Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-11-03
RALEIGH'S BUDGET.
NEWS NOTES GAfHHRvD FROM VA.
RI0Us POINTS.
Destructive Fire at 0xfori-Losses and
Insurance. Reported Negro rnsur-
rection- Election Notes.
Especial telegram to the pspstcb.I

RALEIGH, N. e., November last
night about 9:l5 O'Clock FIRE broke GU At
Oxford between furman's drugstore and
the Old Hotel. IL was impossible to eXtin-
guisb IT. The flames moved both ways and
swept everything on Main street To the
sore Of Howwell & Brother, where they
were checked. On Commercial avenue the
Lr, was not checked iii IT reached The Ok
ford Library. " here the fire was overcome
y ith great difficulty. II burned nil nearly
II O'Clock. The courthouse, opposite the
Old Hotel, took fire several times, bul
was saved. A man named Panneii.
lrom Petersburg. climbed upon the dom,
Of the courthouse and saved the building.
The following il an estimate OF the loss and
damage Williams & Brother, grocers. $500;
no insurance. III. L. 4 W. q. lierndon,
$4,000: no Insurance. Colonel Mitchell,
5000: no Insurance. Williams X Fur
mBn, druggists, 81 900 damage by moving;
no insurance. T.. T. Rawlins, about $500
damsge by moving; no insurance. T.. L.
Rawlins, about $500 damage by moving the
stock in his shoe-stOre; no insurance. L..
simpsons billiard and furniture. store was
greatly damaged; $500 insurance. a. L.
Fleming. grocer, damaged by moving
about, $500; 5000 insurance. +. n. Day,
weller, damaged by moving, 300; no Ia.
surance. The furniture OF the oxford
Club was lost, amounting 10 about $500
The books and furniture OF the Oxford LIZ
brsry were considerably damaged 10y
moving. J. Il. Williams's loss Is about
800 in tobacco-fues; other damage was
sustained in various ways 10 the amount OF
$500 to $1,000. oxford Is one OF the nu-
merous towns which, Ike Franklluton,
nu,lop, nr Iff><larsOn have practically no
protection against fire-no apparatus OF
value and no water supply.
The election appears 10 have been very
quiet all over the state.
A little ripple OF excitement was caused
by news from High Point that a negro in.
>urrection was imminent. Many people
thought that there was no ground for any
fear, a. the negroes are not very numerous
in that section and do not belong 10 such
riotous class as do those in the eastern
counties, where they have large maiOrlties.
But Governor Jaryis's prompt suppression
OF the Plymouth riot tive years ago pIoba-
biz put a stop TO such things for wears.
Troops are well located, and can act
promptly.
Everybody Is glad this abominablc cam
paign il ended. Ii il In many respects dis
graceful that so much ndependentism
should arise IN two years. IL Is ominous,
some people think, Of the coming party
disintegration. The vote here to-day was,
in It's scratching Of tickets, unparalleled.
Here in the second Ward the poll-holders
were arrested for the refusal TO allow a
man to vote. The arrest was made upon
the application OF white Radical. The
poll-holders are Of both political parties.
To- day three Of the men who picked so
many pockets during the fair were brought
here from GOldsDoro'. The whole gang
went there. One Of them took stolen
watch to store. and was thereupon cap
| tured. The names OF the men are Frank
Mills, Frank Griffin, and Lewis Aaron-all
" bite. They are faklrs. They VIII be-
! tried hy Mayor Dodd tomorrow.
Despite this being election day, there
was a good attendance at the Goldsb)ro'
| fair and races to-day.
\. 4. Stedman, Jr., a prominent lawyer
| ~ EllzabeibtOwn, Baden county, and
brother of Lleutenant.Goyernor Stedmin.
diod yesterday.