Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-10-23
NORTH CAROLINA.
Dr.. usst ont In Another Letter Railroads
ysildise and Projected-The
Northern Settlers.
lsrs ial telegram to tho Disp~tch.l

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respondent to-day received letter rom
Minister Jarvis from Rio dc Janeiro, IN
which hi SAYS he will certainly be here In
Dcccmbr, and willspend some time IN th's
city, whore he Is SO greatly beloved and OF
whose people he IL 80 fond. He and his
wife are both In good health. HIS letter
bears date Of September 18th.
DIR. Mott, chairman, or ex.chairman, as
the Gaze may be, Of the Republican
Ytafe Executive Committee, Is at last
ont In an address TO the Republic
cans. lie warns them not TO vote Tor
the Justices and judges nominated by
the recent Republican State Convention.
lie says that they are not patriots and Repub-
means II they do vote for them. DIR. Motifs
letter IL better in taste and more quiet IN
tone than his average production 10 that line.
iie Is evidently angry. What elect ms
letter will have cannot be told. OF course
he las many followers who win obey bis
orders. The Republicans who were IN TIE
Convention claim that they will secure q
big vote for their candidates, but they are
evidently only Dragging without the least
idea OF the real facts.
Among the passengers who were injured
in the wreck on the Asheyille and spartan
burg rosd Wednesday was Jacob Greene
wald. Of wilmington. His injuries are be-
lleyed 10 be fatal.
RAILROAD NOTES.
Durham will give her aid TO the Durham,
Blue Wing and GAINESVILLE road. which
win run along the dividing line between
Granville and Person, thereby turning
fine trade to Durham. This IL strike ut
the rival tobacco market OF oxford,
News has been received that a large rock,
weighing 100 pounds, was found on the
narrow.gauge road In CASTOR county. The
trestIc at Long creek is laid In such a way
that one end projected over the rails. Men
succeeded m getting II of only few mo-
ments before the passenger train came.
NORTHERN SETTLERS.
Northern settlers are arranging IN elabo.
rate exhibit at the state Exposition build
ing. IL will be one OF the features OF the
fair next week.
The chief engineer OF the South Atlantic
and Northwestern railroad is now In
wilkes county exploring the several gaps
through the Blue Ridge with the view OF
fj,,,,,,,.,- the best crossing for that railroad.
The engineering corps surveying the route
are now about thiTty.three miles below
Wilkesboro'. The route, as projected and
thus far surveyed, will extend from Smith
willie 10 Bristol, Tenn.--about AGO miles
touching Marion, s. c., Rockingham, Sails
bury, YadkinyiIle. Elkin, and WilkesborO',
N. c.; thence up the Yadkin rlver and
over the Blue Ridge through Watauga or
Ashe counties; thence by the best route to
Bristol, Tenn.
VANCE on TIE STUMP.
Senator Vance speaks here tomorrow
noon. lie will have great audience. His
progress through the State is, as il always
Is, triumphant. No man can so stir the
blood OF Moth Carolinians.
The Federal Court Is in session at States
ville--Judge Dick presiding.
Interest in the great mass-meeiing OF
northern people here next week increases.
Governor II. L. Pattison and wife, General
Simon Cameron, and Colonel George W.
Hunter, OF Pennsylvania, will be among
the distinguished visitors. David Judd.
editor OF the american Agricaiturtst, will
come, and he and Colonel l.. l.. Polk, OF
Winston, will address the farmers from
northern and southern standpoints.
REWARD OFFERED.
Governor Scales offers 5000 reward for
James Byers, who participated in the kill
ing of Henry Edwards in Wilkes county
August 25th.
DlPHTHERIA.
A very dangerous and remarkable out.
break of diphtberia prevails in the Lewis
Fork section OF Ashe county. 1t is the
most severe ever known, and some grown
people are victims. Deaths are numerous
and fatal cases are now noted daily. Thatisa
very healthy section. and there must needs
be local cause for such disease.
Reports as TO peanut crop indtc:.e that
II Is Of exceptionally fine qualify, but short.
An advance In prices Is expected. Some
new peanuts were sold this week on the
Wilmington market.
Asheyille. like Durham and Wilmington,
{ now completely illuminated bv The cleo
tic hight. There are q number OF iron
towers, each l25 feet high, aud the light
was turned on yesterday.
1t Is now certain that Pat. Brewer, the
negro who shot and killed poor MIR. Freeze,
at Chapel Hill, Is nov hiding In South Caro-
lima. He was at Fayetteville few days
ago. He is thought u be somewhere near
Bennettsville.
The Weldon Fair closes to-day. The at
tendance has been fairly large. The eX-
hibits are, In the main, III TO the average.
Ii was widely rumored that on the eve Of
election tickets for Oliver III. Dockery (Rc-
pubhcan) would be circulated IN the Sixth
district, and that thus that party would
develop its strength. Dockery denies in a
card that 1t Il the truth. He declares that
he will vote for Charles II. Jones, and this
gives added force TO the belief that Jones
Is really and truly Republican.
A COMPLAINT.
Wilmington cotton merchants complain
that the freight determinations in favor OF
Norfolk are such that they cannot compete
with that market along the line OF the Will
mington and Weldon railway. The quar-
ri about freights is long one in North
Carolins and Is not yet ended. The obiec-
tlon 10 the spool" system IN vogue Is very
deep seated, IL does not appear probable
that q railway commission will be appoint
ed-certainly not in some time; but 1t Is
very probable that some steps will be taken
looking TO more supervision and regula-
ton Of the railways IN the State. II is a
delicate subject; people think great deal
but speak little.
Williams Brothers, OF Lilcsyille, Arson
county, have suspended. Liabilities, $1,000 /;
assets not stated.