Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-02-25
THE OLD NORTH STATE.
RALETCR'S KEWSY BUDGET.
teunssratiop-The Me,hoais,s aad DivI-
ston- Ae6idcnts-RaIiread Matters.


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sion Aeoidents-Raiiread Matters.
Especial telegram to the Dispatoh.I
RALEIGH, n. c., February a.
There are about 5000 voters in this
city. Thus far 1000 names have been
secured TO petition asking that an
election be ordered here the first Mon
day in June on the question Of prohi-
baton. The matter is being earnestly
pushed, even in the white and colored
churches.
Kelly McKinnon, negro convict, on
the Spartanburg and Asheville rail-
road, was instantly killed Monday by
a slide of earth from a hillside.
The store Of John Seely, at Lees
vile, Robson county, was burned yes
terday. with all its contents. IL had
previously been robbed. The residence
Of Moses Weisel, at Elizabeth City.
was burned yesterday also. The loss
is about $4,000; partially covered by
insurance.
The wife % General Robert b.
Vance, of Asheville, is reported to be
in an extremely critical condition, and
her death is daily expected.
Yesterday the residence and all the
outbuildings, with the crop, Of Black
man Matthews, a prominent farmer of
Cumberland county, were burned. The
loss is heavy.
The people Of Polk county are using
every effort to induce the Carolina Cen
trail railway to extend its line through
that county to Greenyille, S. G. The
railway people decline to state whether
the offers will be accepted.
Just before daylight this morning a
man named W. NJ. Walker was found
lying on the street at Wilmington. He
was covered with blood, and had a
number OF severe wounds on his head.
He had been struck on the head with a
bottle and then robbed Of 500. Two
white women, COrnelia Johnston and
Bertha Stith, are in Jail charged with
the crime.
Insurance agents now estimate the
total loss by the Wilmington FIRE at
5000, coo. The insurance is about one
half. The official report shows that
1900 bales Of cotton. 10000 barrels
Of iosin, and 100 barrels Of tar were
burned. The work Of rebuilding is
now actively in progress. The people
decline to receive any aid from out
siders. They raised $4,000 for use in
cases Of restitution.
very great contest is likely to arise
over the matter of division Of the North
Carolina Methodist Conference. Atthe
last meeting of the Conference the diyi-
sion question was thought to have been
killed, but the promoters Of division
will bring up the question before the
General Conference at Richmond. The
NtfhCdiSt Adrdnce and Statesylle
Christian Adrocdfe favor division. The
Raleigh Christian AdrocQfe opposes it.
The body of Methodists are probably
opposed to division.
Mrs. Della Worth Bingham. wife OF
Colonel Robert Bingham, of Bingham
School, died this morning after a long
illness aged forty.three years. She
was daughter Of Hon. John ". Worth,
ex.State Treasurer, and was widely
known as a noble Christian woman.
She had relatives in all parts Of the
State.
Colonel Thomas s. Kenan will. it is
said. be appointed clerk of the Su-
preme Court, to succeed the late Will
liam II. Bagley. Colonel kenan served
eight years as Attorney-General, and
is very familiar with all the duties OF
the office. He is strongly endorsed for
the position. The appointment Of vii.
lis Bagby as clerk is only for a few
weeks.