Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-02-21
RALETGPS NEWSY BUDGET.
Private Residence Burusd-Court Matters
The Graded school Question-Aecideut-
Nioopshiners Captured.

Private Residence Burusd-Court Matters
The Graded school Question-Aecideut-
Moopshiners Captured.
Especial telegram 10 the Dispatch.l
RALEIGH, N. c., February 20.-This
afternoon the residence at Hillsborc' OF
Hon. Thomas Rufiin, ex-justice Of the
Supreme Court, was burned. The
Judge was absent at Greensboro.
There is no fire department at Hills
boro', and the wind blew a gale. The
loss is about $4,000; no insurance.
A petition has been circulated here
to-day renewing the agitation on the
stock-law question by requesting the
holding Of a mass-meeting Of the op.
ponents Of the law. This is the ont
come of last weeks agitation at Ashe-
Vile. The courts will sustain the
stock-law every time. so attempts to
annul it will certainly prove unavail-
ing.
The people Of Sampson county are
excited over the railroad-tax election
which is to be held next Saturday. 1t
is on the question Of the further issue
of bonds to the Clinton and Warsaw
railroad. That road has been graded
TO a point two miles from Clinton.
Yesterday as q force of men were at
work grading the Short. CIT railway near
Salem, a tree fell on Erastus Norris,
killing him instantly. lie was terribly
maDgled.
The Supreme Court to-day took re-
cess until Tuesday, when it will take
up appeals from the Fourth district.
All the public buildings will be
closed Monday. Nearly all the COM
panies Of the State Guard will celebrate
the day by parades.
The Phosphate Fertilizer Works here
begin work next week. Great quanti-
ties of phosphate rock have been
brought here from Castle Haynes, near
Wilmington.
The Injunction case by some of the
tax.pay ers of Durham against the sheriff
of Durham county to prevent his COL
lecting the graded-school tax came up
at Greensboro to-day. 1t was ably
argued. Judge Walter Clarke refused
to grant the injunction prayed for. This
result is very gratifying to the friends
of education in this State, and strength
ems the graded-school system. Here
there are four graded schools-one
white and three colored-with nearly
two thousand pupils. Here the system
has not an enemy. Raleigh was the
pioneer in the graded-schOol movement
in North Carolina.
At huntsville, Yancey county, We'd
nesday, there was destructive fire,
which consumed a number of buildings.
BY hard work other buildings which
were on fire were saved. There was
no insurance. 1t is stated that not
building in town is insured.
Revenue raidiDg parties have been at
work in Wilkes. In rugged part of
that county they found a distillery for
titled. They forced an entrance and
captured four men, who are now in Jail.
A number of Mormon recruits have
been secured by Mormon missionaries
in Wilkes county, and left Wednesday
for Utah. There were fourteen in the
party. The missionaries have been
very quiet in their work, but have made
quite number of converts, they claim.
The post-oflice at Sulphur Springs,
Montgomery county, together with the
store Of S. I. Usher and all its con-
tents, were burned Thursday night. 1t
is thought the fire was the work of an
incendiarY.