary when be was guilty only OF lar
ceny. The Governor will commute the
sentence perhaps to ten years IN the
penitentiary. :.
An election was held in Cleveland
county, submitting to the qualified
voters of the county the question of q
railroad subscription of sl25, 900. IL
appears that | sos voters voted in
favor of the subscription. The Code
requires that in all such elections the
votes shall be canyassed by the Board
Of County Commissioners, who shall
make record Of the same. This, 1t
seems, was not done, and j. W. Car
rett, chairman Of the Board OF County
Commissioners, says he will not sign
and issue the bonds.
The stockholders Of the Western
North Carolina Fair Association, at
Asheyille, have uec,aSd to disnose OF
, the grounds, and have appointed COM
mittee to effect a sale.
Information was lodged with Solicitor
Moore, Of the New Hanover Criminal
Court, Saturday. that Sylvester Pope,
formerly of Duplin county, but recently
residing in South Carolina, was big
: amist, having recently married in Will
mington a young lady from Duplin
county, while he had wife still living,
whom he had married in Robson
county. A requisition was at once APP
piled for, which was sent the Governor
Of South Carolina. The latter has hon
ored the requisition, and Pope is in Jail.
At & o'clock yesterday morning
Montgomery.county courthouse was
discovered 10 be on fire. When discoy-
cred the fire had made too much head
way to be checked, and in two hours
: time the whole structure was a mass Of
; ruins. Nearly all the public records
were saved. The fire was accidental,
t and is thought to have originated in a
. room on the second floor.
: The Fayetteville Short ut railroad is
; completed. The Neuse-riyer pillars for
the bridge over the Cape Fear river are
!, nearly completed. \ single span, with
! no columns, 22G feet long, of iron. will
cross the river. The Neuse bridge will
be built Of granite.
Wilmington has certainly been unlucky
in the matter Of fires. The great conils-
! grafton there three weeks ago caused
a loss of aiS0,000, and since that time
.. there have been six or seven small
. fires. Saturday evening another fire
burned nearly an entire block, causing
. a direct loss of about 100000. The
/, people were greatly alarmed. The loss
: is fairly well covered with insurance.
; Hon. ". l.. Tate, member Of the
. State Senate from Haywood county,
: died at Morgantown Saturday. FOR
}. some years his health has been feeble,
r but it was thought it had improved re-
Gently. He was a man Of influence II
= his Saction and wag well known